2021–22 1. FC Köln season

1. FC Köln
2021–22 season
President	Werner Wolf
Chairman	Alexander Wehrle
Manager	Steffen Baumgart
Stadium	RheinEnergieStadion
Bundesliga	8th
DFB-Pokal	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Anthony Modeste (10); All: ; Anthony Modeste (12)
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →
	All statistics correct as of 14 December 2021.

The 2021–22 season is the 74th season in the existence of 1. FC Köln and the club's third consecutive season in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, 1. FC Köln are participating in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal.

Players[]

First-team squad[]

As of 24 August 2021.^[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	Timo Horn (vice-captain)
2	DF	GER	Benno Schmitz
3	DF	GER	Noah Katterbach
4	DF	GER	Timo Hübers
5	DF	GER	Rafael Czichos
6	MF	GER	Salih Özcan
7	MF	AUT	Dejan Ljubicic
9	FW	SWE	Sebastian Andersson
11	MF	AUT	Florian Kainz
13	FW	GER	Mark Uth
14	MF	GER	Jonas Hector (captain)
15	DF	GER	Luca Kilian (on loan from Mainz 05)
17	MF	GER	Kingsley Schindler
18	MF	SVK	Ondrej Duda


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	DF	NGA	Kingsley Ehizibue
20	GK	GER	Marvin Schwäbe
21	MF	AUT	Louis Schaub
22	DF	ESP	Jorge Meré
23	DF	GER	Jannes Horn (3rd captain)
25	MF	GER	Tim Lemperle
26	DF	SRB	Sava-Arangel Čestić
27	FW	FRA	Anthony Modeste
28	MF	TUN	Ellyes Skhiri
29	MF	GER	Jan Thielmann
30	FW	GER	Marvin Obuz
31	MF	CZE	Tomáš Ostrák
40	GK	GER
44	GK	GER

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
—	DF	GER	Yann Aurel Bisseck (at Aarhus GF until 30 June 2022)
—	MF	GRE	Dimitris Limnios (at Twente until 30 June 2022)
—	DF	GER	Robert Voloder (at NK Maribor until 30 June 2022)

Transfers[]

In[]

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee'	Date	Source
4	DF	Timo Hübers	Hannover 96	Free	1 July 2021	^[2]
7	MF	Dejan Ljubicic	Rapid Wien	Free		^[3]
13	FW	Mark Uth	Schalke 04	Free		^[4]
20	GK	Marvin Schwäbe	Brøndby	Free		^[5]
15	DF	Luca Kilian	Mainz 05	Loan	24 August 2021	^[6]

Out[]

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
	DF	Yann Aurel Bisseck	AGF	Loan	1 July 2021	^[7]
4	DF	Robert Voloder	NK Maribor	Loan		^[8]
6	MF	Marco Höger		Free		^[9]
8	MF	Birger Verstraete	Antwerp	€2,000,000
13	MF	Max Meyer		Free		^[9]
32	GK		Viktoria Berlin	Free		^[9]
3	DF	Lasse Sobiech	SV Darmstadt 98	Free	3 July 2021	^[10]
7	MF	Marcel Risse	Viktoria Köln	Undisclosed	8 July 2021	^[11]
8	DF	Ismail Jakobs	AS Monaco	€7,000,000	12 July 2021	^[12]
33	DF	Sebastiaan Bornauw	VfL Wolfsburg	€13,500,000	16 July 2021	^[13]
24	MF	Dominick Drexler	Schalke 04	Free	21 July 2021	^[14]
15	MF	Dimitris Limnios	Twente	Loan	6 August 2021	^[15]
	MF	Vincent Koziello	K.V. Oostende	Free	17 August 2021	^[16]

Pre-season and friendlies[]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

9 July 2021 Friendly	Fortuna Köln	0–4	1. FC Köln	Cologne, Germany
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Thielmann 37' Uth 54' Lemperle 70' Drexler 84'	Stadium: Südstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Christian Scheper

