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Full name | 1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e. V. | |||
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Nickname(s) | Die Geißböcke (The Billy Goats) Effzeh | |||
Founded | 13 February 1948 | |||
Ground | RheinEnergieStadion | |||
Capacity | 50,000 | |||
President | Werner Wolf[citation needed] | |||
Head coach | Timo Schultz | |||
League | Bundesliga | |||
2022–23 | Bundesliga, 11th of 18 | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e. V., commonly known as simply FC Köln (German pronunciation:
The club's nickname Die Geißböcke (The
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 100,000 members, making it the fourth largest club in Germany.[2][3]
History
Predecessor sides
Kölner 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.[
A successful new club
After the union of these two predecessor sides (1948), 1. FC Köln began play in the tough[
Continuing success
In 1963, FC Köln was selected as one of the original 16 teams to play in the
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, FC Köln enjoyed[tone] its most successful[according to whom?] season, winning the Bundesliga title, its third national title overall, and retaining the DFB-Pokal. This makes Köln one of only four clubs to have won the double in the Bundesliga era.
Köln had another losing DFB-Pokal final appearance in
21st century: ups and downs
In recent years,[when?] the club's performance has been mixed. The FC holds the dubious[according to whom?] distinction of the worst goal drought[tone] in Bundesliga history: in 2002, the supporters had to wait 1034 excruciating[tone] minutes (equivalent to 11-and-a-half games) until Thomas Cichon found the back of the net[tone] again.[6] In the early years of the Bundesliga, 1. FC Köln was the most successful club in West Germany 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. Since about 2000, the side has been a "yo-yo team", moving between the first and second divisions. It returned to the Bundesliga at the end of the 2004–05 season, as 2. Bundesliga champions, after having been relegated the season before. There was little optimism[according to whom?] about their return to the top flight, as they were picked by German football magazine kicker as one of the clubs most likely to be relegated.[vague]
This prediction came true when Köln lost to Hamburger SV 1–0 in the third-to-last match of the season. The club finished the season in second-last place and was relegated after conceding a league-worst 71 goals. The team's most prolific goal scorer was Lukas Podolski with a total of 12 goals, who transferred to Bayern Munich after the end of the season. He also appeared with the Germany national team at the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
In late 2006, former coach Christoph Daum was convinced[by whom?] to once again take the helm[tone] of the 2. Bundesliga club, and succeeded in leading the club back to the Bundesliga in 2008. After a successful[vague] Bundesliga campaign in 2008–09, Daum left Köln for his former club Fenerbahçe. Köln's former star-striker Lukas Podolski returned for the 2009–10 season.
After a poor run of form in the 2010–11 season, recording only one win from its opening nine Bundesliga fixtures, Köln replaced coach Zvonimir Soldo with Frank Schaefer. Schaefer, who was originally in charge of the under-23 team of Köln, decided after the season that he would rather spend more time with his family than be a coach in the Bundesliga. Former Norwegian international and recent Copenhagen coach Ståle Solbakken replaced him. After earning just eight points in the first 13 matches of the second half of the season, Schaefer and former Köln player Dirk Lottner replaced Solbakken.[vague][7] The club, however, was relegated at the end of the season, finishing in 17th place, having accumulated €33m debt, and €11m negative equity.[8]
Turnaround (2012–2017)
In April 2012, the club members elected a new board of directors, Werner Spinner as president, Markus Ritterbach for marketing, and
