2015–16 1. FC Köln season

1. FC Köln
2015–16 season
ChairmanWerner Spinner
ManagerPeter Stöger
StadiumRheinEnergieStadion, Cologne
Bundesliga9th
DFB-PokalSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: Anthony Modeste (15)
All: Anthony Modeste (18)

Background

1. FC Köln finished the 2014–15 Bundesliga in 12th place, thus ensuring a place in the 2015–16 Bundesliga. The 2015–16 season is the 45th season for the club in the Bundesliga and the second season in their current spell. The percentage of possible seasons in the Bundesliga amounts to 84.9% for the club. At the start of the season the club was on 16th place in the German TV money table.[1]

Review

After matchday 31 the club achieved the goal to play in the Bundesliga in the season 2016/2017 by avoiding relegation. The 2016/2017 season will be the third succeeding season in the Bundesliga for the club since the promotion in 2014. At the end of the season the club will climb in the German TV money table from 16th to the 14th place.[2] Finishing on the 9th position was the best club finish in the Bundesliga since the 1991/1992 season. During the season 1. FC Köln overtook the clubs Hamburger SV and Borussia Mönchengladbach to become the fourth largest club in Germany with 78.518 members in May 2016. Worldwide the club is the 14th largest football club at the moment.

Players

Squad

As of 20 March 2016[3]

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
3 DF  GER Dominique Heintz
4 DF  DEN Frederik Sørensen
5 DF  SVN Dominic Maroh
6 MF  GER Kevin Vogt
7 MF  GER Marcel Risse
8 MF  SRB Miloš Jojić
11 FW  GER Simon Zoller
13 FW  JPN Yūya Ōsako
14 DF  GER Jonas Hector
15 FW  AUT Philipp Hosiner
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF  POL Paweł Olkowski
18 GK  GER Thomas Kessler
19 DF  ALB Mërgim Mavraj
21 MF  GER Leonardo Bittencourt
25 DF  SRB Filip Mladenović
27 FW  FRA Anthony Modeste
29 MF  SVK Dušan Švento
30 MF  GER Marcel Hartel
31 MF  GER Yannick Gerhardt
33 MF  GER Matthias Lehmann (captain)
37 GK  GER Daniel Mesenhöler


Players who left the club during the 2015–16 season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF  POL Sławomir Peszko
25 MF  JPN Kazuki Nagasawa
26 FW  NOR Bård Finne


Players who joined the club during the 2015–16 season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
25 DF  SRB Filip Mladenović

In
No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
EU
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Ends
 Transfer
fee		 Source
9 FW Anthony Modeste 27EU 1899 Hoffenheim Transfer Summer 2019 [4]
8 MF Miloš Jojić 23Non-EU Borussia Dortmund Transfer Summer 2019 [5]
21 MF Leonardo Bittencourt 21EU Hannover 96 Transfer Summer 2019 [6]
4 DF Frederik Sørensen 23EU Juventus Transfer Summer 2019 [7]
3 DF Dominique Heintz 21EU 1. FC Kaiserslautern Transfer Summer 2019 [8]
25 DF Filip Mladenović 24EU BATE Borisov Transfer Summer 2019 [9]
15 FW Philipp Hosiner 26EU Rennes Loan Summer 2016 [10]

Out
N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
EU
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Transfer
fee		 Source
28 DF Kevin Wimmer 22EU Tottenham Hotspur Transfer Summer [11]
9 FW Anthony Ujah 24Non-EU Werder Bremen Transfer Summer [12]
22 MF Daniel Halfar 27EU 1. FC Kaiserslautern Transfer Summer [13]
2 DF Mišo Brečko 31EU 1. FC Nürnberg Transfer Summer [14]
17 MF Sławomir Peszko 30EU Lechia Gdańsk Transfer Summer [15]
10 FW Patrick Helmes 31EU Retired Summer

Season overview

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Bundesliga

Main article: 2015–16 Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
7 Hertha BSC 34 14 8 12 42 42 0 50 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
8 VfL Wolfsburg 34 12 9 13 47 49 −2 45
9 1. FC Köln 34 10 13 11 38 42 −4 43
10 Hamburger SV 34 11 8 15 40 46 −6 41
11 FC Ingolstadt 34 10 10 14 33 42 −9 40
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-offs.[16]
Notes:
  1. Since the winners of the 2015–16 DFB-Pokal, Bayern Munich, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, Mainz 05; and the Europa League third qualifying round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team, Hertha BSC.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
34 10 13 11 38 42  −4 43 5 5 7 16 18  −2 5 8 4 22 24  −2

