2023–24 Fortuna Düsseldorf season

The 2023–24 season was Fortuna Düsseldorf's 129th season in existence and fourth consecutive season in the 2. Bundesliga. They also competed in the DFB-Pokal.

Fortuna Düsseldorf
2023–24 season
Head coachDaniel Thioune
StadiumMerkur Spiel-Arena
2. Bundesliga3rd
DFB-PokalSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Christos Tzolis (22)

All:
Christos Tzolis (24)
Highest home attendance52,000 vs 1. FC Kaiserslautern
Lowest home attendance27,715 vs Wehen Wiesbaden
Average home league attendance39,672
Biggest winSV Elversberg 0–5 Fortuna Düsseldorf
Biggest defeatBayer Leverkusen 4–0 Fortuna Düsseldorf

Players

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First-team squad

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As of 30 August 2023[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   POL Karol Niemczycki
2 DF   JPN Takashi Uchino
3 DF   GER André Hoffmann (captain)
4 MF   JPN Ao Tanaka
6 MF   GER Yannik Engelhardt
7 FW   GRE Christos Tzolis (on loan from Norwich City)
8 MF   ISL Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson (on loan from Copenhagen)
9 FW   NED Vincent Vermeij
10 FW   GER Daniel Ginczek
11 MF   GER Felix Klaus
15 DF   GER Tim Oberdorf
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW   GER Jona Niemiec
19 FW   GER Emmanuel Iyoha
20 DF   GER Jamil Siebert
21 GK   GER Dennis Gorka
23 MF   GER Shinta Appelkamp
25 DF   GER Matthias Zimmermann
27 FW   POL Dennis Jastrzembski
30 DF   NED Jordy de Wijs
31 MF   GER Marcel Sobottka
33 GK   GER Florian Kastenmeier
34 DF   FRA Nicolas Gavory

Out on loan

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
22 DF   AUT Benjamin Böckle (at Preußen Münster until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

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Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
FW   Vincent Vermeij   SC Freiburg II Free 1 July 2023 [2]
MF   Yannik Engelhardt   SC Freiburg II €600,000 2 July 2023 [3]
GK   Karol Niemczycki   MKS Cracovia Free 19 July 2023 [4]
MF   Christos Tzolis   Norwich City Loan 6 August 2023 [5]
MF   Dennis Jastrzembski   Śląsk Wrocław Free 23 August 2023 [6]
Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
FW   Dawid Kownacki   Werder Bremen Free 1 July 2023 [7]
DF   Christoph Klarer   Darmstadt 98 €2,000,000 18 July 2023 [8]
MF   Elione Fernandes Neto   Red Bull Salzburg €3,000,000 10 August 2023 [9]

Pre-season and friendlies

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

21 July 2023 Friendly Fortuna Düsseldorf   3–1   VfL Bochum Düsseldorf
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Paul-Janes-Stadion
Attendance: 4,000

Competitions

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Overall record

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
2. Bundesliga 28 July 2023 19 May 2024 Matchday 1 3rd 33 17 9 7 69 38 +31 051.52
Promotion play-offs 23 May 2024 27 May 2024 First leg 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
DFB-Pokal 13 August 2023 3 April 2024 First round Semi-finals 5 3 1 1 13 11 +2 060.00
Total 38 20 10 8 82 49 +33 052.63

Last updated: 11 May 2024
Source: Soccerway

2. Bundesliga

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC St. Pauli (C, P) 34 20 9 5 62 36 +26 69 Promotion to Bundesliga
2 Holstein Kiel (P) 34 21 5 8 65 39 +26 68
3 Fortuna Düsseldorf 34 18 9 7 72 40 +32 63 Qualification for promotion play-offs
4 Hamburger SV 34 17 7 10 64 44 +20 58
5 Karlsruher SC 34 15 10 9 68 48 +20 55
Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.[10]
(Rules 4–6 only apply after home and away matches have been played between the tied teams.)
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 18 9 7 72 40  +32 63 10 3 4 32 21  +11 8 6 3 40 19  +21

Last updated: 11 May 2024.
Source: DFB

Results by round

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAH
ResultWDLWWWDLDWWLLWWLWDLLDDWDWWWWWWDWDW
Position68105411565245445455577774433333333
Updated to match(es) played on 11 May 2024. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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The league fixtures were unveiled on 30 June 2023.[11][12]

