# 2021–22 1. FC Köln season

The 2021–22 season was the 74th season in the existence of 1. FC Köln and the club's third consecutive season in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, 1. FC Köln participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 31 January 2022.
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 (vice-captain) |
| 2 | DF | GER | Benno Schmitz |
| 4 | DF | GER | Timo Hübers |
| 5 | DF | GER | Bright Arrey-Mbi (on loan from Bayern Munich) |
| 6 | MF | GER | Salih Özcan |
| 7 | MF | AUT | Dejan Ljubicic |
| 9 | FW | SWE | Sebastian Andersson |
| 11 | MF | AUT | Florian Kainz |
| 13 | FW | GER | Mark Uth |
| 14 | DF | GER | Jonas Hector (captain) |
| 15 | DF | GER | Luca Kilian (on loan from Mainz 05) |
| 17 | MF | GHA | Kingsley Schindler |
| 18 | MF | SVK | Ondrej Duda |
| 19 | DF | NGA | Kingsley Ehizibue |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | GK | GER | Marvin Schwäbe |
| 21 | MF | AUT | Louis Schaub |
| 23 | DF | GER | Jannes Horn (3rd captain) |
| 24 | DF | GER | Jeff Chabot (on loan from Sampdoria) |
| 25 | MF | GER | Tim Lemperle |
| 27 | FW | FRA | Anthony Modeste |
| 28 | MF | TUN | Ellyes Skhiri |
| 29 | MF | GER | Jan Thielmann |
| 30 | FW | GER | Marvin Obuz |
| 31 | MF | CZE | Tomáš Ostrák |
| 36 | MF | GER | Niklas Hauptmann |
| 40 | GK | GER | Jonas Urbig |
| 44 | GK | GER | Matthias Köbbing |
| 47 | MF | LUX | Mathias Olesen |

### 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 |
| — | DF | GER | Yann Aurel Bisseck (at Aarhus GF until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | GER | Jens Castrop (at 1. FC Nürnberg until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | GER | Noah Katterbach (at Basel until 31 December 2022) |
| — | MF | GRE | Dimitris Limnios (at Twente until 30 June 2022) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee' | Date |
| 4 | DF | Timo Hübers | Hannover 96 | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| 7 | MF | Dejan Ljubicic | Rapid Wien | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| 13 | FW | Mark Uth | Schalke 04 | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| 20 | GK | Marvin Schwäbe | Brøndby | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| 15 | DF | Luca Kilian | Mainz 05 | Loan | 24 August 2021 |
| 24 | DF | Jeff Chabot | Sampdoria | Loan | 26 January 2022 |
| 5 | DF | Bright Arrey-Mbi | Bayern Munich | Loan | 31 January 2022 |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| | DF | Yann Aurel Bisseck | AGF | Loan | 1 July 2021 |
| 4 | DF | Robert Voloder | NK Maribor | Loan | 1 July 2021 |
| 6 | MF | Marco Höger | | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| 8 | MF | Birger Verstraete | Antwerp | €2,000,000 | 1 July 2021 |
| 13 | MF | Max Meyer | | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| 32 | GK | Julian Krahl | Viktoria Berlin | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| 3 | DF | Lasse Sobiech | SV Darmstadt 98 | Free | 3 July 2021 |
| 7 | MF | Marcel Risse | Viktoria Köln | Undisclosed | 8 July 2021 |
| 8 | DF | Ismail Jakobs | AS Monaco | €7,000,000 | 12 July 2021 |
| 33 | DF | Sebastiaan Bornauw | VfL Wolfsburg | €13,500,000 | 16 July 2021 |
| 24 | MF | Dominick Drexler | Schalke 04 | Free | 21 July 2021 |
| 15 | MF | Dimitris Limnios | Twente | Loan | 6 August 2021 |
| | MF | Vincent Koziello | K.V. Oostende | Free | 17 August 2021 |
| 4 | DF | Robert Voloder | NK Maribor | Undisclosed | 1 January 2022 |
| 5 | DF | Rafael Czichos | Chicago Fire | €455,000 | 2 January 2022 |
| | MF | Jens Castrop | 1. FC Nürnberg | Loan | 7 January 2022 |
| 26 | DF | Sava-Arangel Čestić | | Mutual contract termination | 7 January 2022 |
| 3 | DF | Noah Katterbach | Basel | Loan | 18 January 2022 |
| 22 | DF | Jorge Meré | Club América | €900,000 | 18 January 2022 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## 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 | 15 August 2021 | 14 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 7th | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 52 | 49 | +3 | 041.18 |
| DFB-Pokal | 8 August 2021 | 18 January 2022 | First round | Round of 16 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 56 | 51 | +5 | 040.54 |
Source: Soccerway

