Newsblog for 1. FC Cologne
After a strong blow: FC has to do without strikers
Updated on September 23, 2025 – 10:04 pmReading time: 9 min.
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Tuesday, September 23, 2025
Three days after the first defeat of the season, the professionals of the 1st FC Köln resumed training on Tuesday morning. Coach Lukas Kwasniok had given his players two days off after the performance, but not the result in 1: 3 against RB Leipzig. At the start of the preparation for the next home game against VfB Stuttgart, the 44-year-old had to do without his top striker Marius Bülter (two goals).
The attacker had got a painful blow on his thigh in Leipzig and stayed in the cabin at the second half. On Tuesday, the 32-year-old was finally missing due to “individual control”, as the club announced. The long -term injuries Luca Kilian (cruciate ligament rupture), Youssoupha Niang and Rav van den Berg (both shoulder injuries) are also missing.
Monday, September 22, 2025
The 1. FC Köln would have liked to hire Raphael Obermair from SC Paderborn in the past transfer period. The player would also like to switch to the Bundesliga promoted team and had already agreed with the Cologne. In the end, however, those responsible for the SCP pushed a stop to the transfer.
“I think everyone can understand that I am disappointed,” said the midfielder for the first time after the break. “Maybe I am also angry in a certain way,” added Obermair after the 2-0 away win of the Paderborner at Hertha BSC. The 29-year-old was in contact with FC for a long time. This uncertainty would have mentally burdened him. “But it doesn’t help. I keep going to get the chance again,” said Obermair, who would be free in the summer of 2026.
Sunday, September 21, 2025
Almost a week before the general assembly, Jörn Stobbe, Ulf Sobek and Jörg Alvermann return. The Südkurve EV, the umbrella organization of active FC fan clubs, has given an election recommendation for the board team proposed by the member council.
“In the past few weeks, we have been able to have all three board teams to get a personal picture of all candidates. We have come to the conclusion that the ‘Team FC’ fulfills the necessary criteria in order to be able to lead 1. FC Cologne as a board,” says a message. In addition to the Stobbe team, the Team Strom and Team Adenauer will apply for the three board positions next Saturday.