SC Fortuna Köln
Full name | Sport-Club Fortuna Köln e.V. | ||
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Founded | 1948 | ||
Ground | Südstadion | ||
Capacity | 11,748 | ||
Chairman | Hanns-Jörg Westendorf | ||
Head coach | Markus von Ahlen | ||
League | Regionalliga West | ||
2022–23 | 6th | ||
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SC Fortuna Köln is a German association football club based in the city of Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia.
History
The club was formed as on 21 February 1948 through the merger of three local sides: Victoria Köln 1911 (one of two clubs to bear the name), Bayenthaler SV 1920, and Sparkassen-Verein Köln 1927. Of these clubs, Victoria had the best results, winning its way to the first division of the
Through most of the last four decades Fortuna has played as a second division side. Highlights of the club's history include promotion to the Bundesliga for the 1974 season and an impressive run through the 1983 DFB-Pokal. The team took out SC Freiburg in the first round and eked out a win on penalties over SSV Ulm 1846 in their next match. They then eliminated three first division sides in a row: first Eintracht Braunschweig and Borussia Mönchengladbach, before crushing Borussia Dortmund 5–0 in their semi-final match. This put them into the final against hometown rivals 1. FC Köln, the first time the Cup final had come down to a local derby. Although they outplayed their opposition, Fortuna's magic had run out and they lost 0–1 on a late goal by Pierre Littbarski.
In 1986, the side came close to a return to the Bundesliga, but was beaten by Borussia Dortmund in the promotion round. Each team had won their home match in a two-game series, which forced a third contest under the rules in effect at the time. Instead of advancing on the strength of away goals, Fortuna was crushed 0–8 by Borussia Dortmund. A handful of seasons later the club avoided relegation to third tier football at the end of the 1991–92 schedule only when division rivals
One of the key features of Fortuna's history was the presidency of deep-pocketed
Since 2008, the club has been owned (like
Despite insolvency, the club was able to salvage its youth department, one of the largest in Germany with over 500 players on 25 teams, through a fundraising campaign organized by the former chairman Egbert Bischoff that included a benefit game against 1. FC Köln.
Recent chairman
Honours
League
- Regionalliga West (IV)
- Winners: 2013–14
- Verbandsliga Mittelrhein(V)
- Winners: 2007–08
Cups
- DFB-Pokal
- Runners-up: 1982–83
- Runners-up:
- Middle Rhine Cup
- Winners: 2012–13
Players
Current squad
- As of 1 February 2024[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Recent seasons
The recent season-by-season performance of the club:[3][4][5]
Year | Division | Tier | Position |
1967–68 | Regionalliga West | II | 16th |
1972–73 | Regionalliga West | II | 2nd ↑ |
1973–74 | 1. Bundesliga
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I | 17th ↓ |
1999–2000 | 2. Bundesliga
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II | 16th ↓ |
2000–01 | Regionalliga Nord | III | 4th |
2001–02 | Regionalliga Nord | 18th ↓ | |
2002–03 | Oberliga Nordrhein | IV | 10th |
2003–04 | Oberliga Nordrhein | 8th | |
2004–05 | Oberliga Nordrhein | 18th ↓ | |
2005–06 | Verbandsliga Mittelrhein
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V | 7th |
2006–07 | Verbandsliga Mittelrhein | 9th | |
2007–08 | Verbandsliga Mittelrhein | 2nd ↑ | |
2008–09 | NRW-Liga | V | 9th |
2009–10 | NRW-Liga | 14th | |
2010–11 | NRW-Liga | 3rd ↑ | |
2011–12 | Regionalliga West | IV | 7th |
2012–13 | Regionalliga West | 2nd | |
2013–14 | Regionalliga West | 1st ↑ | |
2014–15 | 3. Liga | III | 14th |
2015–16 | 3. Liga | 11th | |
2016–17 | 3. Liga | 16th | |
2017–18 | 3. Liga | 8th | |
2018–19 | 3. Liga | 19th ↓ | |
2019–20 | Regionalliga West | IV | 10th |
2020–21 | Regionalliga West | 4th | |
2021–22 | Regionalliga West | 5th | |
2022–23 | Regionalliga West | 6th |
- Key
↑ Promoted | ↓ Relegated |
References
- ^ "Deinfussballklub.De" (in German). Retrieved 21 July 2011.
- ^ Fortuna Köln squad 2017/18
- ^ Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv (in German) Historical German domestic league tables. Retrieved 3 December 2015
- ^ SC Fortuna Köln (in German) Fussball.de. Retrieved 3 December 2015
- ^ 30 Jahre Bundesliga, DFB special edition booklet
External links
- Official website (in German)
- Website of the football team (in German) (archived copy)
- Abseits Guide to German Soccer