This makes Köln one of only four clubs to have won the double in the Bundesliga era. Köln had another losing DFB-Pokal final appearance in , before winning the competition for a fourth time in Two second place Bundesliga finishes, in —89 and —90 , and another DFB-Pokal final loss in , marked the end of a glorious thirty-year period for FC Köln.

In recent years, the club's performance has been mixed. The FC holds the dubious distinction of the worst goal drought in Bundesliga history: in , the supporters had to wait excruciating minutes equivalent to and-a-half games until Thomas Cichon found the back of the net again.

FC Köln was the most successful club in West Germany in terms of total points won. Beginning in the early s, however, the club's performance fell, and in it was relegated for the first time.

Since about , the side has been a " yo-yo team ", moving between the first and second divisions. It has returned to the Bundesliga at the end of the —05 season as 2.

Bundesliga champions after having been relegated the season before. There was little optimism about their return to the top flight as they were picked by German football magazine kicker as one of the clubs most likely to be relegated.

This prediction came true when Köln lost to Hamburger SV 1—0 in the third-to-last match of the season. The club finished the season in second-last place and was relegated after conceding a league-worst 71 goals.

The team's most prolific goal scorer was Lukas Podolski with a total of 12 goals, who transferred to Bayern Munich after the end of the season.

In late , former coach Christoph Daum was convinced to once again take the helm of the 2. Bundesliga club and succeeded in leading the club back to the Bundesliga in Köln's former star-striker Lukas Podolski returned for the —10 season.

After a poor run of form in the —11 season , recording only one win from its opening nine Bundesliga fixtures, Köln replaced coach Zvonimir Soldo with Frank Schaefer.

Schaefer, who was originally in charge of the under team of Köln, decided after the season that he would rather spend more time with his family than be a coach in the Bundesliga.

After earning just eight points in the first 13 matches of the second half of the season, Schaefer and former Köln player Dirk Lottner replaced Solbakken.

In April the club members elected a new board of directors, Werner Spinner as president, Markus Ritterbach for marketing, and Toni Schumacher for sport.

In the —13 season , under new trainer Holger Stanislawski , Köln finished in fifth place in the 2.

Bundesliga , missing out on promotion back to the top division. In the board hired Jörg Jakobs as director of football who then got promoted in to sporting director, chief scout and director of the academy.

Wehrle was working as assistant for VfB Stuttgart president Erwin Staudt, especially for rebuilding the stadium.

Bundesliga and earned promotion to the top division. It was followed by a 12th place —15 , ninth in —16 , and fifth place in — After the club's return the European stage, fortunes quickly changed.

The team experienced an unsuccessful start to the —18 Bundesliga season gaining only three points from its first sixteen matches.

At the same time, the club's Europa League campaign ended after the group stage. Bundesliga at the end of the year. Ahead of the —19 season , Markus Anfang was appointed manager with a mandate to achieve an immediate return to the top flight.

He was signed to a contract until FC Saarbrücken , the club decided to terminate Beierlorzer's contract on 9 November Both signed contracts until The team plays its home matches in the Müngersdorfer Stadion , also known as the RheinEnergie Stadion for sponsorship purposes.

It has a seating capacity of 50, and the average attendance in the —16 season was 48, However, most fans still call the stadium "Müngersdorfer Stadion", named after the suburb of Müngersdorf, where it is located.

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