1. FC Köln

File:Kolner BC.pngKölner BC was formed on 6 June 1901 by a group of young men who were unhappy as part of the gymnastics club FC Borussia Köln and were more interested in football. BC participated in the Zehnerliga West in the years before World War I and took the Westdeutsche championship in 1912 and advanced to the preliminary rounds of the national finals. Their next best result was in the 1920 league final, where they lost 1–3 to Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Spielvereinigung 1907 Köln-Sülz was established in 1907 as Sülzer Sportverein and on 1 January 1919 merged with Fußball Club 1908 Hertha Sülz to form SpVgg. They won the Westdeutscher title in 1928, but lost in the early rounds of the national finals. They went on to play as a top flight club in the Gauliga Mittelrhein, one of sixteen premier level divisions established in 1933 in the reorganization of German football under the Third Reich. After winning a divisional championship in 1939, – they then entered a period of decline in the early 1940s. After the 1941 season, the Gauliga Mittlerhein was split into two new divisions: the Gauliga Köln-Aachen and the Gauliga Moselland, which included clubs from occupied Luxembourg. Sülz struggled until they were united with VfL Köln 1899 for the 1943–44 season, to form the combined wartime side Kriegspielgemeinschaft VfL 99/Sülz 07, which would end up winning the Gauliga Köln-Aachen title by a single point over SG Düren 99 in a close race. The club did not play the next campaign as war overtook the region.

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After the union of these two predecessor sides (1948), 1. FC Köln began play in the Oberliga West in the 1949–50 season, and, by 1953–54, had won their first divisional championship. In 1954, they lost the DFB-Pokal final 1–0 to VfB Stuttgart. Die Geißböcke won their second Oberliga West title in 1959–60, and appeared in the national final against Hamburger SV, where they lost 3–2. Köln also finished first in the Oberliga West from 1960–61 to 1962–63.{{Cite web |title=Fussballdaten |url=https://www.fussballdaten.de/alteoberliga/endrunde/1963/ |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Fussballdaten |language=de |archive-date=2 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602051745/https://www.fussballdaten.de/alteoberliga/endrunde/1963/ |url-status=live }} They won the 1962 German championship final 4–0 against 1. FC Nürnberg, becoming German champions for the first time, and qualified for the 1962–63 European Cup, where they were one of the favourites to win the trophy. In the first round, Köln visited Dundee of Scotland and lost 8–1, and despite winning the second leg back in Germany by 4–0, they were eliminated from the tournament. In the following year's German championship final, they lost 3–1 to Borussia Dortmund.

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In 1963, FC Köln became one of the 16 founder members of the Bundesliga, Germany's new professional football league. Köln continued their winning ways by becoming the first Bundesliga champion, in the league's inaugural 1963–64 season. As German champions, Köln entered the 1964–65 European Cup, where it met England's Liverpool at the quarter-final stage. After two 0–0 draws, a third game was played which was also a stalemate, this time 2–2. As the penalty shootout had not yet been introduced as the means of deciding a tie, Köln went out of the competition on the toss of a coin. Ironically enough, there was the need for a second coin toss because the first time the coin stuck vertically in the ground. Köln also became the first Bundesliga side to field a Brazilian player, when it signed Zézé from Madureira for a then club record fee of DM 150,000.[http://www.weltfussball.de/news/_n1498951_/schnee-allergie-beim-samba-kicker/ Schnee-Allergie beim Samba-Kicker] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211001194314/https://www.weltfussball.de/news/_n1498951_/schnee-allergie-beim-samba-kicker/ |date=1 October 2021 }} {{in lang|de}} Weltfussball.de, published: 27 March 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2015. Domestically, Köln recorded a second-place finish in the 1964–65 Bundesliga season and won its first DFB-Pokal in 1967–68.

At the start of the 1970s, Köln reached three DFB-Pokal finals in four seasons, losing all three; to Kickers Offenbach in 1970, Bayern Munich in 1971 and Borussia Mönchengladbach in 1973. The team also achieved another second place Bundesliga finish in 1973, before reaching another DFB-Pokal final in 1977, beating Hertha BSC over two legs to win the trophy for the second time.

In 1977–78, Köln enjoyed their most successful season, winning the Bundesliga title, its third national title overall, and retaining the DFB-Pokal, beating local rivals Fortuna Düsseldorf 2–0. Köln became the second club to claim the double in the Bundesliga era.

Köln had another losing DFB-Pokal final appearance in 1980, before winning the competition for a fourth time in 1983. In 1986, the club appeared in its first European final, losing 5–3 on aggregate to Real Madrid in the UEFA Cup Final. Two second place Bundesliga finishes, in 1988–89 and 1989–90, and another DFB-Pokal final loss in 1991, marked the end of a successful thirty-year spell for Köln.

