2019–20 1. FC Köln season

The 2019–20 1. FC Köln season was the 72nd season in the football club's history and first consecutive and 48th overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2019. 1. FC Köln participated in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. Köln were the reigning 2. Bundesliga champions. This was the 72nd season for Köln in the Müngersdorfer Stadion, located in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The season covered a period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

1. FC Köln
2019–20 season
Managing DirectorArmin Veh
ManagerMarkus Gisdol
StadiumRheinEnergieStadion
Bundesliga14th
DFB-PokalSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Jhon Córdoba (13)

All:
Jhon Córdoba (14)

Achim Beierlorzer was sacked on 9 November 2019 after posting a 2–1–8 record in the first eleven matches of the season, sitting in 17th place in the Bundesliga. He was replaced by former Hamburger SV manager Markus Gisdol on 18 November 2019.[1] On 1 May 2020, three players from the team tested positive for COVID-19, and said that they will not confirm the three players.

Players edit

Squad information edit

As of 31 January 2020[2]

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   GER Timo Horn
2 DF   GER Benno Schmitz
5 DF   GER Rafael Czichos
6 MF   GER Marco Höger
7 MF   GER Marcel Risse
8 MF   BEL Birger Verstraete
9 FW   GER Simon Terodde
11 FW   GHA Kingsley Schindler
14 DF   GER Jonas Hector (Captain)
15 FW   COL Jhon Córdoba
17 MF   GER Christian Clemens
18 GK   GER Thomas Kessler
19 DF   NED Kingsley Ehizibue
20 MF   KOS Elvis Rexhbeçaj (on loan from VfL Wolfsburg)
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 DF   ESP Jorge Meré
23 FW   GER Mark Uth (on loan from Schalke 04)
24 MF   GER Dominick Drexler
27 FW   FRA Anthony Modeste
28 MF   TUN Ellyes Skhiri
29 FW   GER Jan Thielmann
30 MF   AUT Florian Kainz
31 GK   USA Brady Scott
32 GK   GER Julian Krahl
33 DF   BEL Sebastiaan Bornauw
34 DF   GER Noah Katterbach
36 MF   GER Niklas Hauptmann
37 DF   GER Toni Leistner (on loan from Queens Park Rangers)
38 DF   GER Ismail Jakobs

Kits edit

Transfers edit

Transfers in edit

# Position Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
11 MF   Kingsley Schindler   Holstein Kiel Free 16 January 2019 [3]
32 GK   Julian Krahl   RB Leipzig Free 15 May 2019 [4]
19 DF   Kingsley Ehizibue   PEC Zwolle Undisclosed 31 May 2019 [5]
8 MF   Birger Verstraete   Gent Undisclosed 17 June 2019 [6]
33 DF   Sebastiaan Bornauw   Anderlecht Undisclosed 6 August 2019 [7]

Transfers out edit

# Position Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
FW   Serhou Guirassy   Amiens €5,000,000 24 May 2019 [8]
28 GK   Jan-Christoph Bartels   SV Wehen Wiesbaden Undisclosed 19 June 2019 [9]

Friendly matches edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

26 July 2019 (2019-07-26) Friendly 1. FC Köln   3–1   Bologna Kufstein, Austria
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Kufstein-Arena
Referee: Patrick Elsler (Austria)
28 July 2019 (2019-07-28) Friendly 1. FC Köln   1–3   Villarreal Kufstein, Austria
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Kufstein-Arena
Referee: Andreas Heiß (Austria)
3 August 2019 (2019-08-03) Friendly Southampton   2–0   1. FC Köln Southampton, England
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: St Mary's Stadium
Attendance: 14,871
Referee: Jonathan Moss (England)
7 January 2020 (2020-01-07) Friendly 1. FC Köln   1–2   Sporting Charleroi Benidorm, Spain
12:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Estadio Municipal Guillermo Amor
7 January 2020 (2020-01-07) Friendly KV Mechelen   2–2   1. FC Köln Benidorm, Spain
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Campo 2 Benidorm
10 January 2020 (2020-01-10) Friendly 1. FC Köln   1–1   Genk Benidorm, Spain
14:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Estadio Municipal Guillermo Amor

Competitions edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview edit

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Bundesliga 17 August 2019 27 June 2020 Matchday 1 14th 34 10 6 18 51 69 −18 029.41
DFB-Pokal 11 August 2019 29 October 2019 First round Second round 2 0 1 1 5 6 −1 000.00
Total 36 10 7 19 56 75 −19 027.78

