# 2021–22 Fortuna Düsseldorf season

The 2021–22 season is Fortuna Düsseldorf's 127th season in existence and the club's second season back in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football, following their relegation from the Bundesliga in the 2019–20 season. The club also participated in the DFB-Pokal.

## Background and pre-season

Fortuna Düsseldorf finished the 2020–21 season in 5th place, 8 points below the automatic promotion places and 6 points below the promotion play-off place. Manager Uwe Rösler's contract was not renewed at the end of the previous season. Christian Preußer was appointed as manager in May 2021.

## Season summary

Preußer was sacked as manager on 8 February 2022, and replaced by Daniel Thioune. Düsseldorf finished the season in 10th.

### Pre-season

Pre-season match details :
| Date | Time | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| 23 June 2021 | 18:30 | TSV Meerbusch | Away | 11–0 | Peterson 1', Shipnoski 17', 39', Bunk 22', 46', Piotrowski 28', Prib 38', Sobottka 61', Klaus 65', Lobinger 66', Ofori 72' | |
| 26 June 2021 | 14:00 | SC Schiefbahn | Away | 9–0 | Klaus 10', 31', Ofori 21', 83', Shipnoski 57', Basczyk 64' o.g., Lobinger 68', 72', Bunk 88' | 250 |
| 4 July 2021 | 17:00 | Würzburger Kickers | Home | 1–2 | Hartherz 115' pen. | |
| 8 July 2021 | 18:00 | AEL Limassol | Home | 2–2 | Sobottka 2', Narey 13' | 200 |
| 17 July 2021 | 15:30 | OH Leuven | Home | 3–0 | Patris 16' o.g., Hennings 45'pen., Zimmermann 52' | 3,095 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 8 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 51 |
| 9 | Holstein Kiel | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 46 | 54 | −8 | 45 |
| 10 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 45 | 42 | +3 | 44 |
| 11 | Hannover 96 | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 35 | 49 | −14 | 42 |
| 12 | Karlsruher SC | 34 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 54 | 55 | −1 | 41 |

