List of 1. FC Köln records and statistics explained

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Recent seasons

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By season

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Winners *

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Runners-up ¤

Promoted ↑

Relegated ↓

Season	Division										^[1]	Cup	Top goalscorer(s)	Goals
1963–64		30	17	11	2	78	40	38	45	bgcolor=gold	1 *	31,904	QF	align=left		16
1964–65		30	14	10	6	66	45	21	38	bgcolor=silver	2 ¤	31,933	R1	align=left		19
1965–66		34	19	6	9	74	41	33	44	5	27,176	R2	align=left		18
1966–67		34	14	9	11	48	48	0	37	7	25,176	R2	align=left	Hannes Löhr	13
1967–68		34	17	4	13	68	52	16	38	4	23,176	bgcolor=gold	W *	align=left	Hannes Löhr	27
1968–69		34	13	6	15	47	56	−9	32	14	24,882	R1	align=left		14
1969–70		34	20	3	11	83	38	45	43	4	25,118	bgcolor=silver	RU ¤	align=left	Hannes Löhr	19
1970–71		34	11	11	12	46	56	−10	33	11	18,559	bgcolor=silver	RU ¤	align=left		14
1971–72		34	15	13	6	64	44	20	43	4	15,118	SF	align=left	Bernd Rupp	16
1972–73		34	16	11	7	66	51	15	43	bgcolor=silver	2 ¤	12,753	bgcolor=silver	RU ¤	align=left	Hannes Löhr	10
1973–74		34	16	7	11	69	56	13	39	5	17,135	QF	align=left		17
1974–75		34	17	7	10	77	51	26	41	5	18,500	R4	align=left	Dieter Müller	24
1975–76		34	14	11	9	62	45	17	39	4	25,941	QF	align=left	Hannes Löhr	15
1976–77		34	17	6	11	83	61	22	40	5	32,306	bgcolor=gold	W *	align=left	Dieter Müller	34
1977–78		34	22	4	8	86	41	45	48	bgcolor=gold	1 *	35,235	bgcolor=gold	W *	align=left	Dieter Müller	24
1978–79		34	13	12	9	55	47	8	38	6	22,765	R4	align=left	Dieter Müller	8
1979–80		34	14	9	11	72	55	17	37	5	27,824	bgcolor=silver	RU ¤	align=left	Dieter Müller	21
1980–81		34	12	10	12	54	55	−1	34	8	19,765	R2	align=left	Dieter Müller	17
1981–82		34	18	9	7	72	38	34	45	bgcolor=silver	2 ¤	25,147	R1	align=left		15
1982–83		34	17	9	8	69	42	27	43	5	17,971	bgcolor=gold	W *	align=left		16
1983–84		34	16	6	12	70	57	13	38	6	17,442	R3	align=left		20
1984–85		34	18	4	12	69	66	3	40	3	18,059	R2	align=left	Klaus Allofs	26
1985–86		34	9	11	14	46	59	−13	29	13	13,615	R2	align=left	Pierre Littbarski	8
1986–87		34	13	9	12	50	53	−3	35	10	16,588	R3	align=left	Klaus Allofs	14
1987–88		34	18	12	4	57	28	29	48	3	22,412	R2	align=left		13
1988–89		34	18	9	7	58	30	28	45	bgcolor=silver	2 ¤	20,941	R2	align=left	Thomas Allofs	17