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In the early years of the Bundesliga, 1. FC Köln was the most successful Bundesliga club in terms of total points won. Beginning in the early 1990s, however, the club's performance declined, and in 1998 it was relegated for the first time. The side became a "yo-yo team", moving between the first and second divisions: they went up or down each season between 2001–02 and 2005–06. During this period, the FC also set the record for the longest goalless streak in Bundesliga history in the 2001–02 season, with 1034 minutes (equivalent to 11-and-a-half games) until Thomas Cichon scored.{{cite web |date=2 March 2002 |title=Das ersehnte Tor war zuwenig |url=http://www.fussballdaten.de/bundesliga/2002/25/fckoeln-herthabsc/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028040203/http://www.fussballdaten.de/bundesliga/2002/25/fckoeln-herthabsc/ |archive-date=28 October 2014 |access-date=10 December 2014 |publisher=fussballdaten.de |language=de}}

In late 2006, former coach Christoph Daum returned to Köln, and succeeded in leading the club back to the Bundesliga in 2008. After asuring Köln's Bundesliga status in the 2008–09 campaign, Daum left Köln for his former club Fenerbahçe. Köln's former star-striker Lukas Podolski returned for the 2009–10 season.

The club was relegated at the end of the 2011–12 season, finishing in 17th place, having accumulated €33m debt, and €11m negative equity.[http://www.express.de/sport/fussball/1--fc-koeln/1--fc-koeln-wehrle-schafft-das-finanz-wunder--hier-die-mega-zahlen-26913860 1. FC Köln Wehrle schafft das Finanz-Wunder: Hier die Mega-Zahlen – Quelle: http://www.express.de/26913860 2017] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170611170529/http://www.express.de/sport/fussball/1--fc-koeln/1--fc-koeln-wehrle-schafft-das-finanz-wunder--hier-die-mega-zahlen-26913860 |date=11 June 2017 }}, Express, 17 May 2017

In April 2012, the club members elected a new board of directors, Werner Spinner as president, Markus Ritterbach for marketing, and Toni Schumacher for sport. In the 2012–13 season, under new trainer Holger Stanislawski, Köln finished in fifth place in the 2. Bundesliga, missing out on promotion back to the top division.

In 2012 the board hired Jörg Jakobs as director of football, who then got promoted in 2014 to sporting director, chief scout and director of the academy.[http://www.goal.com/de/news/968/transfernews/2014/06/23/4907416/1-fc-k%C3%B6ln-j%C3%B6rg-jakobs-bleibt-und-wird-bef%C3%B6rdert Der Leiter Lizenzfußball bleibt und rückt auf: Zukünftig ist Jakobs als Sportdirektor mit mehr Kompetenzen ausgestattet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915203816/http://www.goal.com/de/news/968/transfernews/2014/06/23/4907416/1-fc-k%C3%B6ln-j%C3%B6rg-jakobs-bleibt-und-wird-bef%C3%B6rdert |date=15 September 2017 }}, 23 June 2014.[http://www.90min.de/de/posts/4911495-1-fc-koeln-sportdirektor-joerg-jakobs-soll-seinen-vertrag-verlaengern 1. FC Köln: Sportdirektor Jörg Jakobs soll seinen Vertrag verlängern], 24 April 2017 In January 2013, Alexander Wehrle joined as managing director of Köln. Wehrle was working as assistant for VfB Stuttgart president Erwin Staudt, especially for rebuilding the stadium.[http://www.express.de/sport/fussball/1--fc-koeln/horstmann-nachfolger-schwabe-soll-fc-das-sparen-lehren-5382088 Horstmann-Nachfolger Schwabe soll FC das Sparen lehren], 11 October 2012. In summer 2013, Peter Stöger and Manfred Schmid were hired as coaching team, and Jörg Schmadtke as general manager. In 2013–14, Köln finished first in the 2. Bundesliga and earned promotion to the top division. It was followed by a 12th place 2014–15, ninth in 2015–16, and a fifth place in 2016–17, which saw them qualify for the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League, their first European campaign in 25 years. After restructuring and repaying debt, equity turned from €11m negative to €20m positive. The turnover increased from €56m in 2012–13 to more than €120m in 2016–17.[http://www.stern.de/sport/fussball/1-fc-koeln---was-das-ueberraschungsteam-der-bundesliga-so-stark-macht-7197078.html Mer stonn zo Dir, FC Kölle!] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915161141/http://www.stern.de/sport/fussball/1-fc-koeln---was-das-ueberraschungsteam-der-bundesliga-so-stark-macht-7197078.html |date=15 September 2017 }}, Stern, 19 November 2016.[http://www.ksta.de/sport/1-fc-koeln/rekorde-fuer-den-1--fc-koeln-150-millionen-euro-umsatz-in-reichweite-28011944 Rekorde für den 1. FC Köln 150 Millionen Euro Umsatz in Reichweite] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724152530/http://www.ksta.de/sport/1-fc-koeln/rekorde-fuer-den-1--fc-koeln-150-millionen-euro-umsatz-in-reichweite-28011944 |date=24 July 2017 }}, Kölner Stadtanzeiger, 22 July 2017

