Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach, commonly known as Borussia Mönchengladbach, or simply Borussia is a professional football club based in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany that plays in the Bundesliga, the top flight of German football. Nicknamed Die Fohlen, the club has won five league titles, three DFB-Pokals and two UEFA Cup titles.
1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e. V., commonly known as simply 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 competes in the Bundesliga after promotion in 2018–19 following relegation to 2. Bundesliga the previous 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.
The 1964–65 Bundesliga was the second season of the Bundesliga, West Germany's premier football league. It began on 22 August 1964 and ended on 15 May 1965. 1. FC Köln were the defending champions.
The 1965–66 Bundesliga was the third season of the Bundesliga, West Germany's premier football league. It began on 14 August 1965 and ended on 28 May 1966. Werder Bremen were the defending champions.
Thomas Jürgen "Icke" Häßler is a German former professional footballer. He played as a midfielder throughout his career. At club level, he made a century of appearances for four teams: 1. FC Köln, Karlsruher SC and 1860 Munich in Germany and Roma in Italy, and spent a season apiece with Juventus, Borussia Dortmund and SV Salzburg. Häßler also appeared over 100 times for the Germany national team.
Andriy Viktorovych Voronin is a Ukrainian professional football manager and a former player.
Klaus Allofs is a German former professional football player, manager, and executive.
The 2. Bundesliga is the second division of professional football in Germany. It was implemented 11 years after the founding of the Fußball-Bundesliga as the new second division for professional football. The 2. Bundesliga is ranked below the Bundesliga and above the 3. Liga in the German football league system. All of the 2. Bundesliga clubs take part in the DFB-Pokal, the annual German Cup competition. A total of 127 clubs have competed in the 2. Bundesliga since its foundation.
Jörg Heinrich is a German professional football manager and former player. A highly versatile player, he was employed in a variety of positions in defense and midfield. He is the assistant manager of Borussia Dortmund.
Yasuhiko Okudera is a Japanese former football player and manager. He is the president of J2 League club Yokohama FC and was formerly the president of English club Plymouth Argyle. A midfielder, Okudera was the first Japanese footballer to play professionally in Europe, as well as being the first Asian football player to score in the European Cup, while playing for 1. FC Köln in the 1979 semi-final match against Nottingham Forest and made 32 appearances – scoring nine goals – with the Japan national team.
Milivoje Novaković is a Slovenian retired footballer who played as a forward.
Imre Szabics is a Hungarian football manager and former professional footballer.
Alexander Bugera is a German former professional footballer who played as a left-back for Bayern Munich, SpVgg Unterhaching, MSV Duisburg, 1. FC Kaiserslautern and 1. FC Kaiserslautern II. He began his career with Bayern Munich's reserve team, initially playing as a forward.
Tomislav Marić is a German-born Croatian former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Matthias Herget is a German former professional footballer who played as a sweeper.
Patrick Helmes is a German former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is currently working as the manager of Sportfreunde Siegen. Helmes retired from professional football at the age of 31.
Lewis Harry Holtby is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for 2. Bundesliga club Holstein Kiel.
Hans-Jürgen Sundermann was a German football manager and player who played as a midfielder.
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.
Jonas Armin Hector is a German former professional footballer.
