2020–21 1. FC Köln season

The 2020–21 season was the 73rd season in the existence of 1. FC Köln and the club's second consecutive season in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, 1. FC Köln participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

1. FC Köln

2020–21 season
President	Werner Wolf
Head coach	Markus Gisdol (until 11 April) Friedhelm Funkel (from 12 April)
Stadium	RheinEnergieStadion
Bundesliga	16th (play-off winners)
DFB-Pokal	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Elvis Rexhbeçaj (5) All: Elvis Rexhbeçaj (7)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 February 2021^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GER Timo Horn (Vice-captain) 2 DF  GER Benno Schmitz 3 DF  GER Noah Katterbach 4 DF  GER Robert Voloder 5 DF  GER Rafael Czichos 6 MF  GER Marco Höger 7 FW  NGA Tolu Arokodare (on loan from Valmieras) 8 DF  GER Ismail Jakobs 9 FW  SWE Sebastian Andersson 11 MF  AUT Florian Kainz 13 MF  GER Max Meyer 14 MF  GER Jonas Hector (Captain) 15 MF  GRE Dimitris Limnios 16 GK  GER Ron-Robert Zieler (on loan from Hannover 96) 18 MF  SVK Ondrej Duda

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 DF  NED Kingsley Ehizibue 20 MF  GER Elvis Rexhbeçaj (on loan from VfL Wolfsburg) 21 MF  GER Salih Özcan 22 DF  ESP Jorge Meré 23 DF  GER Jannes Horn 24 MF  GER Dominick Drexler 25 MF  GER Tim Lemperle 26 DF  SRB Sava-Arangel Cestic 28 MF  TUN Ellyes Skhiri 29 MF  GER Jan Thielmann 31 MF  GER Marius Wolf (on loan from Borussia Dortmund) 32 GK  GER Julian Krahl 33 DF  BEL Sebastiaan Bornauw 43 FW  NGA Emmanuel Dennis (on loan from Club Brugge)

Players out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  GER Niklas Hauptmann (at Holstein Kiel until 30 June 2021) — MF  FRA Vincent Koziello (at CD Nacional until 30 June 2021) — FW  FRA Anthony Modeste (at Saint-Étienne until 30 June 2021) — MF  CZE Tomáš Ostrák (at MFK Karvina until 30 June 2021) — MF  GER Marcel Risse (at Viktoria Köln until 30 June 2021) — MF  AUT Louis Schaub (at FC Luzern until 30 June 2021) — FW  GER Kingsley Schindler (at Hannover 96 until 30 June 2021) — DF  GER Lasse Sobiech (at FC Zürich until 30 June 2021) — MF  BEL Birger Verstraete (at Royal Antwerp until 30 June 2021) — DF  GER Yann Aurel Bisseck (at Vitória de Guimarães until 30 June 2022)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee'	Date	Source
16	GK	Ron-Robert Zieler	Hannover 96	Loan	13 August 2020	[2]
9	FW	Sebastian Andersson	Union Berlin	€6,500,000	15 September 2020	[3]
18	MF	Ondrej Duda	Hertha BSC	€7,000,000	16 September 2020	[4]
7	FW	Tolu Arokodare	Valmieras	Loan	19 September 2020	[5]
15	MF	Dimitris Limnios	PAOK	€3,300,000	21 September 2020	[6]
31	MF	Marius Wolf	Borussia Dortmund	Loan	2 October 2020	[7]
43	FW	Emmanuel Dennis	Club Brugge	Loan	25 January 2021	[8]
13	MF	Max Meyer	Crystal Palace	Free	27 January 2021	[9]

