1. FC Köln

1. FC Cologne
Full name1. Fußball Club Köln
Founded1948
GroundRheinEnergieStadion,
Cologne
Capacity50,374
ChairmanWolfgang Overath
ManagerStåle Solbakken
LeagueBundesliga
2010–11Bundesliga, 10th

1. FC Cologne,[1] also known by its German name 1. FC Köln or simply just FC Cologne, is a football club that is from Cologne, Germany. The 1. FC KOLN was created in 1948. It was a connection of two football clubs in Cologne (Kölner BC 01 und SpVgg Sülz 07). In the present day, 1.FC Köln plays in the Bundesliga, the first teir of German football. The club's main rival is Borussia Mönchengladbach, though their Ultrá group WH96 does have friendly connections to The Unity of Borussia Dortmund.

League title

League position

Season League Position
2000/01 Bundesliga 10th
2001/02 Bundesliga 17th
2002/03 2. Bundesliga 2nd
2003/04 Bundesliga 18th
2004/05 2. Bundesliga Champions
2005/06 Bundesliga 17th
2006/07 2. Bundesliga 9th
2007/08 2. Bundesliga 3rd
2008/09 Bundesliga 12th
2009/10 Bundesliga 13th
2010/11 Bundesliga 10th
2011/12 Bundesliga

Former position


Head coaches since 1963

Head coach[2] From[2] To[2] League Record[2]
M W D L Win %
Georg Knöpfle 1 July 1963 30 June 1966 115 59 34 22 051.30
Willi Multhaup 1 July 1966 30 June 1968 79 37 17 25 046.84
Hans Merkle 1 July 1968 30 June 1970 78 38 11 29 048.72
Ernst Ocwirk 1 July 1970 30 June 1971 44 19 11 14 043.18
Gyula Lóránt 1 July 1971 4 April 1972 31 14 10 7 045.16
Rolf Herings 5 April 1972 30 June 1972 11 6 3 2 054.55
Rudi Schlott 1 July 1972 16 September 1973 55 24 17 14 043.64
Zlatko Čajkovski 17 September 1973 12 December 1975 92 47 18 27 051.09
Georg Stollenwerk 1 January 1976 30 June 1976 20 9 6 5 045.00
Hennes Weisweiler 1 July 1976 15 April 1980 165 90 36 39 054.55
Karl-Heinz Heddergott 16 April 1980 13 October 1980 19 7 5 7 036.84
Rolf Herings 13 October 1980 18 October 1980 1 0 0 1 000.00
Rinus Michels 18 October 1980 21 August 1983 108 53 26 29 049.07
Hannes Löhr 22 August 1983 6 February 1986 97 45 18 34 046.39
Georg Kessler 7 February 1986 22 September 1986 24 7 4 13 029.17
Christoph Daum 23 September 1986 28 June 1990 154 78 43 33 050.65
Erich Rutemöller 1 July 1990 30 August 1991 54 21 20 13 038.89
Udo Lattek 30 August 1991 4 September 1991 1 0 1 0 000.00
Johannes Linßen 4 September 1991 11 September 1991 1 0 0 1 000.00
Jörg Berger 11 September 1991 28 February 1993 53 21 14 18 039.62
Wolfgang Jerat 28 February 1993 29 April 1993 9 3 1 5 033.33
Morten Olsen 29 April 1993 27 August 1995 89 35 23 31 039.33
Stephan Engels 27 August 1995 31 March 1996 23 4 11 8 017.39
Peter Neururer 1 April 1996 30 September 1997 60 25 8 27 041.67
Lorenz-Günther Köstner 1 October 1997 30 June 1998 26 8 5 13 030.77
Bernd Schuster 1 July 1998 30 June 1999 35 12 9 14 034.29
Ewald Lienen 1 July 1999 28 January 2002 94 38 24 32 040.43
Christoph John 28 January 2002 13 February 2002 4 1 0 3 025.00
Friedhelm Funkel 14 February 2002 30 October 2003 63 29 15 19 046.03
Marcel Koller 2 November 2003[3] 14 June 2004[4] 24 4 5 15 016.67
Huub Stevens 14 June 2004[4] 27 May 2005[5] 36 21 8 7 058.33
Uwe Rapolder 1 July 2005 18 December 2005 18 3 3 12 016.67
Hanspeter Latour 3 January 2006 10 November 2006 30 10 9 11 033.33
Holger Gehrke 10 November 2006 26 November 2006 3 1 1 1 033.33
Christoph Daum 26 November 2006 2 June 2009[6] 90 36 19 35 040.00
Zvonimir Soldo 1 July 2009 24 October 2010 48 14 13 21 029.17
Frank Schaefer 24 October 2010[7] 27 April 2011[8] 24 10 3 11 041.67
Volker Finke 27 April 2011 30 June 2011 3 3 0 0 100.00
Ståle Solbakken 1 July 2011 12 April 2012[9] 32 9 5 18 028.13
Frank Schaefer 12 April 2012[9] 30 June 2012 4 0 1 3 000.00
Holger Stanislawski 1 July 2012 19 May 2013[10] 37 16 12 9 043.24
Peter Stöger 11 June 2013[11] 3 December 2017 147 56 51 40 038.10
Stefan Ruthenbeck 3 December 2017 30 June 2018 22 5 4 13 022.73
Markus Anfang 1 July 2018 27 April 2019 31 18 8 5 058.06
Achim Beierlorzer 1 July 2019 9 November 2019 11 2 1 8 018.18
Markus Gisdol 18 November 2019 11 April 2021 51 13 13 25 025.49
Friedhelm Funkel 12 April 2021 30 June 2021 6 3 1 2 050.00
Steffen Baumgart 1 July 2021 0 0 0 0 !—

