1. FC Köln

Association football club in Germany May 2026 the men's team the women's team 1. FC Köln (women) 1. FC Köln 1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e. V. Wappen 1 FC Koeln.svg 0.75 2026–27 1. FC Köln season Die Geißböcke (The Billy Goats) Effzeh yes 1948 2 13 RheinEnergieStadion 49,698https://www.rheinenergiestadion.de/en/ The RheinEnergieSTADION rheinenergiestadion.de 25 October 2024 President Jörn Stobbe dehttps://fc.de/en/club/about-the-club/boards Boards FC Köln 1 June 2024 Head coach René Wagner FCKöln FCKöln2 FCKöln3 _koeln2627h _koeln2627h _koeln2627h _koeln2627h _redtopl FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF _koeln2627a _koeln2627a _koeln2627a _koeln2627a _adidaswhitel ff0000 ff0000 ff0000 ff0000 ff0000 _koeln2627t _koeln2627t _koeln2627t _koeln2627t _koeln2627tl 000055 000055 000055 000055 000055 https://fc.de/ 1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e. V., better known as simply 1. FC Köln (de ɛf ˈt͡seː ˈkœln - De-FC Köln.ogg) or FC Cologne in English,FC Cologne Scores, Stats and Highlights https://www.espn.com/soccer/team/_/id/122/fc-cologne 22 May 2024 ESPN enFC Cologne Scores & Latest Results Today LiveScore https://www.livescore.com/en/football/team/fc-cologne/285/overview/ 22 May 2024 livescore.com en is a German professional football club based in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs Kölner Ballspiel-Club 1901 and SpVgg Sülz 07. Köln compete in the first-tier Bundesliga after winning the 2024–25 2. Bundesliga season and plays its home matches at RheinEnergieStadion. 1. FC Köln was formed in 1948 through the merger of Kölner BC 01 and SpVgg Sülz 07, two successful local sides. It was a founding member of the Bundesliga in 1963 and was crowned its inaugural champions the following year. The club enjoyed golden eras in the 1960s and 1980s, winning three national championships and four DFB-Pokal titles; this includes the inaugural Bundesliga and a domestic double in 1978. After a decline beginning in the 1990s, Köln became known as yo-yo club due to frequent promotions and relegations between the top two tiers. A resurgence in the 2010s brought European qualification and financial stability, but recent seasons have been marked by relegation struggles. The club is nicknamed Die Geißböcke (The Billy Goats) in reference to its mascot, a male goat named Hennes after veteran Köln player and manager Hennes Weisweiler. The first Hennes was donated by a circus entrepreneur as a Cologne carnival joke. The current mascot is Hennes IX 2019 8 1 y after Hennes VIII was retired by the club due to old age. https://fc.de/en/fc-info/news/detailpage/details/fc-present-hennes-ix/ Hennes-IX fc.de 26 August 2019 27 August 2019 29 August 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190829110418/https://fc.de/en/fc-info/news/detailpage/details/fc-present-hennes-ix/ live Another nickname for the club, more common locally due to its ambiguity, is FC (often written as Effzeh), a common German abbreviation for football clubs. Characteristic for the dialect spoken around Cologne, this is pronounced "EF-tsay", in contrast to the Standard German pronunciation of the abbreviation where the second syllable is emphasized (de ʔɛf ˈtseː). Köln play at home in white and red, both colours having been used as the main shirt colour throughout its history. The club's longest-standing and fiercest rivalry is with Borussia Mönchengladbach, against whom they contest the Rhine derby. Although Mönchengladbach is not located along the Rhine, both clubs are based in the Rhineland cultural region. Köln also shares rivalries with two other Rhineland-based clubs: Fortuna Düsseldorf and Bayer Leverkusen. Like many of Germany's other professional football clubs, 1. FC Köln is part of a larger sports club with teams in other sports like handball, table tennis and gymnastics. 1. FC Köln has over 150,000 members, making it the fourth largest club in Germany. https://www.bundesliga.com/de/bundesliga/news/clubs-mitglieder-die-top-5-in-deutschland-29098 Köln knackt die 150.000-Mitglieder-Marke: Das sind die mitgliederstärksten Clubs Deutschlands! de These are the clubs with the most members dfl.de 4 May 2025 21 May 2025 History Predecessor sides thumb|left|250px|Historical logos of predecessor side Kölner BCKölner BC was formed on 6 June 1901 by a group of young men who were unhappy as part of the gymnastics club FC Borussia Köln and were more interested in football. BC participated in the Zehnerliga West in the years before World War I and took the Westdeutsche championship in 1912 and advanced to the preliminary rounds of the national finals. Their next best result was in the 1920 league final, where they lost 1–3 to Borussia Mönchengladbach. Spielvereinigung 1907 Köln-Sülz was established in 1907 as Sülzer Sportverein and on 1 January 1919 merged with Fußball Club 1908 Hertha Sülz to form SpVgg. They won the Westdeutscher title in 1928, but lost in the early rounds of the national finals. They went on to play as a top flight club in the Gauliga Mittelrhein, one of sixteen premier level divisions established in 1933 in the reorganization of German football under the Third Reich. After winning a divisional