2018–19 1. FC Köln season

The 2018–19 1. FC Köln season was the 71st season in the football club's history and 1st consecutive and 9th overall season in the second flight of German football, the 2. Bundesliga, having been relegated from the Bundesliga in 2018. In addition to the domestic league, 1. FC Köln also participated in this season's edition of the domestic cup the DFB-Pokal. This was the 71st season for Köln in the RheinEnergieStadion, located in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The season covered a period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

1. FC Köln
2018–19 season
PresidentWerner Spinner
ManagerMarkus Anfang
(until 27 April)
André Pawlak
(interim, 27 April)
(head coach, from 27 April)
StadiumRheinEnergieStadion
2. Bundesliga1st (promoted)
DFB-PokalSecond Round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Simon Terodde
(29 goals)

All:
Simon Terodde
(34 goals)
Highest home attendance50,000
Lowest home attendance45,900
Average home league attendance49,547
Biggest winBFC Dynamo 1–9 Köln
Biggest defeatDynamo Dresden 3–0 Köln
All statistics correct as of 15 July 2019.

Competitions edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview edit

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
2. Bundesliga 4 August 2018 19 May 2019 Matchday 1 Winners 34 19 6 9 84 47 +37 055.88
DFB-Pokal 19 August 2018 31 October 2018 First round Second round 2 1 1 0 10 2 +8 050.00
Total 36 20 7 9 94 49 +45 055.56

Last updated: 21 May 2018
Source: Competitions

2. Bundesliga edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 1. FC Köln (C, P) 34 19 6 9 84 47 +37 63 Promotion to Bundesliga
2 SC Paderborn (P) 34 16 9 9 76 50 +26 57
3 Union Berlin (O, P) 34 14 15 5 54 33 +21 57 Qualification to promotion play-offs
4 Hamburger SV 34 16 8 10 45 42 +3 56
5 1. FC Heidenheim 34 15 10 9 55 45 +10 55
Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Head-to-head away goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Play-off.[1]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 19 6 9 84 47  +37 63 9 3 5 49 26  +23 10 3 4 35 21  +14

Last updated: 19 May 2019.
Source: Bundesliga

Results by round edit

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ResultWDWWLWWWLDDLWWWWWLLWWLWWWDWWDLLWLD
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Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2019. Source: Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

