2011–12 Fortuna Düsseldorf season

Fortuna Düsseldorf 2011–12 football season
Fortuna Düsseldorf
2011–12 season
ManagerNorbert Meier
2. Bundesliga3rd
Promotion playoff winner
DFB-Pokal3rd Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Sascha Rösler (11)
All: Sascha Rösler (14)
Highest home attendance33.150 (v. VfL Bochum)
Lowest home attendance21.240 (v. FC Ingolstadt)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
← 2010–11

The 2011–12 season was the 117th season in the history of Fortuna Düsseldorf. The season started on 18 July against VfL Bochum.

Review and events

Overview of season

Fortuna Düsseldorf became the most successful Herbstmeister ("Autumn champion") in 2. Bundesliga history after earning 41 points from 17 matches.[1][2] The 41 points accumulated is the most in history since the three-point system was introduced in 1995.[1] Düsseldorf lost their first six matches in 2010–11 season.[2] since then, they've earned 94 points which is most out of all professional football clubs in Germany.[2]

Hertha BSC vs. Fortuna Düsseldorf

The matches

Fortuna Düsseldorf won a spot in the promotion/relegation playoff against the Bundesliga's Hertha BSC.[3]

First leg

Entering the playoff, Fortuna Düsseldorf had not played in the top flight for 15 seasons.[4] They won the first leg against Hertha BSC 1–2 in Berlin's Olympic Stadium with goals from Thomas Bröker and an own goal from Hertha's Adrián Ramos.[4]

Second leg

In the return leg in Düsseldorf, both teams drew 2–2;[3][5] Fortuna Düsseldorf won on aggregate 4–3.[3][5] However, the match's second half was marred by trouble, first after Hertha supports threw flares onto the pitch after Fortuna scored its second goal of the night to go up 2–1. The other problem was when several Fortuna supporters ran onto the field with around one minute remaining in the match.[3][6][7] It took 21 minutes to restore order[8] and stoppage time ended up being 28 minutes by the time the final whistle blew. With Fortuna winning the two-legged affair, they secured a return to the Bundesliga after 15 seasons.[7]

The appeal

Hertha BSC appealed the result of the match.[9][10] The German Football Association (DFB) met on 18 May 2012 to discuss the incidents of the second leg.[9][10] Campino, singer for Die Toten Hosen, called Hertha BSC's protest "indecent".[11] The hearing at the DFB lasted for six hours.[12] The panel's decision will not be known until a further meeting on Monday.[12] It is expected to make a decision at 15.00 CET.[12] The German Football Association stated that any possible disciplinary action against either club or any of the players will be taken at a later date.[12] The players being investigated are Levan Kobiashvili, Christian Lell, Thomas Kraft and Andre Mijatović.[12] Second leg referee Wolfgang Stark was a key witness at the first hearing.[12] Fortuna canceled a planned trip to Mallorca due to the hearing on 21 May 2012.[13]

Sports law expert Michael Lehner said that Hertha can hope for replay after the second leg of the promotion/relegation playoff.[14] Lehner went on to state, "Is not the game has been properly placed on the principle of equal opportunity at the end there was a break in terms of game development," and, "The team of Hertha BSC through the fault of third parties a real opportunity has been deprived of the game even. get why there should be a replay from a legal point of view."[14]

The sports court of the DFB ultimately rejected Hertha's appeal,[15][16][17] with Hertha ordered to pay the cost of the proceedings.[17] Hertha then appealed the decision of the DFB's sports court.[15][16][17] The sports DFB court president Hans Eberhard Lorenz stated, "The appeal was unsuccessful, because no ground of opposition was to prove the referee has traded at any time conform to the rules, and the alleged Hertha BSC-sided weakness due to the interruption could not be proven..." He also stated that, "There was no Berlin players injured or assaulted or were needed to be replaced. Had this been the case, the objection would have been done."[16] The Federal Court of the German Football Association confirmed the Sports Court decision.[18] Hertha can appeal the decision to the Sports Court for Arbitration.[18] After the final verdict, Hertha players went on vacation, while Fortuna players were not immediately released for vacation.[19]

The disciplinary panel of the DFB decided that Fortuna must play their first home match of next season behind closed doors as a result of their fans running onto the field during the second leg of the promotion/relegation playoff.[20] The club was also sanctioned with a six-figure fine.[20]

Other incidents

Another incident, as reported by Die Welt the next day, was that Hertha players attacked second leg referee Wolfgang Stark.[8] Stark pressed charges against an unknown player for assaulting him off the field.[12] Hertha apologized for the conduct of some of the club's players.[13] The decision on the misconduct of Kobiashvili, Lell, Kraft and Mijatović are due later this week.[15][16] The four players are accused of verbally and physically harassing the referee.[16][17] Fortuna's Andreas Lambertz is also being investigated.[16][17] He celebrated with a torch in his hand after the match.[16]

