2013–14 Fortuna Düsseldorf season

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Fortuna Düsseldorf
2013–14 season
Sporting DirectorWolf Werner
ManagerMike Büskens
(To 30 November)
Oliver Reck (interim)
(2 December–30 December)
Lorenz-Günther Köstner
(From 30 December)
StadiumEsprit Arena,
Düsseldorf, NRW
2. Bundesliga6th
DFB-Pokal1st round

The 2013–14 Fortuna Düsseldorf season is the 119th season in the club's football history.

Review and events[edit]

Summer window activity[edit]

Mike Büskens was announced as the new head coach of Fortuna Düsseldorf on 4 June.[1] Michael Rensing and Ben Halloran officially transferred to Fortuna Düsseldorf on 1 July.[2] André Fomitschow returned from his loan from Energie Cottbus.[3] Robbie Kruse was sold.[4] Nando Rafael and Robert Almer were released[2][3] Andriy Voronin and Robert Tesche were returned after their loan spells.[3]

The draw for the first round of the DFB-Pokal happened on 15 June.[5] Fortuna Düsseldorf was drawn against SC Wiedenbrück.[5]

July[edit]

Fortuna Düsseldorf's season kicked off on 22 July against Energie Cottbus on matchday one of the 2. Bundesliga.[6] Prior to the match, Michael Rensing refused to be a substitute[7] and left the stadium with his car.[8] Fortuna Düsseldorf won with a goal from Stefan Reisinger.[9] Stefan Reisinger's goal was scored from a penalty kick.[9] Fortuna Düsseldorf finished the matchday tied for fourth place in the table with 1. FC Kaiserslautern, Karlsruher SC, and FC St. Pauli.[10] Fortuna Düsseldorf finished July against 1. FC Köln on matchday two on 28 July.[6] The match ended in a 1–1 draw.[11] Charlison Benschop scored for Fortuna Düsseldorf and Anthony Ujah scored for 1. FC Köln[11] Fortuna Düsseldorf finished July in fifth place.[12]

Michael Rensing[edit]

Prior to the match against Energie Cottbus, Michael Rensing left the stadium with his car[8] and went home[13] after refusing to take the substitutes bench.[7] Robin Heller replaced Michael Rensing in the matchday squad against Energie Cottbus.[13] He apologized to the team for the incident.[13] Michael Rensing was promised to be starting goalkeeper.[13] He apologized to the team for the incident.[13] He stated that he wants to fulfill his contractg with the club.[14] Fabian Giefer was suspended for a match[15] after receiving a red card against Erzgebirge Aue.[16] Michael Rensing started the next match against Karlsruher SC.[17]

August[edit]

Fortuna Düsseldorf started August with the first round of the DFB-Pokal against SC Wiedenbrück.[6] Wiedenbrück won 1–0 with a goal from Marwin Studtrucker.[18] Fortuna Düsseldorf then faced 1860 München on 9 August.[19] 1860 München won 2–1.[19] Charlison Benschop scored for Fortuna Düsseldorf.[19] Benjamin Lauth and Marin Tomasov scored for 1860 München.[19] Fortuna Düsseldorf finished the matchday tied for eighth place with VfL Bochum.[20] Then Fortuna Düsseldorf faced Union Berlin on 19 August.[21] Union Berlin won 2–1.[21] Axel Bellinghausen scored for Fortuna Düsseldorf and Adam Nemec scored two goals for Union Berlin.[21] Fortuna Düsseldorf finished the matchday in 13th place.[22] Fortuna Düsseldorf went on to face VfL Bochum on 25 August.[23] Fortuna Düsseldorf won 1–0 with a goal from Stefan Reisinger.[23] Fortuna Düsseldorf finished the matchday in 11th place.[24] Fortuna Düsseldorf finished August against Arminia Bielefeld on 30 August.[6] Arminia Bielefeld won 4–2.[25] Johannes Rahn and Giannis Gianniotas scored for Fortuna Düsseldorf.[25] Thomas Hübener, Fabian Klos, and Sebastian Hille scored for Arminia Bielefeld.[25] Sebastian Hille scored two goals.[25] Fortuna Düsseldorf finished August in 14th place.[26]

September[edit]

Fortuna Düsseldorf started September with a 5–0 win against VfL Benrath in a friendly match.[27] Fortuna Düsseldorf returned to Bundesliga action against Dynamo Dresden on 15 September.[6] The match ended in a 1–1 draw.[28] Oliver Fink scored for Fortuna Düsseldorf and Tobias Müller scored for Dynamo Dresden.[28] Fortuna Düsseldorf finished the matchday in 15th place.[29] Then Fortuna Düsseldorf faced FC St. Pauli on 23 September.[30] This match also ended in a 1–1 draw.[30] Florian Kringe scored for Fortuna Düsseldorf and Aristide Bancé scored for St. Pauli.[30] Fortuna Düsseldorf finished the matchday in 13th place.[31] Fortuna Düsseldorf finished September against FSV Frankfurt on 28 September.[6] The match ended in a 0–0 draw.[32] Fortuna Düsseldorf finished September in 15th place.[33]

October[edit]