4 August 2018 (2018-08-04) 1 VfL Bochum 0–2 1. FC Köln Bochum
13:00 CEST (UTC+2) Soares   32'
Hoogland   43'
Leitsch   58'
Report Leitsch   44' (o.g.)
Meré   50'   71'
Czichos   59'
Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 26,600
Referee: Felix Zwayer
13 August 2018 (2018-08-13) 2 1. FC Köln 1–1 1. FC Union Berlin Cologne
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Horn   39'
Clemens   41'
Sobiech   61'
Report Reichel   19'
Andersson   69'
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Daniel Schlager
25 August 2018 (2018-08-25) 3 1. FC Köln 3–1 Erzgebirge Aue Cologne
13:00 CEST (UTC+2) Terodde   26', 69', 89'
Czichos   71'
Report Fandrich   29'
Riese   38'
Kempe   66'
Tiffert   86'
Rapp   90'
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Marco Fritz
2 September 2018 (2018-09-02) 4 FC St. Pauli 3–5 1. FC Köln St. Pauli
13:30 CEST (UTC+2) Veerman   13'
Dudziak   25'
Dæhli   27'
Buchtmann   65'
Report Clemens   35'
Terodde   45', 53'
Guirassy   57'
Sobiech   79'
Hauptmann   90+1'
Özcan   90+6'
Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion
Attendance: 29,546
Referee: Benjamin Cortus
16 September 2018 (2018-09-16) 5 1. FC Köln 3–5 SC Paderborn Cologne
13:30 CEST (UTC+2) Terodde   37', 53'
Czichos   58'
Hector   81'   87'
Córdoba   84'   85'
Report Guèye   38'
Gjasula   41'
Klement   66', 71'   90+3'
Tekpetey   89'
Michel   90+4'
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Marco Fritz
21 September 2018 (2018-09-21) 6 SV Sandhausen 0–2 1. FC Köln Sandhausen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Gíslason   19'
Jansen   58'
Report Höger   14'
Schaub   45'   73'
Terodde   54'
Drexler   64'
Stadium: BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald
Attendance: 13,237
Referee: Patrick Ittrich
25 September 2018 (2018-09-25) 7 1. FC Köln 2–1 FC Ingolstadt Cologne
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Hector   67'
Terodde   70', 85'
Report Lezcano   36'
Gimber   51'
Kittel   53'
Krauße   57'
Otávio   79'
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 45,900
Referee: Arne Aarnink
28 September 2018 (2018-09-28) 8 Arminia Bielefeld 1–3 1. FC Köln Bielefeld
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Hartherz   38'
Staude   85'
Salger   90+1'
Report Bader   40'
Terodde   45', 70'
Drexler   83'
Córdoba   90+5'
Stadium: Bielefelder Alm
Attendance: 26,283
Referee: Daniel Siebert
8 October 2018 (2018-10-08) 9 1. FC Köln 1–2 MSV Duisburg Cologne
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Koziello   27'
Hector   35'   72'
J. Horn   90+3'
Report Cauly   10'   90+4'
Iljutcenko   33'
Bader   73' (o.g.)
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 49,600
Referee: Florian Badstübner
21 October 2018 (2018-10-21) 10 Holstein Kiel 1–1 1. FC Köln Kiel
13:00 CEST (UTC+2) Okugawa   87'
Mörschel   88'
Report Terodde   42' (pen.)
Özcan   72'
Schmitz   76'
J. Horn   90'
Stadium: Holstein-Stadion
Attendance: 9,700
Referee: Robert Kampka
27 October 2018 (2018-10-27) 11 1. FC Köln 1–1 1. FC Heidenheim Cologne
13:00 CEST (UTC+2) Höger   1'
Hector   45+1'
Guirassy   58'
Report Beermann   9'   88'
Dorsch   45+2'
Griesbeck   66'
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Tobias Stieler
5 November 2018 (2018-11-05) 12 Hamburger SV 1–0 1. FC Köln Hamburg
20:30 CET (UTC+1) Santos   29'
Lasogga   86'
Report Höger   44'
Özcan   64'
Hector   77'
Stadium: Volksparkstadion
Attendance: 53,876
Referee: Christian Dingert
10 November 2018 (2018-11-10) 13 1. FC Köln 8–1 Dynamo Dresden Cologne
13:00 CET (UTC+1) Córdoba   3', 51'
Terodde   31'   42', 46', 61'
Hector   56', 83'
Czichos   75'
Schaub   78'
Report Hartmann   59'
Atik   72'   88'
Berko   87'
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Felix Brych
24 November 2018 (2018-11-24) 14 Darmstadt 98 0–3 1. FC Köln Darmstadt
13:00 CET (UTC+1) Stark   8'
Franke   60'
Rieder   61'
Report Höger   44'
Terodde   55'
Czichos   66'
Córdoba   70'
Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor
Attendance: 17,400
Referee: Florian Heft
1 December 2018 (2018-12-01) 15 1. FC Köln 4–0 Greuther Fürth Cologne
13:00 CET (UTC+1) Drexler   17'
Terodde   52', 78'
Córdoba   60'
Report Bauer   42'   51'
Wittek   57'
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 49,700
Referee: Sören Storks
7 December 2018 (2018-12-07) 16 SSV Jahn Regensburg 1–3 1. FC Köln Regensburg
18:30 CET (UTC+1) Adamyan   55'
Saller   74'
Grüttner   87'
Weis   88'
Correia   89'
Report Terodde   11'
J. Horn   22'
Schmitz   29'
Czichos   32'
Drexler   41', 55'
T. Horn   80'
Stadium: Continental Arena
Attendance: 15,210
Referee: Christof Günsch
17 December 2018 (2018-12-17) 17 1. FC Köln 3–0 1. FC Magdeburg Cologne
20:30 CET (UTC+1) Córdoba   33'
Drexler   48'
Höger   86'
Terodde   90+2'
Report Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 49,500
Referee: Tobias Stieler
21 December 2018 (2018-12-21) 18 1. FC Köln 2–3 VfL Bochum Cologne
13:30 CET (UTC+1) Córdoba   19'
