| 2023–24 season | ||
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| Head coach | Daniel Thioune | |
| Stadium | Merkur Spiel-Arena | |
| 2. Bundesliga | 3rd | |
| DFB-Pokal | Semi-finals | |
| Top goalscorer | League: Christos Tzolis (18) All: Christos Tzolis (20) | |
| Highest home attendance | 52,000 vs 1. FC Kaiserslautern | |
| Lowest home attendance | 27,715 vs Wehen Wiesbaden | |
| Biggest win | SV Elversberg 0–5 Fortuna Düsseldorf | |
| Biggest defeat | Bayer Leverkusen 4–0 Fortuna Düsseldorf | |
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← 2022–23
2024–25 →
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The 2023–24 seasonisFortuna Düsseldorf's 129th season in existence and fourth consecutive in the 2. Bundesliga. They are also competing in the DFB-Pokal.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FW |  Vincent Vermeij
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 SC Freiburg II
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Free | 1 July 2023 | [2] |
| MF | Yannik Engelhardt
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SC Freiburg II
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€600,000 | 2 July 2023 | [3] |
| GK |  Karol Niemczycki
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MKS Cracovia
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Free | 19 July 2023 | [4] |
| MF |  Christos Tzolis
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 Norwich City
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Loan | 6 August 2023 | [5] |
| MF | Dennis Jastrzembski
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Śląsk Wrocław
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Free | 23 August 2023 | [6] |
| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FW | Dawid Kownacki
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Werder Bremen
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Free | 1 July 2023 | [7] |
| DF |  Christoph Klarer
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Darmstadt 98
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€2,000,000 | 18 July 2023 | [8] |
| MF |  Elione Fernandes Neto
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Red Bull Salzburg
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€3,000,000 | 10 August 2023 | [9] |
Win Draw Loss Fixtures
v VfL Bochum
| 21 July 2023 Friendly | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 3–1 | VfL Bochum | Düsseldorf |
| 18:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
 29' 49' 83' |
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Stadium: Paul-Janes-Stadion Attendance: 4,000 |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| 2. Bundesliga | 28 July 2023 | 19 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 33 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 69 | 38 | +31 | 051.52 |
| Promotion play-offs | 23 May 2024 | 27 May 2024 | First leg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— | |
| DFB-Pokal | 13 August 2023 | 3 April 2024 | First round | Semi-finals | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 060.00 |
| Total | 38 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 82 | 49 | +33 | 052.63 | ||||
Last updated: 11 May 2024
Source: Soccerway
| Pos | Team
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FC St. Pauli (C, P) | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 62 | 36 | +26 | 69 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 2 | Holstein Kiel (P) | 34 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 65 | 39 | +26 | 68 | |
| 3 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 72 | 40 | +32 | 63 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 64 | 44 | +20 | 58 | |
| 5 | Karlsruher SC | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 68 | 48 | +20 | 55 |
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 33 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 69 | 38 | +31 | 60 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 19 | +10 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 40 | 19 | +21 |
Last updated: 11 May 2024.
Source: DFB
| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
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| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | L | W | W | W | D | L | D | W | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | D | L | L | D | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | |
| Position | 6 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
The league fixtures were unveiled on 30 June 2023.[11][12]
| 29 July 2023 1 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 1–0 | Hertha BSC | Düsseldorf |
| 20:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 40,466 Referee: Christian Dingert |
| 5 August 2023 2 | FC St. Pauli | 0–0 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Hamburg |
| 13:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,546 Referee: Daniel Schlager |
| 19 August 2023 3 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 1–2 | SC Paderborn | Düsseldorf |
| 13:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report |
59' |
Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 30,312 Referee: Robert Hartmann |
| 26 August 2023 4 | SV Elversberg | 0–5 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Rostock |
| 13:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
15' 42' 70' (pen.), 79' |
Stadium: Waldstadion an der Kaiserlinde Attendance: 8,366 Referee: Michael Bacher |
| 1 September 2023 5 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 3–1 | Karlsruher SC | Düsseldorf |
| 18:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
55' 57' (o.g.) |
Report |
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Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 27,942 Referee: Frank Willenborg |
| 16 September 2023 6 | Hansa Rostock | 1–3 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Rostock |
| 13:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report |
