2012–13 Fortuna Düsseldorf season

Fortuna Düsseldorf

2012–13 season
Sporting Director	Wolf Werner
Manager	Norbert Meier
Stadium	Esprit Arena, Düsseldorf, NRW
Bundesliga	17th
DFB-Pokal	Round of 16
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2012–13 Fortuna Düsseldorf season is the 118th season in the club's football history. In 2012–13 the club plays in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It is the clubs first season back in this league, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2012. Fortuna Düsseldorf beat Hertha BSC in the promotion/relegation Playoff to earn a spot in the 2012–13 Bundesliga season. The sports court and the Federal Court of the German Football Association (DFB) confirmed the club's promotion after Hertha BSC appealed the result of the second leg and lost on both accounts.[1][2]

The club also takes part in the 2012–13 edition of the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup, where it reached the second round and will face fellow Bundesliga side Borussia Mönchengladbach next.[3]

Review and events

Andreas Lambertz will start the season with a two match ban.[4] The ban is for celebrating with a torch in his hand after the second leg of the promotion/relegation playoff when Fortuna defeated Hertha BSC on aggregate.[5] The disciplinary panel of the German Football Association decided that Fortuna must play their first home match with no supporters for the supporters running onto the field during the second leg of the promotion/relegation playoff.[6] The club was also hit with a €100,000 fine.[6][7] After an appeal, the ban on supporters inside the stadium for the first home match was overturned and are now limited to 25,000 supporters for the first two home matches which includes 5,000 visiting supporters.[8] However, the €100,000 fine was increased to €150,000.[8]

Pre-season training commenced on 28 June 2012.[9]

Matches

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Bundesliga

League results and fixtures

FC Augsburg v Fortuna Düsseldorf

25 August 2012 (2012-08-25) 1	FC Augsburg	0–2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Augsburg
15:30		Report	Schahin 68', 79'	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 30,401 Referee: Knut Kircher

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Borussia Mönchengladbach

1 September 2012 (2012-09-01) 2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	0–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Düsseldorf
18:30		Report		Stadium: Esprit Arena Attendance: 29,999 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

VfB Stuttgart v Fortuna Düsseldorf

15 September 2012 (2012-09-15) 3	VfB Stuttgart	0–0	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Stuttgart
15:30		Report		Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 55,039 Referee: Robert Hartmann

Fortuna Düsseldorf v SC Freiburg

22 September 2012 (2012-09-22) 4	Fortuna Düsseldorf	0–0	SC Freiburg	Düsseldorf
15:30		Report		Stadium: Esprit Arena Attendance: 26,862 Referee: Bastian Dankert

Greuther Fürth v Fortuna Düsseldorf

26 September 2012 (2012-09-26) 5	Greuther Fürth	0–2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Fürth
20:00		Report	Fink 26' Ilsø 34'	Stadium: Trolli Arena Attendance: 16,573 Referee: Tobias Welz (Wiesbaden)

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Schalke 04

29 September 2012 (2012-09-29) 6	Fortuna Düsseldorf	2–2	Schalke 04	Düsseldorf
20:30	Schahin 47', 77'	Report	Huntelaar 13' Matip 20'	Stadium: Esprit Arena Attendance: 54,600 Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)

Mainz 05 v Fortuna Düsseldorf

6 October 2012 (2012-10-06) 7	Mainz 05	1–0	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Noveski  23', 85' Díaz  43' Kirchhoff  52' Baumgartlinger  57'	Report	Fink  22'  78' Schahin  42' Kruse  45'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 31,577 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Bayern Munich

20 October 2012 (2012-10-20) 8	Fortuna Düsseldorf	0–5	Bayern Munich	Düsseldorf
15:30	Levels  38' Lambertz  41' Van der Bergh  42'	Report (in German)	Mandžukić 28' Luiz Gustavo 36' Müller 55', 86' Dante  67' Rafinha 87'	Stadium: Esprit Arena Attendance: 54,000 Referee: Felix Zwayer

Fortuna Düsseldorf v VfL Wolfsburg

27 October 2012 (2012-10-27) 9	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–4	VfL Wolfsburg	Düsseldorf
15:30	Fink  59'  77' Langeneke 71' (pen.) Ilsø  82'	Report (in German)	Dost 50', 64' Olić 53' Josué  72' Diego 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Esprit Arena Attendance: 45,673 Referee: Tobias Welz

