2020–21 Fortuna Düsseldorf season

The 2020–21 Fortuna Düsseldorf season was the club's 126th season in existence and the first season back in the second flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, Fortuna Düsseldorf participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Fortuna Düsseldorf

2020–21 season
Board Members	Thomas Röttgermann (President) Erich Rutemöller Lutz Pfannenstiel
Head coach	Uwe Rösler
Stadium	Merkur Spiel-Arena
2. Bundesliga	5th
DFB-Pokal	Second round
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Review and events

Fortuna Düsseldorf started the 2020–21 season on 12 September 2020 against FC Ingolstadt 04 in the first round of the DFB-Pokal.^[1] Fortuna Düsseldorf won the match 1–0 against FC Ingolstadt 04.^[2] However, they were knocked out of the DFB–Pokal in the following round against Rot-Weiss Essen.^[3]

The first 2. Bundesliga match happened against Hamburger SV on 18 September 2020.^[1] Fortuna Düsseldorf lost the match 2–1.^[4] Fortuna Düsseldorf's first league win came on 20 September 2020 against Würzburger Kickers.^[1] Fortuna Düsseldorf won 1–0.^[5] They finished September in 11th place.^[6] In October, they went on a three–match winless streak before winning the final match of the month.^[1] They lost matchday 3^[1] and 5^[1] against Holstein Kiel^[7] and Hannover 96^[8] they drew matchday four 2–2 against Jahn Regensburg,^[9] and won matchday six against 1. FC Heidenheim.^[10] Fortuna Düsseldorf finished October tied for 12th place with SV Sandhausen.^[11] on 30 November 2020, Fortuna Düsseldorf lost to VfL Bochum 5–0.^[12] Fortuna Düsseldorf finished November in 12th place.^[13] Fortuna Düsseldorf won all four league matches in December.^[1] Fortuna Düsseldorf defeated SV Darmstadt 98,^[14] Karlsruher SC,^[15] VfL Osnabrück,^[16] and FC St. Pauli.^[17] Fortuna Düsseldorf finished December in fifth place.^[18] Fortuna Düsseldorf started 2021 with a win against SC Paderborn 07.^[1] This was their fifth win in a row.^[19] Their five–match winning streak finished when they drew Eintracht Braunschweig 0–0.^[20] A victory against Erzgebirge Aue on 16 January 2021 (matchday 16)^[21] put Fortuna Düsseldorf in third place for a playoff for promotion to the 2021–22 Bundesliga season.^[22] However, a draw against Greuther Fürth on 22 January 2021 (matchday 17)^[23] dropped Fortuna Düsseldorf down to fourth place^[24] and a 0–0 draw against Hamburg on 26 February 2021 (matchday 18)^[25] dropped Fortuna Düsseldorf down to fifth place.^[26] Fortuna Düsseldorf finished January with a 2–1 loss to Würzburger Kickers on 29 January 2021.^[27] Fortuna Düsseldorf finished January in sixth place.^[28] This was Fortuna Düsseldorf's first loss since losing 5–0 to Bochum.^[1]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Wehen Wiesbaden

18 August 2020 Friendly	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Cancelled	Wehen Wiesbaden	Düsseldorf, Germany
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Paul-Janes-Stadion

Fortuna Düsseldorf v VfL Bochum

22 August 2020 Friendly	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–0	VfL Bochum	Düsseldorf, Germany
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Karaman   44'			Stadium: Paul-Janes-Stadion

Vitesse v Fortuna Düsseldorf

28 August 2020 Friendly	Vitesse	2–2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Arnhem, Netherlands
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Tannane   31' Bero   68'	Report	Darfalou   26' (o.g.) Hoffmann   45'	Stadium: GelreDome

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Fortuna Düsseldorf

8 October 2020 Friendly	Borussia Mönchengladbach	4–0	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Mönchengladbach, Germany
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pléa   3' Embolo   15', 58' Stindl   84'	Report	Kownacki	Stadium: Fohlenplatz Attendance: 300 Referee: Marc Borsch

