2021–22 1. FC Köln season

The 2021–22 season was the 74th season in the existence of 1. FC Köln and the club's third consecutive season in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, 1. FC Köln participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal.

1. FC Köln
2021–22 season
PresidentWerner Wolf
ChairmanAlexander Wehrle
ManagerSteffen Baumgart
StadiumRheinEnergieStadion
Bundesliga7th
DFB-PokalRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague:
Anthony Modeste (20)

All:
Anthony Modeste (23)

Players edit

First-team squad edit

As of 31 January 2022.[1]

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 (vice-captain)
2 DF   GER Benno Schmitz
4 DF   GER Timo Hübers
5 DF   GER Bright Arrey-Mbi (on loan from Bayern Munich)
6 MF   GER Salih Özcan
7 MF   AUT Dejan Ljubicic
9 FW   SWE Sebastian Andersson
11 MF   AUT Florian Kainz
13 FW   GER Mark Uth
14 DF   GER Jonas Hector (captain)
15 DF   GER Luca Kilian (on loan from Mainz 05)
17 MF   GHA Kingsley Schindler
18 MF   SVK Ondrej Duda
19 DF   NGA Kingsley Ehizibue
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 GK   GER Marvin Schwäbe
21 MF   AUT Louis Schaub
23 DF   GER Jannes Horn (3rd captain)
24 DF   GER Julian Chabot (on loan from Sampdoria)
25 MF   GER Tim Lemperle
27 FW   FRA Anthony Modeste
28 MF   TUN Ellyes Skhiri
29 MF   GER Jan Thielmann
30 FW   GER Marvin Obuz
31 MF   CZE Tomáš Ostrák
36 MF   GER Niklas Hauptmann
40 GK   GER Jonas Urbig
44 GK   GER Matthias Köbbing
47 MF   LUX Mathias Olesen

Players out on loan edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF   GER Yann Aurel Bisseck (at Aarhus GF until 30 June 2022)
MF   GER Jens Castrop (at 1. FC Nürnberg until 30 June 2022)
DF   GER Noah Katterbach (at Basel until 31 December 2022)
MF   GRE Dimitris Limnios (at Twente until 30 June 2022)

Transfers edit

In edit

No. Pos Player Transferred from Fee' Date Source
4 DF   Timo Hübers   Hannover 96 Free 1 July 2021 [2]
7 MF   Dejan Ljubicic   Rapid Wien Free [3]
13 FW   Mark Uth   Schalke 04 Free [4]
20 GK   Marvin Schwäbe   Brøndby Free [5]
15 DF   Luca Kilian   Mainz 05 Loan 24 August 2021 [6]
24 DF   Julian Chabot   Sampdoria Loan 26 January 2022 [7]
5 DF   Bright Arrey-Mbi   Bayern Munich Loan 31 January 2022 [8]

Out edit

No. Pos Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
DF   Yann Aurel Bisseck   AGF Loan 1 July 2021 [9]
4 DF   Robert Voloder   NK Maribor Loan [10]
6 MF   Marco Höger Free [11]
8 MF   Birger Verstraete   Antwerp €2,000,000
13 MF   Max Meyer Free [11]
32 GK   Julian Krahl   Viktoria Berlin Free [11]
3 DF   Lasse Sobiech   SV Darmstadt 98 Free 3 July 2021 [12]
7 MF   Marcel Risse   Viktoria Köln Undisclosed 8 July 2021 [13]
8 DF   Ismail Jakobs   AS Monaco €7,000,000 12 July 2021 [14]
33 DF   Sebastiaan Bornauw   VfL Wolfsburg €13,500,000 16 July 2021 [15]
24 MF   Dominick Drexler   Schalke 04 Free 21 July 2021 [16]
15 MF   Dimitris Limnios   Twente Loan 6 August 2021 [17]
MF   Vincent Koziello   K.V. Oostende Free 17 August 2021 [18]
4 DF   Robert Voloder   NK Maribor Undisclosed 1 January 2022 [19]
5 DF   Rafael Czichos   Chicago Fire €455,000 2 January 2022 [20]
MF   Jens Castrop   1. FC Nürnberg Loan 7 January 2022 [21]
26 DF   Sava-Arangel Čestić Mutual contract termination [22]
3 DF   Noah Katterbach   Basel Loan 18 January 2022 [23]
22 DF   Jorge Meré   Club América €900,000 [24]

Pre-season and friendlies edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

