Newsblog for 1. FC Cologne
FC extended with master goal shooters: “Has done enormous development steps”
Updated on September 19, 2025 – 8:16 a.m.Reading time: 7 min.
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Thursday, September 18, 2025
The 1. FC Köln has extended the contract with Luis Stapelmann. The tall central defender celebrated the German championship with the U19 last May and scored the decisive goal for Bayer Leverkusen for 5: 4 triumph. Now the club has rewarded the 18-year-old with a new contract.
“When I was informed that the FC would like to extend it early with me, I was of course enthusiastic,” said Stapelmann. Lukas Berg, Cologne’s technical director, added: “Luis took enormous development steps. He defines himself about the role of defenders and brings the skills to assert himself in the senior sector. After the early and long -term extension, we look forward to the next steps.” The FC did not announce the exact term of the new contract.
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
Rav van den Berg has been successfully operated on. The most expensive Cologne access of this transfer summer suffered a shoulder -deck blast at 3: 3 in Wolfsburg last Saturday. As can be heard from the Geißbockheim, the intervention went as planned.
Van den Berg, who came from the English second division club Middlesbrough for eight million euros plus, FC “several weeks” will be missing, as the club says. However, the 21-year-old central defender should by no means be as long as Sturm-Youngster Youssoupha Niang, who was operated on the shoulder in July and is still not training with the team again.
Tuesday, September 16, 2025
Lukas Kwasniok can prepare for the away game at RB Leipzig with almost full of squad strength. On Tuesday at the start of training of the billy goats into the new week, only the three long -term injuries Rav van den Berg, Luca Kilian and Youssoupha Niang were missing.
Van den Berg is said to be operated on the shoulder this week, while Kilian with his third cruciate ligament rupture is indefinitely. Niang, on the other hand, works in rehab after his shoulder surgery in July and is to be gradually introduced to the team in October.
Monday, September 15, 2025
The 1. FC Köln will have to do without Rav van Denberg for several weeks. The Dutchman had fallen unhappily on the shoulder against VfL Wolfsburg on Saturday after a foul by Lovro Majer and had to be replaced. The medical examination on Sunday then showed the bitter diagnosis: the central defender has suffered a shoulder -deck blast and will have to undergo surgery during the week.