1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e. V., better known as simply 1. FC Köln or FC Cologne in English, is a German professional football club based in Cologne, in North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs Kölner Ballspiel-Club 1901 and SpVgg Sülz 07. Köln will compete in the 2. Bundesliga, following relegation from the 2023-24 Bundesliga season. The team are three-time national champions, winning the 1962 German football championship, as well as the Bundesliga twice, first in its inaugural season of 1963–64 and then again in 1977–78. The team plays its home matches at RheinEnergieStadion.
Mehmet Tobias Scholl is a German football manager and former player.
Christian Wörns is a German former professional footballer who played as a defender. Wörns is widely considered one of the finest German defenders of his generation. He started his career with Waldhof Mannheim but played the majority of his career with Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Dortmund. He also had a short stint with Paris Saint-Germain.
Jürgen Kohler is a World Cup-winning German footballer and manager, who played as a centre-back.
Uwe Bein is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Manfred Kaltz is a German former football player and manager, who played as a right-back.
Marco Rose is a German professional football manager who is currently the manager of Bundesliga club RB Leipzig, and a former player who was a defender for Lokomotive Leipzig, Hannover 96 and Mainz 05.
Lars Bender is a German former professional footballer who played as a right back and defensive midfielder. He is the twin brother of Sven Bender.
Niko Bungert is a retired German footballer who played as a defender.
Nils Petersen is a German former professional footballer who played as a forward. He appeared in the 2016 Summer Olympics and remains the first and only German footballer who has scored five goals in a single game with the national team.
Dennis Diekmeier is a German professional football manager and former player who currently works as an assistant coach for 3. Liga club SV Sandhausen.
Achim Glückler is a retired German football player. He spent two seasons in the Bundesliga with VfB Stuttgart and Karlsruher SC.
Marcel Appiah is a German professional footballer who most recently played as a centre-back or right-back for VfB Oldenburg. He previously played for Eredivisie club NEC, Arminia Bielefeld, VfL Osnabrück, Birmingham Legion, and VfR Aalen.
Achim Beierlorzer is a German football executive, and former coach and player who played as a midfielder. He is currently the sporting director of Jahn Regensburg. He is the younger brother of Bertram Beierlorzer.
Agyemang Diawusie was a German professional footballer who played as a right winger. He was a German youth international with an appearance for the national under-19 team. As a winger from RB Leipzig's academy, Diawusie started his professional career as a loanee at SV Wehen Wiesbaden in the 2017–18 season. He then joined FC Ingolstadt 04 and was loaned to Wehen Wiesbaden again, contributing to their promotion to the 2. Bundesliga. Stints at Dynamo Dresden and SV Ried followed, before moving to SpVgg Bayreuth for six months in January 2023. In July 2023, Diawusie returned to his former club Jahn Regensburg in the 3. Liga, who had been relegated from the second tier the season before.
Deniz Undav is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart and the Germany national team.
The 2019–20 Bundesliga was the 57th season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football competition. It began on 16 August 2019 and concluded on 27 June 2020. Bayern Munich were the defending champions, and won their record-extending 8th consecutive title and 30th title overall on 16 June with two games to spare. With 100 goals scored in 34 matches, Bayern became the second side to reach this milestone in a Bundesliga season, after the record 101 goals the club previously managed to score in 1971–72.
Moritz Nicolas is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach.
Jan-Moritz Lichte is a German football manager, who works as assistant coach for Turkey. As a player, he played for KSV Baunatal. He was an assistant manager at Mainz 05 between 2017 and 2020.
Achim Hollerieth is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
