Kögl was born in Penzberg. He played more than 300 (West) German top-flight for FC Bayern Munich, VfB Stuttgart and SpVgg Unterhaching, and won six (West) German titles. The Bavarian helped Bayern to the 1987 European Cup Final where he scored, giving them a first-half lead. They would, however, go on to lose the game 2–1 to FC Porto.