2018–19 Fortuna Düsseldorf season

The 2018–19 Fortuna Düsseldorf season season was the 124th edition of football Fortuna Düsseldorf's in existence and 24th overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2018. In addition to the domestic league, Fortuna Düsseldorf contested in the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. This is the 15th season for Düsseldorf in the Merkur Spiel-Arena, located in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The season covered a period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

Fortuna Düsseldorf

2018–19 season
Chairman	Robert Schäfer
Manager	Friedhelm Funkel
Stadium	Merkur Spiel-Arena
Bundesliga	10th
DFB-Pokal	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Dodi Lukebakio Benito Raman (10 goals each) All: Dodi Lukebakio (14 goals)
Highest home attendance	53,400
Lowest home attendance	34,394
Average home league attendance	44,339
Biggest win	Koblenz 0–5 Düsseldorf
Biggest defeat	Frankfurt 7–1 Düsseldorf
← 2017–18 2019–20 →
All statistics correct as of 25 May 2019.

Players

Squad at end of season.^[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  GER Michael Rensing 3 DF  GER André Hoffmann 5 DF  TUR Kaan Ayhan 6 MF  USA Alfredo Morales 7 MF  GER Oliver Fink (captain) 8 MF  GER Aymen Barkok (on loan from Eintracht Frankfurt) 9 FW  BEL Benito Raman 10 FW  GER Marvin Ducksch 11 MF  TUR Kenan Karaman 12 GK  GER Jannick Theißen 13 DF  POL Adam Bodzek 14 DF  AUT Markus Suttner (on loan from Brighton and Hove Albion) 16 GK  CZE Jaroslav Drobný 19 MF  CRO Davor Lovren 20 MF  BEL Dodi Lukebakio (on loan from Watford) 21 FW  SWE Emir Kujović

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 MF  AUT Kevin Stöger 23 DF  GER Niko Gießelmann 24 DF  GER Georgios Siadas 25 DF  GER Matthias Zimmermann 26 DF  GER Diego Contento 27 FW  POL Dawid Kownacki (on loan from Sampdoria) 28 FW  GER Rouwen Hennings 30 GK  GER Raphael Wolf 31 MF  GER Marcel Sobottka (vice-captain) 32 DF  GER Robin Bormuth 33 MF  JPN Takashi Usami (on loan from Augsburg) 35 DF  POL Marcin Kamiński (on loan from VfB Stuttgart) 38 GK  GER Tim Wiesner 39 DF  GER Jean Zimmer 40 MF  CAN Kianz Froese

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 36 DF  GER Anderson Lucoqui 16 FW  NOR Håvard Nielsen (at MSV Duisburg until 30 June 2019) 18 DF  GER Gökhan Gül (at Wehen Wiesbaden until 30 June 2019) 27 MF  GER Taylan Duman

Friendly matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	25 August 2018	18 May 2019	Matchday 1		34	13	5	16	49	65	−16	038.24
DFB-Pokal	19 August 2018	6 February 2019	First round	Round of 16	3	2	0	1	11	5	+6	066.67
Total					37	15	5	17	60	70	−10	040.54

Last updated: 25 May 2019
Source: Competitions

Bundesliga

Main article: 2018–19 Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Werder Bremen	34	14	11	9	58	49	+9	53
9	1899 Hoffenheim	34	13	12	9	70	52	+18	51
10	Fortuna Düsseldorf	34	13	5	16	49	65	−16	44
11	Hertha BSC	34	11	10	13	49	57	−8	43
12	Mainz 05	34	12	7	15	46	57	−11	43

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^[2]

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	13	5	16	49	65	−16	44	9	0	8	27	28	−1	4	5	8	22	37	−15

Last updated: 25 May 2019.
Source: Bundesliga

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	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	L	D	W	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	W	D	L	W
Position	11	12	8	9	13	15	17	18	17	17	17	17	18	18	16	15	14	14	14	14	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	10

Updated to match(es) played on 25 May 2019. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Fortuna Düsseldorf v FC Augsburg