10 July 2021 Friendly	MSV Duisburg	1–1	1. FC Köln	Duisburg, Germany
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Stoppelkamp 90'	Report	Modeste 63'	Stadium: BZA Westender Straße Attendance: 0

17 July 2021 Friendly	1. FC Köln	3–2	Bayern Munich	Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Thielmann 20' Uth 27', 56' Schmitz 80'	Report	Sieb 6' Zirkzee 34' Sarr 53'	Stadium: MS Technologie Arena Referee: Daniel Schlager

18 July 2021 Friendly	1. FC Köln	2–0	Schaffhausen	Bad Dürrheim, Germany
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Andersson 33' 67'	Report		Stadium: Sportplatz Bad Dürrheim Referee: Martin Petersen

24 July 2021 Friendly	1. FC Köln	2–1	SV Elversberg	Bad Dürrheim, Germany
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ehizibue 28' Modeste 42'	Report	Karger 14'	Stadium: Sportplatz Bad Dürrheim Referee: Timo Lämmle

31 July 2021 Friendly	1. FC Köln	1–1	Roda	Cologne, Germany
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Lemperle 86'	Report	Jubitana 37' Jensen 55'	Stadium: Franz-Kremer-Stadion Referee: Marc Jäger

1 August 2021 Friendly	Almere City	Cancelled	1. FC Köln	Almere, Netherlands
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Yanmar Stadion

10 November 2021 Friendly	1. FC Köln	4–0	SC Paderborn	Cologne, Germany
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Schindler 23' Modeste 34' 65' Kainz 84'			Stadium: Franz-Kremer-Stadion

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	15 August 2021	14 May 2022	Matchday 1	17	6	7	4	27	27	+0	035.29
DFB-Pokal	8 August 2021		First round	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	050.00
Total				19	7	8	4	30	28	+2	036.84

Last updated: 19 December 2021
Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Eintracht Frankfurt	17	7	6	4	27	24	+3	27	Qualification to Europa Conference League play-off round
7	Union Berlin	17	7	6	4	23	21	+2	27
8	1. FC Köln	17	6	7	4	27	27	0	25
9	Mainz 05	17	7	3	7	25	17	+8	24
10	RB Leipzig	17	6	4	7	30	22	+8	22

Updated to match(es) played on 19 December 2021. 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 away goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-off.^[17]

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
16	5	7	4	27	27	0	22	4	3	1	18	11	+7	1	4	3	9	16	−7

Last updated: 19 December 2021.
Source: DFB

Results by round[]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	W	D	D	D	W	L	D	L	D	D	W	D	L	W	W
Position	4	8	6	7	7	7	6	7	8	11	11	12	10	9	12	10	8

Updated to match(es) played on 19 December 2021. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.^[18]

15 August 2021 1	1. FC Köln	3–1	Hertha BSC	Cologne
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hübers 16' Modeste 41' Kainz 52', 55' Czichos 67' Thielmann 77' Skhiri 80'	Report	Jovetić 5' Plattenhardt 90' Serdar 90+4'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 16,500 Referee: Robert Hartmann

22 August 2021 2	Bayern Munich	3–2	1. FC Köln	Munich
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Lewandowski 50' Gnabry 59', 71' Süle 75'	Report	Ljubicic 20' Modeste 60' Uth 62'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Martin Petersen

28 August 2021 3	1. FC Köln	2–1	VfL Bochum	Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Schaub 82' Lemperle 90+1'	Report	Zoller 55', 90+4'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

11 September 2021 4	SC Freiburg	1–1	1. FC Köln	Freiburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Schade 74' Czichos 89' (o.g.)	Report	Modeste 34', 69' Kainz 51' 74'	Stadium: SC-Stadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Harm Osmers

18 September 2021 5	1. FC Köln	1–1	RB Leipzig	Cologne
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Czichos 17' Modeste 53' Meré 76' Schmitz 79'	Report	Haidara 71' Klostermann 76'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Felix Brych

25 September 2021 6	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	1. FC Köln	Frankfurt
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Chandler 25' Borré 45+7' Hinteregger 80'	Report	Skhiri 14' Ljubicic 37' Ehizibue 77' Andersson 86'	Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Martin Petersen

