2012–13 1. FC Köln season

1. FC Köln

2012–13 season
Chairman	Werner Spinner
Manager	Holger Stanislawski
Stadium	RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, NRW
2. Bundesliga	4th
DFB-Pokal	Round of 16
Highest home attendance	46,000 (vs. 1. FC Kaiserslautern)
Lowest home attendance	22,900 (vs. SV Sandhausen)
Average home league attendance	37,811
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 1. FC Köln season is the 64th season in club history. In 2012–13 season, the club plays in the 2. Bundesliga; the second tier of German football. It is the clubs first season back in this league, after it was relegated from the Bundesliga in 2012. The season started on 5 August 2012 and is scheduled to end on 19 May 2013.

Review and events

Season

The club is taking part of the 2012–13 edition of the 2. Bundesliga and the 2012–13 edition of the DFB-Pokal.^[1] The season started on 5 August 2012 with a loss against Eintracht Braunschweig and ended on 19 May 2013 against Ingolstadt 04.^[1]

The club started their league season with a six-match winless streak.^[1] Their first league win came against FSV Frankfurt on matchday seven.^[1] Overall, The first victory came against SpVgg Unterhaching in the opening round of the cup.^[1]

Holger Stanislawski was hired as the new head coach on 14 May 2012.^[2]

Discipline

1. FC Köln was hit with a €50.000 fine.^[3] The club was only allowed to sell 15.000 tickets to its own supporters and a maximum of 5.000 tickets to supporters of SV Sandhausen.^[3] The club stated that this is an economic loss of approximately €500.000.^[3] The club appealed the decision and will only pay €40.000 fine and the maximum number of tickets that can be sold to its own supporters was increased to 22.500.^[3][4]

Financial problems

There have been repeated rumours about the club being in a grave financial situation.^[5] In a letter to club supporters, the club stated "The current financial position of the 1st FC Köln is serious. However, we also want to use this letter to continually eliminate repeated rumors that are without substance. An over-dramatizing the situation is just as damaging as to trivialize it."^[5] The club stated that they'll be using revenue bonds for debt restructuring.^[5]

Problem supporters

Supporters of the club went to the home of Kevin Pezzoni and harassed and threatened him.^[6][7] Pezzoni's car was "smeared."^[6] There was an anti-Pezzoni Group on Facebook where more than 400 people joined.^[6] This isn't the first case where club supporters went to the home of a 1. FC Köln footballer.^[6] Club supporters went to Pedro Geromel's home during the night.^[6] Pezzoni had his contract dissolved because of the incident.^[6][7] Pezzoni stated that he didn't want to terminate his contract and had hoped that the club would stand behind him against the problem supporters.^[8]

Chronology of events

Date	Event	Source
19 February 2012	In a carnival party, Kevin Pezzoni has to have surgery because of a broken nose after an incident. Pezzoni was "portrayed as one of the biggest scapegoats" during the 2011–12 season	[9]
27 August 2012	1. FC Köln starts the season without any victory. Erzgebirge Aue defeats 1. FC Köln in the 4th match of the season. The defence was blamed and Pezzoni is the specific player blamed for the loss.
28 August 2012	An angry club supporter starts a Facebook page against Pezzoni. That night, five "extreme" supporters go outside Pezzoni's flat and made threats. His car is defaced.
31 August 2012	Pezzoni is transfer listed.
1 September 2012	Pezzoni is released from his contract.
2 September 2012	Pezzoni leaves Cologne and moves in with his parents in Frankfurt.
6 September 2012	Jürgen Domian, who called himself Benny, is named as the initiator of the incident at Pezzoni's flat. He is a 21 years old with a criminal record.