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
2. Bundesliga	18 September 2020	23 May 2021	Matchday 1	5th	34	16	8	10	55	46	+9	047.06
DFB-Pokal	12 September 2020	23 December 2020	First round	Second round	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	050.00
Total					36	17	8	11	58	49	+9	047.22

Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga

Main article: 2020–21 2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Holstein Kiel	34	18	8	8	57	35	+22	62	Qualification for promotion play-offs
4	Hamburger SV	34	16	10	8	71	44	+27	58
5	Fortuna Düsseldorf	34	16	8	10	55	46	+9	56
6	Karlsruher SC	34	14	10	10	51	44	+7	52
7	Darmstadt 98	34	15	6	13	63	55	+8	51

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.^[29]

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	16	8	10	55	46	+9	56	11	4	2	32	20	+12	5	4	8	23	26	−3

Source: kicker.de

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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	L	D	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	D	L	L	D	W	L
Position	14	11	14	12	16	16	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

Updated to match(es) played on 28 February 2021. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 7 August 2020.^[30]

2. Bundesliga match details

Match	Date	Time	Opponent	Venue	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Referee	Ref.
1	18 September 2020	18:30	Hamburger SV	Away	1–2	Zimmermann 90+3'	1,000	Dingert	^[31]
2	26 September 2020	13:00	Würzburger Kickers	Home	1–0	Kownacki 82'	7,500	Hartmann	^[32]
3	4 October 2020	13:30	Holstein Kiel	Away	1–2	Meffert 59' o.g.	1,973	Ittrich	^[33]
4	18 October 2020	13:30	Jahn Regensburg	Home	2–2	Karaman 81', Hennings 86'	0	Kampka	^[34]
5	24 October 2020	13:00	Hannover 96	Away	0–3		8,900	Dankert	^[35]
6	30 October 2020	18:30	1. FC Heidenheim	Home	1–0	Sobottka 33'	0	Stegemann	^[36]
7	7 November 2020	13:00	1. FC Nürnberg	Away	1–1	Karaman 30'	0	Schröder	^[37]
8	21 November 2020	13:00	SV Sandhausen	Home	1–0	Hennings 59' pen.	0	Schlager	^[38]
9	30 November 2020	20:30	VfL Bochum	Away	0–5		0	Willenborg	^[39]
10	4 December 2020	18:30	Darmstadt 98	Home	3–2	Hennings 56', Karaman 77', Kownacki 89'	0	Alt	^[40]
11	13 December 2020	13:30	Karlsruher SC	Away	2–1	Krajnc 12', Peterson 57'	0	Reichel	^[41]
12	16 December 2020	18:30	VfL Osnabrück	Home	3–0	Appelkamp 11', Hennings (2) 89', 90+2'	0	Lechner	^[42]
13	20 December 2020	13:30	FC St. Pauli	Away	3–0	Zimmermann 10', Hennings 64', Prib 90+3'	0	Schröder	^[43]
14	4 January 2021	20:30	SC Paderborn	Home	2–1	Peterson 22', Karaman 55'	0	Aarnink	^[44]
15	11 January 2021	20:30	Eintracht Braunschweig	Away	0–0		0	Sather	^[45]
16	16 January 2021	13:00	Erzgebirge Aue	Away	3–0	Kownacki 24', Karaman 82', Pledl 89'	0	Günsch	^[46]
17	22 January 2021	18:30	Greuther Fürth	Home	3–3	Karaman 35', Peterson 49', Danso 83'	0	Willenborg	^[47]
18	26 January 2021	20:30	Hamburger SV	Home	0–0		0	Cortus	^[48]
19	29 January 2021	18:30	Würzburger Kickers	Away	1–2	Hennings 25'	0	Schmidt	^[49]
20	8 February 2021	20:30	Holstein Kiel	Home	0–2		0	Storks	^[50]
21	13 February 2021	13:00	Jahn Regensburg	Away	1–1	Karaman 52'	0	Gerach	^[51]
22	21 February 2021	13:30	Hannover 96	Home	3–2	Hennings 28' pen., Klaus 52', Appelkamp 76'	0	Zwayer	^[52]
23	28 February 2021	13:30	1. FC Heidenheim	Away	2–3	Sobottka 63', Peterson 76'	0	Heft	^[53]
24	7 March 2021	13:30	1. FC Nürnberg	Home	3–1	Hoffmann 48', Sobottka 77', Sorg 90+5' o.g.	0	Petersen	^[54]
25	13 March 2021	13:00	SV Sandhausen	Away	0–0		0	Kampka	^[55]
26	22 March 2021	20:30	VfL Bochum	Home	0–3		0	Aytekin	^[56]
27	4 April 2021	13:30	Darmstadt 98	Away	2–1	Krajnc 20', Kownacki 62'	0	Reichel	^[57]
29	18 April 2021	13:30	VfL Osnabrück	Away	3–0	Peterson 37', Kownacki 50' pen., Sobottka 67'	0	Jablonski	^[58]
30	21 April 2021	18:30	FC St. Pauli	Home	2–0	Klaus 26', Danso 48'	0	Bacher	^[59]
31	24 April 2021	13:00	SC Paderborn	Away	1–2	Hennings 64'	0	Aarnink	^[60]
28	3 May 2021	20:30	Karlsruher SC	Home	3–2	Kownacki 35' pen., Borrello 73', Appelkamp 90+5'	0	Alt	^[61]
32	8 May 2021	13:00	Eintracht Braunschweig	Home	2–2	Kownacki 42' pen., Appelkamp 60'	0	Reichel	^[62]
33	16 May 2021	15:30	Erzgebirge Aue	Home	3–0	Appelkamp 10', Sobottka 18', Peterson 87'	0	Cortus	^[63]
34	23 May 2021	15:30	Greuther Fürth	Away	2–3	Peterson 26', Appelkamp 56'	0	Osmers	^[64]

