2016–17 1. FC Köln season

2016–17 1. FC Köln season is the 2016-2017 for the German football club.

1. FC Köln

2016–17 season
Chairman	Werner Spinner
Manager	Peter Stöger
Stadium	RheinEnergieSTADION
Bundesliga	5th
DFB-Pokal	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Anthony Modeste (25 goals) All: Anthony Modeste (27 goals)
Highest home attendance	50,000
Lowest home attendance	43,000
Average home league attendance	49,571
Biggest win	Preussen 0–7 Köln
Biggest defeat	Hoffenheim 4–0 Köln
Home colours Away colours Third colours
All statistics correct as of 27 May 2017.

Background

Carnival special 1. FC Köln finished the 2015–16 Bundesliga season in 9th place, thus ensuring a place in the 2016–17 Bundesliga. The 2016–17 season is the 46th season for the club in the Bundesliga and the third season in their current spell. The percentage of possible seasons in the Bundesliga amounts to 85.18% for the club. At the start of the season the club was in 14th place in the German TV money table.[1] Review July–August The preparations for the 2016/17 season began on 4 July 4, 2016.[2] From 10 July till 15 July 2016 the squad was in a training camp in Bad Tatzmannsdorf.[3] From 29 July till 5 August 2016 there was another training camp in Kitzbühel. Players Squad 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 2 DF  SRB Neven Subotić (on loan from Borussia Dortmund) 3 DF  GER Dominique Heintz 4 DF  DEN Frederik Sørensen 5 DF  SVN Dominic Maroh 6 MF  GER Marco Höger 7 MF  GER Marcel Risse 8 MF  SRB Miloš Jojić 9 FW  LVA Artjoms Rudņevs 11 FW  GER Simon Zoller 13 FW  JPN Yuya Osako 14 DF  GER Jonas Hector (Vice-captain) No. Pos. Nation Player 16 DF  POL Paweł Olkowski 17 FW  GER Christian Clemens 18 GK  GER Thomas Kessler 19 FW  FRA Sehrou Guirassy 20 MF  GER Salih Özcan 21 MF  GER Leonardo Bittencourt 24 DF  GER Lukas Klünter 27 FW  FRA Anthony Modeste 30 MF  GER Marcel Hartel 33 MF  GER Matthias Lehmann (Captain) 34 DF  GER Konstantin Rausch 35 GK  GER Sven Müller Transfers In No. Pos. Nat. Name Age EU Moving from Type Transfer window Ends Transfer fee Source 6 MF Marco Höger 26 EU Schalke 04 Transfer Summer 2021 undisclosed [4] 34 MF Konstantin Rausch 26 EU Darmstadt 98 Recruit Summer 2019 none [5] 9 FW Artjoms Rudņevs 28 EU Hamburger SV Transfer Summer 2019 none [6] 19 FW Sehrou Guirassy 20 EU Lille Transfer Summer 2021 undisclosed [7] 30 MF Marcel Hartel 20 EU 1. FC Köln Youth Summer 2019 none [8] 35 GK Sven Müller 20 EU 1. FC Köln Youth Summer 2018 none [9] 20 MF Salih Özcan 18 EU 1. FC Köln Youth Summer 2017 none DF Bruno Nascimento 25 Non-EU Tondela Loan End Summer 2017 none 17 MF Christian Clemens 25 EU Mainz 05 Transfer Winter 2021 undisclosed [10] 2 DF Neven Subotić 28 EU Borussia Dortmund Loan Winter 2017 undisclosed [11] Out N Pos. Nat. Name Age EU Moving to Type Transfer window Transfer fee Source 15 FW Philipp Hosiner 27 EU Rennes Loan End Summer none 29 MF Dušan Švento 30 EU Slavia Prague Expired Summer none 37 GK Daniel Mesenhöler 20 EU Union Berlin Expired Summer none 31 MF Yannick Gerhardt 22 EU VfL Wolfsburg Transfer Summer undisclosed [12] 6 MF Kevin Vogt 24 EU 1899 Hoffenheim Transfer Summer undisclosed [13] DF Bruno Nascimento 25 Non-EU Omonia Nicosia Transfer Summer undisclosed 25 DF Filip Mladenović 25 Non-EU Standard Liège Loan Winter undisclosed [14] 15 DF Mërgim Mavraj 30 EU Hamburger SV Transfer Winter undisclosed [15] Friendly matches   Win   Draw   Loss 14 July 2016 Friendly AVITA-Auswahl 0–4 1. FC Köln Oberwart, Austria 19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Modeste  15', 43' Zoller  57' Risse  73' Stadium: Informstadion Attendance: 500 23 July 2016 Friendly Arminia Bielefeld 2–3 1. FC Köln Bielefeld, Germany 18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Klos  12' (pen.) Staude  59' Report Modeste  19', 30' Risse  84' Stadium: SchücoArena Attendance: 6,194 24 July 2016 HBC SF 1. FC Köln 0–1 Málaga Aachen, Germany 14:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Fornals  19' Stadium: Tivoli Referee: Mitja Stegemann Note: The match was only 45 minutes. 