2024–25 1. FC Köln season

1. FC Köln
2024–25 season
ManagerGerhard Struber
(until 5 May)
Friedhelm Funkel
(from 5 May)
StadiumRheinEnergieStadion
2. Bundesliga1st (promoted)
DFB-PokalQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Tim Lemperle and Damion Downs (10)
All: Tim Lemperle and Damion Downs (10)
Biggest win1. FC Köln 5–0 Eintracht Braunschweig
Biggest defeat1. FC Köln 1–5 SV Darmstadt 98
All statistics correct as of 18 May 2025.

The 2024–25 season was the 77th season in the history of 1. FC Köln. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the DFB-Pokal. After a 4–0 win against Kaiserslautern on the final matchday, they secured promotion at first attempt and then finished as champions of the 2. Bundesliga after already-promoted Hamburger SV lost 3–2 to Greuther Fürth.[1][2][3][4]

Transfers

In

Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
MF Mathias Olesen Yverdon-Sport Loan return 30 June 2024
GK Jonas Urbig Greuther Fürth Loan return 30 June 2024
DF Nikola Soldo 1. FC Kaiserslautern Loan return 30 June 2024 [5]
FW Marvin Obuz Rot-Weiss Essen Loan return 30 June 2024
FW Tim Lemperle Greuther Fürth Loan return 30 June 2024
MF Chilohelm Onuoha RB Leipzig U19 1 July 2024
FW Mansour Ouro-Tagba 1860 Munich 1 July 2024
DF Rasmus Carstensen Genk €1,500,000 1 July 2024
FW Luca Waldschmidt VfL Wolfsburg Undisclosed 1 July 2024 [6]
DF Jusuf Gazibegović Sturm Graz €2,000,000 1 January 2025 [7]
FW Imad Rondić Widzew Łódź €1,500,000 3 February 2025 [8]

Out

Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
DF Rasmus Carstensen Genk Loan return 30 June 2024
MF Faride Alidou Eintracht Frankfurt Loan return 30 June 2024
DF Benno Schmitz Grasshopper End of contract 1 July 2024 [9]
FW Davie Selke Hamburger SV End of contract 1 July 2024 [10]
FW Mansour Ouro-Tagba Jahn Regensburg Loan 1 July 2024 [11]
DF Jeff Chabot VfB Stuttgart €4,000,000 1 July 2024 [12]
FW Justin Diehl VfB Stuttgart End of contract 1 July 2024 [13]
MF Chilohelm Onuoha SC Verl Loan 2 July 2024 [14]
FW Sargis Adamyan Jahn Regensburg Loan 3 January 2025 [15]
FW Florian Dietz Rheindorf Altach Loan 5 January 2025 [16]
DF Elias Bakatukanda Blau-Weiß Linz Loan 8 January 2025 [17]

Friendlies

Pre-season

29 June 2024 Friendly VfL Rheingold 1912 Köln-Poll 0–18 1. FC Köln Cologne
14:00 UTC+2 Report
Stadium: Südstadion
Attendance: 2,500
5 July 2024 Friendly Sportfreunden Siegen 0–6 1. FC Köln Siegen
15:45 UTC+2 Report
Stadium: Leimbachstadion
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Felix Weller
10 July 2024 Friendly SC Union Nettetal v 1. FC Köln Nettetal
18:00
Note: The match was cancelled due to security concerns.[18]
13 July 2024 Friendly 1. FC Köln 3–1 Kickers Offenbach Cologne
14:00
Report Stadium: Südstadion
Attendance: 4,100
Referee: Lutz Meyersieck
19 July 2024 Friendly 1. FC Köln 3–0 Sint-Truiden Euskirchen
18:00
Report Stadium: Heinz-Flohe-Stadion
Attendance: 3,500
20 July 2024 Friendly Viktoria Köln 3–3 1. FC Köln Cologne
14:00
Report
Stadium: Sportpark Höhenberg
Attendance: 6,214
Referee: Luca Marx
24 July 2024 Friendly 1. FC Köln 2–1 Swansea City Bad Waltersdorf, Austria
16:00
Stadium: Thermenstadion
27 July 2024 Friendly Udinese 2–3 1. FC Köln St. Veit an der Glan, Austria
16:00 UTC+2
Stadium: Sportplatz St. Veit Rennbahn

