2023–24 Fortuna Düsseldorf season

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

Fortuna Düsseldorf

2023–24 season
Head coach	Daniel Thioune
Stadium	Merkur Spiel-Arena
2. Bundesliga	4th
DFB-Pokal	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Christos Tzolis (15) All: Christos Tzolis (17)
Highest home attendance	52,000 vs 1. FC Kaiserslautern
Lowest home attendance	27,715 vs Wehen Wiesbaden
Biggest win	SV Elversberg 0–5 Fortuna Düsseldorf
Biggest defeat	Fortuna Düsseldorf 1–3 Wehen Wiesbaden
Home colours
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Players

First-team squad

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 34 DF   FRA Nicolas Gavory

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. 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

In

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]

Out

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

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Fortuna Düsseldorf   v   VfL Bochum

21 July 2023 Friendly	Fortuna Düsseldorf	3–1	VfL Bochum	Düsseldorf
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Iyoha   7' Siebert   29' De Wijs   49' Appelkamp   83'		Broschinski   79'	Stadium: Paul-Janes-Stadion Attendance: 4,000

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
2. Bundesliga	28 July 2023	19 May 2024	Matchday 1	18	9	4	5	39	23	+16	050.00
DFB-Pokal	13 August 2023		First round	2	2	0	0	9	4	+5	100.00
Total				20	11	4	5	48	27	+21	055.00

Last updated: 21 January 2024
Source: Soccerway

2. Bundesliga

Main article: 2023–24 2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FC St. Pauli	28	16	9	3	51	28	+23	57	Promotion to Bundesliga
2	Holstein Kiel	28	17	4	7	55	34	+21	55
3	Fortuna Düsseldorf	28	14	7	7	61	35	+26	49	Qualification for promotion play-offs
4	Hamburger SV	28	14	6	8	53	39	+14	48
5	Hannover 96	28	11	11	6	51	36	+15	44

Updated to match(es) played on 7 April 2024. 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.)

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
18	9	4	5	39	23	+16	31	4	2	3	17	15	+2	5	2	2	22	8	+14

Last updated: 21 January 2024.
Source: DFB

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A
Result	W	D	L	W	W	W	D	L	D	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	W	D
Position	6	8	10	5	4	1	1	5	6	5	2	4	5	4	4	5	4	5

Updated to match(es) played on 21 January 2024. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Hertha BSC

29 July 2023 1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–0	Hertha BSC	Düsseldorf
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ginczek   51'	Report		Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 40,466 Referee: Christian Dingert

FC St. Pauli v Fortuna Düsseldorf

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

Fortuna Düsseldorf v SC Paderborn

19 August 2023 3	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–2	SC Paderborn	Düsseldorf
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	De Wijs   57'	Report	Muslija   5' Conteh   59'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 30,312 Referee: Robert Hartmann

SV Elversberg v Fortuna Düsseldorf

26 August 2023 4	SV Elversberg	0–5	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Rostock
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Klaus   11' De Wijs   15' Vermeij   42' Christos Tzolis   70' (pen.), 79'	Stadium: Waldstadion an der Kaiserlinde Attendance: 8,366 Referee: Michael Bacher

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Karlsruher SC

1 September 2023 5	Fortuna Düsseldorf	3–1	Karlsruher SC	Düsseldorf
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Engelhardt   14' Tzolis   55' Wanitzek   57' (o.g.)	Report	Teuchert   3'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 27,942 Referee: Frank Willenborg

Hansa Rostock v Fortuna Düsseldorf

16 September 2023 6	Hansa Rostock	1–3	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Rostock
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Van der Werff   45'	Report	Tzolis   17' Hoffmann   35' Niemiec   88'	Stadium: Ostseestadion Attendance: 24,600 Referee: Nicolas Winter

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Hannover 96

24 September 2023 7	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–1	Hannover 96	Düsseldorf
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Tzolis   59' (pen.)	Report	Teuchert   7'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 35,444 Referee: Florian Lechner