In 2012 the board hired Jörg Jakobs as director of football, who then got promoted[by whom?] in 2014 to sporting director, chief scout and director of the academy.[9][10] In January 2013, Alexander Wehrle joined as managing director of FC Köln ltd. Wehrle was working as assistant for VfB Stuttgart president Erwin Staudt, especially for rebuilding the stadium.[11] In summer 2013, Peter Stöger and Manfred Schmid were hired as coaching team, and Jörg Schmadtke as general manager. 2013–14 Köln finished first in the 2. Bundesliga and earned promotion to the top division.[vague] It was followed by a 12th place 2014–15, ninth in 2015–16, and fifth place in 2016–17. 25 years after the club's last appearance in international football to date[when?] they qualified for the Europa League. 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.[8][12][13]
Decline and changes (2018–)
After the club's return the European stage,[
Ahead of the
The club found itself[
In March 2023, during the second half of the 2022–23 campaign, Köln were put under[tone] 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.[30][31] As part of the same verdict, the club was also sentenced to pay Ljubljana a €51,750 compensation, in addition to training costs.[30][31] Köln ultimately appealed the decision at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne.[30][31]
Stadium
The team plays its home matches in the
The club owns the Geißbockheim training centre, currently[when?] 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
- Bundesliga
- German football championship
- Winners: 1961–62
- Runners-up: 1962–63
- Winners:
- DFB-Pokal
- 2. Bundesliga
International
- UEFA Cup
- Runners-up: 1985–86[citation needed]
- Uhrencup
- Winners: 1991[citation needed]
Regional
- Oberliga West
- Winners: 1953–54, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63[citation needed]
- Runners-up: 1952–53, 1957–58, 1958–59[citation needed]
Doubles
- 1977–78: Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal[citation needed]
Reserve team
- German amateur champions: 1981[citation needed]
Youth
- German Under 19 championship
- Champions: 1970–71[citation needed]
- Runners-up: 1973–74,[citation needed] 1982–83,[citation needed] 1991–92[citation needed]
- Under 19 Bundesliga Division West
- Champions: 2007–08[citation needed]
- Runners-up: 2003–04,[citation needed] 2009–10,[citation needed] 2013–14,[citation needed] 2014–15[citation needed]
- Under 19 Juniors DFB-Pokal
- Champions: 2012–13[citation needed]
- Runners-up: 1990–91,[citation needed] 1993–94[citation needed]
- German Under 17 championship
- Champions: 1989–90,[citation needed] 2010–11,[citation needed] 2018–19[citation needed]
- Under 17 Bundesliga Division West
- Champions: 2010–11,[citation needed] 2011–12,[citation needed] 2018–19[citation needed]
- Runners-up: 2008–09[citation needed]
Statistics
Kits
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Köln's kits are made by Hummel International, who pay the club €20m over a five-year span.[33]
Years | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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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 | |
2008–12 | Reebok | |
2012–18 | Erima | |
2018–22 | Uhlsport | |
2022– | Hummel |
Rivals
This section needs additional citations for verification. (January 2024) |
The club's main rivals are
Players
Current squad
- As of 31 January 2024[34]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Players out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Second team squad
Coaching staff
- As of 4 January 2024
Manager | Timo Schultz |
Assistant manager | Andre Pawlak |
First-team coach | Kevin McKenna[35] |
Goalkeeping coach | TBD |
Athletics coach | Max Weuthen |
Athletics coach | Leif Frach |
Athletics coach | Tillmann Bockhorst |
Athletics coach | Niko Romm |
Athletics coach | Brad Franco |
Video analyst | Hannes Dold |
Video analyst | Denis Huckestein |
Head coaches since 1963
Head coach[36] | From[36] | To[36] | League Record[36] | ||||
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M | W | D | L | Win % | |||
Georg Knöpfle | 1 July 1963 | 30 June 1966 | 115 | 59 | 34 | 22 | 51.30 |
Willi Multhaup | 1 July 1966 | 30 June 1968 | 79 | 37 | 17 | 25 | 46.84 |
Hans Merkle | 1 July 1968 | 30 June 1970 | 78 | 38 | 11 | 29 | 48.72 |
Ernst Ocwirk | 1 July 1970 | 30 June 1971 | 44 | 19 | 11 | 14 | 43.18 |
Gyula Lóránt | 1 July 1971 | 4 April 1972 | 31 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 45.16 |
Rolf Herings | 5 April 1972 | 30 June 1972 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 54.55 |
Rudi Schlott | 1 July 1972 | 16 September 1973 | 55 | 24 | 17 | 14 | 43.64 |
Zlatko Čajkovski | 17 September 1973 | 12 December 1975 | 92 | 47 | 18 | 27 | 51.09 |
