2017–18 SC Fortuna Köln season

The 2017–18 SC Fortuna Köln season was the 70th season in the football club's history. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Fortuna Köln

2017–18 season
Chairman	Hanns-Jörg Westendorf
Manager	Uwe Koschinat
Stadium	Südstadion
3. Liga	8th
Middle Rhine Cup	Semifinals
All statistics correct as of 28 January 2018.

Players

Squad information

As of 29 April 2018

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	Tim Boss
2	DF	GER	Dominik Ernst
3	DF	GER	Bernard Kyere
4	DF	MOZ	Boné Uaferro
5	MF	GER	Markus Pazurek
6	MF	TUR	Okan Kurt
7	MF	GER	Michael Kessel
8	FW	GER	Maurice Exslager
9	FW	GER	Daniel Keita-Ruel
14	DF	GER	Cimo Röcker
15	MF	GER	Christopher Theisen
17	DF	GER	Alem Koljić
18	MF	GER	Thomas Bröker
19	MF	GER	Aaron Eichhorn

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	GER	Robin Scheu
21	GK	GER	Jannik Bruhns
22	MF	GER	Christoph Menz
23	MF	GER	Moritz Fritz
28	MF	GER	Lars Bender
29	MF	GER	Ali Ceylan
30	MF	GER	Hamdi Dahmani (captain)
31	MF	GER	Nico Brandenburger
33	GK	GER	André Poggenborg
34	MF	BEL	Kristoffer Andersen
37	MF	GER	Manuel Farrona-Pulido
38	FW	GER	Kai Burger
39	MF	GER	Maik Kegel

Friendly matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

TSV Steinbach v Fortuna Köln

23 June 2017	TSV Steinbach	0–2	Fortuna Köln
18:00		Summary

Alemannia Aachen v Fortuna Köln

27 June 2017	Alemannia Aachen	0–1	Fortuna Köln
16:00		Summary

Fortuna Köln v KFC Uerdingen 05

1 July 2017	Fortuna Köln	0–1	KFC Uerdingen 05
16:00		Summary

Fortuna Köln v Bayern Kickers

8 July 2017	Fortuna Köln	6–1	Bayern Kickers
15:00		Summary

Fortuna Köln v 1. FC Saarbrücken

11 July 2017	Fortuna Köln	1–1	1. FC Saarbrücken
18:30		Summary

Borussia Mönchengladbach II v Fortuna Köln

16 July 2017	Borussia Mönchengladbach II	2–0	Fortuna Köln
14:00		Summary

Bayer Leverkusen v Fortuna Köln

5 October 2017	Bayer Leverkusen	4–0	Fortuna Köln	Leverkusen
15:00		Summary		Stadium: BayArena

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Fortuna Köln

8 November 2017	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–3	Fortuna Köln
16:00		Summary

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

3. Liga

Main article: 2017–18 3. Liga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	Hansa Rostock	38	16	12	10	48	34	+14	60
7	SV Meppen	38	15	13	10	50	47	+3	58
8	Fortuna Köln	38	15	9	14	53	48	+5	54
9	SpVgg Unterhaching	38	16	6	16	54	55	−1	54
10	Preußen Münster	38	14	10	14	50	49	+1	52

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

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
21	10	6	5	34	25	+9	36	6	2	2	16	8	+8	4	4	3	18	17	+1

Last updated: 20 January 2018.
Source:

Results by round

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	D	L	L	D	L	D	W
Position	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4

Updated to match(es) played on 20 January 2018. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Fortuna Köln v Aalen

22 July 2017 Match 1	Fortuna Köln	1–0	Aalen	Cologne
14:00	Farrona-Pulido  37' Geyer 68' (o.g.) Scheu  89'	Report	Morys  20' Müller  75'	Stadium: Südstadion Attendance: 1,962 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

