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1. FC Köln

German football club based in Cologne, in North Rhine-Westphalia
Organization association_football_club Q104770
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Summary

  1. FC Köln is an association football club[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of association football club entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,644 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Germany[3]
  • Home venue: RheinEnergie Stadion[4]
  • League or competition: Bundesliga[5]
  • Headquarters location: Cologne[6]
  • Chief executive officer: Thomas Kessler[7]
  • Head coach: Lukas Kwasniok[8], René Wagner[9]
  • Commons category: 1. FC Köln[10]
  • Has part(s): 1. FC Köln[11], 1. FC Köln II[12], 1. FC Köln (women)[13]
  • Inception: February 13, 1948[14]
  • Team captain: Marvin Schwäbe[15]
  • Sport: association football[16]
  • Mascot: Billygoat Hennes[17]
  • Official website: https://fc.de/[18]
  • Sponsor: REWE[19]
  • Topic's main category: Category:1. FC Köln[20]
  • Commons gallery: 1. FC Köln[21]
  • Topic has template: Template:Fb team 1. FC Köln[22]
  • Official name: 1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e. V.[23]
  • Nickname: Effzeh[24], Die Geißböcke[25]
  • Legal form: Registered association (eingetragener Verein)[26]
  • Owner of: RheinEnergieSportpark[27]
  • Member count: 100,000[28], 120,887[29], 140,000[30], 155,000[31], 160,000[32], 170,000[33]
  • Category for members of a team: Category:1. FC Köln players[34]
  • WordLift URL: https://data.globalnewsgraph.org/gng/organisation/1-fc-koln[35]
  • Official color: red[36], white[37]

Why It Matters

  1. FC Köln has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 92 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Rescq · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Süddeutsche zeitung topic id → 1._FC_K%C3%B6ln
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Süddeutsche zeitung topic id: 1._FC_K%C3%B6ln, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/213750207|1. FC Köln (#213750207)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7168|Süd"
  2. 11w ago · Nordprinz · 2026-07-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Member count → {'amount': '+100000'}, {'amount': '+120887'}, {'amount': '+140000'} +3
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Member count: 170,000"
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