2022–23 1. FC Köln season

1. FC Köln
2022–23 season
President	Werner Wolf
Chairman	Alexander Wehrle
Head coach	Steffen Baumgart
Stadium	RheinEnergieStadion
Bundesliga	11th
DFB-Pokal	First round
UEFA Europa Conference League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Ellyes Skhiri (7); All: ; Dejan Ljubičić; Ellyes Skhiri; (8 each)
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 season was the 75th season in the history of 1. FC Köln and their fourth consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in the Bundesliga, the DFB-Pokal and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

Players

As of 29 January 2023^[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	DEN	Kristian Pedersen
4	DF	GER	Timo Hübers
5	DF	CRO	Nikola Soldo
6	MF	GER	Eric Martel
7	MF	AUT	Dejan Ljubičić
8	MF	GER	Denis Huseinbasic
9	FW	SWE	Sebastian Andersson
11	MF	AUT	Florian Kainz
13	FW	GER	Mark Uth
14	MF	GER	Jonas Hector (captain)
15	DF	GER	Luca Kilian
17	MF	GER	Kingsley Schindler


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	GK	GER	Marvin Schwäbe
21	MF	GER	Steffen Tigges
23	MF	ARM	Sargis Adamyan
24	DF	GER	Jeff Chabot (on loan from Sampdoria)
25	FW	GER	Tim Lemperle
27	FW	GER	Davie Selke
28	MF	TUN	Ellyes Skhiri
29	MF	GER	Jan Thielmann
33	FW	GER	Florian Dietz
37	MF	GER	Linton Maina
42	MF	GRE	Dimitris Limnios
44	GK	GER	Matthias Köbbing
47	MF	LUX	Mathias Olesen
48	DF	GER	Georg Strauch
—	GK	GER	Julian Roloff

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	Jens Castrop (at 1. FC Nürnberg until 30 June 2023)
—	MF	SVK	Ondrej Duda (at Hellas Verona until 30 June 2023)
—	DF	GER	Noah Katterbach (at Hamburger SV until 30 June 2023)
—	MF	GER	Marvin Obuz (at Holstein Kiel until 30 June 2023)
—	GK	GER	Jonas Urbig (at Jahn Regensburg until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
3	DF	Kristian Pedersen	Birmingham City	Free	1 July 2022	^[2]
7	DF	Eric Martel	RB Leipzig	Free		^[3]
8	MF	Denis Huseinbasic	Kickers Offenbach	€50,000		^[4]
15	DF	Luca Kilian	Mainz 05	€2,000,000		^[5]
21	FW	Steffen Tigges	Borussia Dortmund	€1,500,000		^[6]
37	MF	Linton Maina	Hannover 96	Free		^[7]
23	FW	Sargis Adamyan	1899 Hoffenheim	€1,500,000	5 July 2022	^[8]
5	DF	Nikola Soldo	Locomotiva Zagreb	€600,000	1 September 2022	^[9]
27	FW	Davie Selke	Hertha BSC	Free	2 January 2023	^[10]
	GK	Julian Roloff	Cavalry FC	Free	15 January 2023	^[11]

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
	DF	Yann Aurel Bisseck	AGF	€670,000	1 July 2021	^[12]
6	MF	Salih Özcan	Borussia Dortmund	€5,000,000		^[13]
21	MF	Louis Schaub	Hannover 96	Free		^[14]
23	DF	Jannes Horn	VfL Bochum	Free
30	FW	Marvin Obuz	Holstein Kiel	Loan		^[15]
31	MF	Tomáš Ostrák	St. Louis City	Free		^[16]
27	FW	Anthony Modeste	Borussia Dortmund	€5,000,000	8 August 2022	^[17]
19	DF	Kingsley Ehizibue	Udinese	€1,000,000	30 August 2022	^[18]
36	MF	Niklas Hauptmann	Dynamo Dresden	Undisclosed	31 August 2022	^[19]
40	GK	Jonas Urbig	Jahn Regensburg	Loan	6 January 2023	^[20]
3	DF	Noah Katterbach	Hamburger SV	Loan	17 January 2023	^[21]
18	MF	Ondrej Duda	Hellas Verona	Loan	29 January 2023	^[22]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