1 October 2021 7	1. FC Köln	3–1	Greuther Fürth	Cologne
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Andersson 50', 68' Skhiri 55', 89'	Report	Meyerhöfer 7' Griesbeck 24'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck

15 October 2021 8	1899 Hoffenheim	5–0	1. FC Köln	Sinsheim
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bebou 31', 49' Kadeřábek 33' Baumgartner 51' Geiger 74' Posch 87'	Report	Czichos 81'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 14,309 Referee: Tobias Reichel

24 October 2021 9	1. FC Köln	2–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Uth 36' Modeste 63', 82'	Report	Schick 15' Bellarabi 17' Demirbay 43' Diaby 65' Andrich 89'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 49,600 Referee: Felix Zwayer

30 October 2021 10	Borussia Dortmund	2–0	1. FC Köln	Dortmund
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hazard 40' Meunier 52' Tigges 64' Bellingham 88'	Report	Schmitz 11' Hübers 56' Özcan 82'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 66,709 Referee: Martin Petersen

7 November 2021 11	1. FC Köln	2–2	Union Berlin	Cologne
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Modeste 7', 86', 17' Duda 54'	Report	Ryerson 9' Baumgartl 16' Luthe 18' Prömel 45+1'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Daniel Siebert

21 November 2021 12	Mainz 05	1–1	1. FC Köln	Mainz
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Burkardt 41' Bell 42' Szalai 90+1'	Report	Özcan 47' Duda 54'	Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 25,500 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

27 November 2021 13	1. FC Köln	4–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Ljubicic 55' Duda 60', 78' Uth 77' Andersson 90+3'	Report	Sommer 60' Zakaria 64' Hofmann 74' Thuram 90'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Robert Schröder

4 December 2021 14	Arminia Bielefeld	1–1	1. FC Köln	Bielefeld
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kunze 20' Lasme 60'	Report	Özcan 17' Schindler 31'	Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 8,231 Referee: Felix Brych

10 December 2021 15	1. FC Köln	0–2	FC Augsburg	Cologne
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kilian 57' Özcan 87'	Report	Gregoritsch 25' Dorsch 41', 88' Gouweleeuw 57' Hahn 72' Córdova 86'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Referee: Patrick Ittrich

14 December 2021 16	VfL Wolfsburg	2–3	1. FC Köln	Wolfsburg
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	L. Nmecha 8', 14' Weghorst 51' Roussillon 80' Arnold 81'	Report	Modeste 34', 89' Schmitz 61' Uth 73' Czichos 87'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Robert Hartmann

19 December 2021 17	1. FC Köln	1–0	VfB Stuttgart	Cologne
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kainz 69' Hector 86' Modeste 88' Thielmann 90+3'	Report	Marmoush 21'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Bastian Dankert

9 January 2022 18	Hertha BSC	v	1. FC Köln	Berlin
15:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Olympiastadion

DFB-Pokal[]

8 August 2021 First round	Carl Zeiss Jena	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	1. FC Köln	Jena
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Wolfram 5', 44'	Report	Skhiri 69' Czichos 92'	Stadium: Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld Attendance: 2,728 Referee: Florian Badstübner
	Penalties
	Oesterhelweg Bürger Dedidis Lange		Lemperle Schaub Thielmann Duda

27 October 2021 Second round	VfB Stuttgart	0–2	1. FC Köln	Stuttgart
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Ahamada 86'	Report	Modeste 72', 77' Uth 75'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

18 January 2022 Round of 16	1. FC Köln	v	Hamburger SV	Cologne
18:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion

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	Timo Horn	12	0	12	0	0	0
20	GK	GER	Marvin Schwäbe	7	0	5	0	2	0
40	GK	GER		0	0	0	0	0	0
44	GK	GER		0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	GER	Benno Schmitz	17	0	16	0	1	0
3	DF	GER	Noah Katterbach	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
4	DF	GER	Timo Hübers	7	0	5	0	2	0
5	DF	GER	Rafael Czichos	18	0	16+1	0	1	0
15	DF	GER	Luca Kilian	13	0	8+5	0	0	0
19	DF	NGA	Kingsley Ehizibue	9	0	2+6	0	1	0
22	DF	ESP	Jorge Meré	9	0	5+3	0	1	0
23	DF	GER	Jannes Horn	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
26	DF	SRB	Sava-Arangel Cestic	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	GER	Salih Özcan	17	2	11+4	2	2	0
7	MF	AUT	Dejan Ljubicic	15	1	13+1	1	1	0
11	MF	AUT	Florian Kainz	17	2	15+1	2	1	0
14	MF	GER	Jonas Hector	17	0	15	0	2	0
17	MF	GER	Kingsley Schindler	8	0	1+6	0	1	0
18	MF	SVK	Ondrej Duda	19	1	13+4	1	0+2	0
21	MF	AUT	Louis Schaub	17	1	2+13	1	1+1	0
25	MF	GER	Tim Lemperle	6	1	0+4	1	0+2	0
28	MF	TUN	Ellyes Skhiri	11	4	8+2	3	0+1	1
31	MF	CZE	Tomáš Ostrák	3	0	0+2	0	1	0
Forwards
9	FW	SWE	Sebastian Andersson	19	2	8+9	2	1+1	0
13	FW	GER	Mark Uth	16	3	10+4	3	1+1	0
27	FW	FRA	Anthony Modeste	19	13	17	11	1+1	2
29	FW	GER	Jan Thielmann	16	0	5+9	0	2	0
30	FW	GER	Marvin Obuz	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
Players transferred out during the season

Last updated: 19 December 2021
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers[]

Rank	Pos	No.	Name	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Total
1	FW	27	Anthony Modeste	11	2	13
2	MF	28	Ellyes Skhiri	3	1	4
3	MF	6	Salih Özcan	3	0	3
4	FW	9	Sebastian Andersson	2	0	2
	MF	11	Florian Kainz	2	0	2
	FW	13	Mark Uth	2	0	2
7	MF	7	Dejan Ljubicic	1	0	1
	MF	18	Ondrej Duda	1	0	1
	MF	21	Louis Schaub	1	0	1
	MF	25	Tim Lemperle	1	0	1
Own goals				0	0	0
Totals				27	3	30

Last updated: 19 December 2021

References[]

^ "1. FC Köln – Kader" [1. FC Köln – Squad] (in German). 1. FC Köln. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
^ "Timo Hübers kehrt am Dienstag zum 1. FC Köln zurück". Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
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[2] "Timo Hübers kehrt am Dienstag zum 1. FC Köln zurück". Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger. Retrieved 1 July 2021.

[3] "FC SIGN DEJAN LJUBICIC". 1. FC Köln. 26 April 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.

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[5] "Marvin Schwäbe kommt zum 1. FC Köln". General-Anzeiger (in German). Retrieved 1 July 2021.

[6] "FC leiht Luca Kilian aus". 1. FC Köln (in German). Retrieved 24 August 2021.

[7] "YANN AUREL BISSECK LOANED TO AARHUS GF". 1. FC Köln. 22 June 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.

[8] "FC LOAN OUT ROBERT VOLODER". 1. FC Köln. 20 June 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.

[“Departures”-9] "NINE FAREWELLS". 1 FC Köln. 3 July 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.

[10] "Vertrag mit Lasse Sobiech aufgelöst". 1. FC Köln (in German). Retrieved 4 July 2021.

[11] "1. FC Köln löst Vertrag mit Marcel Risse auf". Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger (in German). Retrieved 8 July 2021.

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[13] ""Ich bin gespannt": Bornauw wechselt nach Wolfsburg". kicker.de (in German). Retrieved 16 July 2021.

[14] "Schalke 04 sign Dominick Drexler". FC Schalke 04. 21 July 2021.

[15] "Bundesliga | 1. FC Köln verleiht Dimitris Limnios an den FC Twente". Bundesliga (in German). 6 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.

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