2023–24 1. FC Köln season

1. FC Köln
2023–24 season
President	Werner Wolf
Head coach	Steffen Baumgart
Stadium	RheinEnergieStadion
Bundesliga	16th
DFB-Pokal	Second round
Home colours	Away colours
	All statistics correct as of 22 October 2023.

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

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 September 2023[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	Marvin Schwäbe
2	DF	GER	Benno Schmitz
3	DF	GER	Dominique Heintz
4	DF	GER	Timo Hübers
6	MF	GER	Eric Martel
7	MF	AUT	Dejan Ljubičić
8	MF	GER	Denis Huseinbašić
9	FW	GER	Luca Waldschmidt (on loan from VfL Wolfsburg)
11	MF	AUT	Florian Kainz
12	GK	GER	Jonas Nickisch
13	FW	GER	Mark Uth
15	DF	GER	Luca Kilian
17	DF	KOS	Leart Paqarada
18	DF	DEN	Rasmus Carstensen (on loan from Genk)
19	MF	GRE	Dimitris Limnios
20	GK	GER	Philipp Pentke


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	FW	GER	Steffen Tigges
22	MF	DEN	Jacob Steen Christensen
23	FW	ARM	Sargis Adamyan
24	DF	GER	Julian Chabot
27	FW	GER	Davie Selke
29	FW	GER	Jan Thielmann
30	DF	GER	Noah Katterbach
33	FW	GER	Florian Dietz
35	DF	GER	Max Finkgräfe
37	MF	GER	Linton Maina
38	DF	GER	Elias Bakatukanda
40	MF	GER	Faride Alidou (on loan from Eintracht Frankfurt)
44	GK	GER	Matthias Köbbing
47	MF	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	GER	Tim Lemperle (at Greuther Fürth until 30 June 2024)
—	FW	GER	Marvin Obuz (at Rot-Weiss Essen until 30 June 2024)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	CRO	Nikola Soldo (at 1. FC Kaiserslautern until 30 June 2024)
—	GK	GER	Jonas Urbig (at Greuther Fürth until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

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

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Sebastian Andersson		Free	1 July 2023
MF	Ondrej Duda	Hellas Verona	€2,700,000		[11]
DF	Jonas Hector	Retired			[12]
GK	Timo Horn		Free		[13]
FW	Tim Lemperle	Greuther Fürth	Loan		[14]
MF	Kingsley Schindler		Free
MF	Ellyes Skhiri	Eintracht Frankfurt	Free
GK	Jonas Urbig	Greuther Fürth	Loan	5 July 2023	[15]
FW	Marvin Obuz	Rot-Weiss Essen	Loan	7 July 2023	[16]
DF	Nikola Soldo	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Loan	16 August 2023	[17]
DF	Kristian Pedersen	Swansea City	Free	1 September 2023	[18]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

16 July 2023 Friendly	1. FC Köln	0–1	Hannover 96	St. Johann, Austria
15:00 UTC+2		Report	Teuchert 35'
Note: The match was played as a forty-five minute game..

16 July 2023 Friendly	1. FC Köln	3–1	Górnik Zabrze	St. Johann, Austria
16:00 UTC+2	Adamyan 11' Hübers 45' Selke 45+2'	Report	Olkowski 35'
Note: The match was played as a forty-five minute game..

21 July 2023 Friendly	1. FC Köln	1–1	Mallorca	Salzburg, Austria
15:00 UTC+2	Olesen 62'	Report	Mascarell 43'	Stadium: Max-Aicher-Stadion

28 July 2023 Friendly	Fortuna Köln	2–2	1. FC Köln	Cologne
18:30 UTC+2	Mika 71', 82'	Report	Waldschmidt 55' Selke 83'	Stadium: Südstadion Attendance: 9,503

29 July 2023 Friendly	1. FC Köln	2–0	Erzgebirge Aue	Euskirchen
14:00	Waldschmidt 6' Selke 17'	Report		Stadium: Erftstadion Euskirchen Attendance: 3,200

5 August 2023 Friendly	1. FC Köln	2–0	Nantes	Cologne
18:30 UTC+2	Waldschmidt 50' Adamyan 64'	Report		Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 32,400

6 September 2023 Friendly	SV Bergisch Gladbach 09	0–6	1. FC Köln	Bergisch Gladbach
18:00 UTC+2			Tigges 3' Alidou 5' Downs 58' Pinto 62' Waschenbach 67' Pauli 73'	Stadium: BELKAW-Arena

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	19 August 2023	18 May 2024	Matchday 1	8	1	1	6	7	15	−8	012.50
DFB-Pokal	14 August 2023		First round	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
Total				9	2	1	6	10	16	−6	022.22