1 July 2022 Friendly	Mondorf	1–12	1. FC Köln	Troisdorf, Germany
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Abdallah 19'	Report	Hübers 16' Schwirten 25' Modeste 33' Dietz 64', 86' Huseinbasic 66' Maina 67', 72' Schmid 70', 87' Ehizibue 83' Martel 90'	Stadium: Aggerstadion Attendance: 2,273 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

8 July 2022 Friendly	1. FC Köln	4–0	Austria Lustenau	Singen, Germany
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dietz 3' Kainz 16' Modeste 74' Lemperle 86'	Report		Stadium: Hohentwielstadion Referee: Jonas Brombacher (Germany)

9 July 2022 Friendly	1. FC Köln	1–1	Grasshopper	Cologne, Germany
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	M. Schmid 55'	Report	D. Schmid 32'	Stadium: Bad Dürrheim

16 July 2022 Telekom Cup	1. FC Köln	1–2	Milan	Cologne, Germany
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Adamyan 40' Dietz 86' Hector 90'	Report	Giroud 16', 36' Maldini 90'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 48,200 Referee: Sascha Stegemann (Germany)

17 July 2022 Friendly	Kickers Offenbach	0–2	1. FC Köln	Offenbach am Main
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Huseinbasic 12' Adamyan 88'	Stadium: Bieberer Berg Attendance: 5,606

22 July 2022 Friendly	1. FC Köln	5–0	NEC	Troisdorf, Germany
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Duda 22' (pen.) Maina 40' Adamyan 47' Lemperle 75', 79'	Report		Stadium: Aggerstadion Attendance: 0

19 November 2022 Friendly	1. FC Köln	2–4	VfB Stuttgart	Austin, United States
15:00 CST (UTC−6)	Schwirten 68' Adamyan 84'	Report	Mavropanos 14', 41' Coulibaly 27', 31'	Stadium: Q2 Stadium Referee: Samantha Martinez (United States)

21 December 2022 Friendly	1. FC Köln	1–0	SV Meppen	Cologne
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Adamyan 15'	Report		Stadium: Franz-Kremer-Stadion

7 January 2023 Friendly	1. FC Köln	4–0	Hamburger SV	Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Huseinbašić 48', 50' Diehl 88' Schindler 120'	Report		Stadium: Franz-Kremer-Stadion Attendance: 5,700 Referee: Nico Fuchs
Note: Match was played in four 30-minute periods.

23 March 2023 Friendly	1. FC Köln	0–1	Sint-Truiden	Cologne
18:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Boya 34'	Stadium: Franz-Kremer-Stadion

Competitions

Overall record

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	7 August 2022	27 May 2023	Matchday 1	11th	34	10	12	12	49	54	−5	029.41
DFB-Pokal	30 July 2022		First round	First round	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
UEFA Europa Conference League	18 August 2022	3 November 2022	Play-off round	Group stage	8	3	2	3	12	10	+2	037.50
Total					43	13	15	15	63	66	−3	030.23

Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Mainz 05	34	12	10	12	54	55	−1	46
10	Borussia Mönchengladbach	34	11	10	13	52	55	−3	43
11	1. FC Köln	34	10	12	12	49	54	−5	42
12	1899 Hoffenheim	34	10	6	18	48	57	−9	36
13	Werder Bremen	34	10	6	18	51	64	−13	36

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.^[23]

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	10	12	12	49	54	−5	42	6	6	6	28	20	+8	4	6	6	21	34	−13

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	D	D	W	L	D	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	L	W	D	D	D	W	L	L	D	L	L	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	L
Position	3	3	8	8	6	7	9	7	9	7	10	10	12	12	13	11	10	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	11

Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.^[24]

7 August 2022 1	1. FC Köln	3–1	Schalke 04	Cologne
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kilian 49' Kainz 62' Ljubičić 80'	Report	Drexler 35' Brunner 51' Bülter 76'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Robert Schröder

