FC Viktoria Köln

Viktoria Köln

Full name	Fußballclub Viktoria Köln 1904 e.V.
Founded	1904 (as FC Germania Kalk) 1957 (as SCB Viktoria Köln) 22 June 2010 (re-founded as FC Viktoria Köln)
Ground	Sportpark Höhenberg
Capacity	10,001
President	Günter Pütz
Head coach	Olaf Janßen
League	3. Liga
2020–21	3. Liga, 12th of 20
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

FC Viktoria Köln is a German association football club from the city of Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia, that competes in the 3. Liga.

History[]

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 league performance after WWII

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 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[]

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1949–1957[]

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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[]

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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[]

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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[]

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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[]

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  FC Viktoria Köln was founded

Honours[]

• Regionalliga West (IV)
  • Champions: 2016–17, 2018–19
• NRW-Liga (V)
  • Champions: 2011–12
• Verbandsliga Mittelrhein (V)
  • Champions: 1997–98
• Middle Rhine Cup (Tiers III-V)
  • Winners: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2021

Players[]

Current squad[]

As of 20 August, 2021^[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 Sebastian Mielitz 2 DF  GER Alexander Höck 3 DF  GER Maximilian Rossmann 4 MF  GER Jeremias Lorch 5 DF  GER Daniel Buballa 6 MF  GER Patrick Sontheimer 7 MF  GER Simon Handle 9 FW  GER Timmy Thiele 10 MF  GER David Philipp 11 FW  GER Federico Palacios Martínez 12 FW  KVX Albert Bunjaku 14 FW  GER Lenn Jastremski (on loan from Bayern Munich II) 15 DF  GER Christoph Greger 17 MF  GER Florian Heister

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  GER Kai Klefisch 19 MF  SWE Nikolaj Möller (on loan from Arsenal) 20 DF  GER Aaron Berzel 21 DF  GER Dario de Vita 22 GK  GER Moritz Nicolas (on loan from Borussia Mönchengladbach) 23 MF  GER Moritz Fritz 25 GK  GER Elias Bördner (on loan from Eintracht Frankfurt) 27 FW  GER Youssef Amyn 28 DF  GER Patrick Koronkiewicz 31 MF  GER Marcel Risse (captain) 33 GK  GER Jakob Brambach 37 MF  GER Niklas May 38 MF  KOR Seokju Hong

European participations[]

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[]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website (in German)

Coordinates: 50°56′46″N 7°01′50″E / 50.946169°N 7.030471°E / 50.946169; 7.030471