Greuther Fürth something you will like if you're not really fond of the big business of the Bundesliga, but still want to see football from a certain level. Because of its location in the north of Bavaria also good to combine with other clubs in the region.
The Sportpark Ronhof is with just 16.626 places the smallest stadium of the Bundesliga and the ground is incomparable with the giant arenas other teams in the league have. But slowly, the home of Greuther Fürth - since 1910 - is transforming, but with one step at a time. The best thing to do, because the club doesn't have a massive fan base that would fill a stadium with a 30.000 capacity every other week. The most recent built stand is the main stand, dating from 2016: the former main stand covered just half the pitch and seemed more like something from an amateur team.
A building with a remarkable history: built in the Second World War as a bunker in disguise of a church, to not attract too much attention. Nowadays, it's a lot more fun at the corner of the Kronacher Straße and the Laubenweg: the bunker has opened in 2021 as a brand-new fan centre for fans of Greuther Fürth, just a stone's throw away from Sportpark Ronhof.
In the historical centre of Fürth lay the roots of the football club. de oorsprong van de club. In Gasthaus Balzer at the Gustavstraße 61 was SpVgg Fürth founded in 1903, the fore-runners of Greuther Fürth. The name of the place has changed since, but the function of the old building has stayed the same: Zum Alten Rentamt is a typical Bavarian restaurant where you can dine and drink very well.
The town hall of Fürth, was in 2012 decor of a giant celebration, after the promotion to the Bundesliga. You could walk over the heads at the Königsplatz, the whole city wanted to catch a glimpse of the Aufstieger. Unfortunately after the promotion in 2021 celebrations weren't allowed.
If you're into historical stadiums and stands you have to go to the Magazinstraße, in the south of Fürth. You wouldn't say, but here might stand the oldest stand of whole Germany. We're not sure if it's really the oldest but this one stands here since 1914, we don't have an older one in mind. A beautiful wooden stand, built for FV Franken Fürth, who hosted all the big clubs of Germany. The club was later liquidated but has been re-established, and plays as ASV Fürth still in front of this stand.
You can buy tickets for Greuther Fürth on the official website of the club. For most matches you'll be fine, except when Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund or arch rivals Nürnberg are coming to Sportpark Ronhof.
The stadium is located in the area of Ronhof, north from the city centre, at the Laubenweg. Because of its location near the A73 motorway you can get there easily by car (exit 37, Fürth-Ronhof) but parking can be difficult. Ronhof is an area with a lot of villas and limited open parking space. On match days, you can park your car at the company RUAG, on the corner of the Kronacher Straße en de Seeackerstraße. It'll cost five euros per car.
Without a car in Fürth? Take from train station Fürth (Bayern) Hauptbahnhof bus 173, 174 or 177 until the stop Friedhof.
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