2018–19 Fortuna Düsseldorf season

Fortuna Düsseldorf
2018–19 season
Chairman	Robert Schäfer
Manager	Friedhelm Funkel
Stadium	Merkur Spiel-Arena
Bundesliga	10th
DFB-Pokal	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Dodi Lukebakio; Benito Raman; (10 goals each); All: ; Dodi Lukebakio; (14 goals)
Highest home attendance	53,400
Lowest home attendance	34,394
Average home league attendance	44,339
Biggest win	Koblenz 0–5 Düsseldorf
Biggest defeat	Frankfurt 7–1 Düsseldorf
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →
	All statistics correct as of 25 May 2019.

The 2018–19 Fortuna Düsseldorf season is the 124th season in the football club's history and 24th overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2018. In addition to the domestic league, Fortuna Düsseldorf also are participating in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. This is the 15th season for Düsseldorf in the Merkur Spiel-Arena, located in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The season covers a period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

Players

Squad information

As of 30 August 2024^[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	Robert Kwasigroch (on loan from Hertha BSC)
3	DF	GER	André Hoffmann (captain)
5	DF	GER	Joshua Quarshie (on loan from TSG Hoffenheim)
6	MF	FRA	Giovanni Haag
7	FW	GER	Dženan Pejčinović (on loan from VfL Wolfsburg)
8	MF	ISL	Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson
9	FW	NED	Vincent Vermeij
10	FW	NED	Myron van Brederode (on loan from AZ)
11	MF	GER	Felix Klaus
12	DF	ISL	Valgeir Lunddal Friðriksson
15	DF	GER	Tim Oberdorf
18	FW	GER	Jona Niemiec
19	FW	GER	Emmanuel Iyoha
20	DF	GER	Jamil Siebert
21	MF	GER	Tim Rossmann


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	MF	GER	Danny Schmidt
23	MF	GER	Shinta Appelkamp
24	FW	POL	Dawid Kownacki (on loan from Werder Bremen)
25	DF	GER	Matthias Zimmermann
26	GK	GER	Florian Schock
27	FW	POL	Dennis Jastrzembski
30	DF	NED	Jordy de Wijs
31	MF	GER	Marcel Sobottka (vice-captain)
33	GK	GER	Florian Kastenmeier (3rd captain)
34	DF	FRA	Nicolas Gavory
35	MF	GER	Daniel Bunk
37	MF	GER	Dávid Savic
39	MF	BEL	Noah Mbamba (on loan from Bayer Leverkusen)
45	MF	GER	Karim Affo
46	MF	GER	Sima Suso

Transfers

Friendly matches

Win Draw Loss

Competitions

Win Draw Loss

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	25 August 2018	18 May 2019	Matchday 1		34	13	5	16	49	65	−16	038.24
DFB-Pokal	19 August 2018	6 February 2019	First round	Round of 16	3	2	0	1	11	5	+6	066.67
Total					37	15	5	17	60	70	−10	040.54

Last updated: 25 May 2019
Source: Competitions

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Werder Bremen	34	14	11	9	58	49	+9	53
9	1899 Hoffenheim	34	13	12	9	70	52	+18	51
10	Fortuna Düsseldorf	34	13	5	16	49	65	−16	44
11	Hertha BSC	34	11	10	13	49	57	−8	43
12	Mainz 05	34	12	7	15	46	57	−11	43

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^[2]

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	13	5	16	49	65	−16	44	9	0	8	27	28	−1	4	5	8	22	37	−15

Last updated: 25 May 2019.
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	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	L	D	W	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	W	D	L	W
Position	11	12	8	9	13	15	17	18	17	17	17	17	18	18	16	15	14	14	14	14	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	10

Updated to match(es) played on 25 May 2019. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

25 August 2018 (2018-08-25) 1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–2	FC Augsburg	Düsseldorf
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Raman 39'	Report	Hinteregger 57' Hahn 76'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 40,996 Referee: Markus Schmidt

2 September 2018 (2018-09-02) 2	RB Leipzig	1–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Leipzig
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Augustin 68'	Report	Zimmermann 47'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 34,975 Referee: Marco Fritz

15 September 2018 (2018-09-15) 3	Fortuna Düsseldorf	2–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Düsseldorf
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Morales 45' Lukebakio 88' (pen.)	Report	Nelson 86'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 40,111 Referee: Tobias Stieler

21 September 2018 (2018-09-21) 4	VfB Stuttgart	0–0	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Stuttgart
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 54,410 Referee: Robert Hartmann

26 September 2018 (2018-09-26) 5	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Düsseldorf
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hennings 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Volland 50', 60'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 40,046 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

29 September 2018 (2018-09-29) 6	1. FC Nürnberg	3–0	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Nuremberg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Behrens 28' (pen.) Ishak 64' Palacios Martínez 78'	Report		Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 36,102 Referee: Harm Osmers

