The championship trophy on display prior to the 2nd division Bundesliga soccer match between 1. FC Koeln and FC St. Pauli at RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne, Germany, 04 May 2014. (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/Getty Images for DFL)
Players of Cologne celebrate with the trophy of the 2nd division champion following the German Bundesliga second division soccer match between 1. FC Koeln and FC St. Pauli at RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne, Germany, 04 May 2014 (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/Getty Images for DFL)
Players of Cologne celebrate with the trophy of the 2nd division champion following the German Bundesliga second division soccer match between 1. FC Koeln and FC St. Pauli at RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne, Germany, 04 May 2014 (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/Getty Images for DFL)
Cologne's head coach Peter Stoeger (2-L) celebrates with the trophy of the 2nd division champion following the German Bundesliga second division soccer match between 1. FC Koeln und FC St. Pauli at RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne, Germany, 04 Mai 2014. (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/Getty Images for DFL)
Cologne’s Jonas Hector (L) in action against St.Pauli’s Tom Trybull (R) during the 2nd Bundesliga soccer match between 1. FC Koeln und FC St. Pauli at RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne, Germany, 04 Mai 2014. (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/Getty Images for DFL)
Stuttgart's Christian Gentner (R) is tackled by Cologne's Leonardo Bittencourt (L) during the Germany Bundesliga soccer match between 1. FC Koeln and VfB Stuttgart at RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne, Germany, 23 January 2016. (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/Bongarts/Getty Images)
Cologne's Yuya Osako (L) in action against Bremen’s Thomas Delaney (R) during the German Bundesliga soccer match between FC Cologne a Werder Bremen at Rheinenergiestadion in Cologne, Germany, 22 October 2017. (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/epa)
Mainz's Leon Balogun (back) in action against Cologne's Simon Terodde (front) during the German Bundesliga soccer match between FC Cologne and FSV Mainz 05 at Rheinenergiestadion in Cologne, Germany, 07 April 2018. (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/epa)
Cologne's Dominic Maroh (L) in action against Bayern's Robert Lewandowski (R) during the German Bundesliga soccer match between FC Cologne and FC Bayern Munich at Rheinenergiestadion in Cologne, Germany, 05 May 2018. (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/epa)
Cologne's Anthony Modeste (L) in action against Hamburg's Rick van Drongelen (R) during the German 2. Bundesliga soccer match between 1. FC Cologne and Hamburger SV in Cologne, Germany, 15 April 2019. (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/epa)
Players of Cologne celebrate with the trophy of the 2nd division champion following the German Bundesliga second division soccer match between 1. FC Cologne and SSV Jahn Regensburg in Cologne, Germany, 12 May 2019. (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/epa)
Cologne's Simon Terodde (L) in action against Paderborn's Sebastian Schonlau (C) and Paderborn's goalkeeper Leopold Zingerle (R) during the German Bundesliga soccer match between 1. FC Koeln and SC Paderborn in Cologne, Germany, 20 October 2019. (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/epa)
Cologne's Anthony Modeste (L) in action against Dortmund's Manuel Akanji (R) during the German Bundesliga soccer match between 1. FC Koeln and Borussia Dortmund at Rheinenergiestadion in Cologne, Germany, 23 August 2019. (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/epa)
Cologne's Kingsley Schindler (L) in action against Dortmund's Julian Brandt (R) during the German Bundesliga soccer match between 1. FC Koeln and Borussia Dortmund at Rheinenergiestadion in Cologne, Germany, 23 August 2019. (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/epa)
Cologne's Kingsley Ehizibue in action during the German Bundesliga soccer match between 1. FC Koeln and TSG 1899 Hoffenheim in Cologne, Germany, 08 November 2019. (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/epa)
Cologne's Jhon Cordoba in action during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and 1. FC Koeln in Dortmund, Germany, 24 January 2020. (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/epa)
Cologne's Jhon Cordoba (L) in action against Bayern's Jerome Boateng (R) during the German Bundesliga soccer match between 1. FC Koeln and FC Bayern Muenchen in Cologne, Germany, 16 February 2020. (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/epa)
Hoffenheim's Christoph Baumgartner (L) and Kevin Vogt (R) in action against Cologne's Sebastiaan Bornauw (2-L) and Sebastian Andersson (2-R) during the German Bundesliga soccer match between 1. FC Koeln and TSG 1899 Hoffenheim in Cologne, Germany, 19 September 2020. (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/epa)
