The FC gets a difficult lot in the DFB Cup

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Again Regensburg! The FC gets a difficult lot in the DFB Cup

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The 1st FC Köln has to compete in the DFB Cup for the third time in the past five years at SSV Jahn Regensburg. This was the result of the draw for the first cup round of the 2025/26 season on Sunday. In 2021 and 2022, FC was eliminated in the penalty shootout in Regensburg.

So bad memories of the Jahnstadion. Nevertheless, the FC wants to use the competitive game debut for the new coach Lukas Kwasniok to start a successful season. “We look forward to the first challenge of the new season and want to lay the foundation for the longest as long as possible with a successful appearance in Regensburg,” said sports director Thomas Kessler in a first reaction to the lot.

The exact date for the game has not yet been determined. The first round is held between August 15 and 18, 2025.

According to “Express”, the 1. FC Köln is interested in Joel Monteiro from the Young Boys Bern. The five -time Swiss international can be used flexibly on the offensive, can storm over the right and over the left wing. He might be an alternative to Eintracht Braunschweig’s second division scorer Rayan Philippe.

Last season, Monteiro convinced in the Swiss Super League with seven goals before it was an ankle with a ligament tear from April. The 25-year-old is still under contract with the Young Boys until 2026. As a transfer fee, two to three million euros are considered realistic.

The Gerhard Struber, who was released two game days before the ascent at 1. FC Köln, may have a new job in prospect. According to “Bristol Live” and “Sky UK”, the Austrian is one of the top candidates for the English second division club Bristol City. For Struber it would be a return to the island because he had already trained FC Barnsley in the championship from November 2019 to October 2020.

At FC, Struber had been fired after a 1-1 against the bottom of Jahn Regensburg on the 32nd matchday. His successor Friedhelm Funkel then led the “Geißbocken” to the second division championship with victories against Nuremberg and Kaiserslautern. In the Bundesliga season, the Cologne team now go with the former Paderborn coach Lukas Kwasniok.

Thursday, June 12, 2025

The European Championship begins on Thursday evening for Eric Martel with the German U21 national team in Slovakia. How things will continue for the midfielder of 1. FC Köln after the tournament is still open. The “billy goats” want to extend Martels prematurely on June 30, 2026. If this is not in the sense of the 23-year-old, a sale would have to be made this summer in order not to risk free of charge.

Gerhard Martel, who advises his son together with the long-time Bundesliga manager Michael Reschke, told the “Straubinger Tagblatt”: “Inquiries come again and again, but we only deal with it after the European Championship because Eric has a free head. So far we have not thought too much.” Where there were “some Bundesliga clubs” that would “very appeal” the martel. Therefore, the future of the Cologne top performer is “currently in the stars”.

Damion Downs celebrated his debut for the US national team. The striker of 1st FC Köln went with the USA against Switzerland 0: 4. Now the Gold Cup is pending. After the tournament, Downs should decide on his future at the billy goats.