# 2012–13 Fortuna Düsseldorf season

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.
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.

## Review and events

Andreas Lambertz will start the season with a two match ban. 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. 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. The club was also hit with a €100,000 fine. 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. However, the €100,000 fine was increased to €150,000.
Pre-season training commenced on 28 June 2012.

## Matches
### Legend

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |

##### League summary table

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 1 December 2012. Source: kicker.de

### DFB-Pokal
## Squad information
### Squad and statistics

    As of 31 May 2012.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | 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 | |

#### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee |
| 11 | MF | Maximilian Beister | 21 | EU | Hamburger SV | End of loan | Summer | Free |
| 5 | DF | Assani Lukimya-Mulongoti | 26 | Non-EU | Werder Bremen | | Summer | |
| 18 | FW | Thomas Bröker | 27 | EU | 1. FC Köln | | Summer | |
| 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

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