13 August 2022 2	RB Leipzig	2–2	1. FC Köln	Leipzig
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Werner 36' Szoboszlai 45+1' Nkunku 56' Henrichs 89'	Report	Thielmann 18' Dietz 40' Hübers 48' Gvardiol 72' (o.g.) Adamyan 76' Kainz 79'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 49,579 Referee: Benjamin Brand

21 August 2022 3	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	1. FC Köln	Frankfurt
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kamada 71'	Report	Dietz 58' Thielmann 82'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 50,800 Referee: Martin Petersen

28 August 2022 4	1. FC Köln	0–0	VfB Stuttgart	Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kilian 58' Ljubičić 87'	Report	Pfeiffer 56' Karazor 79' Millot 90+5'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Harm Osmers

3 September 2022 5	VfL Wolfsburg	2–4	1. FC Köln	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	L. Nmecha 2', 79' Van de Ven 38' Marmoush 82'	Report	Ljubičić 22' Otávio 31' (o.g.) Kainz 45+2' (pen.) Duda 63' Adamyan 81'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 25,654 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck

11 September 2022 6	1. FC Köln	0–1	Union Berlin	Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kilian 9' 81' Pedersen 54' Schindler 72'	Report	Hübers 3' (o.g.) Pefok 10' Knoche 53'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 49,500 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

18 September 2022 7	VfL Bochum	1–1	1. FC Köln	Bochum
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Schmitz 9' (o.g.)	Report	Hübers 68' Maina 88'	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 25,800 Referee: Bastian Dankert

1 October 2022 8	1. FC Köln	3–2	Borussia Dortmund	Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hübers 21' Duda 25' Kainz 53' Tigges 56' Ljubičić 71' Schindler 79' Huseinbasic 90'	Report	Adeyemi 23' Guerreiro 29' Brandt 31' Süle 36' Schmitz 78' (o.g.)	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Harm Osmers

9 October 2022 9	Borussia Mönchengladbach	5–2	1. FC Köln	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Stindl 7', 46' Friedrich 27' Bensebaini 38', 45+2' (pen.), 76' Thuram 90+1'	Report	Kainz 11' 45+1', 31' (pen.) Skhiri 63' Huseinbašić 83'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,042 Referee: Sven Jablonski

16 October 2022 10	1. FC Köln	3–2	FC Augsburg	Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Tigges 47', 81' Huseinbašić 61' Duda 62' Uth 90'	Report	Niederlechner 14' Berisha 22' Vargas 36' Iago 54' Caligiuri 68' Petkov 79'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Felix Zwayer

21 October 2022 11	Mainz 05	5–0	1. FC Köln	Mainz
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ingvartsen 11' (pen.) Kohr 35', 35' Stach 40' Martín 73' Onisiwo 83'	Report	Kilian 10' 28' Uth 35' Soldo 50' Martel 72'	Stadium: Mewa Arena Attendance: 31,610 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck

30 October 2022 12	1. FC Köln	1–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Cologne
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kainz 13' Duda 51'	Report	Kabak 7' 87' Bruun Larsen 36'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Frank Willenborg

6 November 2022 13	SC Freiburg	2–0	1. FC Köln	Freiburg
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Jeong 52' Gregoritsch 64'	Report	Schindler 90'	Stadium: Europa-Park Stadion Attendance: 33,800 Referee: Florian Badstübner

9 November 2022 14	1. FC Köln	1–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Cologne
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Schmitz 30' Thielmann 84'	Report	Amiri 65' Diaby 71' Andrich 84' Demirbay 89'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Tobias Stieler

12 November 2022 15	Hertha BSC	2–0	1. FC Köln	Berlin
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kanga 9' Richter 54' Kempf 62' Rogel 62' Lukebakio 66'	Report	Skhiri 73'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 60,827 Referee: Christian Dingert

21 January 2023 16	1. FC Köln	7–1	Werder Bremen	Cologne
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Maina 9' Tigges 15', 21' Skhiri 30', 54' Huseinbašić 36' Friedl 76' (o.g.)	Report	Füllkrug 38'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Robert Schröder