Fortuna Düsseldorf started October with matchday 10 against Greuther Fürth on 7 October.[6] Fortuna Düsseldorf won 2–1.[34] Charlison Benschop scored two goals for Fortuna Düsseldorf and Florian Trinks scored for Greuther Fürth.[34] Fortuna Düsseldorf finished the matchday in ninth place.[35] Fortuna Düsseldorf faced FC Ingolstadt 04 on 20 October.[36] Fortuna Düsseldorf won 2–1.[36] Charlison Benschop scored two goals for Fortuna Düsseldorf and Marvin Matip scored for Ingolstadt.[36] Fortuna Düsseldorf finished the matchday in sixth place.[36] Fortuna Düsseldorf finished October with matchday 12 against SC Paderborn 07 on 26 October.[6] Paderborn won 6–1.[37] Martin Latka scored for Fortuna Düsseldorf and scored an own goal for Paderborn.[37] Mahir Sağlık and Elias Kachunga scored for Paderborn.[37] Mahir Sağlık scored four goals.[37] Fortuna Düsseldorf finished October in 10th place.[38]

November[edit]

Fortuna Düsseldorf started November with matchday 13 against VfR Aalen on 1 November.[6] Aalen won 1–0 with a goal from Robert Lechleiter.[39] Fortuna Düsseldorf finished the matchday in 11th place.[40] Fortuna Düsseldorf then faced SV Sandhausen on 10 November.[41] Fortuna Düsseldorf won 1–0 with a goal from Aristide Bancé.[41] Fortuna Düsseldorf finished the matchday in ninth place.[41] Fortuna Düsseldorf's next opponents were Erzgebirge Aue on 24 November.[16] Erzgebirge Aue won 3–0 with goals from Michael Fink, Zlatko Janjić, and Guido Kocer.[16] Fortuna Düsseldorf finished the matchday in 14th place.[42] Fortuna Düsseldorf finished November against Karlsruher SC on 29 November.[6] Karlsruhe won 2–0 with goals from Selçuk Alibaz and Dominic Peitz.[17] Fortuna Düsseldorf finished November in 15th place.[43] Mike Büskens was sacked the following day.[44] Oliver Reck was named interim head coach.[45]

December[edit]

Oliver Reck was named interim head coach on 2 December[45] and had his first match in charge on 9 December.[46] Fortuna Düsseldorf started December with matchday 17 against 1. FC Kaiserslautern on 9 December.[6] Fortuna Düsseldorf won 1–0 with a goal from Erwin Hoffer.[46] Fortuna Düsseldorf finished the matchday in 12th place.[47] Fortuna Düsseldorf faced Energie Cottbus[48] Erwin Hoffer, Charlison Benschop, and Tuğrul Erat scored for Fortuna Düsseldorf and Amin Affane scored for Energie Cottbus.[48] Fortuna Düsseldorf finished the matchday in ninth place.[49] Fortuna Düsseldorf finished December against 1. FC Köln on 22 December.[6] Köln won 3–2.[50] Erwin Hoffer and Charlison Benschop scored for Fortuna Düsseldorf.[50] Anthony Ujah and Patrick Helmes scored for Köln.[50] Anthony Ujah scored two goals.[50] Fortuna Düsseldorf finished December in 10th place.[51] Lorenz-Günther Köstner became the new head coach for Fortuna Düsseldorf on 30 December.[52]

January[edit]

Fixtures and results[edit]

Legend[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

2. Bundesliga[edit]

League results and fixtures[edit]