After the club's return the European stage, fortunes quickly changed. The team experienced an unsuccessful start to the 2017–18 Bundesliga season gaining only three points from its first sixteen matches. At the same time, the club's Europa League campaign ended in the group stage.{{cite web|url= https://story.ksta.de/2018/05/fc-saison-rueckblick/|title= Euphorie und Enttäuschung – Der Herzschalg der FC Saison|website= ksta.de|date= 12 May 2018|access-date= 7 May 2019|archive-date= 7 May 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190507114419/https://story.ksta.de/2018/05/fc-saison-rueckblick/|url-status= live}} This downtrend led to the resignation of Jörg Schmadtke{{cite web|url=https://fc.de/fc-info/news/detailseite/details/fc-und-schmadtke-loesen-vertrag-auf/|title=FC und Schmadtke lösen Vertrag auf|date=23 October 2017|work=fc.de|access-date=7 May 2019|archive-date=7 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507115924/https://fc.de/fc-info/news/detailseite/details/fc-und-schmadtke-loesen-vertrag-auf/|url-status=live}} and Stöger's dismissal in December 2017; he was replaced by Stefan Ruthenbeck, who was appointed as caretaker manager.{{cite web|url=https://www.ksta.de/sport/1-fc-koeln/stoeger-aus-so-geht-es-weiter-beim-1--fc-koeln-28990612|title=1.FC Köln: Peter Stöger entlassen|website=ksta.de|date=3 December 2017|access-date= 7 May 2019}} In spite of an improved record in the second half of the season, the team finished last and were relegated to 2. Bundesliga at the end of the year.

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Ahead of the 2018–19 season, Markus Anfang was appointed manager.{{cite web|url= https://www.bundesliga.com/en/news/Bundesliga/cologne-appoint-markus-anfang-as-coach-for-next-season-kiel-478712.jsp|title= Cologne appoint Holstein Kiel's Markus Anfang as new coach for next season|website= Bundesliga.de|access-date= 7 May 2019|archive-date= 7 May 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190507114422/https://www.bundesliga.com/en/news/Bundesliga/cologne-appoint-markus-anfang-as-coach-for-next-season-kiel-478712.jsp|url-status= live}} While the club occupied the league's top spot for much of the season, Anfang was dismissed after a winless streak in April 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/sport/-fc-koeln-trainer-entlassung-anfang-1.4424405|title=Weshalb Trainer Anfang beim 1. FC Köln gehen musste|website=SZ.de|date=27 April 2019 |access-date=7 May 2019|archive-date=7 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507114417/https://www.sueddeutsche.de/sport/-fc-koeln-trainer-entlassung-anfang-1.4424405|url-status=live}} Only a week later, with André Pawlak having taken over as Anfang's successor, the team achieved promotion with a 4–0 victory over Greuther Fürth.{{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/fuerth-gegen-koeln-2019-bundesliga-4243849/analyse|title=Cordoba bringt Kölns Aufstiegsfeier ins Rollen|website=Kicker|access-date=7 May 2019|archive-date=6 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506235212/https://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/2bundesliga/spieltag/2-bundesliga/2018-19/32/4243849/spielbericht_spvgg-greuther-fuerth-82_1-fc-koeln-16.html|url-status=live}} Following an unsuccessful start to the 2019–20 season, which included a 3–2 cup defeat against 1. FC Saarbrücken, the club decided to terminate Achim Beierlorzer's contract on 9 November 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/reissleine_gezogen_koeln_trennt_sich_von_beierlorzer-761704/artikel|title=Reißleine gezogen: Köln trennt sich von Beierlorzer|website=Kicker|access-date=9 November 2019|archive-date=9 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191109173600/https://www.kicker.de/761704/artikel/reissleine_gezogen_koeln_trennt_sich_von_beierlorzer|url-status=live}} Sporting director Armin Veh, who weeks earlier had announced that he would not extend his contract with the club, was also dismissed from his position.{{cite news|url=https://www.spiegel.de/sport/fussball/armin-veh-und-1-fc-koeln-loesen-vertrag-auf-a-1295685.html|title=Köln und Veh lösen Vertrag auf|website=Der Spiegel|date=8 November 2019 |access-date=18 November 2019|archive-date=10 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110010422/https://www.spiegel.de/sport/fussball/armin-veh-und-1-fc-koeln-loesen-vertrag-auf-a-1295685.html|url-status=live}} On 18 November, former HSV manager Markus Gisdol was appointed to the club's head coaching position, while Horst Heldt was made sporting director.{{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/neues_fuehrungsduo_1_fc_koeln_setzt_auf_gisdol_und_heldt-762834/artikel|title=Neues Führungsduo: 1. FC Köln setzt auf Gisdol und Heldt|website=Kicker|access-date=18 November 2019|archive-date=19 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191119204303/https://www.kicker.de/762834/artikel/neues_fuehrungsduo_1_fc_koeln_setzt_auf_gisdol_und_heldt|url-status=live}} Under Gisdol, the team avoided relegation at the end of the season.{{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/1_fc_koeln_verlaengert_mit_trainer_gisdol_bis_2023-780093/artikel|title=1. FC Köln verlängert mit Trainer Gisdol – bis 2023|website=Kicker|access-date=5 August 2020|archive-date=5 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805074023/https://www.kicker.de/780093/artikel/1_fc_koeln_verlaengert_mit_trainer_gisdol_bis_2023|url-status=live}}

