2018–19 Fortuna Düsseldorf season
# 2018–19 Fortuna Düsseldorf season

The 2018–19 Fortuna Düsseldorf season is the 124th season in the football club's history 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 also are participating in this season's edition of 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 covers a period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

## Players

### Squad information

    As of 19 July 2023

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 |
| 9 | FW | NED | Vincent Vermeij |
| 10 | FW | GER | Daniel Ginczek |
| 11 | MF | GER | Felix Klaus |
| 15 | DF | GER | Tim Oberdorf |
| 18 | FW | GER | Jona Niemiec |
| 19 | FW | GER | Emmanuel Iyoha |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | DF | GER | Jamil Siebert |
| 21 | GK | GER | Dennis Gorka |
| 22 | DF | AUT | Benjamin Böckle |
| 23 | MF | GER | Shinta Appelkamp |
| 25 | DF | GER | Matthias Zimmermann |
| 29 | MF | GER | Elione Fernandes Neto |
| 30 | DF | NED | Jordy de Wijs |
| 31 | MF | GER | Marcel Sobottka |
| 33 | GK | GER | Florian Kastenmeier |
| 34 | DF | FRA | Nicolas Gavory |

## Friendly matches

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | 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 | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 15 | 5 | 17 | 60 | 70 | −10 | 040.54 |

Last updated: 25 May 2019 Source: Competitions

### Bundesliga

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

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 |

## Statistics

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | 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

