2022–23 Fortuna Düsseldorf season

Fortuna Düsseldorf
2022–23 season
Board members	Thomas Röttgermann (President); Erich Rutemöller; Lutz Pfannenstiel
Head coach	Daniel Thioune
Stadium	Merkur Spiel-Arena
2. Bundesliga	4th
DFB-Pokal	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Dawid Kownacki (14); All: Dawid Kownacki (16)
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 season was the 128th in the history of Fortuna Düsseldorf and their third consecutive season in the second division. The club participated in the 2. Bundesliga and the DFB-Pokal.

Players

As of 11 August 2022^[1]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	GER	Raphael Wolf
3	DF	GER	André Hoffmann (captain)
4	MF	JPN	Ao Tanaka
5	DF	AUT	Christoph Klarer
7	FW	SWE	Kristoffer Peterson
8	DF	POL	Michał Karbownik (on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion)
9	FW	POL	Dawid Kownacki
10	FW	GER	Daniel Ginczek
11	MF	GER	Felix Klaus
14	FW	GER	Kwadwo Baah (on loan from Watford)
15	DF	GER	Tim Oberdorf
19	FW	GER	Emmanuel Iyoha
21	GK	GER	Dennis Gorka


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	DF	AUT	Benjamin Böckle
23	MF	GER	Shinta Appelkamp
25	DF	GER	Matthias Zimmermann
27	FW	GHA	Opoku Ampomah
28	FW	GER	Rouwen Hennings
29	MF	NED	Jorrit Hendrix
30	DF	NED	Jordy de Wijs
31	MF	GER	Marcel Sobottka
33	GK	GER	Florian Kastenmeier
34	DF	FRA	Nicolas Gavory
41	DF	JPN	Takashi Uchino
42	MF	GER	Tom Geerkens
46	MF	GER	Elione Fernandes Neto

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	GER	Jamil Siebert (on loan to Viktoria Köln until 30 June 2023)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	GER	Nicklas Shipnoski (on loan to Jahn Regensburg until 30 June 2023)

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

18 June 2022 Friendly	VfB 03 Hilden	0–5	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Hilden
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Bezirkssportanlage Am Bandsbusch

22 June 2022 Friendly	Fortuna Düsseldorf	3–1	Ružomberok	Freistadt
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Holzhaider-Stadion

25 June 2022 Friendly	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–2	Olympiacos	Wels
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: HUBER Arena

2 July 2022 Friendly	TuS Koblenz	0–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Koblenz
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadion Oberwerth

8 July 2022 Friendly	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–5	Twente	Düsseldorf
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hennings 8'		Černý 32' Rots 73', 90+' Staring 79' Vlap 90+' (pen.)	Stadium: Paul-Janes-Stadion

22 September 2022 Friendly	VfL Bochum	Cancelled	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Bochum
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Note: The game was cancelled due to a shortage of players at Fortuna Düsseldorf.^[2]

29 November 2022 Friendly	Fortuna Düsseldorf	3–0	De Graafschap	Düsseldorf
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hennings 14' De Wijs 67' Affo 81'	Report		Stadium: Paul-Janes-Stadion Attendance: 170

6 January 2023 Friendly	Fortuna Düsseldorf	4–3	SV Meppen	Düsseldorf
14:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Paul-Janes-Stadion

14 January 2023 (2023-01-14) Friendly	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–0	Grasshopper Club Zürich	La Línea de la Concepción, Spain
14:30 CET (UTC+2)	Karbownik 81'			Stadium: Estadio Municipal

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
2. Bundesliga	16 July 2022	28 May 2023	Matchday 1	4th	34	17	7	10	60	43	+17	050.00
DFB-Pokal	30 July 2022	8 February 2023	First round	Round of 16	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	066.67
Total					37	19	8	10	68	45	+23	051.35

Source: Soccerway

2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
2	Darmstadt 98 (P)	34	20	7	7	50	33	+17	67	Promotion to Bundesliga
3	Hamburger SV	34	20	6	8	70	45	+25	66	Qualification for promotion play-offs
4	Fortuna Düsseldorf	34	17	7	10	60	43	+17	58
5	FC St. Pauli	34	16	10	8	55	39	+16	58
6	SC Paderborn	34	16	7	11	68	44	+24	55

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.^[3]
(P) Promoted

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	17	7	10	60	43	+17	58	11	4	2	38	19	+19	6	3	8	22	24	−2

Last updated: 28 May 2023.
Source: DFB

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	L	D	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	L	W	W	D	D	W
Position	5	3	6	9	7	5	8	5	6	4	5	7	6	6	5	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	4	6	5	4	6	6	5	5	5	4

Updated to match(es) played on 28 May 2023. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.^[4]

16 July 2022 1	1. FC Magdeburg	1–2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Magdeburg
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Krempicki 50'		Hennings 43' (pen.) Klaus 46'	Stadium: MDCC-Arena Referee: Arne Aarnink

22 July 2022 2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	2–1	SC Paderborn	Düsseldorf
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kownacki 2' Hennings 30'		Platte 21'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Referee: Tobias Welz

