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 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.
Christoph Paul Daum was a German professional football manager and player. As a manager, he won eight trophies with clubs from Germany, Turkey and Austria. In 1992, he won the Bundesliga championship with VfB Stuttgart. In the Bundesliga, he also led 1. FC Köln to two and Bayer 04 Leverkusen to three second places. He won further national championships with the Turkish clubs Beşiktaş and Fenerbahçe as well as Austria Wien. In 2000, a drug scandal prevented his appointment as German national coach.
Klaus Allofs is a German former professional football player, manager, and executive.
Markus Anfang is a German retired footballer and manager who is the head coach 2. Bundesliga club of 1. FC Kaiserslautern.
Friedhelm Funkel is a German football manager and former player.
The 1999–2000 2. Bundesliga season was the twenty-sixth season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system.
Thomas Bröker is a retired German footballer who played as a winger.
Simon Terodde is a German former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Dennis Chessa is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for SSV Ulm.
Christoph Kramer is a German professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder. From 2013 to 2024, he was active for Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach.
Uwe Koschinat is a German former footballer and current manager of Rot-Weiss Essen.
The 2013–14 Fortuna Düsseldorf season is the 119th season in the club's football history.
The 1973–74 VfL Bochum season was the 36th season in club history.
The 2013–14 Dynamo Dresden season was the 64th season in the club's football history. In 2013–14 the club played in the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga, the second tier of German football. It was the clubs second consecutive season in this league, having played at this level since 2011–12, after winning promotion from the 3. Liga in 2011.
Bentley Baxter Bahn is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Alemannia Aachen.
Bernard Kyere Mensah is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Luxembourg National Division club Victoria Rosport. Born in Ghana, he grew up in Germany.
The 2018–19 3. Liga was the eleventh season of the 3. Liga. It began on 27 July 2018 and concluded on 18 May 2019. For the first time in the history of the 3. Liga, no reserve teams managed to obtain a spot in the league. VfL Osnabrück and Karlsruher SC gained promotion the 2. Bundesliga, with Wehen Wiesbaden also earning promotion through the play-offs, while Energie Cottbus, Sportfreunde Lotte, Fortuna Köln and VfR Aalen were relegated to the Regionalliga.
Marco Ban is a German footballer who plays as a forward for SpVg Frechen 20.
Christoph Daferner is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward for 3. Liga club Dynamo Dresden on loan from 1. FC Nürnberg.
Jamil Siebert is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for 2. Bundesliga club Fortuna Düsseldorf.
