The 2024–25 season is the 77th season in the history of 1. FC Köln. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the DFB-Pokal.
| 2024–25 season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manager | Gerhard Struber | |||
| Stadium | RheinEnergieStadion | |||
| 2. Bundesliga | 9th | |||
| DFB-Pokal | Second round | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Linton Maina (3) All: Linton Maina (4) | |||
| Biggest win | 1. FC Köln 5–0 Eintracht Braunschweig | |||
| Biggest defeat | 1. FC Köln 1–2 Hamburger SV 1. FC Köln 1–2 1. FC Magdeburg | |||
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| All statistics correct as of 21 September 2024. | ||||
Transfers
editIn
edit| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MF |  Mathias Olesen
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 Yverdon-Sport
|
Loan return | 30 June 2024 | |
| GK |  Jonas Urbig
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Greuther Fürth
|
Loan return | 30 June 2024 | |
| DF |  Nikola Soldo
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1. FC Kaiserslautern
|
Loan return | 30 June 2024 | [1] |
| FW | Marvin Obuz
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Rot-Weiss Essen
|
Loan return | 30 June 2024 | |
| FW | Tim Lemperle
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Fürth
|
Loan return | 30 June 2024 | |
| MF | Chilohelm Onuoha
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RB Leipzig U19
|
1 July 2024 | ||
| FW |  Mansour Ouro-Tagba
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1860 Munich
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1 July 2024 | ||
| DF |  Rasmus Carstensen
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 Genk
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€1,500,000 | 1 July 2024 | |
| FW | Luca Waldschmidt
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VfL Wolfsburg
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Undisclosed | 1 July 2024 | [2] |
Out
edit| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DF | Rasmus Carstensen
|
Genk
|
Loan return | 30 June 2024 | |
| MF | Faride Alidou
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Eintracht Frankfurt
|
Loan return | 30 June 2024 | |
| DF | Benno Schmitz
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Grasshopper
|
End of contract | 1 July 2024 | [3] |
| FW | Davie Selke
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Hamburger SV
|
End of contract | 1 July 2024 | [4] |
| FW | Mansour Ouro-Tagba
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Jahn Regensburg
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Loan | 1 July 2024 | [5] |
| DF | Jeff Chabot
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VfB Stuttgart
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€4,000,000 | 1 July 2024 | [6] |
| FW | Justin Diehl
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VfB Stuttgart
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End of contract | 1 July 2024 | [7] |
| MF | Chilohelm Onuoha
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SC Verl
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Loan | 2 July 2024 | [8] |
Friendlies
editPre-season
edit| 29 June 2024 Friendly | VfL Rheingold 1912 Köln-Poll | 0–18 | 1. FC Köln | Cologne |
| 14:00 UTC+2 | Report |
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Stadium: Südstadion Attendance: 2,500 |
| 5 July 2024 Friendly | Sportfreunden Siegen | 0–6 | 1. FC Köln | Siegen |
| 15:45 UTC+2 | Report |
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Stadium: Leimbachstadion Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Felix Weller |
| 10 July 2024 Friendly | SC Union Nettetal | v | 1. FC Köln | Nettetal |
| 18:00 | ||||
| Note: The match was cancelled due to security concerns.[9] | ||||
| 13 July 2024 Friendly | 1. FC Köln | 3–1 | Kickers Offenbach | Cologne |
| 14:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Südstadion Attendance: 4,100 Referee: Lutz Meyersieck |
| 19 July 2024 Friendly | 1. FC Köln | 3–0 | Sint-Truiden | Euskirchen |
| 18:00 | Report | Stadium: Heinz-Flohe-Stadion Attendance: 3,500 |
| 20 July 2024 Friendly | Viktoria Köln | 3–3 | 1. FC Köln | Cologne |
| 14:00 |
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Report | Stadium: Sportpark Höhenberg Attendance: 6,214 Referee: Luca Marx |
| 24 July 2024 Friendly | 1. FC Köln | 2–1 |  Swansea City | Bad Waltersdorf, Austria |
| 16:00 |
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Stadium: Thermenstadion |
Competitions
editOverall record
edit| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| 2. Bundesliga | 2 August 2024 | 18 May 2025 | Matchday 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0.00 |
| DFB-Pokal | 18 August 2024 | First round | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — | |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0.00 | |||
Last updated: 2 August 2024
Source: Soccerway
2. Bundesliga
editLeague table
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | SV Elversberg | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 13 | +6 | 16 |
| 10 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 18 | +2 | 16 |
| 11 | 1. FC Köln | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 20 | +3 | 15 |
| 12 | Darmstadt 98 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 22 | +1 | 13 |
| 13 | Greuther Fürth | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 22 | −4 | 13 |
Updated to match(es) played on 3 November 2024. Source: Bundesliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.[10]
(Rules 4–6 only apply after home and away matches have been played between the tied teams.)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.[10]
(Rules 4–6 only apply after home and away matches have been played between the tied teams.)
