2017–18 Fortuna Düsseldorf season

The 2017–18 Fortuna Düsseldorf season was the 123rd season in the football club's history. For the 5th consecutive season, Düsseldorf played in the 2. Bundesliga. They also participated in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Fortuna Düsseldorf
2017–18 season
ChairmanRobert Schäfer
ManagerFriedhelm Funkel
StadiumESPRIT arena
2. Bundesliga1st
DFB-PokalSecond round
All statistics correct as of 15 September 2017.

Players

Squad information
As of 31 January 2018[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 GK Michael Rensing
3 DF André Hoffmann
4 DF Julian Schauerte
5 DF Kaan Ayhan
6 MF Florian Neuhaus (on loan from Borussia Mönchengladbach)
7 MF Oliver Fink (captain)
8 MF Jerome Kiesewetter
9 FW Benito Raman
11 MF Axel Bellinghausen
13 DF Adam Bodzek
15 DF Lukas Schmitz
16 FW Håvard Nielsen
18 DF Gökhan Gül
19 MF Davor Lovren
21 FW Emir Kujović
No. Position Player
23 DF Niko Gießelmann
24 MF Justin Kinjo
25 MF Genki Haraguchi (on loan from Hertha BSC)
27 MF Taylan Duman
28 FW Rouwen Hennings
30 GK Raphael Wolf
31 MF Marcel Sobottka
32 DF Robin Bormuth
33 MF Takashi Usami (on loan from FC Augsburg)
35 FW Karlo Majić
36 DF Anderson Lucoqui
38 GK Tim Wiesner
39 DF Jean Zimmer (on loan from VfB Stuttgart)
40 MF Kianz Froese
— DF Jean Ndecky

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Bundesliga
Main article: 2017–18 2. Bundesliga

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Fortuna Düsseldorf (C, P) 34 19 6 9 57 43 +14 63 Promotion to Bundesliga
2 1. FC Nürnberg (P) 34 17 9 8 61 39 +22 60
3 Holstein Kiel 34 14 14 6 71 44 +27 56 Qualification to promotion play-offs
4 Arminia Bielefeld 34 12 12 10 51 47 +4 48
5 Jahn Regensburg 34 14 6 14 53 53 0 48
Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
34 19 6 9 57 44  +13 63 10 4 3 30 20  +10 9 2 6 27 24  +3

