Viktoria Köln
Full nameFußballclub Viktoria Köln 1904 e.V.
Founded1904 (1904) (as FC Germania Kalk)
22 June 2010 (22 June 2010) (as New club)
GroundSportpark Höhenberg
Capacity8,343
PresidentHolger Kirsch
Head coachOlaf Janßen
League3. Liga
2022–233. Liga, 9th of 20
WebsiteClub website

FC Viktoria Köln is a German association football club from the city of Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia, that competes in the 3. Liga, the third tier of German football.

History

Founded in 1904 as FC Germania Kalk it is one of the oldest football clubs in the city. In 1909 Germania merged with FC Kalk to form SV Kalk 04 and in 1911 this club was, in turn, united with Mülheimer FC to create VfR Mülheim-Kalk 04. The club was renamed VfR Köln 04 in 1918 and, in 1926, won its first Western German football championship and entry to national championship play.

After the re-organization of German football in 1933 under the Third Reich into sixteen top flight divisions, VfR played in the Gauliga Mittelrhein taking titles there in 1935 and 1937 but then performed poorly at the national level. In 1941 The Gauliga Mittelrhein was split into the Gauliga Moselland and Gauliga Köln-Aachen, with VfR playing in the latter division. Two years later the club joined Mülheimer SV to play as the combined wartime side (Kriegsspielgemeinschaft) KSG VfR 04 Köln/Mülheimer SV 06. Mülheim had also played in the Gauliga Mittelrhein since 1933 claiming titles of its own in 1934 and 1940, and had similarly poor results at the national level. Play in the Gauliga Köln-Aachen was suspended in the 1944–45 season as Allied armies advanced into Germany at the end of World War II.

Historical chart of Viktoria Köln and its predecessors' league performance

After the war VfR Köln resumed playing first division football in the Oberliga West, but lasted only a single season before being relegated. In 1949 the team merged with its wartime partner Mülheimer SV to become SC Rapid Köln 04 and played in the 2. Oberliga West (II) until falling to third tier football after 1952. Rapid joined local rivals SC Preußen Dellbrück forming SC Viktoria 04 Köln in 1957. Of these sides, Preußen Dellbrück was most successful, advancing to the semi-finals of the national championships in 1950 before going out against Kickers Offenbach in a replay of their scoreless first match.

In 1963, the city selected Viktoria as its representative in the Fairs Cup, the forerunner of today's UEFA Cup, but the club was unable to capitalize on the opportunity. The team played as a second and third division side with generally unremarkable results until the 1994 merger with SC Brück that created SCB Preußen Köln, the new team being named after predecessor Preußen Dellbrück. The new club earned a second-place finish in their division in 2000, but quickly tumbled to the Oberliga Nordrhein (IV), even spending one season in fifth division Verbandsliga Mittelrhein. The pattern continued after the team was re-christened SCB Viktoria Köln in 2002.

On 22 June 2010, a new club called FC Viktoria Köln was founded which took over the youth teams of now insolvent SCB Viktoria Köln. Although it was expected that the new club can begin in the Landesliga, where SCB Viktoria had played at last, they were forced by the association to start in the lowest league, Kreisliga D. Nonetheless, on 24 February 2011 they took over FC Junkersdorf which became champion of the 2010–11 Mittelrheinliga and so FC Viktoria Köln could start in 2011–12 in the NRW-Liga.

A 2012 title in this league earned the club promotion to the Regionalliga West where it played until 2019 after being promoted to 3. Liga.

Merging history

[1]

1949–1957

1957–1994

1994–2002

2002–2010

22 June 2010

Honours

Players

Current squad

As of 12 January 2024[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 Germany GER Ben Voll
2 DF Germany GER Lars Dietz
3 DF Germany GER Michael Schultz
4 MF Germany GER Jeremias Lorch
6 MF Germany GER Stefano Russo
7 MF Germany GER Simon Handle
8 MF Germany GER Donny Bogićević
9 FW Germany GER André Becker
10 FW Germany GER David Philipp
11 FW Kosovo KOS Valdrin Mustafa
13 FW Germany GER Luca de Meester
15 DF Germany GER Christoph Greger
16 MF Germany GER Florian Engelhardt
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF United States USA Kevin Lankford
19 MF Germany GER Bryan Henning
21 MF Germany GER Suheyel Najar
23 MF Germany GER Moritz Fritz (captain)
24 GK Germany GER Kevin Rauhut
25 GK Germany GER Elias Bördner
28 DF Germany GER Patrick Koronkiewicz
30 MF Germany GER Luca Marseiler
33 DF Germany GER Jonah Sticker
37 MF Germany GER Niklas May
38 FW South Korea KOR Seokju Hong
39 DF Germany GER David Kubatta

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
— DF Germany GER Kaden Amaniampong (at Hessen Kassel until 30 June 2024)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Germany GER Benjamin Hemcke (at SSVg Velbert until 30 June 2024)

European participations

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup/UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League:

Season Round Country Club Home Away Aggregate
1962–63 1R Hungary Ferencváros 4–3 1–4 5–7

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

Jersey
PeriodKit manufacturer
2011–2018Jako
2018–2021Puma[3]
2021–Capelli Sport
Shirt sponsor (chest)
PeriodSponsor
2011–2015Cologne Bonn Airport[4]
2015/16Otto Conrad
FIDUM Bau AG (second half of the season)
2016–2019felix1.de
2019–2023ETL
2023–Peynooş
Shirt sponsor (sleeve)
PeriodSponsor
2011–2016ETL
2016–2019None
2019–2020Miscanthus Green Power[5]
2020–Wintec Autoglas
Shirt sponsor (back)
PeriodSponsor
2021–2023Vereint!
(PSD Bank West Foundation)
2023–ETL

References

  1. ↑ "FC Viktoria Köln Jahresheft 2014/2015" (PDF) (in German). Viktoria Köln 1904 e.V. / LAMBERTZ + SCHEER MEDIENPRODUKTION. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 August 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  2. ↑ "Spieler" (in German). Viktoria Köln 1904 e.V. Archived from the original on 13 May 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  3. ↑ "PUMA WIRD NEUER AUSSTATTER!" (in German). FC Viktoria Köln. 4 April 2018. Archived from the original on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  4. ↑ "Hauptsponsor für Viktoria" (in German). Köln.Sport. 25 July 2011. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  5. ↑ "MISCANTHUS NEUER ÄRMELSPONSOR DER VIKTORIA" (in German). FC Viktoria Köln. 28 November 2019. Archived from the original on 18 September 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
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