9 July 2021 Friendly Fortuna Köln   0–4   1. FC Köln Cologne, Germany
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Südstadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Christian Scheper
10 July 2021 Friendly MSV Duisburg   1–1   1. FC Köln Duisburg, Germany
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: BZA Westender Straße
Attendance: 0
17 July 2021 Friendly 1. FC Köln   3–2   Bayern Munich Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: MS Technologie Arena
Referee: Daniel Schlager
18 July 2021 Friendly 1. FC Köln   2–0   Schaffhausen Bad Dürrheim, Germany
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Sportplatz Bad Dürrheim
Referee: Martin Petersen
24 July 2021 Friendly 1. FC Köln   2–1   SV Elversberg Bad Dürrheim, Germany
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Sportplatz Bad Dürrheim
Referee: Timo Lämmle
31 July 2021 Friendly 1. FC Köln   1–1   Roda JC Kerkrade Cologne, Germany
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Franz-Kremer-Stadion
Referee: Marc Jäger
1 August 2021 Friendly Almere City   Cancelled   1. FC Köln Almere, Netherlands
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Yanmar Stadion
10 November 2021 Friendly 1. FC Köln   4–0   SC Paderborn Cologne, Germany
13:00 CET (UTC+1)
Stadium: Franz-Kremer-Stadion
27 January 2022 Friendly 1. FC Köln   2–2   Schalke 04 Cologne, Germany
13:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Franz-Kremer Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Mitja Stegemann
23 March 2022 Friendly Siegburger SV   1–8   1. FC Köln Siegburg, Germany
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Walter-Mundorf-Stadion
Referee: Mitja Stegemann

Competitions edit

Overall record edit

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Bundesliga 15 August 2021 14 May 2022 Matchday 1 7th 34 14 10 10 52 49 +3 041.18
DFB-Pokal 8 August 2021 18 January 2022 First round Round of 16 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 033.33
Total 37 15 12 10 56 51 +5 040.54

Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
5 Union Berlin 34 16 9 9 50 44 +6 57 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
6 SC Freiburg 34 15 10 9 58 46 +12 55
7 1. FC Köln 34 14 10 10 52 49 +3 52 Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round[a]
8 Mainz 05 34 13 7 14 50 45 +5 46
9 1899 Hoffenheim 34 13 7 14 58 60 −2 46
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.[25]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Since the 2021–22 DFB-Pokal winners, RB Leipzig, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League play-off round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team.

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 14 10 10 53 49  +4 52 9 4 4 28 21  +7 5 6 6 25 28  −3

Source: DFB

Results by round edit

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultWLWDDDWLDLDDWDLWWWLDWLWDLWDLWWWWLL
Position4867776781111121091210869868788778877677
Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.[26]

15 August 2021 1 1. FC Köln 3–1 Hertha BSC Cologne
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 16,500
Referee: Robert Hartmann
22 August 2021 2 Bayern Munich 3–2 1. FC Köln Munich
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Martin Petersen
28 August 2021 3 1. FC Köln 2–1 VfL Bochum Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Benjamin Cortus
11 September 2021 4 SC Freiburg 1–1 1. FC Köln Freiburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: SC-Stadion
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Harm Osmers
18 September 2021 5 1. FC Köln 1–1 RB Leipzig Cologne
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Felix Brych
25 September 2021 6 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–1 1. FC Köln Frankfurt
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Martin Petersen
1 October 2021 7 1. FC Köln 3–1 Greuther Fürth Cologne
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck
15 October 2021 8 1899 Hoffenheim 5–0 1. FC Köln Sinsheim
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena
Attendance: 14,309
Referee: Tobias Reichel
24 October 2021 9 1. FC Köln 2–2 Bayer Leverkusen Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 49,600
Referee: Felix Zwayer
30 October 2021 10 Borussia Dortmund 2–0 1. FC Köln Dortmund
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
Attendance: 66,709
Referee: Martin Petersen
7 November 2021 11 1. FC Köln 2–2 Union Berlin Cologne
17:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 49,000
Referee: Daniel Siebert
21 November 2021 12 Mainz 05 1–1 1. FC Köln Mainz
17:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Opel Arena
Attendance: 25,500
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
27 November 2021 13 1. FC Köln 4–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Robert Schröder
4 December 2021 14 Arminia Bielefeld 1–1 1. FC Köln Bielefeld
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Bielefelder Alm
Attendance: 8,231
Referee: Felix Brych
10 December 2021 15 1. FC Köln 0–2 FC Augsburg Cologne
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Referee: Patrick Ittrich
14 December 2021 16 VfL Wolfsburg 2–3 1. FC Köln Wolfsburg
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Robert Hartmann
19 December 2021 17 1. FC Köln 1–0 VfB Stuttgart Cologne
17:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Bastian Dankert
9 January 2022 18 Hertha BSC 1–3 1. FC Köln Berlin
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Tobias Stieler
15 January 2022 19 1. FC Köln 0–4 Bayern Munich Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Tobias Welz
22 January 2022 20 VfL Bochum 2–2 1. FC Köln Bochum
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck
5 February 2022 21 1. FC Köln 1–0 SC Freiburg Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Felix Brych
11 February 2022 22 RB Leipzig 3–1 1. FC Köln Leipzig
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Florian Badstübner
19 February 2022 23 1. FC Köln 1–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Cologne
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Christian Dingert
26 February 2022 24 Greuther Fürth 1–1 1. FC Köln Fürth
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof
Attendance: 9,200
Referee: Robert Schröder
6 March 2022 25 1. FC Köln 0–1 1899 Hoffenheim Cologne
17:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 37,500
Referee: Marco Fritz
13 March 2022 26 Bayer Leverkusen 0–1 1. FC Köln Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 22,658
Referee: Sascha Stegemann
20 March 2022 27 1. FC Köln 1–1 Borussia Dortmund Cologne
19:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Daniel Siebert
1 April 2022 28 Union Berlin 1–0 1. FC Köln Berlin
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei
Attendance: 22,012
Referee: Florian Badstübner
9 April 2022 29 1. FC Köln 3–2 Mainz 05 Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 49,800
Referee: Martin Petersen
16 April 2022 30 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–3 1. FC Köln Mönchengladbach
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 54,042
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
23 April 2022 31 1. FC Köln 3–1 Arminia Bielefeld Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Tobias Stieler
30 April 2022 32 FC Augsburg 1–4 1. FC Köln Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: WWK Arena
Attendance: 29,511
Referee: Robert Schröder
7 May 2022 33 1. FC Köln 0–1 VfL Wolfsburg Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Tobias Stieler
14 May 2022 34 VfB Stuttgart 2–1 1. FC Köln Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 52,230
Referee: Robert Schröder