Match results and fixtures

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

2. Bundesliga

League results and fixtures

Match	Date	Time^1	Venue	City	Opponent	Result^2	Attendance	Goalscorers		Table		Source
								1. FC Köln	Opponent	Pos.	Pts.
1	5 August 2012	15:30	Eintracht-Stadion	Braunschweig	Eintracht Braunschweig	0–1	21,820	—	Ademi  68'	16	0	[MR 1] [MR 2]
2	10 August 2012	18:00	RheinEnergieStadion	Cologne	SV Sandhausen	1–1	22,900	Bröker  63' (pen.)	Dorn  89'	15	1	[MR 3] [MR 4]
3	27 August 2012	20:15	Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion	Aue	Erzgebirge Aue	0–2	9,000	—	Müller  8' Savran  55'	17	1	[MR 5] [MR 6]
4	31 August 2012	18:15	RheinEnergieStadion	Cologne	Energie Cottbus	0–1	34,000	—	Sanogo  30'	17	1	[MR 7] [MR 8]
5	17 September 2012	20:45	RheinEnergieStadion	Cologne	FC St. Pauli	0–0	45,200	—	—	16	2	[MR 9] [MR 10]
6	21 September 2012	18:00	Stadion An der Alten Försterei	Berlin	Union Berlin	1–2	16,750	Bröker  3' (pen.)	Silvio  27' Mattuschka  56'	17	2	[MR 11] [MR 12]
7	25 September 2012	17:30	RheinEnergieStadion	Cologne	FSV Frankfurt	2–1	32,000	Strobl  46' Chihi  82'	Verboek  90'	16	5	[MR 13] [MR 14]
8	28 September 2012	18:00	Benteler Arena	Paderborn	Paderborn 07	2–1	15,000	Ujah  18' Chihi  69'	Zeitz  53'	14	8	[MR 15] [MR 16]
9	8 October 2012	20:15	RheinEnergieStadion	Cologne	Dynamo Dresden	1–1	41,800	Ujah  77'	Poté  31'	13	9	[MR 17] [MR 18]
10	20 October 2012	13:00	Jahnstadion	Regensburg	Jahn Regensburg	3–2	11,465	Ujah  87' Maroh  90' Bigalke  90' + 3'	Müller  5' Rahn  67' (pen.)	11	12	[MR 19] [MR 20]
11	26 October 2012	18:00	RheinEnergieStadion	Cologne	1. FC Kaiserslautern	3–3	46,000	Chihi  23' Clemens  43' Royer  75'	Baumjohann  9' Idrissou  60', 88'	10	13	[MR 21] [MR 22]
12	4 November 2012	13:30	Scholz-Arena	Aalen	VfR Aalen	0–2	10,091	—	Dausch  31' Cidimar  77'	12	13	[MR 23] [MR 24]
13	9 November 2012	18:00	RheinEnergieStadion	Cologne	MSV Duisburg	0–0	39,900	—	—	12	14	[MR 25] [MR 26]
14	16 November 2012	20:30	Allianz Arena	Munich	1860 München	2–0	25,800	McKenna  3' Chihi  75'	—	11	17	[MR 27] [MR 28]
15	23 November 2012	18:00	RheinEnergieStadion	Cologne	VfL Bochum	3–1	40,000	Ujah  11', 84' McKenna  35'	Gelashvili  90'	10	20	[MR 29] [MR 30]
16	29 November 2012	20:15	Olympic Stadium	Berlin	Hertha BSC	1–1	36,000	McKenna  34'	Ronny  44'	11	21	[MR 31] [MR 32]
17	2 December 2012	13:30	RheinEnergieStadion	Cologne	Ingolstadt 04	1–0	38,500	Ujah  45'	—	10	24	[MR 33] [MR 34]
18	10 December 2012	20:15	RheinEnergieStadion	Cologne	Eintracht Braunschweig	2–2	38,000	Clemens  47' Ujah  88'	Kumbela  23' Bičakčić  90+1'	T9	25	[MR 35] [MR 36]
19	14 December 2012	18:00	Hardtwaldstadion	Sandhausen	SV Sandhausen	0–0	6,200	—	—	T9	26	[MR 37] [MR 38]
20	2 February 2013	13:00	RheinEnergieStadion	Cologne	Erzgebirge Aue	2–1	41,800	Maroh  4' Clemens  90' + 2'	Pezzoni  79'	8	29	[MR 39] [MR 40]
21	9 February 2013	13:00	Stadion der Freundschaft	Cottbus	Energie Cottbus	0–0	10,201	—	—	9	30	[MR 41] [MR 42]
22	18 February 2013	20:15	Millerntor-Stadion	Hamburg	FC St. Pauli	1–0	29,063	Clemens  3'	—	5	33	[MR 43] [MR 44]
23	23 February 2013	13:00	RheinEnergieStadion	Cologne	Union Berlin	2–0	42,000	McKenna  18' Maierhofer  52'	—	4	36	[MR 45] [MR 46]
24	3 March 2013	13:30	Frankfurter Volksbank Stadion	Frankfurt	FSV Frankfurt	1–1	10,740	Clemens  83'	Yelen  76' (pen.)	4	37	[MR 47] [MR 48]
25	9 March 2013	13:00	RheinEnergieStadion	Cologne	Paderborn 07	3–0	42,700	Matuschyk  29' Ujah  64', 83'	—	4	40	[MR 49] [MR 50]
26	18 March 2013	20:15	Glücksgas Stadium	Dresden	Dynamo Dresden	2–0	27,284	Ujah  73', 81'	—	4	43	[MR 51] [MR 52]
27	31 March 2013	13:30	RheinEnergieStadion	Cologne	Jahn Regensburg	2–1	45,600	McKenna  28' Royer  87'	Djuricin  73'	3	46	[MR 53] [MR 54]
28	5 April 2013	18:00	Fritz-Walter-Stadion	Kaiserslautern	1. FC Kaiserslautern	0–3	49,780	—	Idrissou  41', 79' Šimůnek  50'	4	46	[MR 55] [MR 56]
29	14 April 2013	13:30	RheinEnergieStadion	Cologne	VfR Aalen	1–0	44,100	Przybyłko  90' + 3'	—	4	49	[MR 57] [MR 58]
30	22 April 2013	20:15	Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena	Duisburg	MSV Duisburg	1–1	27,029	Bröker  23'	Bomheuer  90' + 2'	4	50	[MR 59] [MR 60]
31	28 April 2013	13:30	RheinEnergieStadion	Cologne	1860 München	1–1	49,100	Ujah  7'	Halfar  78'	4	51	[MR 61] [MR 62]
32			rewirpowerSTADION	Bochum	VfL Bochum
33	12 May 2013	13:30	RheinEnergieStadion	Cologne	Hertha BSC
34	19 May 2013	13:30	Audi Sportpark	Ingolstadt	Ingolstadt 04