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
8	MF	Birger Verstraete	Antwerp	Loan	1 July 2020
18	GK	Thomas Kessler	Retired
36	MF	Niklas Hauptmann	Holstein Kiel	Loan		[10]
28	GK	Jan-Christoph Bartels	Waldhof Mannheim	Free	15 August 2020	[11]
	DF	Yann Aurel Bisseck	Vitória de Guimarães	Loan	3 August 2020	[12]
11	FW	Kingsley Schindler	Hannover 96	Loan	6 August 2020	[13]
	MF	Tomáš Ostrák	MFK Karviná	Loan	7 August 2020
	MF	Vincent Koziello	C.D. Nacional	Loan	11 August 2020	[14]
31	GK	Brady Scott	Nashville SC	Free	17 August 2020	[15]
7	MF	Marcel Risse	Viktoria Köln	Loan	18 August 2020	[16]
9	FW	Simon Terodde	Hamburger SV	Free	20 August 2020	[17]
3	DF	Lasse Sobiech	FC Zürich	Loan	5 September 2020	[18]
15	FW	Jhon Córdoba	Hertha BSC	€15,000,000	15 September 2020	[19]
13	MF	Louis Schaub	FC Luzern	Loan	16 September 2020	[20]
17	MF	Christian Clemens	SV Darmstadt 98	Free	15 January 2021	[21]
30	DF	Frederik Sørensen		Mutual contract termination	17 January 2021	[22]
27	FW	Anthony Modeste	Saint-Étienne	Loan	1 February 2021	[23]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

1. FC Köln v SpVg Porz

11 August 2020 Friendly	1. FC Köln	5–0	SpVg Porz	Cologne, Germany
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Córdoba 51', 88' Clemens 73' Hector 81' Skhiri 87'	Report		Stadium: Franz-Kremer-Stadion

1. FC Köln v SV Deutz 05

15 August 2020 Friendly	1. FC Köln	5–0	SV Deutz 05	Cologne, Germany
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Rexhbecaj 8' Jakobs 11' Thielmann 43' Hector 55' Voloder 71'	Report		Stadium: Franz-Kremer-Stadion Attendance: 200 Referee: Robin Braun

1. FC Köln v Blau-Weiß Lohne

15 August 2020 Friendly	1. FC Köln	2–1	Blau-Weiß Lohne	Cologne, Germany
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bornauw  29' Obuz 34' Córdoba  36' Clemens 39'	Report	Oevermann  6' Bornauw 18' (o.g.)	Stadium: Franz-Kremer-Stadion Attendance: 200 Referee: Sven Waschitzki

1. FC Köln v VfL Bochum

18 August 2020 Friendly	1. FC Köln	3–2	VfL Bochum	Cologne, Germany
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Jakobs 7' Kainz 40' Bornauw  80' Cestic  82' Clemens 94'	Report	Ganvoula  11' Pantović 124' Ekincier 128'	Stadium: Franz-Kremer-Stadion Attendance: 200 Referee: Mitja Stegemann
Note: Match was played in three 45-minute periods.

1. FC Köln v Union Berlin

22 August 2020 Friendly	1. FC Köln	2–1	Union Berlin	Friedrichshafen, Germany
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Katterbach 11' Córdoba 12' Czichos  23'	Report	Teuchert 51' (pen.)	Stadium: Zeppelinstadion Attendance: 500 Referee: Max Bruda

1. FC Köln v VfL Wolfsburg

29 August 2020 Friendly	1. FC Köln	0–3	VfL Wolfsburg	Cologne, Germany
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Lacroix  54' Białek 69' João Victor 79' Mallı 82'	Stadium: Franz-Kremer-Stadion Referee: Mitja Stegemann

1. FC Köln v FC Utrecht

5 September 2020 Friendly	1. FC Köln	Cancelled	FC Utrecht	Cologne, Germany
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Franz-Kremer-Stadion

1. FC Köln v VfL Bochum

12 November 2020 Friendly	1. FC Köln	1–3	VfL Bochum	Cologne, Germany
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Wolf 73',  83' Thielmann  75'	Report	Meré 22' (o.g.) Bockhorn  23' Bonga 52' Čavar 87'	Stadium: Franz-Kremer-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Mitja Stegemann

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	19 September 2020	22 May 2021	Matchday 1	16th	34	8	9	17	34	60	−26	023.53
Bundesliga relegation play-offs	26 May 2021	29 May 2021	First leg	Winners	2	1	0	1	5	2	+3	050.00
DFB-Pokal	12 September 2020	3 February 2021	First round	Round of 16	3	2	1	0	9	2	+7	066.67
Total					39	11	10	18	48	64	−16	028.21

