The 2012–13
Fortuna Düsseldorf
Düsseldorfer Turn- und Sportverein Fortuna 1895 e.V., commonly known as Fortuna Düsseldorf (), is a German football club in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, which competes in the 2. Bundesliga.
Founded in 1895, Fortuna entered the league ...
season is the 118th season in the club's football history. In
2012–13
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the club plays in the
Bundesliga
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, the top tier of
German football
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. It is the clubs
first season back in this league, having been promoted from the
2. Bundesliga
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in 2012. Fortuna Düsseldorf beat Hertha BSC in the promotion/relegation Playoff to earn a spot in the 2012–13 Bundesliga season. The
sports court and the Federal Court of the
German Football Association (DFB) confirmed the club's promotion after
Hertha BSC appealed the result of the second leg and lost on both accounts.
The club also takes part in the
2012–13 edition of the
DFB-Pokal
The DFB-Pokal ( is a German knockout football cup competition held annually by the German Football Association (DFB). Sixty-four teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2. Bundesliga. It is considered ...
, the German Cup, where it reached the second round and will face fellow Bundesliga side
Borussia Mönchengladbach next.
Review and events
Andreas Lambertz will start the season with a two match ban. The ban is for celebrating with a torch in his hand after the second leg of the promotion/relegation playoff when Fortuna defeated
Hertha BSC on aggregate. The disciplinary panel of the
German Football Association decided that Fortuna must play their first home match with no supporters for the supporters running onto the field during the second leg of the promotion/relegation playoff.
The club was also hit with a €100,000 fine.
[ After an appeal, the ban on supporters inside the stadium for the first home match was overturned and are now limited to 25,000 supporters for the first two home matches which includes 5,000 visiting supporters.][
Pre-season training commenced on 28 June 2012.]
Matches
Legend
Bundesliga
League results and fixtures
League table
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DFB-Pokal
Squad information
Squad and statistics
Transfers
In
Out
Sources
External links
2012–13 Fortuna Düsseldorf season at Weltfussball.de
2012–13 Fortuna Düsseldorf season at Fussballdaten.de
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