# List of Fortuna Düsseldorf players

Fortuna Düsseldorf is a German football club based in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia. The following list contains all the footballers that have made over 100 league appearances for the club since 1947. Statistics from before this period are incomplete.

## Players

Statistics correct as of the end of the 2023–24 season
| Name | Nationality | Position | Club career | Appearances | Goals |
| Jörg Albertz | Germany | Midfielder | 1990–1993, 2003–2007 | 109 | 11 |
| Klaus Allofs | Germany | Forward | 1975–1981 | 169 | 71 |
| Thomas Allofs | Germany | Forward | 1978–1982, 1989–1992 | 182 | 57 |
| Shinta Appelkamp | Germany | Midfielder | 2020– | 105 | 18 |
| Kaan Ayhan | Turkey | Defender | 2016–2020 | 113 | 8 |
| Sven Backhaus | Germany | Defender | 1986–1990, 1992–1995 | 147 | 10 |
| Heiner Baltes | Germany | Defender | 1970–1981 | 281 | 11 |
| Herbert Bayer | Germany | Midfielder | 1956–1963 | 139 | 0 |
| Axel Bellinghausen | Germany | Midfielder | 2001–2005, 2012–2017 | 211 | 16 |
| Peter Biesenkamp | Germany | Defender | 1968–1975 | 120 | 13 |
| Manfred Bockenfeld | Germany | Defender | 1981–1987 | 178 | 20 |
| Dirk Böcker | Germany | Defender | 2002–2006 | 114 | 5 |
| Adam Bodzek | Poland | Midfielder | 2011–2022 | 284 | 7 |
| Rudolf Bommer | Germany | Midfielder | 1976–1985 | 264 | 38 |
| Kurt Borkenhagen | Germany | Defender | 1947–1955 | 176 | 0 |
| Dieter Brei | Germany | Midfielder | 1972–1981 | 221 | 30 |
| Klaus Budde | Germany | Forward | 1968–1975 | 209 | 59 |
| Andrzej Buncol | Poland | Midfielder | 1992–1997 | 119 | 16 |
| Michael Büskens | Germany | Midfielder | 1988–1992 | 102 | 6 |
| Hamza Çakır | Germany | Defender | 2004–2010 | 142 | 4 |
| Ahmed Cebe | Germany | Forward | 2005–2009 | 128 | 18 |
| Claus Costa | Germany | Midfielder | 2006–2011 | 114 | 2 |
| Ryszard Cyron | Poland | Forward | 1992–1997 | 131 | 47 |
| Jörg Daniel | Germany | Goalkeeper | 1976–1981 | 112 | 0 |
| Sven Demandt | Germany | Forward | 1984–1989, 1990–1992 | 182 | 70 |
| Jupp Derwall | Germany | Forward | 1954–1959 | 110 | 47 |
| Patrick Deuß | Germany | Goalkeeper | 2002–2007 | 105 | 0 |
| Darko Dražić | Croatia | Defender | 1991–1998 | 152 | 14 |
| Ralf Dusend | Germany | Midfielder | 1977–1987 | 239 | 40 |
| Atli Eðvaldsson | Iceland | Forward | 1981–1985 | 122 | 38 |
| Holger Fach | Germany | Midfielder | 1981–1988, 1996–1998 | 198 | 26 |
| Oliver Fink | Germany | Midfielder | 2009–2020 | 257 | 21 |
| Rainer Geye | Germany | Forward | 1968–1977 | 286 | 116 |
| Albert Görtz | Germany | Goalkeeper | 1957–1966 | 172 | 0 |
| Karl Gramminger | Germany | Forward | 1952–1958 | 156 | 81 |
| Martin Gramminger | Germany | Forward | 1952–1958 | 146 | 49 |
| Horst Häfner | Germany | Midfielder | 1963–1967 | 114 | 9 |
| Hans-Josef Hellingrath | Germany | Defender | 1961–1967 | 151 | 10 |
| Rouwen Hennings | Germany | Forward | 2016–2023 | 229 | 84 |
| Dieter Herzog | Germany | Forward | 1970–1976 | 201 | 53 |
| Fred Hesse | Germany | Defender | 1966–1976 | 297 | 16 |
| Hilmar Hoffer | Germany | Forward | 1960–1972 | 256 | 38 |
| André Hoffmann | Germany | Defender | 2017– | 146 | 10 |
| Karl Hoffmann | Germany | Defender | 1955–1966 | 258 | 5 |
| Rudi Istenič | Slovenia | Midfielder | 1995–1999 | 107 | 3 |
| Klaus Iwanzik | Germany | Defender | 1967–1972 | 106 | 4 |