Last updated: 29 May 2021
Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga

Main article: 2020–21 Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	Hertha BSC	34	8	11	15	41	52	−11	35
15	Arminia Bielefeld	34	9	8	17	26	52	−26	35
16	1. FC Köln (O)	34	8	9	17	34	60	−26	33	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
17	Werder Bremen (R)	34	7	10	17	36	57	−21	31	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18	Schalke 04 (R)	34	3	7	24	25	86	−61	16

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.^[24]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

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	8	9	17	34	60	−26	33	3	5	9	20	31	−11	5	4	8	14	29	−15

Last updated: 22 May 2021.
Source: DFB

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	L	D	D	L	D	L	W	D	W	L	D	L	L	D	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	W	W	L	D	W
Position	12	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	16

Updated to match(es) played on 22 May 2021. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 7 August 2020.^[25]

1. FC Köln v 1899 Hoffenheim

19 September 2020 1	1. FC Köln	2–3	1899 Hoffenheim	Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Andersson 22' Bornauw  33' Duda  69' Hector  85' Drexler 86'	Report	Kramarić 4', 45+3' (pen.), 90+2' Bičakčić  45+5' Bebou  90' Baumann  90' Kadeřábek  90+5'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniel Siebert

Arminia Bielefeld v 1. FC Köln

26 September 2020 2	Arminia Bielefeld	1–0	1. FC Köln	Bielefeld
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Klos  45' Edmundsson 78' Soukou  89' Schipplock  90+1'	Report	Hector  17' Czichos  43' Sørensen  90+2'	Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 5,460 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

1. FC Köln v Borussia Mönchengladbach

3 October 2020 3	1. FC Köln	1–3	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ehizibue  31' Rexhbecaj  35', 84' Sørensen  90'	Report	Pléa 14' Lainer 16',  90+2' Bensebaini  31' Stindl 56' (pen.) Herrmann  82'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 300 Referee: Marco Fritz

1. FC Köln v Eintracht Frankfurt

18 October 2020 4	1. FC Köln	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ehizibue  15' Duda 52' Rexhbeçaj  54' Horn  64'	Report	Hasebe  19' Silva 45+2' (pen.) Younes  88'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 300 Referee: Sven Jablonski

VfB Stuttgart v 1. FC Köln

23 October 2020 5	VfB Stuttgart	1–1	1. FC Köln	Stuttgart
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Mangala 1' Silas  52' Karazor  80'	Report	Ehizibue  8' Andersson 23' (pen.) Jakobs  56' Duda  69' Skhiri  72' Özcan  88'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Guido Winkmann

1. FC Köln v Bayern Munich

31 October 2020 6	1. FC Köln	1–2	Bayern Munich	Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Drexler 82' Wolf  89'	Report	Choupo-Moting  10' Müller 13' (pen.) Pavard  23' Gnabry 45+1'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Frank Willenborg

Werder Bremen v 1. FC Köln

6 November 2020 7	Werder Bremen	1–1	1. FC Köln	Bremen
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Mbom  31' Osako  67' Bittencourt 82' (pen.)	Report	Wolf  23' Czichos  65' Moisander 67' (o.g.)	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Florian Badstübner

1. FC Köln v Union Berlin

22 November 2020 8	1. FC Köln	1–2	Union Berlin	Cologne
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Duda  31' Skhiri 36'	Report	Awoniyi 27' Ingvartsen  35' Kruse 72', 72' Gießelmann  90+4'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Tobias Stieler

Borussia Dortmund v 1. FC Köln

28 November 2020 9	Borussia Dortmund	1–2	1. FC Köln	Dortmund
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Can  54' Hazard 74'	Report	Skhiri 9', 60',  29' Jakobs  90+1'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Arne Aarnink

1. FC Köln v VfL Wolfsburg

5 December 2020 10	1. FC Köln	2–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Thielmann 18' Duda 43'	Report	Arnold 29' Weghorst 47' Paulo Otávio  90+1'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Sven Jablonski

Mainz 05 v 1. FC Köln

12 December 2020 11	Mainz 05	0–1	1. FC Köln	Mainz
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Niakhaté  37' Latza  45+1' Onisiwo  67' Stöger  75'	Report	Rexhbeçaj 55' Özcan  70' Duda  75'  76' Horn  81'	Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Felix Zwayer