24 July 2016 HBC TPP 1. FC Köln 2–1 Marseille Aachen, Germany 16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Rudņevs  20' Bittencourt  31' Report Rolando  23' Stadium: Tivoli Note: The match was only 45 minutes. 26 July 2016 Friendly Fortuna Köln 1–0 1. FC Köln Cologne, Germany 18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Uaferro  3' Report Stadium: Südstadion Attendance: 5,731 2 August 2016 Friendly 1. FC Köln 1–0 Bologna Kitzbühel, Austria 18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Heintz  84' Report Stadium: Sportplatz Kitzbühel Attendance: 1,711 4 August 2016 Friendly 1. FC Köln 2–0 Eibar Kitzbühel, Austria 18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Mladenović  45' (pen.) Maroh  79' Report Stadium: Sportplatz Kitzbühel 11 August 2016 Friendly Mainz 05 0–3 1. FC Köln Mainz, Germany 15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Bittencourt  34', 56' Osako  83' Stadium: Bruchwegstadion Note: Closed to the public. 24 May 2017 Friendly Liaoning Whowin 0–5 1. FC Köln Shenyang, China 19:30 CST (UTC+8) Report Bittencourt  9', 43' Modeste  37', 44' Zoller  45' Stadium: Shenyang Olympic Sports Center Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Competitions   Win   Draw   Loss Overview Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record Pld W D L GF GA GD Win % Bundesliga 27 August 2016 20 May 2017 Matchday 1 5th 34 12 13 9 51 42 +9 035.29 DFB-Pokal 20 August 2016 7 February 2017 First round Round of 16 3 2 0 1 9 3 +6 066.67 Total 37 14 13 10 60 45 +15 037.84 Last updated: 27 May 2017 Source: Competitions Bundesliga League table Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation 3 Borussia Dortmund 34 18 10 6 72 40 +32 64 Qualification to Champions League group stage 4 1899 Hoffenheim 34 16 14 4 64 37 +27 62 Qualification to Champions League play-off round 5 1. FC Köln 34 12 13 9 51 42 +9 49 Qualification to Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1] 6 Hertha BSC 34 15 4 15 43 47 −4 49 7 SC Freiburg 34 14 6 14 42 60 −18 48 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1] Source: DFB Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-off.[16] Notes: Since the winners of the 2016–17 DFB-Pokal, Borussia Dortmund, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, Hertha BSC; and the Europa League third qualifying round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team, SC Freiburg. 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 12 13 9 51 42  +9 49 9 6 2 29 17  +12 3 7 7 22 25  −3 Last updated: 27 May 2017. Source: Bundesliga 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 A H A H A H A A H A H A H A A H A H A H A H A H H A H A H A H Result W D W W D D W L W L W D L D D D D W W L D L L D W L W L L D D W D W Position 2 3 4 2 3 4 2 5 4 6 4 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 5 7 7 8 8 7 7 5 Updated to match(es) played on 27 May 2017. Source: Bundesliga A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss Matches 27 August 2016 1 1. FC Köln 2–0 Darmstadt 98 