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.[1][2]

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

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   23',   85'
Díaz   43'
Kirchhoff   52'
Baumgartlinger   57'
Report Fink   22'   78'
Schahin   42'
Kruse   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   38'
Lambertz   41'
Van der Bergh   42'
Report (in German) Mandžukić   28'
Luiz Gustavo   36'
Müller   55', 86'
Dante   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   59'   77'
Langeneke   71' (pen.)
Ilsø   82'
Report (in German) Dost   50', 64'
Olić   53'
Josué   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   65'
Castro   66'
Report (in German) Rafael   40'
Kruse   85'
Bodzek   86'
Langeneke   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   77'
Report (in German) Firmino   33'
Joselu   39'
Compper   47'   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   36'   77'
Petersen   51'
Hunt   78'
De Bruyne   82'
Report (in German)   19' (pen.) Langeneke
  37' Ilsø
  74' Giefer
  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   78'
Lambertz   80'
Report (in German) Mancienne   48'
Beister   52'
Arslan   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   65'
Report (in German) Paurević   75'   87'
Reisinger   78'
Kruse   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',   56'
Rafael   58'
Balogun   62'
Bellinghausen   85'
Report (in German) Matmour   27'   34'
Meier   70'
Celozzi   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   9'
Polter   27'
Feulner   90'
Report (in German) Lambertz   14'
Reisinger   26'
Kruse   45'
Bodzek   57'
Balogun   67'
Giefer   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   28'
Schahin   39'
Bodzek   80'
Ilsø   83'
Report (in German) Eggimann   64'
Diouf   69',   77'
Pinto   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   12'
Klavan   32'
Mölders   39',   40', 71'
Koo   45'
Ostrzolek   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   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',   55'
Malezas   12'
Fink   76'
Report (in German) Sakai   39'
Gentner   60'
Kvist   66'
Felipe   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   54'
Krmaš   87'
Report (in German) Balogun   51'
Lanbertz   55'
Bodzek   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   49'
Robert Tesche   56'
Report (in German) Varga   12'   38'
Mavraj   62'
Nehrig   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   41'
Report (in German) Bodzek   20'
Bellinghausen   56'
Giefer   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   20'
Lambertz   82'
Rafael   88'
Report (in German) Zabavník   15'
Klasnić   40'
N. Müller   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   58'
Ribéry   73'
Boateng   86'
Report (in German) Bolly   16'
Latka   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   17'
Olić   51'
Orozco   84'
Report (in German) Bolly   37'
Malezas   82'
Tesche   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   22'
Lambertz   39'
Schwabb   41' (o.g.)
Malezas   82'
Report (in German) Castro   20'
Kießling   22' (pen.), 88'
Reinartz   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   55'
Leberfinger   70'
Kulabas   86'
Report   55' Levels
  76' Reisinger
  67' Langeneke
  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   2'
Kleineheismann   14'
Fetsch   76'
Hahn   82'
Vogler   85'
Report (in German) Levels   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   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

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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 [10]

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Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
11 MF   Maximilian Beister 21 EU Hamburger SV End of loan Summer Free
5 DF   Assani Lukimya-Mulongoti 26 Non-EU Werder Bremen Summer [11]
18 FW   Thomas Bröker 27 EU 1. FC Köln Summer [12]
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

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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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