Current squad

As of 8 March 2022[12]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Germany Germany Timo Horn (vice-captain)
2 DF Germany Germany Benno Schmitz
4 DF Germany Germany Timo Hübers
5 DF Germany Germany Bright Arrey-Mbi (on loan from Bayern Munich)
6 MF Turkey Turkey Salih Özcan
7 MF Austria Austria Dejan Ljubičić
9 FW Sweden Sweden Sebastian Andersson
11 MF Austria Austria Florian Kainz
13 FW Germany Germany Mark Uth
14 MF Germany Germany Jonas Hector (captain)
15 DF Germany Germany Luca Kilian (on loan from Mainz 05)
17 MF Germany Germany Kingsley Schindler
18 MF Slovakia Slovakia Ondrej Duda
19 DF Nigeria Nigeria Kingsley Ehizibue
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 GK Germany Germany Marvin Schwäbe
21 MF Austria Austria Louis Schaub
23 DF Germany Germany Jannes Horn
24 DF Germany Germany Julian Chabot (on loan from Sampdoria)
25 MF Germany Germany Tim Lemperle
27 FW France France Anthony Modeste
28 MF Tunisia Tunisia Ellyes Skhiri
29 FW Germany Germany Jan Thielmann
30 MF Germany Germany Marvin Obuz
31 MF Czech Republic Czech Republic Tomáš Ostrák
36 MF Germany Germany Niklas Hauptmann
40 GK Germany Germany Jonas Urbig
44 GK Germany Germany Matthias Köbbing
47 MF Luxembourg Luxembourg Mathias Olesen

Popular ex-players

References

  1. ↑ https://twitter.com/fckoeln_en
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "1. FC Köln". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Archived from the original on 29 July 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "Funkel Nachfolger: 1.FC Köln verpflichtet Marcel Koller". Der Spiegel. 2 November 2003. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Stevens beerbt Koller". kicker (in German). 14 June 2004. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  5. ↑ "Stevens trainiert Kerkrade". kicker (in German). 27 May 2005. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  6. ↑ "Daum zu Fenerbahce – der FC ist auf Trainersuche!" [Daum to Fenerbahce – the FC is looking for a new coach!] (in German). kicker.de. 2 June 2009. Retrieved 18 November 2014.[permanent dead link]
  7. ↑ "FC entlässt Soldo – Schaefer auf der Bank gegen Löwen". Kicker. 24 October 2010. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  8. ↑ "Schaefer tritt zurück, Finke übernimmt". Kicker (in German). 27 April 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Köln entlässt Solbakken – Schaefer hilft aus" (in German). kicker. 12 April 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  10. ↑ "Köln bestätigt: Stanislawski wirft das Handtuch". kicker (in German). 18 May 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  11. ↑ "Neuer FC-Trainer: Stöger ist raus aus der Warteschleife". kicker (in German). 12 June 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  12. ↑ "1. FC Köln – Kader" [1. FC Köln – Squad] (in German). 1. FC Köln. Archived from the original on 28 November 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2020.