2021–22 Fortuna Düsseldorf season

Fortuna Düsseldorf
2021–22 season
ManagerChristian Preußer (until 8 February)
Daniel Thioune (from 8 February)
StadiumMerkur Spiel-Arena
2. Bundesliga10th
DFB-PokalSecond round

The 2021–22 season is Fortuna Düsseldorf's 127th season in existence and the club's second season back in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football, following their relegation from the Bundesliga in the 2019–20 season. The club also participated in the DFB-Pokal.

Background and pre-season

Main article: 2020–21 Fortuna Düsseldorf season

Fortuna Düsseldorf finished the 2020–21 season in 5th place, 8 points below the automatic promotion places and 6 points below the promotion play-off place.[1] Manager Uwe Rösler's contract was not renewed at the end of the previous season.[2] Christian Preußer was appointed as manager in May 2021.[3]

Season summary

Preußer was sacked as manager on 8 February 2022, and replaced by Daniel Thioune.[4] Düsseldorf finished the season in 10th.[5]

Pre-season

Pre-season match details
Date Time Opponent Venue Result
F–A		 Scorers Attendance Ref.
23 June 2021 18:30 TSV Meerbusch Away 11–0 Peterson 1', Shipnoski 17', 39', Bunk 22', 46', Piotrowski 28', Prib 38', Sobottka 61', Klaus 65', Lobinger 66', Ofori 72' [6]
26 June 2021 14:00 SC Schiefbahn Away 9–0 Klaus 10', 31', Ofori 21', 83', Shipnoski 57', Basczyk 64' o.g., Lobinger 68', 72', Bunk 88' 250 [7]
4 July 2021 17:00 Würzburger Kickers Home 1–2[a] Hartherz 115' pen. [8]
8 July 2021 18:00 AEL Limassol Home 2–2 Sobottka 2', Narey 13' 200 [9]
17 July 2021 15:30 OH Leuven Home 3–0 Patris 16' o.g., Hennings 45'pen., Zimmermann 52' 3,095 [10]

Competitions

2. Bundesliga

Main article: 2021–22 2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
8 1. FC Nürnberg 34 14 9 11 49 49 0 51
9 Holstein Kiel 34 12 9 13 46 54 −8 45
10 Fortuna Düsseldorf 34 11 11 12 45 42 +3 44
11 Hannover 96 34 11 9 14 35 49 −14 42
12 Karlsruher SC 34 9 14 11 54 55 −1 41
Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-off.[11]

