2011–12 1. FC Köln season

1. FC Köln
2011–12 season
Manager Ståle Solbakken
Stadium RheinEnergieStadion
Bundesliga 10th (ongoing)
DFB-Pokal 2nd Round
Top goalscorer League: Lukas Podolski (14)
All: Lukas Podolski (14)
Highest home attendance (v. Borussia Mönchengladbach) 50.000
Lowest home attendance (v. 1. FC Nuremberg) 43.200
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
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The 2011–12 1. FC Köln season began on 31 July 2011 against Wiedenbrück 2000 in a DFB-Pokal 1st round match. They play their home matches in RheinEnergieStadion.

The club hired Ståle Solbakken as their new head coach. The board of directors announced their resignation at the annual general meeting. Speculation concerning Lukas Podolski's future at 1. FC Köln has been written about a lot during the season. 1. FC Köln were eliminated from the German Cup in the 2nd Round. Theclub were in 10th place half way through the season. The club went to Portimão, Portugal during the winter break.

Contents

Review and events

Off-season

Prior to the last match of last season, 1. FC Köln hired Ståle Solbakken as their new head coach.[1][2] He previously coached FC Copenhagen.[1] Also on the last matchday of last season, Petit tore his anterior cruciate ligament in a match against Schalke 04 and has yet to debut this season.[2][3]

Pre-season

Arsenal F.C. defeated 1. FC Köln 2–1.[4] On 25 July, Solbakken named Pedro Geromel captain.[5] Lukas Podolski was Geromel's predecessor.[5]

Season

On 31 July, 1. FC Köln opened up their season with a 3–0 German Cup win against Wiedenbrück 2000.[6]

1. FC Köln were eliminated from the German Cup in the 2nd Round.[7]

On 13 November, Wolfgang Overath along with deputies Friedrich Neukirch and Jürgen Glowacz resigned from the board of directors.[8][9] Overath stated how there was a "strain in recent months" for all of them and "frustration, inner conflict, and wear and tear".[8] Overath also stated how the board was "not always a team" and how he "was reviled and insulted in a way, as I have never experienced before.".[8][9]

On 19 November, the match against Mainz 05 was canceled after referee for the match, Babak Rafati, attempted suicide.[10][11] The match was eventually rescheduled for 13 December.[12]

1. FC Köln stated that they would allow Sebastian Freis and Kevin Pezzoni to leave for free.[13]

For the winter break, 1. FC Köln returns to practice on 2 January 2012 at 11:00 CET (UTC+01) and will have a training camp in Portimão, Portugal from 5 January to 12 January.[14]

Lukas Podolski

Lukas Podolski's future at 1. FC Köln has been speculated much during the first half of the season by the media. Turkish media announced how Podolski and Galatasaray S.K. had already agreed.[15] These rumours were proved false when Podolski was still at 1. FC Köln when the transfer deadline passed. In August, Sports Director Volker Finke stated how the club absolutely must keep Podolski at all cost.[15]

Arsenal F.C., Lokomotiv Moscow, Galatasaray S.K., S.S. Lazio and Schalke 04 are all known to be interested in Podolski and have been tracking him during the first half of season.[16][17] However, it would be difficult for Schalke 04 to sign Podolski. Podolski stated that "a change in the Bundesliga is for me very difficult to imagine".[18] Arsène Wenger has denied that he wants to purchase Podolski during the winter tansfer period.[19] Die Welt has reported that Wenger has no interest in Podolski at all.[20]

Finke stated on 11 December that "Podolski would not be part of the squad for 2012-13, if he did not sign an extension" while Podolski responded by stating "he would be willing to play for the amateurs or sit in the stands while his current deal expired".[16] 1. FC Köln is about €25 million in debt and Finke doesn't believe that 1. FC Köln can afford a free transfer.[16][21] Deutsche Welle stated that the "more logical decision" would be to sell Podolski during the winter transfer period because he is not cup-tied to any club in UEFA's European competitions and how their position to sell would be weaken if they wait for next summer.[16]

Jürgen Klopp came out and critized Podolski.[22] Klopp stated how Podolski only plays well every other week and is too expensive because of this.[22] Podolski stated how he turned down Klopp twice and how Borussia Dortmund can't afford him because they don't have anymore UEFA Champions League revenue this season.[22]

Arsenal F.C. defender Per Mertesacker stated how Podolski, along with former Arsenal F.C. striker Thierry Henry,would br "perfect acquisitions".[23]

Matches

Legend

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Bundesliga

DFB-Pokal

Squad information

Transfers

In

N
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 Name
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 EU
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window		 Ends
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fee		 Source

Out

N
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window		 Transfer
fee		 Source

Roster and statistics

Roster, appearances, goals and assists

As of 29 December 2011 (2011 -12-29)