Mid-season

20 March 2025 Friendly 1. FC Köln 1–2 SC Verl
14:00

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
2. Bundesliga 2 August 2024 18 May 2025 Matchday 1 34 18 7 9 53 38 +15 052.94
DFB-Pokal 18 August 2024 5 February 2025 Quarter-finals 4 3 0 1 10 6 +4 075.00
Total 38 21 7 10 63 44 +19 055.26

Last updated: 21 September 2025
Source: DFB

2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 1. FC Köln (C, P) 34 18 7 9 53 38 +15 61 Promotion to Bundesliga
2 Hamburger SV (P) 34 16 11 7 78 44 +34 59
3 SV Elversberg 34 16 10 8 64 37 +27 58 Qualification for promotion play-offs
4 SC Paderborn 34 15 10 9 56 46 +10 55
5 1. FC Magdeburg 34 14 11 9 64 52 +12 53
Source: Bundesliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.[19]
(Rules 4–6 only apply after home and away matches have been played between the tied teams.)
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 18 7 9 53 38  +15 61 9 4 4 33 18  +15 9 3 5 20 20  0

Last updated: 21 September 2025.
Source: DFB

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAH
ResultLDWWLDDWLLWWWDWWWLWWWLDLWWWLDWLDWW
Position121386898710121175762132111252212211221
Updated to match(es) played on 18 May 2025. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

