1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e. V. II, commonly known as simply 1. FC Köln II, is a German football team based in

Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 m ...

. It is the

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of German association football club

1. FC Köln 1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e. V., commonly known as simply FC Köln () or FC Cologne in English, is a German professional football club based in Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs ''Kölner Ballspi ...

. The team has qualified for the first round of the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup, seven times and managed to reach the second round, three times. The team currently plays in the fourth tier of German Football, the Regionalliga West.

History

Their biggest ever win was in May 2013 when they defeated MSV Duisburg II 9-0. In the 2001–02 season, the managed to win the

Oberliga Nordrhein The Oberliga Nordrhein was the highest Football League in the region of Nordrhein which is part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia from 1978 to 2008. In its last season, it was one of nine Oberligas in German football, the 4th tier of the Ge ...

and was promoted to the Regionalliga Nord, but was then relegated back to it in the 2007–08 season. They joined the Regionalliga West in 2008 when the

became defunct and finished 8th in their first season. They have played in the DFB-Pokal 10 times. The first ever time was in the 1976–77 season when they were knocked out in the first round by Hamburger SV. The most recent time playing in the cup was in the 2005–06 season when they were knocked out by

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in the first round, in a 0-4 home loss.

Honours

German amateur football championship The German amateur football championship was a national football competition in Germany organized by the German Football Association (German: Deutscher Fußball-Bund; DFB) and in existence from 1950 to 1998. History Overview The championship w ...

** Winners: 1981 *

** Champions: 1981, 2002 *

Verbandsliga Mittelrhein The Mittelrheinliga ( en, Middle Rhine League), sometimes also referred to as Oberliga Mittelrhein after its elevation to Oberliga status in 2012, is a German amateur football division administered by the Football association of the Middle Rhine, ...

** Champions: 1965, 1967, 1977 *

Middle Rhine Cup The Middle Rhine Cup (German: ''Mittelrheinpokal'') is a German football club Cup competition open to teams from the Lower Rhine region of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The competition is one of the 21 regional cup competitions of German fo ...

** Winners: 1995, 2004, 2005

Stadium

The Franz-Kremer-Stadion is the home of 1. FC Köln II. It was named after legendary chairman Franz Kremer.

Current squad

Past Managers

* Hans-Dieter Roos (1972–1975) * Erich Rutemöller (1980–1985) * Roland Koch (1987–1989) *

Bernd Krauss Bernd Krauss (born 8 May 1957) is a German-Austrian retired football player and manager. His most recent spell he had as technical director and head coach of Tunisian club Étoile Sportive du Sahel in 2012. Club career Born in Dortmund, Kraus ...

(1990) *

Eberhard Vogel Eberhard "Ebse" Vogel (born 8 April 1943) is a former German footballer. Career Vogel played for FC Karl-Marx-Stadt (1961–1970) and FC Carl Zeiss Jena (1970–1982). His 440 appearances for both clubs combined was the record for East German ...

(1991-1992) *

Stephan Engels Stephan Engels (born 6 September 1960) is a German former professional football player and manager, who played as a midfielder. In the West German top-flight he scored 39 goals in 236 matches. In 1982-83 Engels won the West German Cup with 1 ...

(1994-1995) * Mathias Hönerbach (1995-1996) *

Christoph John Christoph John (born 24 December 1958) is a German football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football t ...

(1998-2007) * Frank Schaefer (2007-2010) * Thomas Rainer (2010-2011) *

Dirk Lottner Dirk Lottner (born 4 March 1972) is a German football manager and a former player who most recently was the manager of FC Energie Cottbus. Coaching career From 2016 to 2019, he coached 1. FC Saarbrücken. On 11 September 2020, he was hired by F ...

(2011-2012) * Thomas Rainer (2012) *

(2012-2014) *

(2014-)

References

External links

Official website

1. FC Köln II at Weltfussball.de
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