Bayer Leverkusen v Fortuna Düsseldorf

4 November 2012 (2012-11-04) 10	Bayer Leverkusen	3–2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Leverkusen
15:30	Sam 16' Schürrle 41' Rolfes  65' Castro 66'	Report (in German)	Rafael 40' Kruse  85' Bodzek 86' Langeneke  90+4'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 27,153 Referee: Felix Brych

Fortuna Düsseldorf v 1899 Hoffenheim

10 November 2012 (2012-11-10) 11	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Düsseldorf
15:30	Kruse 4' Levels  77'	Report (in German)	Firmino  33' Joselu 39' Compper  47'  51'	Stadium: Esprit Arena Attendance: 41,200 Referee: Robert Hartmann

Werder Bremen v Fortuna Düsseldorf

18 November 2012 (2012-11-18) 12	Werder Bremen	2–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Bremen
15:30	Arnautović 33' Lukimya  36'  77' Petersen 51' Hunt  78' De Bruyne 82'	Report (in German)	19' (pen.) Langeneke  37' Ilsø  74' Giefer  75' Lambertz	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Peter Sippel

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Hamburger SV

23 November 2012 (2012-11-23) 13	Fortuna Düsseldorf	2–0	Hamburger SV	Düsseldorf
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kruse 45+2' Reisinger 63' Rafael  78' Lambertz  80'	Report (in German)	Mancienne  48' Beister  52' Arslan  85'	Stadium: Esprit Arena Attendance: 54,000 Referee: Peter Gagelmann

Borussia Dortmund v Fortuna Düsseldorf

27 November 2012 (2012-11-27) 14	Borussia Dortmund	1–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Dortmund
20:00	Błaszczykowski 43' Subotić  65'	Report (in German)	Paurević  75'  87' Reisinger 78' Kruse  89'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 80,100 Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Oberasbach)

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Eintracht Frankfurt

30 November 2012 (2012-11-30) 15	Fortuna Düsseldorf	4–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Düsseldorf
20:30	Reisinger 38' Fink 42',  56' Rafael 58' Balogun  62' Bellinghausen 85'	Report (in German)	Matmour  27'  34' Meier  70' Celozzi  73'	Stadium: Esprit Arena Attendance: 51,345 Referee: Michael Weiner

1. FC Nürnberg v Fortuna Düsseldorf

8 December 2012 (2012-12-08) 16	1. FC Nürnberg	2–0	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Nuremberg
15:30	Nilsson  9' Polter 27' Feulner 90'	Report (in German)	Lambertz  14' Reisinger  26' Kruse  45' Bodzek  57' Balogun  67' Giefer  86'	Stadium: easyCredit-Stadion Attendance: 37,041 Referee: Marco Fritz

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Hannover 96

15 December 2012 (2012-12-15) 17	Fortuna Düsseldorf	2–1	Hannover 96	Düsseldorf
15:30	Fink  28' Schahin 39' Bodzek  80' Ilsø 83'	Report (in German)	Eggimann  64' Diouf 69',  77' Pinto  90'	Stadium: Esprit Arena Attendance: 47,623 Referee: Knut Kircher

Fortuna Düsseldorf v FC Augsburg

20 January 2013 (2013-01-20) 18	Fortuna Düsseldorf	2–3	FC Augsburg	Düsseldorf
17:30	Reisinger 73', 90'	Report (in German)	Baier  12' Klavan  32' Mölders  39', 40', 71' Koo 45' Ostrzolek  52'	Stadium: Esprit Arena Attendance: 40,623 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Fortuna Düsseldorf

26 January 2013 (2013-01-26) 19	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Mönchengladbach
15:30	Juanan 6' (o.g.) Herrmann 14' Marx  39'	Report (in German)	Schahin 50' (pen.)	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Peter Gagelmann

Fortuna Düsseldorf v VfB Stuttgart

2 February 2013 (2013-02-02) 20	Fortuna Düsseldorf	3–1	VfB Stuttgart	Düsseldorf
15:30	Kruse 10', 37',  55' Malezas  12' Fink 76'	Report (in German)	Sakai  39' Gentner 60' Kvist  66' Felipe  80'	Stadium: Esprit Arena Attendance: 44,153 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

SC Freiburg v Fortuna Düsseldorf

10 February 2013 (2013-02-10) 21	SC Freiburg	1–0	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Freiburg
17:30	Schuster  54' Krmaš 87'	Report (in German)	Balogun  51' Lanbertz  55' Bodzek  90'	Stadium: Mage Solar Stadion Attendance: 21,200 Referee: Jochen Drees

