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FC Viktoria Köln

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.

Viktoria Köln
Full nameFußballclub Viktoria Köln 1904 e.V.
Founded1904; 120 years ago (1904) (as FC Germania Kalk)
22 June 2010; 13 years ago (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
Current season

History edit

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 edit

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1949–1957 edit

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    VfR Köln rrh
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    and
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    Mülheimer SV 06
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    merged to
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    SC Rapid Köln

1957–1994 edit

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    SC Rapid Köln
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    and
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    SC Preussen Dellbrück
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    merged to
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    SC Viktoria Köln

1994–2002 edit

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    SC Viktoria Köln
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    and
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    SC Brück
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    merged to
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    SCB Preußen Köln

2002–2010 edit

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    SCB Preußen Köln
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    renamed to
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    SCB Viktoria Köln
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    changed Logo in 2007
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    SCB Viktoria Köln

22 June 2010 edit

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    FC Viktoria Köln was founded

Honours edit

Players edit

Current squad edit

As of 1 February 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   GER Ben Voll
2 DF   GER Lars Dietz
3 DF   GER Michael Schultz
4 MF   GER Jeremias Lorch
5 DF   CPV Sidny Lopes Cabral
6 MF   GER Stefano Russo
7 MF   GER Simon Handle
8 MF   GER Donny Bogićević
9 FW   GER André Becker
10 FW   GER David Philipp
13 FW   GER Luca de Meester
15 DF   GER Christoph Greger
16 MF   GER Florian Engelhardt
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW   AUT Tobias Anselm (on loan from LASK)
19 MF   GER Bryan Henning
21 MF   GER Suheyel Najar
23 MF   GER Moritz Fritz (captain)
24 GK   GER Kevin Rauhut
25 GK   GER Elias Bördner
28 DF   GER Patrick Koronkiewicz
29 MF   GER Thomas Idel
30 MF   GER Luca Marseiler
33 DF   GER Jonah Sticker
37 MF   GER Niklas May
38 FW   KOR Seokju Hong
39 DF   GER David Kubatta

Out on loan edit

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

European participations edit

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

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

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors edit

Jersey
Period Kit manufacturer
2011–2018 Jako
2018–2021 Puma[3]
2021–2026 Capelli Sport
Shirt sponsor (chest)
Period Sponsor
2011–2015 Cologne Bonn Airport[4]
2015/16 Otto Conrad
FIDUM Bau AG (second half of the season)
2016–2019 felix1.de
2019–2023 ETL
2023– Peynooş
Shirt sponsor (sleeve)
Period Sponsor
2011–2016 ETL
2016–2019 None
2019–2020 Miscanthus Green Power[5]
2020– Wintec Autoglas
Shirt sponsor (back)
Period Sponsor
2021–2023 Vereint!
(PSD Bank West Foundation)
2023– ETL

References edit

  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.

External links edit

 
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