2009–10 1. FC Köln season

Season summary

Köln consolidated their position in the Bundesliga in Zvonimir Soldo's first season with a secure finish in midtable.

Kit

Köln's kit was manufactured by Reebok and sponsored by Cologne-based supermarket chain REWE.

First-team squad
Squad at end of season[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  COL Faryd Mondragón
2 DF  SVN Mišo Brečko
3 DF  LBN Youssef Mohamad (captain)
6 DF  CMR Pierre Womé
7 FW  GER Sebastian Freis
8 MF  POR Petit[notes 1]
9 FW  NGA Manasseh Ishiaku
10 FW  GER Lukas Podolski[notes 2]
11 FW  SVN Milivoje Novaković
12 MF  POR Maniche
13 DF  GER Daniel Brosinski
14 MF  SRB Zoran Tošić (on loan from Manchester United)
15 FW  GER Simon Terodde
16 DF  GER Christopher Schorch
17 DF  GER Kevin Pezzoni
18 GK  GER Thomas Kessler
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF  GER Taner Yalçın[notes 3]
20 MF  MAR Adil Chihi[notes 4]
21 DF  BRA Pedro Geromel
22 MF  FRA Fabrice Ehret[notes 5]
23 DF  CAN Kevin McKenna
24 FW  ANG José Pierre Vunguidica
25 MF  POL Adam Matuszczyk
27 MF  GER Christian Clemens
28 DF  GER Carsten Cullmann
29 MF  GER Sebastian Zielinsky
32 DF  GER Stephan Salger
33 MF  GER Michael Niedrig
34 GK  CRO Miro Varvodić (on loan from Hajduk Split)
35 DF  GER Alexander Vaaßen
37 MF  GER Reinhold Yabo
39 DF  GER Andreas Dick

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
4 DF  GER Marvin Matip[notes 6] (on loan from Karlsruhe)
14 FW  BFA Wilfried Sanou (on loan to Urawa Red Diamonds)
No. Pos. Nation Player
26 MF  GER Lukas Nottbeck (to Borussia Dortmund II)
30 MF  GER Michael Gardawski (to Carl Zeiss Jena)

References
  1. "FC Köln 2009/10". Retrieved 22 January 2021.

Notes
  1. Petit was born in Strasbourg, France, but also qualified to represent Portugal internationally and made his international debut for Portugal in June 2001.
  2. Podolski was born in Gliwice, Poland, but was raised in Germany from the age of 2 and represented Germany at U-17, U-18, U-19 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Germany in June 2004.
  3. Yalçın was born in Cologne, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and represented Turkey at U-18 and U-19 level before representing Germany at U-19, U-20, and U-21 level.
  4. Chihi was born in Düsseldorf, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Morocco internationally and made his international debut for Morocco in August 2008.
  5. Ehret was born in Lugano, Switzerland, but also qualified to represent France internationally and represented France at U-21 level.
  6. Matip was born in Bochum, West Germany (now Germany), and represented Germany at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Cameroon internationally through his father and made his international debut for Cameroon in June 2013.
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