2019–20 Fortuna Düsseldorf season
# 2019–20 Fortuna Düsseldorf season

The 2019–20 season was Fortuna Düsseldorf's 121st season in existence and the club's 39th (non-consecutive) season in the top flight of German football. This is their second consecutive season in the Bundesliga. 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 2019 to 30 June 2020.

## Players

### Current squad

    As of 1 February 2020

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 |
| 4 | DF | GHA | Kasim Nuhu (on loan from 1899 Hoffenheim) |
| 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 | POL | Dawid Kownacki |
| 10 | MF | KOS | Valon Berisha (on loan from Lazio) |
| 11 | MF | TUR | Kenan Karaman |
| 13 | DF | POL | Adam Bodzek (3rd captain) |
| 14 | MF | GHA | Kelvin Ofori |
| 15 | MF | GER | Erik Thommy (on loan from VfB Stuttgart) |
| 18 | MF | GER | Thomas Pledl |
| 19 | DF | DEN | Mathias Jørgensen (on loan from Fenerbahçe) |
| 20 | FW | GER | Steven Skrzybski (on loan from Schalke 04) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | MF | AUT | Kevin Stöger |
| 23 | DF | GER | Niko Gießelmann |
| 24 | GK | USA | Zack Steffen (on loan from Manchester City) |
| 25 | DF | GER | Matthias Zimmermann |
| 26 | DF | GER | Diego Contento |
| 27 | FW | GHA | Opoku Ampomah |
| 28 | FW | GER | Rouwen Hennings (vice-captain) |
| 29 | DF | AUT | Markus Suttner |
| 30 | GK | GER | Raphael Wolf |
| 31 | MF | GER | Marcel Sobottka |
| 32 | DF | GER | Robin Bormuth |
| 33 | GK | GER | Florian Kastenmeier |
| 37 | FW | GHA | Bernard Tekpetey (on loan from Schalke 04) |
| 38 | GK | GER | Tim Wiesner |
| 39 | DF | GER | Jean Zimmer |
| 40 | DF | GER | Johannes Bühler |

### Out of squad

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

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 12 | GK | GER | Jannick Theißen |
| — | DF | GER | Georgios Siadas |

### 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 |
| - | - | - | - |
| — | MF | CRO | Davor Lovren (at Slaven Belupo until 30 June 2020) |
| — | DF | GER | Gökhan Gül (at Wehen Wiesbaden until 30 June 2020) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | GER | Emmanuel Iyoha (at Holstein Kiel until 30 June 2020) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

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 | 17 August 2019 | 27 June 2020 | Matchday 1 | 17th | 34 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 36 | 67 | −31 | 017.65 |
| DFB-Pokal | 10 August 2019 | 3 March 2020 | First round | Quarter-finals | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 075.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 47 | 72 | −25 | 023.68 |

Last updated: 27 June 2020 Source: Soccerway

### Bundesliga

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 14 | 1. FC Köln | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 51 | 69 | −18 | 36 | |
| 15 | FC Augsburg | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 45 | 63 | −18 | 36 | |
| 16 | Werder Bremen (O) | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 42 | 69 | −27 | 31 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 17 | Fortuna Düsseldorf (R) | 34 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 36 | 67 | −31 | 30 | Relegation to the 2. Bundesliga |
| 18 | SC Paderborn (R) | 34 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 37 | 74 | −37 | 20 | Relegation to the 2. Bundesliga |

**Results summary**

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

Last updated: 27 June 2020. 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 |
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| 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | L | W | D | L | D | L | L | L | W | L | L | D | D | L | W | D | D | D | D | W | L | D | L | D | D | L |
| Position | 4 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 |

**Matches**

The Bundesliga schedule was announced on 28 June 2019.

## 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | USA | Zack Steffen | 18 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | GER | Raphael Wolf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | GER | Florian Kastenmeier | 20 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 38 | GK | GER | Tim Wiesner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | GER | André Hoffmann | 31 | 2 | 27+2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GHA | Kasim Nuhu | 15 | 2 | 11+2 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | TUR | Kaan Ayhan | 34 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | GER | Adam Bodzek | 30 | 0 | 22+6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | DEN | Mathias Jørgensen | 11 | 1 | 5+4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | GER | Niko Gießelmann | 28 | 1 | 22+3 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | GER | Matthias Zimmermann | 33 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 26 | DF | GER | Diego Contento | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | AUT | Markus Suttner | 22 | 0 | 16+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | GER | Robin Bormuth | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | GER | Jean Zimmer | 19 | 0 | 8+9 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | GER | Johannes Bühler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | USA | Alfredo Morales | 31 | 1 | 18+9 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | GER | Oliver Fink | 16 | 0 | 8+6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | GER | Aymen Barkok | 5 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | KOS | Valon Berisha | 13 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | TUR | Kenan Karaman | 21 | 6 | 16+4 | 6 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | GHA | Kelvin Ofori | 5 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | GER | Erik Thommy | 37 | 6 | 25+9 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | GER | Thomas Pledl | 6 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | AUT | Kevin Stöger | 19 | 1 | 14+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 31 | MF | GER | Marcel Sobottka | 21 | 0 | 8+10 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | POL | Dawid Kownacki | 6 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | GER | Steven Skrzybski | 12 | 1 | 6+5 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | GHA | Opoku Ampomah | 16 | 2 | 5+7 | 0 | 2+2 | 2 |
| 28 | FW | GER | Rouwen Hennings | 36 | 19 | 27+5 | 15 | 4 | 4 |
| 37 | FW | GHA | Bernard Tekpetey | 10 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 19 | MF | CRO | Davor Lovren | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | ENG | Lewis Baker | 9 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

Last updated: 27 June 2020 Source: Competitions

