# 2013–14 1. FC Köln season

The 2013–14 1. FC Köln season was the 65th season in club history.

## Background

Peter Stöger was appointed the new head coach of 1. FC Köln on 11 June.

### Transfers
#### In

| Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer Window | Contract ends | Transfer fee |
| MF | Maximilian Thiel | 20 | Yes | Wacker Burghausen | Transfer | Summer | 2016 | Undisclosed |
| MF | Marcel Risse | 23 | Yes | Mainz 05 | Transfer | Summer | 2016 | Undisclosed |
| DF | Román Golobart | 21 | Yes | Wigan Athletic | End of contract | Summer | 2016 | Free |

#### Out

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer Window | Transfer fee | Ref. |
| 20 | MF | Reinhold Yabo | 21 | Yes | Karlsruher SC | Transfer | Summer | Free | |
| | MF | Christian Clemens | 21 | Yes | Schalke 04 | Transfer | Summer | €2.8 Million | |

## 2. Bundesliga
### 2. Bundesliga review
#### Matchdays 1 – 17

Köln 2013–14 started on 20 July against Dynamo Dresden. The match ended in a 1–1 draw. Anthony Ujah scored for Köln and Tobias Kempe scored for Dynamo Dresden. Köln ended the matchday tied for eighth in the league table with Dynamo Dresden. Then Köln ended July with matchday two against Fortuna Düsseldorf on 28 July. The match ended in a 1–1 draw. Anthony Ujah scored for Köln and Charlison Benschop scored for Fortuna Düsseldorf. Köln finished July tied with Dynamo Dresden for tenth place in the table. Köln started August with matchday three Paderborn 07 on 10 August. The match ended in a 1–1 draw. Kacper Przybylko scored for Köln and Markus Krösche scored for Paderborn. Köln finished the matchday in 13th place. Köln faced SV Sandhausen on matchday four on 17 August. Köln won 2–0 with two goals from Marcel Risse. Köln finished the matchday tied for seventh with FSV Frankfurt in the table. Köln finished August with matchday five against Greuther Fürth on 24 August. The match ended in a 0–0. Köln finished August in 10th place. Köln started September with a matchday six against Erzgebirge Aue on 1 September. Köln won the match 4–1. Yannick Gerhardt, Marcel Risse, and Sławomir Peszko scored for Köln. Marcel Risse scored two goals. Taku Ishihara scored for Erzgebirge Aue. Köln finished the matchday in third place. Köln faced Energie Cottbus on matchday seven on 16 September. Köln won 4–0. Patrick Helmes, Anthony Ujah, and Sławomir Peszko scored for Köln. Anthony Ujah scored two goals. Köln finished the matchday in third place. Köln faced 1. FC Kaiserslautern on matchday eight on 20 September. The match ended in a 0–0 draw. Köln finished the matchday in second place. Köln finished September with matchday nine against VfR Aalen on 27 September. Köln won 1–0 with a goal from Marcel Risse. Köln finished September in second place. Köln started October with matchday 10 against Karlsruher SC on 5 October. Köln won 2–1. Patrick Helmes and Mišo Brečko scored for Köln. Koen van der Biezen scored for Karlsruhe. Köln finished the matchday in first place. Köln faced 1860 München on matchday 11 on 21 October. The match ended in a 0–0 draw. Köln finished the matchday in first place. Köln finished October with matchday 12 against Arminia Bielefeld on 25 October. Köln won 1–0 with a goal from Sławomir Peszko. Köln finished the matchday in first place. Köln started November with matchday 13 against Union Berlin on 4 November. Köln won 4–0 with goals from Marcel Risse, Yannick Gerhardt, and Jonas Hector. Marcel Risse scored two goals. Köln finished the matchday in first place. Köln faced VfL Bochum on matchday 14 on 10 November. Bochum won 1–0 with a goal from Richard Sukuta-Pasu. Köln finished the matchday in first place. Köln faced Ingolstadt 04 on matchday 15 on 23 November. Ingolstadt won 1–0 with a goal from Moritz Hartmann. Köln finished the matchday in second place. Köln finished November with matchday 16 against FC St. Pauli on 29 November. Köln won 3–0 with goals from Kevin Wimmer, Patrick Helmes, and Yannick Gerhardt. Köln finished the matchday in first place. Köln started December with matchday 17 against FSV Frankfurt on 7 December. Köln won 2–0 with goals from Anthony Ujah and Marcel Risse. Köln finished the matchday and the first–half of the season in first place.

