# 2012–13 1. FC Köln season

The 2012–13 1. FC Köln season was the 64th season in club history. In the 2012–13 season, the club played in the 2. Bundesliga; the second tier of German football. It was the club's first season back in this league, after being relegated from the Bundesliga in 2012. The season started on 5 August 2012 and ended on 19 May 2013.

## Review and events
### Season

The club is taking part of the 2012–13 edition of the 2. Bundesliga and the 2012–13 edition of the DFB-Pokal. The season started on 5 August 2012 with a loss against Eintracht Braunschweig and ended on 19 May 2013 against Ingolstadt 04.
The club started their league season with a six-match winless streak. Their first league win came against FSV Frankfurt on matchday seven. Overall, The first victory came against SpVgg Unterhaching in the opening round of the cup.
Holger Stanislawski was hired as the new head coach on 14 May 2012.

### Discipline

1. FC Köln was hit with a €50,000 fine. The club was only allowed to sell 15.000 tickets to its own supporters and a maximum of 5.000 tickets to supporters of SV Sandhausen. The club stated that this is an economic loss of approximately €500,000. The club appealed the decision and will only pay €40,000 fine and the maximum number of tickets that can be sold to its own supporters was increased to 22.500.

### Financial problems

There have been repeated rumours about the club being in a grave financial situation. In a letter to club supporters, the club stated "The current financial position of the 1st FC Köln is serious. However, we also want to use this letter to continually eliminate repeated rumors that are without substance. An over-dramatizing the situation is just as damaging as to trivialize it." The club stated that they'll be using revenue bonds for debt restructuring.

### Problem supporters

Supporters of the club went to the home of Kevin Pezzoni and harassed and threatened him. Pezzoni's car was "smeared." There was an anti-Pezzoni Group on Facebook where more than 400 people joined. This isn't the first case where club supporters went to the home of a 1. FC Köln footballer. Club supporters went to Pedro Geromel's home during the night. Pezzoni had his contract dissolved because of the incident. Pezzoni stated that he didn't want to terminate his contract and had hoped that the club would stand behind him against the problem supporters.

#### Chronology of events

| Date | Event |
| 19 February 2012 | In a carnival party, Kevin Pezzoni has to have surgery because of a broken nose after an incident. Pezzoni was "portrayed as one of the biggest scapegoats" during the 2011–12 season |
| 27 August 2012 | 1. FC Köln starts the season without any victory. Erzgebirge Aue defeats 1. FC Köln in the 4th match of the season. The defence was blamed and Pezzoni is the specific player blamed for the loss. |
| 28 August 2012 | An angry club supporter starts a Facebook page against Pezzoni. That night, five "extreme" supporters go outside Pezzoni's flat and made threats. His car is defaced. |
| 31 August 2012 | Pezzoni is transfer listed. |
| 1 September 2012 | Pezzoni is released from his contract. |
| 2 September 2012 | Pezzoni leaves Cologne and moves in with his parents in Frankfurt. |
| 6 September 2012 | Jürgen Domian, who called himself Benny, is named as the initiator of the incident at Pezzoni's flat. He is a 21 years old with a criminal record. |

## Match results and fixtures
### Legend

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### 2. Bundesliga
#### League results and fixtures