Last updated: 22 October 2023
Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	Werder Bremen	8	2	0	6	12	18	−6	6
15	Union Berlin	8	2	0	6	11	17	−6	6
16	1. FC Köln	8	1	1	6	7	15	−8	4	Qualification for relegation play-offs
17	VfL Bochum	8	0	4	4	6	21	−15	4	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18	Mainz 05	8	0	2	6	7	22	−15	2	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga

Updated to match(es) played on 22 October 2023. 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.[19]

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
8	1	1	6	7	15	−8	4	1	0	3	5	8	−3	0	1	3	2	7	−5

Last updated: 22 October 2023.
Source: DFB

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	W
Position	13	15	14	16	16	17	18	16

Updated to match(es) played on 22 October 2023. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 30 June 2023.[20]

19 August 2023 1	Borussia Dortmund	1–0	1. FC Köln	Dortmund
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Malen 88', 90+1'	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)	Adamyan 49' Waldschmidt 55'	Report	Černý 58' Wind 62', 79', 90' Majer 79' Arnold 89' Zesiger 90+4'	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)	Marmoush 64' Nkounkou 87'	Report	Kainz 43' (pen.) Ljubičić 45+1' Martel 45+3' Schmitz 70'	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)	Hübers 34' Chabot 45+3' Selke 61' Carstensen 64' 90+1'	Report	Kramarić 1' Skov 23' Grillitsch 28', 75' Beier 52' Kadeřábek 68' Brooks 69'	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)	Borré 38' Njinmah 67' Weiser 79' Veljković 88'	Report	Selke 31' Alidou 73'	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)	Ljubičić 26' Huseinbašić 55'	Report	Undav 68', 88' Millot 79'	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)	Hofmann 22' Frimpong 23', 32' Tapsoba 45+4' Tah 61' Boniface 67'	Report	Baumgart 24'	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)	Kainz 9' (pen.), 76' (pen.) Waldschmidt 90'	Report	Elvedi 63' Koné 72' Nicolas 74' Scally 90+5'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

DFB-Pokal

14 August 2023 First round	VfL Osnabrück	1–3 (a.e.t.)	1. FC Köln	Osnabrück
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Conteh 25' Kleinhansl 32' Wriedt 45+1' Makridis 73', 73'	Report	Schmitz 43' Chabot 45+1', 96' Hübers 50' Adamyan 93'	Stadium: Stadion an der Bremer Brücke Attendance: 15,741 Referee: Florian Badstübner

31 October 2023 Second round	1. FC Kaiserslautern	v	1. FC Köln	Kaiserslautern
20:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	GER	Marvin Schwäbe	8	0	7	0	1	0
12	GK	GER	Jonas Nickisch	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	GK	GER	Philipp Pentke	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	GK	GER	Matthias Köbbing	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	GER	Benno Schmitz	6	1	5	0	1	1
3	DF	GER	Dominique Heintz	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
4	DF	GER	Timo Hübers	8	0	7	0	1	0
15	DF	GER	Luca Kilian	4	0	0+3	0	0+1	0
17	DF	KOS	Leart Paqarada	8	0	7	0	1	0
18	DF	DEN	Rasmus Carstensen	7	0	5+1	0	0+1	0
24	DF	GER	Julian Chabot	8	1	7	0	1	1
30	DF	GER	Noah Katterbach	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	DF	GER	Max Finkgräfe	4	0	0+4	0	0	0
38	DF	GER	Elias Bakatukanda	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	GER	Eric Martel	5	0	4	0	1	0
7	MF	AUT	Dejan Ljubicic	7	0	7	0	0	0
8	MF	GER	Denis Huseinbasic	6	0	4+1	0	1	0
11	MF	AUT	Florian Kainz	8	1	7	1	1	0
19	MF	GRE	Dimitris Limnios	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	DEN	Jacob Steen Christensen	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
37	MF	GER	Linton Maina	5	0	4+1	0	0	0
47	MF	LUX	Mathias Olesen	5	0	0+4	0	1	0
Forwards
9	FW	GER	Luca Waldschmidt	7	1	4+2	1	1	0
13	FW	GER	Mark Uth	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
21	FW	GER	Steffen Tigges	5	0	2+3	0	0	0
23	FW	ARM	Sargis Adamyan	6	1	0+5	0	0+1	1
29	FW	GER	Jan Thielmann	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW	GER	Davie Selke	7	2	6	2	1	0
33	FW	GER	Florian Dietz	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	FW	GER	Faride Alidou	5	0	1+4	0	0	0
42	FW	GER	Damion Downs	3	0	0+3	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
3	DF	DEN	Kristian Pedersen	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 8 October 2023
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Total
1	FW	27	Davie Selke	2	0	2
2	DF	2	Benno Schmitz	0	1	1
	FW	9	Luca Waldschmidt	1	0	1
	MF	11	Florian Kainz	1	0	1
	FW	23	Sargis Adamyan	0	1	1
	DF	24	Julian Chabot	0	1	1
Own goals				0	0	0
Totals				4	3	7