1. FC Köln v Bayer Leverkusen

16 December 2020 12	1. FC Köln	0–4	Bayer Leverkusen	Cologne
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Horn  34'	Report	Weiser 8' Diaby 10' Dragović  54' Schick 54' Wirtz 59'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Tobias Stieler

RB Leipzig v 1. FC Köln

19 December 2020 13	RB Leipzig	0–0	1. FC Köln	Leipzig
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Halstenberg  84'	Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Felix Brych

1. FC Köln v FC Augsburg

2 January 2021 14	1. FC Köln	0–1	FC Augsburg	Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Modeste  64' Bornauw  74'	Report	Uduokhai  12' Gouweleeuw  64' Iago 77' Richter  85'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Sören Storks

SC Freiburg v 1. FC Köln

9 January 2021 15	SC Freiburg	5–0	1. FC Köln	Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Demirović 18' Höfler 39' Sallai 59' Lienhart 69' Höler 79'	Report		Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Robert Schröder

1. FC Köln v Hertha BSC

16 January 2021 16	1. FC Köln	0–0	Hertha BSC	Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Čestić  63' Czichos  77'	Report	Alderete  45+1' Darida  54' Córdoba  78'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Frank Willenborg

Schalke 04 v 1. FC Köln

20 January 2021 17	Schalke 04	1–2	1. FC Köln	Gelsenkirchen
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Stambouli  48' Hoppe 57' Boujellab  89'	Report	Czichos 31' Horn  89' Thielmann 90+3'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniel Siebert

1899 Hoffenheim v 1. FC Köln

24 January 2021 18	1899 Hoffenheim	3–0	1. FC Köln	Sinsheim
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kramarić 7' (pen.), 75' (pen.) Bebou  13' Baumgartner 28' Posch  52'	Report	Čestić  6' Skhiri  56' Meré  63' Modeste 78'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Sven Jablonski

1. FC Köln v Arminia Bielefeld

31 January 2021 19	1. FC Köln	3–1	Arminia Bielefeld	Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Wolf 10', 28' Jakobs  42' Duda  54' Rexhbeçaj 63'	Report	Soukou  64' Córdova 73'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Felix Zwayer

Borussia Mönchengladbach v 1. FC Köln

6 February 2021 20	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–2	1. FC Köln	Mönchengladbach
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Stindl  2' Neuhaus 16',  90+5' Herrmann  27' Jantschke  75'	Report	Rexhbeçaj 3', 55',  86' Ehizibue  80'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Christian Dingert

Eintracht Frankfurt v 1. FC Köln

14 February 2021 21	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–0	1. FC Köln	Frankfurt
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Sow  32' Silva 57' Touré  75' Ndicka 79' Kostić  86'	Report	Meré  90+1'	Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Frank Willenborg

1. FC Köln v VfB Stuttgart

20 February 2021 22	1. FC Köln	0–1	VfB Stuttgart	Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Čestić  19' Czichos  86'	Report	Kempf  29' Kalajdžić 49'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

Bayern Munich v 1. FC Köln

27 February 2021 23	Bayern Munich	5–1	1. FC Köln	Munich
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Choupo-Moting 18' Alaba  22' Lewandowski 33', 65' Sané  45+1' Gnabry 82', 86'	Report	Czichos  45' Skhiri 49'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin Petersen

1. FC Köln v Werder Bremen

7 March 2021 24	1. FC Köln	1–1	Werder Bremen	Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Jakobs  21' Drexler  80' Hector 83'	Report	Sargent 66'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck

Union Berlin v 1. FC Köln

13 March 2021 25	Union Berlin	2–1	1. FC Köln	Berlin
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Musa  32' Kruse 48' (pen.) Trimmel 67' Andrich  87'	Report	Horn  11' Duda 45+2' (pen.) Özcan  81' Skhiri  85'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 0 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

1. FC Köln v Borussia Dortmund

20 March 2021 26	1. FC Köln	2–2	Borussia Dortmund	Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Duda 35' (pen.) Jakobs 65',  90+2'	Report	Haaland 3', 90' Bellingham  34'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniel Siebert

