The German second division team will play under a new name from next season

SpVgg Greuther Fürth can look back on a long tradition. The Franconians lead the all-time table of the second league with 1,846 points in 1,273 games, ahead of FC St. Pauli, Hannover 96 and Karlsruher SC. The club even became German champions in 1914, 1926 and 1929. At that time, however, it was still under the name SpVgg Fürth. And this is exactly what the club wants to officially wear again soon.

The twelfth place in the second division is renamed and gets its traditional name SpVgg Fürth back. At an extraordinary general meeting, the fans voted by a large majority to delete the place name Greuther from the name for the next season. A three-quarters majority of the more than 2,100 members present in the Fürth stadium was required for a corresponding change to the statutes - this was easily achieved with 88.3 percent.

The previous name dates back to 1996, when a merger with the football department of the local amateur club TSV Vestenbergsgreuth saved the financially struggling club from Fürth. However, the fan scene has been arguing for years that the identity of the three-time German champion should be restored.

Fürth's bitter defeat in Dresden

In terms of sport, things weren't very successful in the last game before the international break. The “Cloverleaf” lost 0:3 (0:2) at Dynamo Dresden on Friday evening. Robert Wagner (31st minute) gave the previous bottom team from Saxony the lead in front of 30,786 spectators in the Rudolf Harbig Stadium before Ben Bobzien (41st) increased the lead before the break. Vincent Vermeij (55th) made the final score.