1989–90		34	17	9	8	54	44	10	43	bgcolor=silver	2 ¤	22,294	R3	align=left		11
1990–91		34	13	11	10	50	43	7	37	7	21,235	bgcolor=silver	RU ¤	align=left		13
		38	13	18	7	58	41	17	44	4	23,105	R3	align=left		11
1992–93		34	12	4	18	41	51	−10	28	12	29,824	R2	align=left	Frank Ordenewitz	9
1993–94		34	14	6	14	49	51	−2	34	11	31,065	R3	align=left		17
1994–95		34	11	10	13	54	54	0	32	10	31,765	SF	align=left	Toni Polster	17
1995–96		34	9	13	12	33	35	−2	40	12	32,882	R1	align=left	Toni Polster	11
1996–97		34	13	5	16	62	62	0	44	10	31,088	R2	align=left	Toni Polster	21
1997–98		34	10	6	18	49	64	−15	36	17 ↓	29,824	R1	align=left	Toni Polster	13
1998–99		34	12	9	13	46	53	−7	45	10	14,488	R1	align=left		7
1999–2000		34	19	8	13	68	39	29	65	1 ↑	28,853	R4	align=left		14
2000–01		34	12	10	12	59	52	7	46	10	34,339	R1	align=left	Dirk Lottner	10
2001–02		34	7	8	19	26	61	−35	29	17 ↓	31,147	SF	align=left	Dirk Lottner	9
2002–03		34	18	11	5	63	45	18	65	2 ↑	26,459	QF	align=left		18
2003–04		34	6	5	23	32	57	−25	23	18 ↓	40,058	R3	align=left		10
2004–05		34	20	7	7	62	33	29	67	1 ↑	38,482	R2	align=left	Lukas Podolski	24
2005–06		34	7	9	18	49	71	−22	30	17 ↓	48,942	R1	align=left	Lukas Podolski	12
2006–07		34	12	10	12	49	50	−1	46	9	42,194	R3	align=left		14
2007–08		34	17	9	8	62	44	18	60	3 ↑	43,763	R1	align=left	Milivoje Novakovic	20
2008–09		34	11	6	17	35	50	−15	39	12	49,316	R2	align=left	Milivoje Novakovic	16
2009–10		34	9	11	14	33	42	−9	38	13	48,059	QF	align=left	Milivoje Novakovic	6
2010–11		34	13	5	16	47	62	−15	44	10	47,782	R3	align=left	Milivoje Novakovic	17
		34	8	6	20	39	75	−36	30	17 ↓	47,482	R2	align=left	Lukas Podolski	18
		34	14	12	8	43	33	10	54	5	40,688	R3	align=left		13
		34	19	11	4	53	20	23	68	1 ↑	46,235	R3	align=left	Patrick Helmes	12
		34	9	13	12	34	40	−6	40	12	48,329	R3	align=left	Anthony Ujah	10
		34	10	13	11	38	42	−4	43	9	48,676	R2	align=left		15
		34	12	13	9	51	42	9	49	5	49,571	R3	align=left	Anthony Modeste	25
		34	5	7	22	35	70	−35	22	18 ↓	48,776	R3	align=left		5
		34	19	6	9	84	47	37	63	1 ↑	49,547	R2	align=left	Simon Terodde	29
		34	10	6	18	51	69	−18	36	14	35,094	R2	align=left		13
		34	8	9	17	34	60	−26	33	16	0	R3	align=left		5
		34	14	10	10	52	49	+3	52	7	32,024	R3	align=left	Anthony Modeste	20
		34	10	12	12	49	54	−5	42	11	49,618	R1	align=left		7
		34	5	12	17	28	60	−32	27	17 ↓	49,829	R2	align=left		6

