2020–21 1. FC Köln season

1. FC Köln
2020–21 season
President	Werner Wolf
Head coach	Markus Gisdol; (until 11 April); Friedhelm Funkel; (from 12 April)
Stadium	RheinEnergieStadion
Bundesliga	16th (play-off winners)
DFB-Pokal	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Elvis Rexhbeçaj (5); All: ; Elvis Rexhbeçaj (7)
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 season was the 73rd season in the existence of 1. FC Köln and the club's second consecutive season in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, 1. FC Köln participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 February 2021^[1]

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 (Vice-captain)
2	DF	GER	Benno Schmitz
3	DF	GER	Noah Katterbach
4	DF	GER	Robert Voloder
5	DF	GER	Rafael Czichos
6	MF	GER	Marco Höger
7	FW	NGA	Tolu Arokodare (on loan from Valmieras)
8	DF	GER	Ismail Jakobs
9	FW	SWE	Sebastian Andersson
11	MF	AUT	Florian Kainz
13	MF	GER	Max Meyer
14	MF	GER	Jonas Hector (Captain)
15	MF	GRE	Dimitris Limnios
16	GK	GER	Ron-Robert Zieler (on loan from Hannover 96)
18	MF	SVK	Ondrej Duda


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	DF	NED	Kingsley Ehizibue
20	MF	GER	Elvis Rexhbeçaj (on loan from VfL Wolfsburg)
21	MF	GER	Salih Özcan
22	DF	ESP	Jorge Meré
23	DF	GER	Jannes Horn
24	MF	GER	Dominick Drexler
25	MF	GER	Tim Lemperle
26	DF	SRB	Sava-Arangel Cestic
28	MF	TUN	Ellyes Skhiri
29	MF	GER	Jan Thielmann
31	MF	GER	Marius Wolf (on loan from Borussia Dortmund)
32	GK	GER	Julian Krahl
33	DF	BEL	Sebastiaan Bornauw
43	FW	NGA	Emmanuel Dennis (on loan from Club Brugge)

Players out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	GER	Niklas Hauptmann (at Holstein Kiel until 30 June 2021)
—	MF	FRA	Vincent Koziello (at CD Nacional until 30 June 2021)
—	FW	FRA	Anthony Modeste (at Saint-Étienne until 30 June 2021)
—	MF	CZE	Tomáš Ostrák (at MFK Karvina until 30 June 2021)
—	MF	GER	Marcel Risse (at Viktoria Köln until 30 June 2021)
—	MF	AUT	Louis Schaub (at FC Luzern until 30 June 2021)
—	FW	GER	Kingsley Schindler (at Hannover 96 until 30 June 2021)
—	DF	GER	Lasse Sobiech (at FC Zürich until 30 June 2021)
—	MF	BEL	Birger Verstraete (at Royal Antwerp until 30 June 2021)
—	DF	GER	Yann Aurel Bisseck (at Vitória de Guimarães until 30 June 2022)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee'	Date	Source
16	GK	Ron-Robert Zieler	Hannover 96	Loan	13 August 2020	^[2]
9	FW	Sebastian Andersson	Union Berlin	€6,500,000	15 September 2020	^[3]
18	MF	Ondrej Duda	Hertha BSC	€7,000,000	16 September 2020	^[4]
7	FW	Tolu Arokodare	Valmieras	Loan	19 September 2020	^[5]
15	MF	Dimitris Limnios	PAOK	€3,300,000	21 September 2020	^[6]
31	MF	Marius Wolf	Borussia Dortmund	Loan	2 October 2020	^[7]
43	FW	Emmanuel Dennis	Club Brugge	Loan	25 January 2021	^[8]
13	MF	Max Meyer	Crystal Palace	Free	27 January 2021	^[9]

