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FC talent remains in Austria-also Potocnik before changing
Updated on June 18, 2025 – 11:20 a.m.Reading time: 88 min.
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Elias Bakatukanda will also play on loan for the Austrian Bundesliga club Blau-Weiß Linz in the coming season. “We are pleased that Elias can continue his development,” said FC sports director Thomas Kessler about the defense talent. In January, Bakatukanda initially extended his contract in Cologne and was then awarded to Linz for the second half of the season.
Jaka Cuber Potocnik is supposed to go a similar way, the development of which was slowed down by the transfer lock. “With him and his representatives of the interests, we are intensively in exchange and see that we can lend him to a club where he can play higher than in the regional league,” says Kessler about the Slovenian striker, who was recently hunting for the U21 of the FC.
As expected, Dejan Ljubicic has joined Dinamo Zagreb. The transfer -free transfer of the midfielder of 1. FC Köln to Croatia is perfect. As the Croats confirmed, Ljubicic has signed a multi-year contract and receives the number 77. At FC, the 27-year-old played 122 competitive games (16 goals) in four years.
“It is a great honor for me to wear the Dinamo jersey from today,” the native Viennese was quoted at the presentation by the club. “I’ve been a dinamo fan since childhood, so I’m particularly happy to officially be a player of the blue from today. I came here to win titles and I hope that we will get the championship title next season.” His contract in Cologne expires on June 30, 2025, so the FC no longer collects a transfer.
The 1. FC Köln has extended the contract with Matthias Köbbing. The fourth goalkeeper of the billy goats signed a new contract until 2027. The 28-year-old goes into his sixth season for FC, but is still only intended as a training goalkeeper and is not scheduled for competitive operations.
Behind it continues the puzzle rates about the goalkeeper talent Alessandro Blazic. The 19-year-old started preparing for the U21 of the billy goats on Monday, although his contract expires on June 30th. FC wants to extend, Blazic is still hesitating. The goalkeeper could become the new number three of the professionals. But no decision has yet been made.
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.