Cologne 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Risse  11' Maroh  19' Modeste  61' Bittencourt  69' Zoller  90+1' Report Fedetskyi  27' Holland  38' Höhn  47' Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Patrick Ittrich 10 September 2016 2 VfL Wolfsburg 0–0 1. FC Köln Wolfsburg 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Caligiuri  30' Błaszczykowski  57' Report Lehmann  66' Höger  66' Bittencourt  73' Stadium: VOLKSWAGEN ARENA Attendance: 29,067 Referee: Guido Winkmann 16 September 2016 3 1. FC Köln 3–0 SC Freiburg Cologne 20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Modeste  29', 43' Bittencourt  31' Risse  83' Report Höfler  39' Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION Attendance: 47,200 Referee: Felix Zwayer 21 September 2016 4 Schalke 04 1–3 1. FC Köln Gelsenkirchen 20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Huntelaar  36' Geis  68' Bentaleb  84' Report Jojić  33' Osako  38' Modeste  77' Zoller  83' Stadium: VELTINS-Arena Attendance: 60,876 Referee: Robert Hartmann 25 September 2016 5 1. FC Köln 1–1 RB Leipzig Cologne 17:45 CEST (UTC+2) Osako  25',  54' Report Burke  5' Orban  39' Bernardo  90+2' Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION Attendance: 48,500 Referee: Benjamin Cortus Note: The match was originally scheduled to start at 17:30, but was delayed 15 minutes due to a blockade preventing RB Leipzig's bus from entering the stadium.[17] 1 October 2016 6 Bayern Munich 1–1 1. FC Köln Munich 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Kimmich  40' Martínez  68' Report Modeste  63' Sørensen  65' Zoller  68' Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Daniel Siebert 15 October 2016 7 1. FC Köln 2–1 FC Ingolstadt Cologne 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Modeste  28', 39' (pen.) Lehmann  32' Höger  75' Sørensen  85' Report Suttner  45+1' Hinterseer  87',  90' (pen.) Levels  90+2' Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION Attendance: 49,200 Referee: Tobias Welz 22 October 2016 8 Hertha BSC 2–1 1. FC Köln Berlin 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Ibišević  13' Langkamp  44' Stark  74' Brooks  90+3' Report Modeste  65' Heintz  73' Stadium: Olympiastadion Berlin Attendance: 60,576 Referee: Frank Willenborg 30 October 2016 9 1. FC Köln 3–0 Hamburger SV Cologne 17:30 CET (UTC+1) Modeste  21',  61', 82', 86' Höger  33' Rudņevs  36' Report Götz  40' Wood  58' Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Benjamin Brand 5 November 2016 10 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–0 1. FC Köln Frankfurt 18:30 CET (UTC+1) Gaćinović  5' Abraham  40' Mascarell  65' Fabián  90+1' Report Rausch  43' Mavraj  79' Osako  90' Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 51,500 Referee: Deniz Aytekin 19 November 2016 11 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–2 1. FC Köln Mönchengladbach 15:30 CET (UTC+1) Stindl  32' Strobl  87' Report Sørensen  33' Heintz  35' Lehmann  39' Modeste  59' Rudņevs  70' Hector  87' Risse  90+1' Stadium: BORUSSIA-PARK Attendance: 53,757 Referee: Manuel Gräfe 26 November 2016 12 1. FC Köln 0–0 FC Augsburg Cologne 15:30 CET (UTC+1) Heintz  20' Hector  41' Report Ji  29' Janker  36' Baier  39' Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Markus Schmidt 3 December 2016 13 1899 Hoffenheim 4–0 1. FC Köln Sinsheim 15:30 CET (UTC+1) Wagner  8', 67' Toljan  39',  71' Uth  89' Report Mavraj  84' Stadium: WIRSOL Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 29,740 Referee: Günter Perl 10 December 2016 