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
8	MF	Birger Verstraete	Antwerp	Loan	1 July 2020
18	GK	Thomas Kessler	Retired
36	MF	Niklas Hauptmann	Holstein Kiel	Loan		^[10]
28	GK	Jan-Christoph Bartels	Waldhof Mannheim	Free	15 August 2020	^[11]
	DF	Yann Aurel Bisseck	Vitória de Guimarães	Loan	3 August 2020	^[12]
11	FW	Kingsley Schindler	Hannover 96	Loan	6 August 2020	^[13]
	MF	Tomáš Ostrák	MFK Karviná	Loan	7 August 2020
	MF	Vincent Koziello	C.D. Nacional	Loan	11 August 2020	^[14]
31	GK	Brady Scott	Nashville SC	Free	17 August 2020	^[15]
7	MF	Marcel Risse	Viktoria Köln	Loan	18 August 2020	^[16]
9	FW	Simon Terodde	Hamburger SV	Free	20 August 2020	^[17]
3	DF	Lasse Sobiech	FC Zürich	Loan	5 September 2020	^[18]
15	FW	Jhon Córdoba	Hertha BSC	€15,000,000	15 September 2020	^[19]
13	MF	Louis Schaub	FC Luzern	Loan	16 September 2020	^[20]
17	MF	Christian Clemens	SV Darmstadt 98	Free	15 January 2021	^[21]
30	DF	Frederik Sørensen		Mutual contract termination	17 January 2021	^[22]
27	FW	Anthony Modeste	Saint-Étienne	Loan	1 February 2021	^[23]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

11 August 2020 Friendly	1. FC Köln	5–0	SpVg Porz	Cologne, Germany
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Córdoba 51', 88' Clemens 73' Hector 81' Skhiri 87'	Report		Stadium: Franz-Kremer-Stadion

15 August 2020 Friendly	1. FC Köln	5–0	SV Deutz 05	Cologne, Germany
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Rexhbecaj 8' Jakobs 11' Thielmann 43' Hector 55' Voloder 71'	Report		Stadium: Franz-Kremer-Stadion Attendance: 200 Referee: Robin Braun

15 August 2020 Friendly	1. FC Köln	2–1	Blau-Weiß Lohne	Cologne, Germany
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bornauw 29' Obuz 34' Córdoba 36' Clemens 39'	Report	Oevermann 6' Bornauw 18' (o.g.)	Stadium: Franz-Kremer-Stadion Attendance: 200 Referee: Sven Waschitzki

18 August 2020 Friendly	1. FC Köln	3–2	VfL Bochum	Cologne, Germany
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Jakobs 7' Kainz 40' Bornauw 80' Cestic 82' Clemens 94'	Report	Ganvoula 11' Pantović 124' Ekincier 128'	Stadium: Franz-Kremer-Stadion Attendance: 200 Referee: Mitja Stegemann
Note: Match was played in three 45-minute periods.

22 August 2020 Friendly	1. FC Köln	2–1	Union Berlin	Friedrichshafen, Germany
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Katterbach 11' Córdoba 12' Czichos 23'	Report	Teuchert 51' (pen.)	Stadium: Zeppelinstadion Attendance: 500 Referee: Max Bruda

29 August 2020 Friendly	1. FC Köln	0–3	VfL Wolfsburg	Cologne, Germany
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Lacroix 54' Białek 69' João Victor 79' Mallı 82'	Stadium: Franz-Kremer-Stadion Referee: Mitja Stegemann

5 September 2020 Friendly	1. FC Köln	Cancelled	FC Utrecht	Cologne, Germany
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Franz-Kremer-Stadion

12 November 2020 Friendly	1. FC Köln	1–3	VfL Bochum	Cologne, Germany
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Wolf 73', 83' Thielmann 75'	Report	Meré 22' (o.g.) Bockhorn 23' Bonga 52' Čavar 87'	Stadium: Franz-Kremer-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Mitja Stegemann

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	19 September 2020	22 May 2021	Matchday 1	16th	34	8	9	17	34	60	−26	023.53
Bundesliga relegation play-offs	26 May 2021	29 May 2021	First leg	Winners	2	1	0	1	5	2	+3	050.00
DFB-Pokal	12 September 2020	3 February 2021	First round	Round of 16	3	2	1	0	9	2	+7	066.67
Total					39	11	10	18	48	64	−16	028.21