#### Matchdays 18 – 34
### League fixtures and results

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed
| MD | Date | Venue | Opponent | Res. F–A | Att. | Goalscorers and disciplined players | Goalscorers and disciplined players | Pos. | Ref. |
| MD | Date | Venue | Opponent | Res. F–A | Att. | 1. FC Köln | Opponent | Pos. | Ref. |
| 1 | 20 July – 15:30 | A | Dynamo Dresden | 1–1 | 29,308 | Golobart 26' Ujah 62' Maroh 89' | Menz 43' Kempe 79' Poté 90' | T8 | [7] [8] |
| 2 | 28 July – 15:30 | H | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 1–1 | 50,000 | Jajalo 32' Ujah 67' Golobart 85' | Benschop 12' Bolly 43' Bodzek 87' | T10 | [9] [10] |
| 3 | 10 August – 13:00 | A | Paderborn 07 | 1–1 | 12,397 | Hector 51' Ujah 90' Przybylko 90'+3' | Krösche 15' 62' | 13 | [11] [12] |
| 4 | 17 August – 13:00 | H | SV Sandhausen | 2–0 | 39,000 | Risse 55', 78' (pen.) | — | T7 | [13] [14] |
| 5 | 24 August – 13:00 | A | Greuther Fürth | 0–0 | 13,770 | — | — | 10 | [15] [16] |
| 6 | 1 September – 13:30 | H | Erzgebirge Aue | 4–1 | 42,000 | Gerhardt 2' Risse 11', 24' Peszko 55' | Ishihara 14' | 3 | [17] [16] |
| 7 | 16 September – 20:15 | A | Energie Cottbus | 4–0 | 10,406 | Helmes 2' Ujah 8', 28' Peszko 67' | — | 3 | [18] [19] |
| 8 | 20 September – 18:30 | H | 1. FC K'lautern | 0–0 | 50,000 | — | — | 2 | [20] [21] |
| 9 | 27 September – 18:40 | A | VfR Aalen | 1–0 | 8,718 | Risse 32' | — | 2 | [22] [23] |
| 10 | 5 October – 13:00 | A | Karlsruher SC | 2–1 | 20,000 | Helmes 59' Brečko 90' | Varnhagen 30' van der Biezen 43' 52' Krebs 43' | 1 | [24] [25] |
| 11 | 21 October – 20:15 | H | 1860 München | 0–0 | 48,300 | — | Stark 6' Vallori 40' Stoppelkamp 78' | 1 | [26] [27] |
| 12 | 25 October – 18:30 | A | Arminia Bielefeld | 1–0 | 26,200 | Brečko 34' Peszko 80' Helmes 85' Thiel 86' | Riese 17' Hornig 63' | 1 | [28] [29] |
| 13 | 4 November – 20:15 | H | Union Berlin | 4–0 | 45,000 | Risse 22', 30' Brečko 29' Peszko 30' Gerhardt 52' Hector 66' | Kreilach 37' Pfertzel 51' | 1 | [30] [31] |
| 14 | 10 November – 13:30 | A | VfL Bochum | 0–1 | 27,555 | Gologart 90' | Sukuta-Pasu 65' Maltritz 89' | 1 | [32] [33] |
| 15 | 23 November – 13:00 | H | Ingolstadt 04 | 0–1 | 47,000 | Lehmann 69' | Hartmann 48' Morales 62' | 2 | [34] [35] |
| 16 | 29 November – 18:30 | A | FC St. Pauli | 3–0 | 29,063 | Wimmer 6' Helmes 28' Lehmann 68' Gerhardt 79' Peszko 84' | Schachten 36' Gonther 39' 59' Kalla 77' | 1 | [36] [37] |
| 17 | 7 December – 13:00 | H | FSV Frankfurt | 2–0 | 43,300 | Ujah 54' Risse 84' | Kandziora 82' | 1 | [38] [39] |
| 18 | 13 December – 18:30 | H | Dynamo Dresden | 3–1 | 45,000 | Helmes 14', 25' Brečko 52' | Aoudia 56' | 1 | [41] [42] |
| 19 | 22 December – 14:30 | A | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 3–2 | 52,500 | Hector 25' Ujah 29', 75' Lehmann 33' Helmes 38' Wimmer 80' | Hoffer 55' Benschop 62' Giefer 80' Weber 86' Levels 88' Taşkin 89' | 1 | [43] [44] |
| 20 | 9 February – 13:30 | H | Paderborn 07 | 0–1 | 48,100 | Lehmann 72' Peszko 90' | Vrančić 40' Meha 47' | 1 | [45] [46] |
| 21 | 16 February – 13:30 | A | SV Sandhausen | 1–0 | 9,800 | Helmes 48' | Linsmayer 56' | 1 | [47] [48] |
| 22 | 24 February – 20:15 | H | Greuther Fürth | 1–1 | 45,500 | Wimmer 36' Ujah 68' Brečko 85' | Azemi 86' | 1 | [49] [50] |
| 23 | 1 March – 13:00 | A | Erzgebirge Aue | 2–2 | 13,050 | Maroh 69' Halfar 83', 88' Helmes 85' | Sylvestr 13' Löning 69' (pen.) | 1 | [51] [52] |
| 24 | 7 March – 20:30 | H | Energie Cottbus | 2–1 | 42,400 | Halfar 78' Hector 84' Möhrle 86' (o.g.) | Stiven Rivić 31' Sanogo 68' Stiepermann 90' | 1 | |
| 25 | 17 March – 20:15 | A | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 0–0 | 41,315 | Wimmer 51' Ujah 65' | Torrejón 64' Ring 90' | 1 | |
| 26 | 22 March – 13:00 | H | VfR Aalen | 0–0 | 45,700 | Exslager 86' | Daghfous 21' Fejzić 74' | 1 | |
| 27 | 26 March – 17:30 | H | Karlsruher SC | 2–0 | 46,700 | Brečko 29' Helmes 58' | — | 1 | |
| 28 | 30 March – 13:30 | A | 1860 München | 1–0 | 33,600 | Brečko 67' Finne 85' | — | 1 | |
| 29 | 5 April – 13:00 | H | Arminia Bielefeld | 2–0 | 48,900 | Halfar 12' Nagasawa 37' Ujah 75' | Müller 16' Schönfeld 85' | 1 | |
| 30 | 11 April – 18:30 | A | Union Berlin | 2–1 | 21,000 | Helmes 25' (pen.) 59' Peszko 59' | Dausch 10' Mattuschka 63' Brandy 70' | 1 | |
| 31 | 21 April – 20:15 | H | VfL Bochum | 3–1 | 49,100 | Risse 50' Helmes 63' 64' Ujah 81' | Matuszczyk 42' (o.g.) Acquistapace 62' Jungwirth 65' | 1 | |
| 32 | 25 April – 18:30 | A | Ingolstadt 04 | 1–1 | 11,120 | Maroh 14' Brečko 61' 77' Ujah 61' | Hartmann 34' Morales 74' Hofmann 78' | 1 | |
| 33 | 4 May – 13:30 | H | FC St. Pauli | 4–0 | 50,000 | Ujah 13' Kalla 39' (o.g.) Helmes 43' Bigalke 61' Nagasawa 67' McKenna 70' | — | 1 | |
| 34 | 11 May – 13:30 | A | FSV Frankfurt | 0–2 | 12,542 | — | Kapllani 65' Leckie 71' Teixeira 76' | 1 | |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | 1. FC Köln (C, P) | 34 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 53 | 20 | +33 | 68 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 2 | SC Paderborn (P) | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 63 | 48 | +15 | 62 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 3 | SpVgg Fürth | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 64 | 38 | +26 | 60 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 4 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 55 | 39 | +16 | 54 | |
| 5 | Karlsruher SC | 34 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 47 | 34 | +13 | 50 | |

