Newsblog for 1. FC Cologne
Transfer rumor: Cologne is targeting this midfielder
Updated on May 13, 2025 – 10:07 a.m.Reading time: 66 min.
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The 1. FC Köln does not yet know in which league he will play in the coming season. Nevertheless, the squad planning run in the background. Now Besfort Zeneli is said to have aroused the interest of the Cologne. As the Swedish journalist Filip ELG reports, the billy goats are said to have targeted the IF Elsborg midfielder.
The 22-year-old made his debut for the Swedish national team in March 2025 and can play on the six and the eight in the central midfield. In the current season, Zeneli, who was still in the offspring for the Kosovar association, comes on three templates in eight league games. The Elsborg captain still has a contract until 2028 and has a market value of 2.5 million euros.
“I still had the opportunity to speak to Tim,” said Funkel after the unit, but confirmed the fears that Lemperle will be missing on Sunday. “The likelihood that he will play on Sunday is low. It is not entirely to be dismissed, but it is low.” It is also unclear whether Lemperle will start training again. According to unconfirmed reports, he is also said to have suffered a concussion.
The U19 of the 1st FC Köln moved into the final for the German championship. On Sunday, Stefan Ruthenbeck’s team prevailed 5: 3 after penalty shootout at SV Werder Bremen. The youngsters of Bayer Leverkusen are waiting in the final next Sunday (11 a.m.).
With the success in the dramatic semi -finals, the billy goats not only secure the chance of the championship title, but also qualified for the UEFA Youth League – the Champions League of the youth teams. The FC U17 could also have moved into the semi -finals on Saturday, but lost 3: 4 after extension at RB Leipzig.
Friedhelm Funkel did without the 2-1 victory in Nuremberg to the willingness to change Dejan Ljubicic. The Austrian was not even in the squad of 1. FC Köln. However, his upcoming farewell to the billy goats should not have played the crucial role here.
“Dejo had been struck in the past few weeks and has always been involved in the team,” said sports director Thomas Kessler after the game in Nuremberg and explained: “Friedhelm had a sense and said: ‘I would like to leave him at home because I think it doesn’t work in this situation if he has to struggle.” Kessler spoke of a “purely sporting assessment” Funkels.
Thanks to the last minute victory at 1st FC Nürnberg (2-1), the 1. FC Köln has the chance to rise on Saturday. Due to the three points at the FCN, the billy goats can only be overtaken by Hamburger SV, SV Elversberg and SC Paderborn. While HSV would surely return to the Bundesliga with a win against SSV Ulm on Saturday evening, FC still has to look at the other competitors.