championship in 1939, – they then entered a period of decline in the early 1940s. After the 1941 season, the Gauliga Mittlerhein was split into two new divisions: the Gauliga Köln-Aachen and the Gauliga Moselland, which included clubs from occupied Luxembourg. Sülz struggled until they were united with VfL Köln 1899 for the 1943–44 season, to form the combined wartime side Kriegspielgemeinschaft VfL 99/Sülz 07, which would end up winning the Gauliga Köln-Aachen title by a single point over SG Düren 99 in a close race. The club did not play the next campaign as war overtook the region. A successful new club 260px|thumb|Historical chart of 1. FC Köln league performance After the union of these two predecessor sides (1948), 1. FC Köln began play in the Oberliga West in the 1949–50 season,https://fc.de/club/ueber-den-fc/historie-und-erfolge/wissenswertes 1. FC Köln Wissenswertes über den FC 13 May 2026 de and, by 1953–54, had won their first divisional championship. In 1954, they lost the DFB-Pokal final 1–0 to VfB Stuttgart. Die Geißböcke won their second Oberliga West title in 1959–60, and appeared in the national final against Hamburger SV, where they lost 3–2. Köln also finished first in the Oberliga West from 1960–61 to 1962–63.Fussballdaten https://www.fussballdaten.de/alteoberliga/endrunde/1963/ 2 June 2023 Fussballdaten de 2 June 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230602051745/https://www.fussballdaten.de/alteoberliga/endrunde/1963/ live They won the 1962 German championship final 4–0 against 1. FC Nürnberg, becoming German champions for the first time, and qualified for the 1962–63 European Cup, where they were one of the favourites to win the trophy. In the first round, Köln visited Dundee of Scotland and lost 8–1, and despite winning the second leg back in Germany by 4–0, they were eliminated from the tournament. In the following year's German championship final, they lost 3–1 to Borussia Dortmund. Continuing success thumb|Köln vs Liverpool, 1965 European Cup In 1963, FC Köln became one of the 16 founder members of the Bundesliga, Germany's new professional football league. Köln continued their winning ways by becoming the first Bundesliga champion, in the league's inaugural 1963–64 season. As German champions, Köln entered the 1964–65 European Cup, where it met England's Liverpool at the quarter-final stage. After two 0–0 draws, a third game was played which was also a stalemate, this time 2–2. As the penalty shootout had not yet been introduced as the means of deciding a tie, Köln went out of the competition on the toss of a coin. Ironically enough, there was the need for a second coin toss because the first time the coin stuck vertically in the ground. Köln also became the first Bundesliga side to field a Brazilian player, when it signed Zézé from Madureira for a then club record fee of DM 150,000.Schnee-Allergie beim Samba-Kicker https://web.archive.org/web/20211001194314/https://www.weltfussball.de/news/_n1498951_/schnee-allergie-beim-samba-kicker/ 1 October 2021 de Weltfussball.de, published: 27 March 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2015. Domestically, Köln recorded a second-place finish in the 1964–65 Bundesliga season and won its first DFB-Pokal in 1967–68. At the start of the 1970s, Köln reached three DFB-Pokal finals in four seasons, losing all three; to Kickers Offenbach in 1970, Bayern Munich in 1971 and Borussia Mönchengladbach in 1973. The team also achieved another second place Bundesliga finish in 1973, before reaching another DFB-Pokal final in 1977, beating Hertha BSC over two legs to win the trophy for the second time. In 1977–78, Köln enjoyed their most successful season, winning the Bundesliga title, its third national title overall, and retaining the DFB-Pokal, beating local rivals Fortuna Düsseldorf 2–0. Köln became the second club to claim the double in the Bundesliga era. Köln had another losing DFB-Pokal final appearance in 1980, before winning the competition for a fourth time in 1983. In 1986, the club appeared in its first European final, losing 5–3 on aggregate to Real Madrid in the UEFA Cup Final. Two second place Bundesliga finishes, in 1988–89 and 1989–90, and another DFB-Pokal final loss in 1991, marked the end of a successful thirty-year spell for Köln. Downfall thumb|Mascot Hennes VIII In the early years of the Bundesliga, 1. FC Köln was the most successful Bundesliga club in terms of total points won. Beginning in the early 1990s, however, the club's performance declined, and in 1998 it was relegated for the first time. The side became a "yo-yo team", moving between the first and second divisions: they went up or down each season between 2001–02 and 2005–06. During this period, the FC also set the record for the longest goalless streak in Bundesliga history in the 2001–02 season, with 1034 minutes (equivalent to 11-and-a-half games) until Thomas Cichon scored.2 March 2002 Das ersehnte Tor war zuwenig http://www.fussballdaten.de/bundesliga/2002/25/fckoeln-herthabsc/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20141028040203/http://www.fussballdaten.de/bundesliga/2002/25/fckoeln-herthabsc/ 28 October 2014 10 December 2014 fussballdaten.de de In late 