By competition

In European football

See main article: 1. FC Köln in European football.

By season

Key

• Pld = Matches played
• W = Matches won
• D = Matches drawn
• L = Matches lost
• GF = Goals for
• GA = Goals against
• GD = Goal difference
• Grp = Group stage
• GS2 = Second group stage

• R1 = First round
• R2 = Second round
• R3 = Third round
• R4 = Fourth round
• R16 = Round of 16
• QF = Quarter-final
• SF = Semi-final

Key to colours and symbols:

style=background:gold	W	Winners
style=background:silver	RU	Runners-up
style=background:#cd7f32	SF	Third/fourth place

+1. FC Köln record in European football by season	Season	Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Round
1961–62	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	3	1	0	2	7	9	–2	R1
1962–63	European Cup	2	1	0	1	5	8	–3	R1
1963-64	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	8	5	1	2	17	12	+5	SF
1964–65	European Cup	7	2	5	0	7	4	+3	QF
1965–66	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	6	4	0	2	23	8	+15	R16
1967–68	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	4	2	1	1	7	6	+1	R2
1968–69	European Cup Winners' Cup	8	5	1	2	16	9	+7	SF
1970–71	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	10	6	1	3	15	8	+7	SF
1971–72	UEFA Cup	4	2	1	1	7	7	0	R2
1972–73	UEFA Cup	6	3	1	2	14	8	+6	R16
1973–74	UEFA Cup	8	3	1	4	13	8	+5	QF
1974–75	UEFA Cup	10	6	1	3	27	14	+13	SF
1975–76	UEFA Cup	4	2	0	2	5	5	0	R2
1976–77	UEFA Cup	6	4	1	1	12	7	+5	R16
1977–78	European Cup Winners' Cup	2	0	1	1	5	5	0	R1
1978–79	European Cup	8	4	3	1	15	7	+8	SF
1980–81	UEFA Cup	10	5	1	4	22	9	+13	SF
1982–83	UEFA Cup	6	4	0	2	13	4	+9	R16
1983–84	European Cup Winners' Cup	4	2	0	2	12	7	+5	R16
1984–85	UEFA Cup	8	5	0	3	10	7	+3	QF
1985–86	UEFA Cup	12	7	3	2	27	15	+12	RU
1988–89	UEFA Cup	6	3	2	1	11	7	+4	R16
1989–90	UEFA Cup	10	5	3	2	15	7	+8	SF
1990–91	UEFA Cup	6	2	2	2	6	4	+2	R16
1992–93	UEFA Cup	2	1	0	1	2	3	–1	R1
2017–18	UEFA Europa League	6	2	0	4	7	8	–1	Grp
2022–23	UEFA Europa Conference League	8	3	2	3	12	10	+2	Grp

By competition

Honours

• German Champions
  • Winners: 1961–62, 1963–64, 1977–78
  • Runners-up: 1959–60, 1962–63, 1964–65, 1972–73, 1981–82, 1988–89, 1989–90
• 2. Bundesliga
  • Winners: 1999–2000, 2004–05, 2013–14, 2018–19
  • Runners-up: 2002–03
• DFB-Pokal
  • Winners: 1967–68, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1982–83
  • Runners-up: 1953–54, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1972–73, 1979–80, 1990–91
• UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup
  • Runners-up: 1985–86

Regional

• Oberliga West
  • Winners: 1953–54, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63
  • Runners-up: 1952–53, 1957–58, 1958–59

Doubles

• 1977–78

League and DFB-Pokal

Reserve team

• German amateur champions: 1981

Youth

• German Under 19 championship
  • Champions: 1970–71
  • Runners-up: 1973–74, 1982–83, 1991–92
• Under 19 Bundesliga Division West
  • Champions: 2007–08
  • Runners-up: 2003–04, 2009–10, 2013–14, 2014–15
• Under 19 Juniors DFB-Pokal
  • Champions: 2012–13
  • Runners-up: 1990–91, 1993–94
• German Under 17 championship
  • Champions: 1989–90, 2010–11, 2018–19
• Under 17 Bundesliga Division West
  • Champions: 2010–11, 2011–12
  • Runners-up: 2008–09, 2018–19

Club records

Record wins

Home

• 13–0 against Union Luxembourg, 5 October 1965 (Inter-Cities Fairs Cup)
• 9–1 against Viking FK, 7 November 1972 (UEFA Cup)
• 8–0 against Tottenham Hotspur, 22 July 1995 (Intertoto Cup)
• 8–0 against Schalke 04, 8 November 1969 (League)
• 8–0 against Eintracht Braunschweig, 8 September 1979 (League)
• 8–1 against Dynamo Dresden, 10 November 2018 (League)
• 7–0 against Schalke 04, 9 September 1967 (League)
• 7–0 against Eintracht Frankfurt, 29 October 1983 (League)
• 7–1 against Tennis Borussia Berlin, 31 May 1975 (League)
• 7–1 against Werder Bremen, 21 January 2023 (League)