Last updated: 13 May 2018.
Source: Bundesliga

Results by round
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Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2018. Source: Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches
31 July 2017 (2017-07-31) 1Fortuna Düsseldorf2–2Eintracht BraunschweigDüsseldorf
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: ESPRIT arena
Attendance: 25,492
Referee: Christian Dingert
6 August 2017 2Erzgebirge Aue0–2Fortuna DüsseldorfAue
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion
Attendance: 9,150
Referee: Felix Brych
19 August 2017 3Fortuna Düsseldorf2–01. FC KaiserslauternDüsseldorf
13:00 CEST (UTC+2) Neuhaus  17'  76'
Sobottka  27'
Bebou  43'
Hoffmann  90+1'		 Report Vučur  37'
Fechner  71'
Kastaneer  72'		 Stadium: ESPRIT arena
Attendance: 25,227
Referee: Bastian Dankert
27 August 2017 4SV Sandhausen1–2Fortuna DüsseldorfSandhausen
13:30 CEST (UTC+2) Höler  22'
Knipping  45+1'
Kister  78'
Erik Zenga  88'		 Report Bebou  25'  51'
Ayhan  29'
Zimmer  50'
Bodzek  63'
Hennings  90'		 Stadium: BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald
Attendance: 6,769
Referee: Florian Heft
10 September 2017 5Fortuna Düsseldorf3–2Union BerlinDüsseldorf
13:30 CEST (UTC+2) Sobottka  17'
Raman  65'
Gießelmann  67'
Usami  84'
Neuhaus  90'		 Report Gogia  33'
Leistner  35'
Kreilach  68'
Ayhan  77' (o.g.)
Hartel  85'		 Stadium: ESPRIT arena
Attendance: 26,341
Referee: Arne Aarnink
17 September 2017 6Greuther Fürth3–1Fortuna DüsseldorfFürth
13:30 CEST (UTC+2) Gjasula  27'
Dursun  35'  63'
Ayçiçek  37'
Caligiuri  44'
Green  45'		 Report Sobottka  20'
Ayhan  26'
Gießelmann  62' (pen.)		 Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer
Attendance: 8,535
Referee: Martin Petersen
20 September 2017 7Fortuna Düsseldorf1–0Jahn RegensburgDüsseldorf
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Sobottka  30'
Neuhaus  32'
Fink  47'
Kujović  54'		 Report Saller  40'
Grüttner  58'		 Stadium: ESPRIT arena
Attendance: 19,380
Referee: Robert Kempter
23 September 2017 8FC St Pauli1–2Fortuna DüsseldorfSt. Pauli
13:00 CEST (UTC+2) Şahin  34'
Sobota  60'		 Report Usami  9'
Hennings  23'		 Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion
Attendance: 29,546
Referee: Felix Brych
2 October 2017 9Fortuna Düsseldorf3–1MSV DuisburgDüsseldorf
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Hennings  2'  82'
Zimmer  6'
Sobottka  22'
Raman  55'
Wolf  59'
Ayhan  84'		 Report Iljutcenko  44'
Stoppelkamp  57'
Engin  90+2'		 Stadium: ESPRIT arena
Attendance: 41,764
Referee: Robert Schröder
14 October 2017 10Arminia Bielefeld0–2Fortuna DüsseldorfBielefeld
13:00 CEST (UTC+2) Börner  73' Report Raman  35'
Neuhaus  76'		 Stadium: SchücoArena
Attendance: 21,554
Referee: Tobias Stieler
20 October 2017 11Fortuna Düsseldorf1–0Darmstadt 98Düsseldorf
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Kujović  2'
Raman  16'
Neuhaus  69'
Hoffmann  90+2'		 Report Großkreutz  7'
Platte  63'
Holland  87'
Hamit Altıntop  90'		 Stadium: ESPRIT arena
Attendance: 27,674
Referee: Frank Willenborg
30 October 2017 12VfL Bochum0-0Fortuna DüsseldorfBochum
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Hinterseer  38'  Report Bodzek  39'
Schauerte  90+1'		 Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 27,599
Referee: Benjamin Cortus
5 November 2017 13Fortuna Düsseldorf2-21. FC HeidenheimDüsseldorf
13:30 CEST (UTC+2) Neuhaus  30'
Ayhan  64' 
Hennings  78'  82'
Zimmer  87'
Raman  90+1'  90+1'		 Report Verhoek  83'
Glatzel  84'
Feick  87'
Skarke  88'
Müller  90+1'
Schnatterer  90+6' (pen.)		 Stadium: ESPRIT arena
Attendance: 23,956
Referee: Lasse Koslowski
19 November 2017 14FC Ingolstadt 041-0Fortuna DüsseldorfIngolstadt
13:30 CEST (UTC+2) Morales  3'  45'
Gaus  53'
Cohen  71'
Träsch  84'
Kittel  87'		 Report Hoffmann  55'
Hennings  86'
Sobottka  87'		 Stadium: Audi Sportpark
Attendance: 11,648
Referee: Daniel Schlager
27 November 2017 15Fortuna Düsseldorf1-3Dynamo DresdenDüsseldorf
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Raman  31'
Fink  62'
Hennings  90+1'		 Report Hartmann  4'
Röser  5'
Duljević  10'
Heise  82'		 Stadium: ESPRIT arena
Attendance: 22,602
Referee: Benjamin Brand
2 December 2017 16Holstein Kiel2-2Fortuna DüsseldorfKiel
