# 1995–96 Fortuna Düsseldorf season

The 1995–96 season was Fortuna Düsseldorf's 100th year in existence and 1st season in the top flight of German football after getting promoted from 1994–95 2. Bundesliga. In addition to the domestic league, Fortune Dusseldorf participated in this season's editions of the DFB-Pokal. The season covered the period from 1 July 1995 to 30 June 1996.

## Season summary

On their return to the Bundesliga, Fortuna Düsseldorf avoided relegation with a respectable 13th-placed finish.

## Players
### First team squad

    Squad at end of season
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 | Georg Koch |
| 2 | DF | GER | André Winkhold |
| 3 | DF | GER | Ulf Mehlhorn |
| 4 | DF | GER | Karl Werner |
| 5 | FW | GER | Frank Mill |
| 6 | DF | CRO | Darko Dražić |
| 7 | MF | BIH | Vlatko Glavaš |
| 8 | MF | POL | Andrzej Buncol |
| 9 | MF | GER | Thomas Seeliger |
| 10 | MF | CRO | Kujtim Shala |
| 11 | FW | GER | Christian Radlmaier |
| 12 | GK | GER | Pierre Esser |
| 13 | DF | YUG | Zvezdan Pejović |
| 14 | MF | GER | Harald Katemann |
| 15 | MF | GER | Stefan Minkwitz |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | FW | ITA | Raffael Tonello |
| 17 | FW | GER | Thomas Brdarić |
| 18 | MF | GER | Thorsten Judt |
| 19 | FW | NED | Severino Pusić |
| 20 | DF | GER | Jörn Schwinkendorf |
| 21 | DF | GER | Dirk Schreiber |
| 22 | FW | MKD | Darko Pančev |
| 23 | DF | GER | Rasim Suksur |
| 24 | DF | GER | Thomas Bahr |
| 25 | MF | POL | Robert Niestroj |
| 26 | FW | POL | Ryszard Cyroń |
| 27 | DF | GER | Jörg Bach |
| 28 | MF | GER | Rudi Istenič |
| 34 | MF | GER | Markus Anfang |
| 36 | FW | GER | Dennis Ibrahim |

## 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 % |
| Bundesliga | 11 August 1995 | 18 May 1996 | Matchday 1 | 13th | 34 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 40 | 47 | −7 | 023.53 |
| DFB-Pokal | 25 August 1995 | 28 February 1996 | First round | Semi-finals | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 080.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 50 | 53 | −3 | 030.77 |
Source: WorldFootball

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 11 | SC Freiburg | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 30 | 41 | −11 | 42 |
| 12 | 1. FC Köln | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 33 | 35 | −2 | 40 |
| 13 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 34 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 40 | 47 | −7 | 40 |
| 14 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 37 | 38 | −1 | 38 |
| 15 | FC St. Pauli | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 43 | 51 | −8 | 38 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: WorldFootball

#### Results by matchday

| Game Week | 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 | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | D | D | D | D | L | W | L | D | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | L | D | D | W | D | L | W | W | D | D | W | D | L | D | W | W | D | D |
| Position | 13 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 12 |

#### Matches
### DFB-Pokal
## Statistics
### Appearances

| No. | Pos. | Player | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | GK | Georg Koch | 34 | 5 | 39 |
| 2 | DF | André Winkhold | 29 | 5 | 34 |
| 3 | DF | Ulf Mehlhorn | 30 | 5 | 35 |
| 4 | DF | Karl Werner | 33 | 5 | 38 |
| 5 | FW | Frank Mill | 28 | 4 | 32 |
| 6 | DF | Darko Dražić | 20 | 4 | 24 |
| 7 | MF | Vlatko Glavaš | 25 | 5 | 30 |
| 8 | MF | Andrzej Buncol | 26 | 3 | 29 |
| 9 | MF | Thomas Seeliger | 28 | 3 | 31 |
| 10 | MF | Kujtim Shala | 15 | 3 | 18 |
| 14 | MF | Harald Katemann | 24 | 2 | 26 |
| 15 | MF | Stefan Minkwitz | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| 16 | FW | Raffael Tonello | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| 18 | MF | Thorsten Judt | 17 | 1 | 18 |
| 20 | DF | Jörn Schwinkendorf | 18 | 4 | 22 |
| 22 | FW | Darko Pančev | 14 | 3 | 17 |
| 26 | FW | Ryszard Cyroń | 20 | 3 | 32 |
| 27 | DF | Jörg Bach | 30 | 5 | 35 |
| 28 | MF | Rudi Istenič | 15 | 3 | 18 |
| 29 | MF | Ben Manga | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 34 | MF | Markus Anfang | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 36 | FW | Dennis Ibrahim | 3 | 0 | 3 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | 26 | FW | Ryszard Cyroń | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 9 | MF | Thomas Seeliger | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 5 | FW | Frank Mill | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 27 | DF | Jörg Bach | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | DF | André Winkhold | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 6 | DF | Darko Dražić | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 16 | FW | Raffael Tonello | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 18 | MF | Thorsten Judt | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 22 | FW | Darko Pančev | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | 4 | DF | Karl Werner | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 7 | MF | Vlatko Glavaš | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 8 | MF | Andrzej Buncol | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 14 | MF | Harald Katemann | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | 15 | MF | Stefan Minkwitz | 0 | 1 | 1 |