Last updated: 29 May 2021
Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	Hertha BSC	34	8	11	15	41	52	−11	35
15	Arminia Bielefeld	34	9	8	17	26	52	−26	35
16	1. FC Köln (O)	34	8	9	17	34	60	−26	33	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
17	Werder Bremen (R)	34	7	10	17	36	57	−21	31	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18	Schalke 04 (R)	34	3	7	24	25	86	−61	16	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga

Source: DFB
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.^[24]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

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	8	9	17	34	60	−26	33	3	5	9	20	31	−11	5	4	8	14	29	−15

Last updated: 22 May 2021.
Source: DFB

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	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	L	D	D	L	D	L	W	D	W	L	D	L	L	D	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	W	W	L	D	W
Position	12	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	16

Updated to match(es) played on 22 May 2021. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 7 August 2020.^[25]

19 September 2020 1	1. FC Köln	2–3	1899 Hoffenheim	Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Andersson 22' Bornauw 33' Duda 69' Hector 85' Drexler 86'	Report	Kramarić 4', 45+3' (pen.), 90+2' Bičakčić 45+5' Bebou 90' Baumann 90' Kadeřábek 90+5'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniel Siebert

26 September 2020 2	Arminia Bielefeld	1–0	1. FC Köln	Bielefeld
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Klos 45' Edmundsson 78' Soukou 89' Schipplock 90+1'	Report	Hector 17' Czichos 43' Sørensen 90+2'	Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 5,460 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

3 October 2020 3	1. FC Köln	1–3	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ehizibue 31' Rexhbecaj 35', 84' Sørensen 90'	Report	Pléa 14' Lainer 16', 90+2' Bensebaini 31' Stindl 56' (pen.) Herrmann 82'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 300 Referee: Marco Fritz

18 October 2020 4	1. FC Köln	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ehizibue 15' Duda 52' Rexhbeçaj 54' Horn 64'	Report	Hasebe 19' Silva 45+2' (pen.) Younes 88'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 300 Referee: Sven Jablonski

23 October 2020 5	VfB Stuttgart	1–1	1. FC Köln	Stuttgart
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Mangala 1' Silas 52' Karazor 80'	Report	Ehizibue 8' Andersson 23' (pen.) Jakobs 56' Duda 69' Skhiri 72' Özcan 88'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Guido Winkmann

31 October 2020 6	1. FC Köln	1–2	Bayern Munich	Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Drexler 82' Wolf 89'	Report	Choupo-Moting 10' Müller 13' (pen.) Pavard 23' Gnabry 45+1'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Frank Willenborg

6 November 2020 7	Werder Bremen	1–1	1. FC Köln	Bremen
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Mbom 31' Osako 67' Bittencourt 82' (pen.)	Report	Wolf 23' Czichos 65' Moisander 67' (o.g.)	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Florian Badstübner

22 November 2020 8	1. FC Köln	1–2	Union Berlin	Cologne
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Duda 31' Skhiri 36'	Report	Awoniyi 27' Ingvartsen 35' Kruse 72', 72' Gießelmann 90+4'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Tobias Stieler

28 November 2020 9	Borussia Dortmund	1–2	1. FC Köln	Dortmund
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Can 54' Hazard 74'	Report	Skhiri 9', 60', 29' Jakobs 90+1'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Arne Aarnink

5 December 2020 10	1. FC Köln	2–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Thielmann 18' Duda 43'	Report	Arnold 29' Weghorst 47' Paulo Otávio 90+1'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Sven Jablonski

12 December 2020 11	Mainz 05	0–1	1. FC Köln	Mainz
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Niakhaté 37' Latza 45+1' Onisiwo 67' Stöger 75'	Report	Rexhbeçaj 55' Özcan 70' Duda 75' 76' Horn 81'	Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Felix Zwayer

16 December 2020 12	1. FC Köln	0–4	Bayer Leverkusen	Cologne
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Horn 34'	Report	Weiser 8' Diaby 10' Dragović 54' Schick 54' Wirtz 59'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Tobias Stieler