During the majority of the 2020–21 season, Köln was involved in a relegation battle and occupied one of the bottom three places in the division. On 11 April 2021, after losing to relegation rival Mainz 05, Gisdol was dismissed from his position as head coach.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/1-fc-koeln-trennt-sich-von-gisdol-funkel-uebernimmt-801979/artikel|title=1. FC Köln trennt sich von Gisdol – Funkel übernimmt|access-date=11 April 2021|website=Kicker|archive-date=10 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211010124012/https://www.kicker.de/1-fc-koeln-trennt-sich-von-gisdol-funkel-uebernimmt-801979/artikel|url-status=live}} The next day, the club presented Friedhelm Funkel as an interim coach who would take over head coaching duties until the end of the season.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/offiziell-funkel-soll-den-1-fc-koeln-retten-802033/artikel|title=Offiziell: Funkel soll den 1. FC Köln retten|access-date=12 April 2021|website=Kicker|archive-date=12 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412093609/https://www.kicker.de/offiziell-funkel-soll-den-1-fc-koeln-retten-802033/artikel|url-status=live}} Funkel's side faced Holstein Kiel in the relegation playoffs. After losing 1–0 at home, his team recorded a 5–1 away win, enabling the club to retain its position in the Bundesliga.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/kiel-gegen-koeln-2021-bundesliga-relegation-4704509/analyse|title=Andersson macht's früh klar: Köln hält die Klasse|access-date=30 June 2021|website=Kicker|language=de|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709181726/https://www.kicker.de/kiel-gegen-koeln-2021-bundesliga-relegation-4704509/analyse|url-status=live}}

In March 2023, during the second half of the 2022–23 campaign, Köln were put under a two-window transfer embargo by FIFA's Dispute Resolution Chamber, having been found guilty of inducing a breach of contract without just cause while signing Jaka Čuber Potočnik from Olimpija Ljubljana in January 2022.{{Cite web |date=29 March 2023 |title=1. FC Köln von FIFA zu Transfersperre verurteilt – Effzeh bestätigt Gang vor den CAS |url=https://www.kicker.de/1-fc-koeln-von-fifa-zu-transfersperre-verurteilt-effzeh-bestaetigt-gang-vor-den-cas-944379/artikel |access-date=9 April 2023 |website=kicker |language=de-DE |archive-date=12 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412201756/https://www.kicker.de/1-fc-koeln-von-fifa-zu-transfersperre-verurteilt-effzeh-bestaetigt-gang-vor-den-cas-944379/artikel |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |last=Honigstein |first=Raphael |date=8 April 2023 |title=Cologne's transfer ban explained: How signing teenager led to two-window punishment |url=https://theathletic.com/4390210/2023/04/08/cologne-bundesliga-transfer-ban/ |access-date=9 April 2023 |website=The Athletic |language=en |archive-date=8 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408113454/https://theathletic.com/4390210/2023/04/08/cologne-bundesliga-transfer-ban/ |url-status=live }} As part of the same verdict, the club was also sentenced to pay Ljubljana a €51,750 compensation, in addition to training costs. Köln appealed the decision at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, which affirmed the embargo imposed by FIFA. In the 2023–24 Bundesliga season, Köln were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga after finishing second bottom on the table.{{cite web|url=https://onefootball.com/en/news/official-1fc-koeln-are-relegated-from-the-bundesliga-39508587/|title=Official – 1.FC Köln are relegated from the Bundesliga|website=onefootball.com}}

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The team plays its home matches in the Müngersdorfer Stadion, also known as the RheinEnergie Stadion for sponsorship purposes. It has a capacity of around 50,000 and had an average attendance of 48,676 in the 2015–16 season.{{cite web |url=http://www.worldfootball.net/attendance/bundesliga-2015-2016/1/ |title=Germany " Bundesliga 2015/2016 " Attendance " Home matches |website=worldfootball.net |access-date=14 May 2016 |archive-date=11 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811140822/http://www.worldfootball.net/attendance/bundesliga-2015-2016/1/ |url-status=live }} The stadium sponsorship comes from a contract with the local power supplier RheinEnergie AG. However, most fans still call the stadium "Müngersdorfer Stadion", named after the suburb of Müngersdorf, where it is located.