Match results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

2. Bundesliga

Regular season

Match Date Time1 Venue Opponent Result2 Scorers Attendance League
Position[21]		 Ref.
1 18 July 2011 20:15 Home VfL Bochum 2–0 Rösler 66', Bröker 88' 33,150 2 [MR 1]
2 24 July 2011 15:30 Away SC Paderborn 1–1 Langeneke 42' (pen.) 11,014 3 [MR 2]
3 5 August 2011 18:00 Home FC Ingolstadt 4–1 Rösler 43', Bröker 50', 72', Fink 54' 21,240 1 [MR 3]
4 15 August 2011 20:15 Away Eintracht Frankfurt 1–1 Beister 54' 42,000 6 [MR 4]
5 19 August 2011 18:00 Home 1860 Munich 3–1 Rösler 43' (pen.), Lambertz 46', Beister 67' 28,300 5 [MR 5]
6 27 August 2011 13:00 Away Alemannia Aachen 0–0 — 23,864 7 [MR 6]
7 10 September 2011 13:00 Home Karlsruher SC 4–2 Langeneke 12' (pen.), Rösler 20', Bröker 67', 75' 27,230 3 [MR 7]
8 16 September 2011 18:00 Away Erzgebirge Aue 4–2 Langeneke 14' (pen.), Rösler 22', Lukimya 84', Juanan 89' 10,100 3 [MR 8]
9 24 September 2011 13:00 Home Energie Cottbus 4–2 Beister 4', 26', Rösler 17', Grimaldi 90'+3' 25,450 2 [MR 9]
10 3 October 2011 20:15 Away Eintracht Braunschweig 1–1 Langeneke 85' (pen.) 23,050 3 [MR 10]
11 17 October 2011 20:15 Away FC St. Pauli 3–1 Lambertz 45+1', 57', Beister 75' 24,487 3 [MR 11]
12 21 October 2011 18:00 Home Hansa Rostock 2–0 Langeneke 27' (pen.), Rösler 54' 23,550 3 [MR 12]
13 30 October 2011 13:30 Away FSV Frankfurt 5–2 Rösler 16', 55' (pen.), Dum 66', Beister 82', 85' 7,719 1 [MR 13]
14 4 November 2011 18:00 Home Dynamo Dresden 2–1 Beister 20', Jovanović 90'+2' 32,300 1 [MR 14]
15 19 November 2011 13:30 Away Union Berlin 0–0 — 18,432 2 [MR 15]
16 28 November 2011 20:15 Home Greuther Fürth 2–1 Fink 18', Langeneke 39' (pen.) 33,017 1 [MR 16]
17 5 December 2011 20:15 Away MSV Duisburg 2–0 Langeneke 57' (pen.), Rösler 59' 23,117 1 [MR 17]
18 10 December 2011 13:00 Away VfL Bochum 1–1 Rösler 74' 17,500 1 [MR 18]
19 16 December 2011 18:00 Home SC Paderborn 2–3 Juanan 56', Jovanović 75' 25,240 1 [MR 19]
20 4 February 2012 13:00 Away FC Ingolstadt 1–1 Langeneke 30' (pen.) 6,585 1 [MR 20]
21 13 February 2012 20:15 Home Eintracht Frankfurt 1–1 Langeneke 90+1' (pen.) 41,213 1 [MR 21]
22 19 February 2012 13:30 Away 1860 Munich 1–2 Beister 44' 21,400 4 [MR 22]
23 27 February 2012 20:15 Home Alemannia Aachen 0–0 — 28,712 5 [MR 23]
24 3 March 2012 13:00 Away Karlsruher SC 5–0 Fink 10', Beister 16', Ilsø 49', Rösler 53', Lambertz 76' 16,419 4 [MR 24]
25 10 March 2012 13:00 Home Erzgebirge Aue 3–1 Beister 22', Ilsø 65', Bröker 72' 30,237 3 [MR 25]
26 19 March 2012 20:15 Away Energie Cottbus 1–1 Matuszczyk 81' 7,819 3 [MR 26]
27 24 March 2012 13:00 Home Eintracht Braunschweig 1–1 Bröker 47' 35,427 3 [MR 27]
28 2 April 2012 20:15 Home FC St. Pauli 0–0 — 47,484 3 [MR 28]
29 5 April 2012 18:00 Away Hansa Rostock 1–2 Jovanović 85' 14,500 3 [MR 29]
30 10 April 2012 17:30 Home FSV Frankfurt 1–0 Jovanović 55' 25,107 3 [MR 30]
31 16 April 2012 20:15 Away Dynamo Dresden 1–2 Bröker 44' 26,367 4 [MR 31]
32 22 April 2012 13:30 Home Union Berlin 2–1 Ilsø 15', Rösler 22' (pen.) 33,637 3 [MR 32]
33 29 April 2012 13:00 Away Greuther Fürth 1–1 Ilsø 60' 15,500 3 [MR 33]
34 6 May 2012 13:30 Home MSV Duisburg 2–2 Fink 18', Lukimya 21' 51,000 3 [MR 34]

