# 2019–20 1. FC Köln season

The 2019–20 1. FC Köln season was the 72nd season in the football club's history and first consecutive and 48th overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2019. 1. FC Köln participated in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. Köln were the reigning 2. Bundesliga champions. This was the 72nd season for Köln in the Müngersdorfer Stadion, located in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The season covered a period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.
Achim Beierlorzer was sacked on 9 November 2019 after posting a 2–1–8 record in the first eleven matches of the season, sitting in 17th place in the Bundesliga. He was replaced by former Hamburger SV manager Markus Gisdol on 18 November 2019. On 1 May 2020, three players from the team tested positive for COVID-19, and said that they will not confirm the three players.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 31 January 2020
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GER | Timo Horn |
| 2 | DF | GER | Benno Schmitz |
| 5 | DF | GER | Rafael Czichos |
| 6 | MF | GER | Marco Höger |
| 7 | MF | GER | Marcel Risse |
| 8 | MF | BEL | Birger Verstraete |
| 9 | FW | GER | Simon Terodde |
| 11 | FW | GHA | Kingsley Schindler |
| 14 | DF | GER | Jonas Hector (Captain) |
| 15 | FW | COL | Jhon Córdoba |
| 17 | MF | GER | Christian Clemens |
| 18 | GK | GER | Thomas Kessler |
| 19 | DF | NED | Kingsley Ehizibue |
| 20 | MF | KOS | Elvis Rexhbeçaj (on loan from VfL Wolfsburg) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | DF | ESP | Jorge Meré |
| 23 | FW | GER | Mark Uth (on loan from Schalke 04) |
| 24 | MF | GER | Dominick Drexler |
| 27 | FW | FRA | Anthony Modeste |
| 28 | MF | TUN | Ellyes Skhiri |
| 29 | FW | GER | Jan Thielmann |
| 30 | MF | AUT | Florian Kainz |
| 31 | GK | USA | Brady Scott |
| 32 | GK | GER | Julian Krahl |
| 33 | DF | BEL | Sebastiaan Bornauw |
| 34 | DF | GER | Noah Katterbach |
| 36 | MF | GER | Niklas Hauptmann |
| 37 | DF | GER | Toni Leistner (on loan from Queens Park Rangers) |
| 38 | DF | GER | Ismail Jakobs |

## Kits

* Shirt sponsor: Rewe
* Shirt manufacturer: Uhlsport

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| # | Position | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 11 | MF | Kingsley Schindler | Holstein Kiel | Free | 16 January 2019 |
| 32 | GK | Julian Krahl | RB Leipzig | Free | 15 May 2019 |
| 19 | DF | Kingsley Ehizibue | PEC Zwolle | Undisclosed | 31 May 2019 |
| 8 | MF | Birger Verstraete | Gent | Undisclosed | 17 June 2019 |
| 33 | DF | Sebastiaan Bornauw | Anderlecht | Undisclosed | 6 August 2019 |

### Transfers out

| # | Position | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
| | FW | Serhou Guirassy | Amiens | €5,000,000 | 24 May 2019 | |
| 28 | GK | Jan-Christoph Bartels | SV Wehen Wiesbaden | Undisclosed | 19 June 2019 | |

## 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 | 17 August 2019 | 27 June 2020 | Matchday 1 | 14th | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 51 | 69 | −18 | 029.41 |
| DFB-Pokal | 11 August 2019 | 29 October 2019 | First round | Second round | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 56 | 75 | −19 | 027.78 |
Last updated: 27 June 2020. Source: Competitions

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 12 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 38 | 58 | −20 | 39 | |
| 13 | Mainz 05 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 44 | 65 | −21 | 37 | |
| 14 | 1. FC Köln | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 51 | 69 | −18 | 36 | |
| 15 | FC Augsburg | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 45 | 63 | −18 | 36 | |
| 16 | Werder Bremen (O) | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 42 | 69 | −27 | 31 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 27 June 2020. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | W | L | L | L | D | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | W | D | D | L | L | D | L | L | D | L |
| Position | 13 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 |

#### Matches

The Bundesliga schedule was announced on 28 June 2019.

### 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 | 30 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | GK | GER | Thomas Kessler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | USA | Brady Scott | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | GER | Julian Krahl | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | GER | Benno Schmitz | 15 | 0 | 10+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GER | Rafael Czichos | 21 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | GER | Jonas Hector | 28 | 5 | 25+1 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 19 | DF | NED | Kingsley Ehizibue | 27 | 1 | 24+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ESP | Jorge Meré | 12 | 1 | 5+5 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | BEL | Sebastiaan Bornauw | 25 | 5 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | GER | Noah Katterbach | 15 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | GER | Toni Leistner | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | GER | Ismail Jakobs | 16 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | GER | Marco Höger | 11 | 0 | 6+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | GER | Marcel Risse | 7 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | BEL | Birger Verstraete | 10 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | GER | Christian Clemens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | GER | Elvis Rexhbeçaj | 7 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | GER | Dominick Drexler | 24 | 2 | 15+7 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | TUN | Ellyes Skhiri | 27 | 1 | 25+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | AUT | Florian Kainz | 24 | 5 | 12+11 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 36 | MF | GER | Niklas Hauptmann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | GER | Simon Terodde | 24 | 4 | 7+15 | 3 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | GHA | Kingsley Schindler | 13 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | COL | Jhon Córdoba | 26 | 12 | 18+6 | 11 | 2 | 1 |
| 23 | FW | GER | Mark Uth | 10 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | FRA | Anthony Modeste | 23 | 2 | 9+12 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | GER | Jan Thielmann | 8 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | GER | Lasse Sobiech | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | AUT | Louis Schaub | 11 | 2 | 7+2 | 1 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 35 | DF | GER | Matthias Bader | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
Last updated: 27 May 2020 Source: Soccerway