Last updated: 27 June 2020.
Source: Competitions

Bundesliga edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
12 Schalke 04 34 9 12 13 38 58 −20 39
13 Mainz 05 34 11 4 19 44 65 −21 37
14 1. FC Köln 34 10 6 18 51 69 −18 36
15 FC Augsburg 34 9 9 16 45 63 −18 36
16 Werder Bremen (O) 34 8 7 19 42 69 −27 31 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
Source: DFB
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]
(O) Play-off winners

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
34 10 6 18 51 69  −18 36 6 4 7 28 27  +1 4 2 11 23 42  −19

Last updated: 27 June 2020.
Source: Bundesliga

Results by round edit

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA
ResultLLWLLLDWLLLLDLWWWWLWLLWWWDDLLDLLDL
Position13151415161717151617171717181715151314131414131110101011121212131414
Updated to match(es) played on 27 June 2020. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

The Bundesliga schedule was announced on 28 June 2019.[11]

17 August 2019 (2019-08-17) 1 VfL Wolfsburg 2–1 1. FC Köln Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 25,099
Referee: Sven Jablonski
23 August 2019 (2019-08-23) 2 1. FC Köln 1–3 Borussia Dortmund Cologne
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Christian Dingert
31 August 2019 (2019-08-31) 3 SC Freiburg 1–2 1. FC Köln Freiburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Robert Kampka
14 September 2019 (2019-09-14) 4 1. FC Köln 0–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
21 September 2019 (2019-09-21) 5 Bayern Munich 4–0 1. FC Köln Munich
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Patrick Ittrich
29 September 2019 (2019-09-29) 6 1. FC Köln 0–4 Hertha BSC Cologne
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 49,700
Referee: Sören Storks
5 October 2019 (2019-10-05) 7 Schalke 04 1–1 1. FC Köln Berlin
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 61,883
Referee: Tobias Welz
20 October 2019 (2019-10-20) 8 1. FC Köln 3–0 SC Paderborn Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
25 October 2019 (2019-10-25) 9 Mainz 05 3–1 1. FC Köln Mainz
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Opel Arena
Attendance: 31,999
Referee: Frank Willenborg
3 November 2019 (2019-11-03) 10 Fortuna Düsseldorf 2–0 1. FC Köln Düsseldorf
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena
Attendance: 51,155
Referee: Sven Jablonski
8 November 2019 (2019-11-08) 11 1. FC Köln 1–2 1899 Hoffenheim Cologne
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 49,100
Referee: Robert Kampka
23 November 2019 (2019-11-23) 12 RB Leipzig 4–1 1. FC Köln Leipzig
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 42,036
Referee: Robert Schröder
30 November 2019 (2019-11-30) 13 1. FC Köln 1–1 FC Augsburg Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 49,200
Referee: Tobias Stieler
8 December 2019 (2019-12-08) 14 Union Berlin 2–0 1. FC Köln Berlin
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei
Attendance: 22,012
Referee: Patrick Ittrich
14 December 2019 (2019-12-14) 15 1. FC Köln 2–0 Bayer Leverkusen Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 49,500
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
18 December 2019 (2019-12-18) 16 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–4 1. FC Köln Frankfurt
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena
Attendance: 50,300
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
21 December 2019 (2019-12-21) 17 1. FC Köln 1–0 Werder Bremen Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Daniel Schlager
18 January 2020 (2020-01-18) 18 1. FC Köln 3–1 VfL Wolfsburg Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 49,100
Referee: Marco Fritz
24 January 2020 (2020-01-24) 19 Borussia Dortmund 5–1 1. FC Köln Dortmund
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
Attendance: 81,365
Referee: Harm Osmers
2 February 2020 (2020-02-02) 20 1. FC Köln 4–0 SC Freiburg Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Robert Kampka
16 February 2020 (2020-02-16) 22 1. FC Köln 1–4 Bayern Munich Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Felix Zwayer
22 February 2020 (2020-02-22) 23 Hertha BSC 0–5 1. FC Köln Berlin
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 46,207
Referee: Daniel Schlager
29 February 2020 (2020-02-29) 24 1. FC Köln 3–0 Schalke 04 Cologne
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
6 March 2020 (2020-03-06) 25 SC Paderborn 1–2 1. FC Köln Paderborn
20:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Benteler-Arena
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Daniel Siebert
11 March 2020 (2020-03-11) 21 Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–1 1. FC Köln Mönchengladbach
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 0[12]
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
Note: Match originally scheduled for 9 February, but postponed to 11 March due to poor weather conditions caused by Storm Ciara.[13]
17 May 2020 (2020-05-17) 26 1. FC Köln 2–2 Mainz 05 Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 0[14]
Referee: Guido Winkmann
Note: The match was postponed on 13 March due to the pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany,[15] and rescheduled to 17 May.[16]
24 May 2020 (2020-05-24) 27 1. FC Köln 2–2 Fortuna Düsseldorf Cologne
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 0[14]
Referee: Benjamin Cortus
Note: The match was postponed on 13 March due to the pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany,[15] and rescheduled to 24 May.[16]
27 May 2020 (2020-05-27) 28 1899 Hoffenheim 3–1 1. FC Köln Sinsheim
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena
Attendance: 0[14]
Referee: Felix Brych
Note: The match was postponed on 24 March due to the pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany,[17] and rescheduled to 27 May.[16]
1 June 2020 (2020-06-01) 29 1. FC Köln 2–4 RB Leipzig Cologne
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 0[14]
Referee: Christian Dingert
Note: The match was postponed on 24 March due to the pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany,[17] and rescheduled to 1 June.[16]
7 June 2020 (2020-06-07) 30 FC Augsburg 1–1 1. FC Köln Augsburg
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: WWK Arena
Attendance: 0[14]
Referee: Benjamin Cortus
Note: The match was postponed on 24 March due to the pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany,[17] and rescheduled to 7 June.[16]
13 June 2020 (2020-06-13) 31 1. FC Köln 1–2 Union Berlin Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 0[14]
Referee: Martin Petersen
Note: The match was postponed on 24 March due to the pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany,[17] and rescheduled to 13 June.[16]
17 June 2020 (2020-06-17) 32 Bayer Leverkusen 3–1 1. FC Köln Leverkusen
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 0[14]
Referee: Sven Jablonski
Note: The match was postponed on 24 March due to the pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany,[17] and rescheduled to 17 June.[16]
20 June 2020 (2020-06-20) 33 1. FC Köln 1–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 0[14]
Referee: Christian Dingert
Note: The match was postponed on 24 March due to the pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany,[17] and rescheduled to 20 June.[16]
27 June 2020 (2020-06-27) 34 Werder Bremen 6–1 1. FC Köln Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Weser-Stadion
Attendance: 0[14]
Referee: Bastian Dankert
Note: The match was postponed on 7 May due to the pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany,[17] and rescheduled to 27 June.[16]

