Dream goal with the heel
Cologne fails again – Augsburg starts mini-series
Updated February 27, 2026 – 10:31 p.mReading time: 2 minutes
FC Augsburg played in the Bundesliga for the 500th time on Friday evening. The 150th victory was achieved.
FC Augsburg continues to make progress in the Bundesliga. The third win in the third game in a row was achieved against 1. FC Köln on Friday evening with a 2-0 win. Rodrigo Ribeiro took the lead – fantastically with his heel (55th). In stoppage time, Alexis Claude-Maurice followed up with a goal into an empty goal (90+5).
With the home win, the Augsburgers have moved seven points ahead of the less form-strong Cologne team, who only got one out of twelve possible points from the last four games. While Augsburg can at least breathe a sigh of relief when looking at the table with 31 points, things remain threatening for coach Lukas Kwasniok’s Cologne team with only 24 points in their account.
The young star Said El Mala, who only came on for the last half hour after his muscular problems during the week, was no longer able to prevent the team from going bankrupt due to their overall too timid attacking efforts. Cologne only got one point in the last four games. This was also due to the fact that Augsburg collectively prevented the equalizer on the line in the fourth minute of stoppage time.
“We are hungry for more,” FCA coach Manuel Baum emphasized before the game. His in-form team – only Dortmund scored more points in the second half of the season – demonstrated this in front of 30,660 spectators in the sold-out WWK Arena. The Augsburgers acted more alertly in the early stages and were more determined in the duels. Ribeiro (4th) and Noahkai Banks (11th) failed in their shots due to FC keeper Marwin Schwäbe.
After the promising initial phase, the guests calmed down the game, which then lost its spirit overall. Towards the end of the first half, the Rhinelanders briefly became a little braver around last week’s dream goalscorer, overhead kick artist Ragnar Ache. When Eric Martel’s header hit the crossbar (38′), Jakub Kaminski’s corner didn’t take much to give them a surprising lead. Last year’s U21 national team captain stayed out after the break with a yellow card.
