2012–13 Fortuna Düsseldorf season

Fortuna Düsseldorf
2012–13 season
Sporting Director Wolf Werner
Manager Norbert Meier
Stadium Esprit Arena, Düsseldorf, NRW
Bundesliga 16th
DFB-Pokal Round of 16
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

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

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 disciplenary 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

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Bundesliga

League results and fixtures

League table

Overall league table
League summary table
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
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

Squad information

Squad and statistics

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

Transfers

In

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Ref.
DF Brazil Bruno Soares Non-EU MSV DuisburgGermany Free Summer 2015 Free [10]

Out

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

Sources

  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 (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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "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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