Team information
- Sport
- Soccer
- League
- Bundesliga
- Founded
- 1948
- Home market
- Köln, Germany
1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e. V., commonly known as simply 1. FC Köln or FC Cologne in English, is a German association football club based in Cologne. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs Kölner Ballspiel-Club 1901 and SpVgg Sülz 07. Köln gained promotion back to the Bundesliga in the 2018–19 season after being relegated to 2. Bundesliga the previous season. The team won the first Bundesliga in 1963. The club's nickname Die Geißböcke (The Billy Goats) refers to the club's mascot, a
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