The 2021–22 season is Fortuna Düsseldorf's 127th season in existence and the club's second season back in the

2. Bundesliga The 2. Bundesliga ( ) is the second division of professional football in Germany. It was implemented 11 years after the founding of the Fußball-Bundesliga as the new second division for professional football. The 2. Bundesliga is ranked below ...

, the second tier of German football, following their relegation from the

Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of the German football league system, the Bundesliga is Germany's primary footba ...

in the 2019–20 season. The club will also participate in the DFB-Pokal.

Background and pre-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. Manager

Uwe Rösler Uwe Rösler (; born 15 November 1968) is a German football manager and former professional footballer. As a player he was a centre forward, notably playing in the Premier League for Manchester City, where he was the leading goalscorer for three ...

's contract was not renewed at the end of the previous season.

Christian Preußer Christian Preußer (born 23 January 1984) is a German Association football, football manager. Coaching career Preußer managed FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt, Rot-Weiß Erfurt's under-19 team before signing a contract to manage the senior team until mid-20 ...

was appointed as manager in May 2021.

Pre-season

Competitions

2. Bundesliga

League table

Matches

DFB-Pokal

Transfers

Transfers in

Loans in

Transfers out

Loans out

Notes

References

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Fortuna Düsseldorf seasons