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 7 March 2014. Source: kicker

## DFB–Pokal
### DFB–Pokal review

The draw for the first round of the DFB-Pokal happened on 15 June. Köln were drawn against Eintracht Trier. The match happened on 3 August. Köln won 2–0 with goals from Marcel Risse and Maxi Thiel. Then Köln were drawn against Mainz 05 on 10 August The match took place on 24 September. Köln won 1–0 with a goal from Marcel Risse. Köln were drawn againsat Hamburger SV in the draw for the third round. The match took place on 3 December. Hamburg won 2–1 and knocked Köln out of the cup. Adam Matuszczyk scored for Köln. Maximilian Beister and Ivo Iličević scored for Hamburg.

### DFB–Pokal results
#### Legend

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

#### DFB–Pokal results

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers and disciplined players | Goalscorers and disciplined players | Source |
| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Result | Attendance | 1. FC Köln | Opponent | Source |
| R1 | 3 August – 20:30 | A | Eintracht Trier | 2–0 | 10,494 | Risse 48' (pen.) Thiel 87' | — | |
| R2 | 24 September – 20:30 | A | Mainz 05 | 1–0 | 22,782 | Risse 53' | – | |
| R16 | 3 December – 19:00 | A | Hamburger SV | 1–2 | 57,000 | Matuszczyk 54' | Beister 42' Iličević 85' | |

## Player information
### Discipline

| No. | Player | Total | Total | Total | 2. Bundesliga | 2. Bundesliga | 2. Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Last updated: 10 June 2013 |||||||||||