29 July 2023 1 Fortuna Düsseldorf 1–0 Hertha BSC Düsseldorf
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena
Attendance: 40,466
Referee: Christian Dingert
5 August 2023 2 FC St. Pauli 0–0 Fortuna Düsseldorf Hamburg
13:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion
Attendance: 29,546
Referee: Daniel Schlager
19 August 2023 3 Fortuna Düsseldorf 1–2 SC Paderborn Düsseldorf
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena
Attendance: 30,312
Referee: Robert Hartmann
26 August 2023 4 SV Elversberg 0–5 Fortuna Düsseldorf Rostock
13:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Waldstadion an der Kaiserlinde
Attendance: 8,366
Referee: Michael Bacher
1 September 2023 5 Fortuna Düsseldorf 3–1 Karlsruher SC Düsseldorf
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena
Attendance: 27,942
Referee: Frank Willenborg
16 September 2023 6 Hansa Rostock 1–3 Fortuna Düsseldorf Rostock
13:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Ostseestadion
Attendance: 24,600
Referee: Nicolas Winter
24 September 2023 7 Fortuna Düsseldorf 1–1 Hannover 96 Düsseldorf
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena
Attendance: 35,444
Referee: Florian Lechner
29 September 2023 8 Hamburger SV 1–0 Fortuna Düsseldorf Hamburg
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Bénes   83' (pen.) Report Stadium: Volksparkstadion
Attendance: 56,100
Referee: Felix Zwayer
6 October 2023 9 Fortuna Düsseldorf 1–1 VfL Osnabrück Düsseldorf
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Iyoha   60' Report Engelhardt   90' Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena
Attendance: 33,132
Referee: Robert Kampka
21 October 2023 10 Fortuna Düsseldorf 4–3 1. FC Kaiserslautern Düsseldorf
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena
Attendance: 52,000
Referee: Benjamin Brand
27 October 2023 11 Eintracht Braunschweig 1–4 Fortuna Düsseldorf Braunschweig
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Krüger   59' Report
Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 19,333
Referee: Patrick Alt
3 November 2023 12 Fortuna Düsseldorf 1–3 SV Wehen Wiesbaden Düsseldorf
18:30 UTC+1 Engelhardt   79' Report
Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena
Attendance: 27,715
Referee: Florian Heft
12 November 2023 13 Greuther Fürth 1–0 Fortuna Düsseldorf Fürth
13:30 UTC+1 Wagner   48' Report Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer
Attendance: 10,790
Referee: Max Burda
25 November 2023 14 Fortuna Düsseldorf 5–3 FC Schalke 04 Düsseldorf
20:30 UTC+1
Report
Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena
Attendance: 52,000
Referee: Robert Schröder
2 December 2023 15 1. FC Nürnberg 0–5 Fortuna Düsseldorf Nürnberg
13:00 UTC+1 Report
Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion
Attendance: 33,062
Referee: Richard Hempel
10 December 2023 16 Fortuna Düsseldorf 0–1 Holstein Kiel Düsseldorf
13:30 UTC+1 Report
Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena
Attendance: 31,042
Referee: Florian Badstübner
16 December 2023 17 1. FC Magdeburg 2–3 Fortuna Düsseldorf Magdeburg
13:00 UTC+1
Report
Stadium: MDCC-Arena
Attendance: 20,090
Referee: Michael Bacher
21 January 2024 18 Hertha BSC 2–2 Fortuna Düsseldorf Berlin
13:30 UTC+1
Report
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 42,902
Referee: Robert Kampka
27 January 2024 19 Fortuna Düsseldorf 1–2 FC St. Pauli Düsseldorf
20:30 UTC+1 Tzolis   83' Report Hartel   16' (pen.), 26' Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena
Attendance: 52,000
Referee: Frank Willenborg
4 February 2024 20 SC Paderborn 07 4–3 Fortuna Düsseldorf Paderborn
13:30 UTC+1
Stadium: Home Deluxe Arena
Attendance: 12,852
Referee: Tobias Welz
10 February 2024 21 Fortuna Düsseldorf 1–1 SV Elversberg Düsseldorf
13:00 UTC+1 Jóhannesson   19' Report Boyamba   53' Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena
Attendance: 31,034
Referee: Richard Hempel
17 February 2024 22 Karlsruher SC 2–2 Fortuna Düsseldorf Karlsruhe
20:30 UTC+1
Tzolis   37', 51' Stadium: Wildparkstadion
Attendance: 26,563
Referee: Marco Fritz
25 February 2024 23 Fortuna Düsseldorf 2–0 Hansa Rostock Düsseldorf
13:30 UTC+1
Report Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena
Attendance: 31,188
Referee: Max Burda
2 March 2024 24 Hannover 96 2–2 Fortuna Düsseldorf Hannover
13:00 UTC+1
Report Tzolis   11', 19' Stadium: Heinz von Heiden Arena
Attendance: 38,500
Referee: Robert Hartmann
8 March 2024 25 Fortuna Düsseldorf 2–0 Hamburger SV Düsseldorf
18:30 UTC+1
Report
Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena
Attendance: 52,000
Referee: Martin Petersen
15 March 2024 26 VfL Osnabrück 0–4 Fortuna Düsseldorf Osnabrück
18:30 UTC+1
Stadium: Stadion an der Bremer Brücke
Attendance: 15,741
Referee: Patrick Alt
30 March 2024 27 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1–3 Fortuna Düsseldorf Kaiserslautern
13:00 UTC+1 Ritter   26' Report
Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Attendance: 46,210
Referee: Robert Schröder
7 April 2024 28 Fortuna Düsseldorf 2–0 Eintracht Braunschweig Düsseldorf
13:30 UTC+2
Report Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena
Attendance: 52,000
Referee: Florian Badstübner
13 April 2024 29 Wehen Wiesbaden 0–2 Fortuna Düsseldorf Wiesbaden
13:00 UTC+2
Stadium: Brita-Arena
Attendance: 11,200
Referee: Timo Gerach
20 April 2024 30 Fortuna Düsseldorf 1–0 Greuther Fürth Düsseldorf
13:00 UTC+2 Vermeij   69' Report Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena
Attendance: 35,789
Referee: Florian Heft
27 April 2024 31 FC Schalke 04 1–1 Fortuna Düsseldorf Gelsenkirchen
20:30 UTC+2 Karaman   55' Report Tanaka   67' Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 61,854
Referee: Harm Osmers
3 May 2024 32 Fortuna Düsseldorf 3–1 1. FC Nürnberg Düsseldorf
18:30 UTC+2
Report Márquez   56' Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena
Attendance: 40,336
Referee: Martin Petersen
11 May 2024 33 Holstein Kiel 1–1 Fortuna Düsseldorf Kiel
20:30 UTC+2 Pichler   2' Report Tzolis   70' (pen.) Stadium: Holstein-Stadion
Attendance: 15,034
Referee: Sven Jablonski
19 May 2024 34 Fortuna Düsseldorf 3–2 1. FC Magdeburg Düsseldorf
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Tzolis   6', 20', 88' Report
Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena
Attendance: 50,028
Referee: Timo Gerach