#### Matches

2. Bundesliga match details :
| Match | Date | Time | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance | League position |
| 1 | 25 July 2021 | 13:30 | SV Sandhausen | Away | 2–0 | Hennings 56', 62' pen. | 3,452 | 5th |
| 2 | 31 July 2021 | 20:30 | Werder Bremen | Home | 2–3 | Hennings 47', Narey 90+4' | 12,850 | 8th |
| 3 | 14 August 2021 | 13:30 | 1. FC Nürnberg | Away | 0–2 | | 12,361 | 14th |
| 4 | 20 August 2021 | 18:30 | Holstein Kiel | Home | 2–2 | Narey 40', Peterson 87' | 16,349 | 11th |
| 5 | 28 August 2021 | 20:30 | Schalke 04 | Away | 1–3 | Appelkamp 12' | 25,000 | 12th |
| 6 | 12 September 2021 | 13:30 | Erzgebirge Aue | Away | 1–0 | Hennings 29' pen. | 6,064 | 12th |
| 7 | 18 September 2021 | 13:30 | Jahn Regensburg | Home | 1–1 | Boženík 33' | 19,256 | 13th |
| 8 | 25 September 2021 | 13:30 | FC Ingolstadt | Away | 2–1 | Hoffmann 57', Zimmermann 74' | 4,579 | 10th |
| 9 | 2 October 2021 | 13:30 | SC Paderborn | Home | 2–3 | Hennings 34', 59' pen. | 19,727 | 12th |
| 10 | 16 October 2021 | 20:30 | Hamburger SV | Away | 1–1 | Boženík 71' | 38,954 | 12th |
| 11 | 23 October 2021 | 13:30 | Karlsruher SC | Home | 3–1 | Heise 9' o.g., Klarer 51', Narey 62' | 22,458 | 9th |
| 12 | 31 October 2021 | 13:30 | Hansa Rostock | Away | 1–2 | Narey 57' | 21,000 | 11th |
| 13 | 6 November 2021 | 13:30 | Hannover 96 | Home | 1–1 | Klarer 6' | 22,398 | 12th |
| 14 | 21 November 2021 | 13:30 | Dynamo Dresden | Away | 0–1 | | 8,912 | 12th |
| 15 | 26 November 2021 | 18:30 | 1. FC Heidenheim | Home | 0–1 | | 13,873 | 13th |
| 16 | 3 December 2021 | 18:30 | Darmstadt 98 | Away | 3–1 | Hennings 16', 41', Narey 76' | 12,450 | 11th |
| 17 | 11 December 2021 | 20:30 | FC St. Pauli | Home | 1–1 | Hennings 68' | 15,000 | 12th |
| 18 | 17 December 2021 | 18:30 | SV Sandhausen | Home | 0–1 | | 10,500 | 13th |
| 19 | 15 January 2022 | 13:30 | Werder Bremen | Away | 0–3 | | 0 | 14th |
| 20 | 21 January 2022 | 18:30 | 1. FC Nürnberg | Home | 0–1 | | 750 | 15th |
| 21 | 6 February 2022 | 13:30 | Holstein Kiel | Away | 0–1 | | 0 | 16th |
| 22 | 13 February 2022 | 13:30 | Schalke 04 | Home | 2–1 | Narey 47', Hennings 56' | 10,000 | 16th |
| 23 | 20 February 2022 | 13:30 | Erzgebirge Aue | Home | 3–1 | Hennings 5', 90', Ginczek 51' pen. | 10,000 | 13th |
| 24 | 27 February 2022 | 13:30 | Jahn Regensburg | Away | 0–0 | | 6,319 | 13th |
| 25 | 6 March 2022 | 13:30 | FC Ingolstadt | Home | 3–0 | Ginczek 4', Zimmermann 35', Narey 50' | 14,200 | 13th |
| 26 | 12 March 2022 | 13:30 | SC Paderborn | Away | 1–1 | Hartherz 43' | 5,253 | 11th |
| 27 | 19 March 2022 | 13:30 | Hamburger SV | Home | 1–1 | Bodzek 85' | 31,353 | 13th |
| 28 | 3 April 2022 | 13:30 | Karlsruher SC | Away | 2–2 | Ginczek 31', Hennings 38' | 17,907 | 13th |
| 29 | 8 April 2022 | 18:30 | Hansa Rostock | Home | 3–0 | Tanaka 13', Appelkamp 64', Narey 90' | 22,346 | 13th |
| 30 | 16 April 2022 | 13:30 | Hannover 96 | Away | 0–0 | | 17,200 | 13th |
| 31 | 22 April 2022 | 18:30 | Dynamo Dresden | Home | 2–2 | Appelkamp 26', de Wijs 31' | 25,264 | 13th |
| 32 | 29 April 2022 | 18:30 | 1. FC Heidenheim | Away | 3–1 | Piotrowski 20', Klaus 32', Klarer 56' | 7,778 | 10th |
| 33 | 6 May 2022 | 18:30 | Darmstadt 98 | Home | 2–1 | Iyoha 3', Zimmermann 10' | 31,622 | 10th |
| 34 | 15 May 2022 | 15:30 | FC St. Pauli | Away | 0–2 | | 29,546 | 10th |

### DFB-Pokal

DFB-Pokal match details :
| Round | Date | Time | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Ref. |
| First round | 8 August 2021 | 15:30 | VfL Oldenburg | Away | 5–0 | Hennings 13', 62' pen., Abbes 23' o.g., Kownacki 26' pen., Shipnoski 69' | 4,200 | |
| Second round | 27 October 2021 | 20:45 | Hannover 96 | Away | 0–2 | | 11,300 | |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 30 June 2021 | DF | Khaled Narey | Hamburger SV | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2021 | MF | Nicklas Shipnoski | 1. FC Saarbrücken | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2021 | MF | Felix Klaus | VfL Wolfsburg | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date | Position | Name | Club | Return | Ref. |
| 26 June 2021 | MF | Ao Tanaka | Kawasaki Frontale | End of season | |
| 12 July 2021 | DF | Dragoș Nedelcu | FCSB | 4 February 2022 | |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 22 June 2021 | MF | Jean Zimmer | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2021 | MF | Gökhan Gül | | Released |
| 1 July 2021 | FW | Kenan Karaman | | Released |
| 1 July 2021 | GK | Anton Mitryushkin | | Released |

### Loans out

| Date | Position | Name | Club | Return | Ref. |