6 October 2018 (2018-10-06) 7	Fortuna Düsseldorf	0–2	Schalke 04	Düsseldorf
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	McKennie 47' Burgstaller 53'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Sven Jablonski

19 October 2018 (2018-10-19) 8	Eintracht Frankfurt	7–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Frankfurt
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Haller 20' (pen.), 50' Jović 26', 34', 55', 69', 72'	Report	Lukebakio 53'	Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 51,000 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

27 October 2018 (2018-10-27) 9	Fortuna Düsseldorf	0–3	VfL Wolfsburg	Düsseldorf
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Weghorst 41' (pen.) Brekalo 73' Ginczek 80'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 38,043 Referee: Daniel Schlager

4 November 2018 (2018-11-04) 10	Borussia Mönchengladbach	3–0	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Hazard 48' (pen.), 82' Hofmann 67'	Report		Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,022 Referee: Felix Brych

10 November 2018 (2018-11-10) 11	Fortuna Düsseldorf	4–1	Hertha BSC	Düsseldorf
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Usami 50' Hennings 63' Raman 84', 90+2'	Report	Selke 88'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 38,743 Referee: Robert Hartmann

24 November 2018 (2018-11-24) 12	Bayern Munich	3–3	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Munich
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Süle 17' Müller 20', 58'	Report	Lukebakio 44', 77', 90+3'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Sven Jablonski

30 November 2018 (2018-11-30) 13	Fortuna Düsseldorf	0–1	Mainz 05	Düsseldorf
20:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Mateta 67'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 37,091 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

7 December 2018 (2018-12-07) 14	Werder Bremen	3–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Bremen
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Möhwald 20' Harnik 71' Sargent 78'	Report	Lukebakio 43' (pen.)	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 41,500 Referee: Marco Fritz

15 December 2018 (2018-12-15) 15	Fortuna Düsseldorf	2–0	SC Freiburg	Düsseldorf
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Ayhan 55', 79'	Report		Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 39,301 Referee: Harm Osmers

18 December 2018 (2018-12-18) 16	Fortuna Düsseldorf	2–1	Borussia Dortmund	Düsseldorf
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Lukebakio 22' Zimmer 56'	Report	Alcácer 81'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Tobias Welz

22 December 2018 (2018-12-22) 17	Hannover 96	0–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Hanover
15:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Fink 90+2'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 34,200 Referee: Bastian Dankert

19 January 2019 (2019-01-19) 18	FC Augsburg	1–2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Schmid 64'	Report	Ducksch 45' Raman 89'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 27,568 Referee: Christian Dingert

27 January 2019 (2019-01-27) 19	Fortuna Düsseldorf	0–4	RB Leipzig	Düsseldorf
18:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Poulsen 2', 16' Konaté 9' Laimer 68'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 34,394 Referee: Robert Hartmann

2 February 2019 (2019-02-02) 20	1899 Hoffenheim	1–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kramarić 16' (pen.)	Report	Hennings 46'	Stadium: PreZero Arena Attendance: 24,747 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

10 February 2019 (2019-02-10) 21	Fortuna Düsseldorf	3–0	VfB Stuttgart	Düsseldorf
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Karaman 34' Fink 49' Raman 85'	Report		Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 40,211 Referee: Christian Dingert

17 February 2019 (2019-02-17) 22	Bayer Leverkusen	2–0	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Leverkusen
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Havertz 18' Bailey 66'	Report		Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 27,717 Referee: Markus Schmidt

23 February 2019 (2019-02-23) 23	Fortuna Düsseldorf	2–1	1. FC Nürnberg	Düsseldorf
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Ewerton 62' (o.g.) Ayhan 83'	Report	Löwen 41'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 48,816 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

2 March 2019 (2019-03-02) 24	Schalke 04	0–4	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Lukebakio 35' (pen.) Kownacki 62', 84' Raman 68'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 60,322 Referee: Felix Brych

11 March 2019 (2019-03-11) 25	Fortuna Düsseldorf	0–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Düsseldorf
20:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Paciência 48' Haller 90+1', 90+3'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 41,419 Referee: Robert Hartmann

16 March 2019 (2019-03-16) 26	VfL Wolfsburg	5–2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Mehmedi 34' Weghorst 54', 59', 88' Knoche 57'	Report	Ayhan 30' Raman 65'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 25,350 Referee: Bastian Dankert

30 March 2019 (2019-03-30) 27	Fortuna Düsseldorf	3–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Düsseldorf
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Hennings 6', 16' Stöger 12'	Report	Zakaria 83'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 52,500 Referee: Tobias Stieler

6 April 2019 (2019-04-06) 28	Hertha BSC	1–2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Grujić 41'	Report	Raman 35', 61'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Berlin Attendance: 51,604 Referee: Christian Dingert

