1. FC Köln

Full name	1. FC Köln
Nickname	Die Geißböcke (The Billy Goats)
Founded	1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...1948
Ground	RheinEnergie Stadium, Map of Germany showing Cologne Cologne skyline at night. ...Cologne
This is a list of major football (soccer) stadiums, grouped by country and ordered by capacity. ...Capacity	51,000
Chairman	Wolfgang Overath, born 29 September 1943 in Siegburg, Germany, is a former West German football player. ...Wolfgang Overath
Manager	Huub Stevens
League	This article describes the mens leagues. ...German Bundesliga
2003-04	Erste Bundesliga, 18th (relegated)
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1. FC Köln is the pre-eminent 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. ...football club in Map of Germany showing Cologne Cologne skyline at night. ...Cologne, The Federal Republic of Germany ( German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland) is one of the worlds leading industrialised countries, located in the heart of Europe. ...Germany. The club was formed in 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...1948. It was a founding member of the West German This article describes the mens leagues. ...Bundesliga and won the championship in its inaugural season of Events January_February January 11 _ The Whisky A Go_Go night club in Los Angeles, the first disco in the USA, is opened. ...1963/ 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...1964. In all, 1. FC Köln has won the domestic championship three times and the 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. ...German Cup four times, including the double in the For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ...1977/ Events January January 1 _ The Copyright Act of 1976 takes effect, making sweeping changes to United States copyright law. ...1978 season.

In the early years of the Bundesliga, Cologne (called "Der FC" by it´s fans) was the most successful club in West Germany in terms of total points won; however since the early Millennia: 1st millennium _ 2nd millennium _ 3rd millennium Events and trends Technology Bulletin board system popularity Popularization of personal computers, Walkmans, VHS videocassette recorders, and compact disc (CD) players Introduction of the IBM PC Home video games become enormously popular, most notably Atari until the market crashes in 1983; the rise...1980s the club has suffered a decline in achievement and in 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. ...1999 it was relegated for the first time. In recent years it has been flitting between the top and second divisions. It´s most recent move between the two divisions was relegation from the First Bundesliga at the end of the 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Events January January 1 _ Luíz Inácio Lula Da Silva becomes the 37th President of Brazil. ...2003/ 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...04 season.

The club's most famous tie came in 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ...1965 in the quarter_finals of the Champions League Logo The UEFA Champions League is an annual international inter_club football competition between Europes most successful clubs, regarded as the most prestigious club trophy in the sport. ...European Cup, where they met Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Official language None; English is de facto Capital London Capitals coordinates 51° 30 N, 0° 10 W Largest city London Area  _ Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  _ Total (2001)  _ Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831...England's Liverpool Football Club is the most successful English football team, having won 4 European Cups and 18 league (English Premier League, formerly First Division) titles. ...Liverpool F.C.. After two 0_0 draws, a third match was played which also ended in a 2_2 stalemate. As the Kicks from the penalty mark (commonly referred to as a penalty shootout) are sometimes used to decide the winner of a tied match of association football (soccer). ...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.

In common with many German professional football clubs, 1. FC Köln also incorporates teams playing other sports, in their case specifically 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. ...handball, Regional competition level table tennis, showing table, net, and player getting ready to return the ball with a winning backhand topspin stroke. ...table tennis and Gymnastics is a sport involving the performance of sequences of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility, and kinaesthetic awareness. ...gymnastics.

Notable players

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• Rainer Bonhof
• Bernd Cullmann
• Klaus Fischer
• Thomas Hässler
• Bodo Illgner
• Jürgen Kohler
• Pierre Littbarski
• Wolfgang Overath, born 29 September 1943 in Siegburg, Germany, is a former West German football player. ...Wolfgang Overath
• Karl-Heinz Schnellinger
• Harald Toni Schumacher (born March 6, 1954) was a famous Football goalkeeper of the 1980s and captain of the German national team. ...Harald 'Toni' Schumacher
• Bernd Schuster
• Wolfgang Weber
• Tony Woodcock

Notable managers

• Christoph Daum
• Marinus Jacobus Hendricus Rinus Michels (born February 9, 1928) is a Dutch football coach. ...Rinus Michels
• Hennes Weisweiler

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)