Wikipedia - 1. FC Köln II

1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e. V. II, commonly known as simply 1. FC Köln II or 2. FC Köln, is a German football team based in Cologne. It is the reserve team of German association football club 1. FC Köln.

The team has qualified for the first round of the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup, seven times and managed to reach the second round, three times. The team currently plays in the fourth tier of German Football, the Regionalliga West.

History

Their biggest ever win was in May 2013 when they defeated MSV Duisburg II 9-0. In the 2001–02 season, the managed to win the Oberliga Nordrhein and was promoted to the Regionalliga Nord, but was then relegated back to it in the 2007–08 season. They joined the Regionalliga West in 2008 when the Oberliga Nordrhein became defunct and finished 8th in their first season.

They have played in the DFB-Pokal 10 times. The first ever time was in the 1976–77 season when they were knocked out in the first round by Hamburger SV. The most recent time playing in the cup was in the 2005–06 season when they were knocked out by Hannover 96 in the first round, in a 0-4 home loss.

FC Köln II er et tysk fotballag fra Köln i Nordrhein-Westfalen. Laget er reserve- og ungdomslaget til 1. FC Köln, og spiller i Regionalliga West, den fjerde øverste divisjonen i Tyskland.

FC Köln II ble grunnlagt i 1991, og har siden spilt på forskjellige nivåer i det tyske ligasystemet. Laget var i en periode fast inventar i 2. Bundesliga, men rykket ned i Regionalliga West i 2020.

FC Köln II spiller hjemmekampene sine på Sportpark Höhenberg, som har en kapasitet på 5000 tilskuere. Lagets drakter er i hvitt og rødt, som er de samme fargene som 1. FC Kölns drakter.

FC Köln II har fostret en rekke talentfulle spillere som senere har spilt for 1. FC Köln og andre tyske klubber. Noen av de mest kjente spillerne som har spilt for FC Köln II inkluderer Lukas Podolski, Timo Horn og Florian Kainz.

I sesongen 2022/23 trenes FC Köln II av Markus Anfang. Lagets viktigste spillere inkluderer blant annet Justin Schaub, Joshua Schwirten og Justin Diehl.