The 1. FC Köln starts away in the Bundesliga season 2025/26. In addition, there is a repetition of carnival and a highlight on the 34th matchday.
The fans of 1. FC Köln have to stand on many trips at the start of the 2025/26 Bundesliga season. After the first round in the DFB Cup at SSV Jahn Regensburg (August 17, 5:30 p.m.), the billy goats also go to the strangers on the first three out of four match days.
The Bundesliga start for the FC is an away game at the 1st FSV Mainz 05. The first home game back in the football upper house will take place on matchday 2 against the Europa League participant SC Freiburg. After that, it goes to the opponent twice in a row: There are two more away trips in Wolfsburg and Leipzig before VfB Stuttgart in Müngersdorf will be guests on the 5th matchday.
Speaking of Stuttgart: For the team of new coach Lukas Kwasniok, there is a repetition against VfB. After the Cologne carnival game was already played in Stuttgart in February 2023, the billy goats travel to the Swabia again in 2026. And there is another parallel to the 2022/23 season.
As three years ago, FC will meet FC Bayern Munich on the last match day of the first half of the season. The reigning German champion will be a guest in Müngersdorf on the 17th matchday in January 2026 before the top team of former FC goalkeeper Jonas Urbig welcomes the goats on 34th and last matchday in May in the Allianz Arena.
And finally all FC fans are looking forward to the derbies against Borussia Mönchengladbach and the duels against the arch-rival from Leverkusen. On the 10th matchday, FC will travel to Gladbach before going to Cologne for the second leg in March. Against Leverkusen, FC must first go away in December before going against Bayer-Elf on match day 31 at home in Müngersdorf.
1st matchday, 22.-24. August 2025: 1.FSV Mainz 05 – 1. FC Köln
Matchday 2, 29-31. August 2025: 1. FC Köln – SC Freiburg
Matchday 3, 12.-14. September 2025: VfL Wolfsburg – 1. FC Köln
4th matchday, 19-21. September 2025: RB Leipzig – 1. FC Cologne
5th matchday, 26-28. September 2025: 1. FC Köln – VfB Stuttgart
6th matchday, 03.-05. October 2025: TSG Hoffenheim – 1. FC Cologne
7th matchday, 17th-29th October 2025: 1. FC Köln – FC Augsburg
8th matchday, 24th-26th October 2025: Borussia Dortmund – 1. FC Köln
9th matchday, 31.-02. October/November 2025: 1. FC Köln – Hamburger SV
10th matchday, 07.-09. November 2025: Borussia Mönchengladbach – 1. FC Köln
11th matchday, 21.-23. November 2025: 1. FC Köln – Eintracht Frankfurt
12th matchday, 28th-30th November 2025: Werder Bremen – 1. FC Köln
13th matchday, 05.-07. December 2025: 1. FC Köln – FC St. Pauli
14th matchday, 12.-14. December 2025: Bayer 04 Leverkusen – 1. FC Köln
Matchday 15, 19-21. December 2025: 1. FC Köln – Union Berlin
16th matchday, 09.-11. January 2026: 1. FC Heidenheim – 1. FC Köln
17th matchday, 13th-15th January 2026: 1. FC Köln – FC Bayern Munich
Matchday 18, 16.-18. January 2026: 1. FC Köln – 1.FSV Mainz 05
Matchday 19, 23-25. January 2026: SC Freiburg – 1. FC Köln
Matchday 20, 30th-01. January/February 2026: 1. FC Köln – VfL Wolfsburg
Matchday 21, 06.-08. February 2026: 1. FC Köln – RB Leipzig
22nd matchday, 13th-15th February 2026: VfB Stuttgart – 1. FC Köln
23rd matchday, 20.-22. February 2026: 1. FC Köln – TSG Hoffenheim
24th matchday, 27-01. February/March 2026: FC Augsburg – 1. FC Cologne
25th matchday, 06.-08. March 2026: 1. FC Köln – Borussia Dortmund
Matchday 26, 13-25. March 2026: Hamburger SV – 1. FC Köln
27th matchday, 20.-22. March 2026: 1. FC Köln – Borussia Mönchengladbach
28th matchday, 04.-05. April 2026: Eintracht Frankfurt – 1. FC Köln
29th matchday, 10.-12. April 2026: 1. FC Köln – Werder Bremen
30th matchday, 17th-19th April 2026: FC St. Pauli – 1. FC Cologne
Matchday 31, 24-26. April 2026: 1. FC Köln – Bayer 04 Leverkusen
32nd matchday, 02.-03. May 2026: Union Berlin – 1. FC Cologne
33rd matchday, 08.-10. May 2026: 1. FC Köln – 1. FC Heidenheim
34th matchday, May 16, 2026: FC Bayern Munich – 1. FC Köln