Last updated: 14 May 2016.
Source: Bundesliga

Results by round

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GroundAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultWDWLWLDWLLDWDDLDWLDDWLLDLWLDLWWDDD
Position4548577569979101010999999101012991111108899
Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2016. Source: Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

16 August 2015 (2015-08-16) 1 VfB Stuttgart 1–3 1. FC Köln Stuttgart
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Baumgartl  34'
Gentner  67'
Insúa  71'
Didavi 79' (pen.)		 Report Sørensen  61'
Vogt  61'
Modeste 75' (pen.)
Zoller 77'
Osako 90+2'		 Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 59,500
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
22 August 2015 (2015-08-22) 2 1. FC Köln 1–1 VfL Wolfsburg Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Zoller 30'
Lehmann  72'
Vogt  78'		 Report Bendtner 83'
Klose  88'		 Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION
Attendance: 46,000
Referee: Knut Kircher
29 August 2015 (2015-08-29) 3 1. FC Köln 2–1 Hamburger SV Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Zoller  42'
Vogt  68'
Hosiner 76'
Modeste 81' (pen.)
Risse  83'		 Report Holtby 47'
Schipplock  49'
Ekdal  55'
Spahić  79'		 Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
12 September 2015 (2015-09-12) 4 Eintracht Frankfurt 6–2 1. FC Köln Frankfurt
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Stendera  1'
Meier 4', 23', 87'
Castaignos 15', 30'
Reinartz  63'
Seferovic 73'		 Report Modeste 28'
Heintz 81'
Hector  89'		 Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena
Attendance: 51,500
Referee: Marco Fritz
19 September 2015 (2015-09-19) 5 1. FC Köln 1–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Modeste 64' Report Xhaka  23'
Hazard  70'
Wendt  78'		 Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION
Attendance: 47,800
Referee: Felix Brych
22 September 2015 (2015-09-22) 6 Hertha BSC 2–0 1. FC Köln Berlin
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Skjelbred  11'
Ibišević 43', 90+4'		 Report Hosiner  73' Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 40,181
Referee: Florian Meyer
25 September 2015 (2015-09-25) 7 1. FC Köln 1–1 FC Ingolstadt Cologne
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Modeste 10'
Heintz  62'
Lehmann  85'		 Report Matip 21',  64'
Leckie  76'
Hübner  80'		 Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION
Attendance: 47,800
Referee: Christian Dingert
4 October 2015 (2015-10-04) 8 Schalke 04 0–3 1. FC Köln Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Geis  79'
Meyer  90+2'		 Report Modeste 45'
Bittencourt  50'
Risse  69'
Gerhardt 79'
Zoller 84'		 Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 61,723
Referee: Knut Kircher
18 October 2015 (2015-10-18) 9 1. FC Köln 0–1 Hannover 96 Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Sørensen  21'
Osako  49'
Risse  81'		 Report Schmiedebach  23'
Andreasen 38'
Sané  67'		 Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION
Attendance: 48,700
Referee: Bastian Dankert
24 October 2015 (2015-10-24) 10 Bayern Munich 4–0 1. FC Köln Munich
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Robben 35'
Vidal 40'
Rafinha  55'
Lewandowski 62'
Müller 77' (pen.)		 Report Lehmann  61' Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Florian Meyer
31 October 2015 (2015-10-31) 11 1. FC Köln 0–0 TSG Hoffenheim Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Osako  66'
Maroh  74'		 Report Schwegler  30' Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Günter Perl
7 November 2015 (2015-11-07) 12 Bayer Leverkusen 1–2 1. FC Köln Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Hernández 33'
Papadopoulos  53'
Ramalho  86'		 Report Maroh 17', 72'
Bittencourt  40'
Heintz  65'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 30,210
Referee: Felix Zwayer
21 November 2015 (2015-11-21) 13 1. FC Köln 0–0 Mainz 05 Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Modeste  34' Report Muto  61' Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION
Attendance: 46,700
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
27 November 2015 (2015-11-27) 14 Darmstadt 98 0–0 1. FC Köln Darmstadt
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Garics  45'
Sulu  74'		 Report Zoller  80' Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
5 December 2015 (2015-12-05) 15 1. FC Köln 0–1 FC Augsburg Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Hector  76'
Maroh  86'		 Report Verhaegh  54'
Feulner  56'
Baier  58'
Bobadilla 64',  83'		 Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION
Attendance: 45,500
Referee: Daniel Siebert
12 December 2015 (2015-12-12) 16 Werder Bremen 1–1 1. FC Köln Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Vestergaard 4'
Bartels  70'
Öztunalı  70'
Fritz  83'		 Report Vogt  45+1'
Gerhardt  50'
Švento 79'		 Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 40,727
Referee: Guido Winkmann
19 December 2015 (2015-12-19) 17 1. FC Köln 2–1 Borussia Dortmund Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Lehmann  72'
Zoller 82',  83'