2006, former coach Christoph Daum returned to Köln, and succeeded in leading the club back to the Bundesliga in 2008. After asuring Köln's Bundesliga status in the 2008–09 campaign, Daum left Köln for his former club Fenerbahçe. Köln's former star-striker Lukas Podolski returned for the 2009–10 season. The club was relegated at the end of the 2011–12 season, finishing in 17th place, having accumulated €33m debt, and €11m negative equity.1. FC Köln Wehrle schafft das Finanz-Wunder: Hier die Mega-Zahlen – Quelle: http://www.express.de/26913860 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170611170529/http://www.express.de/sport/fussball/1--fc-koeln/1--fc-koeln-wehrle-schafft-das-finanz-wunder--hier-die-mega-zahlen-26913860 11 June 2017 , Express, 17 May 2017 Turnaround (2012–2017) In April 2012, the club members elected a new board of directors, Werner Spinner as president, Markus Ritterbach for marketing, and Toni Schumacher for sport. In the 2012–13 season, under new trainer Holger Stanislawski, Köln finished in fifth place in the 2. Bundesliga, missing out on promotion back to the top division. In 2012 the board hired Jörg Jakobs as director of football, who then got promoted in 2014 to sporting director, chief scout and director of the academy.Der Leiter Lizenzfußball bleibt und rückt auf: Zukünftig ist Jakobs als Sportdirektor mit mehr Kompetenzen ausgestattet https://web.archive.org/web/20170915203816/http://www.goal.com/de/news/968/transfernews/2014/06/23/4907416/1-fc-k%C3%B6ln-j%C3%B6rg-jakobs-bleibt-und-wird-bef%C3%B6rdert 15 September 2017 , 23 June 2014.1. FC Köln: Sportdirektor Jörg Jakobs soll seinen Vertrag verlängern, 24 April 2017 In January 2013, Alexander Wehrle joined as managing director of Köln. Wehrle was working as assistant for VfB Stuttgart president Erwin Staudt, especially for rebuilding the stadium.Horstmann-Nachfolger Schwabe soll FC das Sparen lehrenJune 2026 InternetArchiveBot , 11 October 2012. In summer 2013, Peter Stöger and Manfred Schmid were hired as coaching team, and Jörg Schmadtke as general manager. In 2013–14, Köln finished first in the 2. Bundesliga and earned promotion to the top division. It was followed by a 12th place 2014–15, ninth in 2015–16, and a fifth place in 2016–17, which saw them qualify for the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League, their first European campaign in 25 years. After restructuring and repaying debt, equity turned from €11m negative to €20m positive. The turnover increased from €56m in 2012–13 to more than €120m in 2016–17.Mer stonn zo Dir, FC Kölle! https://web.archive.org/web/20170915161141/http://www.stern.de/sport/fussball/1-fc-koeln---was-das-ueberraschungsteam-der-bundesliga-so-stark-macht-7197078.html 15 September 2017 , Stern, 19 November 2016.Rekorde für den 1. FC Köln 150 Millionen Euro Umsatz in Reichweite https://web.archive.org/web/20170724152530/http://www.ksta.de/sport/1-fc-koeln/rekorde-fuer-den-1--fc-koeln-150-millionen-euro-umsatz-in-reichweite-28011944 24 July 2017 , Kölner Stadtanzeiger, 22 July 2017 Decline and changes (2018–) After the club's return the European stage, fortunes quickly changed. The team experienced an unsuccessful start to the 2017–18 Bundesliga season gaining only three points from its first sixteen matches. At the same time, the club's Europa League campaign ended in the group stage. https://story.ksta.de/2018/05/fc-saison-rueckblick/ Euphorie und Enttäuschung – Der Herzschalg der FC Saison ksta.de 12 May 2018 7 May 2019 7 May 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190507114419/https://story.ksta.de/2018/05/fc-saison-rueckblick/ live This downtrend led to the resignation of Jörg Schmadtkehttps://fc.de/fc-info/news/detailseite/details/fc-und-schmadtke-loesen-vertrag-auf/ FC und Schmadtke lösen Vertrag auf 23 October 2017 fc.de 7 May 2019 7 May 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190507115924/https://fc.de/fc-info/news/detailseite/details/fc-und-schmadtke-loesen-vertrag-auf/ live and Stöger's dismissal in December 2017; he was replaced by Stefan Ruthenbeck, who was appointed as caretaker manager.https://www.ksta.de/sport/1-fc-koeln/stoeger-aus-so-geht-es-weiter-beim-1--fc-koeln-28990612 1.FC Köln: Peter Stöger entlassen ksta.de 3 December 2017 7 May 2019 In spite of an improved record in the second half of the season, the team finished last and were relegated to 2. Bundesliga at the end of the year. thumb|1. FC Köln in 2021 Ahead of the 2018–19 season, Markus Anfang was appointed manager. https://www.bundesliga.com/en/news/Bundesliga/cologne-appoint-markus-anfang-as-coach-for-next-season-kiel-478712.jsp Cologne appoint Holstein Kiel's Markus Anfang as new coach for next season Bundesliga.de 7 May 2019 7 May 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190507114422/https://www.bundesliga.com/en/news/Bundesliga/cologne-appoint-markus-anfang-as-coach-for-next-season-kiel-478712.jsp live While the club occupied the league's top spot for much of the season, Anfang was dismissed after a winless streak in April 2019.https://www.sueddeutsche.de/sport/-fc-koeln-trainer-entlassung-anfang-1.4424405 Weshalb Trainer Anfang beim 1. FC Köln gehen musste SZ.de 27 April 2019 7 May 2019 