News blog about 1. FC Cologne
“Worrying!” That’s what it’s like for this FC star
Updated 11/20/2025 – 3:07 p.mReading time: 35 minutes
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Thursday, November 20, 2025
The 1. FC Cologne continues to worry about the use of Marius Bülter against Eintracht Frankfurt. After his gastrointestinal infection, the attacker was back on the training pitch on Thursday, but according to Lukas Kwasniok, the illness took a toll on him. “When he ran up again for the first time on Tuesday, I was really scared,” said the trainer.
Bülter had “lost a lot of weight” due to the infection and his face was not only “white,” but “glassy. You could see through it,” said Kwasniok. He rules out a starting eleven nomination on Saturday. It remains to be seen whether Bülter can play at all. In view of the weight loss, Kwasniok noted with a smile: “This illness would have been good for me – but not for him.”
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Rav van den Berg played in a competitive game for the first time since his serious shoulder injury on Tuesday evening. The central defender of the 1. FC Cologne had on September 13th at the away game Wolfsburg suffered a sprained acromioclavicular joint and had to be operated on. The Dutchman only returned to team training in the week before the international break.
The defender was then promptly nominated for the Dutch U21 national team. However, his release came in close consultation with FC, who had already enjoyed five days off during the break. By taking part in the European Championship qualifiers, Van den Berg was not only able to keep up with the training rhythm, but was also able to collect his first important minutes of play on Tuesday.
In the 1:3 defeat against Israel The U21 captain was back in the starting line-up 66 days after his injury and was substituted after just under an hour. On Thursday, the most expensive FC signing from last summer will return to team training at Geißbockheim and is expected to play against Eintracht on Saturday evening Frankfurt also celebrate his comeback in the FC jersey.
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Timo Hübers is back at Geißbockheim. Three and a half weeks after his serious knee injury, which he suffered in the game against Borussia Dortmund the central defender can now continue his rehab near his teammates. The physiotherapists from 1. FC Köln had previously visited Hübers in his Cologne apartment every day. So now the first step forward on the way back.