24 January 2023 17	Bayern Munich	1–1	1. FC Köln	Munich
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kimmich 90'	Report	Shkiri 4' Huseinbašić 12'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Tobias Stieler

29 January 2023 18	Schalke 04	0–0	1. FC Köln	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Brunner 35' Terodde 39' Zalazar 81'	Report	Schmitz 76' Hübers 81' Skhiri 86' Kainz 90+3'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,571 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck

4 February 2023 19	1. FC Köln	0–0	RB Leipzig	Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Schmitz 41' Martel 41' Adamyan 89'	Report	Szoboszlai 31' Laimer 37' Gvardiol 45' Henrichs 73'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Martin Petersen

12 February 2023 20	1. FC Köln	3–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Cologne
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Martel 28' Hübers 49', 68' Skhiri 71', 86' Chabot 79'	Report	Buta 45' Götze 61'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Daniel Siebert

18 February 2023 21	VfB Stuttgart	3–0	1. FC Köln	Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Dias 9' Silas 23' Mavropanos 51' Sosa 59' Coulibaly 74' Millot 82'	Report	Chabot 23' Schmitz 58' Skhiri 65' Adamyan 84'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 46,850 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

25 February 2023 22	1. FC Köln	0–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Hector 66'	Report	Gerhardt 4' Arnold 68' (pen.) Svanberg 73' F. Nmecha 90+4'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 49,300 Referee: Frank Willenborg

4 March 2023 23	Union Berlin	0–0	1. FC Köln	Berlin
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Pefok 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 22,012 Referee: Tobias Stieler

10 March 2023 24	1. FC Köln	0–2	VfL Bochum	Cologne
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Hector 66' Schmitz 82'	Report	Stöger 9' (pen.) Hofmann 29' Asano 49' Mašović 76'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Tobias Welz

18 March 2023 25	Borussia Dortmund	6–1	1. FC Köln	Dortmund
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Guerreiro 15' Haller 17', 69' Reus 32', 70' Malen 36' Dahoud 66'	Report	Selke 42'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 81,365 Referee: Daniel Siebert

2 April 2023 26	1. FC Köln	0–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Schmitz 33' Kainz 73' Huseinbašić 82' Tigges 90+3'	Report	Koné 21' Scally 35' Bensebaini 59'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Felix Zwayer

8 April 2023 27	FC Augsburg	1–3	1. FC Köln	Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Vargas 6', 29' Iago 45' Engels 56'	Report	Skhiri 7', 84' Martel 16', 25' Schindler 27' Maina 59' Hübers 72'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 30,660 Referee: Robert Schröder

15 April 2023 28	1. FC Köln	1–1	Mainz 05	Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kainz 8' Ljubičić 51' Hübers 86' Thielmann 90+2'	Report	Ajorque 17', 34' Kohr 90+2'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

22 April 2023 29	1899 Hoffenheim	1–3	1. FC Köln	Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Brooks 29' Dolberg 90+4'	Report	Kainz 18' (pen.) Selke 26', 39' Schwäbe 29' Thielmann 90+2'	Stadium: PreZero Arena Attendance: 30,150 Referee: Robin Braun

29 April 2023 30	1. FC Köln	0–1	SC Freiburg	Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Martel 24'	Report	Dōan 54' Höfler 61'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Tobias Reichel

5 May 2023 31	Bayer Leverkusen	1–2	1. FC Köln	Leverkusen
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Adli 28', 80'	Report	Selke 14', 36', 71' Thielmann 45' Olesen 69' Chabot 80' Maina 80' Schmitz 83'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Felix Zwayer

12 May 2023 32	1. FC Köln	5–2	Hertha BSC	Cologne
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Selke 8' Martel 24' Hübers 39', 69', 72' Skhiri 43' Huseinbašić 81'	Report	Tousart 18' Jovetić 33' Lukebakio 37' Dárdai 45+5' Mittelstädt 73' Rogel 78' Serdar 90+1' Ngankam 90+1' Richter 90+2'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Sven Jablonski