| Match | Date | Time | Venue | City | Opponent | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers | Goalscorers | Table | Table | Source |
| Match | Date | Time | Venue | City | Opponent | Result | Attendance | 1. FC Köln | Opponent | Pos. | Pts. | Source |
| 1 | 5 August 2012 (2012-08-05) | 15:30 | Eintracht-Stadion | Braunschweig | Eintracht Braunschweig | 0–1 | 21,820 | — | Ademi 68' | 16 | 0 | [MR 1] [MR 2] |
| 2 | 10 August 2012 (2012-08-10) | 18:00 | RheinEnergieStadion | Cologne | SV Sandhausen | 1–1 | 22,900 | Bröker 63' (pen.) | Dorn 89' | 15 | 1 | [MR 3] [MR 4] |
| 3 | 27 August 2012 (2012-08-27) | 20:15 | Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion | Aue | Erzgebirge Aue | 0–2 | 9,000 | — | Müller 8' Savran 55' | 17 | 1 | [MR 5] [MR 6] |
| 4 | 31 August 2012 (2012-08-31) | 18:15 | RheinEnergieStadion | Cologne | Energie Cottbus | 0–1 | 34,000 | — | Sanogo 30' | 17 | 1 | [MR 7] [MR 8] |
| 5 | 17 September 2012 (2012-09-17) | 20:45 | RheinEnergieStadion | Cologne | FC St. Pauli | 0–0 | 45,200 | — | — | 16 | 2 | [MR 9] [MR 10] |
| 6 | 21 September 2012 (2012-09-21) | 18:00 | Stadion An der Alten Försterei | Berlin | Union Berlin | 1–2 | 16,750 | Bröker 3' (pen.) | Silvio 27' Mattuschka 56' | 17 | 2 | [MR 11] [MR 12] |
| 7 | 25 September 2012 (2012-09-25) | 17:30 | RheinEnergieStadion | Cologne | FSV Frankfurt | 2–1 | 32,000 | Strobl 46' Chihi 82' | Verboek 90' | 16 | 5 | [MR 13] [MR 14] |
| 8 | 28 September 2012 (2012-09-28) | 18:00 | Benteler Arena | Paderborn | Paderborn 07 | 2–1 | 15,000 | Ujah 18' Chihi 69' | Zeitz 53' | 14 | 8 | [MR 15] [MR 16] |
| 9 | 8 October 2012 (2012-10-08) | 20:15 | RheinEnergieStadion | Cologne | Dynamo Dresden | 1–1 | 41,800 | Ujah 77' | Poté 31' | 13 | 9 | [MR 17] [MR 18] |
| 10 | 20 October 2012 (2012-10-20) | 13:00 | Jahnstadion | Regensburg | Jahn Regensburg | 3–2 | 11,465 | Ujah 87' Maroh 90' Bigalke 90' + 3' | Müller 5' Rahn 67' (pen.) | 11 | 12 | [MR 19] [MR 20] |
| 11 | 26 October 2012 (2012-10-26) | 18:00 | RheinEnergieStadion | Cologne | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 3–3 | 46,000 | Chihi 23' Clemens 43' Royer 75' | Baumjohann 9' Idrissou 60', 88' | 10 | 13 | [MR 21] [MR 22] |
| 12 | 4 November 2012 (2012-11-04) | 13:30 | Scholz-Arena | Aalen | VfR Aalen | 0–2 | 10,091 | — | Dausch 31' Cidimar 77' | 12 | 13 | [MR 23] [MR 24] |
| 13 | 9 November 2012 (2012-11-09) | 18:00 | RheinEnergieStadion | Cologne | MSV Duisburg | 0–0 | 39,900 | — | — | 12 | 14 | [MR 25] [MR 26] |
| 14 | 16 November 2012 (2012-11-16) | 20:30 | Allianz Arena | Munich | 1860 München | 2–0 | 25,800 | McKenna 3' Chihi 75' | — | 11 | 17 | [MR 27] [MR 28] |
| 15 | 23 November 2012 (2012-11-23) | 18:00 | RheinEnergieStadion | Cologne | VfL Bochum | 3–1 | 40,000 | Ujah 11', 84' McKenna 35' | Gelashvili 90' | 10 | 20 | [MR 29] [MR 30] |
| 16 | 29 November 2012 (2012-11-29) | 20:15 | Olympic Stadium | Berlin | Hertha BSC | 1–1 | 36,000 | McKenna 34' | Ronny 44' | 11 | 21 | [MR 31] [MR 32] |
| 17 | 2 December 2012 (2012-12-02) | 13:30 | RheinEnergieStadion | Cologne | Ingolstadt 04 | 1–0 | 38,500 | Ujah 45' | — | 10 | 24 | [MR 33] [MR 34] |
| 18 | 10 December 2012 (2012-12-10) | 20:15 | RheinEnergieStadion | Cologne | Eintracht Braunschweig | 2–2 | 38,000 | Clemens 47' Ujah 88' | Kumbela 23' Bičakčić 90+1' | T9 | 25 | [MR 35] [MR 36] |
| 19 | 14 December 2012 (2012-12-14) | 18:00 | Hardtwaldstadion | Sandhausen | SV Sandhausen | 0–0 | 6,200 | — | — | T9 | 26 | [MR 37] [MR 38] |
| 20 | 2 February 2013 (2013-02-02) | 13:00 | RheinEnergieStadion | Cologne | Erzgebirge Aue | 2–1 | 41,800 | Maroh 4' Clemens 90' + 2' | Pezzoni 79' | 8 | 29 | [MR 39] [MR 40] |
| 21 | 9 February 2013 (2013-02-09) | 13:00 | Stadion der Freundschaft | Cottbus | Energie Cottbus | 0–0 | 10,201 | — | — | 9 | 30 | [MR 41] [MR 42] |
| 22 | 18 February 2013 (2013-02-18) | 20:15 | Millerntor-Stadion | Hamburg | FC St. Pauli | 1–0 | 29,063 | Clemens 3' | — | 5 | 33 | [MR 43] [MR 44] |
| 23 | 23 February 2013 (2013-02-23) | 13:00 | RheinEnergieStadion | Cologne | Union Berlin | 2–0 | 42,000 | McKenna 18' Maierhofer 52' | — | 4 | 36 | [MR 45] [MR 46] |
| 24 | 3 March 2013 (2013-03-03) | 13:30 | Frankfurter Volksbank Stadion | Frankfurt | FSV Frankfurt | 1–1 | 10,740 | Clemens 83' | Yelen 76' (pen.) | 4 | 37 | [MR 47] [MR 48] |
| 25 | 9 March 2013 (2013-03-09) | 13:00 | RheinEnergieStadion | Cologne | Paderborn 07 | 3–0 | 42,700 | Matuschyk 29' Ujah 64', 83' | — | 4 | 40 | [MR 49] [MR 50] |
| 26 | 18 March 2013 (2013-03-18) | 20:15 | Glücksgas Stadium | Dresden | Dynamo Dresden | 2–0 | 27,284 | Ujah 73', 81' | — | 4 | 43 | [MR 51] [MR 52] |
| 27 | 31 March 2013 (2013-03-31) | 13:30 | RheinEnergieStadion | Cologne | Jahn Regensburg | 2–1 | 45,600 | McKenna 28' Royer 87' | Djuricin 73' | 3 | 46 | [MR 53] [MR 54] |
| 28 | 5 April 2013 (2013-04-05) | 18:00 | Fritz-Walter-Stadion | Kaiserslautern | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 0–3 | 49,780 | — | Idrissou 41', 79' Šimůnek 50' | 4 | 46 | [MR 55] [MR 56] |
| 29 | 14 April 2013 (2013-04-14) | 13:30 | RheinEnergieStadion | Cologne | VfR Aalen | 1–0 | 44,100 | Przybyłko 90' + 3' | — | 4 | 49 | [MR 57] [MR 58] |
| 30 | 22 April 2013 (2013-04-22) | 20:15 | Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena | Duisburg | MSV Duisburg | 1–1 | 27,029 | Bröker 23' | Bomheuer 90' + 2' | 4 | 50 | [MR 59] [MR 60] |
| 31 | 28 April 2013 (2013-04-28) | 13:30 | RheinEnergieStadion | Cologne | 1860 München | 1–1 | 49,100 | Ujah 7' | Halfar 78' | 4 | 51 | [MR 61] [MR 62] |
| 32 | 4 May 2013 (2013-05-04) | 13:00 | rewirpowerSTADION | Bochum | VfL Bochum | 1–2 | 28,400 | Chihi 30' | Dedić 65' Maltritz 79' | 4 | 51 | |
| 33 | 12 May 2013 (2013-05-12) | 13:30 | RheinEnergieStadion | Cologne | Hertha BSC | 1–2 | 49,500 | Clemens 68' | Kobiashvili 36' (pen.) Morales 55' | 5 | 51 | |
| 34 | 19 May 2013 (2013-05-19) | 13:30 | Audi Sportpark | Ingolstadt | Ingolstadt 04 | 3–0 | 12,520 | Royer 48' Nascimento 76' Ujah 77' (pen.) | — | 5 | 54 | |