Georg Stollenwerk | 1 January 1976 | 30 June 1976 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 45.00 |
Hennes Weisweiler | 1 July 1976 | 15 April 1980 | 165 | 90 | 36 | 39 | 54.55 |
Karl-Heinz Heddergott | 16 April 1980 | 13 October 1980 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 36.84 |
Rolf Herings | 13 October 1980 | 18 October 1980 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
Rinus Michels | 18 October 1980 | 21 August 1983 | 108 | 53 | 26 | 29 | 49.07 |
Hannes Löhr | 22 August 1983 | 6 February 1986 | 97 | 45 | 18 | 34 | 46.39 |
Georg Kessler
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7 February 1986 | 22 September 1986 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 29.17 |
Christoph Daum | 23 September 1986 | 28 June 1990 | 154 | 78 | 43 | 33 | 50.65 |
Erich Rutemöller | 1 July 1990 | 30 August 1991 | 54 | 21 | 20 | 13 | 38.89 |
Udo Lattek | 30 August 1991 | 4 September 1991 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
Johannes Linßen | 4 September 1991 | 11 September 1991 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
Jörg Berger | 11 September 1991 | 28 February 1993 | 53 | 21 | 14 | 18 | 39.62 |
Wolfgang Jerat | 28 February 1993 | 29 April 1993 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 33.33 |
Morten Olsen | 29 April 1993 | 27 August 1995 | 89 | 35 | 23 | 31 | 39.33 |
Stephan Engels | 27 August 1995 | 31 March 1996 | 23 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 17.39 |
Peter Neururer | 1 April 1996 | 30 September 1997 | 60 | 25 | 8 | 27 | 41.67 |
Lorenz-Günther Köstner | 1 October 1997 | 30 June 1998 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 30.77 |
Bernd Schuster | 1 July 1998 | 30 June 1999 | 35 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 34.29 |
Ewald Lienen | 1 July 1999 | 28 January 2002 | 94 | 38 | 24 | 32 | 40.43 |
Christoph John | 28 January 2002 | 13 February 2002 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 25.00 |
Friedhelm Funkel | 14 February 2002 | 30 October 2003 | 63 | 29 | 15 | 19 | 46.03 |
Marcel Koller | 2 November 2003[37] | 14 June 2004[38] | 24 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 16.67 |
Huub Stevens | 14 June 2004[38] | 27 May 2005[39] | 36 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 58.33 |
Uwe Rapolder | 1 July 2005 | 18 December 2005 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 16.67 |
Hanspeter Latour | 3 January 2006 | 10 November 2006 | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 33.33 |
Holger Gehrke | 10 November 2006 | 26 November 2006 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33.33 |
Christoph Daum | 26 November 2006 | 2 June 2009[40] | 90 | 36 | 19 | 35 | 40.00 |
Zvonimir Soldo | 1 July 2009 | 24 October 2010 | 48 | 14 | 13 | 21 | 29.17 |
Frank Schaefer | 24 October 2010[41] | 27 April 2011[42] | 24 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 41.67 |
Volker Finke | 27 April 2011 | 30 June 2011 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
Ståle Solbakken | 1 July 2011 | 12 April 2012[43] | 32 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 28.13 |
Frank Schaefer | 12 April 2012[43] | 30 June 2012 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.00 |
Holger Stanislawski | 1 July 2012 | 19 May 2013[44] | 37 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 43.24 |
Peter Stöger | 11 June 2013[45] | 3 December 2017 | 147 | 56 | 51 | 40 | 38.10 |
Stefan Ruthenbeck | 3 December 2017 | 30 June 2018 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 22.73 |
Markus Anfang | 1 July 2018 | 27 April 2019 | 31 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 58.06 |
Achim Beierlorzer | 1 July 2019 | 9 November 2019 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 18.18 |
Markus Gisdol | 18 November 2019 | 11 April 2021 | 51 | 13 | 13 | 25 | 25.49 |
Friedhelm Funkel | 12 April 2021 | 30 June 2021 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 50.00 |
Steffen Baumgart | 1 July 2021 | 21 December 2023 | 92 | 30 | 29 | 33 | 32.61 |
Women's section
The women's team was promoted to the Bundesliga in 2015.[46] 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.[47][48]
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Literature
- Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag ISBN 3-89784-147-9
External links
- Official website
- The Abseits Guide to German Soccer
- FC Köln statistics Archived 5 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine