# 2017–18 Fortuna Düsseldorf season

The 2017–18 Fortuna Düsseldorf season was the 123rd season in the football club's history. For the 5th consecutive season, Düsseldorf played in the 2. Bundesliga. They also participated in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 31 January 2018
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 | GER | Julian Schauerte |
| 5 | DF | TUR | Kaan Ayhan |
| 6 | MF | GER | Florian Neuhaus (on loan from Borussia Mönchengladbach) |
| 7 | MF | GER | Oliver Fink (captain) |
| 8 | MF | USA | Jerome Kiesewetter |
| 9 | FW | BEL | Benito Raman |
| 11 | MF | GER | Axel Bellinghausen |
| 13 | DF | POL | Adam Bodzek |
| 15 | DF | GER | Lukas Schmitz |
| 16 | FW | NOR | Håvard Nielsen |
| 18 | DF | GER | Gökhan Gül |
| 19 | MF | CRO | Davor Lovren |
| 21 | FW | SWE | Emir Kujović |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | DF | GER | Niko Gießelmann |
| 24 | MF | JPN | Justin Kinjo |
| 25 | MF | JPN | Genki Haraguchi (on loan from Hertha BSC) |
| 27 | MF | GER | Taylan Duman |
| 28 | FW | GER | Rouwen Hennings |
| 30 | GK | GER | Raphael Wolf |
| 31 | MF | GER | Marcel Sobottka |
| 32 | DF | GER | Robin Bormuth |
| 33 | MF | JPN | Takashi Usami (on loan from FC Augsburg) |
| 35 | FW | CRO | Karlo Majić |
| 36 | DF | GER | Anderson Lucoqui |
| 38 | GK | GER | Tim Wiesner |
| 39 | DF | GER | Jean Zimmer (on loan from VfB Stuttgart) |
| 40 | MF | CAN | Kianz Froese |
| — | DF | SEN | Jean Ndecky |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Fortuna Düsseldorf (C, P) | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 57 | 43 | +14 | 63 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 2 | 1. FC Nürnberg (P) | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 61 | 39 | +22 | 60 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 3 | Holstein Kiel | 34 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 71 | 44 | +27 | 56 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Arminia Bielefeld | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 51 | 47 | +4 | 48 | |
| 5 | Jahn Regensburg | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 53 | 53 | 0 | 48 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 13 May 2018. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | L | L | D | L | W | W | W | W | L | D | L | W | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | D | W |
| Position | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |

#### Matches

2. Bundesliga match details :
| Match | Date | Time | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Referee |
| 1 | 31 July 2017 | 20:30 | Eintracht Braunschweig | H | 2–2 | Sobottka 9', Neuhaus 79' | 25,492 | Dingert |
| 2 | 6 August 2017 | 15:30 | Erzgebirge Aue | A | 2–0 | Hennings 42', Sobottka 48' | 9,150 | Brych |
| 3 | 19 August 2017 | 13:00 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | H | 2–0 | Neuhaus 76', Bebou 43' | 25,227 | Dankert |
| 4 | 27 August 2017 | 13:30 | SV Sandhausen | A | 2–1 | Bebou 51', Hennings 90' | 6,769 | Heft |
| 5 | 10 September 2017 | 13:30 | Union Berlin | H | 3–2 | Sobottka 17', Usami 84', Neuhaus 90' | 26,341 | Aarnink |
| 6 | 17 September 2017 | 13:30 | Greuther Fürth | A | 1–3 | Gießelmann 62' pen. | 8,535 | Petersen |
| 7 | 20 September 2017 | 18:30 | Jahn Regensburg | H | 1–0 | Kujović 54' | 19,380 | Kempter |
| 8 | 23 September 2017 | 13:00 | FC St Pauli | A | 2–1 | Usami 9', Hennings 23' | 29,546 | Brych |
| 9 | 2 October 2017 | 20:30 | MSV Duisburg | H | 3–1 | Hennings 2', Zimmer 6', Raman 55' | 41,764 | Schröder |
| 10 | 14 October 2017 | 13:00 | Arminia Bielefeld | A | 2–0 | Raman 35', Neuhaus 76' | 21,554 | Stieler |
| 11 | 20 October 2017 | 18:30 | Darmstadt 98 | H | 1–0 | Kujović 2' | 27,674 | Willenborg |
| 12 | 30 October 2017 | 20:30 | VfL Bochum | A | 0–0 | | 27,599 | Cortus |
| 13 | 5 November 2017 | 13:30 | 1. FC Heidenheim | H | 2–2 | Hennings 78', Raman 90+1' | 23,956 | Koslowski |
| 14 | 19 November 2017 | 13:30 | FC Ingolstadt 04 | A | 0–1 | | 11,648 | Schlager |
| 15 | 27 November 2017 | 20:30 | Dynamo Dresden | H | 1–3 | Raman 31' | 22,602 | Brand |
| 16 | 2 December 2017 | 13:00 | Holstein Kiel | A | 2–2 | Raman 43', Hennings 85' | 11,748 | Petersen |
| 17 | 11 December 2017 | 20:30 | 1. FC Nürnberg | H | 0–2 | | 22,248 | Rohde |
| 18 | 15 December 2017 | 18:30 | Eintracht Braunschweig | A | 1–0 | Lovren 9' | 19,725 | Alt |
| 19 | 24 January 2018 | 20:30 | Erzgebirge Aue | H | 2–1 | Raman 30', Hennings 70' pen. | 19,617 | Badstübner |
| 20 | 27 January 2018 | 13:00 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | A | 3–1 | Haraguchi 64' pen., Raman 78', Schmitz 89' | 21,739 | Stieler |
| 21 | 2 February 2018 | 18:30 | SV Sandhausen | H | 1–0 | Hoffmann 2' | 23,288 | Jöllenbeck |
| 22 | 10 February 2018 | 13:00 | Union Berlin | A | 1–3 | Neuhaus 41' | 22,012 | Hartmann |
| 23 | 17 February 2018 | 13:00 | Greuther Fürth | H | 1–1 | Usami 76' | 23,849 | Storks |
| 24 | 23 February 2018 | 18:30 | Jahn Regensburg | A | 3–4 | Hennings 3', Raman 13', Usami 15' | 10,963 | Fritz |
| 25 | 4 March 2018 | 13:30 | FC St Pauli | H | 2–1 | Hoffmann 8, Usami 74' | 37,208 | Gerach |
| 26 | 11 March 2018 | 13:30 | MSV Duisburg | A | 2–1 | Hennings 40', Usami 88' | 28,000 | Stegemann |
| 27 | 16 March 2018 | 18:30 | Arminia Bielefeld | H | 4–2 | Hennings 31', Sobottka 57', Bodzek 68', Raman 71' | 29,567 | Jöllenbeck |
| 28 | 2 April 2018 | 20:30 | Darmstadt 98 | A | 0–1 | | 17,400 | Reichel |
| 29 | 6 April 2018 | 18:30 | VfL Bochum | H | 1–2 | Hennings 80' pen. | 35,600 | Zwayer |
| 30 | 15 April 2018 | 13:30 | 1. FC Heidenheim | A | 1–3 | Usami 51' | 12,800 | Dietz |
| 31 | 22 April 2018 | 13:30 | FC Ingolstadt 04 | H | 3–0 | Hennings 7', Gießelmann 39', Bormuth 65' | 33,925 | Gräfe |
| 32 | 28 April 2018 | 13:00 | Dynamo Dresden | A | 2–1 | Neuhaus 9', Hennings 90' | 30,953 | Hartmann |
| 33 | 6 May 2018 | 15:30 | Holstein Kiel | H | 1–1 | Raman 50' | 50,000 | Ittrich |
| 34 | 13 May 2018 | 15:30 | 1. FC Nürnberg | A | 3–2 | Usami 37', Gießelmann 59', Ayhan 90+1' | 50,000 | Steinhaus |

### DFB-Pokal

DFB-Pokal match details :
| Round | Date | Time | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Referee | Ref. |
| First round | 12 August 2017 | 18:30 | Arminia Bielefeld | A | 3–1 (a.e.t.) | Hennings 68', 96', Fink 120+1' | 19,825 | Osmers | |
| Second round | 24 October 2017 | 18:30 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | H | 0–1 | | 52,500 | Gräfe | |