2017–18 Fortuna Düsseldorf season

Fortuna Düsseldorf
2017–18 season
Chairman	Robert Schäfer
Manager	Friedhelm Funkel
Stadium	ESPRIT arena
2. Bundesliga	1st
DFB-Pokal	Second round
	All statistics correct as of 15 September 2017.

The 2017–18 Fortuna Düsseldorf season was the 123rd season in the football club's history. For the 5th consecutive season, Düsseldorf played in the 2. Bundesliga. They also participated in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Players

Squad information

As of 31 January 2018[1]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	GER	Michael Rensing
3	DF	GER	André Hoffmann
4	DF	GER	Julian Schauerte
5	DF	TUR	Kaan Ayhan
6	MF	GER	Florian Neuhaus (on loan from Borussia Mönchengladbach)
7	MF	GER	Oliver Fink (captain)
8	MF	USA	Jerome Kiesewetter
9	FW	BEL	Benito Raman
11	MF	GER	Axel Bellinghausen
13	DF	POL	Adam Bodzek
15	DF	GER	Lukas Schmitz
16	FW	NOR	Håvard Nielsen
18	DF	GER	Gökhan Gül
19	MF	CRO	Davor Lovren
21	FW	SWE	Emir Kujović


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	DF	GER	Niko Gießelmann
24	MF	JPN	Justin Kinjo
25	MF	JPN	Genki Haraguchi (on loan from Hertha BSC)
27	MF	GER	Taylan Duman
28	FW	GER	Rouwen Hennings
30	GK	GER	Raphael Wolf
31	MF	GER	Marcel Sobottka
32	DF	GER	Robin Bormuth
33	MF	JPN	Takashi Usami (on loan from FC Augsburg)
35	FW	CRO	Karlo Majić
36	DF	GER	Anderson Lucoqui
38	GK	GER	Tim Wiesner
39	DF	GER	Jean Zimmer (on loan from VfB Stuttgart)
40	MF	CAN	Kianz Froese
—	DF	SEN	Jean Ndecky

Competitions

Win Draw Loss

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Fortuna Düsseldorf (C, P)	34	19	6	9	57	43	+14	63	Promotion to Bundesliga
2	1. FC Nürnberg (P)	34	17	9	8	61	39	+22	60	Promotion to Bundesliga
3	Holstein Kiel	34	14	14	6	71	44	+27	56	Qualification to promotion play-offs
4	Arminia Bielefeld	34	12	12	10	51	47	+4	48
5	Jahn Regensburg	34	14	6	14	53	53	0	48

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	19	6	9	57	44	+13	63	10	4	3	30	20	+10	9	2	6	27	24	+3

Last updated: 13 May 2018.
Source: Bundesliga

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	L	L	D	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	D	W
Position	7	4	3	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1

Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2018. Source: Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

31 July 2017 (2017-07-31) 1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	2–2	Eintracht Braunschweig	Düsseldorf
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Sobottka 9' Neuhaus 79'	Report	Baffo 35' Nyman 60'	Stadium: ESPRIT arena Attendance: 25,492 Referee: Christian Dingert

6 August 2017 2	Erzgebirge Aue	0–2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Aue
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kempe 22' Nazarov 44' Kalig 52' Rizzuto 70' Köpke 76'	Report	Hennings 42' Sobottka 48' Hoffmann 58' Bebou 87'	Stadium: Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion Attendance: 9,150 Referee: Felix Brych

19 August 2017 3	Fortuna Düsseldorf	2–0	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Düsseldorf
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Neuhaus 17' 76' Sobottka 27' Bebou 43' Hoffmann 90+1'	Report	Vučur 37' Fechner 71' Kastaneer 72'	Stadium: ESPRIT arena Attendance: 25,227 Referee: Bastian Dankert

