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So Struber’s first encounter with the Cologne Carnival
Updated on 02/27/2025 – 12:24 p.m.Reading time: 28 min.
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Thursday, February 27, 2025
The team of 1. FC Köln on Weiberfastnacht can only follow the start of the street carnival from a safe distance. Shortly before the peak of the session, the second division team held its mandatory matchday press conference on Thursday at 11 a.m. before the away game at Karlsruher SC. The annual FC meeting in the Maritim Hotel on Heumarkt was already two days ago.
For FC coach Gerhard Struber, this was the first real encounter with the Cologne Carnival. “It was a nice, cool evening. We really had fun with each other,” the Austrian looked back at the meeting. For the trainer, it is “a new moment to experience how the party is celebrated here and what the carnival does with people.” Already on Wednesday morning, however, the FC professionals were back on the training ground and prepared for the duel at the KSC.
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Eric Martel is fit again. The key player on the defensive of the 1st FC Köln rose entirely into the team training of the billy goats on Wednesday. The duel and running of six is available to FC for the away game at Karlsruher SC on Saturday evening.
While Martel survived his muscle injury, Tim Lemperle, on the other hand, was missing again in training. The striker will also not be available to the FC as well as Julian Pauli, who continues to laborate the consequences of a head injury.
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Damion Downs can make chances of participating in the 2026 World Cup in Canada, Mexico and the USA. On Sunday, Miguel D’Agostino attended the assistant of the American national coach Mauricio Pochettino the home game of 1. FC Köln against Fortuna Düsseldorf (1-1) to watch the striker.
On Monday, D’Agostino stayed at the Geißbockheim to exchange ideas with Downs and FC coach Gerhard Struber. The 20-year-old German-American stands after nine goals in this second division season in a 60-member preliminary US squad for the international matches in March. However, the contingent must still be reduced to 23 players. So far, Downs played for the U20 of the German Football Association.
The 1. FC Köln published a special jersey on Monday-but not for the carnival session, but for the highlight game of the FC women on March 9 in the RheinEnergieStadion against FC Bayern Munich. The billy goats took the duel as an opportunity to design their own special jersey for the first time in FC history of the women’s team.
“For the first time with our partner Hummel, we offer a limited jersey for our FC women. This shows the growing importance of women’s football at FC,” said Managing Director Philipp Türoff. With roses on the jersey and under the motto “Müngersdorf blooms on”, the FC women want to stand up to Bayern in two weeks.
Saturday, February 22, 2025
On Friday, Gerhard Struber announced that Tim Lemperle will fail until March – but on Saturday the striker finally returned to the training ground. Lemperle completed a rehabilitation unit together with Eric Martel and Jacob Christensen.