Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer

SpVgg (Greuther) Fürth is thus one of the German football clubs that have been playing on their current pitch for the longest time.

In 1919, the stadium was enlarged again - higher earthen walls and wider standing-room steps now provided space for 25,000 people.

The stadium had a record attendance shortly before this inauguration: on April 1, 30,000 spectators came to the derby against 1.

In 1983, due to the oppressive debt burden of SpVgg, the Sportpark Ronhof was sold to Horst Brandstätter (Playmobil).

Previously, there had been no block divisions, no floodlights, an analog scoreboard, and no separation of visiting fans.

After both Horst Brandstätter and the city of Fürth were convinced of the importance of the conversion measures, the undertaking could begin.

A video screen was also installed, the entrance area was redesigned and new ticket offices were built.

In addition, the corners between the counter stand and the adjoining blocks were closed off with media walls.

Since 2010, the entire stadium has been fitted with seats in the club colors of white and green, and the back straight bears the lettering Kleeblatt.

In 2011, the formerly colorful floodlights were painted white-green and fans redesigned the breakwaters and the entrance area of the north stand.

After interim plans to build a new stadium on the Main-Danube Canal in the south of the city, SpVgg Greuther Fürth extended its lease with the owner until 2040 in November 2012.

Players entered the stadium through the open corner between the north stand and the back straight.

In the second construction phase, which should have lasted until December 2017 but was delayed by several changes of architect and was not completed until the start of the 2017/18 season, the interior of the new main stand was fitted out.

[9] After SpVgg Greuther Fürth's promotion to the Bundesliga in 2012, the south stand was rebuilt, increasing the stadium's capacity by 3,000 seats to 18,000.

[11] With the completion of the new main stand, the capacity decreased to 16,626 seats, as tickets are no longer sold in the adjacent blocks A and B in the south for reasons of visual obstruction.

Also built in 1997 to replace the old back straight with its legendary poplars, which fell victim to the reconstruction.

Adjacent to this is the guest block, whose standing-room area has been carried over without change from the times before promotion.

There is also a passageway between the main stand and the south curve, so that it is theoretically possible to see a few square meters of the pitch from the street without a ticket.

From the expiration of the sponsorship agreement on July 1, 2014 until February 1, 2016, the Ronhof temporarily bore the official name Stadion am Laubenweg.

SpVgg Greuther Fürth match in 1910
Fürth Stadion Derby match 2012.
The North Stand
The back straight in 2011.
Remodeled South End.