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Union Berlin | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 50 | 44 | +6 | 57 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 6 | SC Freiburg | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 58 | 46 | +12 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 7 | 1. FC Köln | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 52 | 49 | +3 | 52 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round |
| 8 | Mainz 05 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 50 | 45 | +5 | 46 | |
| 9 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 58 | 60 | −2 | 46 | |
* 1 2 Since the 2021–22 DFB-Pokal winners, RB Leipzig, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League play-off round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team.

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | W | D | D | D | W | L | D | L | D | D | W | D | L | W | W | W | L | D | W | L | W | D | L | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | L | L |
| Position | 4 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.

### 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 | Timo Horn | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | GER | Marvin Schwäbe | 24 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | GER | Jonas Urbig | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | GK | GER | Matthias Köbbing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | GER | Benno Schmitz | 33 | 0 | 29+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GER | Timo Hübers | 23 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GER | Bright Arrey-Mbi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | GER | Jonas Hector | 33 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | GER | Luca Kilian | 31 | 1 | 25+5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | NGA | Kingsley Ehizibue | 18 | 0 | 6+10 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | GER | Jannes Horn | 12 | 0 | 3+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | GER | Jeff Chabot | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | GER | Salih Özcan | 34 | 2 | 26+5 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | AUT | Dejan Ljubicic | 32 | 3 | 22+8 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | AUT | Florian Kainz | 34 | 4 | 31+1 | 4 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | GHA | Kingsley Schindler | 20 | 1 | 1+17 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | SVK | Ondrej Duda | 34 | 2 | 20+11 | 2 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | AUT | Louis Schaub | 30 | 1 | 6+22 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | GER | Tim Lemperle | 15 | 2 | 0+13 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | TUN | Ellyes Skhiri | 23 | 5 | 20+2 | 4 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 31 | MF | CZE | Tomáš Ostrák | 6 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | LUX | Mathias Olesen | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | SWE | Sebastian Andersson | 29 | 3 | 13+13 | 3 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | GER | Mark Uth | 33 | 5 | 24+6 | 5 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | FRA | Anthony Modeste | 34 | 23 | 30+1 | 20 | 1+2 | 3 |
| 29 | FW | GER | Jan Thielmann | 32 | 3 | 10+19 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | GER | Marvin Obuz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | GER | Noah Katterbach | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GER | Rafael Czichos | 18 | 0 | 16+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ESP | Jorge Meré | 9 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | SRB | Sava-Arangel Cestic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 14 May 2022 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Pos | No. | Nat | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | FW | 27 | | Anthony Modeste | 20 | 3 | 23 |
| 2 | MF | 28 | | Ellyes Skhiri | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | FW | 13 | | Mark Uth | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | MF | 11 | | Florian Kainz | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | 6 | | Salih Özcan | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | 7 | | Dejan Ljubicic | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | FW | 9 | | Sebastian Andersson | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | FW | 29 | | Jan Thielmann | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | MF | 18 | | Ondrej Duda | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | 25 | | Tim Lemperle | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | 4 | | Timo Hübers | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 15 | | Luca Kilian | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 17 | | Kingsley Schindler | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 21 | | Louis Schaub | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 52 | 4 | 56 |
Last updated: 14 May 2022