DFB-Pokal edit

11 August 2019 (2019-08-11) First round Wehen Wiesbaden 3–3 (a.e.t.)
(2–3 p)
1. FC Köln Wiesbaden
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Brita-Arena
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Robert Schröder
Penalties
29 October 2019 (2019-10-29) Second round 1. FC Saarbrücken 3–2 1. FC Köln Völklingen
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Hermann-Neuberger-Stadion
Attendance: 6,800
Referee: Martin Petersen

Statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total Bundesliga DFB-Pokal
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK   GER Timo Horn 30 0 28 0 2 0
18 GK   GER Thomas Kessler 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 GK   USA Brady Scott 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 GK   GER Julian Krahl 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF   GER Benno Schmitz 15 0 10+4 0 1 0
5 DF   GER Rafael Czichos 21 1 20 1 1 0
14 DF   GER Jonas Hector 28 5 25+1 4 2 1
19 DF   NED Kingsley Ehizibue 27 1 24+2 1 1 0
22 DF   ESP Jorge Meré 12 1 5+5 1 2 0
33 DF   BEL Sebastiaan Bornauw 25 5 24 5 1 0
34 DF   GER Noah Katterbach 15 0 14 0 1 0
37 DF   GER Toni Leistner 7 0 7 0 0 0
38 DF   GER Ismail Jakobs 16 2 16 2 0 0
Midfielders
6 MF   GER Marco Höger 11 0 6+4 0 0+1 0
7 MF   GER Marcel Risse 7 0 0+6 0 1 0
8 MF   BEL Birger Verstraete 10 0 7+2 0 1 0
17 MF   GER Christian Clemens 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 MF   GER Elvis Rexhbeçaj 7 0 3+4 0 0 0
24 MF   GER Dominick Drexler 24 2 15+7 2 2 0
28 MF   TUN Ellyes Skhiri 27 1 25+1 1 1 0
30 MF   AUT Florian Kainz 24 5 12+11 4 1 1
36 MF   GER Niklas Hauptmann 0 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
9 FW   GER Simon Terodde 24 4 7+15 3 0+2 1
11 FW   GHA Kingsley Schindler 13 0 9+3 0 1 0
15 FW   COL Jhon Córdoba 26 12 18+6 11 2 1
23 FW   GER Mark Uth 10 5 10 5 0 0
27 FW   FRA Anthony Modeste 23 2 9+12 2 2 0
29 FW   GER Jan Thielmann 8 0 6+2 0 0 0
Players transferred out during the season
3 DF   GER Lasse Sobiech 2 0 1 0 1 0
13 MF   AUT Louis Schaub 11 2 7+2 1 0+2 1
35 DF   GER Matthias Bader 2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0

Last updated: 27 May 2020
Source: Soccerway

References edit

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