19 December 2020 13	RB Leipzig	0–0	1. FC Köln	Leipzig
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Halstenberg 84'	Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Felix Brych

2 January 2021 14	1. FC Köln	0–1	FC Augsburg	Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Modeste 64' Bornauw 74'	Report	Uduokhai 12' Gouweleeuw 64' Iago 77' Richter 85'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Sören Storks

9 January 2021 15	SC Freiburg	5–0	1. FC Köln	Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Demirović 18' Höfler 39' Sallai 59' Lienhart 69' Höler 79'	Report		Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Robert Schröder

16 January 2021 16	1. FC Köln	0–0	Hertha BSC	Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Čestić 63' Czichos 77'	Report	Alderete 45+1' Darida 54' Córdoba 78'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Frank Willenborg

20 January 2021 17	Schalke 04	1–2	1. FC Köln	Gelsenkirchen
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Stambouli 48' Hoppe 57' Boujellab 89'	Report	Czichos 31' Horn 89' Thielmann 90+3'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniel Siebert

24 January 2021 18	1899 Hoffenheim	3–0	1. FC Köln	Sinsheim
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kramarić 7' (pen.), 75' (pen.) Bebou 13' Baumgartner 28' Posch 52'	Report	Čestić 6' Skhiri 56' Meré 63' Modeste 78'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Sven Jablonski

31 January 2021 19	1. FC Köln	3–1	Arminia Bielefeld	Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Wolf 10', 28' Jakobs 42' Duda 54' Rexhbeçaj 63'	Report	Soukou 64' Córdova 73'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Felix Zwayer

6 February 2021 20	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–2	1. FC Köln	Mönchengladbach
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Stindl 2' Neuhaus 16', 90+5' Herrmann 27' Jantschke 75'	Report	Rexhbeçaj 3', 55', 86' Ehizibue 80'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Christian Dingert

14 February 2021 21	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–0	1. FC Köln	Frankfurt
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Sow 32' Silva 57' Touré 75' Ndicka 79' Kostić 86'	Report	Meré 90+1'	Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Frank Willenborg

20 February 2021 22	1. FC Köln	0–1	VfB Stuttgart	Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Čestić 19' Czichos 86'	Report	Kempf 29' Kalajdžić 49'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

27 February 2021 23	Bayern Munich	5–1	1. FC Köln	Munich
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Choupo-Moting 18' Alaba 22' Lewandowski 33', 65' Sané 45+1' Gnabry 82', 86'	Report	Czichos 45' Skhiri 49'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin Petersen

7 March 2021 24	1. FC Köln	1–1	Werder Bremen	Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Jakobs 21' Drexler 80' Hector 83'	Report	Sargent 66'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck

13 March 2021 25	Union Berlin	2–1	1. FC Köln	Berlin
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Musa 32' Kruse 48' (pen.) Trimmel 67' Andrich 87'	Report	Horn 11' Duda 45+2' (pen.) Özcan 81' Skhiri 85'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 0 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

20 March 2021 26	1. FC Köln	2–2	Borussia Dortmund	Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Duda 35' (pen.) Jakobs 65', 90+2'	Report	Haaland 3', 90' Bellingham 34'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniel Siebert

3 April 2021 27	VfL Wolfsburg	1–0	1. FC Köln	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Mbabu 22' Gerhardt 63' Brekalo 69'	Report	Kainz 90+3'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Robert Hartmann

11 April 2021 28	1. FC Köln	2–3	Mainz 05	Cologne
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Duda 22', 43' (pen.) Katterbach 34' Skhiri 61'	Report	Boëtius 11' Mwene 42' Onisiwo 65' Barreiro 90+1'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Felix Brych

17 April 2021 29	Bayer Leverkusen	3–0	1. FC Köln	Leverkusen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bailey 5', 76' Tapsoba 40' Diaby 51'	Report	Czichos 90'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 0 Referee: Sören Storks

20 April 2021 30	1. FC Köln	2–1	RB Leipzig	Cologne
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ehizibue 23' Hector 46', 60' Czichos 90+6'	Report	Upamecano 56' Haidara 59', 90+6' Kampl 83'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Frank Willenborg