#### Table
##### Overall league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Eintracht Braunschweig (P) | 34 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 52 | 34 | +18 | 67 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 3 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 34 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 55 | 33 | +22 | 58 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 4 | FSV Frankfurt | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 55 | 45 | +10 | 54 | |
| 5 | 1. FC Köln | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 43 | 33 | +10 | 54 | |
| 6 | TSV 1860 Munich | 34 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 39 | 31 | +8 | 49 | |
| 7 | 1. FC Union Berlin | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 50 | 49 | +1 | 49 | |
| 8 | Energie Cottbus | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 41 | 36 | +5 | 48 | |

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 2 May 2013. Source: kicker

### DFB-Pokal

| Round | Date | Time | Venue | City | Opponent | Result | Attendance | 1. FC Köln goalscorers |
| 1 | 18 August 2012 | 15:30 | Generali Sportpark | Unterhaching | SpVgg Unterhaching | 2–1 | 7,500 | Bröker 28', 40' |
| 2 | 30 October 2012 | 19:00 | EWR-Arena | Worms | Wormatia Worms | 0–0 | 7,203 | — |
| 3 | 19 December 2012 | 20:30 | Mercedes-Benz Arena | Stuttgart | VfB Stuttgart | 1–2 | 27,500 | Clemens 80' |