14 April 2019 (2019-04-14) 29	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–4	Bayern Munich	Düsseldorf
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Lukebakio 89' (pen.)	Report	Coman 15', 41' Gnabry 55' Goretzka 90+2'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 54,600 Referee: Felix Zwayer

20 April 2019 (2019-04-20) 30	Mainz 05	3–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Mateta 1', 87' Onisiwo 67'	Report	Lukebakio 19'	Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 29,205 Referee: Markus Schmidt

27 April 2019 (2019-04-27) 31	Fortuna Düsseldorf	4–1	Werder Bremen	Düsseldorf
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Raman 1' Karaman 22' Hennings 56' Suttner 73'	Report	Kruse 28' (pen.)	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 52,500 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

5 May 2019 (2019-05-05) 32	SC Freiburg	1–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Freiburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Grifo 9' (pen.)	Report	Kownacki 31'	Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Tobias Welz

11 May 2019 (2019-05-11) 33	Borussia Dortmund	3–2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Dortmund
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Pulisic 41' Delaney 53' Götze 90+2'	Report	Fink 47' Kownacki 90+5'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 81,365 Referee: Tobias Stieler

18 May 2019 (2019-05-18) 34	Fortuna Düsseldorf	2–1	Hannover 96	Düsseldorf
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hennings 56' Karaman 60'	Report	Müller 78'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

DFB-Pokal

19 August 2018 (2018-08-19) First round	Rot-Weiss Koblenz	0–5	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Koblenz
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Lukebakio 9', 12' Ducksch 32' Stöger 44' Raman 62'	Stadium: Stadion Oberwerth Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

30 October 2018 (2018-10-30) Second round	SSV Ulm	1–5	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Ulm
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Morina 1'	Report	Ducksch 15', 70' Hennings 33' Lukebakio 37', 43'	Stadium: Donaustadion Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Florian Badstübner

6 February 2019 (2019-02-06) Round of 16	Schalke 04	4–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Gelsenkirchen
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Kutucu 30' Sané 48', 87' Uth 53'	Report	Hennings 71'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 56,638 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	GER	Michael Rensing	29	0	28	0	1	0
16	GK	CZE	Jaroslav Drobný	3	0	2	0	1	0
30	GK	GER	Raphael Wolf	1	0	0	0	1	0
38	GK	GER	Tim Wiesner	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF	GER	André Hoffmann	11	0	7+2	0	2	0
5	DF	TUR	Kaan Ayhan	27	4	24	4	3	0
13	DF	POL	Adam Bodzek	18	0	17+1	0	0	0
14	DF	AUT	Markus Suttner	4	0	3	0	1	0
23	DF	GER	Niko Gießelmann	29	0	27	0	2	0
24	DF	GER	Georgios Siadas	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF	GER	Matthias Zimmermann	32	1	30	1	2	0
26	DF	GER	Diego Contento	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
32	DF	GER	Robin Bormuth	11	0	6+4	0	1	0
35	DF	POL	Marcin Kamiński	26	0	26	0	0	0
39	DF	GER	Jean Zimmer	20	1	17+1	1	2	0
Midfielders
6	MF	USA	Alfredo Morales	23	1	16+4	1	2+1	0
7	MF	GER	Oliver Fink	16	2	12+3	2	0+1	0
8	MF	GER	Aymen Barkok	11	0	4+6	0	1	0
11	MF	TUR	Kenan Karaman	18	1	6+11	1	0+1	0
19	MF	CRO	Davor Lovren	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
20	MF	BEL	Dodi Lukebakio	30	14	19+8	10	2+1	4
22	MF	AUT	Kevin Stöger	24	2	20+1	1	2+1	1
31	MF	GER	Marcel Sobottka	15	0	11+3	0	1	0
33	MF	JPN	Takashi Usami	21	1	10+9	1	2	0
40	MF	CAN	Kianz Froese	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	BEL	Benito Raman	28	10	16+10	9	1+1	1
10	FW	GER	Marvin Ducksch	19	4	8+8	1	3	3
21	FW	SWE	Emir Kujović	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW	POL	Dawid Kownacki	8	2	5+2	2	0+1	0
28	FW	GER	Rouwen Hennings	29	7	16+10	5	3	2
Players transferred out during the season
16	FW	NOR	Håvard Nielsen	2	1	1	1	0+1	0

Last updated: 20 April 2019
Source: Competitions

References

^ "Fortuna Düsseldorf 1895: Kader" [Fortuna Düsseldorf 1895: Squad]. f95.de (in German). Retrieved 30 January 2020.
^ "Ligaverband: Ligastatut" [League Association: League Regulations] (PDF). German Football Association (DFB). p. 222. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2018.

[1] "Fortuna Düsseldorf 1895: Kader" [Fortuna Düsseldorf 1895: Squad]. f95.de (in German). Retrieved 30 January 2020.

[2] "Ligaverband: Ligastatut" [League Association: League Regulations] (PDF). German Football Association (DFB). p. 222. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2018.

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