The club owns the Geißbockheim training centre, known as RheinEnergieSportpark for sponsorship, located in Sülz, which is a municipal part of Köln in the southwest of the city. The centre is home to the Franz-Kremer-Stadion the home of 1. FC Köln II.

• Bundesliga
• Champions: 1963–64, 1977–78
• Runners-up: 1964–65, 1972–73, 1981–82, 1988–89, 1989–90
• German football championship
• Winners: 1961–62
• Runners-up: 1959–60, 1962–63
• DFB-Pokal
• Winners: 1967–68, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1982–83
• Runners-up: 1953–54, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1972–73, 1979–80, 1990–91
• 2. Bundesliga
• Winners: 1999–2000, 2004–05, 2013–14, 2018–19, 2024–25
• Runners-up: 2002–03

• Easter Cup
• Winners: 1956
• UEFA Cup
• Runners-up: 1985–86{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/00c6-0e6a0c0550af-336d9d81fb43-1000--1985-86-madrid-the-comeback-kings/ |title=1985/86: Madrid the comeback kings |date=1 June 1986 |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |access-date=1 June 2024}}
• Uhrencup
• Winners: 1991{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/uhren.html#91 |title=Coupe Horlogère - Uhren Cup (Switzerland) |last=Garin |first=Erik |date=18 October 2018 |website=RSSSF.org |publisher=The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. |access-date=1 June 2024}}

• Oberliga West
• Winners: 1953–54, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63{{cite web |url=https://www.weltfussball.de/historie/oberliga-west-1947-63/ |title=Oberliga West (1947-63) » Archiv |website=WeltFussball.de |publisher=Welt Fussball |access-date=1 June 2024 |language=German}}
• Runners-up: 1952–53,{{cite web |url=https://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/oberliga-west-1947-63-1952-1953-spieltag/30/ |title=Oberliga West (1947-63) 1952/1953 » 30. Spieltag |website=WeltFussball.de |publisher=Welt Fussball |access-date=1 June 2024 |language=German}} 1957–58,{{cite web |url=https://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/oberliga-west-1947-63-1957-1958-spieltag/30/ |title=Oberliga West (1947-63) 1957/1958 » 30. Spieltag |website=WeltFussball.de |publisher=Welt Fussball |access-date=1 June 2024 |language=German}} 1958–59{{cite web |url=https://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/oberliga-west-1947-63-1958-1959-spieltag/30/ |title=Oberliga West (1947-63) 1958/1959 » 30. Spieltag |website=WeltFussball.de |publisher=Welt Fussball |access-date=1 June 2024 |language=German}}

• 1977–78: Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal{{cite web |url=https://fc.de/en/club/about-the-club/history-and-honours#honours |title=History & Honours |website=FC.de |publisher=1. FC Köln |access-date=1 June 2024}}

• German amateur champions: 1981{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesd/duitamachampfull.html#81 |title=Germany - Amateur Championship 1950-1995 |last=Abbink |first=Dinant |date=15 May 2005 |website=RSSSF.org |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date=1 June 2024}}