13:00 CEST (UTC+2) Czichos  28'
Schindler  55'
Drexler  70'		 Report Ayhan  27'
Raman  43'
Zimmer  61'
Hennings  85'		 Stadium: Holstein-Stadion
Attendance: 11,748
Referee: Martin Petersen
11 December 2017 17Fortuna Düsseldorf0-21. FC NürnbergDüsseldorf
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Schmitz  38' Report Valentini  13'
Kammerbauer  22'
Ishak  36'
Werner  43'  67'
Margreitter  77'
Ewerton  88'		 Stadium: ESPRIT arena
Attendance: 22,248
Referee: Rene Rohde
15 December 2017 18Eintracht Braunschweig0 - 1Fortuna DüsseldorfBraunschweig
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Reichel  58'
Yıldırım  74'		 Report Lovren  9'  9'
Hoffmann  48'
Raman  74'
Ayhan  90+4'		 Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 19,725
Referee: Patrick Alt
24 January 2018 19Fortuna Düsseldorf2 - 1Erzgebirge AueDüsseldorf
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: ESPRIT arena
Attendance: 19,617
Referee: Florian Badstübner
27 January 2018 201. FC Kaiserslautern1-3Fortuna DüsseldorfKaiserslautern
13:00 CEST (UTC+2) Borrello  5'
Moritz  48' (pen.)
Müller  51' 
Callsen-Bracker  74'		 Report Haraguchi  13'  64' (pen.)
Raman  78'
Schmitz  89'		 Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Attendance: 21,739
Referee: Tobias Stieler
2 February 2018 21Fortuna Düsseldorf1-0SV SandhausenDüsseldorf
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Hoffmann  2'
Ayhan  74'
Sobottka  76'		 Report Kister
Linsmayer  80'		 Stadium: ESPRIT arena
Attendance: 23,288
Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck
10 February 2018 22Union Berlin3-1Fortuna DüsseldorfBerlin
13:00 CEST (UTC+2) Polter  45+2'  71'
Skrzybski  67' (pen.)  90+5'
Hedlund  72'
Kroos  75'		 Summary Neuhaus  41'
Gießelmann  45'
Bodzek  67'
Raman  73'		 Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei
Attendance: 22,012
Referee: Robert Hartmann (referee)
17 February 2018 23Fortuna Düsseldorf1-1SpVgg Greuther FürthDüsseldorf
13:00 CEST (UTC+2) Fink  24'
Ayhan  74'
Usami  76'		 Summary Wittek  10'  54'
Green  43'
Gugganig  63'
Ernst  80'		 Stadium: ESPRIT arena
Attendance: 23,849
Referee: Sören Storks
25 February 2018 24Jahn RegensburgvFortuna DüsseldorfRegensburg
13:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Continental Arena
4 March 2018 25Fortuna DüsseldorfvFC St PauliDüsseldorf
13:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: ESPRIT arena
11 March 2018 26MSV DuisburgvFortuna DüsseldorfDuisburg
13:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena
18 March 2018 27Fortuna DüsseldorfvArminia BielefeldDüsseldorf
13:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: ESPRIT arena
1 April 2018 28Darmstadt 98vFortuna DüsseldorfDarmstadt
13:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor
8 April 2018 29Fortuna DüsseldorfvVfL BochumDüsseldorf
13:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: ESPRIT arena
15 April 2018 301. FC HeidenheimvFortuna DüsseldorfHeidenheim an der Brenz
13:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Voith-Arena
22 April 2018 31Fortuna DüsseldorfvFC Ingolstadt 04Düsseldorf
13:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: ESPRIT arena
29 April 2018 32Dynamo DresdenvFortuna DüsseldorfDresden
13:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: DDV-Stadion
6 May 2018 33Fortuna DüsseldorfvHolstein KielDüsseldorf
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: ESPRIT arena
13 May 2018 341. FC NürnbergvFortuna DüsseldorfNuremberg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion

DFB-Pokal
Main article: 2017–18 DFB-Pokal
12 August 2017 (2017-08-12) First roundArminia Bielefeld1–3 (a.e.t.)Fortuna DüsseldorfBielefeld
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Klos  55' Report
Stadium: SchücoArena
Attendance: 19,825
Referee: Harm Osmers
24 October 2017 (2017-10-24) Second roundFortuna Düsseldorf0–1Borussia MönchengladbachDüsseldorf
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Raman  15' Report Hazard  52'
Cuisance  58'		 Stadium: ESPRIT arena
Attendance: 52500
Referee: Manuel Gräfe

References
  1. "Fortuna Düsseldorf 1895:Kader". www.f95.de. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
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