1. FC Köln

Predecessor sides

Kölner BC was formed on 6 June 1901 by a group of young men who were unhappy as part of the gymnastics club FC Borussia Köln and were more interested in football. BC participated in the Zehnerliga West in the years before World War I and took the Westdeutsche championship in 1912 and advanced to the preliminary rounds of the national finals. Their next best result was in the 1920 league final, where they lost 1–3 to Borussia Mönchengladbach. Spielvereinigung 1907 Köln-Sülz was established in 1907 as Sülzer Sportverein and on 1 January 1919 merged with Fußball Club 1908 Hertha Sülz to form SpVgg. They won the Westdeutscher title in 1928, but lost in the early rounds of the national finals. They went on to play as a top flight club in the Gauliga Mittelrhein, one of sixteen premier level divisions established in 1933 in the reorganization of German football under the Third Reich. After winning a divisional championship in 1939, – they then entered a period of decline in the early 1940s. After the 1941 season, the Gauliga Mittlerhein was split into two new divisions: the Gauliga Köln-Aachen and the Gauliga Moselland, which included clubs from occupied Luxembourg. Sülz struggled until they were united with VfL Köln 1899 for the 1943–44 season, to form the combined wartime side Kriegspielgemeinschaft VfL 99/Sülz 07, which would end up winning the Gauliga Köln-Aachen title by a single point over SG Düren 99 in a close race. The club did not play the next…

Domestic

German football championship/Bundesliga Champions: 1961–62, 1963–64, 1977–78 Runners-up: 1959–60, 1962–63, 1964–65, 1972–73, 1981–82, 1988–89, 1989–90 DFB-Pokal Winners: 1967–68, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1982–83 Runners-up: 1953–54, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1972–73, 1979–80, 1990–91 2. Bundesliga Winners: 1999–2000, 2004–05, 2013–14, 2018–19, 2024–25 Runners-up: 2002–03

International

Easter Cup Winners: 1956 UEFA Cup Runners-up: 1985–86 Uhrencup Winners: 1991

Regional

Oberliga West Winners: 1953–54, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63 Runners-up: 1952–53, 1957–58, 1958–59

Doubles

1977–78: Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal

Reserve team

German amateur champions: 1981

Youth

German Under 19 championship Champions: 1970–71, 2024–25 Runners-up: 1973–74, 1982–83, 1991–92 Under 19 Bundesliga Division West Champions: 2007–08 Runners-up: 2003–04, 2009–10,2013–14, 2014–15 Under 19 Juniors DFB-Pokal Champions: 2012–13 Runners-up: 1990–91, 1993–94 German Under 17 championship Champions: 1989–90, 2010–11, 2018–19 Under 17 Bundesliga Division West Champions: 2010–11, 2011–12, 2018–19 Runners-up: 2008–09