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The midfield director and later world and European champion played 149 Bundesliga games for Cologne and scored 17 goals. Olaf Janßen was the most important new signing, playing 209 Bundesliga games for FC in eleven years at the club. In the following years, the club was able to consolidate itself economically again under the new president Hartmann. But was unable to achieve any further success in the league in the 1920s. In the league they were disappointed again, Cologne wintered in 14th place, only five points ahead of the first relegation zone. For the 1950/51 season, the creation of a 2nd league (initially also II. 95.: Huge chance for Eintracht after a mistake by Bassey on a back pass, Borre intervenes, starts towards the goal, and at the very last moment Bassey can do that If you make a tackle, a clear chance to finish turns into just a corner kick. In the UEFA Cup, FC Köln won against IFK Norrköping and Internacionál Bratislava and were narrowly eliminated in the round of 16 against Atalanta Bergamo (1:1, 0:1). FC then suspended Schumacher, ending his 15-year era in Cologne. The new regular goalkeeper was Bodo Illgner, who had already replaced the suspended Schumacher in the last games of the previous season.

The start of the season was thoroughly botched, after seven games they only managed one win and were in 16th place. Georg Keßler was then given a leave of absence and Christoph Daum was installed as the new coach. After the poor start to the season, Daum led the team to tenth place, securely in the middle of the table. In the first leg, the team laid the foundation for progress with a convincing 4-0 win. In the third round the opponent was Red Star Belgrade, who won the first leg in Belgrade 2-0, but Cologne turned the duel around with a 3-0 home win. The team failed in the cup in the third round. While the team was embarrassed by the 1-0 defeat against Viktoria Aschaffenburg in the second round of the DFB Cup, they played consistently well in the Bundesliga and had a long chance of winning the championship, which Werder Bremen ultimately secured. The cup was already over in round two against 1. FC Kaiserslautern. As in the previous year, they were eliminated from the cup in the second round against Hannover 96. The UEFA Cup also ended early; the team lost to Celtic Glasgow in the first round (2:0, 0:3). It was the last appearance in this competition for 25 years, until the 2017/18 season, which is now known as the UEFA Europa League.

Meanwhile, Cologne failed in the first round of the DFB Cup. A possible UEFA Cup victory was made even more difficult by a UEFA decision that banned Cologne from the second leg of the final because, according to the ruling, there were riots by Cologne fans during the second leg of the semi-final in Belgium. In this, the Cologne team found no remedy against Juventus' strong defensive work, the game ended 0-0 and FC was eliminated. With three titles (1972, 1980, 1996) from six final appearances, the DFB team is the most successful national team alongside Spain. Only six of the possible 34 points were scored away from home. Just four days after the rescue in the Bundesliga, the first leg of the final took place in Madrid's Estadio Santiago Bernabéu. The FC took a 1-0 lead thanks to a goal from Klaus Allofs, but fell behind 1-2 before half-time due to a double strike from the “Royal”. Polster scored again 17 times and Labbadia scored 15 goals.

↑ Götze's goal for the World Cup title is the "goal of the decade". The THW Kiel team on August 15, 2010. The injured players Kim Andersson and Daniel Narcisse are missing. In the UEFA Cup they initially beat Royal Antwerp and the Glasgow Rangers through before the team narrowly failed in the round of 16 against Real Sociedad (0:1, 2:2). In the DFB Cup they were eliminated again in round two, this time against SV Waldhof Mannheim. In the 1993/94 season they had to The team again had to cope with a number of departures. The 1985/86 season was marked by serious problems in the national competitions and reaching the final of the UEFA Cup. In the 1998/99 season, Arsenal led the table for a long time until the club lost 0 1:1 defeat against Leeds United was overtaken by Manchester United. However, when Liverpool FC won the FA Cup in 1965, he represented the injured left winger Gordon Milne in the final win against Leeds United. Altendorff had scored five goals in 28 appearances and played predominantly as a left winger. In this context, the media has already reported on a "curse" that befell some players who had played a lot of games in England's junior teams. Pl. Players won tournaments. Initially, Udo Lattek, who had previously been sports director at FC for four years, and Johannes took over “Hannes” Linßen for one game each before Jörg Berger was hired.