25 August 2018 (2018-08-25) 1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–2	FC Augsburg	Düsseldorf
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Raman 39'	Report	Hinteregger 57' Hahn 76'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 40,996 Referee: Markus Schmidt

RB Leipzig v Fortuna Düsseldorf

2 September 2018 (2018-09-02) 2	RB Leipzig	1–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Leipzig
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Augustin 68'	Report	Zimmermann 47'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 34,975 Referee: Marco Fritz

Fortuna Düsseldorf v 1899 Hoffenheim

15 September 2018 (2018-09-15) 3	Fortuna Düsseldorf	2–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Düsseldorf
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Morales 45' Lukebakio 88' (pen.)	Report	Nelson 86'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 40,111 Referee: Tobias Stieler

VfB Stuttgart v Fortuna Düsseldorf

21 September 2018 (2018-09-21) 4	VfB Stuttgart	0–0	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Stuttgart
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 54,410 Referee: Robert Hartmann

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Bayer Leverkusen

26 September 2018 (2018-09-26) 5	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Düsseldorf
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hennings 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Volland 50', 60'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 40,046 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

1. FC Nürnberg v Fortuna Düsseldorf

29 September 2018 (2018-09-29) 6	1. FC Nürnberg	3–0	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Nuremberg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Behrens 28' (pen.) Ishak 64' Palacios Martínez 78'	Report		Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 36,102 Referee: Harm Osmers

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Schalke 04

6 October 2018 (2018-10-06) 7	Fortuna Düsseldorf	0–2	Schalke 04	Düsseldorf
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	McKennie 47' Burgstaller 53'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Sven Jablonski

Eintracht Frankfurt v Fortuna Düsseldorf

19 October 2018 (2018-10-19) 8	Eintracht Frankfurt	7–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Frankfurt
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Haller 20' (pen.), 50' Jović 26', 34', 55', 69', 72'	Report	Lukebakio 53'	Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 51,000 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

Fortuna Düsseldorf v VfL Wolfsburg

27 October 2018 (2018-10-27) 9	Fortuna Düsseldorf	0–3	VfL Wolfsburg	Düsseldorf
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Weghorst 41' (pen.) Brekalo 73' Ginczek 80'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 38,043 Referee: Daniel Schlager

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Fortuna Düsseldorf

4 November 2018 (2018-11-04) 10	Borussia Mönchengladbach	3–0	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Hazard 48' (pen.), 82' Hofmann 67'	Report		Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,022 Referee: Felix Brych

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Hertha BSC

10 November 2018 (2018-11-10) 11	Fortuna Düsseldorf	4–1	Hertha BSC	Düsseldorf
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Usami 50' Hennings 63' Raman 84', 90+2'	Report	Selke 88'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 38,743 Referee: Robert Hartmann

Bayern Munich v Fortuna Düsseldorf

24 November 2018 (2018-11-24) 12	Bayern Munich	3–3	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Munich
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Süle 17' Müller 20', 58'	Report	Lukebakio 44', 77', 90+3'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Sven Jablonski

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Mainz 05

30 November 2018 (2018-11-30) 13	Fortuna Düsseldorf	0–1	Mainz 05	Düsseldorf
20:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Mateta 67'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 37,091 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

Werder Bremen v Fortuna Düsseldorf

7 December 2018 (2018-12-07) 14	Werder Bremen	3–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Bremen
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Möhwald 20' Harnik 71' Sargent 78'	Report	Lukebakio 43' (pen.)	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 41,500 Referee: Marco Fritz

Fortuna Düsseldorf v SC Freiburg

15 December 2018 (2018-12-15) 15	Fortuna Düsseldorf	2–0	SC Freiburg	Düsseldorf
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Ayhan 55', 79'	Report		Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 39,301 Referee: Harm Osmers

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Borussia Dortmund

18 December 2018 (2018-12-18) 16	Fortuna Düsseldorf	2–1	Borussia Dortmund	Düsseldorf
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Lukebakio 22' Zimmer 56'	Report	Alcácer 81'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Tobias Welz

