# 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.

## Players

Squad at end of 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 |
| 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 | 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 |

#### Matches
### DFB-Pokal
## 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