7 May 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190507114417/https://www.sueddeutsche.de/sport/-fc-koeln-trainer-entlassung-anfang-1.4424405 live Only a week later, with André Pawlak having taken over as Anfang's successor, the team achieved promotion as champions at first attempt with a 4–0 victory over Greuther Fürth.https://www.kicker.de/fuerth-gegen-koeln-2019-bundesliga-4243849/analyse Cordoba bringt Kölns Aufstiegsfeier ins Rollen Kicker 7 May 2019 6 May 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190506235212/https://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/2bundesliga/spieltag/2-bundesliga/2018-19/32/4243849/spielbericht_spvgg-greuther-fuerth-82_1-fc-koeln-16.html live Following an unsuccessful start to the 2019–20 season, which included a 3–2 cup defeat against 1. FC Saarbrücken, the club decided to terminate Achim Beierlorzer's contract on 9 November 2019.https://www.kicker.de/reissleine_gezogen_koeln_trennt_sich_von_beierlorzer-761704/artikel Reißleine gezogen: Köln trennt sich von Beierlorzer Kicker 9 November 2019 9 November 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191109173600/https://www.kicker.de/761704/artikel/reissleine_gezogen_koeln_trennt_sich_von_beierlorzer live Sporting director Armin Veh, who weeks earlier had announced that he would not extend his contract with the club, was also dismissed from his position.https://www.spiegel.de/sport/fussball/armin-veh-und-1-fc-koeln-loesen-vertrag-auf-a-1295685.html Köln und Veh lösen Vertrag auf Der Spiegel 8 November 2019 18 November 2019 10 November 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191110010422/https://www.spiegel.de/sport/fussball/armin-veh-und-1-fc-koeln-loesen-vertrag-auf-a-1295685.html live On 18 November, former HSV manager Markus Gisdol was appointed to the club's head coaching position, while Horst Heldt was made sporting director.https://www.kicker.de/neues_fuehrungsduo_1_fc_koeln_setzt_auf_gisdol_und_heldt-762834/artikel Neues Führungsduo: 1. FC Köln setzt auf Gisdol und Heldt Kicker 18 November 2019 19 November 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191119204303/https://www.kicker.de/762834/artikel/neues_fuehrungsduo_1_fc_koeln_setzt_auf_gisdol_und_heldt live Under Gisdol, the team avoided relegation at the end of the season.https://www.kicker.de/1_fc_koeln_verlaengert_mit_trainer_gisdol_bis_2023-780093/artikel 1. FC Köln verlängert mit Trainer Gisdol – bis 2023 Kicker 5 August 2020 5 August 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200805074023/https://www.kicker.de/780093/artikel/1_fc_koeln_verlaengert_mit_trainer_gisdol_bis_2023 live During the majority of the 2020–21 season, Köln was involved in a relegation battle and occupied one of the bottom three places in the division. On 11 April 2021, after losing to relegation rival Mainz 05, Gisdol was dismissed from his position as head coach.https://www.kicker.de/1-fc-koeln-trennt-sich-von-gisdol-funkel-uebernimmt-801979/artikel 1. FC Köln trennt sich von Gisdol – Funkel übernimmt 11 April 2021 Kicker 10 October 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211010124012/https://www.kicker.de/1-fc-koeln-trennt-sich-von-gisdol-funkel-uebernimmt-801979/artikel live The next day, the club presented Friedhelm Funkel as an interim coach who would take over head coaching duties until the end of the season.https://www.kicker.de/offiziell-funkel-soll-den-1-fc-koeln-retten-802033/artikel Offiziell: Funkel soll den 1. FC Köln retten 12 April 2021 Kicker 12 April 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210412093609/https://www.kicker.de/offiziell-funkel-soll-den-1-fc-koeln-retten-802033/artikel live Funkel's side faced Holstein Kiel in the relegation playoffs. After losing 1–0 at home, his team recorded a 5–1 away win, enabling the club to retain its position in the Bundesliga.https://www.kicker.de/kiel-gegen-koeln-2021-bundesliga-relegation-4704509/analyse Andersson macht's früh klar: Köln hält die Klasse 30 June 2021 Kicker de 9 July 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210709181726/https://www.kicker.de/kiel-gegen-koeln-2021-bundesliga-relegation-4704509/analyse live In March 2023, during the second half of the 2022–23 campaign, Köln were put under a two-window transfer embargo by FIFA's Dispute Resolution Chamber, having been found guilty of inducing a breach of contract without just cause while signing Jaka Čuber Potočnik from Olimpija Ljubljana in January 2022. As part of the same verdict, the club was also sentenced to pay Ljubljana a €51,750 compensation, in addition to training costs. Köln appealed the decision at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, which affirmed the embargo imposed by FIFA.29 March 2023 1. FC Köln von FIFA zu Transfersperre verurteilt – Effzeh bestätigt Gang vor den CAS https://www.kicker.de/1-fc-koeln-von-fifa-zu-transfersperre-verurteilt-effzeh-bestaetigt-gang-vor-den-cas-944379/artikel 9 April 2023 kicker de-DE 12 April 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230412201756/https://www.kicker.de/1-fc-koeln-von-fifa-zu-transfersperre-verurteilt-effzeh-bestaetigt-gang-vor-den-cas-944379/artikel dead Honigstein Raphael 8 April 2023 Cologne's transfer