• German Under 19 championship
• Champions: 1970–71,{{cite web |url=https://www.weltfussball.de/historie/a-junioren-meisterschaft/ |title=A-Junioren Meisterschaft » Archiv |website=WeltFussball.de |publisher=Welt Fussball |access-date=1 June 2024 |language=German}} 2024–25{{Cite web |date=18 May 2025 |title=Spektakel pur in Leverkusen: Köln krönt sich zum Deutschen A-Jugend-Meister |url=https://www.kicker.de/leverkusen-gegen-koeln-2025-a-junioren-meisterschaft-endrunde-5037889/spielbericht |access-date=29 May 2025 |website=Kicker |language=de}}
• Runners-up: 1973–74,{{cite web |url=https://www.weltfussball.de/wettbewerb/a-junioren-meisterschaft-1974/ |title=A-Junioren Meisterschaft 1974 |website=WeltFussball.de |publisher=Welt Fussball |access-date=1 June 2024 |language=German}} 1982–83,{{cite web |url=https://www.weltfussball.de/wettbewerb/a-junioren-meisterschaft-1983/ |title=A-Junioren Meisterschaft 1983 |website=WeltFussball.de |publisher=Welt Fussball |access-date=1 June 2024 |language=German}} 1991–92{{cite web |url=https://www.weltfussball.de/wettbewerb/a-junioren-meisterschaft-1992/ |title=A-Junioren Meisterschaft 1992 |website=WeltFussball.de |publisher=Welt Fussball |access-date=1 June 2024 |language=German}}
• Under 19 Bundesliga Division West
• Champions: 2007–08{{cite web |url=https://www.dfb.de/a-junioren-bundesliga/staffel-west/spieltagtabelle/?no_cache=1&spieledb_path=%2Fdatencenter%2Fbundesliga-west%2F2007-2008%2Fcurrent |title=2007/2008 Staffel West |website=DFB.DE |publisher=Deutscher Fussball-Bund |access-date=1 June 2024}}
• Runners-up: 2003–04,{{cite web |url=https://www.dfb.de/a-junioren-bundesliga/staffel-west/spieltagtabelle/?no_cache=1&spieledb_path=%2Fdatencenter%2Fbundesliga-west%2F2003-2004%2Fcurrent |title=2003/2004 Staffel West |website=DFB.DE |publisher=Deutscher Fussball-Bund |access-date=1 June 2024}} 2009–10,{{cite web |url=https://www.dfb.de/a-junioren-bundesliga/staffel-west/spieltagtabelle/?no_cache=1&spieledb_path=%2Fdatencenter%2Fbundesliga-west%2F2009-2010%2Fcurrent |title=2009/2010 Staffel West |website=DFB.DE |publisher=Deutscher Fussball-Bund |access-date=1 June 2024}}2013–14,{{cite web |url=https://www.dfb.de/a-junioren-bundesliga/staffel-west/spieltagtabelle/?no_cache=1&spieledb_path=%2Fdatencenter%2Fbundesliga-west%2F2013-2014%2Fcurrent |title=2013/2014 Staffel West |website=DFB.DE |publisher=Deutscher Fussball-Bund |access-date=1 June 2024}} 2014–15{{cite web |url=https://www.dfb.de/a-junioren-bundesliga/staffel-west/spieltagtabelle/?no_cache=1&spieledb_path=%2Fdatencenter%2Fbundesliga-west%2F2014-2015%2Fcurrent |title=2014/2015 Staffel West |website=DFB.DE |publisher=Deutscher Fussball-Bund |access-date=1 June 2024}}
• Under 19 Juniors DFB-Pokal
• Champions: 2012–13{{cite web |url=https://www.dfb.de/dfb-pokal-der-junioren/spieltag/?no_cache=1&spieledb_path=%2Fdatencenter%2Fdfb-pokal-der-junioren%2F2012-2013%2Fcurrent |title=2012/2013 DFB-Pokal der Junioren |website=DFB.DE |publisher=Deutscher Fussball-Bund |access-date=1 June 2024}}
• Runners-up: 1990–91,{{cite web |url=https://www.dfb.de/dfb-pokal-der-junioren/spieltag/?no_cache=1&spieledb_path=%2Fdatencenter%2Fdfb-pokal-der-junioren%2F1990-1991%2Fcurrent |title=1990/1991 DFB-Pokal der Junioren |website=DFB.DE |publisher=Deutscher Fussball-Bund |access-date=1 June 2024}} 1993–94{{cite web |url=https://www.dfb.de/dfb-pokal-der-junioren/spieltag/?no_cache=1&spieledb_path=%2Fdatencenter%2Fdfb-pokal-der-junioren%2F1993-1994%2Fcurrent |title=1993/1994 DFB-Pokal der Junioren |website=DFB.DE |publisher=Deutscher Fussball-Bund |access-date=1 June 2024}}
• German Under 17 championship
• Champions: 1989–90,{{cite web |url=https://www.weltfussball.de/historie/b-junioren-meisterschaft/ |title=B-Junioren Meisterschaft » Archiv |website=WeltFussball.de |publisher=Welt Fussball |access-date=1 Jun 2024}} 2010–11,{{cite web |url=https://www.dfb.de/b-junioren-bundesliga/b-junioren-meisterschaft/endrunden/?spieledb_path=%2Fdatencenter%2Fmeisterschaft-1418%2F2011%2Fcurrent |title=2010/2011 B-Junioren-Bundesliga |website=DFB.DE |publisher=Deutscher Fussball-Bund |access-date=1 June 2024}} 2018–19{{cite web |url=https://www.dfb.de/b-junioren-bundesliga/b-junioren-meisterschaft/endrunden/?spieledb_path=%2Fdatencenter%2Fmeisterschaft-1418%2F2019%2Fcurrent |title=2018/2019 B-Junioren-Bundesliga |website=DFB.DE |publisher=Deutscher Fussball-Bund |access-date=1 June 2024}}
• Under 17 Bundesliga Division West
• Champions: 2010–11,{{cite web |url=https://www.dfb.de/b-junioren-bundesliga/staffel-west/spieltagtabelle/?no_cache=1&spieledb_path=%2Fdatencenter%2Fbundesliga-west-1736%2F2010-2011%2Fcurrent |title=2010/2011 Staffel West |website=DFB.DE |publisher=Deutscher Fussball-Bund |access-date=1 June 2024}} 2011–12,{{cite web |url=https://www.dfb.de/b-junioren-bundesliga/staffel-west/spieltagtabelle/?no_cache=1&spieledb_path=%2Fdatencenter%2Fbundesliga-west-1736%2F2011-2012%2Fcurrent |title=2011/2012 Staffel West |website=DFB.DE |publisher=Deutscher Fussball-Bund |access-date=1 June 2024}} 2018–19{{cite web |url=https://www.dfb.de/b-junioren-bundesliga/staffel-west/spieltagtabelle/?no_cache=1&spieledb_path=%2Fdatencenter%2Fbundesliga-west-1736%2F2018-2019%2Fcurrent |title=2018/2019 Staffel West |website=DFB.DE |publisher=Deutscher Fussball-Bund |access-date=1 June 2024}}
• Runners-up: 2008–09{{cite web |url=https://www.dfb.de/b-junioren-bundesliga/staffel-west/spieltagtabelle/?no_cache=1&spieledb_path=%2Fdatencenter%2Fbundesliga-west-1736%2F2008-2009%2Fcurrent |title=2008/2009 Staffel West |website=DFB.DE |publisher=Deutscher Fussball-Bund |access-date=1 June 2024}}

