2012–13 Fortuna Düsseldorf season

Fortuna Düsseldorf
2012–13 season
Sporting DirectorWolf Werner
ManagerNorbert Meier
StadiumEsprit Arena, Düsseldorf, NRW
Bundesliga17th
DFB-PokalRound of 16

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.[1][2]

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.[3]

Review and events

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Andreas Lambertz will start the season with a two match ban.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6] The club was also hit with a €100,000 fine.[6][7] 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.[8] However, the €100,000 fine was increased to €150,000.[8]

Pre-season training commenced on 28 June 2012.[9]

Matches

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Legend

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Bundesliga

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League results and fixtures

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25 August 2012 (2012-08-25) 1 FC Augsburg 0–2 Fortuna Düsseldorf Augsburg
15:30 Report Schahin 68', 79' Stadium: SGL arena
Attendance: 30,401
Referee: Knut Kircher
1 September 2012 (2012-09-01) 2 Fortuna Düsseldorf 0–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach Düsseldorf
18:30 Report Stadium: Esprit Arena
Attendance: 29,999
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer
15 September 2012 (2012-09-15) 3 VfB Stuttgart 0–0 Fortuna Düsseldorf Stuttgart
15:30 Report Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 55,039
Referee: Robert Hartmann
22 September 2012 (2012-09-22) 4 Fortuna Düsseldorf 0–0 SC Freiburg Düsseldorf
15:30 Report Stadium: Esprit Arena
Attendance: 26,862
Referee: Bastian Dankert
26 September 2012 (2012-09-26) 5 Greuther Fürth 0–2 Fortuna Düsseldorf Fürth
20:00 Report Fink 26'
Ilsø 34'
Stadium: Trolli Arena
Attendance: 16,573
Referee: Tobias Welz (Wiesbaden)
29 September 2012 (2012-09-29) 6 Fortuna Düsseldorf 2–2 Schalke 04 Düsseldorf
20:30 Schahin 47', 77' Report Huntelaar 13'
Matip 20'
Stadium: Esprit Arena
Attendance: 54,600
Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)
6 October 2012 (2012-10-06) 7 Mainz 05 1–0 Fortuna Düsseldorf Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Noveski Yellow card 23', 85'
Díaz Yellow card 43'
Kirchhoff Yellow card 52'
Baumgartlinger Yellow card 57'
Report Fink Yellow card 22' Yellow-red card 78'
Schahin Yellow card 42'
Kruse Yellow card 45'
Stadium: Coface Arena
Attendance: 31,577
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
20 October 2012 (2012-10-20) 8 Fortuna Düsseldorf 0–5 Bayern Munich Düsseldorf
15:30 Levels Yellow card 38'
Lambertz Yellow card 41'
Van der Bergh Yellow card 42'
Report (in German) Mandžukić 28'
Luiz Gustavo 36'
Müller 55', 86'
Dante Yellow card 67'
Rafinha 87'
Stadium: Esprit Arena
Attendance: 54,000
Referee: Felix Zwayer
27 October 2012 (2012-10-27) 9 Fortuna Düsseldorf 1–4 VfL Wolfsburg Düsseldorf
15:30 Fink Yellow card 59' Red card 77'
Langeneke 71' (pen.)
Ilsø Yellow card 82'
Report (in German) Dost 50', 64'
Olić 53'
Josué Yellow card 72'
Diego 78' (pen.)
Stadium: Esprit Arena
Attendance: 45,673
Referee: Tobias Welz
4 November 2012 (2012-11-04) 10 Bayer Leverkusen 3–2 Fortuna Düsseldorf Leverkusen
15:30 Sam 16'
Schürrle 41'
Rolfes Red card 65'
Castro 66'
Report (in German) Rafael 40'
Kruse Yellow card 85'
Bodzek 86'
Langeneke Yellow card 90+4'
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 27,153
Referee: Felix Brych