ban explained: How signing teenager led to two-window punishment https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/4390210/2023/04/08/cologne-bundesliga-transfer-ban/ 9 April 2023 The Athletic en 8 April 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230408113454/https://theathletic.com/4390210/2023/04/08/cologne-bundesliga-transfer-ban/ live In the 2023–24 Bundesliga season, Köln were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga after finishing second bottom on the table,https://onefootball.com/en/news/official-1fc-koeln-are-relegated-from-the-bundesliga-39508587/ Official – 1.FC Köln are relegated from the Bundesliga onefootball.com but they immediately returned to Bundesliga in the next season as champions of 2. Bundesliga.18 May 2025 Cologne earn Bundesliga promotion with 4–0 win over Kaiserlautern https://www.reuters.com/sports/soccer/cologne-earn-bundesliga-promotion-with-4-0-win-over-kaiserlautern-2025-05-18/ 9 August 2025 Reuters enAFP 18 May 2025 Koln win Bundesliga 2 to secure immediate return to top tier https://thescore.com/bund/news/3287740 5 July 2025 theScore enWelcome back Cologne! All you need to know on the Billy Goats following their promotion to the Bundesliga https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/news/welcome-back-cologne-promotion-linton-maina-gerhard-struber-31959 5 July 2025 www.bundesliga.com enHamburg miss out on title in Greuther Fürth defeat https://www.bundesliga.com/en/2bundesliga/news/greuther-furth-hamburg-match-report-highlights-matchday-34-32284 5 July 2025 Bundesliga en During the 2025-26 Bundesliga season, their first season back in the Bundesliga, Köln finished 14th.Table: 2025/26 https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/table 2026-05-22 Bundesliga en Stadium RheinEnergieStadion thumb|RheinEnergieStadion The team plays its home matches in the Müngersdorfer Stadion, also known as the RheinEnergie Stadion for sponsorship purposes. It has a capacity of around 50,000 and had an average attendance of 48,676 in the 2015–16 season.https://www.worldfootball.net/competition/co12/se18336/attendance/ Germany " Bundesliga 2015/2016 " Attendance " Home matches worldfootball.net 14 May 2016 11 August 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160811140822/http://www.worldfootball.net/attendance/bundesliga-2015-2016/1/ live The stadium sponsorship comes from a contract with the local power supplier RheinEnergie AG. However, most fans still call the stadium "Müngersdorfer Stadion", named after the suburb of Müngersdorf, where it is located. The club owns the Geißbockheim training centre, known as RheinEnergieSportpark for sponsorship, located in Sülz, which is a municipal part of Köln in the southwest of the city. The centre is home to the Franz-Kremer-Stadion the home of 1. FC Köln II. Honours Domestic German football championship/Bundesliga Champions: 1961–62, 1963–64, 1977–78 Runners-up: 1959–60, 1962–63, 1964–65, 1972–73, 1981–82, 1988–89, 1989–90 DFB-Pokal Winners: 1967–68, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1982–83 Runners-up: 1953–54, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1972–73, 1979–80, 1990–91 2. Bundesliga Winners: 1999–2000, 2004–05, 2013–14, 2018–19, 2024–25 Runners-up: 2002–03 International Easter Cup Winners: 1956 UEFA Cup Runners-up: 1985–86https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/00c6-0e6a0c0550af-336d9d81fb43-1000--1985-86-madrid-the-comeback-kings/ 1985/86: Madrid the comeback kings 1 June 1986 UEFA 1 June 2024 Uhrencup Winners: 1991https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/uhren.html#91 Coupe Horlogère – Uhren Cup (Switzerland) Garin Erik 18 October 2018 RSSSF 1 June 2024 Regional Oberliga West Winners: 1953–54, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63https://www.weltfussball.de/historie/oberliga-west-1947-63/ Oberliga West (1947–63) » Archiv Welt Fussball 1 June 2024 German Runners-up: 1952–53,https://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/oberliga-west-1947-63-1952-1953-spieltag/30/ Oberliga West (1947–63) 1952/1953 » 30. Spieltag Welt Fussball 1 June 2024 German 1957–58,https://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/oberliga-west-1947-63-1957-1958-spieltag/30/ Oberliga West (1947–63) 1957/1958 » 30. Spieltag Welt Fussball 1 June 2024 German 1958–59https://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/oberliga-west-1947-63-1958-1959-spieltag/30/ Oberliga West (1947–63) 1958/1959 » 30. Spieltag Welt Fussball 1 June 2024 German Doubles 1977–78: Bundesliga and DFB-Pokalhttps://fc.de/en/club/about-the-club/history-and-honours#honours History & Honours 1. FC Köln 1 June 2024 Reserve team German amateur champions: 1981https://www.rsssf.org/tablesd/duitamachampfull.html#81 Germany – Amateur Championship 1950–1995 Abbink Dinant 15 May 2005 RSSSF 1 June 2024 Youth German Under 19 championship Champions: 1970–71,https://www.weltfussball.de/historie/a-junioren-meisterschaft/ A-Junioren Meisterschaft » Archiv Welt Fussball 1 June 2024 German 2024–2518 May 2025 Spektakel pur in Leverkusen: Köln krönt sich zum Deutschen A-Jugend-Meister https://www.kicker.de/leverkusen-gegen-koeln-2025-a-junioren-meisterschaft-endrunde-5037889/spielbericht 