# 2023–24 1. FC Köln season

The 2023–24 season was 1. FC Köln's 76th season in existence and fifth consecutive season in the Bundesliga. They also competed in the DFB-Pokal.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 31 January 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GER | Marvin Schwäbe |
| 2 | DF | GER | Benno Schmitz |
| 3 | DF | GER | Dominique Heintz |
| 4 | DF | GER | Timo Hübers |
| 6 | MF | GER | Eric Martel |
| 7 | MF | AUT | Dejan Ljubičić |
| 8 | MF | BIH | Denis Huseinbašić |
| 9 | FW | GER | Luca Waldschmidt (on loan from VfL Wolfsburg) |
| 11 | MF | AUT | Florian Kainz |
| 12 | GK | GER | Jonas Nickisch |
| 13 | FW | GER | Mark Uth |
| 15 | DF | GER | Luca Kilian |
| 17 | DF | KOS | Leart Paqarada |
| 18 | DF | DEN | Rasmus Carstensen (on loan from Genk) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | GK | GER | Philipp Pentke |
| 21 | FW | GER | Steffen Tigges |
| 22 | MF | DEN | Jacob Steen Christensen |
| 23 | FW | ARM | Sargis Adamyan |
| 24 | DF | GER | Jeff Chabot |
| 27 | FW | GER | Davie Selke |
| 29 | FW | GER | Jan Thielmann |
| 33 | FW | GER | Florian Dietz |
| 35 | DF | GER | Max Finkgräfe |
| 37 | MF | GER | Linton Maina |
| 38 | DF | GER | Elias Bakatukanda |
| 40 | MF | GER | Faride Alidou (on loan from Eintracht Frankfurt) |
| 44 | GK | GER | Matthias Köbbing |

### Players out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | GER | Tim Lemperle (at Greuther Fürth until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | GER | Marvin Obuz (at Rot-Weiss Essen until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | LUX | Mathias Olesen (at Yverdon until 30 June 2024) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | CRO | Nikola Soldo (at 1. FC Kaiserslautern until 30 June 2024) |
| — | GK | GER | Jonas Urbig (at Greuther Fürth until 30 June 2024) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| DF | Jeff Chabot | Sampdoria | €2,500,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Jacob Christensen | Nordsjælland | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| GK | Jonas Nickish | RB Leipzig | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Leart Paqarada | FC St. Pauli | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| FW | Luca Waldschmidt | VfL Wolfsburg | Loan | 1 July 2023 |
| GK | Philipp Pentke | 1899 Hoffenheim | Free | 1 August 2023 |
| DF | Rasmus Carstensen | Genk | Loan | 3 August 2023 |
| FW | Faride Alidou | Eintracht Frankfurt | Loan | 21 August 2023 |
| DF | Dominique Heintz | Union Berlin | Undisclosed | 31 August 2023 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| FW | Sebastian Andersson | | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Ondrej Duda | Hellas Verona | €2,700,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Jonas Hector | Retired | Retired | 1 July 2023 |
| GK | Timo Horn | | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| FW | Tim Lemperle | Greuther Fürth | Loan | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Kingsley Schindler | Samsunspor | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Ellyes Skhiri | Eintracht Frankfurt | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| GK | Jonas Urbig | Greuther Fürth | Loan | 5 July 2023 |
| FW | Marvin Obuz | Rot-Weiss Essen | Loan | 7 July 2023 |
| DF | Nikola Soldo | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Loan | 16 August 2023 |
| DF | Kristian Pedersen | Swansea City | Free | 1 September 2023 |
| MF | Dimitrios Limnios | Panathinaikos | Undisclosed | 1 January 2024 |
| MF | Mathias Olesen | Yverdon | Loan | 23 January 2024 |
| DF | Noah Katterbach | Hamburger SV | Free | 31 January 2024 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Bundesliga | 19 August 2023 | 18 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 17th | 34 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 28 | 60 | −32 | 014.71 |
| DFB-Pokal | 14 August 2023 | 31 October 2023 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 33 | 64 | −31 | 016.67 |
Source: Soccerway

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 14 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 56 | 67 | −11 | 34 | |
| 15 | Union Berlin | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 33 | 58 | −25 | 33 | |
| 16 | VfL Bochum (O) | 34 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 42 | 74 | −32 | 33 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 17 | 1. FC Köln (R) | 34 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 28 | 60 | −32 | 27 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
| 18 | Darmstadt 98 (R) | 34 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 30 | 86 | −56 | 17 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: DFB

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | D | L | W | D | L | L | D | L | D | W | D | L | D | L | D | L | D | W | L | L | D | D | W | L |
| Position | 13 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 30 June 2023.

### DFB-Pokal
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | GER | Marvin Schwäbe | 24 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | GER | Jonas Nickisch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | GER | Philipp Pentke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | GK | GER | Matthias Köbbing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | GER | Benno Schmitz | 16 | 1 | 10+4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | GER | Dominique Heintz | 8 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GER | Timo Hübers | 23 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | GER | Luca Kilian | 12 | 0 | 4+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | KOS | Leart Paqarada | 14 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | DEN | Rasmus Carstensen | 19 | 0 | 14+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | GER | Jeff Chabot | 22 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 35 | DF | GER | Max Finkgräfe | 13 | 1 | 8+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | GER | Elias Bakatukanda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | GER | Eric Martel | 21 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | AUT | Dejan Ljubicic | 21 | 0 | 18+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | BIH | Denis Huseinbasic | 18 | 0 | 11+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | AUT | Florian Kainz | 22 | 3 | 18+2 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | DEN | Jacob Steen Christensen | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | GER | Linton Maina | 20 | 1 | 14+5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | GER | Luca Waldschmidt | 17 | 2 | 10+5 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | GER | Mark Uth | 9 | 1 | 3+4 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 21 | FW | GER | Steffen Tigges | 15 | 0 | 4+10 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | ARM | Sargis Adamyan | 10 | 1 | 0+9 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 29 | FW | GER | Jan Thielmann | 14 | 2 | 11+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 27 | FW | GER | Davie Selke | 17 | 5 | 14+1 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | GER | Florian Dietz | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | FW | GER | Faride Alidou | 14 | 2 | 4+10 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | FW | GER | Damion Downs | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | GER | Justin Diehl | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | DEN | Kristian Pedersen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | GRE | Dimitris Limnios | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | GER | Noah Katterbach | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | LUX | Mathias Olesen | 7 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Last updated: 16 February 2024 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

    As of 24 February 2023
| Rank | Pos. | No. | Nat. | Player | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | FW | 27 | | Davie Selke | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | MF | 11 | | Florian Kainz | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | FW | 9 | | Luca Waldschmidt | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | FW | 40 | | Faride Alidou | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | FW | 29 | | Jan Thielmann | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 37 | | Linton Maina | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | 35 | | Max Finkgräfe | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | 2 | | Benno Schmitz | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | FW | 23 | | Sargis Adamyan | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | 24 | | Jeff Chabot | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | FW | 13 | | Mark Uth | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | 6 | | Eric Martel | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 16 | 5 | 21 |