5 August 2022 3	SV Sandhausen	1–0	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Sandhausen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bachmann 46'	Report		Stadium: BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald Referee: Sven Waschitzki-Günther

14 August 2022 4	Fortuna Düsseldorf	2–2	Greuther Fürth	Düsseldorf
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gavory 10' Hennings 36' de Wijs 49' Hoffmann 62' Kownacki 72'	Report	Hrgota 43' 78' (pen.) Ache 45+1' Itter 90+2' Mhamdi 90+4' Abiama 90+6'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 23,861 Referee: Tobias Reichel

20 August 2022 5	Eintracht Braunschweig	2–2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Braunschweig
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Strompf 8' Krauße 56' Donkor 69'	Report	de Wijs 33' Kownacki 37' Gavory 61' Sobottka 71' 74' Oberdorf 84' Ginczek 89'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 17,471 Referee: Bastian Dankert

26 August 2022 6	Fortuna Düsseldorf	4–0	Jahn Regensburg	Düsseldorf
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hoffmann 1' Ginczek 59' Kownacki 65' (pen.) Appelkamp 74' 85' Klaus 78'	Report	Guwara 64' Gimber 69' Elvedi 89'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 20,745 Referee: Florian Heft

2 September 2022 7	1. FC Heidenheim	2–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Heidenheim an der Brenz
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Beck 22' Beste 28' Kleindienst 87'	Report	Gavory 34' Kownacki 59' Hoffmann 63' Zimmermann 78' Klarer 90+6'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 9,468 Referee: Robert Kampka

10 September 2022 8	Fortuna Düsseldorf	3–1	Hansa Rostock	Düsseldorf
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kownacki 10' Sobottka 27' Karbownik 32' Peterson 73' Iyoha 77'	Report	Fröde 61'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 26,719 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

17 September 2022 9	Hamburg	2–0	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Hamburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Glatzel 21' Reis 36' Heyer 79' Jatta 90'	Report	Hendrix 45' Karbownik 48' Kownacki 74'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 49,616 Referee: Sven Jablonski

1 October 2022 10	Fortuna Düsseldorf	4–1	Arminia Bielefeld	Düsseldorf
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Appelkamp 21' 66' Tanaka 47' Oberdorf 76' Peterson 82'	Report	Lepinjica 24' Hack 34' (pen.) Andrade 55'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 25,841 Referee: Bastian Dankert

8 October 2022 11	Darmstadt	1–0	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Darmstadt
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Manu 29' Müller 44' Pfeiffer 72' 90+4' Mehlem 78' Holland 88' Karic 90'	Report	Iyoha 64' Sobottka 79' Marcel Mansfield 90+4' Klarer 90+4'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 15,850 Referee: Max Burda

15 October 2022 12	Fortuna Düsseldorf	0–1	1. FC Nürnberg	Düsseldorf
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Klaus 73' Karbownik 86'	Report	Geis 14' Nürnberger 34' Schindler 35' Valentini 36' Duah 47' Daferner 55' Schleimer 82' Mathenia 90+3'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 25,750 Referee: Wolfgang Haslberger

23 October 2022 13	Karlsruher SC	0–2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Karlsruhe
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Jung 54'	Report	Pterson 8' 22'	Stadium: BBBank Wildpark Attendance: 15,500 Referee: Florian Heft

29 October 2022 14	Holstein Kiel	1–2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Kiel
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Erras 25' Obuz 50' Skrzybski 70'	Report	Appelkamp 42' Sobottka 53' 90+3' Kownacki 82' (pen.) Klaus 89'	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Robert Schröder

5 November 2022 15	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–0	St. Pauli	Düsseldorf
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hennings 22' 66' Klarer 58'	Report	Fazliji 58' Metcalfe 75'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Frank Willenborg

8 November 2022 16	Hannover 96	2–0	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Hanover
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Nielsen 34' Teuchert 43' Köhn 82'	Report	Oberdorf 23' Kownacki 27' Hendrix 49' Karbownik 65'	Stadium: Heinz-von-Heiden-Arena Attendance: 24,100 Referee: Florian Exner

11 November 2022 17	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Düsseldorf
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Karbownik 14' Hendrix 22' Oberdorf 75'	Report	Kraus 50' Zimmer 90+3' Klement 90+6' (pen.)	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 44,422 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

27 January 2023 18	Fortuna Düsseldorf	3–2	1. FC Magdeburg	Düsseldorf
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kownacki 9' 34' 90' Klarer 36' Sobottka 54' Appelkamp 84' Hennings 89'	Report	Piccini 5' Kwarteng 6' 59' Daniel Heber 29' Rieckmann 32' Atik 85'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 29,433 Referee: Frank Willenborg

3 February 2023 19	Paderborn	4–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Paderborn
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Pieringer 37' Heuer 62' Muslija 68' (pen.) Leipertz 81'	Report	Peterson 11' Hennings 59' (pen.)	Stadium: Home Deluxe Arena Attendance: 12,179 Referee: Tobias Reichel

12 February 2023 20	Fortuna Düsseldorf	2–0	Sandhausen	Düsseldorf
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Oberdorf 85' Hennings 88'	Report	Bachmann 32' Kinsombi 68' Mehlem 80' Çalhanoğlu 87'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 22,125 Referee: Tobias Welz