VfL Wolfsburg v 1. FC Köln

3 April 2021 27	VfL Wolfsburg	1–0	1. FC Köln	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Mbabu  22' Gerhardt  63' Brekalo 69'	Report	Kainz  90+3'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Robert Hartmann

1. FC Köln v Mainz 05

11 April 2021 28	1. FC Köln	2–3	Mainz 05	Cologne
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Duda  22', 43' (pen.) Katterbach  34' Skhiri 61'	Report	Boëtius 11' Mwene  42' Onisiwo 65' Barreiro 90+1'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Felix Brych

Bayer Leverkusen v 1. FC Köln

17 April 2021 29	Bayer Leverkusen	3–0	1. FC Köln	Leverkusen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bailey 5', 76' Tapsoba  40' Diaby 51'	Report	Czichos  90'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 0 Referee: Sören Storks

1. FC Köln v RB Leipzig

20 April 2021 30	1. FC Köln	2–1	RB Leipzig	Cologne
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ehizibue  23' Hector 46', 60' Czichos  90+6'	Report	Upamecano  56' Haidara 59',  90+6' Kampl  83'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Frank Willenborg

FC Augsburg v 1. FC Köln

23 April 2021 31	FC Augsburg	2–3	1. FC Köln	Augsburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gumny  45+2', 54' Gruezo  52' Vargas 62'	Report	Duda 8', 33',  90' Kainz 23' Wolf  45' Rexhbeçaj  80'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin Petersen

1. FC Köln v SC Freiburg

9 May 2021 32	1. FC Köln	1–4	SC Freiburg	Cologne
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Wolf  37' Andersson  47', 50' Duda 62'	Report	Petersen 18' Demirović 20',  41' Lienhart  81' Grifo 90+3' Schmid 90+6'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Marco Fritz

Hertha BSC v 1. FC Köln

15 May 2021 33	Hertha BSC	0–0	1. FC Köln	Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Boyata  13' Torunarigha  35'	Report	Skhiri  23' Jakobs  58'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

1. FC Köln v Schalke 04

22 May 2021 34	1. FC Köln	1–0	Schalke 04	Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bornauw  44', 86'	Report	Flick  30' Idrizi  69'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniel Siebert

Relegation play-offs

As a result of their 16th-place finish in the regular season, the club qualified for the play-off match with the third-place team in the 2020–21 2. Bundesliga to determine whether the club would remain in the 2021–22 Bundesliga.

1. FC Köln v Holstein Kiel

26 May 2021 First leg	1. FC Köln	0–1	Holstein Kiel	Cologne
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Katterbach  14' Skhiri  51' Wolf  53' Czichos  90'	Report	Bartels  41' Ignjovski  45' Van den Bergh  46' Lorenz 59'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Felix Zwayer

Holstein Kiel v 1. FC Köln

29 May 2021 Second leg	Holstein Kiel	1–5 (2–5 agg.)	1. FC Köln	Kiel
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lee 4' Porath  32'	Report	Hector 3' Andersson 6', 13' Bornauw  28' Czichos 39' J. Horn  44' T. Horn  65' Skhiri 84' Thielmann  88'	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 2,334 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2020–21 DFB-Pokal

VSG Altglienicke v 1. FC Köln

12 September 2020 First round	VSG Altglienicke	0–6	1. FC Köln	Cologne[27]
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Skoda  26' Ciğerci  28' Häußler  44' Zeiger  55'	Report	Hector 17' (pen.),  26' Rexhbeçaj 36', 63' Czichos 43' Özcan 68' Drexler 85'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 300 Referee: Martin Thomsen

1. FC Köln v VfL Osnabrück

22 December 2020 Second round	1. FC Köln	1–0	VfL Osnabrück	Cologne
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Modeste 45+1' Jakobs  51' Bornauw  85'	Report	Henning  54'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Robert Hartmann