Promotion playoff

As third-place team, Fortuna Düsseldorf faces the 16th-placed 2011–12 Bundesliga side in a two-legged play-off. Hertha BSC finished in 16th place.[22] The winner on aggregate score after both matches will earn a spot in the 2012–13 Bundesliga.

Dates and times of these matches were determined by the Deutsche Fußball-Liga as following:[23]

Hertha BSC1–2Fortuna Düsseldorf
[4]
Olympic Stadium, Berlin
Fortuna Düsseldorf2–2Hertha BSC
[5]
Esprit Arena, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia

DFB-Pokal

Hessen Kassel v Fortuna Düsseldorf
31 July First Round Hessen Kassel 0–3 Fortuna Düsseldorf Kassel
17:30 CEST Match Report 25' Bröker
80' Rösler
80' Fink		 Stadium: Auestadion
Attendance: 14,850
Referee: Benjamin Cortus
Fortuna Düsseldorf v 1860 Munich
25 October Second Round Fortuna Düsseldorf 3–0 1860 Munich Düsseldorf
19:00 CEST Benjamin 15' (o.g.)
Rösler 86', 90'+1' (pen.)		 Match Report Stadium: Esprit Arena
Attendance: 34,413
Referee: Jochen Drees

Player information

Roster and statistics

As of 17 December 2011[update]

Squad Season 2011–12
Sources:[24][25][26]
Player 2. Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Promotion playoff Totals
Player Nat. Birthday at Fortuna
since		 Previous club Matches Goals Matches Goal Matches Goals Matches Goals
Goalkeepers
Michael Ratajczak German 16 April 1982 2007 Rot-Weiss Essen 17 0 2 0 19 0
Robert Almer Austrian 20 March 1984 2011 Austria Wien 3 0 0 0 3 0
Markus Krauss German 16 September 1987 2011 VfB Stuttgart 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
Jeron Hazaimeh German 13 February 1992 2002 SV Wersten 0 0 0 0 0 0
Juanan Spanish 27 April 1987 2011 Real Madrid Castilla 11 2 1 0 12 2
Jens Langeneke German 29 March 1977 2006 Rot Weiss Ahlen 19 7 1 0 20 7
Tobias Levels German 22 November 1986 2011 Borussia Mönchengladbach 12 0 1 0 13 0
Assani Lukimya Congolese 25 January 1986 2010 Carl Zeiss Jena 19 1 2 0 21 1
Kai Schwertfeger German 8 September 1988 1997 Mettmanner SC 0 0 0 0 0 0
Johannes van den Bergh German 21 November 1986 2009 Borussia Mönchengladbach 19 0 2 0 21 0
Christian Weber German 15 September 1983 2009 Larissa 8 0 2 0 10 0
Midfielders
Maximilian Beister German 6 September 1990 2010 Hamburger SV 19 8 2 0 21 8
Adam Bodzek Polish 7 September 1985 2011 MSV Duisburg 18 0 2 0 20 0
Sascha Dum German 3 July 1986 2010 Energie Cottbus 14 1 2 0 16 1
Tugrul Erat Turkish 17 June 1992 2009 Union Nettetal 12 0 0 0 12 0
Oliver Fink German 6 June 1982 2009 SpVgg Unterhaching 17 2 2 1 19 3
Andreas Lambertz German 15 October 1984 2002 VfR Neuss 17 3 2 0 19 3
Jules Schwadorf German 19 October 1992 2011 Bayer Leverkusen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
Villyan Bijev American 3 January 1993 2011 Liverpool 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thomas Bröker German 22 January 1985 2010 Rot Weiss Ahlen 17 5 2 1 19 6
Timo Furuholm Finnish 11 October 1987 2012 Inter Turku 2 0 0 0 2 0
Adriano Grimaldi German 5 April 1991 2011 Mainz 05 7 1 2 0 9 1
Ken Ilsø Danish 2 December 1986 2011 Midtjylland 13 0 0 0 13 0
Ranisav Jovanović Serbian 5 November 1980 2008 Mainz 05 5 1 0 0 6 2
Robbie Kruse Australian 5 October 1988 2011 Melbourne Victory 11 0 1 0 12 0
Sascha Rösler German 28 October 1977 2010 1860 Munich 18 11 2 3 20 14

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