# 2017–18 1. FC Köln season

The 2017–18 1. FC Köln season is the 70th season in the football club's history and 4th consecutive and 47th overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2014. In addition to the domestic league, 1. FC Köln also are participating in this season's editions of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal, and the second-tier continental cup, the UEFA Europa League. This is the 70th season for Köln in the RheinEnergieStadion, located in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 18 April 2018
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 | GER | Kevin Goden |
| 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 | GER | Simon Terodde |
| 11 | FW | GER | Simon Zoller |
| 13 | FW | JPN | Yuya Osako |
| 14 | DF | GER | Jonas Hector (Vice-captain) |
| 15 | FW | COL | Jhon Córdoba |
| 16 | DF | POL | Paweł Olkowski |
| 17 | MF | GER | Christian Clemens |
| 18 | GK | GER | Thomas Kessler |
| 19 | FW | FRA | Serhou Guirassy |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | GER | Salih Özcan |
| 21 | MF | GER | Leonardo Bittencourt |
| 22 | DF | ESP | Jorge Meré |
| 23 | DF | GER | Jannes Horn |
| 24 | DF | GER | Lukas Klünter |
| 25 | DF | POR | João Queirós |
| 26 | DF | GER | Chris Führich |
| 27 | DF | SRB | Filip Kusić |
| 29 | DF | GER | Tim Handwerker |
| 33 | MF | GER | Matthias Lehmann (Captain) |
| 35 | GK | GER | Sven Müller |
| 37 | MF | GER | Anas Ouahim |
| 38 | MF | DEN | Nikolas Nartey |
| 39 | FW | PER | Claudio Pizarro |
| 40 | DF | GER | Yann Aurel Bisseck |
| 41 | MF | FRA | Vincent Koziello |

### Transfers
#### In

| No. | Pos | Player | From | Type | Window | Ends | Fee |
| 15 | FW | Jhon Córdoba | Mainz 05 | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | € 17M |
| 22 | DF | Jorge Meré | Sporting Gijón | Transfer | Summer | 2022 | € 7M |
| 23 | DF | Jannes Horn | VfL Wolfsburg | Transfer | Summer | 2022 | € 7M |
| 25 | DF | João Queirós | Braga B | Transfer | Summer | 2022 | € 3M |
| 29 | DF | Tim Handwerker | Bayer Leverkusen II | Transfer | Summer | 2022 | none |
| 38 | MF | Nikolas Nartey | 1. FC Köln II | Youth | Summer | 2020 | none |
| 39 | FW | Claudio Pizarro | Werder Bremen | Transfer | Summer | 2018 | none |
| 9 | FW | Simon Terodde | VfB Stuttgart | Transfer | Winter | 2021 | € 3M |
| 41 | MF | Vincent Koziello | Nice | Transfer | Winter | 2022 | € 3M |

#### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | To | Type | Window | Fee |
| 2 | DF | Neven Subotić | Borussia Dortmund | Loan End | Summer | — |
| 9 | FW | Artjoms Rudņevs | Retired | Released | Summer | — |
| 27 | FW | Anthony Modeste | Tianjin Quanjian | Transfer | Summer | €34.7M |
| 30 | MF | Marcel Hartel | Union Berlin | Transfer | Summer | €0.25M |
| 34 | DF | Konstantin Rausch | Dynamo Moscow | Transfer | Winter | €1.5M |

## 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 | 20 August 2017 | 12 May 2018 | Matchday 1 | | 34 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 35 | 70 | −35 | 014.71 |
| DFB-Pokal | 12 August 2017 | 19 December 2017 | First round | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 066.67 |
| Europa League | 14 September 2017 | 7 December 2017 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 9 | 7 | 27 | 50 | 80 | −30 | 020.93 |
Last updated: 21 May 2018 Source: Competitions

