Georg Koch

Born in Bergisch Gladbach, Koch started his career playing at amateur club SpVgg Erkenschwick before becoming a professional in January 1992, when he moved to the Bundesliga with Fortuna Düsseldorf. He was only understudy to firmly established Jörg Schmadtke in his first months, making no appearances. After Fortuna was relegated with a 20th-place finish, Koch eventually became the club's first choice, helping it return to the top division in 1994–95, and continued in that position in the following years; he made his debut in the competition on 11 August 1995, at Werder Bremen. In June 1997, shortly after another top flight relegation, Koch agreed terms with PSV Eindhoven, but spent only three months with the Dutch club and returned to Germany in October 1997, signing with Arminia Bielefeld, where he played a further two-and-a-half campaigns, with one relegation and one promotion. During the 2000 winter break, Koch left for 1. FC Kaiserslautern and became the club's first-choice goalkeeper in March 2000, after spending six matches as understudy to Uwe Gospodarek. He went on to make nine league appearances throughout the final eleven matchdays of the season and remained first choice in the following two seasons, but lost his position to the young Tim Wiese in early 2003, and left the club at the end of that season. In August 2003, Koch signed with Energie Cottbus, which competed in the second division at the time, and subsequently made 26 appearances for the club in the league…

Club

PSV

Johan Cruyff Shield: 1997