# 2016–17 1. FC Köln season

2016–17 1. FC Köln season is the 2016–17 for the German football club.

## Background

* Carnival special
1. FC Köln finished the 2015–16 Bundesliga season in 9th place, thus ensuring a place in the 2016–17 Bundesliga. The 2016–17 season is the 46th season for the club in the Bundesliga and the third season in their current spell. The percentage of possible seasons in the Bundesliga amounts to 85.18% for the club. At the start of the season the club was in 14th place in the German TV money table.

## Review
### July–August

The preparations for the 2016/17 season began on 4 July 4, 2016. From 10 July till 15 July 2016 the squad was in a training camp in Bad Tatzmannsdorf. From 29 July till 5 August 2016 there was another training camp in Kitzbühel.

## Players
### Squad

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 | Timo Horn |
| 2 | DF | SRB | Neven Subotić (on loan from Borussia Dortmund) |
| 3 | DF | GER | Dominique Heintz |
| 4 | DF | DEN | Frederik Sørensen |
| 5 | DF | SVN | Dominic Maroh |
| 6 | MF | GER | Marco Höger |
| 7 | MF | GER | Marcel Risse |
| 8 | MF | SRB | Miloš Jojić |
| 9 | FW | LVA | Artjoms Rudņevs |
| 11 | FW | GER | Simon Zoller |
| 13 | FW | JPN | Yuya Osako |
| 14 | DF | GER | Jonas Hector (Vice-captain) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | DF | POL | Paweł Olkowski |
| 17 | FW | GER | Christian Clemens |
| 18 | GK | GER | Thomas Kessler |
| 19 | FW | FRA | Serhou Guirassy |
| 20 | MF | GER | Salih Özcan |
| 21 | MF | GER | Leonardo Bittencourt |
| 24 | DF | GER | Lukas Klünter |
| 27 | FW | FRA | Anthony Modeste |
| 30 | MF | GER | Marcel Hartel |
| 33 | MF | GER | Matthias Lehmann (Captain) |
| 34 | DF | GER | Konstantin Rausch |
| 35 | GK | GER | Sven Müller |

### Transfers
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee |
| 6 | MF | Marco Höger | 26 | EU | Schalke 04 | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | undisclosed |
| 34 | MF | Konstantin Rausch | 26 | EU | Darmstadt 98 | Recruit | Summer | 2019 | none |
| 9 | FW | Artjoms Rudņevs | 28 | EU | Hamburger SV | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | none |
| 19 | FW | Serhou Guirassy | 20 | EU | Lille | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | undisclosed |
| 30 | MF | Marcel Hartel | 20 | EU | 1. FC Köln | Youth | Summer | 2019 | none |
| 35 | GK | Sven Müller | 20 | EU | 1. FC Köln | Youth | Summer | 2018 | none |
| 20 | MF | Salih Özcan | 18 | EU | 1. FC Köln | Youth | Summer | 2017 | none |
| | DF | Bruno Nascimento | 25 | Non-EU | Tondela | Loan End | Summer | 2017 | none |
| 17 | MF | Christian Clemens | 25 | EU | Mainz 05 | Transfer | Winter | 2021 | undisclosed |
| 2 | DF | Neven Subotić | 28 | EU | Borussia Dortmund | Loan | Winter | 2017 | undisclosed |

#### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee |
| 15 | FW | Philipp Hosiner | 27 | EU | Rennes | Loan End | Summer | none |
| 29 | MF | Dušan Švento | 30 | EU | Slavia Prague | Expired | Summer | none |
| 37 | GK | Daniel Mesenhöler | 20 | EU | Union Berlin | Expired | Summer | none |
| 31 | MF | Yannick Gerhardt | 22 | EU | VfL Wolfsburg | Transfer | Summer | undisclosed |
| 6 | MF | Kevin Vogt | 24 | EU | 1899 Hoffenheim | Transfer | Summer | undisclosed |
| | DF | Bruno Nascimento | 25 | Non-EU | Omonia Nicosia | Transfer | Summer | undisclosed |
| 25 | DF | Filip Mladenović | 25 | Non-EU | Standard Liège | Loan | Winter | undisclosed |
| 15 | DF | Mërgim Mavraj | 30 | EU | Hamburger SV | Transfer | Winter | undisclosed |

## Friendly matches

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### Overview

| 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 | 27 August 2016 | 20 May 2017 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 34 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 51 | 42 | +9 | 035.29 |
| DFB-Pokal | 20 August 2016 | 7 February 2017 | First round | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 60 | 45 | +15 | 037.84 |
Last updated: 27 May 2017 Source: Competitions

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 72 | 40 | +32 | 64 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 4 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 34 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 64 | 37 | +27 | 62 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | 1. FC Köln | 34 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 51 | 42 | +9 | 49 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 6 | Hertha BSC | 34 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 49 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 7 | SC Freiburg | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 42 | 60 | −18 | 48 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
* 1 2 Since the winners of the 2016–17 DFB-Pokal, Borussia Dortmund, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, Hertha BSC; and the Europa League third qualifying round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team, SC Freiburg.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 27 May 2017. Source: Bundesliga

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | W | W | D | D | W | L | W | L | W | D | L | D | D | D | D | W | W | L | D | L | L | D | W | L | W | L | L | D | D | W | D | W |
| Position | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 |

#### Matches
### DFB-Pokal
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 27 | FW | FRA | Anthony Modeste | 32 | 25 | 29 | 23 | 3 | 2 |
| 13 | FW | JPN | Yuya Osako | 29 | 8 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | GER | Marcel Risse | 15 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | LVA | Artjoms Rudņevs | 19 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | SRB | Miloš Jojić | 16 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | GER | Christian Clemens | 11 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | GER | Leonardo Bittencourt | 13 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SVN | Dominic Maroh | 14 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | GER | Simon Zoller | 25 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | GER | Konstantin Rausch | 27 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
As of 15 April 2017

### Disciplinary record

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | Games | Red cards | Yellow/Red | Yellow cards |
| Bundesliga | 29 | 0 | 1 | 64 |
| DFB-Pokal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 32 | 0 | 1 | 68 |
| Updated: 18 April 2017 |||||