10 November 2012 (2012-11-10) 11 Fortuna Düsseldorf 1–1 1899 Hoffenheim Düsseldorf
15:30 Kruse 4'
Levels Yellow card 77'
Report (in German) Firmino Yellow card 33'
Joselu 39'
Compper Yellow card 47' Yellow-red card 51'
Stadium: Esprit Arena
Attendance: 41,200
Referee: Robert Hartmann
18 November 2012 (2012-11-18) 12 Werder Bremen 2–1 Fortuna Düsseldorf Bremen
15:30 Arnautović 33'
Lukimya Yellow card 36' Yellow-red card 77'
Petersen 51'
Hunt Yellow card 78'
De Bruyne 82'
Report (in German) 19' (pen.) Langeneke
Yellow card 37' Ilsø
Yellow card 74' Giefer
Yellow card 75' Lambertz
Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 42,100
Referee: Peter Sippel
23 November 2012 (2012-11-23) 13 Fortuna Düsseldorf 2–0 Hamburger SV Düsseldorf
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Kruse 45+2'
Reisinger 63'
Rafael Yellow card 78'
Lambertz Yellow card 80'
Report (in German) Mancienne Yellow card 48'
Beister Yellow card 52'
Arslan Yellow card 85'
Stadium: Esprit Arena
Attendance: 54,000
Referee: Peter Gagelmann
27 November 2012 (2012-11-27) 14 Borussia Dortmund 1–1 Fortuna Düsseldorf Dortmund
20:00 Błaszczykowski 43'
Subotić Yellow card 65'
Report (in German) Paurević Yellow card 75' Yellow-red card 87'
Reisinger 78'
Kruse Yellow card 89'
Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
Attendance: 80,100
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Oberasbach)
30 November 2012 (2012-11-30) 15 Fortuna Düsseldorf 4–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Düsseldorf
20:30 Reisinger 38'
Fink 42', Yellow card 56'
Rafael 58'
Balogun Yellow card 62'
Bellinghausen 85'
Report (in German) Matmour Yellow card 27' Yellow-red card 34'
Meier Yellow card 70'
Celozzi Yellow card 73'
Stadium: Esprit Arena
Attendance: 51,345
Referee: Michael Weiner
8 December 2012 (2012-12-08) 16 1. FC Nürnberg 2–0 Fortuna Düsseldorf Nuremberg
15:30 Nilsson Yellow card 9'
Polter 27'
Feulner 90'
Report (in German) Lambertz Yellow card 14'
Reisinger Yellow card 26'
Kruse Yellow card 45'
Bodzek Yellow card 57'
Balogun Yellow card 67'
Giefer Yellow card 86'
Stadium: easyCredit-Stadion
Attendance: 37,041
Referee: Marco Fritz
15 December 2012 (2012-12-15) 17 Fortuna Düsseldorf 2–1 Hannover 96 Düsseldorf
15:30 Fink Yellow card 28'
Schahin 39'
Bodzek Yellow card 80'
Ilsø 83'
Report (in German) Eggimann Yellow card 64'
Diouf 69', Yellow card 77'
Pinto Yellow card 90'
Stadium: Esprit Arena
Attendance: 47,623
Referee: Knut Kircher
20 January 2013 (2013-01-20) 18 Fortuna Düsseldorf 2–3 FC Augsburg Düsseldorf
17:30 Reisinger 73', 90' Report (in German) Baier Yellow card 12'
Klavan Yellow card 32'
Mölders Yellow card 39', 40', 71'
Koo 45'
Ostrzolek Yellow card 52'
Stadium: Esprit Arena
Attendance: 40,623
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
26 January 2013 (2013-01-26) 19 Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–1 Fortuna Düsseldorf Mönchengladbach
15:30 Juanan 6' (o.g.)
Herrmann 14'
Marx Yellow card 39'
Report (in German) Schahin 50' (pen.) Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Peter Gagelmann
2 February 2013 (2013-02-02) 20 Fortuna Düsseldorf 3–1 VfB Stuttgart Düsseldorf
15:30 Kruse 10', 37', Yellow card 55'
Malezas Yellow card 12'
Fink 76'
Report (in German) Sakai Yellow card 39'
Gentner 60'
Kvist Yellow card 66'
Felipe Yellow card 80'
Stadium: Esprit Arena
Attendance: 44,153
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
10 February 2013 (2013-02-10) 21 SC Freiburg 1–0 Fortuna Düsseldorf Freiburg
17:30 Schuster Yellow card 54'