DFB-Pokal edit

8 August 2021 First round Carl Zeiss Jena 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(2–4 p)
1. FC Köln Jena
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld
Attendance: 2,728
Referee: Florian Badstübner
Penalties
27 October 2021 Second round VfB Stuttgart 0–2 1. FC Köln Stuttgart
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
18 January 2022 Round of 16 1. FC Köln 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)
Hamburger SV Cologne
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 750
Referee: Daniel Schlager
Penalties

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 13 0 13 0 0 0
20 GK   GER Marvin Schwäbe 24 0 21 0 3 0
40 GK   GER Jonas Urbig 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 GK   GER Matthias Köbbing 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF   GER Benno Schmitz 33 0 29+2 0 1+1 0
4 DF   GER Timo Hübers 23 1 20 1 3 0
5 DF   GER Bright Arrey-Mbi 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 DF   GER Jonas Hector 33 0 30 0 3 0
15 DF   GER Luca Kilian 31 1 25+5 1 1 0
19 DF   NGA Kingsley Ehizibue 18 0 6+10 0 2 0
23 DF   GER Jannes Horn 12 0 3+8 0 1 0
24 DF   GER Julian Chabot 4 0 2+2 0 0 0
Midfielders
6 MF   GER Salih Özcan 34 2 26+5 2 2+1 0
7 MF   AUT Dejan Ljubicic 32 3 22+8 3 2 0
11 MF   AUT Florian Kainz 34 4 31+1 4 1+1 0
17 MF   GHA Kingsley Schindler 20 1 1+17 1 2 0
18 MF   SVK Ondrej Duda 34 2 20+11 2 0+3 0
21 MF   AUT Louis Schaub 30 1 6+22 1 1+1 0
25 MF   GER Tim Lemperle 15 2 0+13 2 0+2 0
28 MF   TUN Ellyes Skhiri 23 5 20+2 4 0+1 1
31 MF   CZE Tomáš Ostrák 6 0 0+5 0 1 0
47 MF   LUX Mathias Olesen 3 0 0+3 0 0 0
Forwards
9 FW   SWE Sebastian Andersson 29 3 13+13 3 2+1 0
13 FW   GER Mark Uth 33 5 24+6 5 2+1 0
27 FW   FRA Anthony Modeste 34 23 30+1 20 1+2 3
29 FW   GER Jan Thielmann 32 3 10+19 3 3 0
30 FW   GER Marvin Obuz 1 0 0 0 0+1 0
Players transferred out during the season
3 DF   GER Noah Katterbach 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
5 DF   GER Rafael Czichos 18 0 16+1 0 1 0
22 DF   ESP Jorge Meré 9 0 5+3 0 1 0
26 DF   SRB Sava-Arangel Cestic 0 0 0 0 0 0

Last updated: 14 May 2022
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers edit

Rank Pos No. Nat Name Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Total
1 FW 27   Anthony Modeste 20 3 23
2 MF 28   Ellyes Skhiri 4 1 5
FW 13   Mark Uth 5 0 5
3 MF 11   Florian Kainz 4 0 4
4 MF 6   Salih Özcan 3 0 3
MF 7   Dejan Ljubicic 3 0 3
FW 9   Sebastian Andersson 3 0 3
FW 29   Jan Thielmann 3 0 3
9 MF 18   Ondrej Duda 2 0 2
MF 25   Tim Lemperle 2 0 2
11 DF 4   Timo Hübers 1 0 1
DF 15   Luca Kilian 1 0 1
MF 17   Kingsley Schindler 1 0 1
MF 21   Louis Schaub 1 0 1
Own goals 0 0 0
Totals 52 4 56

Last updated: 14 May 2022

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