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2020–21 DFB-Pokal

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result F–A	Goalscorers	Attendance	Ref.
12 September 2020	First round	FC Ingolstadt 04	Away	1–0	Pledl	0	^[2]
23 December 2020	Second round	Rot-Weiss Essen	Away	2–3	Hennings (2)	0	^[3]

Player details

First-team squad

As of 9 October 2020^[65]

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 Raphael Wolf 3 MF   GER André Hoffmann 4 DF   AUT Kevin Danso (on loan from Augsburg) 5 DF   AUT Christoph Klarer 6 MF   USA Alfredo Morales 7 DF   GER Florian Hartherz 8 MF   POL Jakub Piotrowski 9 FW   POL Dawid Kownacki 11 FW   TUR Kenan Karaman 12 MF   SWE Kristoffer Peterson 13 MF   POL Adam Bodzek (captain) 14 FW   GHA Kelvin Ofori 15 MF   GER Edgar Prib 18 MF   GER Thomas Pledl 19 FW   GER Emmanuel Iyoha

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 FW   AUS Brandon Borrello (on loan from SC Freiburg) 21 GK   GER Dennis Gorka 22 DF   GRE Leonardo Koutris (on loan from Olympiacos) 23 MF   JPN Shinta Appelkamp 25 DF   GER Matthias Zimmermann 28 FW   GER Rouwen Hennings 29 MF   GER Gökhan Gül 30 GK   RUS Anton Mitryushkin 31 MF   GER Marcel Sobottka 32 DF   SVN Luka Krajnc (on loan from Frosinone) 33 GK   GER Florian Kastenmeier 36 DF   GER Nikell Touglo 39 DF   GER Jean Zimmer 43 DF   GER Jamil Siebert

Transfers

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 — FW   GHA Nana Ampomah (on loan to Royal Antwerp until 30 June 2022)

Notes

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External links

• Official website