# 2023–24 Fortuna Düsseldorf season

The 2023–24 season was Fortuna Düsseldorf's 129th season in existence and fourth consecutive season in the 2. Bundesliga. They also competed in the DFB-Pokal.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 30 August 2023
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 | POL | Karol Niemczycki |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Takashi Uchino |
| 3 | DF | GER | André Hoffmann (captain) |
| 4 | MF | JPN | Ao Tanaka |
| 6 | MF | GER | Yannik Engelhardt |
| 7 | FW | GRE | Christos Tzolis (on loan from Norwich City) |
| 8 | MF | ISL | Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson (on loan from Copenhagen) |
| 9 | FW | NED | Vincent Vermeij |
| 10 | FW | GER | Daniel Ginczek |
| 11 | MF | GER | Felix Klaus |
| 15 | DF | GER | Tim Oberdorf |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | FW | GER | Jona Niemiec |
| 19 | FW | GER | Emmanuel Iyoha |
| 20 | DF | GER | Jamil Siebert |
| 21 | GK | GER | Dennis Gorka |
| 23 | MF | GER | Shinta Appelkamp |
| 25 | DF | GER | Matthias Zimmermann |
| 27 | FW | POL | Dennis Jastrzembski |
| 30 | DF | NED | Jordy de Wijs |
| 31 | MF | GER | Marcel Sobottka |
| 33 | GK | GER | Florian Kastenmeier |
| 34 | DF | FRA | Nicolas Gavory |

### 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 |
| 22 | DF | AUT | Benjamin Böckle (at Preußen Münster until 30 June 2024) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| FW | Vincent Vermeij | SC Freiburg II | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Yannik Engelhardt | SC Freiburg II | €600,000 | 2 July 2023 |
| GK | Karol Niemczycki | MKS Cracovia | Free | 19 July 2023 |
| MF | Christos Tzolis | Norwich City | Loan | 6 August 2023 |
| MF | Dennis Jastrzembski | Śląsk Wrocław | Free | 23 August 2023 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| FW | Dawid Kownacki | Werder Bremen | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Christoph Klarer | Darmstadt 98 | €2,000,000 | 18 July 2023 |
| MF | Elione Fernandes Neto | Red Bull Salzburg | €3,000,000 | 10 August 2023 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| 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 % |
| 2. Bundesliga | 28 July 2023 | 19 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 33 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 69 | 38 | +31 | 051.52 |
| Promotion play-offs | 23 May 2024 | 27 May 2024 | First leg | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| DFB-Pokal | 13 August 2023 | 3 April 2024 | First round | Semi-finals | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 060.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 38 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 82 | 49 | +33 | 052.63 |
Last updated: 11 May 2024 Source: Soccerway

### 2. Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | FC St. Pauli (C, P) | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 62 | 36 | +26 | 69 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 2 | Holstein Kiel (P) | 34 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 65 | 39 | +26 | 68 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 3 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 72 | 40 | +32 | 63 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 64 | 44 | +20 | 58 | |
| 5 | Karlsruher SC | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 68 | 48 | +20 | 55 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 11 May 2024. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | L | W | W | W | D | L | D | W | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | D | L | L | D | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W |
| Position | 6 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 30 June 2023.