14 1. FC Köln 1–1 Borussia Dortmund Cologne 15:30 CET (UTC+1) Rudņevs  28' Heintz  53' Özcan  65'  90+4' Höger  72' Report Schmelzer  28' Dembélé  45+1' Papastathopoulos  60' Reus  90' Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Felix Zwayer 17 December 2016 15 Werder Bremen 1–1 1. FC Köln Bremen 15:30 CET (UTC+1) Gnabry  40' Jóhannsson  87' Report Modeste  25' Rudņevs  28' Guirassy  85' Höger  89' Hector  90+1' Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Wolfgang Stark 21 December 2016 16 1. FC Köln 1–1 Bayer Leverkusen Cologne 20:00 CET (UTC+1) Modeste  21' Report Wendell  44' Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Manuel Gräfe 22 January 2017 17 Mainz 05 0–0 1. FC Köln Mainz 17:30 CET (UTC+1) Bussmann  41' Report Sørensen  64' Stadium: OPEL ARENA Attendance: 29,314 Referee: Felix Brych 28 January 2017 18 Darmstadt 98 1–6 1. FC Köln Darmstadt 15:30 CET (UTC+1) Milošević  30' Boyd  55' Sam  66' (pen.) Report Modeste  29',  42' Sulu  32' (o.g.) Osako  36', 72' Clemens  41' Rudņevs  65',  89' Höger  66' Jojić  85' Stadium: Jonathan-Heimes-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 17,400 Referee: Robert Kampka 4 February 2017 19 1. FC Köln 1–0 VfL Wolfsburg Cologne 15:30 CET (UTC+1) Osako  34' Clemens  43' Olkowski  76' Modeste  81' (pen.) Kessler  85' Report Bruma  58' Vieirinha  67' Guilavogui  85' Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION Attendance: 49,400 Referee: Patrick Ittrich 12 February 2017 20 SC Freiburg 2–1 1. FC Köln Freiburg im Breisgau 17:30 CET (UTC+1) Grifo  32' Haberer  53' Philipp  77' Report Modeste  39' Hector  84' Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Robert Hartmann 19 February 2017 21 1. FC Köln 1–1 Schalke 04 Cologne 17:30 CET (UTC+1) Subotić  21' Modeste  43' Sørensen  72' Report Schöpf  2',  81' Stambouli  51' Naldo  59' Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Tobias Stieler 25 February 2017 22 RB Leipzig 3–1 1. FC Köln Leipzig 15:30 CET (UTC+1) Forsberg  5' Maroh  34' (o.g.) Ilsanker  62' Werner  65' Report Maroh  7' Rausch  39' Osako  53' Höger  68' Hector  84' Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 39,335 Referee: Marco Fritz 4 March 2017 23 1. FC Köln 0–3 Bayern Munich Cologne 15:30 CET (UTC+1) Report Martínez  25' Vidal  34' Bernat  48',  79' Ribéry  90' Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Jochen Drees 11 March 2017 24 FC Ingolstadt 2–2 1. FC Köln Ingolstadt 18:30 CET (UTC+1) Suttner  37' Kittel  38' Lezcano  42' Brégerie  61',  69' Groß  90+2' Report Modeste  15' (pen.), 60' Olkowski  28' Heintz  83' Lehmann  90+3' Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 15,200 Referee: Felix Zwayer 18 March 2017 25 1. FC Köln 4–2 Hertha BSC Cologne 15:30 CET (UTC+1) Osako  6' Modeste  35', 37', 63' Maroh  48' Lehmann  52' Report Haraguchi  32' Langkamp  41' Ibišević  50' (pen.) Brooks  69' Allagui  76' Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION Attendance: 49,500 Referee: Marco Fritz 1 April 2017 26 Hamburger SV 2–1 1. FC Köln Hamburg 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Müller  13' Holtby  60',  90+1' Walace  67' Report Jojić  25',  37' Zoller  34' Guirassy  77' Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Daniel Siebert 4 April 2017 27 1. FC Köln 1–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Cologne 20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Jojić  53' Report Wolf  74' Gaćinović  90+4' Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION Attendance: 49,300 Referee: Wolfgang Stark 8 April 2017 28 1. FC