Carl Zeiss Jena v Fortuna Köln

29 July 2017 Match 2	Carl Zeiss Jena	0–2	Fortuna Köln	Jena
14:00	Cros  90+2'	Report	Bender  43' Dahmani 47' 55' Mimbala  52' Kurt  83'	Stadium: Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld Attendance: 5,103 Referee: Martin Petersen

Fortuna Köln v Osnabrück

2 August 2017 Match 3	Fortuna Köln	3–0	Osnabrück	Cologne
19:00	Farrona-Pulido 42' Scheu 48' Ernst  62' Pazurek 70'  71'	Report	Groß  75'	Stadium: Südstadion Attendance: 3,423 Referee: Felix Schwermer

Unterhaching v Fortuna Köln

5 August 2017 Match 4	Unterhaching	2–2	Fortuna Köln	Unterhaching
14:00	Ulrich Taffertshofer  41' Schimmer 67' Hain 69' Winkler  85'	Report	Ernst  38' Brandenburger  43' Keita-Ruel 45'  60' Kurt 65'  84'	Stadium: Sportpark Unterhaching Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Pascal Müller

Fortuna Köln v Karlsruher SC

18 August 2017 Match 5	Fortuna Köln	4–0	Karlsruher SC	Cologne
19:00	Bülow 11' (o.g.) Kyere 33' Scheu 50' Bender 89' Brandenburger  90'	Report	Bülow  32' Çamoğlu  37' Lorenz  41' Schleusener  58'	Stadium: Südstadion Attendance: 3,886 Referee: Asmir Osmanagic

SV Wehen Wiesbaden v Fortuna Köln

26 August 2017 Match 6	SV Wehen Wiesbaden	1–1	Fortuna Köln	Wiesbaden
14:00	Andrich  63' Ruprecht 89' (pen.)	Report	Scheu  17' Keita-Ruel 56' Kurt  61' Kegel  85'	Stadium: Brita-Arena Attendance: 1,979 Referee: Eric Müller

Werder Bremen II v Fortuna Köln

8 September 2017 Match 7	Werder Bremen II	1–2	Fortuna Köln	Bremen
19:00	Manneh 32'  87'	Report	Keita-Ruel 17' Brandenburger  56' 81' Ernst  63'	Stadium: Weserstadion Platz 11 Attendance: 803 Referee: Franz Bokop

Fortuna Köln v Hallescher FC

16 September 2017 Match 8	Fortuna Köln	1–1	Hallescher FC	Cologne
14:00	Brandenburger 10'  50' Keita-Ruel  47' Bender  48' Dahmani  71'	Report	Hilal El-Helwe 5' Barnofsky  9' Kleineheismann  65' Bohl  77' Ludwig  86' Baumgärtel  90'	Stadium: Südstadion Attendance: 2,879 Referee: Steffen Mix

Chemnitzer FC v Fortuna Köln

20 September 2017 Match 9	Chemnitzer FC	1–2	Fortuna Köln	Chemnitz
19:00	Hansch  27' Mlynikowski  35' Frahn 49' Trinks  82'	Report	Röcker  24' Dahmani 28' Ernst  39'  Keita-Ruel  42' Brandenburger  43' Farrona-Pulido 53' Kyere  90+3'	Stadium: community4you ARENA Attendance: 5,493 Referee: Marcel Schütz

Fortuna Köln v Sportfreunde Lotte

23 September 2017 Match 10	Fortuna Köln	0–3	Sportfreunde Lotte	Cologne
14:00	Scheu  67'	Report	Heyer  37' Piossek 44' Dej  48' 49' Al Ghaddioui 82'	Stadium: Südstadion Attendance: 1,928 Referee: Florian Kornblum

Sonnenhof Großaspach v Fortuna Köln

30 September 2017 Match 11	Sonnenhof Großaspach	1–3	Fortuna Köln	Aspach
14:00	Röttger 6' Rodríguez  81'	Report	Dahmani 20'  69' Kegel  28' Ernst  45' Leist 54' (o.g.) Moritz Fritz  65' Bender 87'	Stadium: Mechatronik Arena Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Henry Müller