Krmaš 87'
Report (in German) Balogun Yellow card 51'
Lanbertz Yellow card 55'
Bodzek Yellow card 90'
Stadium: Mage Solar Stadion
Attendance: 21,200
Referee: Jochen Drees
16 February 2013 (2013-02-16) 22 Fortuna Düsseldorf 1–0 Greuther Fürth Düsseldorf
15:30 Bellinghausen 18'
Fink Yellow card 49'
Robert Tesche Yellow card 56'
Report (in German) Varga Yellow card 12' Yellow-red card 38'
Mavraj Yellow card 62'
Nehrig Yellow card 71'
Stadium: Esprit Arena
Attendance: 37,378
Referee: Tobias Welz
23 February 2013 (2013-02-23) 23 Schalke 04 2–1 Fortuna Düsseldorf Gelsenkirchen
18:30 Matip 29', 81'
Jones Yellow card 41'
Report (in German) Bodzek Yellow card 20'
Bellinghausen 56'
Giefer Yellow card 90'
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 61,673
Referee: Michael Weiner
3 March 2013 (2013-03-03) 24 Fortuna Düsseldorf 1–1 Mainz 05 Düsseldorf
17:30 Svensson 6' (o.g.)
Latka Yellow card 20'
Lambertz Yellow card 82'
Rafael Yellow card 88'
Report (in German) Zabavník Yellow card 15'
Klasnić 40'
N. Müller Yellow card 71'
Stadium: Esprit Arena
Attendance: 40,226
Referee: Felix Brych
9 March 2013 (2013-03-09) 25 Bayern Munich 3–2 Fortuna Düsseldorf Munich
15:30 Müller 45'
Luiz Gustavo Yellow card 58'
Ribéry 73'
Boateng 86'
Report (in German) Bolly 16'
Latka Yellow card 38'
Lambertz 71'
Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 71,000
Referee: Tobias Stieler
15 March 2013 (2013-03-15) 26 VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 Fortuna Düsseldorf Wolfsburg
20:30 Josué Yellow card 17'
Olić 51'
Orozco Yellow card 84'
Report (in German) Bolly 37'
Malezas Yellow card 82'
Tesche Yellow card 88'
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 24,540
Referee: Christian Dingert
30 March 2013 (2013-03-30) 27 Fortuna Düsseldorf 1–4 Bayer Leverkusen Düsseldorf
15:30 Balogun Yellow card 22'
Lambertz Yellow card 39'
Schwabb 41' (o.g.)
Malezas Yellow card 82'
Report (in German) Castro Yellow card 20'
Kießling 22' (pen.), 88'
Reinartz Yellow card 38'
Schürrle 62', 84'
Stadium: Esprit Arena
Attendance: 53,265
Referee: Felix Zwayer
5 April 2013 (2013-04-05) 28 1899 Hoffenheim 3–0 Fortuna Düsseldorf Sinsheim
20:30 Firmino 11'
Lambertz 75' (o.g.)
Volland 90+4'
Report Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
13 April 2013 (2013-04-13) 29 Fortuna Düsseldorf 2–2 Werder Bremen Düsseldorf
15:30 Reisinger 2', 48' Report Junuzović 16'
Latka 70'
Stadium: Düsseldorf Arena
Attendance: 54,000
Referee: Tobias Welz
20 April 2013 (2013-04-20) 30 Hamburger SV 2–1 Fortuna Düsseldorf Hamburg
15:30 van der Vaart 14', 20' Report Schahin 35' Stadium: Volksparkstadion
Attendance: 57,000
Referee: Robert Hartmann
27 April 2013 (2013-04-27) 31 Fortuna Düsseldorf 1–2 Borussia Dortmund Düsseldorf
18:30 Bodzek 88' Report Şahin 20'
Błaszczykowski 70'
Stadium: Düsseldorf Arena
Attendance: 54,000
Referee: Michael Weiner (Ottenstein)
4 May 2013 (2013-05-04) 32 Eintracht Frankfurt 3–1 Fortuna Düsseldorf Frankfurt
15:30 Meier 30', 87'
Lakić 50'
Report Schahin 78' Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 51,500
Referee: Peter Sippel
11 May 2013 (2013-05-11) 33 Fortuna Düsseldorf 1–2 1. FC Nürnberg Düsseldorf
15:30 Balitsch 23' (o.g.) Report Mak 58'
Plattenhardt 64'
Stadium: Düsseldorf Arena
Attendance: 53,500
Referee: Knut Kircher
18 May 2013 (2013-05-18) 34 Hannover 96 3–0 Fortuna Düsseldorf Hanover
15:30 Diouf 36'
Ya Konan 61', 76'
Report Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion
Attendance: 49,000
Referee: Peter Gagelmann