27 August 2017 4	SV Sandhausen	1–2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Sandhausen
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Höler 22' Knipping 45+1' Kister 78' Erik Zenga 88'	Report	Bebou 25' 51' Ayhan 29' Zimmer 50' Bodzek 63' Hennings 90'	Stadium: BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald Attendance: 6,769 Referee: Florian Heft

10 September 2017 5	Fortuna Düsseldorf	3–2	Union Berlin	Düsseldorf
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Sobottka 17' Raman 65' Gießelmann 67' Usami 84' Neuhaus 90'	Report	Gogia 33' Leistner 35' Kreilach 68' Ayhan 77' (o.g.) Hartel 85'	Stadium: ESPRIT arena Attendance: 26,341 Referee: Arne Aarnink

17 September 2017 6	Greuther Fürth	3–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Fürth
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gjasula 27' Dursun 35' 63' Ayçiçek 37' Caligiuri 44' Green 45'	Report	Sobottka 20' Ayhan 26' Gießelmann 62' (pen.)	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer Attendance: 8,535 Referee: Martin Petersen

20 September 2017 7	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–0	Jahn Regensburg	Düsseldorf
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Sobottka 30' Neuhaus 32' Fink 47' Kujović 54'	Report	Saller 40' Grüttner 58'	Stadium: ESPRIT arena Attendance: 19,380 Referee: Robert Kempter

23 September 2017 8	FC St Pauli	1–2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	St. Pauli
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Şahin 34' Sobota 60'	Report	Usami 9' Hennings 23'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,546 Referee: Felix Brych

2 October 2017 9	Fortuna Düsseldorf	3–1	MSV Duisburg	Düsseldorf
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hennings 2' 82' Zimmer 6' Sobottka 22' Raman 55' Wolf 59' Ayhan 84'	Report	Iljutcenko 44' Stoppelkamp 57' Engin 90+2'	Stadium: ESPRIT arena Attendance: 41,764 Referee: Robert Schröder

14 October 2017 10	Arminia Bielefeld	0–2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Bielefeld
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Börner 73'	Report	Raman 35' Neuhaus 76'	Stadium: SchücoArena Attendance: 21,554 Referee: Tobias Stieler

20 October 2017 11	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–0	Darmstadt 98	Düsseldorf
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kujović 2' Raman 16' Neuhaus 69' Hoffmann 90+2'	Report	Großkreutz 7' Platte 63' Holland 87' Hamit Altıntop 90'	Stadium: ESPRIT arena Attendance: 27,674 Referee: Frank Willenborg

30 October 2017 12	VfL Bochum	0–0	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Bochum
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hinterseer 38'	Report	Bodzek 39' Schauerte 90+1'	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 27,599 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

5 November 2017 13	Fortuna Düsseldorf	2–2	1. FC Heidenheim	Düsseldorf
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Neuhaus 30' Ayhan 64' Hennings 78' 82' Zimmer 87' Raman 90+1' 90+1'	Report	Verhoek 83' Glatzel 84' Feick 87' Skarke 88' Müller 90+1' Schnatterer 90+6' (pen.)	Stadium: ESPRIT arena Attendance: 23,956 Referee: Lasse Koslowski

19 November 2017 14	FC Ingolstadt 04	1–0	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Ingolstadt
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Morales 3' 45' Gaus 53' Cohen 71' Träsch 84' Kittel 87'	Report	Hoffmann 55' Hennings 86' Sobottka 87'	Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 11,648 Referee: Daniel Schlager

27 November 2017 15	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–3	Dynamo Dresden	Düsseldorf
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Raman 31' Fink 62' Hennings 90+1'	Report	Hartmann 4' Röser 5' Duljević 10' Heise 82'	Stadium: ESPRIT arena Attendance: 22,602 Referee: Benjamin Brand

2 December 2017 16	Holstein Kiel	2–2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Kiel
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Czichos 28' Schindler 55' Drexler 70'	Report	Ayhan 27' Raman 43' Zimmer 61' Hennings 85'	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 11,748 Referee: Martin Petersen