Terodde   24'
Risse   32'   76'
Hector   75'
Report Hinterseer   1', 58'   17'
Gyamerah   32'
Losilla   55'
Sam   69'
Hoogland   83'
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Benjamin Cortus
31 January 2019 (2019-01-31) 19 1. FC Union Berlin 2–0 1. FC Köln Berlin
20:30 CET (UTC+1) Hartel   1'
Trimmel   29'
Hübner   30'
Friedrich   50'
Reichel   58'   66'
Report Terodde   45+2'
Geis   73'
Schmitz   78'
Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei
Attendance: 22,012
Referee: Tobias Welz
8 February 2019 (2019-02-08) 21 1. FC Köln 4–1 FC St. Pauli Cologne
18:30 CET (UTC+1) Córdoba   32', 53', 58'   54'
Terodde   85'
Report Meier   38'
Carstens   47'
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Sören Storks
15 February 2019 (2019-02-15) 22 SC Paderborn 3–2 1. FC Köln Paderborn
18:30 CET (UTC+1) Strohdiek   56'
Michel   77'
Tekpetey   80'
Pröger   85'
Ritter   90+2'   90+3'
Report Córdoba   38'
Schmitz   25'
Czichos   39'
Terodde   46'
Kainz   47'   89'
Modeste   73'
Sørensen   79'
Stadium: Benteler-Arena
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Sven Waschitzki
23 February 2019 (2019-02-23) 23 1. FC Köln 3–1 SV Sandhausen Cologne
13:00 CET (UTC+1) Drexler   49'
Koziello   52'
Modeste   83', 90+5'
Report Wooten   4'
Kister   11'
Diekmeier   45'
Taffertshofer   88'
Förster   90+1'
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 49,600
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
27 February 2019 (2019-02-27) 20 Erzgebirge Aue 0–1 1. FC Köln Aue
19:30 CET (UTC+1) Rizzuto   29'
Samson   47'
Report Drexler   32'
Höger   35'
Czichos   78'
Córdoba   86'
Stadium: Erzgebirgsstadion
Attendance: 13,089
Referee: Martin Petersen
3 March 2019 (2019-03-03) 24 FC Ingolstadt 1–2 1. FC Köln Ingolstadt
13:30 CET (UTC+1) Kotzke   39'
Mavraj   42'
Kittel   65'
Paulsen   90+1'
Report Meré   16'
Modeste   40'
Höger   43'
Drexler   59'
Schaub   90+2'
Kainz   90+4'
Stadium: Audi Sportpark
Attendance: 11,042
Referee: Florian Heft
9 March 2019 (2019-03-09) 25 1. FC Köln 5–1 Arminia Bielefeld Cologne
13:00 CET (UTC+1) Drexler   14'
Terodde   21', 69', 90'
Córdoba   48'
Report Voglsammer   71' Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Marco Fritz
31 March 2019 (2019-03-31) 27 1. FC Köln 4–0 Holstein Kiel Cologne
13:30 CEST (UTC+2) Meré   13'
Terodde   22'
Hector   25'
Córdoba   46'
Modeste   90+1'
Report Schmidt   7' Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
7 April 2019 (2019-04-07) 28 1. FC Heidenheim 0−2 1. FC Köln Heidenheim an der Brenz
13:30 CEST (UTC+2) Andrich   64' Report Drexler   10'
Córdoba   41'
Modeste   44'
Czichos   64'
Stadium: Voith-Arena
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck
10 April 2019 (2019-04-10) 26 MSV Duisburg 4–4 1. FC Köln Duisburg
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stoppelkamp   2', 71'
Fröde   29'
Albutat   45+1'
Wolze   65'   81'
Wiedwald   72'
Report Córdoba   24', 53'
Schaub   47'
Terodde   54'
Sobiech   74'
Stadium: Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena
Attendance: 25,675
Referee: Daniel Schlager
15 April 2019 (2019-04-15) 29 1. FC Köln 1–1 Hamburger SV Cologne
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Drexler   26'
Terodde   39'
Kainz   47'
Hector   66'
Meré   74'
Report Jung   49'
van Drongelen   56'
Wintzheimer   85'   87'
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Robert Hartmann
21 April 2019 (2019-04-21) 30 Dynamo Dresden 3–0 1. FC Köln Dresden
13:30 CEST (UTC+2) Berko   12', 66'
Duljevic   35'
Atik   41'
Burnic   61'
Nikolaou   81'
Report Höger   15'
Hector   38'
Meré   66'
Kainz   90+2'
Stadium: Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion
Attendance: 30,753
Referee: Robert Schröder
26 April 2019 (2019-04-26) 31 1. FC Köln 1–2 SV Darmstadt 98 Cologne
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Córdoba   66'
Drexler   79'
Report Dursun   34'   90+1'
Holland   56'
Platte   76'   90'
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Marco Fritz
6 May 2019 (2019-05-06) 32 Greuther Fürth 0–4 1. FC Köln Fürth
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Steininger   32' Report Córdoba   8', 41', 65'
Steininger   20' (o.g.)
Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer
Attendance: 12,520
Referee: Guido Winkmann
12 May 2019 (2019-05-12) 33 1. FC Köln 3–5 SSV Jahn Regensburg Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Höger   44'
Hector   45+1'   65', 73'
Córdoba   45+3'
Meré   56'
Modeste   71'   76'
Drexler   83'
Report Czichos   7' (o.g.)
Adamyan   34', 68'
Al Ghaddioui   45+5' (pen.)   49'
Grüttner   88'
Föhrenbach   90'
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Robert Kampka
19 May 2019 (2019-05-19) 34 1. FC Magdeburg 1–1 1. FC Köln Magdeburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Müller   34'
Rother   52'
Lohkemper   53'
Report Terodde   3'
Sobiech   28'
Schaub   34'
Stadium: MDCC-Arena
Attendance: 18,902
Referee: Sven Waschitzki

