1. FC Köln

1. FC Cologne,https://twitter.com/fckoeln_en also known by its German name 1. FC Köln or simply just FC Cologne, is a football club that is from Cologne, Germany. The 1. FC KOLN was created in 1948. It was a connection of two football clubs in Cologne (Kölner BC 01 und SpVgg Sülz 07).
In the present day, 1.FC Köln plays in the Bundesliga, the first teir of German football. The club's main rival is Borussia Mönchengladbach, though their Ultrá group WH96 does have friendly connections to The Unity of Borussia Dortmund.

 League title 
 Bundesliga : 2
 1963/64, 1977/78

 League position 
SeasonLeaguePosition2000/01Bundesliga10th2001/02Bundesliga17th2002/032. Bundesliga2nd2003/04Bundesliga18th2004/052. BundesligaChampions2005/06Bundesliga17th2006/072. Bundesliga9th2007/082. Bundesliga3rd2008/09Bundesliga12th2009/10Bundesliga13th2010/11Bundesliga10th2011/12Bundesliga

 Former position 

Head coaches since 1963
 Head coach From To League Record Georg Knöpfle 1 July 1963 30 June 1966 Willi Multhaup 1 July 1966 30 June 1968 Hans Merkle 1 July 1968 30 June 1970 Ernst Ocwirk 1 July 1970 30 June 1971 Gyula Lóránt 1 July 1971 4 April 1972 Rolf Herings 5 April 1972 30 June 1972 Rudi Schlott 1 July 1972 16 September 1973 Zlatko Čajkovski 17 September 1973 12 December 1975 Georg Stollenwerk 1 January 1976 30 June 1976 Hennes Weisweiler 1 July 1976 15 April 1980 Karl-Heinz Heddergott 16 April 1980 13 October 1980 Rolf Herings 13 October 1980 18 October 1980 Rinus Michels 18 October 1980 21 August 1983 Hannes Löhr 22 August 1983 6 February 1986 Georg Kessler 7 February 1986 22 September 1986 Christoph Daum 23 September 1986 28 June 1990 Erich Rutemöller 1 July 1990 30 August 1991 Udo Lattek 30 August 1991 4 September 1991 Johannes Linßen 4 September 1991 11 September 1991 Jörg Berger 11 September 1991 28 February 1993 Wolfgang Jerat 28 February 1993 29 April 1993 Morten Olsen 29 April 1993 27 August 1995 Stephan Engels 27 August 1995 31 March 1996 Peter Neururer 1 April 1996 30 September 1997 Lorenz-Günther Köstner 1 October 1997 30 June 1998 Bernd Schuster 1 July 1998 30 June 1999 Ewald Lienen 1 July 1999 28 January 2002 Christoph John 28 January 2002 13 February 2002 Friedhelm Funkel 14 February 2002 30 October 2003 Marcel Koller 2 November 2003 14 June 2004 Huub Stevens 14 June 2004 27 May 2005 Uwe Rapolder 1 July 2005 18 December 2005 Hanspeter Latour 3 January 2006 10 November 2006 Holger Gehrke 10 November 2006 26 November 2006 Christoph Daum  26 November 2006 2 June 2009 Zvonimir Soldo 1 July 2009 24 October 2010 Frank Schaefer 24 October 2010 27 April 2011 Volker Finke 27 April 2011 30 June 2011 Ståle Solbakken 1 July 2011 12 April 2012 Frank Schaefer 12 April 2012 30 June 2012 Holger Stanislawski 1 July 2012 19 May 2013 Peter Stöger 11 June 2013 3 December 2017 Stefan Ruthenbeck 3 December 2017 30 June 2018 Markus Anfang 1 July 2018 27 April 2019 Achim Beierlorzer 1 July 2019 9 November 2019 Markus Gisdol 18 November 2019 11 April 2021 Friedhelm Funkel 12 April 2021 30 June 2021 Steffen Baumgart 1 July 2021 

Current squad

 Popular ex-players 
 Toni Polster
 Bernd Cullmann
 Thomas Häßler
 Bodo Illgner
 Pierre Littbarski
 Dieter Müller
 Morten Olsen
 Wolfgang Overath
 Anton Polster from 1993 – 1998
 Harald "Toni" Schumacher from 1972 – 1987
 Bernd Schuster from 1978 – 1980 (Coach 1998 – 1999)
 Lukas Podolski from 1995 - 2006 and from 2009 to 2012

References

Category:Organizations based in Cologne
Category:Football clubs in North Rhine-Westphalia
Category:1948 establishments in Germany