2013–14 Fortuna Düsseldorf season

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

Review and events

Summer window activity

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fixtures and results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

2. Bundesliga

League results and fixtures

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

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 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

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

As of 31 December 2013[update]

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

In

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

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

  • 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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