Jahn Regensburg v 1. FC Köln

3 February 2021 Round of 16	Jahn Regensburg	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	1. FC Köln	Regensburg
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Kennedy 35' George 43' Vrenezi  70'	Report	Jakobs 4' Dennis 22', 78' Schmitz  47' Czichos  93'	Stadium: Jahnstadion Regensburg Attendance: 0 Referee: Robert Hartmann
	Penalties
	Wekesser Gimber Albers Vrenezi Besuschkow		Czichos Özcan Arokodare Meré J. Horn

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal		Relegation play-offs
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	GER	Timo Horn	39	0	34	0	3	0	2	0
16	GK	GER	Ron-Robert Zieler	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
32	GK	GER	Julian Krahl	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	GER	Benno Schmitz	15	0	4+8	0	1+1	0	1	0
3	DF	GER	Noah Katterbach	25	0	12+9	0	2+1	0	1	0
4	DF	GER	Robert Voloder	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	GER	Rafael Czichos	32	3	26+2	1	2	1	2	1
8	DF	GER	Ismail Jakobs	27	2	18+5	1	2	1	1+1	0
19	DF	NED	Kingsley Ehizibue	23	0	15+6	0	0+1	0	1	0
22	DF	ESP	Jorge Meré	20	0	14+2	0	3	0	0+1	0
23	DF	GER	Jannes Horn	32	0	20+9	0	2	0	1	0
26	DF	SRB	Sava-Arangel Cestic	11	0	11	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF	BEL	Sebastiaan Bornauw	28	1	23+1	1	1+1	0	2	0
Midfielders
6	MF	GER	Marco Höger	4	0	1+2	0	0+1	0	0	0
10	MF	SVK	Ondrej Duda	36	7	32	7	2	0	2	0
11	MF	GER	Florian Kainz	9	1	6+2	1	0	0	1	0
13	MF	GER	Max Meyer	12	0	3+7	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
14	MF	GER	Jonas Hector	23	5	15+4	3	1+1	1	2	1
20	MF	GER	Elvis Rexhbeçaj	33	7	20+10	5	2+1	2	0	0
21	MF	GER	Salih Özcan	32	1	15+13	0	2+1	1	1	0
24	MF	GER	Dominick Drexler	31	3	11+16	2	1+1	1	0+2	0
25	MF	GER	Tim Lemperle	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
28	MF	TUN	Ellyes Skhiri	37	6	32	5	3	0	2	1
29	MF	GER	Jan Thielmann	28	2	9+15	2	1+1	0	0+2	0
31	MF	GER	Marius Wolf	35	2	28+3	2	2	0	2	0
Forwards
7	FW	NGA	Tolu Arokodare	11	0	0+10	0	0+1	0	0	0
9	FW	SWE	Sebastian Andersson	18	5	14+2	3	0	0	1+1	2
15	FW	GRE	Dimitris Limnios	13	0	2+10	0	1	0	0	0
43	FW	NGA	Emmanuel Dennis	10	1	6+3	0	1	1	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
15	FW	COL	Jhon Córdoba	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	GER	Christian Clemens	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW	FRA	Anthony Modeste	9	1	1+7	0	1	1	0	0
30	DF	DEN	Frederik Sørensen	3	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 29 May 2021
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank	Pos	No.	Nat	Name	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Relegation play-offs	Total
1	MF	7		Elvis Rexhbeçaj	5	2	0	7
	MF	10		Ondrej Duda	7	0	0	7
3	MF	28		Ellyes Skhiri	5	0	1	6
4	FW	9		Sebastian Andersson	3	0	2	5
	MF	14		Jonas Hector	3	1	1	5
6	DF	5		Rafael Czichos	1	1	1	3
	MF	24		Dominick Drexler	2	1	0	3
8	DF	8		Ismail Jakobs	1	1	0	2
	MF	29		Jan Thielmann	2	0	0	2
	MF	31		Marius Wolf	2	0	0	2
11	MF	11		Florian Kainz	1	0	0	1
	MF	21		Salih Özcan	0	1	0	1
	FW	27		Anthony Modeste	1	0	0	1
	DF	33		Sebastiaan Bornauw	1	0	0	1
	FW	43		Emmanuel Dennis	0	1	0	1
Own goals					1	0	0	1
Totals					34	9	5	48

Last updated: 29 May 2021