Modeste 90',  90+1'		 Report Papastathopoulos 18'
Aubameyang  67'		 Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Knut Kircher
23 January 2016 (2016-01-23) 18 1. FC Köln 1–3 VfB Stuttgart Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Modeste 19' (pen.) Report Niedermeier  18'
Didavi 36'
Werner 51'
Gentner 83'		 Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
31 January 2016 (2016-01-31) 19 VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 1. FC Köln Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Draxler 67'
Luiz Gustavo  77'
Jung  82'
Bendtner  89'		 Report Lehmann  45'
Modeste 75'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 29,156
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
7 February 2016 (2016-02-07) 20 Hamburger SV 1–1 1. FC Köln Hamburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Djourou  45'
N. Müller 47'
Kačar  56'
Holtby  58'
Spahić  65'
Schipplock  89'		 Report Zoller 41'
Mladenović  49'
Risse  71'		 Stadium: Volksparkstadion
Attendance: 51,999
Referee: Felix Brych
13 February 2016 (2016-02-13) 21 1. FC Köln 3–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Cologne
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Gerhardt 29'
Risse  54'
Heintz 57'
Modeste  66', 72'		 Report Fabián  19'
Meier 24'
Regäsel  50'
Hasebe  52'
Stendera  66'
Russ  66'
Oczipka  82'		 Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION
Attendance: 49,200
Referee: Felix Zwayer
20 February 2016 (2016-02-20) 22 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–0 1. FC Köln Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Dahoud 9'
Stindl  46'
Raffael  70'		 Report Maroh  46'
Olkowski  83'
Hosiner  88'		 Stadium: Stadion im Borussia-Park
Attendance: 52,226
Referee: Knut Kircher
26 February 2016 (2016-02-26) 23 1. FC Köln 0–1 Hertha BSC Cologne
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Modeste  52'
Jojić  78'		 Report Ibišević 43'
Brooks  67'
Plattenhardt  71'		 Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION
Attendance: 48,900
Referee: Tobias Stieler
1 March 2016 (2016-03-01) 24 FC Ingolstadt 1–1 1. FC Köln Ingolstadt
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Lezcano  29'
Hinterseer 36'
Bauer  75'		 Report Maroh  53'
Modeste 72'		 Stadium: Audi Sportpark
Attendance: 14,503
Referee: Florian Meyer
5 March 2016 (2016-03-05) 25 1. FC Köln 1–3 Schalke 04 Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Maroh  2'
Bittencourt 33'		 Report Huntelaar 2' (pen.)
Meyer 23'
Di Santo 76'		 Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION
Attendance: 49,300
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
12 March 2016 (2016-03-12) 26 Hannover 96 0–2 1. FC Köln Hanover
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Schmiedebach  69' Report Bittencourt 43', 61'
Sørensen  49'		 Stadium: HDI-Arena
Attendance: 40,600
Referee: Peter Sippel
19 March 2016 (2016-03-19) 27 1. FC Köln 0–1 Bayern Munich Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Sørensen  89' Report Lewandowski 10'
Lahm  86'		 Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION
Attendance: 49,600
Referee: Tobias Welz
3 April 2016 (2016-04-03) 28 TSG Hoffenheim 1–1 1. FC Köln Sinsheim
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Amiri  7'
Rudy  39'
Volland 90+1'		 Report Zoller 69',  72' Stadium: Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena
Attendance: 30,150
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
10 April 2016 (2016-04-10) 29 1. FC Köln 0–2 Bayer Leverkusen Cologne
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Heintz  90+3'
Bittencourt  90+6'		 Report Wendell  9'  90+6'
Brandt 39'
Hernández 44'
Ramalho  70'
Aránguiz  76'		 Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
17 April 2016 (2016-04-17) 30 Mainz 05 2–3 1. FC Köln Mainz
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Córdoba 8'
Balogun 49'
Donati  67'		 Report Mavraj  48'
Risse 64'
Jojić 74'
Gerhardt  79'
Modeste 83'		 Stadium: Coface Arena
Attendance: 33,275
Referee: Peter Sippel
23 April 2016 (2016-04-23) 31 1. FC Köln 4–1 Darmstadt 98 Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Modeste 4', 35'
Risse 52', 75'
Gerhardt  59'
Lehmann  72'		 Report Gondorf 12',  81'
Garics  86'		 Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Christian Dingert
29 April 2016 (2016-04-29) 32 FC Augsburg 0–0 1. FC Köln Augsburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Koo  62'
Altıntop  77'
Kohr  90+3'		 Report Lehmann  44'  56'
Jojić  66'
Maroh  84'		 Stadium: WWK ARENA
Attendance: 30,144
Referee: Tobias Welz
7 May 2016 (2016-05-07) 33 1. FC Köln 0–0 Werder Bremen Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Maroh  24'
Hector  51'
Sørensen  61'		 Report Grillitsch  38'
Bartels  79'		 Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Felix Zwayer
14 May 2016 (2016-05-14) 34 Borussia Dortmund 2–2 1. FC Köln Dortmund
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Castro 11'
Papastathopoulos  45'
Reus 75'		 Report Modeste 27'
Jojić 43'		 Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
Attendance: 81,359
Referee: Michael Weiner