MD Date Kickoff1 Stadium Opponent Result2 Attendance Goalscorers League position[53] Ref.
Fortuna Düsseldorf Opponent
1 22 Jul. 20:15 H Energie Cottbus 1–0 33,924 Reisinger 65' pen. — 4th [9]
2 28 Jul. 15:30 A 1. FC Köln 1–1 50,000 Benschop 12' Ujah 67' 5th [11]
3 9 Aug. 18:30 H 1860 München 1–2 34,626 Benschop 37' pen. Lauth 9', Tomasov 78' 8th [19]
4 19 Aug. 20:15 A Union Berlin 1–2 20,846 Bellinghausen 77' Nemec 43', 55' 13th [21]
5 25 Aug. 13:30 H VfL Bochum 1–0 37,233 Reisinger 8' — 11th [23]
6 30 Aug. 18:30 A Arminia Bielefeld 2–4 21,065 Rahn 21' o.g., Gianniotas 33' Hübener 28 pen., Klos 47', Hille 86', 90+1' 14th [25]
7 15 Sep. 13:30 H Dynamo Dresden 1–1 35,947 Fink 18' Müller 82' 15th [28]
8 23 Sep. 20:15 A FC St. Pauli 1–1 29,063 Kringe 82' Bancé 47' 13th [30]
9 28 Sep. 13:00 H FSV Frankfurt 0–0 30,254 — — 15th [32]
10 7 Oct. 20:15 H Greuther Fürth 2–1 30,412 Benschop 52', 55' Trinks 15' 9th [34]
11 20 Oct. 13:30 A Ingolstadt 04 2–1 6,380 Benschop 50', 63' Matip 90+1' 6th [36]
12 26 Oct. 13:00 H Paderborn 07 1–6 31,827 Latka 40' Sağlık 28', 45+1', 63', 70', Kachunga 76', Latka 86' o.g. 10th [37]
13 1 Nov. 18:30 A VfR Aalen 0–1 9,278 — Lechleiter 23' 11th [39]
14 10 Nov. 13:30 H SV Sandhausen 1–0 28,489 Bancé 60' — 9th [41]
15 24 Nov. 13:30 A Erzgebirge Aue 0–3 8,300 — Fink 18', Janjić 37' pen., Kocer 52' 14th [16]
16 29 Nov. 18:30 H Karlsruher SC 0–2 27,453 — Alibaz 28', Peitz 71' 15th [17]
17 9 Dec. 20:15 A 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1–0 29,579 Hoffer 31' — 12th [46]
18 14 Dec. 13:00 A Energie Cottbus 3–1 7,056 Hoffer 11', Benschop 63', Erat 83' Affane 7' 9th [48]
19 22 Dec. 14:30 H 1. FC Köln 2–3 52,500 Hoffer 55', Benschop 62' Ujah 29', 75', Helmes 38' 10th [50]
20 A 1860 München
21 H Union Berlin
22 A VfL Bochum
23 H Arminia Bielefeld
24 A Dynamo Dresden
25 H FC St. Pauli
26 A FSV Frankfurt
27 A Greuther Fürth
28 H Ingolstadt 04
29 A Paderborn 07
30 H VfR Aalen
31 A SV Sandhausen
32 H Erzgebirge Aue
33 4 May 13:30 A Karlsruher SC
34 11 May 13:30 H 1. FC Kaiserslautern

League table[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
4 1. FC Kaiserslautern 34 15 9 10 55 39 +16 54
5 Karlsruher SC 34 12 14 8 47 34 +13 50
6 Fortuna Düsseldorf 34 13 11 10 45 44 +1 50
7 1860 Munich 34 13 9 12 38 41 −3 48
8 FC St. Pauli 34 13 9 12 44 49 −5 48
Source: kicker.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

DFB-Pokal[edit]

Round Date Kickoff1 Stadium City Opponent Result2 Attendance Goalscorers Source
Fortuna Düsseldorf Opponent
R1 4 August 16:00 Heidewaldstadion Rheda-Wiedenbrück SC Wiedenbrück 0–1 6,850 — Studtrucker 90+1' pen. [18]

Appearances and goals[edit]

As of 31 December 2013

No. Pos Nat Player Total Bundesliga DFB-Pokal
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Germany GER Michael Rensing[54] 2 0 2 0 0 0
33 GK Germany GER Fabian Giefer[55] 19 0 18 0 1 0
38 GK Germany GER Robin Heller[56] 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF Ecuador ECU Cristian Ramírez[57] 15 0 14 0 1 0
3 DF Germany GER Leon Balogun[58] 9 0 8 0 1 0
4 DF Greece GRE Stelios Malezas[59] 10 0 10 0 0 0
6 DF Germany GER Dustin Bomheuer[60] 13 0 12 0 1 0
8 DF Kazakhstan KAZ Heinrich Schmidtgal[61] 3 0 3 0 0 0
14 DF Brazil BRA Bruno Soares[62] 9 0 9 0 0 0
19 DF Germany GER Tobias Levels[63] 17 0 16 0 1 0
28 DF Czech Republic CZE Martin Latka[64] 12 1 12 1 0 0
    0 0 0 0 0 0
    0 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
    0 0 0 0 0 0
    0 0 0 0 0 0
    0 0 0 0 0 0
    0 0 0 0 0 0
    0 0 0 0 0 0
    0 0 0 0 0 0
    0 0 0 0 0 0
    0 0 0 0 0 0
    0 0 0 0 0 0
    0 0 0 0 0 0
    0 0 0 0 0 0
    0 0 0 0 0 0
    0 0 0 0 0 0
    0 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
    0 0 0 0 0 0
    0 0 0 0 0 0
    0 0 0 0 0 0
    0 0 0 0 0 0
    0 0 0 0 0 0
    0 0 0 0 0 0

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Pos. Name Age Moving from Type Transfer Window Contract ends Transfer fee Sources
GK Michael Rensing 29 Bayer Leverkusen End of contract Summer 2015 Free [2]
MF Ben Halloran 21 Brisbane Roar Transfer Summer 2016 [2]

Out[edit]

Pos. Name Age Moving to Type Transfer Window Transfer fee Sources
FW Robbie Kruse 24 Bayer Leverkusen Transfer Summer €1.5 Million [4]
GK Robert Almer 29 Released Summer Free [2]
FW Nando Rafael 29 Released Summer Free [3]
FW Andriy Voronin 33 Dynamo Moscow Loan return Summer — [3]
MF Robert Tesche 26 Hamburger SV Loan return Summer — [3]

Notes[edit]

  • 1.^ Kickoff is in the Central European Time.
  • 2.^ Kickoff time is sourced at here.[65]
  • 3.^ Fortuna Düsseldorf's goals listed first.

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