# 2018–19 1. FC Köln season

The 2018–19 1. FC Köln season was the 71st season in the football club's history and 1st consecutive and 9th overall season in the second flight of German football, the 2. Bundesliga, having been relegated from the Bundesliga in 2018. In addition to the domestic league, 1. FC Köln also participated in this season's edition of the domestic cup the DFB-Pokal. This was the 71st season for Köln in the RheinEnergieStadion, located in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The season covered a period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

## 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 % |
| 2. Bundesliga | 4 August 2018 | 19 May 2019 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 84 | 47 | +37 | 055.88 |
| DFB-Pokal | 19 August 2018 | 31 October 2018 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 94 | 49 | +45 | 055.56 |
Last updated: 21 May 2018 Source: Competitions

### 2. Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | 1. FC Köln (C, P) | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 84 | 47 | +37 | 63 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 2 | SC Paderborn (P) | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 76 | 50 | +26 | 57 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 3 | Union Berlin (O, P) | 34 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 54 | 33 | +21 | 57 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 45 | 42 | +3 | 56 | |
| 5 | 1. FC Heidenheim | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 55 | 45 | +10 | 55 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 19 May 2019. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | L | L | W | L | D |
| Position | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches
### DFB-Pokal
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| 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 | 35 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | GK | GER | Thomas Kessler | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | GER | Jan-Christoph Bartels | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | GER | Benno Schmitz | 15 | 0 | 14+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | GER | Lasse Sobiech | 17 | 0 | 9+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | DEN | Frederik Sørensen | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GER | Rafael Czichos | 34 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ESP | Jorge Meré | 28 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | GER | Jannes Horn | 19 | 0 | 12+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | GER | Noah Katterbach | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | GER | Matthias Bader | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | GER | Marco Höger | 28 | 1 | 22+4 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | GER | Marcel Risse | 23 | 2 | 18+3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | GER | Johannes Geis | 14 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | AUT | Louis Schaub | 29 | 4 | 20+7 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | GER | Jonas Hector | 31 | 6 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | GER | Christian Clemens | 21 | 2 | 18+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | GER | Salih Özcan | 17 | 1 | 7+8 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | FRA | Vincent Koziello | 15 | 1 | 6+8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | MF | GER | Dominick Drexler | 35 | 11 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 2 |
| 30 | MF | AUT | Florian Kainz | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | GER | Matthias Lehmann | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | GER | Niklas Hauptmann | 12 | 0 | 5+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | DEN | Nikolas Nartey | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | GER | Simon Terodde | 35 | 33 | 28+5 | 29 | 1+1 | 4 |
| 11 | FW | GHA | Kingsley Schindler | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | COL | Jhon Córdoba | 33 | 21 | 22+9 | 20 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 27 | FW | FRA | Anthony Modeste | 10 | 6 | 3+7 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 19 | FW | FRA | Serhou Guirassy | 17 | 2 | 5+11 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Last updated: 19 May 2019 Source: Soccerway