Hannover 96 v Fortuna Düsseldorf

22 December 2018 (2018-12-22) 17	Hannover 96	0–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Hanover
15:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Fink 90+2'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 34,200 Referee: Bastian Dankert

FC Augsburg v Fortuna Düsseldorf

19 January 2019 (2019-01-19) 18	FC Augsburg	1–2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Schmid 64'	Report	Ducksch 45' Raman 89'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 27,568 Referee: Christian Dingert

Fortuna Düsseldorf v RB Leipzig

27 January 2019 (2019-01-27) 19	Fortuna Düsseldorf	0–4	RB Leipzig	Düsseldorf
18:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Poulsen 2', 16' Konaté 9' Laimer 68'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 34,394 Referee: Robert Hartmann

1899 Hoffenheim v Fortuna Düsseldorf

2 February 2019 (2019-02-02) 20	1899 Hoffenheim	1–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kramarić 16' (pen.)	Report	Hennings 46'	Stadium: PreZero Arena Attendance: 24,747 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

Fortuna Düsseldorf v VfB Stuttgart

10 February 2019 (2019-02-10) 21	Fortuna Düsseldorf	3–0	VfB Stuttgart	Düsseldorf
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Karaman 34' Fink 49' Raman 85'	Report		Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 40,211 Referee: Christian Dingert

Bayer Leverkusen v Fortuna Düsseldorf

17 February 2019 (2019-02-17) 22	Bayer Leverkusen	2–0	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Leverkusen
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Havertz 18' Bailey 66'	Report		Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 27,717 Referee: Markus Schmidt

Fortuna Düsseldorf v 1. FC Nürnberg

23 February 2019 (2019-02-23) 23	Fortuna Düsseldorf	2–1	1. FC Nürnberg	Düsseldorf
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Ewerton 62' (o.g.) Ayhan 83'	Report	Löwen 41'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 48,816 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

Schalke 04 v Fortuna Düsseldorf

2 March 2019 (2019-03-02) 24	Schalke 04	0–4	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Lukebakio 35' (pen.) Kownacki 62', 84' Raman 68'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 60,322 Referee: Felix Brych

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Eintracht Frankfurt

11 March 2019 (2019-03-11) 25	Fortuna Düsseldorf	0–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Düsseldorf
20:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Paciência 48' Haller 90+1', 90+3'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 41,419 Referee: Robert Hartmann

VfL Wolfsburg v Fortuna Düsseldorf

16 March 2019 (2019-03-16) 26	VfL Wolfsburg	5–2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Mehmedi 34' Weghorst 54', 59', 88' Knoche 57'	Report	Ayhan 30' Raman 65'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 25,350 Referee: Bastian Dankert

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Borussia Mönchengladbach

30 March 2019 (2019-03-30) 27	Fortuna Düsseldorf	3–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Düsseldorf
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Hennings 6', 16' Stöger 12'	Report	Zakaria 83'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 52,500 Referee: Tobias Stieler

Hertha BSC v Fortuna Düsseldorf

6 April 2019 (2019-04-06) 28	Hertha BSC	1–2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Grujić 41'	Report	Raman 35', 61'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Berlin Attendance: 51,604 Referee: Christian Dingert

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Bayern Munich

14 April 2019 (2019-04-14) 29	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–4	Bayern Munich	Düsseldorf
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Lukebakio 89' (pen.)	Report	Coman 15', 41' Gnabry 55' Goretzka 90+2'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 54,600 Referee: Felix Zwayer

Mainz 05 v Fortuna Düsseldorf

20 April 2019 (2019-04-20) 30	Mainz 05	3–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Mateta 1', 87' Onisiwo 67'	Report	Lukebakio 19'	Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 29,205 Referee: Markus Schmidt

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Werder Bremen

27 April 2019 (2019-04-27) 31	Fortuna Düsseldorf	4–1	Werder Bremen	Düsseldorf
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Raman 1' Karaman 22' Hennings 56' Suttner 73'	Report	Kruse 28' (pen.)	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 52,500 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

SC Freiburg v Fortuna Düsseldorf

5 May 2019 (2019-05-05) 32	SC Freiburg	1–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Freiburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Grifo 9' (pen.)	Report	Kownacki 31'	Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Tobias Welz