29 May 2025 Kicker de Runners-up: 1973–74,https://www.weltfussball.de/wettbewerb/a-junioren-meisterschaft-1974/ A-Junioren Meisterschaft 1974 Welt Fussball 1 June 2024 German 1982–83,https://www.weltfussball.de/wettbewerb/a-junioren-meisterschaft-1983/ A-Junioren Meisterschaft 1983 Welt Fussball 1 June 2024 German 1991–92https://www.weltfussball.de/wettbewerb/a-junioren-meisterschaft-1992/ A-Junioren Meisterschaft 1992 Welt Fussball 1 June 2024 German Under 19 Bundesliga Division West Champions: 2007–08https://www.dfb.de/a-junioren-bundesliga/staffel-west/spieltagtabelle/?no_cache=1&spieledb_path=%2Fdatencenter%2Fbundesliga-west%2F2007-2008%2Fcurrent 2007/2008 Staffel West Deutscher Fussball-Bund 1 June 2024 Runners-up: 2003–04,https://www.dfb.de/a-junioren-bundesliga/staffel-west/spieltagtabelle/?no_cache=1&spieledb_path=%2Fdatencenter%2Fbundesliga-west%2F2003-2004%2Fcurrent 2003/2004 Staffel West Deutscher Fussball-Bund 1 June 2024 2009–10,https://www.dfb.de/a-junioren-bundesliga/staffel-west/spieltagtabelle/?no_cache=1&spieledb_path=%2Fdatencenter%2Fbundesliga-west%2F2009-2010%2Fcurrent 2009/2010 Staffel West Deutscher Fussball-Bund 1 June 20242013–14,https://www.dfb.de/a-junioren-bundesliga/staffel-west/spieltagtabelle/?no_cache=1&spieledb_path=%2Fdatencenter%2Fbundesliga-west%2F2013-2014%2Fcurrent 2013/2014 Staffel West Deutscher Fussball-Bund 1 June 2024 2014–15https://www.dfb.de/a-junioren-bundesliga/staffel-west/spieltagtabelle/?no_cache=1&spieledb_path=%2Fdatencenter%2Fbundesliga-west%2F2014-2015%2Fcurrent 2014/2015 Staffel West Deutscher Fussball-Bund 1 June 2024 Under 19 Juniors DFB-Pokal Champions: 2012–13https://www.dfb.de/dfb-pokal-der-junioren/spieltag/?no_cache=1&spieledb_path=%2Fdatencenter%2Fdfb-pokal-der-junioren%2F2012-2013%2Fcurrent 2012/2013 DFB-Pokal der Junioren Deutscher Fussball-Bund 1 June 2024 Runners-up: 1990–91,https://www.dfb.de/dfb-pokal-der-junioren/spieltag/?no_cache=1&spieledb_path=%2Fdatencenter%2Fdfb-pokal-der-junioren%2F1990-1991%2Fcurrent 1990/1991 DFB-Pokal der Junioren Deutscher Fussball-Bund 1 June 2024 1993–94https://www.dfb.de/dfb-pokal-der-junioren/spieltag/?no_cache=1&spieledb_path=%2Fdatencenter%2Fdfb-pokal-der-junioren%2F1993-1994%2Fcurrent 1993/1994 DFB-Pokal der Junioren Deutscher Fussball-Bund 1 June 2024 German Under 17 championship Champions: 1989–90,https://www.weltfussball.de/historie/b-junioren-meisterschaft/ B-Junioren Meisterschaft » Archiv Welt Fussball 1 June 2024 2010–11,https://www.dfb.de/b-junioren-bundesliga/b-junioren-meisterschaft/endrunden/?spieledb_path=%2Fdatencenter%2Fmeisterschaft-1418%2F2011%2Fcurrent 2010/2011 B-Junioren-Bundesliga Deutscher Fussball-Bund 1 June 2024 2018–19https://www.dfb.de/b-junioren-bundesliga/b-junioren-meisterschaft/endrunden/?spieledb_path=%2Fdatencenter%2Fmeisterschaft-1418%2F2019%2Fcurrent 2018/2019 B-Junioren-Bundesliga Deutscher Fussball-Bund 1 June 2024 Under 17 Bundesliga Division West Champions: 2010–11,https://www.dfb.de/b-junioren-bundesliga/staffel-west/spieltagtabelle/?no_cache=1&spieledb_path=%2Fdatencenter%2Fbundesliga-west-1736%2F2010-2011%2Fcurrent 2010/2011 Staffel West Deutscher Fussball-Bund 1 June 2024 2011–12,https://www.dfb.de/b-junioren-bundesliga/staffel-west/spieltagtabelle/?no_cache=1&spieledb_path=%2Fdatencenter%2Fbundesliga-west-1736%2F2011-2012%2Fcurrent 2011/2012 Staffel West Deutscher Fussball-Bund 1 June 2024 2018–19https://www.dfb.de/b-junioren-bundesliga/staffel-west/spieltagtabelle/?no_cache=1&spieledb_path=%2Fdatencenter%2Fbundesliga-west-1736%2F2018-2019%2Fcurrent 2018/2019 Staffel West Deutscher Fussball-Bund 1 June 2024 Runners-up: 2008–09https://www.dfb.de/b-junioren-bundesliga/staffel-west/spieltagtabelle/?no_cache=1&spieledb_path=%2Fdatencenter%2Fbundesliga-west-1736%2F2008-2009%2Fcurrent 2008/2009 Staffel West Deutscher Fussball-Bund 1 June 2024 Statistics List of 1. FC Köln records and statistics Kits 1. FC Köln kits thumb|Kit used in 2021–22 season featuring Jonas Hector Köln's kits are made by Hummel International, who pay the club €20m over a five-year span.https://www.express.de/sport/fussball/1-fc-koeln/1-fc-koeln-darum-machte-hummel-beim-trikot-das-rennen-57948 1. FC Köln: Darum machte Hummel beim Trikot das Rennen 1 July 2022 Express 12 March 2021 de 1 July 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220701085020/https://www.express.de/sport/fussball/1-fc-koeln/1-fc-koeln-darum-machte-hummel-beim-trikot-das-rennen-57948 live Years Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor 1979–82 Adidas Pioneer 1982–85 Doppel Dusch 1985–88 Puma Daimon 1988–91 Samsung 1991–93 Citibank 1993–94 Pepsi 1994–99 Ford 1999–01 VPV Versicherungen 2001–03 Saller 2003–05 Funny-Frisch 2005–07 Adidas Gerling 2007–08 REWE Group 2008–12 Reebok 2012–18 Erima 2018–22 Uhlsport 2022–26 Hummel 2026- Adidas Rivals January 2024 400px|thumb|Graffiti in Cologne referencing the badges of 1. FC Köln's three primary rivals The club's longest-standing and fiercest rivalry is with Borussia Mönchengladbach, against whom they contest the Rhine derby. Although Mönchengladbach is not located along the Rhine, both clubs are based in the Rhineland cultural region. Köln also has rivalries with two other