## Squad information
### Squad and statistics
#### Squad, appearances and goals

Source:
As of 19 March 2013
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | 2. Bundesliga | 2. Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | GER | Timo Horn | 28 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | GK | GER | Thomas Kessler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | GER | Marcel Schuhen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | SVN | Mišo Brečko | 29 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | GER | Lukas Kübler | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GER | Christian Eichner | 16 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GER | Dominic Maroh | 28 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | GER | Bienvenue Basala-Mazana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | GRE | Konstantinos Giannoulis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | CAN | Kevin McKenna | 22 | 4 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | AUT | Kevin Wimmer | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | BRA | Bruno Nascimento | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 7 | MF | MAR | Adil Chihi | 17 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | POL | Adam Matuszczyk | 23 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | BIH | Dino Bisanovic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | GER | Jonas Hector | 20 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | GER | Tobias Strobl | 19 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | CRO | Mato Jajalo | 21 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | TUN | Reinhold Yabo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | GER | Sascha Bigalke | 16 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | AUT | Daniel Royer | 24 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | GER | Christian Clemens | 25 | 6 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 33 | MF | GER | Matthias Lehmann | 22 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Strikers ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | AUT | Stefan Maierhofer | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | GER | Thomas Bröker | 19 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 22 | MF | NGA | Anthony Ujah | 24 | 11 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | POL | Kacper Przybyłko | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| No longer at club ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | GER | Kevin Pezzoni | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | PRK | Chong Tese | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | SWE | Mikael Ishak | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ALB | Odise Roshi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | GER | Daniel Schwabke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Bookings

Sources:
As of 19 March 2013
| Number | Name | 2. Bundesliga | 2. Bundesliga | 2. Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Total | Total | Total |
| 33 | Matthias Lehmann | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Dominic Maroh | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Adam Matuschyk | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Anthony Ujah | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Mikael Ishak | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Mato Jajalo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Tobias Strobl | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Mišo Brečko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Sascha Bigalke | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Thomas Bröker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Adil Chihi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Christian Clemens | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Kevin McKenna | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Christian Eichner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Jonas Hector | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Stefan Maierhofer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Daniel Royer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Kevin Wimmer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Kevin Pezzoni | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | 45 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 0 |

### Transfers
#### In

| Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer Window | Contract ends | Transfer fee |
| Midfield | Matthias Lehmann | 29 | Yes | Eintracht Frankfurt | Transfer | Summer | | Martin Lanig |
| Midfield | Daniel Royer | 22 | Yes | Hannover 96 | Loan | Summer | | |
| Defence | Kevin Wimmer | 19 | Yes | LASK Linz | Transfer | Summer | | |
| Midfield | Sascha Bigalke | 22 | Yes | SpVgg Unterhaching | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2015 | |
| Midfield | Anthony Ujah | 21 | No | Mainz 05 | Loan | Summer | 30 June 2013 | |
| Forward | Stefan Maierhofer | 30 | Yes | Red Bull Salzburg | | Winter | 30 June 2013 | |

#### Out

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer Window | Transfer fee | Sources |
| 9 | Forward | Lukas Podolski | 27 | Yes | Arsenal F.C. | Transfer | Summer | €13 Million | |
| | Midfielder | Armando Petit | 35 | Yes | Boavista F.C. | End of contract | Summer | Free | |
| | Defender | Andrezinho | 30 | No | | | Summer | Free | |
| | Forward | Mark Uth | 20 | Yes | SC Heerenveen | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | |
| | Midfielder | Mitchell Weiser | 18 | Yes | Bayern Munich | Transfer | Summer | | |
| | Defender | Pedro Geromel | 31 | Yes | RCD Mallorca | Loan | Summer | Undisclosed | |
| | Goalkeeper | Michael Rensing | 28 | Yes | Bayer Leverkusen | | Summer | Free | |
| | Midfielder | Christopher Buchtmann | 20 | Yes | FC St. Pauli | Transfer | Summer | Free | |
| 6 | Midfielder | Kevin Pezzoni | 23 | Yes | Erzgebirge Aue | Released | Winter | Free | [6] [26] |
| | Forward | Chong Tese | 29 | No | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | | Winter | | |