| 2020–21 season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| President | Werner Wolf | |||
| Head coach | Markus Gisdol (until 11 April) Friedhelm Funkel (from 12 April) | |||
| Stadium | RheinEnergieStadion | |||
| Bundesliga | 16th (play-off winners) | |||
| DFB-Pokal | Round of 16 | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Elvis Rexhbeçaj (5) All: Elvis Rexhbeçaj (7) | |||
The2020–21 season was the 73rd season in the existence of1. FC Köln and the club's second consecutive season in the top flight ofGerman football. In addition to thedomestic league, 1. FC Köln participated in this season's edition of theDFB-Pokal. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee' | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | GK | Loan | 13 August 2020 | [2] | ||
| 9 | FW | €6,500,000 | 15 September 2020 | [3] | ||
| 18 | MF | €7,000,000 | 16 September 2020 | [4] | ||
| 7 | FW | Loan | 19 September 2020 | [5] | ||
| 15 | MF | €3,300,000 | 21 September 2020 | [6] | ||
| 31 | MF | Loan | 2 October 2020 | [7] | ||
| 43 | FW | Loan | 25 January 2021 | [8] | ||
| 13 | MF | Free | 27 January 2021 | [9] |
| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | MF | Loan | 1 July 2020 | |||
| 18 | GK | Retired | ||||
| 36 | MF | Loan | [10] | |||
| 28 | GK | Free | 15 August 2020 | [11] | ||
| DF | Loan | 3 August 2020 | [12] | |||
| 11 | FW | Loan | 6 August 2020 | [13] | ||
| MF | Loan | 7 August 2020 | ||||
| MF | Loan | 11 August 2020 | [14] | |||
| 31 | GK | Free | 17 August 2020 | [15] | ||
| 7 | MF | Loan | 18 August 2020 | [16] | ||
| 9 | FW | Free | 20 August 2020 | [17] | ||
| 3 | DF | Loan | 5 September 2020 | [18] | ||
| 15 | FW | €15,000,000 | 15 September 2020 | [19] | ||
| 13 | MF | Loan | 16 September 2020 | [20] | ||
| 17 | MF | Free | 15 January 2021 | [21] | ||
| 30 | DF | Mutual contract termination | 17 January 2021 | [22] | ||
| 27 | FW | Loan | 1 February 2021 | [23] |
Win Draw Loss Fixtures
| 11 August 2020Friendly | 1. FC Köln | 5–0 | SpVg Porz | Cologne, Germany |
| 19:00CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium:Franz-Kremer-Stadion |
| 15 August 2020Friendly | 1. FC Köln | 5–0 | SV Deutz 05 | Cologne, Germany |
| 16:00CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium:Franz-Kremer-Stadion Attendance: 200 Referee: Robin Braun |
| 15 August 2020Friendly | 1. FC Köln | 2–1 | Blau-Weiß Lohne | Cologne, Germany |
| 18:00CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium:Franz-Kremer-Stadion Attendance: 200 Referee: Sven Waschitzki |
| 18 August 2020Friendly | 1. FC Köln | 3–2 | VfL Bochum | Cologne, Germany |
| 16:00CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium:Franz-Kremer-Stadion Attendance: 200 Referee: Mitja Stegemann | ||
| Note: Match was played in three 45-minute periods. | ||||
| 22 August 2020Friendly | 1. FC Köln | 2–1 | Union Berlin | Friedrichshafen, Germany |
| 17:30CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report | Stadium:Zeppelinstadion Attendance: 500 Referee: Max Bruda |
| 29 August 2020Friendly | 1. FC Köln | 0–3 | VfL Wolfsburg | Cologne, Germany |
| 15:30CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
| Stadium:Franz-Kremer-Stadion Referee: Mitja Stegemann |
| 5 September 2020Friendly | 1. FC Köln | Cancelled | FC Utrecht | Cologne, Germany |
| 15:30CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium:Franz-Kremer-Stadion |
| 12 November 2020Friendly | 1. FC Köln | 1–3 | VfL Bochum | Cologne, Germany |
| 15:00CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium:Franz-Kremer-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Mitja Stegemann |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Bundesliga | 19 September 2020 | 22 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 16th | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 34 | 60 | −26 | 023.53 |
| Bundesliga relegation play-offs | 26 May 2021 | 29 May 2021 | First leg | Winners | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 050.00 |
| DFB-Pokal | 12 September 2020 | 3 February 2021 | First round | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 066.67 |
| Total | 39 | 11 | 10 | 18 | 48 | 64 | −16 | 028.21 | ||||
Last updated: 29 May 2021
Source:Soccerway
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | Hertha BSC | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 41 | 52 | −11 | 35 | |
| 15 | Arminia Bielefeld | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 52 | −26 | 35 | |
| 16 | 1. FC Köln(O) | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 34 | 60 | −26 | 33 | Qualification for therelegation play-offs |
| 17 | Werder Bremen(R) | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 36 | 57 | −21 | 31 | Relegation to2. Bundesliga |
| 18 | Schalke 04(R) | 34 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 86 | −61 | 16 |
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 34 | 60 | −26 | 33 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 31 | −11 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 29 | −15 |
Last updated: 22 May 2021.