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2015–16 DFB-Pokal
8 August 2015 (2015-08-08) Round 1 SV Meppen 0–4 1. FC Köln Meppen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Gommert  24' Report Modeste 1', 27' (pen.), 78'
Olkowski  8'
Zoller 87'		 Stadium: Hänsch-Arena
Attendance: 13,815
Referee: Christian Dietz
28 October 2015 (2015-10-28) Round 2 Werder Bremen 1–0 1. FC Köln Bremen
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Ujah 23' Report Modeste  39' Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 40,052
Referee: Felix Brych

Statistics

Goalscorers

No. Pos Nat Player TotalBundesligaDFB-Pokal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
27 FW  FRA Anthony Modeste 3618341523
11 FW  GER Simon Zoller 26724621
21 MF  GER Leonardo Bittencourt 30329310
7 MF  GER Marcel Risse 35333320
8 MF  SRB Miloš Jojić 17215220
5 DF  SVN Dominic Maroh 25225200
8 MF  GER Yannick Gerhardt 30229210
3 DF  GER Dominique Heintz 35233220
29 MF  SVN Dušan Švento 817110
15 FW  AUT Philipp Hosiner 15115100
13 FW  JPN Yuya Osako 27125120

As of 14 May 2016

Assists

No. Pos Nat Player TotalBundesligaDFB-Pokal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
7 MF  GER Marcel Risse 35733720
8 MF  GER Yannick Gerhardt 30529411
21 MF  GER Leonardo Bittencourt 30429410
14 DF  GER Jonas Hector 34432420
27 FW  FRA Anthony Modeste 36334320
25 DF  SRB Filip Mladenović 14214200
16 DF  POL Paweł Olkowski 20219111
4 DF  DEN Frederik Sørensen 24222220
6 MF  GER Kevin Vogt 25223220
13 FW  JPN Yuya Osako 27225121
33 MF  GER Matthias Lehmann 34232220
5 DF  SVN Dominic Maroh 25125100
11 FW  GER Simon Zoller 26124120
3 DF  GER Dominique Heintz 35133021

As of 14 May 2016

By competition

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Bundesliga 16.08.2015 14.05.2016 Matchday 1 34 10 13 11 38 42 −4 029.41
DFB-Pokal 08.08.2015 Round 1 Round 2 2 1 0 1 4 1 +3 050.00
Total 36 11 13 12 42 43 −1 030.56
Updated: 14 May 2016

Attendance figures

The average attendance in the 2015-2016 Bundesliga season was 48.676.
So the utilisation of the stadium amounts to 97.35%.
As of 14 May 2016

Disciplinary record

Competition Record
Games Red cards Yellow/Red Yello cards
Bundesliga 34 1 1 55
DFB-Pokal 2 0 0 2
Total 36 1 1 57
Updated: 14 May 2016

References

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  2. "Fernsehgelder Vorschau 2016/2017" [TV money preview 2016/2017] (in German). Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  3. "1. FC Köln - Mannschaft" [1. FC Köln - Squad] (in German). 1. FC Köln. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
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  10. "Philipp Hosiner joins FC Köln". 22 June 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
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