Borussia Dortmund v Fortuna Düsseldorf

11 May 2019 (2019-05-11) 33	Borussia Dortmund	3–2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Dortmund
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Pulisic 41' Delaney 53' Götze 90+2'	Report	Fink 47' Kownacki 90+5'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 81,365 Referee: Tobias Stieler

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Hannover 96

18 May 2019 (2019-05-18) 34	Fortuna Düsseldorf	2–1	Hannover 96	Düsseldorf
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hennings 56' Karaman 60'	Report	Müller 78'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2018–19 DFB-Pokal

Rot-Weiss Koblenz v Fortuna Düsseldorf

19 August 2018 (2018-08-19) First round	Rot-Weiss Koblenz	0–5	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Koblenz
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Lukebakio 9', 12' Ducksch 32' Stöger 44' Raman 62'	Stadium: Stadion Oberwerth Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

SSV Ulm v Fortuna Düsseldorf

30 October 2018 (2018-10-30) Second round	SSV Ulm	1–5	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Ulm
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Morina 1'	Report	Ducksch 15', 70' Hennings 33' Lukebakio 37', 43'	Stadium: Donaustadion Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Florian Badstübner

Schalke 04 v Fortuna Düsseldorf

6 February 2019 (2019-02-06) Round of 16	Schalke 04	4–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Gelsenkirchen
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Kutucu 30' Sané 48', 87' Uth 53'	Report	Hennings 71'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 56,638 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	GER	Michael Rensing	29	0	28	0	1	0
16	GK	CZE	Jaroslav Drobný	3	0	2	0	1	0
30	GK	GER	Raphael Wolf	1	0	0	0	1	0
38	GK	GER	Tim Wiesner	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF	GER	André Hoffmann	11	0	7+2	0	2	0
5	DF	TUR	Kaan Ayhan	27	4	24	4	3	0
13	DF	POL	Adam Bodzek	18	0	17+1	0	0	0
14	DF	AUT	Markus Suttner	4	0	3	0	1	0
23	DF	GER	Niko Gießelmann	29	0	27	0	2	0
24	DF	GER	Georgios Siadas	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF	GER	Matthias Zimmermann	32	1	30	1	2	0
26	DF	GER	Diego Contento	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
32	DF	GER	Robin Bormuth	11	0	6+4	0	1	0
35	DF	POL	Marcin Kamiński	26	0	26	0	0	0
39	DF	GER	Jean Zimmer	20	1	17+1	1	2	0
Midfielders
6	MF	USA	Alfredo Morales	23	1	16+4	1	2+1	0
7	MF	GER	Oliver Fink	16	2	12+3	2	0+1	0
8	MF	GER	Aymen Barkok	11	0	4+6	0	1	0
11	MF	TUR	Kenan Karaman	18	1	6+11	1	0+1	0
19	MF	CRO	Davor Lovren	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
20	MF	BEL	Dodi Lukebakio	30	14	19+8	10	2+1	4
22	MF	AUT	Kevin Stöger	24	2	20+1	1	2+1	1
31	MF	GER	Marcel Sobottka	15	0	11+3	0	1	0
33	MF	JPN	Takashi Usami	21	1	10+9	1	2	0
40	MF	CAN	Kianz Froese	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	BEL	Benito Raman	28	10	16+10	9	1+1	1
10	FW	GER	Marvin Ducksch	19	4	8+8	1	3	3
21	FW	SWE	Emir Kujović	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW	POL	Dawid Kownacki	8	2	5+2	2	0+1	0
28	FW	GER	Rouwen Hennings	29	7	16+10	5	3	2
Players transferred out during the season
16	FW	NOR	Håvard Nielsen	2	1	1	1	0+1	0

Last updated: 20 April 2019
Source: Competitions

References

1. "FootballSquads - Fortuna Düsseldorf - 2018/2019".
2. "Ligaverband: Ligastatut" [League Association: League Regulations] (PDF). German Football Association (DFB). p. 222. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2018.