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Greuther Fürth

16 February 2013 (2013-02-16) 22	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–0	Greuther Fürth	Düsseldorf
15:30	Bellinghausen 18' Fink  49' Robert Tesche  56'	Report (in German)	Varga  12'  38' Mavraj  62' Nehrig  71'	Stadium: Esprit Arena Attendance: 37,378 Referee: Tobias Welz

Schalke 04 v Fortuna Düsseldorf

23 February 2013 (2013-02-23) 23	Schalke 04	2–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Gelsenkirchen
18:30	Matip 29', 81' Jones  41'	Report (in German)	Bodzek  20' Bellinghausen 56' Giefer  90'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,673 Referee: Michael Weiner

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Mainz 05

3 March 2013 (2013-03-03) 24	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–1	Mainz 05	Düsseldorf
17:30	Svensson 6' (o.g.) Latka  20' Lambertz  82' Rafael  88'	Report (in German)	Zabavník  15' Klasnić 40' N. Müller  71'	Stadium: Esprit Arena Attendance: 40,226 Referee: Felix Brych

Bayern Munich v Fortuna Düsseldorf

9 March 2013 (2013-03-09) 25	Bayern Munich	3–2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Munich
15:30	Müller 45' Luiz Gustavo  58' Ribéry 73' Boateng 86'	Report (in German)	Bolly 16' Latka  38' Lambertz 71'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 71,000 Referee: Tobias Stieler

VfL Wolfsburg v Fortuna Düsseldorf

15 March 2013 (2013-03-15) 26	VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Wolfsburg
20:30	Josué  17' Olić 51' Orozco  84'	Report (in German)	Bolly 37' Malezas  82' Tesche  88'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 24,540 Referee: Christian Dingert

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Bayer Leverkusen

30 March 2013 (2013-03-30) 27	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–4	Bayer Leverkusen	Düsseldorf
15:30	Balogun  22' Lambertz  39' Schwabb 41' (o.g.) Malezas  82'	Report (in German)	Castro  20' Kießling 22' (pen.), 88' Reinartz  38' Schürrle 62', 84'	Stadium: Esprit Arena Attendance: 53,265 Referee: Felix Zwayer

1899 Hoffenheim v Fortuna Düsseldorf

5 April 2013 (2013-04-05) 28	1899 Hoffenheim	3–0	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Sinsheim
20:30	Firmino 11' Lambertz 75' (o.g.) Volland 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Werder Bremen

13 April 2013 (2013-04-13) 29	Fortuna Düsseldorf	2–2	Werder Bremen	Düsseldorf
15:30	Reisinger 2', 48'	Report	Junuzović 16' Latka 70'	Stadium: Düsseldorf Arena Attendance: 54,000 Referee: Tobias Welz

Hamburger SV v Fortuna Düsseldorf

20 April 2013 (2013-04-20) 30	Hamburger SV	2–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Hamburg
15:30	van der Vaart 14', 20'	Report	Schahin 35'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Robert Hartmann

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Borussia Dortmund

27 April 2013 (2013-04-27) 31	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–2	Borussia Dortmund	Düsseldorf
18:30	Bodzek 88'	Report	Şahin 20' Błaszczykowski 70'	Stadium: Düsseldorf Arena Attendance: 54,000 Referee: Michael Weiner (Ottenstein)

Eintracht Frankfurt v Fortuna Düsseldorf

4 May 2013 (2013-05-04) 32	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Frankfurt
15:30	Meier 30', 87' Lakić 50'	Report	Schahin 78'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 51,500 Referee: Peter Sippel

Fortuna Düsseldorf v 1. FC Nürnberg

11 May 2013 (2013-05-11) 33	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–2	1. FC Nürnberg	Düsseldorf
15:30	Balitsch 23' (o.g.)	Report	Mak 58' Plattenhardt 64'	Stadium: Düsseldorf Arena Attendance: 53,500 Referee: Knut Kircher

Hannover 96 v Fortuna Düsseldorf

18 May 2013 (2013-05-18) 34	Hannover 96	3–0	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Hanover
15:30	Diouf 36' Ya Konan 61', 76'	Report		Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Peter Gagelmann

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	Werder Bremen	34	8	10	16	50	66	−16	34
15	FC Augsburg	34	8	9	17	33	51	−18	33
16	1899 Hoffenheim (O)	34	8	7	19	42	67	−25	31	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
17	Fortuna Düsseldorf (R)	34	7	9	18	39	57	−18	30	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18	Greuther Fürth (R)	34	4	9	21	26	60	−34	21

