The Fortuna Düsseldorf Post
Boardroom3 Apr 2028
Robert Thomas is out at Fortuna Düsseldorf
Four paragraphs on the club website, none of them about football. The board thanked him, wished him well, and had the search under way before the page went up.
Squad3 Apr 2028
Marcel Lotka keeps Fortuna Düsseldorf in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 9 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Boardroom3 Apr 2028
The Fortuna Düsseldorf board call everybody in
Nothing has been announced and everybody understands what it means. A board that summons the whole football department on a Tuesday morning is a board that has stopped believing the problem will fix itself.
Market3 Apr 2028
Daniel Hanslik is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Fortuna Düsseldorf is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Player ratings3 Apr 2028
A brace, and Ibrahim Maza takes the afternoon — 8.39
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Ibrahim Maza provided it, and the 8.39 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Boardroom3 Apr 2028
Oliver Schröder steps up at Fortuna Düsseldorf for now
“Somebody picks the team on Saturday. This week it is me, and that is as far as I have thought.” No promises were made in either direction, which is how these usually begin.
Market3 Apr 2028
Lukas Nmecha raises the bar for Fortuna Düsseldorf
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Fortuna Düsseldorf heard it as anything else.
Squad3 Apr 2028
Tempers go at Fortuna Düsseldorf
Mohamed Daramy was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Match1 Apr 2028
Fortuna Düsseldorf get the job done against Bayer Leverkusen
A 3‑1 win over Bayer Leverkusen, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
In brief
- The terraces Fortuna Düsseldorf supporters have found a favourite in Ibrahim Maza
- Market Gregor Lange steps up from the Fortuna Düsseldorf academy
- Market Fortuna Düsseldorf promote Felix Ziegler from within