Hamburger SV v Fortuna Düsseldorf

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

Fortuna Düsseldorf v VfL Osnabrück

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

Fortuna Düsseldorf v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

21 October 2023 10	Fortuna Düsseldorf	4–3	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Düsseldorf
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Tanaka   36', 63' Zimmermann   49' Klaus   57'	Report	Tachie   21' Siebert   30' (o.g.) Ritter   32'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Benjamin Brand

Eintracht Braunschweig v Fortuna Düsseldorf

27 October 2023 11	Eintracht Braunschweig	1–4	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Braunschweig
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Krüger   59'	Report	Tzolis   12' Vermeij   15' Siebert   63' Tanaka   90+8'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 19,333 Referee: Patrick Alt

Fortuna Düsseldorf v SV Wehen Wiesbaden

3 November 2023 12	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–3	SV Wehen Wiesbaden	Düsseldorf
18:30 UTC+1	Engelhardt   79'	Report	Lee   10' Catic   26' Iredale   42' (pen.)	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 27,715 Referee: Florian Heft

Greuther Fürth v Fortuna Düsseldorf

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

Fortuna Düsseldorf v FC Schalke 04

25 November 2023 14	Fortuna Düsseldorf	5–3	FC Schalke 04	Düsseldorf
20:30 UTC+1	Vermeij   13', 26' Klaus   19' Tzolis   65' Niemiec   90+4'	Report	Kamiński   57' Kalas   74' Lasme   75'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Robert Schröder

1. FC Nürnberg v Fortuna Düsseldorf

2 December 2023 15	1. FC Nürnberg	0–5	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Nürnberg
13:00 UTC+1		Report	Vermeij   39', 45+3', 56' (pen.) Tanaka   41' Niemiec   84'	Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 33,062 Referee: Richard Hempel

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Holstein Kiel

10 December 2023 16	Fortuna Düsseldorf	0–1	Holstein Kiel	Düsseldorf
13:30 UTC+1		Report	Holtby   18'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 31,042 Referee: Florian Badstübner

1. FC Magdeburg v Fortuna Düsseldorf

16 December 2023 17	1. FC Magdeburg	2–3	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Magdeburg
13:00 UTC+1	Bockhorn   17' Amaechi   37'	Report	Vermeij   46', 75' Appelkamp   70'	Stadium: MDCC-Arena Attendance: 20,090 Referee: Michael Bacher

Hertha BSC v Fortuna Düsseldorf

21 January 2024 18	Hertha BSC	2–2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Berlin
13:30 UTC+1	Tabakovic   30' Scherhant   45+1'	Report	Jóhannesson   44' Tzolis   50' (pen.)	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 42,902 Referee: Robert Kampka

Fortuna Düsseldorf v FC St. Pauli

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

Paderborn v Fortuna Dusseldorf

4 February 2024 20	Paderborn	4–3	Fortuna Dusseldorf
12:30 CEST

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2023–24 DFB-Pokal

FV Illertissen v Fortuna Düsseldorf

13 August 2023 First round	FV Illertissen	1–3	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Illertissen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Frisorger   41'	Report	Frisorger   3' (o.g.) Vermeij   25' Tzolis   90+1'	Stadium: Vöhlinstadion Referee: Lars Erbst

SpVgg Unterhaching v Fortuna Düsseldorf

31 October 2023 Second round	SpVgg Unterhaching	3–6 (a.e.t.)	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Unterhaching
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Hobsch   34', 55' (pen.) Skarlatidis   71'		Klaus   65' Jóhannesson   66', 78', 107' Tzolis   115' Jastrzembski   117'	Stadium: Sportpark Unterhaching Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Alexander Sather

1. FC Magdeburg v Fortuna Düsseldorf

5 December 2023 Round of 16	1. FC Magdeburg	v	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Magdeburg
18:00 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: MDCC-Arena

References

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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External links

• Official website