Source:DFB
| Round | 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 |
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| Ground | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | L | D | D | L | D | L | W | D | W | L | D | L | L | D | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | D | L | D | L | L | L | W | W | L | D | W |
| Position | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 |
The league fixtures were announced on 7 August 2020.[25]
| 19 September 20201 | 1. FC Köln | 2–3 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Cologne |
| 15:30CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium:RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee:Daniel Siebert |
| 26 September 20202 | Arminia Bielefeld | 1–0 | 1. FC Köln | Bielefeld |
| 15:30CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report | Stadium:Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 5,460 Referee:Patrick Ittrich |
| 3 October 20203 | 1. FC Köln | 1–3 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Cologne |
| 15:30CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium:RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 300 Referee:Marco Fritz |
| 18 October 20204 | 1. FC Köln | 1–1 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Cologne |
| 15:30CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium:RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 300 Referee:Sven Jablonski |
| 23 October 20205 | VfB Stuttgart | 1–1 | 1. FC Köln | Stuttgart |
| 20:30CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium:Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 0 Referee:Guido Winkmann |
| 31 October 20206 | 1. FC Köln | 1–2 | Bayern Munich | Cologne |
| 15:30CET (UTC+1) | Report |
| Stadium:RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee:Frank Willenborg |
| 6 November 20207 | Werder Bremen | 1–1 | 1. FC Köln | Bremen |
| 20:30CET (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium:Weser-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Florian Badstübner |
| 22 November 20208 | 1. FC Köln | 1–2 | Union Berlin | Cologne |
| 18:00CET (UTC+1) | Report |
| Stadium:RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee:Tobias Stieler |
| 28 November 20209 | Borussia Dortmund | 1–2 | 1. FC Köln | Dortmund |
| 15:30CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium:Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Arne Aarnink |
| 5 December 202010 | 1. FC Köln | 2–2 | VfL Wolfsburg | Cologne |
| 15:30CET (UTC+1) | Report |
| Stadium:RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee:Sven Jablonski |
| 12 December 202011 | Mainz 05 | 0–1 | 1. FC Köln | Mainz |
| 15:30CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium:Opel Arena Attendance: 0 Referee:Felix Zwayer |
| 16 December 202012 | 1. FC Köln | 0–4 | Bayer Leverkusen | Cologne |
| 20:30CET (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium:RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee:Tobias Stieler |
| 19 December 202013 | RB Leipzig | 0–0 | 1. FC Köln | Leipzig |
| 15:30CET (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium:Red Bull Arena Attendance: 0 Referee:Felix Brych |
| 2 January 202114 | 1. FC Köln | 0–1 | FC Augsburg | Cologne |
| 15:30CET (UTC+1) | Report |
| Stadium:RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee:Sören Storks |
| 9 January 202115 | SC Freiburg | 5–0 | 1. FC Köln | Freiburg |
| 15:30CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium:Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Robert Schröder |
| 16 January 202116 | 1. FC Köln | 0–0 | Hertha BSC | Cologne |
| 15:30CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium:RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee:Frank Willenborg |
| 20 January 202117 | Schalke 04 | 1–2 | 1. FC Köln | Gelsenkirchen |
