2021–22 Fortuna Düsseldorf season

The 2021–22 season is Fortuna Düsseldorf's 127th season in existence and the club's second season back in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football, following their relegation from the Bundesliga in the 2019–20 season. The club also participate in the DFB-Pokal.

Fortuna Düsseldorf

2021–22 season
Manager	Christian Preußer
Stadium	Merkur Spiel-Arena
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Background and pre-season

Main article: 2020–21 Fortuna Düsseldorf season

Fortuna Düsseldorf finished the 2020–21 season in 5th place, 8 points below the automatic promotion places and 6 points below the promotion play-off place.^[1] Manager Uwe Rösler's contract was not renewed at the end of the previous season.^[2] Christian Preußer was appointed as manager in May 2021.^[3]

Pre-season

Pre-season match details

Date	Time	Opponent	Venue	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.
23 June 2021	18:30	TSV Meerbusch	Away	11–0	Peterson 1', Shipnoski 17', 39', Bunk 22', 46', Piotrowski 28', Prib 38', Sobottka 61', Klaus 65', Lobinger 66', Ofori 72'		^[4]
26 June 2021	14:00	SC Schiefbahn	Away	9–0	Klaus 10', 31', Ofori 21', 83', Shipnoski 57', Basczyk 64' o.g., Lobinger 68', 72', Bunk 88'	250	^[5]
4 July 2021	17:00	Würzburger Kickers	Home	1–2^[a]	Hartherz 115' pen.		^[6]
8 July 2021	18:00	AEL Limassol	Home	2–2	Sobottka 2', Narey 13'	200	^[7]
17 July 2021	15:30	OH Leuven	Home	3–0	Patris 16' o.g., Hennings 45'pen., Zimmermann 52'	3,095	^[8]

Competitions

2. Bundesliga

Main article: 2021–22 2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	1. FC Nürnberg	34	14	9	11	49	49	0	51
9	Holstein Kiel	34	12	9	13	46	54	−8	45
10	Fortuna Düsseldorf	34	11	11	12	45	42	+3	44
11	Hannover 96	34	11	9	14	35	49	−14	42
12	Karlsruher SC	34	9	14	11	54	55	−1	41

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-off.^[9]

Matches

2. Bundesliga match details

Match	Date	Time	Opponent	Venue	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	League position	Ref.
1	25 July 2021	13:30	SV Sandhausen	Away	2–0	Hennings 56', 62' pen.	3,452	5th	^[10]
2	31 July 2021	20:30	Werder Bremen	Home	2–3	Hennings 47', Narey 90+4'	12,850	8th	^[11]
3	14 August 2021	13:30	1. FC Nürnberg	Away	0–2		12,361	14th	^[12]
4	20 August 2021	18:30	Holstein Kiel	Home	2–2	Narey 40', Peterson 87'	16,349	11th	^[13]
5	28 August 2021	20:30	Schalke 04	Away	1–3	Appelkamp 12'	25,000	12th	^[14]
6	12 September 2021	13:30	Erzgebirge Aue	Away	1–0	Hennings 29' pen.	6,064	12th	^[15]
7	18 September 2021	13:30	Jahn Regensburg	Home	1–1	Boženík 33'	19,256	13th	^[16]
8	25 September 2021	13:30	FC Ingolstadt	Away	2–1
9	2 October 2021	13:30	SC Paderborn	Home	2–3
10	16 October 2021	20:30	Hamburger SV	Away	1–1
11	23 October 2021	13:30	Karlsruher SC	Home	3–1
12	31 October 2021	13:30	Hansa Rostock	Away	1–2
13	6 November 2021	13:30	Hannover 96	Home	1–1
14	21 November 2021	13:30	Dynamo Dresden	Away	0–1
15	26 November 2021	18:30	1. FC Heidenheim	Home	0–1
16	3 December 2021	18:30	Darmstadt 98	Away	3–1
17	11 December 2021	20:30	FC St. Pauli	Home	1–1
18	17 December 2021	18:30	SV Sandhausen	Home	0–1
19	15 January 2022	13:30	Werder Bremen	Away	0–3
20	21 January 2022	18:30	1. FC Nürnberg	Home	0–1
21	6 February 2022	13:30	Holstein Kiel	Away	0–1
22	13 February 2022	13:30	Schalke 04	Home	2–1
23	20 February 2022	13:30	Erzgebirge Aue	Home	3–1
24	27 February 2022	13:30	Jahn Regensburg	Away	0–0
25	6 March 2022	13:30	FC Ingolstadt	Home	3–0
26	12 March 2022	13:30	SC Paderborn	Away	1–1
27	19 March 2022	13:30	Hamburger SV	Home	1–1
28	3 April 2022	13:30	Karlsruher SC	Away	2–2
29	8 April 2022	18:30	Hansa Rostock	Home	3–0
30	16 April 2022	13:30	Hannover 96	Away	0–0
31	22 April 2022	18:30	Dynamo Dresden	Home	2–2
32	29 April 2022	18:30	1. FC Heidenheim	Away	3–1
33	6 May 2022	18:30	Darmstadt 98	Home	2–1
34	15 May 2022	15:30	FC St. Pauli	Away	0–2

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2021–22 DFB-Pokal

DFB-Pokal match details

Round	Date	Time	Opponent	Venue	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2021	MF	Nicklas Shipnoski	1. FC Saarbrücken	Undisclosed	^[17]^[18]
1 July 2021	MF	Felix Klaus	VfL Wolfsburg	Undisclosed	^[19]

Loans in

Date	Position	Name	Club	Return	Ref.
26 June 2021	MF	Ao Tanaka	Kawasaki Frontale	End of season	^[20]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
22 June 2021	MF	Jean Zimmer	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Undisclosed	^[21]^[22]
1 July 2021	MF	Gökhan Gül		Released	^[23]
1 July 2021	FW	Kenan Karaman		Released	^[23]
1 July 2021	GK	Anton Mitryushkin		Released	^[23]

Loans out

Date	Position	Name	Club	Return	Ref.

Notes

1. Match played over 120 minutes

References

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