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| Board Members | Thomas Röttgermann (President) Erich Rutemöller Lutz Pfannenstiel | |||
| Head coach | Uwe Rösler | |||
| Stadium | Merkur Spiel-Arena | |||
| 2. Bundesliga | 5th | |||
| DFB-Pokal | Second round | |||
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The 2020–21 Fortuna Düsseldorf season was the club's 126th season in existence and the first season back in the second flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, Fortuna Düsseldorf participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.
Review and events
Fortuna Düsseldorf started the 2020–21 season on 12 September 2020 against FC Ingolstadt 04 in the first round of the DFB-Pokal.[1] Fortuna Düsseldorf won the match 1–0 against FC Ingolstadt 04.[2] However, they were knocked out of the DFB–Pokal in the following round against Rot-Weiss Essen.[3]
The first 2. Bundesliga match happened against Hamburger SV on 18 September 2020.[1] Fortuna Düsseldorf lost the match 2–1.[4] Fortuna Düsseldorf's first league win came on 20 September 2020 against Würzburger Kickers.[1] Fortuna Düsseldorf won 1–0.[5] They finished September in 11th place.[6] In October, they went on a three–match winless streak before winning the final match of the month.[1] They lost matchday 3[1] and 5[1] against Holstein Kiel[7] and Hannover 96[8] they drew matchday four 2–2 against Jahn Regensburg,[9] and won matchday six against 1. FC Heidenheim.[10] Fortuna Düsseldorf finished October tied for 12th place with SV Sandhausen.[11] on 30 November 2020, Fortuna Düsseldorf lost to VfL Bochum 5–0.[12] Fortuna Düsseldorf finished November in 12th place.[13] Fortuna Düsseldorf won all four league matches in December.[1] Fortuna Düsseldorf defeated SV Darmstadt 98,[14] Karlsruher SC,[15] VfL Osnabrück,[16] and FC St. Pauli.[17] Fortuna Düsseldorf finished December in fifth place.[18] Fortuna Düsseldorf started 2021 with a win against SC Paderborn 07.[1] This was their fifth win in a row.[19] Their five–match winning streak finished when they drew Eintracht Braunschweig 0–0.[20] A victory against Erzgebirge Aue on 16 January 2021 (matchday 16)[21] put Fortuna Düsseldorf in third place for a playoff for promotion to the 2021–22 Bundesliga season.[22] However, a draw against Greuther Fürth on 22 January 2021 (matchday 17)[23] dropped Fortuna Düsseldorf down to fourth place[24] and a 0–0 draw against Hamburg on 26 February 2021 (matchday 18)[25] dropped Fortuna Düsseldorf down to fifth place.[26] Fortuna Düsseldorf finished January with a 2–1 loss to Würzburger Kickers on 29 January 2021.[27] Fortuna Düsseldorf finished January in sixth place.[28] This was Fortuna Düsseldorf's first loss since losing 5–0 to Bochum.[1]
Pre-season and friendlies
Win Draw Loss Fixtures
| 18 August 2020 Friendly | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Cancelled | Wehen Wiesbaden | Düsseldorf, Germany |
| 15:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Paul-Janes-Stadion |
| 22 August 2020 Friendly | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 1–0 | VfL Bochum | Düsseldorf, Germany |
| 15:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Stadium: Paul-Janes-Stadion |
| 28 August 2020 Friendly | Vitesse | 2–2 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Arnhem, Netherlands |
| 18:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: GelreDome |
| 8 October 2020 Friendly | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 4–0 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Mönchengladbach, Germany |
| 15:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Fohlenplatz Attendance: 300 Referee: Marc Borsch |
Competitions
Overview
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| 2. Bundesliga | 18 September 2020 | 23 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 55 | 46 | +9 | 47.06 |
| DFB-Pokal | 12 September 2020 | 23 December 2020 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 50.00 |
| Total | 36 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 58 | 49 | +9 | 47.22 | ||||
Source: Soccerway
Bundesliga
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Holstein Kiel | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 57 | 35 | +22 | 62 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 71 | 44 | +27 | 58 | |
| 5 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 55 | 46 | +9 | 56 | |
| 6 | Karlsruher SC | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 51 | 44 | +7 | 52 | |
| 7 | Darmstadt 98 | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 63 | 55 | +8 | 51 |
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.[29]
Results summary
| 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 |
| 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 55 | 46 | +9 | 56 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 20 | +12 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 26 | −3 |
Source: kicker.de
Results by round
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
The league fixtures were announced on 7 August 2020.[30]
| Match | Date | Time | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A |
Scorers | Attendance | Referee | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 September 2020 | 18:30 | Hamburger SV | Away | 1–2 | Zimmermann 90+3' | 1,000 | Dingert | [31] |
| 2 | 26 September 2020 | 13:00 | Würzburger Kickers | Home | 1–0 | Kownacki 82' | 7,500 | Hartmann | [32] |
| 3 | 4 October 2020 | 13:30 | Holstein Kiel | Away | 1–2 | Meffert 59' o.g. | 1,973 | Ittrich | [33] |
| 4 | 18 October 2020 | 13:30 | Jahn Regensburg | Home | 2–2 | Karaman 81', Hennings 86' | 0 | Kampka | [34] |
| 5 | 24 October 2020 | 13:00 | Hannover 96 | Away | 0–3 | 8,900 | Dankert | [35] | |
| 6 | 30 October 2020 | 18:30 | 1. FC Heidenheim | Home | 1–0 | Sobottka 33' | 0 | Stegemann | [36] |
| 7 | 7 November 2020 | 13:00 | 1. FC Nürnberg | Away | 1–1 | Karaman 30' | 0 | Schröder | [37] |
| 8 | 21 November 2020 | 13:00 | SV Sandhausen | Home | 1–0 | Hennings 59' pen. | 0 | Schlager | [38] |
| 9 | 30 November 2020 | 20:30 | VfL Bochum | Away | 0–5 | 0 | Willenborg | [39] | |
| 10 | 4 December 2020 | 18:30 | Darmstadt 98 | Home | 3–2 | Hennings 56', Karaman 77', Kownacki 89' | 0 | Alt | [40] |
| 11 | 13 December 2020 | Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=2020–21_Fortuna_Düsseldorf_season