23 April 2021 31	FC Augsburg	2–3	1. FC Köln	Augsburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gumny 45+2', 54' Gruezo 52' Vargas 62'	Report	Duda 8', 33', 90' Kainz 23' Wolf 45' Rexhbeçaj 80'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin Petersen

9 May 2021 32	1. FC Köln	1–4	SC Freiburg	Cologne
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Wolf 37' Andersson 47', 50' Duda 62'	Report	Petersen 18' Demirović 20', 41' Lienhart 81' Grifo 90+3' Schmid 90+6'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Marco Fritz

15 May 2021 33	Hertha BSC	0–0	1. FC Köln	Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Boyata 13' Torunarigha 35'	Report	Skhiri 23' Jakobs 58'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

22 May 2021 34	1. FC Köln	1–0	Schalke 04	Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bornauw 44', 86'	Report	Flick 30' Idrizi 69'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniel Siebert

Relegation play-offs

As a result of their 16th-place finish in the regular season, the club qualified for the play-off match with the third-place team in the 2020–21 2. Bundesliga to determine whether the club would remain in the 2021–22 Bundesliga.

26 May 2021 First leg	1. FC Köln	0–1	Holstein Kiel	Cologne
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Katterbach 14' Skhiri 51' Wolf 53' Czichos 90'	Report	Bartels 41' Ignjovski 45' Van den Bergh 46' Lorenz 59'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Felix Zwayer

29 May 2021 Second leg	Holstein Kiel	1–5 (2–5 agg.)	1. FC Köln	Kiel
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lee 4' Porath 32'	Report	Hector 3' Andersson 6', 13' Bornauw 28' Czichos 39' J. Horn 44' T. Horn 65' Skhiri 84' Thielmann 88'	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 2,334 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

DFB-Pokal

12 September 2020 First round	VSG Altglienicke	0–6	1. FC Köln	Cologne^[27]
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Skoda 26' Ciğerci 28' Häußler 44' Zeiger 55'	Report	Hector 17' (pen.), 26' Rexhbeçaj 36', 63' Czichos 43' Özcan 68' Drexler 85'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 300 Referee: Martin Thomsen

22 December 2020 Second round	1. FC Köln	1–0	VfL Osnabrück	Cologne
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Modeste 45+1' Jakobs 51' Bornauw 85'	Report	Henning 54'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Robert Hartmann

3 February 2021 Round of 16	Jahn Regensburg	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	1. FC Köln	Regensburg
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Kennedy 35' George 43' Vrenezi 70'	Report	Jakobs 4' Dennis 22', 78' Schmitz 47' Czichos 93'	Stadium: Jahnstadion Regensburg Attendance: 0 Referee: Robert Hartmann
	Penalties
	Wekesser Gimber Albers Vrenezi Besuschkow		Czichos Özcan Arokodare Meré J. Horn

