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FC Cologne
FC Cologne are 13th in Bundesliga, with 1 won, 1 drawn and 2 lost from 4 games.
That is 4 points from a possible 12, with 6 scored and 9 conceded.
This season, game by game
| Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-29 | Home | TSG Hoffenheim | 3-2 | Won |
| 2026-09-04 | Away | VfB Stuttgart | 1-4 | Lost |
| 2026-09-12 | Home | Werder Bremen | 1-1 | Drew |
| 2026-09-19 | Away | Hamburg SV | 1-2 | Lost |
Last season in full
FC Cologne played 34 league games last season: 7 won, 11 drawn, 16 lost, 49 scored and 63 conceded.
| Split | Games | W | D | L | Scored | Conceded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 30 |
| Away | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 33 |
| All | 34 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 49 | 63 |
Their biggest win was 4-1 at home to Hamburg SV on 2025-11-02. Their heaviest defeat was 1-5 away at Bayern Munich on 2026-05-16.
They kept 3 clean sheets and failed to score in 4.
Predictions
Our Bundesliga predictions, each with the price we are taking, are on the Bundesliga predictions page.
Where these figures come from
League position, this season’s results and fixtures, and last season’s league games: ESPN, read 21 September 2026. Every record above is counted from those games rather than copied from a table.
FC Cologne have played 3 games in the 2026 season and stand 12th in German Bundesliga. They have won 1, drawn 1 and lost 1, scoring 5 and conceding 7. Their most recent result was 1-1 at home to Werder Bremen on 12 September.
They finished 14th in 2025 on 32 points, from 7 wins, 11 draws and 16 defeats. Across the last 6 completed seasons their best finish is 7th in 2021, and their average finish is 13.2.
FC Cologne results this season
FC Cologne in the German Bundesliga table
Where they sit, with the clubs immediately above and below.
| Pos | Club | Played | For | Against | Diff | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 3 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 4 |
| 10 | Werder Bremen | 3 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 4 |
| 11 | Schalke 04 | 3 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 12 | FC Cologne | 3 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 4 |
| 13 | TSG Hoffenheim | 3 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 3 |
| 14 | VfB Stuttgart | 3 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 3 |
| 15 | SC Paderborn 07 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
The FC Cologne squad
ESPN lists 30 players, read 2026-09-18. The squad holds 14 nationalities, most commonly Germany 12, England 3, Netherlands 2.
| Position | Players | Names |
|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | 4 | Marvin Schwäbe (1), Ron-Robert Zieler (20), Martin James (21), Matthias Köbbing (44) |
| Defenders | 8 | Gideon Mensah (14), Joel Schmied (2), Jahmai Simpson-Pusey (22), Luka Lochoshvili (24), Sebastian Sebulonsen (28), Borna Sosa (3), Rav van den Berg (33), Timo Hübers (4) |
| Midfielders | 10 | Said El Mala (10), Alessio Castro-Montes (17), Paul Okon-Engstler (23), Jan Thielmann (29), Gil Neves (31), Linton Maina (37), Jonathan Friemel (39), Tom Krauss (5), Ellyes Skhiri (6), Ísak Jóhannesson (8) |
| Forwards | 8 | Reigan Heskey (11), Imad Rondic (15), Malek El Mala (19), Thijs Dallinga (27), Marius Bulter (30), Mikey Moore (47), Luca Waldschmidt (7), Ragnar Ache (9) |
FC Cologne season by season
Every completed season ESPN holds for FC Cologne in this competition, most recent first.
| Season | Finished | Played | W-D-L | For | Against | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14th | 34 | 7-11-16 | 49 | 63 | 32 |
| 2023 | 17th | 34 | 5-12-17 | 28 | 60 | 27 |
| 2022 | 11th | 34 | 10-12-12 | 49 | 54 | 42 |
| 2021 | 7th | 34 | 14-10-10 | 52 | 49 | 52 |
| 2020 | 16th | 34 | 8-9-17 | 34 | 60 | 33 |
| 2019 | 14th | 34 | 10-6-18 | 51 | 69 | 36 |
Where to go next
Our predictions for FC Cologne games are published as each one comes up, on soccer predictions.
Past games
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