Table

Overall league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Eintracht Braunschweig	34	19	10	5	52	34	+18	67	2013–14 Fußball-Bundesliga
3	1. FC Kaiserslautern (Q)	34	15	13	6	55	33	+22	58	Qualification for promotion play-offs
4	FSV Frankfurt	34	16	6	12	55	45	+10	54
5	1. FC Köln	34	14	12	8	43	33	+10	54
6	1860 Munich	34	12	13	9	39	31	+8	49
7	Union Berlin	34	13	10	11	50	49	+1	49
8	Energie Cottbus	34	12	12	10	41	36	+5	48

Source: kicker.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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
31	13	12	6	38	29	+9	51	8	7	1	24	13	+11	5	5	5	14	16	−2

Last updated: 2 May 2013.
Source: kicker

DFB-Pokal

Round	Date	Time^1	Venue	City	Opponent	Result^2	Attendance	1. FC Köln goalscorers	Source
1	18 August 2012	15:30	Generali Sportpark	Unterhaching	SpVgg Unterhaching	2–1	7,500	Bröker  28', 40'	[MR 63]
2	30 October 2012	19:00	EWR-Arena	Worms	Wormatia Worms	0–0	7,203	—	[MR 64]
3	19 December 2012	20:30	Mercedes-Benz Arena	Stuttgart	VfB Stuttgart	1–2	27,500	Clemens  80'	[MR 65]