Last updated: 8 October 2023

Notes

References

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"Jeff Chabot bleibt beim FC". 1. FC Köln (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-17.
""Trauen ihm den Sprung zu": Köln verpflichtet Christensen". kicker.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-17.
"JONAS NICKISCH SCHLIESST SICH DEM 1. FC KÖLN AN". rbleipzig.com. RB Leipzig. 12 June 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
"Leart Paqarada joins FC in the summer". 1. FC Köln. 23 January 2023.
"Köln macht Waldschmidt-Leihe perfekt: "Hier haben alle Bock"". kicker.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-17.
"FC SIGN PHILIPP PENTKE". 1. FC Köln. 1 August 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
"FC LOAN IN RASMUS CARSTENSEN". 1. FC Köln. 3 August 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
"FC LOAN OUT FARIDE ALIDOU". 1. FC Köln. 21 August 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
"DOMINIQUE HEINTZ LEAVES FOR 1. FC KÖLN". 1 FC Union Berlin. 31 August 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
"Nach Klassenerhalt: Kölns Duda wechselt fest nach Verona". kicker (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-01.
"Gute Noten für den FC: Hector zum Abschluss bester Kölner". 28 May 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
""Fällt mir unheimlich schwer": Horn verlässt nach 21 Jahren den 1. FC Köln". kicker (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-17.
"Lemperle wechselt auf Leihbasis von Köln nach Fürth". kicker.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-17.
"Urbig verlängert in Köln und wechselt auf Leihbasis nach Fürth". kicker (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-17.
"Marvin Obuz per Leige zu Rot-Weiss Essen". 1. FC Köln (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-17.
"NIKOLA SOLDO LOANED OUT". 1. FC Köln. 16 August 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
"Swansea City seal transfer of Kristian Pedersen". Swansea City AFC. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
"Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. p. 3. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
"DFL: Das ist der neue Bundesliga-Spielplan". Bild (in German). 30 June 2023.

External links

Official website

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[1] "1. FC KÖLN Saison 2023/24". 1. FC Köln (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-04.

[2] "Jeff Chabot bleibt beim FC". 1. FC Köln (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-17.

[3] ""Trauen ihm den Sprung zu": Köln verpflichtet Christensen". kicker.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-17.

[4] "JONAS NICKISCH SCHLIESST SICH DEM 1. FC KÖLN AN". rbleipzig.com. RB Leipzig. 12 June 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.

[5] "Leart Paqarada joins FC in the summer". 1. FC Köln. 23 January 2023.

[6] "Köln macht Waldschmidt-Leihe perfekt: "Hier haben alle Bock"". kicker.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-17.

[7] "FC SIGN PHILIPP PENTKE". 1. FC Köln. 1 August 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.

[8] "FC LOAN IN RASMUS CARSTENSEN". 1. FC Köln. 3 August 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.

[9] "FC LOAN OUT FARIDE ALIDOU". 1. FC Köln. 21 August 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.

[10] "DOMINIQUE HEINTZ LEAVES FOR 1. FC KÖLN". 1 FC Union Berlin. 31 August 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.

[11] "Nach Klassenerhalt: Kölns Duda wechselt fest nach Verona". kicker (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-01.

[12] "Gute Noten für den FC: Hector zum Abschluss bester Kölner". 28 May 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.

[13] ""Fällt mir unheimlich schwer": Horn verlässt nach 21 Jahren den 1. FC Köln". kicker (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-17.

[14] "Lemperle wechselt auf Leihbasis von Köln nach Fürth". kicker.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-17.

[15] "Urbig verlängert in Köln und wechselt auf Leihbasis nach Fürth". kicker (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-17.

[16] "Marvin Obuz per Leige zu Rot-Weiss Essen". 1. FC Köln (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-17.

[17] "NIKOLA SOLDO LOANED OUT". 1. FC Köln. 16 August 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023.

[18] "Swansea City seal transfer of Kristian Pedersen". Swansea City AFC. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2023.

[19] "Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. p. 3. Retrieved 4 March 2023.

[20] "DFL: Das ist der neue Bundesliga-Spielplan". Bild (in German). 30 June 2023.