2 August 2024 1 1. FC Köln 1–2 Hamburger SV Cologne
20:30
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Max Burda
10 August 2024 2 SV Elversberg 2–2 1. FC Köln Spiesen-Elversberg
13:00
  • Feil  29'
  • Gerezgiher  48'
  • Asllani 46'  67'
  • Schmahl 62'
Report
Stadium: Waldstadion an der Kaiserlinde
Attendance: 9,502
Referee: Tom Bauer
24 August 2024 3 1. FC Köln 5–0 Eintracht Braunschweig Cologne
20:30
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck
1 September 2024 4 Schalke 04 1–3 1. FC Köln Gelsenkirchen
13:30
Report
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 61,426
Referee: Sven Jablonski
14 September 2024 5 1. FC Köln 1–2 1. FC Magdeburg Cologne
20:30
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Richard Hempel
21 September 2024 6 Fortuna Düsseldorf 2–2 1. FC Köln Düsseldorf
13:00 Report Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena
Referee: Christian Dingert
29 September 2024 7 1. FC Köln 4–4 Karlsruher SC Cologne
13:30
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Benjamin Brand
5 October 2024 8 1. FC Köln 2–0 Ulm Cologne
13:00 CET
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 49,900
Referee: Patrick Alt
18 October 2024 9 Darmstadt 5–1 1. FC Köln Darmstadt
18:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor
Attendance: 17,810
Referee: Frank Willenborg
25 October 2024 10 1. FC Köln 1–2 Paderborn Cologne
18:30 CET Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Florian Lechner
2 November 2024 11 Hertha BSC 0–1 1. FC Köln Berlin
20:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 68,763
Referee: Harm Osmers
9 November 2024 12 1. FC Köln 1–0 Greuther Fürth Cologne
13:00 CET
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 49,600
Referee: Daniel Schlager
22 November 2024 13 Preußen Münster 0–1 1. FC Köln Münster
18:45 CET
Report
Stadium: Preußenstadion
Attendance: 12,422
Referee: Felix Prigan
30 November 2024 14 1. FC Köln 2–2 Hannover 96 Cologne
13:00 CET
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Sören Storks
8 December 2024 15 Jahn Regensburg 0–1 1. FC Köln Regensburg
13:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Jahnstadion Regensburg
Attendance: 14,232
Referee: Konrad Oldhafer
15 December 2024 16 1. FC Köln 3–1 1. FC Nürnberg Cologne
13:30 CET
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,0000
Referee: Robin Braun
22 December 2024 17 1. FC Kaiserslautern 0–1 1. FC Köln Kaiserslautern
13:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Attendance: 49,327
Referee: Wolfgang Haslberger
18 January 2025 18 Hamburger SV 1–0 1. FC Köln Hamburg
20:45 CET Report
Stadium: Volksparkstadion
Attendance: 57,000
Referee: Christian Dingert
25 January 2025 19 1. FC Köln 1–0 Elversberg Cologne
13:00 CET Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 49,800
Referee: Tom Bauer
1 February 2025 20 Eintracht Braunschweig 1–2 1. FC Köln Braunschweig
13:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 21,864
Referee: Lars Erbst
9 February 2025 21 1. FC Köln 1–0 Schalke 04 Cologne
13:30 CET
Report Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Tobias Welz
14 February 2025 22 1. FC Magdeburg 3–0 1. FC Köln Magdeburg
18:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Avnet Arena
Attendance: 27,055
Referee: Florian Exner
23 February 2025 23 1. FC Köln 1–1 Schalke 04 Cologne
13:30 CET
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Michael Bacher
1 March 2025 24 Karlsruher SC 1–0 1. FC Köln Karlsruhe
20:30 CET
Report
Stadium: BBBank Wildpark
Attendance: 32,190
Referee: Richard Hempel
8 March 2025 25 Ulm 0–1 1. FC Köln Ulm
13:00 CET Report Stadium: Donaustadion
Attendance: 17,400
Referee: Max Burda
15 March 2025 26 1. FC Köln 2–1 Darmstadt Cologne
20:30 CET Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Florian Heft
29 March 2025 27 Paderborn 0–1 1. FC Köln Paderborn
13:00 CET
Report Stadium: Home Deluxe Arena
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Frank Willenborg
5 April 2025 28 1. FC Köln 0–1 Hertha Berlin Cologne
20:30 CET
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Sven Jablonski
11 April 2025 29 Greuther Fürth 1–1 1. FC Köln Fürth
18:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer
Attendance: 15,294
Referee: Patrick Alt
20 April 2025 30 1. FC Köln 3–1 Preußen Münster Cologne
13:30 CET
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Tom Bauer
27 April 2025 31 Hannover 96 1–0 1. FC Köln Hannover
13:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion
Attendance: 15,294
Referee: Timo Gansloweit
3 May 2025 32 1. FC Köln 1–1 Jahn Regensburg Cologne
20:30 CET Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 49,500
Referee: Nicolas Winter
9 May 2025 33 1. FC Nürnberg 1–2 1. FC Köln Nürnberg
18:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Robert Hartmann
18 May 2025 34 1. FC Köln 4–0 1. FC Kaiserslautern Cologne
15:30 CET
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Sören Storks

DFB-Pokal

18 August 2024 First round SV Sandhausen 2–3 (a.e.t.) 1. FC Köln Sandhausen
15:30
Report
Stadium: Hardtwaldstadion
Attendance: 9,705
Referee: Benjamin Brand
29 October 2024 Second round 1. FC Köln 3–0 Holstein Kiel Cologne
20:45
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Bastian Dankert
4 December 2024 Round of 16 1. FC Köln 2–1 (a.e.t.) Hertha BSC Cologne
18:00 CET
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Tobias Reichel
5 February 2025 Quarter-finals Bayer Leverkusen 3–2 (a.e.t.) 1. FC Köln Leverkusen
20:45 CET
Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 30,210
Referee: Frank Willenborg

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