Rhineland-based clubs: Fortuna Düsseldorf and Bayer Leverkusen. Players Current squad 2 September 2026https://fc.de/mannschaften/maenner/kader Kader 17 August 2026 1. FC Köln de 1 GER GK Marvin Schwäbe captain 2 SUI DF Joël Schmied 3 CRO DF Borna Sosa on loan from Crystal Palace 4 GER DF Timo Hübers 5 GER MF Tom Krauß 6 TUN MF Ellyes Skhiri 7 GER FW Luca Waldschmidt 8 ISL MF Ísak Jóhannesson 9 GER FW Ragnar Ache 10 GER MF Said El Mala 11 ENG FW Reigan Heskey 14 GHA DF Gideon Mensah 15 BIH FW Imad Rondić 17 BEL MF Alessio Castro-Montes 19 GER FW Malek El Mala 20 GER GK Ron-Robert Zieler 21 FRA GK Martin James 22 ENG DF Jahmai Simpson-Pusey 23 AUS MF Paul Okon-Engstler 24 GEO DF Luka Lochoshvili 27 NED FW Thijs Dallinga on loan from Bologna 28 NOR DF Sebastian Sebulonsen 29 GER MF Jan Thielmann 30 GER FW Marius Bülter 31 POR MF Gil Neves 33 NED DF Rav van den Berg 34 GER MF Fayssal Harchaoui 37 GER MF Linton Maina 44 GER GK Matthias Köbbing 47 ENG FW Mikey Moore on loan from Tottenham Hotspur 49 GER MF David Fürst Players out on loan COD DF Elias Bakatukanda at VfL Osnabrück until 30 June 2027 BIH DF Jusuf Gazibegović at Widzew Łódź until 30 June 2027 GER DF Julian Pauli at OB until 30 June 2027 EST MF Patrik Kristal at Thun until 30 June 2027 SVN FW Jaka Čuber Potočnik at Rot-Weiss Essen until 30 June 2027 GER FW Youssoupha Niang at St. Pauli until 30 June 2027 GER FW Fynn Schenten at Roda JC until 30 June 2027 Second team squad 1. FC Köln II Coaching staff 22 March 2026 Head coachGER René Wagner (footballer, born 1988) René Wagner de René Wagner (Fußballtrainer, 1988)Assistant coachGER Armin Reutershahn GER Lukas Sinkiewicz GER Hannes DoldGoalkeeper coachGER Peter GreiberAthletics coachGER Max Weuthen GER Leif Frach GER Tillmann Bockhorst GER Niko RommMatch analystGER Denis Huckestein GER Felix HandkeManaging director sportGER Thomas KesslerTechnical directorGER Lukas BergDirector of staff planning & recruitingGER Tim SteidtenTeam managerGER Marius LauxEquipment managerGER Frank Almstedt CRO Krešimir BanBus driverGER Michael LiebetrutHead of physiotherapy and rehabilitationGER Christian OseboldPhysiotherapistGER Marvin Kreuzwieser GER Daniel SchützOsteopathGER Matti ForkelTeam doctorGER Dr. Peter Schäferhoff GER Dr. Paul Klein GER Dr. Bettina Kuper Head coaches since 1963 Head coach1. FC Köln https://www.kicker.de/1-fc-koeln/team-trainer/bundesliga/2014-15 Kicker 18 November 2014 de https://web.archive.org/web/20140729023505/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/1-bundesliga/2014-15/1-fc-koeln-16/trainer.html 29 July 2014 live From To League RecordM Matches coachedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostWin % Winning percentage Georg Knöpfle 1 July 1963 30 June 1966 115 59 34 22 Willi Multhaup 1 July 1966 30 June 1968 79 37 17 25 Hans Merkle 1 July 1968 30 June 1970 78 38 11 29 Ernst Ocwirk 1 July 1970 30 June 1971 44 19 11 14 Gyula Lóránt 1 July 1971 4 April 1972 31 14 10 7 Rolf Herings 5 April 1972 30 June 1972 11 6 3 2 Rudi Schlott 1 July 1972 16 September 1973 55 24 17 14 Zlatko Čajkovski 17 September 1973 12 December 1975 92 47 18 27 Georg Stollenwerk 1 January 1976 30 June 1976 20 9 6 5 Hennes Weisweiler 1 July 1976 15 April 1980 165 90 36 39 Karl-Heinz Heddergott 16 April 1980 13 October 1980 19 7 5 7 Rolf Herings 13 October 1980 18 October 1980 1 0 0 1 Rinus Michels 18 October 1980 21 August 1983 108 53 26 29 Hannes Löhr 22 August 1983 6 February 1986 97 45 18 34 Georg Kessler 7 February 1986 22 September 1986 24 7 4 13 Christoph Daum 23 September 1986 28 June 1990 154 78 43 33 Erich Rutemöller 1 July 1990 30 August 1991 54 21 20 13 Udo Lattek 30 August 1991 4 September 1991 1 0 1 0 Johannes Linßen 4 September 1991 11 September 1991 1 0 0 1 Jörg Berger 11 September 1991 28 February 1993 53 21 14 18 Wolfgang Jerat 28 February 1993 29 April 1993 9 3 1 5 Morten Olsen 29 April 1993 27 August 1995 89 35 23 31 Stephan Engels 27 August 1995 31 March 1996 23 4 11 8 Peter Neururer 1 April 1996 30 September 1997 60 25 8 27 Lorenz-Günther Köstner 1 October 1997 30 June 1998 26 8 5 13 Bernd Schuster 1 July 1998 30 June 1999 35 12 9 14 Ewald Lienen 1 July 1999 28 January 2002 94 38 24 32 Christoph John 28 January 2002 13 February 2002 4 1 0 3 Friedhelm Funkel 14 February 2002 30 October 2003 63 29 15 19 Marcel Koller 2 November 2003http://www.spiegel.de/sport/fussball/0,1518,272286,00.html Funkel Nachfolger: 1.FC Köln verpflichtet Marcel Koller 2 November 2003 Der Spiegel 18 November 2014 3 November 2003 https://web.archive.org/web/20031103190004/http://www.spiegel.de/sport/fussball/0,1518,272286,00.html live 14 June 2004Stevens beerbt Koller https://www.kicker.de/stevens-beerbt-koller-300356/artikel 18 November 2014 kicker 14 June 2004 de 14 November 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171114191300/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/2bundesliga/startseite/300356/artikel_stevens-beerbt-koller.html live 24 4 5 15 Huub Stevens 14 June 2004 27 May 2005Stevens trainiert Kerkrade https://www.kicker.de/stevens-trainiert-kerkrade-315640/artikel 18 November 2014 kicker 27 May 2005 de 24 December 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181224074137/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/intligen/startseite/315640/artikel_stevens-trainiert-kerkrade.html