Squad Season 2011-12
Players Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Totals
No. Player Nat. Birthday at FCK since Previous club MP G A MP G A MP G A
Goalkeepers
1 Michael Rensing 01985-05-14 14 May 1985 2011 Bayern Munich 15 0 0 1 0 0 16 0 0
22 Miro Varvodić 01989-05-15 15 May 1989 2008 Hajduk Split 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
24 Daniel Schwabke 01989-07-19 19 July 1989 2007 1. FC Magdeburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Timo Horn 01993-05-12 12 May 1993 2002 SC Rondorf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 Mišo Brečko 01984-05-01 1 May 1984 2008 Hamburger SV 13 0 0 2 0 0 15 0 0
3 Ammar Jemal 01987-04-20 20 April 1987 2011 BSC Young Boys 9 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0
4 Christian Eichner 01982-11-24 24 November 1982 2011 1899 Hoffenheim 14 0 1 2 0 0 16 0 1
12 Andrezinho 01981-10-09 9 October 1981 2010 Vitória Guimarães 6 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 0
17 Henrique Sereno 01985-05-18 18 May 1985 2011 F.C. Porto 13 0 0 1 0 0 14 0 0
18 Tomoaki Makino 01987-05-11 11 May 1987 2011 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
21 Pedro Geromel (captain) 01985-09-21 21 September 1985 2008 Vitória Guimarães 12 0 0 1 0 1 13 0 1
23 Kevin McKenna 01980-01-21 21 January 1980 2007 Energie Cottbus 11 1 0 0 0 0 11 1 0
35 Alexander Vaaßen 01991-12-09 9 December 1991 1998 Viktoria Thorr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
5 Sascha Riether 01983-03-23 23 March 1983 2011 VfL Wolfsburg 17 0 0 2 0 0 19 0 0
6 Kevin Pezzoni 01989-03-22 22 March 1989 2008 Blackburn Rovers 5 0 0 2 0 0 7 0 0
8 Petit 01976-09-25 25 September 1976 2008 S.L. Benfica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Martin Lanig 01984-07-11 11 July 1984 2010 VfB Stuttgart 15 0 0 2 0 0 17 0 0
15 Sławomir Peszko 01985-02-19 19 February 1985 2011 Lech Poznań 17 1 5 2 0 1 19 1 6
19 Mato Jajalo 01988-05-24 24 May 1988 2010 A.C. Siena 17 3 3 2 2 0 19 5 3
20 Adil Chihi 01988-02-21 21 February 1988 2004 Fortuna Düsseldorf 10 2 0 1 0 0 11 2 0
25 Adam Matuszczyk 01989-02-14 14 February 1989 2003 VfB Dillingen 9 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0
28 Odise Roshi 01991-05-22 22 May 1991 2011 Flamurtari Vlorë 8 0 0 2 0 0 10 0 0
29 Christopher Buchtmann 01992-04-25 25 April 1992 2010 Fulham F.C. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
7 Sebastian Freis 01985-04-23 23 April 1985 2009 Karlsruher SC 4 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 1
10 Lukas Podolski 01985-06-04 4 June 1985 2009 Bayern Munich 16 14 5 2 0 1 18 14 6
11 Milivoje Novakovič 01979-05-18 18 May 1979 2006 Litex Lovech 7 2 3 1 2 0 8 4 3
14 Alexandru Ioniţă 01989-08-05 5 August 1989 2010 Rapid București 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Christian Clemens 01991-08-04 4 August 1991 2001 SC Köln Weiler-Volkhoven 15 4 2 2 0 0 17 4 2
31 Mark Uth 01991-08-24 24 August 1991 2009 Viktoria Köln 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 Thiemo-Jerome Kialka 01989-01-12 12 January 1989 2007 VfL 93 Hamburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MP = Matches played — G = Goals scored — A = Assists
Sources:[6][7][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][3][31]

Goalkeeping statistics

As of 29 December 2011 (2011 -12-29)

Goals against average
Goalkeeper Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Totals Sources
Mins GA GAA Mins GA GAA Mins GA GAA
Michael Rensing 1.350 31 2,07 90 2 2,00 1.440 33 2,06 [26]
Miro Varvodić 180 4 2,00 90 0 0,00 270 4 1,33 [27]
Daniel Schwabke 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 — [28]
Timo Horn 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 — [29]
Totals 1.530 35 2,06 180 2 1,00 1.710 37 1,95 —
Mins = Minutes played — GA = Goals against — GAA = Goals against average

Penalty shots

As of 29 December 2011 (2011 -12-29)

Penalty shots
Players Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Totals Sources
Goals Attempts Goals Attempts Goals Attempts
Lukas Podolski 2 2 0 0 2 2 [31]

Disciplinary

Bookings

As of 29 December 2011 (2011 -12-29)

Bookings
Sources:[6][7][25]
Players Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Totals
Henrique Sereno 5 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 1
Mišo Brečko 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 1
Milivoje Novakovič 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Martin Lanig 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
Sławomir Peszko 4 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0
Sascha Riether 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
Tomoaki Makino 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
Kevin McKenna 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
Mato Jajalo 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
Adil Chihi 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Michael Rensing 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Ammar Jemal 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Lukas Podolski 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
Christian Eichner 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
Andrezinho 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Adam Matuszczyk 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Odise Roshi 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Christian Clemens 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

Suspensions

As of 29 December 2011 (2011 -12-29)

Player No. of matches Matchday(s) Reason Source
Milivoje Novakovič 1 2 Red Card
(from 2 yellow cards)		 [32]
Mišo Brečko 1 6 Red Card [33]
Henrique Sereno 1 14 Red Card [34]
Martin Lanig 1 14 5 yellow cards [34]
Henrique Sereno 1 18 5 yellow cards

Injury table

As of 29 December 2011 (2011 -12-29)

Player Date of injury Date of return No. of
matches missed		 Time
(in days)		 Source
Petit 15 May 2011 17 309 [2][3]
Michael Rensing 23 July 2011 6 August 2011 1 14 [4][35]
Michael Rensing 19 August 2011 5 September 2011 2 17 [36][37]
Pedro Geromel 17 September 2011 20 October 2011 4 33 [38][39]

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