{{main|List of 1. FC Köln records and statistics}}

{{Commons|1. FC Köln kits}}

File:2021-08-08 FC Carl Zeiss Jena gegen 1. FC Köln (DFB-Pokal) by Sandro Halank–193.jpg]]

Köln's kits are made by Hummel International, who pay the club €20m over a five-year span.{{Cite web |url=https://www.express.de/sport/fussball/1-fc-koeln/1-fc-koeln-darum-machte-hummel-beim-trikot-das-rennen-57948 |title=1. FC Köln: Darum machte Hummel beim Trikot das Rennen |access-date=1 July 2022 |website=Express |date=12 March 2021 |language=de |archive-date=1 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701085020/https://www.express.de/sport/fussball/1-fc-koeln/1-fc-koeln-darum-machte-hummel-beim-trikot-das-rennen-57948 |url-status=live }}

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Image:14-01-13 Grafitti 01.jpg in Cologne referencing the badges of 1. FC Köln's three primary rivals]]

The club's main rivals are Borussia Mönchengladbach, Bayer Leverkusen, and Fortuna Düsseldorf – all clubs from the same Rhine-Ruhr region, near the river Rhine.

{{updated|18 February 2025|{{Cite web |url=https://fc.de/fc-info/mannschaften/profis-maenner/kader/ |title=1. FC KÖLN Saison 2023/24 |access-date=2023-07-04 |website=1. FC Köln |language=de}}}}

{{Fs start}}

{{Fs player|no= 1 |nat=GER |pos=GK |name=Marvin Schwäbe}}

{{Fs player|no= 2 |nat=SUI |pos=DF |name=Joël Schmied}}

{{Fs player|no= 3 |pos=DF |nat=GER |name=Dominique Heintz}}

{{Fs player|no= 4 |nat=GER |pos=DF |name=Timo Hübers|other=captain}}

{{Fs player|no= 6 |nat=GER |pos=MF |name=Eric Martel}}

{{Fs player|no= 7 |nat=AUT |pos=MF |name=Dejan Ljubičić}}

{{Fs player|no= 8 |nat=BIH |pos=MF |name=Denis Huseinbašić}}

{{Fs player|no= 9 |nat=GER |pos=FW |name=Luca Waldschmidt}}

{{Fs player|no= 10 |nat=GER|pos=FW|name=Ragnar Ache}}

{{Fs player|no= 11 |nat=AUT |pos=MF |name=Florian Kainz}}

{{Fs player|no= 12 |nat=GER |pos=GK |name=Jonas Nickisch}}

{{Fs player|no= 13 |nat=GER |pos=FW |name=Mark Uth}}

{{Fs player|no= 15 |nat=GER |pos=DF |name=Luca Kilian}}

{{Fs player|no= 16 |nat=GER |pos=DF |name=Marvin Obuz}}

{{Fs player|no= 17 |nat=KOS |pos=DF |name=Leart Paqarada}}

{{Fs player|no= 19 |nat=GER |pos=FW |name=Tim Lemperle}}

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{{Fs player|no= 20 |nat=GER |pos=GK |name=Philipp Pentke}}