Results summary
edit| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 21 September 2024.
Source: DFB
Results by round
editUpdated to match(es) played on 21 September 2024. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
editThe match schedule was released on 4 July 2024.[11]
| 2 August 2024 1 | 1. FC Köln | 1–2 | Hamburger SV | Cologne |
| 20:30 | Report |
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Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Max Burda |
| 10 August 2024 2 | SV Elversberg | 2–2 | 1. FC Köln | Spiesen-Elversberg |
| 13:00 | Stadium: Waldstadion an der Kaiserlinde Referee: Tom Bauer |
| 24 August 2024 3 | 1. FC Köln | 5–0 | Eintracht Braunschweig | Cologne |
| 20:30 | Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck |
| 1 September 2024 4 | Schalke 04 | 1–3 | 1. FC Köln | Gelsenkirchen |
| 13:30 | Stadium: Veltins-Arena Referee: Sven Jablonski |
| 14 September 2024 5 | 1. FC Köln | 1–2 | 1. FC Magdeburg | Cologne |
| 20:30 | Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Referee: Richard Hempel |
| 21 September 2024 6 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 2–2 | 1. FC Köln | Düsseldorf |
| 13:00 | Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Referee: Christian Dingert |
| 29 September 2024 7 | 1. FC Köln | v | Karlsruher SC | Cologne |
| 13:30 | Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion |
DFB-Pokal
edit| 18 August 2024 First round | SV Sandhausen | 2–3 | 1. FC Köln | Sandhausen |
| 15:30 | Stadium: Hardtwaldstadion |
| 29 October 2024 Second round | 1. FC Köln | v | Holstein Kiel | Cologne |
| 20:45 | Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion |
References
edit- ^ "1. FC Kaiserslautern: Warum Soldo mehr Chancen auf Einsatzzeit hat". 3 June 2024.
- ^ "Köln confirm Waldschmidt's permanent capture: "I will give 111 percent."". Bulinews.Com. 20 June 2024.
- ^ "Ließ Köln-Angebot verstreichen: Ex-FC-Profi hat einen neuen Klub gefunden: "Eine ideale Verstärkung"". 27 July 2024.
- ^ "HSV confirm Selke pick up". Bulinews.Com. 11 July 2024.
- ^ "Stürmer Mansour Ouro-Tagba verstärkt die Jahnelf". www.ssv-jahn.de. 13 June 2024.
- ^ "Stuttgart sign defender Chabot from relegated Cologne". Yahoo Sports. 25 May 2024.
- ^ "Diehl signs for next season". VfB Stuttgart.
- ^ "Chilohelm Onuoha joins FC | 1. FC Köln". fc.de.
- ^ "Sicherheitsbedenken – Das Testspiel gegen Nettetal ist abgesagt". OneFootball. 11 July 2024.
- ^ "DFL–Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 7 June 2024. p. 3. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ "2024/25 Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 fixture lists to be released on 4 July". bundesliga.com. 7 June 2024.