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal		Relegation play-offs
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	GER	Timo Horn	39	0	34	0	3	0	2	0
16	GK	GER	Ron-Robert Zieler	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
32	GK	GER	Julian Krahl	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	GER	Benno Schmitz	15	0	4+8	0	1+1	0	1	0
3	DF	GER	Noah Katterbach	25	0	12+9	0	2+1	0	1	0
4	DF	GER	Robert Voloder	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	GER	Rafael Czichos	32	3	26+2	1	2	1	2	1
8	DF	GER	Ismail Jakobs	27	2	18+5	1	2	1	1+1	0
19	DF	NED	Kingsley Ehizibue	23	0	15+6	0	0+1	0	1	0
22	DF	ESP	Jorge Meré	20	0	14+2	0	3	0	0+1	0
23	DF	GER	Jannes Horn	32	0	20+9	0	2	0	1	0
26	DF	SRB	Sava-Arangel Cestic	11	0	11	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF	BEL	Sebastiaan Bornauw	28	1	23+1	1	1+1	0	2	0
Midfielders
6	MF	GER	Marco Höger	4	0	1+2	0	0+1	0	0	0
10	MF	SVK	Ondrej Duda	36	7	32	7	2	0	2	0
11	MF	GER	Florian Kainz	9	1	6+2	1	0	0	1	0
13	MF	GER	Max Meyer	12	0	3+7	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
14	MF	GER	Jonas Hector	23	5	15+4	3	1+1	1	2	1
20	MF	GER	Elvis Rexhbeçaj	33	7	20+10	5	2+1	2	0	0
21	MF	GER	Salih Özcan	32	1	15+13	0	2+1	1	1	0
24	MF	GER	Dominick Drexler	31	3	11+16	2	1+1	1	0+2	0
25	MF	GER	Tim Lemperle	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
28	MF	TUN	Ellyes Skhiri	37	6	32	5	3	0	2	1
29	MF	GER	Jan Thielmann	28	2	9+15	2	1+1	0	0+2	0
31	MF	GER	Marius Wolf	35	2	28+3	2	2	0	2	0
Forwards
7	FW	NGA	Tolu Arokodare	11	0	0+10	0	0+1	0	0	0
9	FW	SWE	Sebastian Andersson	18	5	14+2	3	0	0	1+1	2
15	FW	GRE	Dimitris Limnios	13	0	2+10	0	1	0	0	0
43	FW	NGA	Emmanuel Dennis	10	1	6+3	0	1	1	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
15	FW	COL	Jhon Córdoba	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	GER	Christian Clemens	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW	FRA	Anthony Modeste	9	1	1+7	0	1	1	0	0
30	DF	DEN	Frederik Sørensen	3	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 29 May 2021
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank	Pos	No.	Name	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Relegation play-offs	Total
1	MF	7	Elvis Rexhbeçaj	5	2	0	7
1	MF	10	Ondrej Duda	7	0	0	7
3	MF	28	Ellyes Skhiri	5	0	1	6
4	FW	9	Sebastian Andersson	3	0	2	5
4	MF	14	Jonas Hector	3	1	1	5
6	DF	5	Rafael Czichos	1	1	1	3
6	MF	24	Dominick Drexler	2	1	0	3
8	DF	8	Ismail Jakobs	1	1	0	2
	MF	29	Jan Thielmann	2	0	0	2
	MF	31	Marius Wolf	2	0	0	2
11	MF	11	Florian Kainz	1	0	0	1
	MF	21	Salih Özcan	0	1	0	1
	FW	27	Anthony Modeste	1	0	0	1
	DF	33	Sebastiaan Bornauw	1	0	0	1
	FW	43	Emmanuel Dennis	0	1	0	1
Own goals				1	0	0	1
Totals				34	9	5	48

Last updated: 29 May 2021

References

^ "1. FC Köln – Mannschaft" [1. FC Köln – Squad] (in German). 1. FC Köln. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
^ "Rolle klar definiert: Zieler kehrt zu Ausbildungsklub Köln zurück". kicker.de. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
^ "Andersson wechselt für sechs Millionen Euro von Berlin nach Köln". kicker.de. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
^ "Köln macht auch Duda-Deal offiziell". kicker.de. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
^ "FC LOAN TOLU AROKODARE". 19 September 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
^ "DIMITRIS LIMNIOS JOINS FC". 21 September 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
^ "FC LOAN OUT MARIUS WOLF". 2 October 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
^ "Perfekt: Dennis verstärkt Köln bis zum Saisonende". kicker.de. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
^ "MAX MEYER JOINS FC". January 27, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
^ "Holstein Kiel leiht Kölns Hauptmann aus". kicker.de. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
^ "Mannheim verpflichtet Bartels und Ünlücifci". kicker.de. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
^ "Innenverteidiger-Flut: Köln verleiht Bisseck zum dritten Mal". kicker.de. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
^ ""Tempo und Mentalität" für Hannover: 96 leiht Schindler aus". kicker.de (in German). kicker. 6 August 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
^ "OFICIAL: Vincent Koziello reforça Nacional emprestado pelo Colónia". tvi24. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
^ "Nashville SC Signs United States U-20 CONCACAF Golden Glove Winner Brady Scott". Nashville SC. 17 August 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
^ "Leihe fix: Risse wechselt die Rheinseite". kicker.de. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
^ "HSV bag Simon Terodde on one-year deal" (in German). Hamburger SV. 20 August 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-08-21. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
^ "Sobiech wechselt zum FC Zürich". kicker.de. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
^ "Jhon Córdoba joins Hertha!". herthabsc.de. 15 September 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
^ "96 wird es nicht: Köln verleiht Schaub nach Luzern". kicker.de. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
^ "Vertrag mit Christian Clemens aufgelöst". 1. FC Köln. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
^ "SÖRENSEN CONTRACT MUTUALLY TERMINATED". 1. FC Köln. 17 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
^ "FC LOAN OUT ANTHONY MODESTE". 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
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^ Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany and the organisational effort required to host the fixture, the teams exchanged the home rights to the match.^[26]

