1. FC Köln
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Last 4 matches
Hamburger SV L 1-2 Round 4 · Sep 19 · Away · 4-2-3-1 → 
Squad
Schwäbe 
Zieler 
James 
Köbbing 
Schmied 
Pauli 
Hübers 
Mensah 
Castro-Montes 
Simpson-Pusey 
Lochoshvili 
Sebulonsen 
van den Berg 
Bakatukanda 
Neumann 
Krauß 
Skhiri 
Jóhannesson 
Okon-Engstler 
Thielmann 
Neves 
Maina 
Harchaoui 
Kujovic 
Sosa 
Waldschmidt 
Ache 
El Mala 
Heskey 
El Mala 
Dallinga 
Bülter 
Rondic 
Moore 
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Werder Bremen Common questions
Who starts for 1. FC Köln in the latest lineup?
Against Hamburger SV, 1. FC Köln started Schwäbe, Castro-Montes, Simpson-Pusey, Lochoshvili, Mensah, Skhiri, Krauß, Maina, Moore, El Mala and Dallinga, in a 4-2-3-1. The sheet above shows the same eleven with shirt numbers.
What formation does 1. FC Köln play?
1. FC Köln lined up in a 4-2-3-1 most recently, and has also used 4-3-3 in recent matches.
Who captains 1. FC Köln?
Schwäbe wears the armband in the current 1. FC Köln squad.
Can I build my own 1. FC Köln lineup?
Yes. The free web builder opens with 1. FC Köln loaded — pick the eleven, set the formation and export the image. The iOS and Android app adds ratings, goals, cards and up to 100 saved lineups.
Are the 1. FC Köln lineups up to date?
Every Bundesliga matchday is published within hours of full time, and this page is rebuilt with it — lineups, results and the table.
About 1. FC Köln
1. FC Köln are a football club from Germany, playing in the Bundesliga 2026/27. They are 13th in the table with 4 points from 4 matches, having won 1, drawn 1 and lost 2.
Their most recent lineup was a 4-2-3-1, a 1–2 away loss to Hamburger SV on September 19, 2026. That XI read Schwäbe, Castro-Montes, Simpson-Pusey, Lochoshvili, Mensah, Skhiri, Krauß, Maina, Moore, El Mala and Dallinga, the eleven Wagner picked. Recent sheets also show a 4-3-3. Form over the last 4 matches, newest first, reads L-D-L-W, with 6 goals scored and 9 conceded.
The 34-player squad lists 4 goalkeepers, 11 defenders, 10 midfielders and 9 attackers. Fifteen nationalities are in it: 15 players from Germany, and the rest from England, Netherlands, Bosnia and Herzegovina, France, Switzerland and Ghana and elsewhere. 1. FC Köln play Borussia Mönchengladbach next, on Sunday, October 11, 2026. This page is rebuilt after every Bundesliga matchday, with the newest starting XI as an image, the result and the updated table.
Every player on this page is in the app, photos and ratings included. Build your XI, export the image, share it.