DFB-Pokal edit

19 August 2018 (2018-08-19) First round BFC Dynamo 1–9 1. FC Köln Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Twardzik   19'
Çepni   31'
Lambach   55'
Silva   65'
Report Terodde   21', 34', 41', 75'
Drexler   44', 66'
Risse   58'
Koziello   61'
Höger   72'
Schaub   86'
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 14,357
Referee: Johann Pfeifer
31 October 2018 (2018-10-31) Second round 1. FC Köln 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(5–6 p)
Schalke 04 Cologne
18:30 CET (UTC+1) Córdoba   43'
Özcan   61'
Schaub   84'
Report Schöpf   51'
Uth   63'
Bentaleb   84',   88' (pen.)
Burgstaller   100'
Nastasić   110'
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Harm Osmers
Penalties
Höger  
Özcan  
Terodde  
Guirassy  
Risse  
Hector  
Drexler  
  Burgstaller
  Nastasić
  Caligiuri
  Harit
  Bentaleb
  Rudy
  Uth

Statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total 2. Bundesliga DFB-Pokal
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK   GER Timo Horn 35 0 33 0 2 0
18 GK   GER Thomas Kessler 1 0 1 0 0 0
28 GK   GER Jan-Christoph Bartels 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF   GER Benno Schmitz 15 0 14+1 0 0 0
3 DF   GER Lasse Sobiech 17 0 9+8 0 0 0
4 DF   DEN Frederik Sørensen 5 0 0+5 0 0 0
5 DF   GER Rafael Czichos 34 2 32 2 2 0
22 DF   ESP Jorge Meré 28 0 26 0 2 0
23 DF   GER Jannes Horn 19 0 12+6 0 1 0
34 DF   GER Noah Katterbach 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 DF   GER Matthias Bader 4 0 4 0 0 0
Midfielders
6 MF   GER Marco Höger 28 1 22+4 1 1+1 0
7 MF   GER Marcel Risse 23 2 18+3 1 2 1
8 MF   GER Johannes Geis 14 0 13+1 0 0 0
13 MF   AUT Louis Schaub 29 4 20+7 3 2 1
14 MF   GER Jonas Hector 31 6 29 6 2 0
17 MF   GER Christian Clemens 21 2 18+2 2 1 0
20 MF   GER Salih Özcan 17 1 7+8 1 1+1 0
21 MF   FRA Vincent Koziello 15 1 6+8 0 1 1
24 MF   GER Dominick Drexler 35 11 33 9 2 2
30 MF   AUT Florian Kainz 14 0 14 0 0 0
33 MF   GER Matthias Lehmann 4 0 0+4 0 0 0
36 MF   GER Niklas Hauptmann 12 0 5+7 0 0 0
38 MF   DEN Nikolas Nartey 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
Forwards
9 FW   GER Simon Terodde 35 33 28+5 29 1+1 4
11 FW   GHA Kingsley Schindler 3 0 0+2 0 0+1 0
15 FW   COL Jhon Córdoba 33 21 22+9 20 1+1 1
27 FW   FRA Anthony Modeste 10 6 3+7 6 0 0
Players transferred out during the season
19 FW   FRA Serhou Guirassy 17 2 5+11 2 1 0

Last updated: 19 May 2019
Source: Soccerway

References edit

  1. ^ "Spielordnung" [Match rules] (PDF). DFL.de (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 1 July 2018. p. 3. Retrieved 27 July 2018.