live 36 21 8 7 Uwe Rapolder 1 July 2005 18 December 2005 18 3 3 12 Hanspeter Latour 3 January 2006 10 November 2006 30 10 9 11 Holger Gehrke 10 November 2006 26 November 2006 3 1 1 1 Christoph Daum 26 November 2006 2 June 2009 http://www.fc-koeln.de/index.php?id=16&tx_ttnews\tt_news]=3761&tx_ttnews\backPid]=2327&cHash=fc2a21cef2 Daum zu Fenerbahce – der FC ist auf Trainersuche! Daum to Fenerbahce – the FC is looking for a new coach! de Kicker 2 June 2009 18 November 2014 June 2026 InternetArchiveBot 90 36 19 35 Zvonimir Soldo 1 July 2009 24 October 2010 48 14 13 21 Frank Schaefer 24 October 2010FC entlässt Soldo – Schaefer auf der Bank gegen Löwen https://www.kicker.de/fc-entlaesst-soldo---schaefer-auf-der-bank-gegen-loewen-543983/artikel 18 November 2014 Kicker 24 October 2010 23 July 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180723152352/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/startseite/543983/artikel_fc-entlaesst-soldo---schaefer-auf-der-bank-gegen-loewen.html live 27 April 2011Schaefer tritt zurück, Finke übernimmt https://www.kicker.de/schaefer_tritt_zurueck_finke_uebernimmt-551666/artikel 18 November 2014 Kicker 27 April 2011 de 17 March 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170317193836/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/startseite/551666/artikel_schaefer-tritt-zurueck-finke-uebernimmt.html/ live 24 10 3 11 Volker Finke 27 April 2011 30 June 2011 3 3 0 0 Ståle Solbakken 1 July 2011 12 April 2012Köln entlässt Solbakken – Schaefer hilft aus https://www.kicker.de/koeln-entlaesst-solbakken---schaefer-hilft-aus-567421/artikel 18 November 2014 kicker 12 April 2012 de 17 March 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170317203010/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/startseite/567421/artikel_koeln-entlaesst-solbakken---schaefer-hilft-aus.html/ live 32 9 5 18 Frank Schaefer 12 April 2012 30 June 2012 4 0 1 3 Holger Stanislawski 1 July 2012 19 May 2013Köln bestätigt: Stanislawski wirft das Handtuch https://www.kicker.de/stanislawski-wirft-handtuch---interesse-an-bueskens-586518/artikel 18 November 2014 kicker 18 May 2013 de 25 January 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190125183312/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/2bundesliga/startseite/586518/artikel_koeln-bestaetigt_stanislawski-wirft-das-handtuch.html live 37 16 12 9 Peter Stöger 11 June 2013Neuer FC-Trainer: Stöger ist raus aus der Warteschleife https://www.kicker.de/neuer-fc-trainer_stoeger-ist-raus-aus-der-warteschleife-587709/artikel 18 November 2014 kicker 12 June 2013 de 17 April 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150417001044/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/2bundesliga/vereine/587709/artikel_neuer-fc-trainer_stoeger-ist-raus-aus-der-warteschleife.html live 3 December 2017 147 56 51 40 Stefan Ruthenbeck 3 December 2017 30 June 2018 22 5 4 13 Markus Anfang 1 July 2018 27 April 2019 31 18 8 5 Achim Beierlorzer 1 July 2019 9 November 2019 11 2 1 8 Markus Gisdol 18 November 2019 11 April 2021 51 13 13 25 Friedhelm Funkel 12 April 2021 30 June 2021 6 3 1 2 Steffen Baumgart 1 July 2021 21 December 2023 92 30 29 33 Timo Schultz 4 January 2024 30 June 2024 18 3 8 7 Gerhard Struber 1 July 2024 5 May 2025 36 19 7 10 Friedhelm Funkel 5 May 2025 30 June 2025 2 2 0 0 Lukas Kwasniok 1 July 2025 22 March 2026 29 7 8 14 René Wagner 22 March 2026 Present 7 1 3 3 Women's section 1. FC Köln (women) The women's team was promoted to the Bundesliga in 2015.AUFSTIEG IN DIE BUNDESLIGA https://www.fc-koeln.de/fc-info/news/detailseite/details/aufstieg-in-die-bundesliga/ 16 November 2015 de 12 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150512034006/http://www.fc-koeln.de/fc-info/news/detailseite/details/aufstieg-in-die-bundesliga/ live They were directly relegated back to the 2. Frauen-Bundesliga after the 2016–17 season ended, but managed to regain promotion in May 2017 to the Bundesliga.EIN NIE GEFÄHRDETER ABSTIEG: FC-FRAUEN MÜSSEN RUNTER https://geissblog.koeln/2016/04/ein-nie-gefaehrdeter-abstieg-fc-frauen-muessen-runter/ geissblog.koeln 17 September 2017 de 17 September 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170917080059/https://geissblog.koeln/2016/04/ein-nie-gefaehrdeter-abstieg-fc-frauen-muessen-runter/ live1. FC Köln zurück in der Frauen-Bundesliga http://www.zeit.de/news/2017-05/21/fussball-1-fc-koeln-zurueck-in-der-frauen-bundesliga-21163805 Die Zeit 17 September 2017 de https://web.archive.org/web/20171011110818/http://www.zeit.de/news/2017-05/21/fussball-1-fc-koeln-zurueck-in-der-frauen-bundesliga-21163805 11 October 2017 dead References Literature Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag 3-89784-147-9 External links The Abseits Guide to German Soccer FC Köln statistics. https://web.archive.org/web/20121205162633/http://www.resultsfromfootball.com/bundesliga-team/fckoln.html 5 December 2012 . Category:Football clubs in Germany Category:Football clubs in Cologne Category:Association football clubs established in 1948 Category:1948 establishments in Germany Category:Bundesliga clubs Category:2. Bundesliga clubs