Fortuna Köln v RW Erfurt

13 October 2017 Match 12	Fortuna Köln	2–0	RW Erfurt	Cologne
19:00	Moritz Fritz  53' Keita-Ruel 74' Kyere  77' Dahmani 87'	Report	Biankadi  47' Bieber  61'  Klewin  87'	Stadium: Südstadion Attendance: 2,403 Referee: Asmir Osmanagic

SV Meppen v Fortuna Köln

21 October 2017 Match 13	SV Meppen	1–0	Fortuna Köln	Meppen
14:00	Granatowski  22' Leugers 48' (pen.)  70' Vržogić  51'	Report	Ernst  30' Falahen  84'	Stadium: Hänsch-Arena Attendance: 6,351 Referee: Justus Zorn

Fortuna Köln v Würzburger Kickers

28 October 2017 Match 14	Fortuna Köln	2–1	Würzburger Kickers	Cologne
14:00	Keita-Ruel 55' Pazurek 58' (pen.) Mimbala  79' Scheu  89'	Report	Königs 2' Nikolaou  72' Müller  83'	Stadium: Südstadion Attendance: 1,774 Referee: Alexander Sather

Preußen Münster v Fortuna Köln

3 November 2017 Match 15	Preußen Münster	1–1	Fortuna Köln	Münster
19:00	Kobylański 15' (pen.) Tritz  33' Scherder  68'  Rühle  79' Hoffmann  90'	Report	Keita-Ruel 39' Kurt  69'	Stadium: Preußenstadion Attendance: 7,066 Referee: Steffen Brütting

Fortuna Köln v 1. FC Magdeburg

18 November 2017 Match 16	Fortuna Köln	1–2	1. FC Magdeburg	Cologne
14:00	Keita-Ruel 44' (pen.) Kessel  65' Kegel  90+1'	Report	Rother  12' Niemeyer 17' Hammann  43' Düker 64'	Stadium: Südstadion Attendance: 4,706 Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus

Hansa Rostock v Fortuna Köln

25 November 2017 Match 17	Hansa Rostock	5–3	Fortuna Köln	Rostock
14:00	Hilßner 21'  46' 62' 77' Benyamina 28' Alibaz 65'	Report	Kessel 1'  55' Dahmani 13'  71' 73' Pazurek  38'	Stadium: Ostseestadion Attendance: 9,900 Referee: Henry Müller

Fortuna Köln v Zwickau

2 December 2017 Match 18	Fortuna Köln	1–1	Zwickau	Cologne
14:00	Kegel  28' Scheu 36'  45'	Report	Wachsmuth  12' Frick  32' Bahn  37' Antonitsch  57' Wagner  71' Eisele 89'	Stadium: Südstadion Attendance: 1,405 Referee: Tim Skorczyk

Paderborn v Fortuna Köln

9 December 2017 Match 19	Paderborn	3–1	Fortuna Köln	Paderborn
14:00	Zolinski 28' Krauße  32' Wassey 43' (pen.) Srbeny 54'	Report	Boeder 30' (o.g.)	Stadium: Benteler-Arena Attendance: 7,762 Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus

Aalen v Fortuna Köln

15 December 2017 Match 20	Aalen	1–1	Fortuna Köln	Aalen
19:00	Morys 13' Bär  67' Welzmüller  88'	Report	Boss  39' Pazurek  45' Brandenburger  46' Keita-Ruel 89'	Stadium: OSTALB ARENA Attendance: 2,893 Referee: Felix Schwermer

Fortuna Köln v Carl Zeiss Jena

20 January 2018 Match 21	Fortuna Köln	1–0	Carl Zeiss Jena	Cologne
14:00	Scheu  34' Brandenburger 61'  76' Kyere  87' Kessel  90'	Report	Eismann  30'	Stadium: Südstadion Attendance: 1,935 Referee: Eric Müller