20 May 2023 33	Werder Bremen	1–1	1. FC Köln	Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Weiser 27' Bittencourt 33' Schmid 73' Stage 79' Buchanan 82'	Report	Ljubičić 12' Tigges 36' Hector 89'	Stadium: Wohninvest Weserstadion Attendance: 41,846 Referee: Robert Hartmann

27 May 2023 34	1. FC Köln	1–2	Bayern Munich	Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Schmitz 24' Ljubičić 81' (pen.), 82' Thielmann 90'	Report	Coman 8' Musiala 89'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Sven Jablonski

DFB-Pokal

30 July 2022 (2022-07-30) First round	Jahn Regensburg	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	1. FC Köln	Regensburg
15:30	Albers 18' Owusu 27' Gimber 72' Breitkreuz 83' Saller 90' Makridis 107'	Report	Uth 28', 66' Ljubičić 63' Hübers 73'	Stadium: Jahnstadion Regensburg Attendance: 13,236 Referee: Felix Brych
	Penalties
	Makridis Thalhammer Saller Yıldırım Gimber		Ljubičić Chabot Maina Thielmann Ehizibue

UEFA Europa Conference League

Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2022.

18 August 2022 First leg	1. FC Köln	1–2	Fehérvár	Cologne
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Dietz 14' Chabot 20' Skhiri 68' Hector 90+5'	Report	Larsen 24' Zivzivadze 32', 85' Dárdai 40', 69' Hangya 55' Fiola 58'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 44,000 Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal)

25 August 2022 Second leg	Fehérvár	0–3 (2–4 agg.)	1. FC Köln	Székesfehérvár, Hungary
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Zivzivadze 66' Heister 68' Lyednyev 89'	Report	Hübers 10' Ljubičić 45+1' Skhiri 46' Kilian 60' Hector 89' Schindler 90+4', 90+4'	Stadium: MOL Aréna Sóstó Attendance: 10,411 Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2022.^[25]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	NCE	PRT	KLN	SVK
1	Nice	6	2	3	1	8	7	+1	9^[a]	Advance to round of 16	—	2–1	1–1	1–2
2	Partizan	6	2	3	1	9	7	+2	9^[a]	Advance to knockout round play-offs	1–1	—	2–0	1–1
3	1. FC Köln	6	2	2	2	8	8	0	8		2–2	0–1	—	4–2
4	Slovácko	6	1	2	3	8	11	−3	5		0–1	3–3	0–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: Nice 4, Partizan 1.

8 September 2022 1	Nice	1–1	1. FC Köln	Nice, France
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Boudaoui 39' Delort 62' (pen.)	Report	Tigges 19' Hector 59' Hübers 61'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Luís Godinho (Portugal)

15 September 2022 2	1. FC Köln	4–2	Slovácko	Cologne
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Duda 2' Adamyan 10' Martel 36' Dietz 42' Maina 50' Ljubičić 65' (pen.), 74'	Report	Kalabiška 49' Petržela 52' Trávník 56'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 47,700 Referee: Yevhen Aranovskyi (Ukraine)

6 October 2022 3	1. FC Köln	0–1	Partizan	Cologne
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Marković 9' Natcho 90'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 47,000 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea (Spain)

13 October 2022 4	Partizan	2–0	1. FC Köln	Belgrade, Serbia
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Diabaté 15', 45+3' Gomes 52' Belić 58' Marković 68' Fejsa 74' Urošević 90+4'	Report	Hübers 48' Hector 55' Skhiri 90+4'	Stadium: Partizan Stadium Attendance: 15,467 Referee: Roi Reinshreiber (Israel)

28 October 2022 5	Slovácko	0–1	1. FC Köln	Uherské Hradiště, Czech Republic
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Trávník 53' Kohút 81' Daníček 90+3' Hofmann 90+3'	Report	Kainz 51' Adamyan 54' Huseinbašić 77' Duda 82' (pen.), 90+3' Schindler 83' Kilian 90+5'	Stadium: Městský fotbalový stadion Miroslava Valenty Attendance: 7,333 Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)
Note: The match was originally played on 27 October 2022 at 18:45 CEST, but was suspended after six minutes due to adverse weather conditions with the score 0–0 at the time. It was resumed on the following day.^[26]