Away

• 9–1 against BFC Dynamo, 19 August 2018 (Cup)
• 6–0 against SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin, 30 October 1965 (League)
• 6–0 against VSG Altglienicke, 12 September 2020 (Cup)
• 5–0 against FC St. Pauli, 29 April 1978 (League)
• 5–0 against Werder Bremen, 24 May 1980 (League)
• 5–0 against Hertha BSC, 22 February 2020 (League)
• 4–0 against Barcelona, 5 November 1980 (UEFA Cup)

Record defeats

Home

• 1–6 against Borussia Dortmund, 23 August 1994 (League)
• 1–6 against VfB Stuttgart, 1 June 1991 (League)
• 1–6 against Borussia Dortmund, 25 March 2012 (League)
• 1–3 against Inter Milan, 20 March 1985 (UEFA Cup) (heaviest home defeat in European football)

Away

• 1–8 against Dundee, 5 September 1962 (European Cup) (heaviest away defeat in European football)
• 0–7 against Bayern Munich, 15 May 1971 (League)
• 0–6 against VfL Wolfsburg, 21 October 2000 (League)
• 0–6 against 1899 Hoffenheim, 31 March 2018 (League)

Goalscorers

• Most goals in a single match: Dieter Müller, 6 goals (against Werder Bremen, 17 August 1977)
• Youngest goalscorer: Pierre Littbarski, 18 years, 4 months and 24 days (against Fortuna Düsseldorf, League, 9 September 1978)
• Oldest goalscorer: Morten Olsen, 39 years, 6 months and 18 days (against VfL Bochum, 4 March 1989)

All-time Bundesliga table

1. FC Köln led the standings since the inception of the Bundesliga in 1963 (except of matchday 4 in the very same season).
In the 1983–84 Bundesliga season the FC Bayern Munich took the lead from 1. FC Köln.
Currently 1. FC Köln is ranked in ninth place in the all-time Bundesliga table.

All-time Oberliga West table

The Oberliga West was the highest level of the German football league system in the west of Germany from 1947 until the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963.
With the reintroduction of the German championship in 1948, the winner and runners-up of the Oberliga West went on to the finals tournament with the other five Oberliga champions.
1. FC Köln is on 2nd place in the All-time Oberliga West table.

Bundesliga records (incomplete)

Exclusive

• Scoring in every game of the season (30 games): 1963–64 Bundesliga
• Highest number of scored goals in a game by a single player: 6 by Dieter Müller (matchday 3 of 1977–78 Bundesliga)
• Highest number of goalless draws in a season: 9 (2014–15 Bundesliga)
• Highest number of consecutive games with a clean sheet by a goalkeeper from debut: 4 by Timo Horn (matchday 1 to 4 of 2014–15 Bundesliga)
• Highest number of consecutive minutes without conceding by a goalkeeper from debut: 365 by Timo Horn (minute 1 of matchday 1 to minute 6 of matchday 5 of 2014–15 Bundesliga)
• Highest number of consecutive games without scoring: 10 (matchday 15 to 24 of 2001–02 Bundesliga)
• Highest number of consecutive minutes without scoring: 1,033 (from minute 31 of matchday 14 to minute 74 of matchday 25 of 2001–02 Bundesliga)

Split

• Highest number of consecutive games with a clean sheet away: 6 (matchday 6 to 16 of 2009–10 Bundesliga)
• Lowest number of losses in a season at home (34 games): 0 (1972–73 Bundesliga and 1987–88 Bundesliga)
• Highest number of goals in a game: 1. FC Köln 8–4 Tennis Borussia Berlin (1976–77 Bundesliga)
• Highest number of viewers in a game: 88.075 Hertha BSC against 1. FC Köln (matchday 6 of 1969–70 Bundesliga)

External links

• 1.FC Köln on fussballdaten.de (German)
• 1.FC Köln Official website (English)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bundesliga Attendance . 27 May 2020 . 2020 . weltfussball.de .