2024–25 1. FC Köln season
1. FC Köln 2024–25 football season
| 2024–25 season | |
|---|---|
| Manager | Gerhard Struber |
| Stadium | RheinEnergieStadion |
| 2. Bundesliga | 13th |
| DFB-Pokal | First round |
| Top goalscorer | League: Linton Maina (1) All: Linton Maina (1) |
| Biggest defeat | 1. FC Köln 1–2 Hamburger SV |
← 2023–24 | |
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.
Transfers
In
| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MF |  Mathias Olesen |  Yverdon-Sport | Loan return | 30 June 2024 | |
| GK |  Jonas Urbig | Greuther Fürth | Loan return | 30 June 2024 | |
| DF |  Nikola Soldo | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Loan return | 30 June 2024 | [1] |
| FW | Marvin Obuz | Rot-Weiss Essen | Loan return | 30 June 2024 | |
| FW | Tim Lemperle | Fürth | Loan return | 30 June 2024 | |
| MF | Chilohelm Onuoha | RB Leipzig U19 | 1 July 2024 | ||
| FW |  Mansour Ouro-Tagba | 1860 Munich | 1 July 2024 | ||
| DF |  Rasmus Carstensen |  Genk | €1,500,000 | 1 July 2024 | |
| FW | Luca Waldschmidt | VfL Wolfsburg | Undisclosed | 1 July 2024 | [2] |
Out
| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DF | Rasmus Carstensen | Genk | Loan return | 30 June 2024 | |
| MF | Faride Alidou | Eintracht Frankfurt | Loan return | 30 June 2024 | |
| DF | Benno Schmitz | Grasshopper | End of contract | 1 July 2024 | [3] |
| FW | Davie Selke | Hamburger SV | End of contract | 1 July 2024 | [4] |
| FW | Mansour Ouro-Tagba | Jahn Regensburg | Loan | 1 July 2024 | [5] |
| DF | Jeff Chabot | VfB Stuttgart | €4,000,000 | 1 July 2024 | [6] |
| FW | Justin Diehl | VfB Stuttgart | End of contract | 1 July 2024 | [7] |
| MF | Chilohelm Onuoha | SC Verl | Loan | 2 July 2024 | [8] |
Friendlies
Pre-season
VfL Rheingold 1912 Köln-Poll 
v 1. FC Köln
v 1. FC Köln | 29 June 2024 Friendly | VfL Rheingold 1912 Köln-Poll | 0–18 | 1. FC Köln | Cologne |
| 14:00 UTC+2 | Report |
| Stadium: Südstadion Attendance: 2,500 |
Sportfreunden Siegen v 1. FC Köln
v 1. FC Köln | 5 July 2024 Friendly | Sportfreunden Siegen | 0–6 | 1. FC Köln | Siegen |
| 15:45 UTC+2 | Report |
| Stadium: Leimbachstadion Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Felix Weller |
SC Union Nettetal v 1. FC Köln
v 1. FC Köln | 10 July 2024 Friendly | SC Union Nettetal | v | 1. FC Köln | Nettetal |
| 18:00 | ||||
| Note: The match was cancelled due to security concerns.[9] | ||||
1. FC Köln v Kickers Offenbach
v Kickers Offenbach | 13 July 2024 Friendly | 1. FC Köln | 3–1 | Kickers Offenbach | Cologne |
| 14:00 | Report |
| Stadium: Südstadion Attendance: 4,100 Referee: Lutz Meyersieck |
1. FC Köln v 
Sint-Truiden
v Sint-Truiden | 19 July 2024 Friendly | 1. FC Köln | 3–0 | Sint-Truiden | Euskirchen |
| 18:00 | Report | Stadium: Heinz-Flohe-Stadion Attendance: 3,500 |
Viktoria Köln v 1. FC Köln
v 1. FC Köln | 20 July 2024 Friendly | Viktoria Köln | 3–3 | 1. FC Köln | Cologne |
| 14:00 |
| Report | Stadium: Sportpark Höhenberg Attendance: 6,214 Referee: Luca Marx |
1. FC Köln v 
Swansea City
v 
Swansea City | 24 July 2024 Friendly | 1. FC Köln | 2–1 | Swansea City | Bad Waltersdorf, Austria |
| 16:00 |
|
| Stadium: Thermenstadion |
Udinese 
v 1. FC Köln
v 1. FC Köln | 27 July 2024 Friendly | Udinese | 2–3 | 1. FC Köln | St. Veit an der Glan, Austria |
| 16:00 UTC+2 | Stadium: Sportplatz St. Veit Rennbahn |
Competitions
Overall record
| 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 | 000.00 |
| DFB-Pokal | 18 August 2024 | First round | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— | |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 | |||
Last updated: 2 August 2024
Source: Soccerway
Bundesliga
League table
| Pos | Team
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Jahn Regensburg | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 |
| 12 | SV Elversberg | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | 1. FC Köln | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 1 |
| 14 | Hertha BSC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 1 |
| 15 | Preußen Münster | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 |
Updated to match(es) played on 11 August 2024. 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]
(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
| 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: 2 August 2024.
Source: DFB
Results by round
Updated to match(es) played on 2 August 2024. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
The match schedule was released on 4 July 2024.[11]
1. FC Köln v Hamburger SV
| 2 August 2024 1 | 1. FC Köln | 1–2 | Hamburger SV | Cologne |
| 20:30 | Report |
| Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Max Burda |
SV Elversberg v 1. FC Köln
| 10 August 2024 2 | SV Elversberg | v | 1. FC Köln | Spiesen-Elversberg |
| 13:00 | Stadium: Waldstadion an der Kaiserlinde |
DFB-Pokal
SV Sandhausen v 1. FC Köln
| 18 August 2024 First round | SV Sandhausen | v | 1. FC Köln | Sandhausen |
| 15:30 | Stadium: Hardtwaldstadion |
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 4 March 2023. p. 3.
- ^ "2024/25 Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 fixture lists to be released on 4 July". bundesliga.com. 7 June 2024.
