Spielvereinigung Greuther Fürth (), commonly known as Greuther Fürth (), is a German football club based in

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. They play in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the

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, following relegation from the

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in the 2021–22 season. Founded in 1903, the most successful era for Greuther Fürth came in the pre-Bundesliga era in the 1910s and 1920s, when the club won three German championships, in

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, and

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respectively, and finished as runners-up in

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. In the 2012–13 season, the club played in the Bundesliga for the first time, having won promotion from the 2. Bundesliga; they were relegated back to the 2. Bundesliga at the end of the season. On 23 May 2021, they were promoted back to the Bundesliga for the second time. Upon placing 18th in the Bundesliga table in the 2021–22 season, they were relegated back to 2. Bundesliga.

History

Spielvereinigung Fürth

The origins of ''SpVgg Fürth'' are in the establishment on 23 September 1903 of a football department within the gymnastics club '' Turnverein 1860 Fürth''. The footballers went their own way as an independent club in November 1906, after they did not get enough support from ''TV Fürth''. The team played in the Ostkreisliga and took divisional titles there in 1912, 1913 and 1914 before moving on to participate in the Süddeutsche (South German) regional playoffs for the national championship round. Right from the beginning, there was a great rivalry between the SpVgg Fürth and the 1. FC Nürnberg, predicated on the historical rivalry between the two neighbouring cities. The club grew rapidly, and by 1914, it had 3,000 members and was the largest sports club in Germany. When the club built their own stadium,

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, in 1910, it was the biggest stadium in Germany at the time.

National champions

Fürth won their first national title, the 1914 German football championship, under English coach

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with

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Julius Hirsch, who had joined the team the prior season. They faced

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