Fans launch campaign to restore the name SpVgg Fürth

In autumn 2025, supporters of the Bavarian football club SpVgg Greuther Fürth started a campaign to bring back the club's historic name, SpVgg Fürth. The effort aimed to win new members and collect donations to cover the costs a renaming would involve.

The "Greuther" in the name dated back to 1996, when SpVgg Fürth merged with the smaller club TSV Vestenbergsgreuth. The merger gave the club extra resources at the time, but many long-standing fans never fully accepted the longer name and felt it weakened the identity of a club founded in 1903 and a former German champion.

The campaign mattered because a name change requires a vote by the club's members. Recruiting more members was meant to strengthen the supporters' voice at that vote, while the fundraising was meant to answer concerns about the practical and financial burden of changing the name, from official registration to merchandise and signage. The initiative set the stage for the later membership vote on the question.