2018–19 Fortuna Düsseldorf season

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.

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.

Players

Squad information

As of 30 August 2023^[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   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 (vice-captain) 34 DF   FRA Nicolas Gavory

Friendly matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					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

Main article: 2018–19 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

Fortuna Düsseldorf v FC Augsburg

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

RB Leipzig v Fortuna Düsseldorf

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

Fortuna Düsseldorf v 1899 Hoffenheim

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

VfB Stuttgart v Fortuna Düsseldorf

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

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Bayer Leverkusen

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

1. FC Nürnberg v Fortuna Düsseldorf

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

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Schalke 04

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

Eintracht Frankfurt v Fortuna Düsseldorf

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

Fortuna Düsseldorf v VfL Wolfsburg

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

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Fortuna Düsseldorf

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

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Hertha BSC

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

Bayern Munich v Fortuna Düsseldorf

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

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Mainz 05

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

Werder Bremen v Fortuna Düsseldorf

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

Fortuna Düsseldorf v SC Freiburg

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

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Borussia Dortmund

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

Hannover 96 v Fortuna Düsseldorf

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

FC Augsburg v Fortuna Düsseldorf

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

Fortuna Düsseldorf v RB Leipzig

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

1899 Hoffenheim v Fortuna Düsseldorf

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

Fortuna Düsseldorf v VfB Stuttgart

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

Bayer Leverkusen v Fortuna Düsseldorf

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

Fortuna Düsseldorf v 1. FC Nürnberg

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

Schalke 04 v Fortuna Düsseldorf

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

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Eintracht Frankfurt

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

VfL Wolfsburg v Fortuna Düsseldorf

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

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Borussia Mönchengladbach

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

Hertha BSC v Fortuna Düsseldorf

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

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Bayern Munich

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

Mainz 05 v Fortuna Düsseldorf

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

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Werder Bremen

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

SC Freiburg v Fortuna Düsseldorf

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

Borussia Dortmund v Fortuna Düsseldorf

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

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Hannover 96

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

Main article: 2018–19 DFB-Pokal

Rot-Weiss Koblenz v Fortuna Düsseldorf

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

SSV Ulm v Fortuna Düsseldorf

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

Schalke 04 v Fortuna Düsseldorf

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
				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

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