Source: Bundesliga.de, kicker.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

League summary table

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
15	4	6	5	18	19	−1	18	2	4	2	10	12	−2	2	2	3	8	7	+1

Last updated: 1 December 2012.
Source: kicker.de

DFB-Pokal

Wacker Burghausen v Fortuna Düsseldorf

19 August 2012 (2012-08-19) 1st Round	Wacker Burghausen	0–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Burghausen
18:30	Holz  55' Leberfinger  70' Kulabas  86'	Report	55' Levels 76' Reisinger  67' Langeneke  89' Kruse	Stadium: Wacker-Arena Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Harm Osmers

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Borussia Mönchengladbach

31 October 2012 (2012-10-31) 2nd Round	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Düsseldorf
20:30	Rafael 97'	Report		Stadium: Esprit Arena Attendance: 52,500 Referee: Knut Kirchner

Kickers Offenbach v Fortuna Düsseldorf

18 December 2012 (2012-12-18) Round of 16	Kickers Offenbach	2–0	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Offenbach am Main
20:30	Husterer  2' Kleineheismann  14' Fetsch 76' Hahn  82' Vogler 85'	Report (in German)	Levels  75'	Stadium: Sparda Bank Hessen Stadium Attendance: 18,400 Referee: Felix Zwayer

Squad information

Squad and statistics

As of 31 May 2012.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	AUT	Robert Almer	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	GK	GER	Michael Ratajczak	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	GK	GER	Markus Krauß	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	GER	Christian Weber	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	ESP	Juanan	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF	GER	Jens Langeneke	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF	GER	Johannes van den Bergh	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	GER	Jeron Hazaimeh	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF	GER	Kai Schwertfeger	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	BRA	Bruno Soares	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	GER	Oliver Fink	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	GER	Sascha Dum	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	MF	POL	Adam Bodzek	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	GER	Andreas Lambertz	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF	TUR	Tugrul Erat	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF	GER	Jules Schwadorf	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	GER	Ranisav Jovanović	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW	DEN	Ken Ilsø	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	FW	USA	Villyan Bijev	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	FW	AUS	Robbie Kruse	0	0	0	0	0	0

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
	DF		Bruno Soares		Non-EU	MSV Duisburg	Free	Summer	2015	Free	[10]

Out

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
11	MF		Maximilian Beister	21	EU	Hamburger SV	End of loan	Summer	Free
5	DF		Assani Lukimya-Mulongoti	26	Non-EU	Werder Bremen		Summer		[11]
18	FW		Thomas Bröker	27	EU	1. FC Köln		Summer		[12]
19	DF		Tobias Levels	25	EU	Borussia Mönchengladbach	End of loan	Summer	Free
30	FW		Sascha Rösler	34	EU	Alemannia Aachen	End of contract	Summer	Free

Sources

1. "DFB rejects Hertha replay request". Deutsche Welle. 21 May 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
2. "Hertha scheitert — Chaosspiel wird nicht wiederholt". Die Welt (in German). 25 May 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
3. DFB-Pokal 2012/2013 .:. Spielplan (in German) DFB-Pokal 2012–13, accessed: 13 September 2012
4. "Kontrollausschuss fordert ein Jahr Sperre für Kobiashvili". Die Welt (in German). 30 May 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
5. "Einspruch abgewiesen: Doch Hertha geht vors Bundesgericht". kicker (in German). 21 May 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
6. "DFB fordert "Geisterspiel" für Fortuna Düsseldorf". Die Welt (in German). 12 June 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
7. "DFB bestraft Fortuna Düsseldorf mit "Geisterspiel"". Die Welt (in German). 28 June 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
8. "DFB begnadigt Düsseldorf – Vorwürfe gegen Hertha". Die Welt (in German). 10 August 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
9. "Mannschaft tritt ihren Urlaub an". Fortuna Düsseldorf (in German). 30 May 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
10. "Fortuna verstärkt sich mit Bruno Soares". Kicker (in German). 28 May 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
11. "Werder angelt sich Lukimya". Kicker (in German). 23 May 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
12. "Bröker entscheidet sich für den FC". Kicker (in German). 30 May 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2012.

External links

• 2012–13 Fortuna Düsseldorf season at Weltfussball.de (in German)
• 2012–13 Fortuna Düsseldorf season at kicker.de (in German)
• 2012–13 Fortuna Düsseldorf season at Fussballdaten.de (in German)