Osnabrück v Fortuna Köln

27 January 2018 Match 22	Osnabrück	2–2	Fortuna Köln	Osnabrück
14:00	Danneberg 42' Groß  43' Reimerink 75'	Report	Dahmani 1' Keita-Ruel 9' Kyere  25' Farrona-Pulido  34' Ernst  78' Boss  83'	Stadium: Stadion an der Bremer Brücke Attendance: 6,278 Referee: Martin Thomsen

Fortuna Köln v SpVgg Unterhaching

3 February 2018 Match 23	Fortuna Köln	0–0	SpVgg Unterhaching	Cologne
14:00		Report		Stadium: Südstadion Attendance: 1,904

Karlsruher SC v Fortuna Köln

10 February 2018 Match 24	Karlsruher SC	1–0	Fortuna Köln	Karlsruhe
14:00				Stadium: Wildparkstadion

Fortuna Köln v Wehen Wiesbaden

17 February 2018 Match 25	Fortuna Köln	1–0	Wehen Wiesbaden	Cologne
				Stadium: Südstadion

Fortuna Köln v Werder Bremen II

23 February 2018 Match 26	Fortuna Köln	2–1	Werder Bremen II	Cologne
				Stadium: Südstadion

Hallescher FC v Fortuna Köln

4 March 2018 Match 27	Hallescher FC	0–3	Fortuna Köln	Halle (Saale)
				Stadium: Erdgas Sportpark

Fortuna Köln v Chemnitzer FC

7 March 2018 Match 28	Fortuna Köln	3–0	Chemnitzer FC	Cologne
				Stadium: Südstadion

Sportfreunde Lotte v Fortuna Köln

10 March 2018 Match 29	Sportfreunde Lotte	0–2	Fortuna Köln	Lotte
				Stadium: Frimo Stadion

Fortuna Köln v Sonnenhof Großaspach

16 March 2018 Match 30	Fortuna Köln	1–3	Sonnenhof Großaspach	Cologne
				Stadium: Südstadion

RW Erfurt v Fortuna Köln

24 March 2018 Match 31	RW Erfurt	2–1	Fortuna Köln	Erfurt
				Stadium: Steigerwaldstadion

Fortuna Köln v Meppen

31 March 2018 Match 32	Fortuna Köln	0–2	Meppen	Cologne
				Stadium: Südstadion

Würzburger Kickers v Fortuna Köln

7 April 2018 Match 33	Würzburger Kickers	0–1	Fortuna Köln	Würzburg
				Stadium: flyeralarm Arena

Fortuna Köln v Preußen Münster

14 April 2018 Match 34	Fortuna Köln	2–4	Preußen Münster	Cologne
				Stadium: Südstadion

1. FC Magdeburg v Fortuna Köln

21 April 2018 Match 35	1. FC Magdeburg	2–0	Fortuna Köln	Magdeburg
				Stadium: MDCC-Arena

Fortuna Köln v Hansa Rostock

28 April 2018 Match 36	Fortuna Köln	0–0	Hansa Rostock	Cologne
				Stadium: Südstadion

Zwickau v Fortuna Köln

5 May 2018 Match 37	Zwickau	1–0	Fortuna Köln	Zwickau
				Stadium: Stadion Zwickau

Fortuna Köln v Paderborn

12 May 2018 Match 38	Fortuna Köln	2–4	Paderborn	Cologne
				Stadium: Südstadion

Middle Rhine Cup

Marialinden v Fortuna Köln

10 January 2018 Last 16	Marialinden	0–1	Fortuna Köln	Overath
		Report		Stadium: Marialinden Kunstrasen

Borussia Freialdenhoven v Fortuna Köln

27 March 2018 Quarter Final	Borussia Freialdenhoven	1–2	Fortuna Köln	Aldenhoven
19:30		Report		Stadium: Ederener Str. / Am Sportplatz

Viktoria Köln v Fortuna Köln

8 May 2018 Semifinal	Viktoria Köln	3–0 (a.e.t.)	Fortuna Köln	Overath
19:00				Attendance: 4,386