1. FC Köln in the DFB Cup: Already ten times out in round one

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Tough cup fight: On February 3, 2021, Jahn Regensburg triumphed with Kaan Caliskaner (right) in the round of 16 of the DFB Cup after a penalty shoot-out against 1. FC Köln around Benno Schmitz. Now the duel will be repeated in the first round of 2022/23.

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It has been official since Sunday (May 29, 2022): 1. FC Köln have to play second division club SSV Jahn Regensburg in the first round of the DFB Cup. Here’s Cologne’s big cup record.

Bitter déjà vu or the great redemption? 1. FC Köln must have followed the draw for the first round of the DFB Cup on Sunday evening (May 29, 2022) with mixed feelings. Los-Fee Kevin Großkreutz (33) gave the billy goats in the Dortmund Football Museum a very piquant opponent right on the first move: second division side SSV Jahn Regensburg.

Ostbayern, where FC has to play between July 29th and August 1st, undoubtedly brings back unpleasant memories in Cologne. Specifically: On February 3, 2021, Regensburg caught up a 2-0 deficit in the round of 16 – and finally threw the Bundesliga club out of the competition after a true penalty thriller (4: 3). From Cologne’s point of view it is clear: Now the mission of revenge is imminent for coach Steffen Baumgart (50) and his team.

1. FC Köln: The big record in the DFB Cup

And: Cologne’s competitive record against Regensburg is positive despite the bitter cup elimination a year ago. The two clubs have met five times so far: twice in the 2nd Bundesliga in 2012/13 and 2018/19 (three Cologne wins, one defeat). And that February last year in the cup round of 16.

At the time, it was one of several low points in Cologne’s almost relegation season. And the record so far in the DFB Cup has also been characterized by ups and downs.

So far, Cologne has been able to lift the cup trophy four times in its club history: in 1968 there was a 4-1 win against VfL Bochum, in 1977 (1-0 against Hertha BSC) and 1978 (2-0 against Fortuna Dusseldorf) managed the double strike in the cup competition. In the derby against Fortuna Cologne (1-0) in 1983 followed FC’s last cup coup to date.

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The record so far: FC have played 63 times in the cup so far. Ten times it was over in the first round, most recently in the 2007/08 season against the second team from Werder Bremen (2:4 after extra time on August 5, 2007 – at that time reserve teams were still eligible to start in the DFB Cup). But: The journey also led to the final ten times. There, however, the quota looks less pleasing: Six finals (1954, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1980 and 1991) were lost.

The round of 16 was the last stop 19 times, most recently in the penalty drama about Florian Kainz (29) against Hamburger SV last season. FC reached the quarter-finals seven times, three times (1972, 1995 and 2002) they were eliminated from the semi-finals (1972, 1995 and 2002).

Here is the complete record of 1. FC Köln in the DFB Cup:

2021/22 Round of 16: Hamburger SV 4:5 nE

2020/21 Round of 16: Jahn Regensburg 5: 6 nE

2019/20 Second round: 1. FC Saarbrücken 2:3

2018/19 Second round: FC Schalke 04 6:7 nE

2017/18 Round of 16: FC Schalke 04 0:1

2016/17 Round of 16: Hamburger SV 0:2

2015/16 Second round: Werder Bremen 0:1

2014/15 Round of 16: SC Freiburg 1:2

2013/14 Round of 16: Hamburger SV 1:2

2012/13 Round of 16: VfB Stuttgart 1:2

2011/12 Second round: TSG Hoffenheim 1:2

2010/11 Round of 16: MSV Duisburg 1:2

2009/10 Quarterfinals: FC Augsburg 0:2

2008/09 Second round: 1. FSV Mainz 05 1:3

2007/08 First round: Werder Bremen II 2:4 aet

2006/07 Round of 16: Eintracht Frankfurt 1: 3 a.e.t

2005/06 First round: Kickers Offenbach 1:3

2004/05 Second round: Hansa Rostock 5:7 nE

2003/04 Round of 16: Greuther Fürth 2:4 nE

2002/03 Quarterfinals: FC Bayern Munich 0:8

2001/02 Semi-finals: Bayer Leverkusen 1:3 a.e.t

2000/01 First round: 1. FC Magdeburg 2:5

1999/00 Round of 16: VfB Stuttgart 0:4

1998/99 First round: Hansa Rostock 0:1

1997/98 First round: SSV Ulm 1846 1:3

1996/97 Second round: FSV Zwickau 1:3 a.e.t

1995/96 First round: Beckumer SV 3:4 nE

1994/95 Semifinals: VfL Wolfsburg 0:1

1993/94 Third round: FC Bayern Munich II 4:5 nE

1992/93 Second round: MSV Duisburg 3:4 nE

1991/92 Third round: Bayer Leverkusen 0:2

1990/91 Final: Werder Bremen 4:5 nE

1989/90 Round of 16: 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1:2

1988/89 Second round: Waldhof Mannheim 1:2

1987/88 Second round: Viktoria Aschaffenburg 0:1

1986/87 Round of 16: Bayer 05 Uerdingen 1:3

1985/86 Second round: 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1:4 a.e.t

1984/85 Second round: Hanover 96 1:2

1983/84 Round of 16: Hannover 96 2:3

1982/83 Winner in the final against Fortuna Cologne 1:0

1981/82 First round: MSV Duisburg 1:2

1980/81 Second round: SC Freiburg 1:1 a.e.t. 1:3

1979/80 Finale: Fortuna Düsseldorf 1:2

1978/79 Round of 16: Hertha BSC 0:2 aet

1977/78 Winner in the final against Fortuna Dusseldorf 2:0

1976/77 Winner in the final against Hertha BSC 1:0

1975/76 Quarterfinals: Bayern Munich 2:5

1974/75 Round of 16: Fortuna Düsseldorf 2:5

1973/74 Quarter-finals: Eintracht Frankfurt 3: 4 a.e.t

1972/73 Final: Borussia Mönchengladbach 1: 2 nV

1971/72 Semifinals: FC Schalke 04 4:1, 7:11 nE

1970/71 Final: FC Bayern Munich 1:2 aet

1969/70 Final: Kickers Offenbach 1:2

1968/69 First round: VfB Stuttgart 0:1

1967/68 Winner in the final against VfL Bochum 4:1

1966/67 Round of 16: Hamburger SV 0:0 a.e.t. 0:2

1965/66 Round of 16: Bayern Munich 0:2

1964/65 First round: 1. FC Nuremberg 0:2

1963/64 Quarterfinals: Hertha BSC 2:4

1961/62 Quarterfinals: Eintracht Frankfurt 1:2 aet

1960/61 Quarterfinals: Werder Bremen 2:3

1954/55 Round of 16: 1. FC Kaiserslautern 0:7

1953/54 Final: VfB Stuttgart 0: 1 nV