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 14 | Mainz 05 | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 38 | 52 | −14 | 36 | |
| 15 | SC Freiburg | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 32 | 56 | −24 | 36 | |
| 16 | VfL Wolfsburg (O) | 34 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 36 | 48 | −12 | 33 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 17 | Hamburger SV (R) | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 29 | 53 | −24 | 31 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
| 18 | 1. FC Köln (R) | 34 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 35 | 70 | −35 | 22 | 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 |
Last updated: 21 May 2018. 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 | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | W | W | D | L | L | D | W | L | L | W | L | D | L | D | L | L | L |
| Position | 11 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Europa League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ARS | ZVE | KLN | BATE |
| 1 | Arsenal | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 0–0 | 3–1 | 6–0 |
| 2 | Red Star Belgrade | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| 3 | 1. FC Köln | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 6 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | — | 5–2 |
| 4 | BATE Borisov | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 16 | −10 | 5 | | 2–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — |

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 5 May 2018
| No. | Pos | Player | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Timo Horn | 33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 42 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Kevin Goden | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Dominique Heintz | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Frederik Sørensen | 24+4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 3 |
| 5 | DF | Dominic Maroh | 10+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Marco Höger | 19+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Marcel Risse | 12+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Miloš Jojić | 16+8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4+2 | 1 | 33 | 3 |
| 9 | FW | Simon Terodde | 13+1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 |
| 11 | FW | Simon Zoller | 12+5 | 2 | 1+1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 5 |
| 13 | FW | Yuya Osako | 23+1 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+3 | 2 | 31 | 6 |
| 14 | DF | Jonas Hector | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| 15 | FW | Jhon Córdoba | 9+9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 2 |
| 16 | DF | Paweł Olkowski | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Christian Clemens | 6+7 | 1 | 0+2 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 19 | 2 |
| 18 | GK | Thomas Kessler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Serhou Guirassy | 8+7 | 4 | 1+1 | 1 | 4+1 | 2 | 22 | 7 |
| 20 | MF | Salih Özcan | 19+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Leonardo Bittencourt | 17+4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2+2 | 0 | 27 | 6 |
| 22 | DF | Jorge Meré | 20+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | Jannes Horn | 9+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Lukas Klünter | 14+5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 24 | 1 |
| 25 | DF | João Queirós | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Chris Führich | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Filip Kusić | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | Tim Handwerker | 3+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | Matthias Lehmann | 17+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | Sven Müller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | Anas Ouahim | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | Nikolas Nartey | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | Claudio Pizarro | 4+11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| 40 | DF | Yann Aurel Bisseck | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | Vincent Koziello | 7+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| Players transferred out during the season |||||||||||
| 9 | FW | Artjoms Rudņevs | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | Konstantin Rausch | 11+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 19 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

    As of 5 May 2018
| Rank | Position | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | Serhou Guirassy | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | MF | Leonardo Bittencourt | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | FW | Yuya Osako | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | FW | Simon Terodde | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | FW | Simon Zoller | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | MF | Miloš Jojić | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | DF | Frederik Sørensen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | Christian Clemens | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | FW | Jhon Córdoba | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | Jonas Hector | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | Dominique Heintz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | Lukas Klünter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | Vincent Koziello | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | Dominic Maroh | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | Jorge Meré | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | Claudio Pizarro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | Marcel Risse | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 34 | 8 | 7 | 49 |

### Clean sheets

    As of 5 May 2018
| Rank | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | Timo Horn | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Total | Total | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 5 May 2018
| Rank | Position | Name | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Europa League | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | DF | Frederik Sørensen | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Lukas Klünter | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | Salih Özcan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | Jorge Meré | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Miloš Jojić | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Matthias Lehmann | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Leonardo Bittencourt | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Serhou Guirassy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Marco Höger | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Yuya Osako | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | DF | Jonas Hector | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | DF | Dominique Heintz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | DF | Konstantin Rausch | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Simon Zoller | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Paweł Olkowski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Christian Clemens | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Vincent Koziello | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Marcel Risse | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Simon Terodde | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Jhon Córdoba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | Timo Horn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Dominic Maroh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | 63 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 1 | 0 |