1. FC Köln

Full name	1. FC Köln
Nickname	Die Geißböcke (The Billy Goats)
Founded	1948
Ground	RheinEnergie Stadium, Cologne
Capacity	50,997
Chairman	Wolfgang Overath
Manager	Uwe Rapolder
League	Bundesliga
2004-05	Second Bundesliga, 1st
Home colours 　 Away colours

1. FC Köln is the pre-eminent football club in Cologne, Germany. The club was formed in 1948. It was a founding member of the West German Bundesliga and won the championship in its inaugural season of 1963/1964. In all, 1. FC Köln has won the domestic championship three times and the German Cup four times, including the double in the 1977/1978 season. 1. ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Cologne skyline at night. ... This is a list of major football (soccer) stadiums, grouped by country and ordered by capacity. ... Wolfgang Overath (born 29 September 1943 in Siegburg, Germany) is a former West German football player. ... This article describes the mens leagues. ... left arm of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject... body of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... rightarm of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... shorts of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... socks of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... left arm of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject... body of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... rightarm of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... shorts of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... socks of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... The striker (wearing red jersey) has run past the defender (in white jersey) and is about to take a shot at the goal, while the goalkeeper positions himself to stop the ball. ... Cologne skyline at night. ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article describes the mens leagues. ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The German Cup (official German title: DFB-Pokal) is an annually held elimination Football tournament for German Football clubs and is the second most important national title in German football after the Bundesliga title. ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ...

In the early years of the Bundesliga, Cologne (called "Der FC" by its fans) was the most successful club in West Germany in terms of total points won; however since the early 1980s the club has suffered a decline in achievement and in 1999 it was relegated for the first time. In recent years it has been flitting between the top and second divisions. Its most recent move between the two divisions was promotion to the First Bundesliga at the end of the 2004/05 season as Second Bundesliga champions, immediately after having been relegated Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...

The club's most famous tie came in 1965 in the quarter-finals of the European Cup, where they met England's Liverpool F.C. After two 0-0 draws, a third match was played which also ended in a 2-2 stalemate. As the penalty shootout was yet to be instigated as a means of deciding a tie, Köln went out of the competition on the toss of a coin. 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Champions League Logo European Champion Clubs Cup The UEFA Champions League is an annual international inter-club football competition for Europes most successful clubs. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... Liverpool Football Club are the most successful English football team. ... Ricardo scores a decisive penalty in the quarterfinals of EURO 2004 Kicks from the penalty mark (commonly referred to as a penalty shootout) are sometimes used to decide which team progresses to the next stage of a tournament following a tied result in a game of association football (soccer). ...

In common with many German professional football clubs, 1. FC Köln also incorporates teams playing other sports, in their case specifically handball, table tennis and gymnastics. Team handball (also known as field handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport where two teams of seven players each (six players and a goalkeeper) pass and bounce a ball trying to throw it in the goal of the opposing team. ... Regional competition level table tennis, showing table, net, and player getting ready to return the ball with a winning backhand topspin stroke. ... Gymnastics is a sport involving the performance of sequences of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility, and kinaesthetic awareness, such as handsprings and handstands. ...

Notable players

Alternative 1. FC Köln badge

• Rainer Bonhof
• Bernd Cullmann
• Klaus Fischer
• Thomas Hässler
• Bodo Illgner
• Jürgen Kohler
• Pierre Littbarski
• Hannes Löhr
• Yasuhiko Okudera
• Wolfgang Overath
• Lukas Podolski
• Toni Polster
• Helmut Rahn
• Hans Schäfer
• Karl-Heinz Schnellinger
• Harald 'Toni' Schumacher
• Bernd Schuster
• Wolfgang Weber
• Tony Woodcock

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Notable managers

• Christoph Daum
• Rinus Michels
• Hennes Weisweiler

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Honours

• UEFA cup winners (1986)
• Bundesliga champions x 3 (1962, 1964, 1978)
• Bundesliga runners-up x 7 (1960, 1963, 1965, 1973, 1982, 1989, 1990)
• German Cup winners x 4 (1968, 1977, 1978, 1983)
• German Cup finalists x 6 (1954, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1980, 1991)

External Links

• 1. FC Köln club website (http://www.fc-koeln.de)