External links

Official website

[1] "1. FC Köln – Mannschaft" [1. FC Köln – Squad] (in German). 1. FC Köln. Retrieved 1 February 2021.

[2] "Rolle klar definiert: Zieler kehrt zu Ausbildungsklub Köln zurück". kicker.de. Retrieved 31 August 2020.

[3] "Andersson wechselt für sechs Millionen Euro von Berlin nach Köln". kicker.de. Retrieved 2020-09-15.

[4] "Köln macht auch Duda-Deal offiziell". kicker.de. Retrieved 2020-09-16.

[5] "FC LOAN TOLU AROKODARE". 19 September 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.

[6] "DIMITRIS LIMNIOS JOINS FC". 21 September 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020.

[7] "FC LOAN OUT MARIUS WOLF". 2 October 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.

[8] "Perfekt: Dennis verstärkt Köln bis zum Saisonende". kicker.de. Retrieved 2021-01-25.

[9] "MAX MEYER JOINS FC". January 27, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2021.

[10] "Holstein Kiel leiht Kölns Hauptmann aus". kicker.de. Retrieved 31 August 2020.

[11] "Mannheim verpflichtet Bartels und Ünlücifci". kicker.de. Retrieved 31 August 2020.

[12] "Innenverteidiger-Flut: Köln verleiht Bisseck zum dritten Mal". kicker.de. Retrieved 31 August 2020.

[13] ""Tempo und Mentalität" für Hannover: 96 leiht Schindler aus". kicker.de (in German). kicker. 6 August 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.

[14] "OFICIAL: Vincent Koziello reforça Nacional emprestado pelo Colónia". tvi24. Retrieved 31 August 2020.

[15] "Nashville SC Signs United States U-20 CONCACAF Golden Glove Winner Brady Scott". Nashville SC. 17 August 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.

[16] "Leihe fix: Risse wechselt die Rheinseite". kicker.de. Retrieved 31 August 2020.

[17] "HSV bag Simon Terodde on one-year deal" (in German). Hamburger SV. 20 August 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-08-21. Retrieved 31 August 2020.

[18] "Sobiech wechselt zum FC Zürich". kicker.de. Retrieved 2020-09-05.

[19] "Jhon Córdoba joins Hertha!". herthabsc.de. 15 September 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.

[20] "96 wird es nicht: Köln verleiht Schaub nach Luzern". kicker.de. Retrieved 2020-09-16.

[21] "Vertrag mit Christian Clemens aufgelöst". 1. FC Köln. Retrieved 2021-01-15.

[22] "SÖRENSEN CONTRACT MUTUALLY TERMINATED". 1. FC Köln. 17 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2021.

[23] "FC LOAN OUT ANTHONY MODESTE". 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.

[24] "Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF). DFL.de (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 16 May 2020. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.

[25] "2020-21 season: DFL publishes Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 fixture lists". bundesliga.com. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.

[26] ""Enormer Organisationsaufwand": Amateurklubs verzichten auf Heim-Spielort" ["Enormous organisational effort": amateur clubs do without a home venue]. kicker (in German). 27 August 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.

[27] Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany and the organisational effort required to host the fixture, the teams exchanged the home rights to the match.^[26]

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