| 18:30CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium:Veltins-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee:Daniel Siebert |
| 24 January 202118 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 3–0 | 1. FC Köln | Sinsheim |
| 18:00CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium:Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee:Sven Jablonski |
| 31 January 202119 | 1. FC Köln | 3–1 | Arminia Bielefeld | Cologne |
| 15:30CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium:RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee:Felix Zwayer |
| 6 February 202120 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–2 | 1. FC Köln | Mönchengladbach |
| 18:30CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium:Borussia-Park Attendance: 0 Referee:Christian Dingert |
| 14 February 202121 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 2–0 | 1. FC Köln | Frankfurt |
| 15:30CET (UTC+1) | Report |
| Stadium:Deutsche Bank Park Attendance: 0 Referee:Frank Willenborg |
| 20 February 202122 | 1. FC Köln | 0–1 | VfB Stuttgart | Cologne |
| 15:30CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium:RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee:Benjamin Cortus |
| 27 February 202123 | Bayern Munich | 5–1 | 1. FC Köln | Munich |
| 15:30CET (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium:Allianz Arena Attendance: 0 Referee:Martin Petersen |
| 7 March 202124 | 1. FC Köln | 1–1 | Werder Bremen | Cologne |
| 15:30CET (UTC+1) | Report |
| Stadium:RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck |
| 13 March 202125 | Union Berlin | 2–1 | 1. FC Köln | Berlin |
| 15:30CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium:Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 0 Referee:Deniz Aytekin |
| 20 March 202126 | 1. FC Köln | 2–2 | Borussia Dortmund | Cologne |
| 15:30CET (UTC+1) | Report |
| Stadium:RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee:Daniel Siebert |
| 3 April 202127 | VfL Wolfsburg | 1–0 | 1. FC Köln | Wolfsburg |
| 15:30CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
| Stadium:Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 0 Referee:Robert Hartmann |
| 11 April 202128 | 1. FC Köln | 2–3 | Mainz 05 | Cologne |
| 18:00CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report | Stadium:RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee:Felix Brych |
| 17 April 202129 | Bayer Leverkusen | 3–0 | 1. FC Köln | Leverkusen |
| 18:30CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
| Stadium:BayArena Attendance: 0 Referee:Sören Storks |
| 20 April 202130 | 1. FC Köln | 2–1 | RB Leipzig | Cologne |
| 18:30CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium:RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee:Frank Willenborg |
| 23 April 202131 | FC Augsburg | 2–3 | 1. FC Köln | Augsburg |
| 20:30CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium:WWK Arena Attendance: 0 Referee:Martin Petersen |
| 9 May 202132 | 1. FC Köln | 1–4 | SC Freiburg | Cologne |
| 13:30CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium:RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee:Marco Fritz |
| 15 May 202133 | Hertha BSC | 0–0 | 1. FC Köln | Berlin |
| 15:30CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report | Stadium:Olympiastadion Attendance: 0 Referee:Deniz Aytekin |
| 22 May 202134 | 1. FC Köln | 1–0 | Schalke 04 | Cologne |
| 15:30CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report | Stadium:RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee:Daniel Siebert |
As a result of their 16th-place finish in the regular season, the club qualified for the play-off match with the third-place team in the2020–21 2. Bundesliga to determine whether the club would remain in the2021–22 Bundesliga.