League table

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Pos Team 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
Source: Bundesliga.de, kicker.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
League summary table
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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
15 4 6 5 18 19  −1 18 2 4 2 10 12  −2 2 2 3 8 7  +1

Last updated: 1 December 2012.
Source: kicker.de

DFB-Pokal

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19 August 2012 (2012-08-19) 1st Round Wacker Burghausen 0–1 Fortuna Düsseldorf Burghausen
18:30 Holz Yellow card 55'
Leberfinger Yellow card 70'
Kulabas Yellow card 86'
Report Yellow card 55' Levels
76' Reisinger
Yellow card 67' Langeneke
Yellow card 89' Kruse
Stadium: Wacker-Arena
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Harm Osmers
31 October 2012 (2012-10-31) 2nd Round Fortuna Düsseldorf 1–0 (a.e.t.) Borussia Mönchengladbach Düsseldorf
20:30 Rafael 97' Report Stadium: Esprit Arena
Attendance: 52,500
Referee: Knut Kirchner
18 December 2012 (2012-12-18) Round of 16 Kickers Offenbach 2–0 Fortuna Düsseldorf Offenbach am Main
20:30 Husterer Yellow card 2'
Kleineheismann Yellow card 14'
Fetsch 76'
Hahn Yellow card 82'
Vogler 85'
Report (in German) Levels Yellow card 75' Stadium: Sparda Bank Hessen Stadium
Attendance: 18,400
Referee: Felix Zwayer

Squad information

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Squad and statistics

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As of 31 May 2012.
No. Pos Nat Player Total Bundesliga DFB-Pokal
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Austria AUT Robert Almer 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 GK Germany GER Michael Ratajczak 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 GK Germany GER Markus Krauß 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF Germany GER Christian Weber 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 DF Spain ESP Juanan 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 DF Germany GER Jens Langeneke 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 DF Germany GER Johannes van den Bergh 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 DF Germany GER Jeron Hazaimeh 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 DF Germany GER Kai Schwertfeger 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Brazil BRA Bruno Soares 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 MF Germany GER Oliver Fink 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 MF Germany GER Sascha Dum 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 MF Poland POL Adam Bodzek 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MF Germany GER Andreas Lambertz 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 MF Turkey TUR Tugrul Erat 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 MF Germany GER Jules Schwadorf 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 FW Germany GER Ranisav Jovanović 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 FW Denmark DEN Ken Ilsø 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 FW United States USA Villyan Bijev 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 FW Australia AUS Robbie Kruse 0 0 0 0 0 0

Transfers

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In

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No.
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
DF Brazil Bruno Soares Non-EU MSV Duisburg Free Summer 2015 Free [10]

Out

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N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
11 MF Germany Maximilian Beister 21 EU Hamburger SV End of loan Summer Free
5 DF Republic of the Congo Assani Lukimya-Mulongoti 26 Non-EU Werder Bremen Summer [11]
18 FW Germany Thomas Bröker 27 EU 1. FC Köln Summer [12]
19 DF Germany Tobias Levels 25 EU Borussia Mönchengladbach End of loan Summer Free
30 FW Germany Sascha Rösler 34 EU Alemannia Aachen End of contract Summer Free

Sources

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