3 November 2022 6	1. FC Köln	2–2	Nice	Cologne
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Huseinbašić 48' Hübers 55' Duda 60' Maina 69'	Report	Laborde 40' Brahimi 43'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 47,000 Referee: César Soto Grado (Spain)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal		Europa Conference League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	GER	Timo Horn	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
20	GK	GER	Marvin Schwäbe	32	0	24	0	0	0	8	0
44	GK	GER	Matthias Köbbing	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	GER	Benno Schmitz	27	1	21+1	1	1	0	3+1	0
3	DF	DEN	Kristian Pedersen	13	0	3+2	0	1	0	7	0
4	DF	GER	Timo Hübers	27	2	18+1	1	1	0	6+1	1
5	DF	CRO	Nikola Soldo	11	0	6+1	0	0	0	4	0
15	DF	GER	Luca Kilian	19	1	13	1	0	0	5+1	0
24	DF	GER	Jeff Chabot	13	0	11	0	1	0	1	0
48	DF	GER	Greg Strauch	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	GER	Eric Martel	26	0	15+5	0	0	0	5+1	0
7	MF	AUT	Dejan Ljubicic	23	6	12+5	3	1	1	4+1	2
8	MF	GER	Denis Huseinbasic	20	4	7+8	3	0	0	3+2	1
11	MF	AUT	Florian Kainz	30	5	21+1	5	1	0	7	0
14	MF	GER	Jonas Hector	29	0	22	0	0+1	0	3+3	0
17	MF	GER	Kingsley Schindler	25	1	4+15	0	0	0	5+1	1
21	MF	GER	Steffen Tigges	28	6	16+5	5	0	0	2+5	1
23	MF	ARM	Sargis Adamyan	29	2	3+18	1	1	0	5+2	1
28	MF	TUN	Ellyes Skhiri	31	6	23	5	1	0	6+1	1
29	MF	GER	Jan Thielmann	20	1	5+9	1	0+1	0	2+3	0
37	MF	GER	Linton Maina	32	2	18+5	2	0+1	0	2+6	0
42	MF	GRE	Dimitris Limnios	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
47	MF	LUX	Mathias Olesen	13	0	5+6	0	0	0	0+2	0
Forwards
9	FW	SWE	Sebastian Andersson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	FW	GER	Mark Uth	5	1	0+3	0	1	1	0+1	0
25	FW	GER	Tim Lemperle	12	0	0+10	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
27	FW	GER	Davie Selke	7	0	3+4	0	0	0	0	0
33	FW	GER	Florian Dietz	18	3	4+7	1	0	0	6+1	2
43	FW	GER	Maximilian Schmid	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
49	FW	GER	Justin Diehl	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
5	DF	GER	Bright Arrey-Mbi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	SVK	Ondrej Duda	18	2	9+4	0	0	0	4+1	2
19	DF	NGA	Kingsley Ehizibue	3	0	1	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
27	FW	FRA	Anthony Modeste	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
36	MF	GER	Niklas Hauptmann	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	GK	GER	Jonas Urbig	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 10 March 2023
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Europa Conference League	Total
1	MF	7	Dejan Ljubicic	3	1	2	6
	MF	21	Steffen Tigges	5	0	1	6
	MF	28	Ellyes Skhiri	5	0	1	6
4	MF	11	Florian Kainz	5	0	0	5
5	MF	8	Denis Huseinbasic	3	0	1	4
6	FW	33	Florian Dietz	1	0	2	3
7	DF	4	Timo Hübers	1	0	1	2
	MF	18	Ondrej Duda	0	0	2	2
	MF	23	Sargis Adamyan	1	0	1	2
	MF	37	Linton Maina	2	0	0	2
11	DF	2	Benno Schmitz	1	0	0	1
	FW	13	Mark Uth	0	1	0	1
	DF	15	Luca Kilian	1	0	0	1
	MF	17	Kingsley Schindler	0	0	1	1
	MF	29	Jan Thielmann	1	0	0	1
Own goals				3	0	0	3
Totals				32	2	12	46

