2015–16 1. FC Köln season

1. FC Köln
2015–16 season
Chairman	Werner Spinner
Manager	Peter Stöger
Stadium	RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne
Bundesliga	9th
DFB-Pokal	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Anthony Modeste (15); All: Anthony Modeste (18)
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

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^[update]^[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

Transfers

In

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

Out

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

Season overview

Competitions

Win Draw Loss

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Hertha BSC	34	14	8	12	42	42	0	50	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round^[a]
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:

^ 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


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
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

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	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	W	L	W	L	D	W	L	L	D	W	D	D	L	D	W	L	D	D	W	L	L	D	L	W	L	D	L	W	W	D	D	D
Position	4	5	4	8	5	7	7	5	6	9	9	7	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	12	9	9	11	11	10	8	8	9	9

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

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	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
27	FW	FRA	Anthony Modeste	36	18	34	15	2	3
11	FW	GER	Simon Zoller	26	7	24	6	2	1
21	MF	GER	Leonardo Bittencourt	30	3	29	3	1	0
7	MF	GER	Marcel Risse	35	3	33	3	2	0
8	MF	SRB	Miloš Jojić	17	2	15	2	2	0
5	DF	SVN	Dominic Maroh	25	2	25	2	0	0
8	MF	GER	Yannick Gerhardt	30	2	29	2	1	0
3	DF	GER	Dominique Heintz	35	2	33	2	2	0
29	MF	SVN	Dušan Švento	8	1	7	1	1	0
15	FW	AUT	Philipp Hosiner	15	1	15	1	0	0
13	FW	JPN	Yuya Osako	27	1	25	1	2	0

As of 14 May 2016^[update]

Assists

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
7	MF	GER	Marcel Risse	35	7	33	7	2	0
8	MF	GER	Yannick Gerhardt	30	5	29	4	1	1
21	MF	GER	Leonardo Bittencourt	30	4	29	4	1	0
14	DF	GER	Jonas Hector	34	4	32	4	2	0
27	FW	FRA	Anthony Modeste	36	3	34	3	2	0
25	DF	SRB	Filip Mladenović	14	2	14	2	0	0
16	DF	POL	Paweł Olkowski	20	2	19	1	1	1
4	DF	DEN	Frederik Sørensen	24	2	22	2	2	0
6	MF	GER	Kevin Vogt	25	2	23	2	2	0
13	FW	JPN	Yuya Osako	27	2	25	1	2	1
33	MF	GER	Matthias Lehmann	34	2	32	2	2	0
5	DF	SVN	Dominic Maroh	25	1	25	1	0	0
11	FW	GER	Simon Zoller	26	1	24	1	2	0
3	DF	GER	Dominique Heintz	35	1	33	0	2	1

As of 14 May 2016^[update]

By competition

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	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^[update]

Disciplinary record

Competition	Record
Competition	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

^ "Fernsehgelder 2015/2016" [TV money 2015/2016] (in German). Retrieved 24 April 2016.
^ "Fernsehgelder Vorschau 2016/2017" [TV money preview 2016/2017] (in German). Retrieved 24 April 2016.
^ "1. FC Köln - Mannschaft" [1. FC Köln - Squad] (in German). 1. FC Köln. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
^ "Anthony Modeste signs for FC Köln". 24 June 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
^ "Milos Jojic strengthens 1. FC Köln". 5 July 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
^ "Leonardo Bittencourt joins FC Köln". 14 July 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
^ "Frederik Sorensen joins 1. FC Köln". 11 July 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
^ "FC Köln sign Dominique Heintz". 12 June 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
^ "Filip Mladenović joins FC Köln". 5 January 2016. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
^ "Philipp Hosiner joins FC Köln". 22 June 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
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^ "Bundesliga 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 19 August 2015.

[table_note_res_ELGS0.80601300616097-16] 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.

[1] "Fernsehgelder 2015/2016" [TV money 2015/2016] (in German). Retrieved 24 April 2016.

[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.

[4] "Anthony Modeste signs for FC Köln". 24 June 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.

[5] "Milos Jojic strengthens 1. FC Köln". 5 July 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.

[6] "Leonardo Bittencourt joins FC Köln". 14 July 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.

[7] "Frederik Sorensen joins 1. FC Köln". 11 July 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.

[8] "FC Köln sign Dominique Heintz". 12 June 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.

[9] "Filip Mladenović joins FC Köln". 5 January 2016. Retrieved 20 March 2016.

[10] "Philipp Hosiner joins FC Köln". 22 June 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.

[11] "Kevin Wimmer leaves FC Köln". 29 May 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.

[12] "Anthony Ujah to leave FC Köln". 5 May 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.

[13] "Halfar moves to FCK". 19 June 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.

[14] "Miso Brecko to leave FC Köln". 30 July 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.

[15] "Pezko to leave FC Köln". 31 August 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2015.

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