35' 88' |
Stadium: Ostseestadion Attendance: 24,600 Referee: Nicolas Winter |
| 24 September 2023 7 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 1–1 | Hannover 96 | Düsseldorf |
| 13:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 35,444 Referee: Florian Lechner |
| 29 September 2023 8 | Hamburger SV | 1–0 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Hamburg |
| 18:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Bénes 83' (pen.) |
Report | Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 56,100 Referee: Felix Zwayer |
| 6 October 2023 9 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 1–1 | VfL Osnabrück | Düsseldorf |
| 18:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Iyoha 60' |
Report | Engelhardt 90' |
Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 33,132 Referee: Robert Kampka |
| 21 October 2023 10 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 4–3 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Düsseldorf |
| 20:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
49' 57' |
Report |
30' (o.g.) 32' |
Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Benjamin Brand |
| 27 October 2023 11 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 1–4 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Braunschweig |
| 18:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Krüger 59' |
Report |
15' 63' 90+8' |
Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 19,333 Referee: Patrick Alt |
| 3 November 2023 12 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 1–3 | SV Wehen Wiesbaden | Düsseldorf |
| 18:30 UTC+1 | Engelhardt 79' |
Report |
26' 42' (pen.) |
Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 27,715 Referee: Florian Heft |
| 12 November 2023 13 | Greuther Fürth | 1–0 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Fürth |
| 13:30 UTC+1 | Wagner 48' |
Report | Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer Attendance: 10,790 Referee: Max Burda |
| 25 November 2023 14 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 5–3 | FC Schalke 04 | Düsseldorf |
| 20:30 UTC+1 |
19' 65' 90+4' |
Report |
74' 75' |
Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Robert Schröder |
| 2 December 2023 15 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 0–5 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Nürnberg |
| 13:00 UTC+1 | Report |
41' 84' |
Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 33,062 Referee: Richard Hempel |
| 10 December 2023 16 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 0–1 | Holstein Kiel | Düsseldorf |
| 13:30 UTC+1 | Report |
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Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 31,042 Referee: Florian Badstübner |
| 16 December 2023 17 | 1. FC Magdeburg | 2–3 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Magdeburg |
| 13:00 UTC+1 |
37' |
Report |
70' |
Stadium: MDCC-Arena Attendance: 20,090 Referee: Michael Bacher |
| 21 January 2024 18 | Hertha BSC | 2–2 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Berlin |
| 13:30 UTC+1 |
45+1' |
Report |
50' (pen.) |
Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 42,902 Referee: Robert Kampka |
| 27 January 2024 19 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 1–2 | FC St. Pauli | Düsseldorf |
| 20:30 UTC+1 | Tzolis 83' |
Report | Hartel 16' (pen.), 26' |
Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena |
| 4 February 2024 20 | Paderborn | 4-3 | Dusseldorf | |
| Kinsombi 19'
Kostons 82' |
Engelhardt 49'
Mustapha 90' |
| 10 February 2024 21 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 1–1 | SV Elversberg | Düsseldorf |
| CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena |
| 17 February 2024 22 | Karlsruher SC | 2-2 | Dusseldorf | |
| 20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Gondorf 48'
Herold 63' |
Tzolis 37, 51' |
| 25 February 2024 23 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 2–0 | Hansa Rostock | Düsseldorf |
| CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena |
| 2 March 2024 24 | Hannover 96 | 2-2 | Dusseldorf | |
| Voglsammer 63'
Teuchert 86' |
Tzolis 11, 19' |
| 8 March 2024 25 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 2–0 | Hamburger SV | Düsseldorf |
| 18:30 UTC+1 |
56' 63' 74' |
Report |
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Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Martin Petersen |
| 7 April 2024 27 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 2–0 | Eintracht Braunschweig | Düsseldorf |
| CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena |
| 28 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 0-2 | Dusseldorf | |
Lee  35' |
Applekamp 13'
Johannesson 64' |
| 3 May 2024 32 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 3–1 | 1. FC Nürnberg | Düsseldorf |
| 18:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena |
| 20 April 2024 29 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 1–0 | Greuther Fürth | Düsseldorf |
| CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena |
| 19 May 2024 34 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | – | 1. FC Magdeburg | Düsseldorf |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena |
| 13 August 2023 First round | FV Illertissen | 1–3 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Illertissen |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report |
25' 90+1' |
Stadium: Vöhlinstadion Referee: Lars Erbst |
| 31 October 2023 Second round | SpVgg Unterhaching | 3–6 (a.e.t.) | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Unterhaching |
| 20:45 CET (UTC+1) |
71' |
66', 78', 107' 115' 117' |
Stadium: Sportpark Unterhaching Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Alexander Sather |
| 5 December 2023 Round of 16 | 1. FC Magdeburg | 1–2 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Magdeburg |
| 18:00 UTC+1 | Report | Stadium: MDCC-Arena |
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