{{Fs player|no= 21 |nat=GER |pos=FW |name=Steffen Tigges}}

{{Fs player|no= 22 |nat=DEN |pos=MF |name=Jacob Steen Christensen}}

{{Fs player|no= 24 |nat=GER |pos=DF |name=Julian Pauli}}

{{fs player|no= 25 |nat=BIH |pos=DF |name=Jusuf Gazibegović}}

{{Fs player|no= 26 |nat=SUI |pos=GK |name=Anthony Racioppi|other=on loan from Hull City}}

{{Fs player|no= 27 |nat=BIH |pos=FW |name=Imad Rondić}}

{{Fs player|no= 29 |nat=GER |pos=FW |name=Jan Thielmann}}

{{Fs player|no= 34 |nat=GER |pos=MF |name=Fayssal Harchaoui}}

{{Fs player|no= 35 |nat=GER |pos=DF |name=Max Finkgräfe}}

{{Fs player|no= 37 |nat=GER |pos=MF |name=Linton Maina}}

{{Fs player|no= 42 |nat=USA |pos=FW |name=Damion Downs}}

{{Fs player|no= 43 |nat=SVN |pos=FW |name=Jaka Čuber Potočnik}}

{{Fs player|no= 44 |nat=GER |pos=GK |name=Matthias Köbbing}}

{{Fs player|no= 47 |nat=LUX |pos=MF |name=Mathias Olesen}}

{{Fs player|no= |nat=ISL |pos=MF | name=Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson}}

{{Fs end}}

{{Fs start}}

{{Fs player|nat=GER|pos=DF|name=Elias Bakatukanda|other=at Blau-Weiß Linz until 30 June 2025}}

{{Fs player|nat=DEN|pos=DF|name=Rasmus Carstensen|other=at Lech Poznań until 30 June 2025}}

{{Fs player|nat=GER|pos=MF|name=Said El Mala|other=at Viktoria Köln until 30 June 2025}}

{{Fs player|nat=GER|pos=MF|name=Chilohem Onuoha|other=at SC Verl until 30 June 2025}}

{{Fs mid}}

{{Fs player|nat=ARM|pos=FW|name=Sargis Adamyan|other=at Jahn Regensburg until 30 June 2025}}

{{Fs player|nat=GER|pos=FW|name=Malek El Mala|other=at Viktoria Köln until 30 June 2025}}

{{Fs player|nat=GER|pos=FW|name=Florian Dietz|other=at Rheindorf Altach until 30 June 2025}}

{{Fs end}}

{{Main|1. FC Köln II}}

{{updated|12 June 2024}}

{{Main|1. FC Köln (women)}}

The women's team was promoted to the Bundesliga in 2015.{{cite web|title=AUFSTIEG IN DIE BUNDESLIGA|url=https://www.fc-koeln.de/fc-info/news/detailseite/details/aufstieg-in-die-bundesliga/|access-date=16 November 2015|language=de|archive-date=12 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512034006/http://www.fc-koeln.de/fc-info/news/detailseite/details/aufstieg-in-die-bundesliga/|url-status=live}} They were directly relegated back to the 2. Frauen-Bundesliga after the 2016–17 season ended, but managed to regain promotion in May 2017 to the Bundesliga.{{cite web|title=EIN NIE GEFÄHRDETER ABSTIEG: FC-FRAUEN MÜSSEN RUNTER|url=https://geissblog.koeln/2016/04/ein-nie-gefaehrdeter-abstieg-fc-frauen-muessen-runter/|website=geissblog.koeln|access-date=17 September 2017|language=de|archive-date=17 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917080059/https://geissblog.koeln/2016/04/ein-nie-gefaehrdeter-abstieg-fc-frauen-muessen-runter/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=1. FC Köln zurück in der Frauen-Bundesliga|url=http://www.zeit.de/news/2017-05/21/fussball-1-fc-koeln-zurueck-in-der-frauen-bundesliga-21163805|website=Die Zeit|access-date=17 September 2017|language=de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011110818/http://www.zeit.de/news/2017-05/21/fussball-1-fc-koeln-zurueck-in-der-frauen-bundesliga-21163805|archive-date=11 October 2017|url-status=dead}}

{{Reflist}}

• Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag {{ISBN|3-89784-147-9}}

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• {{Official website}}
• {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20050120225924/http://www.abseits-soccer.com/clubs/koeln.html The Abseits Guide to German Soccer]}}
• [http://www.resultsfromfootball.com/bundesliga-team/fckoln.html FC Köln statistics]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121205162633/http://www.resultsfromfootball.com/bundesliga-team/fckoln.html |date=5 December 2012 }}.

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