Last updated: 12 February 2023

References

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^ "Köln verpflichtet Abwehrspieler Pedersen". kicker (in German).
^ "FC sign Eric Martel". 1. FC Köln. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
^ "FC verpflichtet Denis Huseinbasic" (in German). 1. FC Köln. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
^ "Luca Kilian signs until 2025". 1. FC Köln. 17 May 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
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^ "Sargis Adamyan kommt zum FC" (in German). 1. FC Köln. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
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^ "Cavalry FC Announces the Departure of Goalkeeper Julian Roloff". Cavalry FC. January 15, 2023.
^ YANN BISSECK BLIVER I AGF Archived 2021-11-07 at the Wayback Machine, agf.dk, 27 October 2021
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^ "Hannover seal Schaub signing". BuliNews.com. 17 May 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
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^ "Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF). Deutsche Fußball Liga (DFL). p. 3. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
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[table_hth_NCE0.60901626553806-26] Head-to-head points: Nice 4, Partizan 1.

[1] "1. FC Köln – Kader" [1. FC Köln – Squad] (in German). 1. FC Köln. Retrieved 2 January 2023.

[2] "Köln verpflichtet Abwehrspieler Pedersen". kicker (in German).

[3] "FC sign Eric Martel". 1. FC Köln. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.

[FC-4] "FC verpflichtet Denis Huseinbasic" (in German). 1. FC Köln. Retrieved 16 June 2022.

[5] "Luca Kilian signs until 2025". 1. FC Köln. 17 May 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.

[6] "Steffen Tigges joins FC". 1. FC Koln. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.

[7] "FC verpflichtet Linton Maina" (in German). 1. FC Köln. Retrieved 16 June 2022.

[8] "Sargis Adamyan kommt zum FC" (in German). 1. FC Köln. Retrieved 11 July 2022.

[9] "FC verpflichtet Nikola Soldo". 1. FC Köln (in German). Retrieved 2022-09-02.

[10] "FC SIGN DAVIE SELKE". 1. FC Köln. 2 January 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2023.

[11] "Cavalry FC Announces the Departure of Goalkeeper Julian Roloff". Cavalry FC. January 15, 2023.

[12] YANN BISSECK BLIVER I AGF Archived 2021-11-07 at the Wayback Machine, agf.dk, 27 October 2021

[13] "Vierter BVB-Neuzugang perfekt: Özcan kommt vom 1. FC Köln". kicker (in German).

[14] "Hannover seal Schaub signing". BuliNews.com. 17 May 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.

[15] "FC loan out Marvin Obuz". 1. FC Köln. 24 May 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.

[16] "St. Louis CITY SC sign midfielder Tomáš Ostrák from Bundesliga's FC Köln". Major League Soccer. Retrieved 16 June 2022.

[17] "ANTHONY MODESTE JOINS BVB". 1. FC Köln. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.

[18] "KINGSLEY EHIZIBUE LEAVES FC". 1. FC Köln. 30 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.

[19] "NIKLAS HAUPTMAN JOINS DYNAMO DRESDEN". 1. FC Köln. 31 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.

[20] "FC LOAN OUT JONAS URBIG". 1. FC Köln. 6 January 2023. Retrieved 6 January 2023.

[21] "KATTERBACH WIRD NACH HAMBURG WEITERVERLIEHEN" (in German). 1. FC Köln. 17 January 2023. Retrieved 18 January 2023.

[22] "ONDREJ DUDA LEAVES FC". 1. FC Köln. 29 January 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2023.

[23] "Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF). Deutsche Fußball Liga (DFL). p. 3. Retrieved 4 March 2023.

[24] "DFL veröffentlicht Bundesliga-Spielplan 2022/23 im Juni". kicker.de (in German). Kicker (sports magazine). 25 May 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022.

[25] "Conference League: Gegner stehen fest – 1. FC Köln gegen Belgrad, Nizza und Slovacko". www.24rhein.de.

[27] "Köln's meeting with Slovácko postponed as fog descends". BuliNews.com. 27 October 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.

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