Matches

2. Bundesliga match details
Match Date Time Opponent Venue Result
F–A		 Scorers Attendance League
position[5]		 Ref.
1 25 July 2021 13:30 SV Sandhausen Away 2–0 Hennings 56', 62' pen. 3,452 5th [12]
2 31 July 2021 20:30 Werder Bremen Home 2–3 Hennings 47', Narey 90+4' 12,850 8th [13]
3 14 August 2021 13:30 1. FC Nürnberg Away 0–2 12,361 14th [14]
4 20 August 2021 18:30 Holstein Kiel Home 2–2 Narey 40', Peterson 87' 16,349 11th [15]
5 28 August 2021 20:30 Schalke 04 Away 1–3 Appelkamp 12' 25,000 12th [16]
6 12 September 2021 13:30 Erzgebirge Aue Away 1–0 Hennings 29' pen. 6,064 12th [17]
7 18 September 2021 13:30 Jahn Regensburg Home 1–1 Boženík 33' 19,256 13th [18]
8 25 September 2021 13:30 FC Ingolstadt Away 2–1 Hoffmann 57', Zimmermann 74' 4,579 10th [19]
9 2 October 2021 13:30 SC Paderborn Home 2–3 Hennings 34', 59' pen. 19,727 12th [20]
10 16 October 2021 20:30 Hamburger SV Away 1–1 Boženík 71' 38,954 12th [21]
11 23 October 2021 13:30 Karlsruher SC Home 3–1 Heise 9' o.g., Klarer 51', Narey 62' 22,458 9th [22]
12 31 October 2021 13:30 Hansa Rostock Away 1–2 Narey 57' 21,000 11th [23]
13 6 November 2021 13:30 Hannover 96 Home 1–1 Klarer 6' 22,398 12th [24]
14 21 November 2021 13:30 Dynamo Dresden Away 0–1 8,912 12th [25]
15 26 November 2021 18:30 1. FC Heidenheim Home 0–1 13,873 13th [26]
16 3 December 2021 18:30 Darmstadt 98 Away 3–1 Hennings 16', 41', Narey 76' 12,450 11th [27]
17 11 December 2021 20:30 FC St. Pauli Home 1–1 Hennings 68' 15,000 12th [28]
18 17 December 2021 18:30 SV Sandhausen Home 0–1 10,500 13th [29]
19 15 January 2022 13:30 Werder Bremen Away 0–3 0 14th [30]
20 21 January 2022 18:30 1. FC Nürnberg Home 0–1 750 15th [31]
21 6 February 2022 13:30 Holstein Kiel Away 0–1 0 16th [32]
22 13 February 2022 13:30 Schalke 04 Home 2–1 Narey 47', Hennings 56' 10,000 16th [33]
23 20 February 2022 13:30 Erzgebirge Aue Home 3–1 Hennings 5', 90', Ginczek 51' pen. 10,000 13th [34]
24 27 February 2022 13:30 Jahn Regensburg Away 0–0 6,319 13th [35]
25 6 March 2022 13:30 FC Ingolstadt Home 3–0 Ginczek 4', Zimmermann 35', Narey 50' 14,200 13th [36]
26 12 March 2022 13:30 SC Paderborn Away 1–1 Hartherz 43' 5,253 11th [37]
27 19 March 2022 13:30 Hamburger SV Home 1–1 Bodzek 85' 31,353 13th [38]
28 3 April 2022 13:30 Karlsruher SC Away 2–2 Ginczek 31', Hennings 38' 17,907 13th [39]
29 8 April 2022 18:30 Hansa Rostock Home 3–0 Tanaka 13', Appelkamp 64', Narey 90' 22,346 13th [40]
30 16 April 2022 13:30 Hannover 96 Away 0–0 17,200 13th [41]
31 22 April 2022 18:30 Dynamo Dresden Home 2–2 Appelkamp 26', de Wijs 31' 25,264 13th [42]
32 29 April 2022 18:30 1. FC Heidenheim Away 3–1 Piotrowski 20', Klaus 32', Klarer 56' 7,778 10th [43]
33 6 May 2022 18:30 Darmstadt 98 Home 2–1 Iyoha 3', Zimmermann 10' 31,622 10th [44]
34 15 May 2022 15:30 FC St. Pauli Away 0–2 29,546 10th [45]

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2021–22 DFB-Pokal
DFB-Pokal match details
Round Date Time Opponent Venue Result
F–A		 Scorers Attendance Ref.
First round 8 August 2021 15:30 VfL Oldenburg Away 5–0 Hennings 13', 62' pen., Abbes 23' o.g., Kownacki 26' pen., Shipnoski 69' 4,200 [46]
Second round 27 October 2021 20:45 Hannover 96 Away 0–2 11,300 [47]

Transfers

Transfers in

Date Position Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2021 MF Nicklas Shipnoski 1. FC Saarbrücken Undisclosed [48][49]
1 July 2021 MF Felix Klaus VfL Wolfsburg Undisclosed [50]

Loans in

Date Position Name Club Return Ref.
26 June 2021 MF Ao Tanaka Kawasaki Frontale End of season [51]

Transfers out

Date Position Name To Fee Ref.
22 June 2021 MF Jean Zimmer 1. FC Kaiserslautern Undisclosed [52][53]
1 July 2021 MF Gökhan Gül Released [54]
1 July 2021 FW Kenan Karaman Released [54]
1 July 2021 GK Anton Mitryushkin Released [54]

Loans out

Date Position Name Club Return Ref.

Notes

  1. ^ Match played over 120 minutes

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