| 26 May 2021First leg | 1. FC Köln | 0–1 | Holstein Kiel | Cologne |
| 18:30CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report |
| Stadium:RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee:Felix Zwayer |
| 29 May 2021Second leg | Holstein Kiel | 1–5 (2–5agg.) | 1. FC Köln | Kiel |
| 18:00CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium:Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 2,334 Referee:Deniz Aytekin |
| 12 September 2020First round | VSG Altglienicke | 0–6 | 1. FC Köln | Cologne[27] |
| 15:30CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium:RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 300 Referee: Martin Thomsen |
| 22 December 2020Second round | 1. FC Köln | 1–0 | VfL Osnabrück | Cologne |
| 18:30CET (UTC+1) | Report |
| Stadium:RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee:Robert Hartmann |
| 3 February 2021Round of 16 | Jahn Regensburg | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–3p) | 1. FC Köln | Regensburg |
| 20:45CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium:Jahnstadion Regensburg Attendance: 0 Referee:Robert Hartmann | ||
| Penalties | ||||
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Relegation play-offs | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||
| Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | Timo Horn | 39 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 16 | GK | Ron-Robert Zieler | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 32 | GK | Julian Krahl | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Defenders | |||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | Benno Schmitz | 15 | 0 | 4+8 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 3 | DF | Noah Katterbach | 25 | 0 | 12+9 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 4 | DF | Robert Voloder | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 5 | DF | Rafael Czichos | 32 | 3 | 26+2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 8 | DF | Ismail Jakobs | 27 | 2 | 18+5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | |||
| 19 | DF | Kingsley Ehizibue | 23 | 0 | 15+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 22 | DF | Jorge Meré | 20 | 0 | 14+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |||
| 23 | DF | Jannes Horn | 32 | 0 | 20+9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 26 | DF | Sava-Arangel Cestic | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 33 | DF | Sebastiaan Bornauw | 28 | 1 | 23+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Midfielders | |||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | Marco Höger | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 10 | MF | Ondrej Duda | 36 | 7 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 11 | MF | Florian Kainz | 9 | 1 | 6+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 13 | MF | Max Meyer | 12 | 0 | 3+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |||
| 14 | MF | Jonas Hector | 23 | 5 | 15+4 | 3 | 1+1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 20 | MF | Elvis Rexhbeçaj | 33 | 7 | 20+10 | 5 | 2+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 21 | MF | Salih Özcan | 32 | 1 | 15+13 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 24 | MF | Dominick Drexler | 31 | 3 | 11+16 | 2 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | |||
| 25 | MF | Tim Lemperle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 28 | MF | Ellyes Skhiri | 37 | 6 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 29 | MF | Jan Thielmann | 28 | 2 | 9+15 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | |||
| 31 | MF | Marius Wolf | 35 | 2 | 28+3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Forwards | |||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | Tolu Arokodare | 11 | 0 | 0+10 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 9 | FW | Sebastian Andersson | 18 | 5 | 14+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 2 | |||
| 15 | FW | Dimitris Limnios | 13 | 0 | 2+10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 43 | FW | Emmanuel Dennis | 10 | 1 | 6+3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Players transferred out during the season | |||||||||||||
| 15 | FW | Jhon Córdoba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 17 | MF | Christian Clemens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 27 | FW | Anthony Modeste | 9 | 1 | 1+7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 30 | DF | Frederik Sørensen | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Last updated: 29 May 2021
Source:Competitions
| Rank | Pos | No. | Nat | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Relegation play-offs | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MF | 7 | Elvis Rexhbeçaj | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |
| MF | 10 | Ondrej Duda | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| 3 | MF | 28 | Ellyes Skhiri | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 4 | FW | 9 | Sebastian Andersson | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| MF | 14 | Jonas Hector | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 6 | DF | 5 | Rafael Czichos | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| MF | 24 | Dominick Drexler | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 8 | DF | 8 | Ismail Jakobs | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| MF | 29 | Jan Thielmann | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| MF | 31 | Marius Wolf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 11 | MF | 11 | Florian Kainz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| MF | 21 | Salih Özcan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| FW | 27 | Anthony Modeste | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| DF | 33 | Sebastiaan Bornauw | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| FW | 43 | Emmanuel Dennis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Totals | 34 | 9 | 5 | 48 | ||||
Last updated: 29 May 2021