18 February 2023 21	Greuther Fürth	2–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Fürth
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ache 28' 57' Christiansen 84'	Report	Klaus 29' Pterson 67' Tanaka 84' Hendrix 88' de Wijs 90+4' 90+4'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer Attendance: 9,804 Referee: Marco Fritz

24 February 2023 22	Fortuna Düsseldorf	3–1	Eintracht Braunschweig	Düsseldorf
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kownacki 1' Klarer 25' Zimmermann 32' Ginczek 81' Jona Niemiec 85' Hoffmann 90+8'	Report	Gechter 24' Kaufmann 53' Kastenmeier 62' (o.g.) Kijewski 70' de Medina 90+2'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 24,127 Referee: Sven Waschitzki

4 March 2023 23	Jahn Regensburg	0–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Regensburg
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Yıldırım 45+2' Caliskaner 74'	Report	Sobottka 55' Kownacki 86' (pen.)	Stadium: Jahnstadion Regensburg Attendance: 10,119 Referee: Robert Kampka

11 March 2023 24	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–1	1. FC Heidenheim	Düsseldorf
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Iyoha 27' Kownacki 58' Sobottka 60' Klaus 90+3'	Report	Kleindienst 20' Pick 53' Thomalla 77' Theuerkauf 90+3'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 26,827 Referee: Daniel Schlager

19 March 2023 25	Hansa Rostock	2–5	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Rostock
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Pröger 56' Schumacher 78' Meißner 84'	Report	Kownacki 12' Hennings 20' Zimmermann 41' 48' Klarer 78' 82' Hendrix 79'	Stadium: Ostseestadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Patrick Alt

31 March 2023 26	Fortuna Düsseldorf	2–2	Hamburger SV	Düsseldorf
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	de Wijs 4' Kownacki 21' 76' Klaus 28' Hennings 47' Tanaka 63'	Report	Bénes 5' Muheim 54' Meffert 57' Klarer 75' (o.g.) Javi Montero 78' 89'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 51,200 Referee: Robert Schröder

9 April 2023 27	Arminia Bielefeld	2–2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Bielefeld
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Andrade 16' Klos 19' Guilherme Ramos 23' Vasiliadis 75' Lasme 84'	Report	Iyoha 48' Klaus 60' Kownacki 90+3'	Stadium: SchücoArena Attendance: 23,433 Referee: Florian Heft

16 April 2023 28	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–0	Darmstadt	Düsseldorf
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Iyoha 23' 51'	Report	Riedel 79' Tietz 87' Seydel 90+4'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 30,179 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

22 April 2023 29	1. FC Nürnberg	2–0	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Nürnberg
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Nathaniel Brown 10' Vindahl 25' Duah 90+3'	Report	Klaus 79' Karbownik 79'	Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 27,682 Referee: Sören Storks

30 April 2023 30	Fortuna Düsseldorf	3–2	Karlsruher SC	Düsseldorf
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Peterson 33' de Wijs 64' 90+3' Zimmermann 72'	Report	Franke 17' Kaufmann 28' Heise 66'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 25,408 Referee: Timo Gerach

6 May 2023 31	Fortuna Düsseldorf	3–0	Holstein Kiel	Düsseldorf
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Appelkamp 14' Hoffmann 19' Ginczek 24' (pen.)	Report	Wahl 63'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 28,935 Referee: Aarne Aarnink

13 May 2023 32	FC St. Pauli	0–0	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Hamburg
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Mets 39'	Report	Hoffmann 53' Ginczek 60' Zimmermann 76' Klarer 81'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,546 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck

21 May 2023 33	Fortuna Düsseldorf	3–3	Hannover 96	Düsseldorf
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Klaus 30' 52' 67' Ginczek 77' Klarer 83' Hoffmann 90+1'	Report	Teuchert 12' Schaub 21' Nielsen 36' Besuschkow 54' Beier 89'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 35,512 Referee: Michael Bacher

28 May 2023 34	1. FC Kaiserslautern	0–3	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Kaiserslautern
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Zimmer 25' Bod 65'	Report	Kownacki 17' 76' 43' Oberdorf 32' Zimmermann 45+1' Ginczek 89'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 47,956 Referee: Martin Petersen

DFB-Pokal

30 July 2022 First round	Kickers Offenbach	1–4	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Offenbach
18:01 CEST (UTC+2)	Lemmer 57'	Report	Hoffmann 33' Lemmer 54' (o.g.) Ginczek 71', 79'	Stadium: Bieberer Berg Attendance: 16,620 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

19 October 2022 Second round	Jahn Regensburg	0–3	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Regensburg
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Elvedi 56'	Report	Peterson 5' Kownacki 16' Iyoha 45+1'	Stadium: Jahnstadion Regensburg Attendance: 7,892 Referee: Timo Gerach

8 February 2023 Round of 16	1. FC Nürnberg	1–1 (5–3 p)	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Nürnberg
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gyamerah 59' Duman 90+3' Flick 94' 120+1'	Report	Kownacki 33' Hoffmann 123'	Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 25,216 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck