1. FC Köln
2023–24 season
PresidentWerner Wolf
Head coachSteffen Baumgart
(until 31 December)
StadiumRheinEnergieStadion
Bundesliga17th
DFB-PokalSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Davie Selke (4)

All:
Davie Selkie (4)
All statistics correct as of 20 December 2023.

The 2023–24 season is 1. FC Köln's 76th season in existence and fifth consecutive season in the Bundesliga. They also competed in the DFB-Pokal.

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 January 2024[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 Germany GER Marvin Schwäbe
2 DF Germany GER Benno Schmitz
3 DF Germany GER Dominique Heintz
4 DF Germany GER Timo Hübers
6 MF Germany GER Eric Martel
7 MF Austria AUT Dejan Ljubičić
8 MF Germany GER Denis Huseinbašić
9 FW Germany GER Luca Waldschmidt (on loan from VfL Wolfsburg)
11 MF Austria AUT Florian Kainz
12 GK Germany GER Jonas Nickisch
13 FW Germany GER Mark Uth
15 DF Germany GER Luca Kilian
17 DF Kosovo KOS Leart Paqarada
18 DF Denmark DEN Rasmus Carstensen (on loan from Genk)
20 GK Germany GER Philipp Pentke
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 FW Germany GER Steffen Tigges
22 MF Denmark DEN Jacob Steen Christensen
23 FW Armenia ARM Sargis Adamyan
24 DF Germany GER Julian Chabot
27 FW Germany GER Davie Selke
29 FW Germany GER Jan Thielmann
30 DF Germany GER Noah Katterbach
33 FW Germany GER Florian Dietz
35 DF Germany GER Max Finkgräfe
37 MF Germany GER Linton Maina
38 DF Germany GER Elias Bakatukanda
40 MF Germany GER Faride Alidou (on loan from Eintracht Frankfurt)
44 GK Germany GER Matthias Köbbing
47 MF Luxembourg LUX Mathias Olesen

Players out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
FW Germany GER Tim Lemperle (at Germany Greuther Fürth until 30 June 2024)
FW Germany GER Marvin Obuz (at Germany Rot-Weiss Essen until 30 June 2024)
No. Pos. Nation Player
DF Croatia CRO Nikola Soldo (at Germany 1. FC Kaiserslautern until 30 June 2024)
GK Germany GER Jonas Urbig (at Germany Greuther Fürth until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
DF Germany Julian Chabot Italy Sampdoria €2,500,000 1 July 2023 [2]
MF Denmark Jacob Christensen Denmark Nordsjælland Free [3]
GK Germany Jonas Nickish Germany RB Leipzig Free [4]
DF Kosovo Leart Paqarada Germany FC St. Pauli Free [5]
FW Germany Luca Waldschmidt Germany VfL Wolfsburg Loan [6]
GK Germany Philipp Pentke Germany 1899 Hoffenheim Free 1 August 2023 [7]
DF Denmark Rasmus Carstensen Belgium Genk Loan 3 August 2023 [8]
FW Germany Faride Alidou Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Loan 21 August 2023 [9]
DF Germany Dominique Heintz Germany Union Berlin Undisclosed 31 August 2023 [10]

Out

Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
FW Sweden Sebastian Andersson Free 1 July 2023
MF Slovakia Ondrej Duda Italy Hellas Verona €2,700,000 [11]
DF Germany Jonas Hector Retired [12]
GK Germany Timo Horn Free [13]
FW Germany Tim Lemperle Germany Greuther Fürth Loan [14]
MF Ghana Kingsley Schindler Turkey Samsunspor Free
MF Tunisia Ellyes Skhiri Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Free
GK Germany Jonas Urbig Germany Greuther Fürth Loan 5 July 2023 [15]
FW Germany Marvin Obuz Germany Rot-Weiss Essen Loan 7 July 2023 [16]
DF Croatia Nikola Soldo Germany 1. FC Kaiserslautern Loan 16 August 2023 [17]
DF Denmark Kristian Pedersen Wales Swansea City Free 1 September 2023 [18]
MF Greece Dimitrios Limnios Greece Panathinaikos Undisclosed 1 January 2024 [19]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

16 July 2023 Friendly 1. FC Köln Germany 0–1 Germany Hannover 96 St. Johann, Austria
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
  • Teuchert 35'
Note: The match was played as a forty-five minute game.
16 July 2023 Friendly 1. FC Köln Germany 3–1 Poland Górnik Zabrze St. Johann, Austria
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Note: The match was played as a forty-five minute game.
21 July 2023 Friendly 1. FC Köln Germany 1–1 Spain Mallorca Salzburg, Austria
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Max-Aicher-Stadion
28 July 2023 Friendly Fortuna Köln Germany 2–2 Germany 1. FC Köln Cologne
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Mika 71', 82'
Report Stadium: Südstadion
Attendance: 9,503
29 July 2023 Friendly 1. FC Köln Germany 2–0 Germany Erzgebirge Aue Euskirchen
14:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Erftstadion Euskirchen
Attendance: 3,200
5 August 2023 Friendly 1. FC Köln Germany 2–0 France Nantes Cologne
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 32,400
6 September 2023 Friendly SV Bergisch Gladbach 09 Germany 0–6 Germany 1. FC Köln Bergisch Gladbach
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: BELKAW-Arena
11 October 2023 Friendly SC Germania Reusrath Germany 0–15 Germany 1. FC Köln Langenfeld
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Jahnstadion
15 November 2023 Friendly SpVg Porz Germany 0–8 Germany 1. FC Köln Porz
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Stadium: Sportanlage Humboldtstraße
6 January 2024 Friendly Rot-Weiss Essen Germany 4–4 Germany 1. FC Köln Essen
14:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadion an der Hafenstraße
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Felix May
Note: Match was played in two periods of 60 minutes.

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Bundesliga 19 August 2023 18 May 2024 Matchday 1 17 2 5 10 11 29 −18 011.76
DFB-Pokal 14 August 2023 31 October 2023 First round Second round 2 1 0 1 5 4 +1 050.00
Total 19 3 5 11 16 33 −17 015.79

Last updated: 13 January 2024
Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
14 VfL Bochum 17 3 8 6 19 34 15 17
15 Union Berlin 16 4 2 10 17 31 14 14
16 Mainz 05 17 1 8 8 14 29 15 11 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
17 1. FC Köln 17 2 5 10 11 29 18 11 Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18 Darmstadt 98 17 2 4 11 20 44 24 10
Updated to match(es) played on 14 January 2024 (1 of 2 matches played). 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.[20]

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
17 2 5 10 11 29  −18 11 1 3 4 7 11  −4 1 2 6 4 18  −14

Last updated: 13 January 2024.
Source: DFB

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHH
ResultLLDLLLLWLDDLWDLLD
Position13151416161718161718171815161617
Updated to match(es) played on 13 January 2024. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 30 June 2023.[21]

19 August 2023 1 Borussia Dortmund 1–0 1. FC Köln Dortmund
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
Attendance: 81,365
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
26 August 2023 2 1. FC Köln 1–2 VfL Wolfsburg Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 49,500
Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck
3 September 2023 3 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–1 1. FC Köln Frankfurt
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park
Attendance: 54,000
Referee: Florian Badstübner
16 September 23 4 1. FC Köln 1–3 1899 Hoffenheim Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 49,300
Referee: Daniel Siebert
23 September 2023 5 Werder Bremen 2–1 1. FC Köln Bremen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 42,100
Referee: Bastian Dankert
30 September 2023 6 1. FC Köln 0–2 VfB Stuttgart Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Tobias Stieler
8 October 2023 7 Bayer Leverkusen 3–0 1. FC Köln Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 30,210
Referee: Felix Zwayer
22 October 2023 8 1. FC Köln 3–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
28 October 2023 9 RB Leipzig 6–0 1. FC Köln Leipzig
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 46,480
Referee: Benjamin Brand
4 November 2023 10 1. FC Köln 1–1 FC Augsburg Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 49,300
Referee: Christian Dingert
11 November 2023 11 VfL Bochum 1–1 1. FC Köln Bochum
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck
24 November 2023 12 1. FC Köln 0–1 Bayern Munich Cologne
20:30 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Marco Fritz
1 December 2023 13 Darmstadt 98 0–1 1. FC Köln Darmstadt
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor
Attendance: 17,810
Referee: Patrick Ittrich
10 December 2023 14 1. FC Köln 0–0 Mainz 05 Cologne
17:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Frank Willenborg
17 December 2023 15 SC Freiburg 2–0 1. FC Köln Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Europa-Park Stadion
Attendance: 34,700
Referee: Harm Osmers
20 December 2023 16 Union Berlin 2–0 1. FC Köln Berlin
18:30 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei
Attendance: 22,012
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
13 January 2024 17 1. FC Köln 1–1 1. FC Heidenheim Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Felix Zwayer
20 January 2024 18 1. FC Köln v Borussia Dortmund Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion

DFB-Pokal

14 August 2023 First round VfL Osnabrück 1–3 (a.e.t.) 1. FC Köln Osnabrück
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadion an der Bremer Brücke
Attendance: 15,741
Referee: Florian Badstübner
31 October 2023 Second round 1. FC Kaiserslautern 3–2 1. FC Köln Kaiserslautern
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Attendance: 49,327
Referee: Sven Jablonski

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalBundesligaDFB-Pokal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Germany GER Marvin Schwäbe 18016020
12 GK Germany GER Jonas Nickisch 000000
20 GK Germany GER Philipp Pentke 000000
44 GK Germany GER Matthias Köbbing 000000
Defenders
2 DF Germany GER Benno Schmitz 1116+3021
3 DF Germany GER Dominique Heintz 605+1000
4 DF Germany GER Timo Hübers 18016020
15 DF Germany GER Luca Kilian 1002+700+10
17 DF Kosovo KOS Leart Paqarada 1409+3020
18 DF Denmark DEN Rasmus Carstensen 15012+200+10
24 DF Germany GER Julian Chabot 17115021
30 DF Germany GER Noah Katterbach 000000
35 DF Germany GER Max Finkgräfe 702+5000
38 DF Germany GER Elias Bakatukanda 000000
Midfielders
6 MF Germany GER Eric Martel 15013020
7 MF Austria AUT Dejan Ljubicic 16013+2010
8 MF Germany GER Denis Huseinbasic 1205+501+10
11 MF Austria AUT Florian Kainz 16312+2320
22 MF Denmark DEN Jacob Steen Christensen 10000+10
37 MF Germany GER Linton Maina 14111+2110
47 MF Luxembourg LUX Mathias Olesen 700+6010
Forwards
9 FW Germany GER Luca Waldschmidt 17210+5220
13 FW Germany GER Mark Uth 913+400+21
21 FW Germany GER Steffen Tigges 1204+700+10
23 FW Armenia ARM Sargis Adamyan 610+500+11
29 FW Germany GER Jan Thielmann 815+200+11
27 FW Germany GER Davie Selke 16413+1420
33 FW Germany GER Florian Dietz 200+2000
40 FW Germany GER Faride Alidou 901+8000
42 FW Germany GER Damion Downs 300+3000
Players transferred out during the season
3 DF Denmark DEN Kristian Pedersen 000000
19 MF Greece GRE Dimitris Limnios 000000

Last updated: 1 January 2024
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

As of 1 December 2023
Rank Pos. No. Nat. Player Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Total
1 FW 27 Germany Davie Selke 4 0 4
2 MF 11 Austria Florian Kainz 3 0 3
3 FW 9 Germany Luca Waldschmidt 2 0 2
4 MF 37 Germany Linton Maina 1 0 1
DF 2 Germany Benno Schmitz 0 1 1
FW 23 Armenia Sargis Adamyan 0 1 1
DF 24 Germany Julian Chabot 0 1 1
FW 29 Germany Jan Thielmann 0 1 1
FW 13 Germany Mark Uth 0 1 1
Own goals 0 0 0
Totals 10 5 15

Notes

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