Squad information

Squad and statistics

Squad, appearances and goals

Source:^{[10][11][MR 63][MR 64]}

As of 19 March 2013

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		2. Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Timo Horn	28	0	26	0	2	0
18	GK		Thomas Kessler	1	0	0	0	1	0
28	GK		Marcel Schuhen	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF		Mišo Brečko	29	0	26	0	3	0
3	DF		Lukas Kübler	1	0	1	0	0	0
4	DF		Christian Eichner	16	0	15	0	1	0
5	DF		Dominic Maroh	28	2	25	2	3	0
17	DF		Bienvenue Basala-Mazana	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF		Konstantinos Giannoulis	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF		Kevin McKenna	22	4	20	4	2	0
28	DF		Kevin Wimmer	11	0	9	0	2	0
	DF		Bruno Nascimento	3	0	3	0	0	0
Midfielders
7	MF		Adil Chihi	17	4	16	4	1	0
8	MF		Adam Matuszczyk	23	1	21	1	2	0
13	MF		Dino Bisanovic	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF		Jonas Hector	20	0	18	0	2	0
15	MF		Tobias Strobl	19	1	16	1	3	0
19	MF		Mato Jajalo	21	0	19	0	2	0
20	MF		Reinhold Yabo	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF		Sascha Bigalke	16	1	14	1	2	0
25	MF		Daniel Royer	24	1	21	1	3	0
27	MF		Christian Clemens	25	6	23	5	2	1
33	MF		Matthias Lehmann	22	0	20	0	2	0
Strikers
9	FW		Stefan Maierhofer	7	1	7	1	0	0
11	FW		Thomas Bröker	19	4	18	2	1	2
22	MF		Anthony Ujah	24	11	22	11	2	0
24	FW		Kacper Przybyłko	10	0	8	0	2	0
No longer at club^3
6	MF		Kevin Pezzoni	3	0	2	0	1	0
9	FW		Chong Tese	6	0	5	0	1	0
16	FW		Mikael Ishak	8	0	7	0	1	0
22	MF		Odise Roshi	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		Daniel Schwabke	0	0	0	0	0	0

Bookings

Sources:^{[12][13][14][MR 63][MR 64]}

As of 19 March 2013

Number	Name	2. Bundesliga			DFB-Pokal			Total
33	Matthias Lehmann	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
5	Dominic Maroh	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
8	Adam Matuschyk	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
21	Anthony Ujah	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
16	Mikael Ishak	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
19	Mato Jajalo	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
15	Tobias Strobl	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
2	Mišo Brečko	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
21	Sascha Bigalke	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
11	Thomas Bröker	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
7	Adil Chihi	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
27	Christian Clemens	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
23	Kevin McKenna	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
4	Christian Eichner	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
14	Jonas Hector	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
9	Stefan Maierhofer	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
25	Daniel Royer	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
28	Kevin Wimmer	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
6	Kevin Pezzoni	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
TOTALS		45	0	0	1	0	0	46	0	0

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer Window	Contract ends	Transfer fee	Sources
	Midfield	Matthias Lehmann	29	Yes	Eintracht Frankfurt	Transfer	Summer		Martin Lanig	[15]
	Midfield	Daniel Royer	22	Yes	Hannover 96	Loan	Summer			[16]
	Defence	Kevin Wimmer	19	Yes	LASK Linz	Transfer	Summer			[16]
	Midfield	Sascha Bigalke	22	Yes	SpVgg Unterhaching	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2015		[17]
	Midfield	Anthony Ujah	21	No	Mainz 05	Loan	Summer	30 June 2013		[18]
	Forward	Stefan Maierhofer	30	Yes	Red Bull Salzburg		Winter	30 June 2013		[19]

Out

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer Window	Transfer fee	Sources
9	Forward	Lukas Podolski	27	Yes	Arsenal F.C.	Transfer	Summer	€13 Million	[20]
	Midfielder	Armando Petit	35	Yes	Boavista F.C.	End of contract	Summer	Free
	Defender	Andrezinho	30	No			Summer	Free
	Forward	Mark Uth	20	Yes	SC Heerenveen	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	[21]
	Midfielder	Mitchell Weiser	18	Yes	Bayern Munich	Transfer	Summer		[22]
	Defender	Pedro Geromel	31	Yes	RCD Mallorca	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed	[23]
	Goalkeeper	Michael Rensing	28	Yes	Bayer Leverkusen		Summer	Free	[24]
	Midfielder	Christopher Buchtmann	20	Yes	FC St. Pauli	Transfer	Summer	Free	[25]
6	Midfielder	Kevin Pezzoni	23	Yes	Erzgebirge Aue	Released	Winter	Free	[6] [26]
	Forward	Chong Tese	29	No	Suwon Samsung Bluewings		Winter		[19]

Notes

• 1.^ Times are in the CET/CEST.
• 2.^ 1. FC Köln goals listed first.
• 3.^ Players who were in the squad at the time of the first competitive fixture; but have left the club or loan out since.

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External links

• 2012–13 1. FC Köln season at Weltfussball.de (German)
• 2012–13 1. FC Köln season at kicker.de (German)
• 2012–13 1. FC Köln season at Fussballdaten.de (German)