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
ManagerChristian Preußer
StadiumMerkur Spiel-Arena

Background and pre-season edit

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 edit

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 edit

2. Bundesliga edit

League table edit

Pos Team 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 edit

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 edit

DFB-Pokal match details
Round Date Time Opponent Venue Result
F–A
Scorers Attendance Ref.

Transfers edit

Transfers in edit

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 edit

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

Transfers out edit

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 edit

Date Position Name Club Return Ref.

Notes edit

  1. ^ Match played over 120 minutes

References edit

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  13. ^ "Skryzbski kann späten Ausgleich nicht mehr kontern - Kiel holt ersten Zähler".
  14. ^ "Terodde wird für Nedelcu zum Albtraum".
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  21. ^ ""Ein Kind der Region": Zimmer bleibt ein Roter Teufel". kicker (in German). 22 June 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
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