| Günter Jäger | Germany | Defender | 1955–1963 | 140 | 1 |
| Heinz Janssen | Germany | Forward | 1956–1963 | 161 | 59 |
| Erich Juskowiak | Germany | Defender | 1953–1961 | 195 | 32 |
| Andreas Kaiser | Germany | Midfielder | 1984–1993 | 193 | 9 |
| Florian Kastenmeier | Germany | Goalkeeper | 2019– | 147 | 0 |
| Harald Katemann | Germany | Midfielder | 1994–1999 | 124 | 7 |
| Rolf Kern | Germany | Forward | 1949–1958 | 193 | 43 |
| Felix Klaus | Germany | Midfielder | 2021– | 101 | 15 |
| Heinz Klose | Germany | Goalkeeper | 1950–1951, 1954–1959 | 101 | 0 |
| Georg Koch | Germany | Goalkeeper | 1992–1997 | 131 | 0 |
| Egon Köhnen | Germany | Defender | 1966–1981 | 376 | 17 |
| Manfred Krafft | Germany | Defender | 1959–1966 | 125 | 12 |
| Werner Kriegler | Germany | Defender | 1967–1977 | 279 | 7 |
| Dirk Krümpelmann | Germany | Midfielder | 1986–1991 | 132 | 17 |
| Günter Kuczinski | Germany | Defender | 1980–1986 | 121 | 1 |
| Andreas Lambertz | Germany | Midfielder | 2003–2015 | 320 | 40 |
| Jens Langeneke | Germany | Midfielder | 2006–2013 | 202 | 32 |
| Peter Löhr | Germany | Defender | 1980–1985 | 102 | 0 |
| Ralf Loose | Germany | Defender | 1987–1993 | 188 | 4 |
| Werner Lungwitz | Germany | Defender | 1966–1974 | 223 | 10 |
| Bruno Makus | Germany | Forward | 1947–1952 | 123 | 37 |
| Matthias Mauritz | Germany | Defender | 1947–1960 | 323 | 49 |
| Frank Mayer | Germany | Forward | 2001–2005 | 113 | 44 |
| Peter Meyer | Germany | Forward | 1960–1967 | 174 | 119 |
| Hans Müller | Germany | Forward | 1947–1957 | 243 | 113 |
| Robert Niestroj | Poland | Midfielder | 1996–1999, 2001–2004 | 117 | 14 |
| Petr Rada | Czech Republic | Defender | 1988–1990, 1993–1995 | 109 | 7 |
| Michael Rensing | Germany | Goalkeeper | 2013–2019 | 132 | 0 |
| Julian Schauerte | Germany | Defender | 2014–2018 | 111 | 1 |
| Jörg Schmadtke | Germany | Goalkeeper | 1985–1993 | 244 | 0 |
| Michael Schütz | Germany | Midfielder | 1987–1993 | 205 | 22 |
| Wolfgang Seel | Germany | Forward | 1973–1982 | 274 | 59 |
| Thomas Seeliger | Germany | Midfielder | 1987–1989, 1995–1997 | 105 | 16 |
| Marcel Sobottka | Germany | Midfielder | 2015– | 200 | 14 |
| Bernhard Steffen | Germany | Forward | 1957–1966 | 225 | 51 |
| Hermann Straschitz | Germany | Midfielder | 1960–1964 | 104 | 42 |
| Reinhold Straus | Germany | Forward | 1963–1967 | 120 | 40 |
| Amand Theis | Germany | Defender | 1980–1984 | 105 | 10 |
| Günter Thiele | Germany | Forward | 1979–1986 | 128 | 44 |
| Toni Turek | Germany | Goalkeeper | 1950–1955 | 133 | 0 |
| Johannes van den Bergh | Germany | Defender | 2009–2013 | 124 | 0 |
| Josef Weikl | Germany | Midfielder | 1977–1988 | 339 | 26 |
| Rüdiger Wenzel | Germany | Forward | 1979–1984 | 143 | 26 |
| Karl Werner | Germany | Forward | 1988–1992, 1993–1997 | 232 | 6 |
| Jakob Wimmer | Germany | Defender | 1952–1958 | 124 | 4 |
| Rudolf Wojtowicz | Poland | Defender | 1986–1992 | 144 | 1 |
| Franz-Josef Wolfframm | Germany | Midfielder | 1957–1964 | 170 | 75 |
| Wilfried Woyke | Germany | Goalkeeper | 1966–1979 | 232 | 0 |
| Rudolf Zedi | Germany | Defender | 1998–2002 | 113 | 10 |
| Gerd Zewe | Germany | Midfielder | 1972–1987 | 440 | 41 |
| Gerd Zimmermann | Germany | Defender | 1974–1980 | 166 | 40 |
| Matthias Zimmermann | Germany | Defender | 2018– | 180 | 11 |