Promotion play-offs

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23 May 2024 First leg VfL Bochum 0–3 Fortuna Düsseldorf Bochum
20:30 UTC+2 Report
Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Robert Schröder
27 May 2024 Second leg Fortuna Düsseldorf 0–3 (a.e.t.)
(5–6 p)
VfL Bochum Düsseldorf
20:30 UTC+2 Report
Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena
Attendance: 51,500
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
Penalties

DFB-Pokal

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13 August 2023 First round FV Illertissen 1–3 Fortuna Düsseldorf Illertissen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Vöhlinstadion
Referee: Lars Erbst
31 October 2023 Second round SpVgg Unterhaching 3–6 (a.e.t.) Fortuna Düsseldorf Unterhaching
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Stadium: Sportpark Unterhaching
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Alexander Sather
5 December 2023 Round of 16 1. FC Magdeburg 1–2 Fortuna Düsseldorf Magdeburg
18:00 UTC+1 Atik   15' Report Niemiec   87', 90+2' Stadium: MDCC-Arena
Attendance: 20,090
Referee: Robert Hartmann
30 January 2024 Quarter-finals FC St. Pauli 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)
Fortuna Düsseldorf Hamburg
20:45 UTC+1
Report
Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion
Attendance: 29,564
Referee: Sascha Stegemann
Penalties
3 April 2024 Semi-finals Bayer Leverkusen 4–0 Fortuna Düsseldorf Leverkusen
20:45 UTC+2
Report Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 30,210
Referee: Christian Dingert

References

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  1. ^ "Fortuna Düsseldorf 1895: Kader" [Fortuna Düsseldorf 1895: Squad]. f95.de (in German). Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Vincent Vermeij stürmt für die Fortuna | www.f95.de". www.f95.de.
  3. ^ "Yannik Engelhardt wechselt nach Düsseldorf | SC Freiburg". www.scfreiburg.com.
  4. ^ "Fortuna verpflichtet Karol Niemczycki | www.f95.de". www.f95.de.
  5. ^ "Tzolis completes Fortuna Düsseldorf loan". Norwich City.
  6. ^ "Fortuna nimmt Dennis Jastrzembski unter Vertrag | www.f95.de". www.f95.de.
  7. ^ "Nicht als Ersatz für Füllkrug oder Ducksch: Werder verpflichtet Kownacki". kicker (in German). 22 May 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  8. ^ "Klarer wird eine Lilie". www.sv98.de.
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  10. ^ "Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 4 March 2023. p. 3.
  11. ^ "Spielpläne 2023/24: DFL kündigt Veröffentlichung für Ende Juni an". kicker.
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