11 December 2017 17	Fortuna Düsseldorf	0–2	1. FC Nürnberg	Düsseldorf
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Schmitz 38'	Report	Valentini 13' Kammerbauer 22' Ishak 36' Werner 43' 67' Margreitter 77' Ewerton 88'	Stadium: ESPRIT arena Attendance: 22,248 Referee: Rene Rohde

15 December 2017 18	Eintracht Braunschweig	0–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Braunschweig
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Reichel 58' Yıldırım 74'	Report	Lovren 9' 9' Hoffmann 48' Raman 74' Ayhan 90+4'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 19,725 Referee: Patrick Alt

24 January 2018 19	Fortuna Düsseldorf	2–1	Erzgebirge Aue	Düsseldorf
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Raman 30' Bodzek 45+1' Hennings 56' 70' (pen.)	Report	Munsy 63' Strauß 67' Cacutalua 68'	Stadium: ESPRIT arena Attendance: 19,617 Referee: Florian Badstübner

27 January 2018 20	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–3	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Kaiserslautern
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Borrello 5' Moritz 48' (pen.) Müller 51' Callsen-Bracker 74'	Report	Haraguchi 13' 64' (pen.) Raman 78' Schmitz 89'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 21,739 Referee: Tobias Stieler

2 February 2018 21	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–0	SV Sandhausen	Düsseldorf
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hoffmann 2' Ayhan 74' Sobottka 76'	Report	Kister Linsmayer 80'	Stadium: ESPRIT arena Attendance: 23,288 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck

10 February 2018 22	Union Berlin	3–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Berlin
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Polter 45+2' 71' Skrzybski 67' (pen.) 90+5' Hedlund 72' Kroos 75'	Summary	Neuhaus 41' Gießelmann 45' Bodzek 67' Raman 73'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 22,012 Referee: Robert Hartmann (referee)

17 February 2018 23	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–1	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Düsseldorf
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Fink 24' Ayhan 74' Usami 76'	Summary	Wittek 10' 54' Green 43' Gugganig 63' Ernst 80'	Stadium: ESPRIT arena Attendance: 23,849 Referee: Sören Storks

25 February 2018 24	Jahn Regensburg	v	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Regensburg
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Continental Arena

4 March 2018 25	Fortuna Düsseldorf	v	FC St Pauli	Düsseldorf
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: ESPRIT arena

11 March 2018 26	MSV Duisburg	v	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Duisburg
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena

18 March 2018 27	Fortuna Düsseldorf	v	Arminia Bielefeld	Düsseldorf
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: ESPRIT arena

1 April 2018 28	Darmstadt 98	v	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Darmstadt
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor

8 April 2018 29	Fortuna Düsseldorf	v	VfL Bochum	Düsseldorf
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: ESPRIT arena

15 April 2018 30	1. FC Heidenheim	v	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Heidenheim an der Brenz
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Voith-Arena

22 April 2018 31	Fortuna Düsseldorf	v	FC Ingolstadt 04	Düsseldorf
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: ESPRIT arena

29 April 2018 32	Dynamo Dresden	v	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Dresden
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: DDV-Stadion

6 May 2018 33	Fortuna Düsseldorf	v	Holstein Kiel	Düsseldorf
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: ESPRIT arena

13 May 2018 34	1. FC Nürnberg	v	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Nuremberg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion

DFB-Pokal

12 August 2017 (2017-08-12) First round	Arminia Bielefeld	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Bielefeld
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Klos 55'	Report	Hennings 68', 96' Fink 120+1'	Stadium: SchücoArena Attendance: 19,825 Referee: Harm Osmers

24 October 2017 (2017-10-24) Second round	Fortuna Düsseldorf	0–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Düsseldorf
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Raman 15'	Report	Hazard 52' Cuisance 58'	Stadium: ESPRIT arena Attendance: 52500 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

References

"Fortuna Düsseldorf 1895:Kader". www.f95.de. Retrieved 3 June 2017.

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