Köln 2–3 Borussia Mönchengladbach Cologne 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Clemens  18' Heintz  56' Modeste  58' Klünter  82' Report Vestergaard  13' Traoré  55' Dahoud  58' Stindl  80' Hazard  89' Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Felix Brych 15 April 2017 29 FC Augsburg 2–1 1. FC Köln Augsburg 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Hinteregger  5' Verhaegh  16',  23' (pen.) Koo  60'  89' Kohr  80' Finnbogason  90+2' Report Lehmann  34' Max  65' (o.g.) Hector  82' Klünter  90+2' Stadium: WWK ARENA Attendance: 30,660 Referee: Guido Winkmann 21 April 2017 30 1. FC Köln 1–1 1899 Hoffenheim Cologne 20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Heintz  21' Bittencourt  58' Osako  90+2' Report Demirbay  90+3' Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION Attendance: 49,600 Referee: Marco Fritz 29 April 2017 31 Borussia Dortmund 0–0 1. FC Köln Dortmund 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Durm  9' Castro  84' Report Bittencourt  39' Klünter  90' Stadium: SIGNAL IDUNA PARK Attendance: 81,360 Referee: Tobias Stieler 5 May 2017 32 1. FC Köln 4–3 Werder Bremen Cologne 20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Modeste  13', 47' Bittencourt  28' Zoller  44' Report Delaney  21' Bartels  34' Gebre Selassie  40' Moisander  60' Gnabry  62' Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark 13 May 2017 33 Bayer Leverkusen 2–2 1. FC Köln Leverkusen 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Kießling  60' Pohjanpalo  71' Report Jojić  14' Klünter  49' Lehmann  62' Rausch  90+2' Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Günter Perl 20 May 2017 34 1. FC Köln 2–0 Mainz 05 Cologne 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Rausch  20' Hector  43' Klünter  64' Osako  87' Report Bell  45+1' Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Robert Hartmann DFB-Pokal 20 August 2016 First round BFC Preussen 0–7 1. FC Köln Berlin 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Rausch  19' Modeste  45',  60' Maroh  68' Risse  71' Rudņevs  75' Osako  79', 88' Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 6,318 Referee: Alexander Sather 26 October 2016 Second round 1. FC Köln 2–1 (a.e.t.) 1899 Hoffenheim Cologne 20:45 CEST (UTC+2) Risse  36' Sørensen  90+2' Modeste  91',  96' Report Hübner  8' Demirbay  33' Szalai  112' Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Marco Fritz 7 February 2017 Round of 16 Hamburger SV 2–0 1. FC Köln Hamburg 18:30 CET (UTC+1) Jung  5' Walace  51' Kostić  53' Wood  75' Diekmeier  90+2' Report Rausch  58' Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 45,143 Referee: Günter Perl Statistics Goalscorers No. Pos Nat Player Total Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals 27 FW Anthony Modeste 32 25 29 23 3 2 13 FW Yuya Osako 29 8 27 6 2 2 7 MF Marcel Risse 15 4 13 2 2 2 9 FW Artjoms Rudņevs 19 4 16 3 3 1 8 MF Miloš Jojić 16 3 14 3 2 0 17 MF Christian Clemens 11 1 11 1 0 0 21 MF Leonardo Bittencourt 13 1 11 1 2 0 5 DF Dominic Maroh 14 1 12 0 2 1 11 FW Simon Zoller 25 1 22 1 3 0 34 MF Konstantin Rausch 27 1 24 0 3 1 As of 15 April 2017 Disciplinary record Competition Record Games Red cards Yellow/Red Yellow cards Bundesliga 29 0 1 64 DFB-Pokal 3 0 0 4 Total 32 0 1 68 Updated: 18 April 2017 References "Fernsehgelder Vorschau 2016/2017" [TV money preview 2016/2017] (in German). Retrieved 26 May 2016. "Off into the summer". 25 May 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016. 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