Cologne's Jonas Hector (L) in action against Hoffenheim's Dennis Geiger (R) during the German Bundesliga soccer match between 1. FC Koeln and TSG 1899 Hoffenheim in Cologne, Germany, 19 September 2020. (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/epa)
Hoffenheim's Kasim Adams (L) in action against Cologne's Sebastian Andersson (R) during the German Bundesliga soccer match between 1. FC Koeln and TSG 1899 Hoffenheim in Cologne, Germany, 19 September 2020. (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/epa)
Cologne's goalkeeper Timo Horn in action during the German Bundesliga soccer match between 1. FC Koeln and Bayer Leverkusen at Rheinenergiestadion in Cologne, Germany, 24 October 2021. (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/epa)
Cologne's Mark Uth (L) in action against Leverkusen's Odilon Kossounou (R) during the German Bundesliga soccer match between 1. FC Koeln and Bayer Leverkusen at Rheinenergiestadion in Cologne, Germany, 24 October 2021. (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/epa)
Cologne's Ondrej Duda (R) celebrates after scoring the 3-1 lead during the German Bundesliga soccer match between 1. FC Koeln and Borussia Moenchengladbach at Rheinenergiestadion in Cologne, Germany, 27 November 2021. (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/epa)
Cologne's Anthony Modeste (R) celebrates with his teammates after scoring the opening goal during the German Bundesliga soccer match between 1. FC Koeln and SC Freiburg at Rheinenergiestadion in Cologne, Germany, 05 February 2022. (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/epa)
Cologne's Anthony Modeste celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the German Bundesliga soccer match between 1. FC Koeln and SC Freiburg at Rheinenergiestadion in Cologne, Germany, 05 February 2022. (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/epa)
Cologne's Anthony Modeste (L) in action against Dortmund's Raphael Guerreiro (R) during the German Bundesliga soccer match between 1. FC Koeln and Borussia Dortmund at Rheinenergiestadion in Cologne, Germany, 20 March 2022. (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/epa)
Cologne's Mark Uth (L) in ac (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/epa)tion against Dortmund's goalkeeper Gregor Kobel (R) during the German Bundesliga soccer match between 1. FC Koeln and Borussia Dortmund at Rheinenergiestadion in Cologne, Germany, 20 March 2022. (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/epa)
Cologne's Mark Uth (top) in action against Dortmund's goalkeeper Gregor Kobel (buttom) during the German Bundesliga soccer match between 1. FC Koeln and Borussia Dortmund at Rheinenergiestadion in Cologne, Germany, 20 March 2022. (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/epa)
Dortmund's Mats Hummels (L) in action against Cologne's Anthony Modeste (R) during the German Bundesliga soccer match between 1. FC Koeln and Borussia Dortmund at Rheinenergiestadion in Cologne, Germany, 20 March 2022. (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/epa)
Cologne's Dejan Ljubicic celebrates after scoring the 3-1 lead during the German Bundesliga soccer match between 1. FC Koeln and FC Schalke 04 in Cologne, Germany, 07 August 2022. (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/epa)
Dortmund's Anthony Modeste (L) in action against Cologne's Luca Kilian (R) during the German Bundesliga soccer match between 1. FC Koeln and Borussia Dortmund in Cologne, Germany, 01 October 2022. (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/epa)
Cologne's Luca Kilian (C) celebrates after scoring the 1-0 lead during the German Bundesliga soccer match between 1. FC Koeln and FC Schalke 04 in Cologne, Germany, 07 August 2022. (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/epa)
Cologne's head coach Steffen Baumgart reacts prior to the UEFA Conference League group D stage soccer match between 1. FC Koeln and Partizan Belgrade at Rheinenergiestadion in Cologne, Germany, 06 October 2022. (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/epa)
Cologne's head coach Steffen Baumgart reacts during the German Bundesliga soccer match between 1. FC Koeln and Borussia Moenchengladbach at Rheinenergiestadion in Cologne, Germany, 27 November 2021. (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/epa)
Cologne's head coach Steffen Baumgart reacts during the UEFA Conference League group D soccer match between 1. FC Koeln and Partizan Belgrade at Rheinenergiestadion in Cologne, Germany, 06 October 2022. (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/epa)
Cologne's head coach Steffen Baumgart reacts during the UEFA Conference League group D soccer match between 1. FC Koeln and Partizan Belgrade at Rheinenergiestadion in Cologne, Germany, 06 October 2022. (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/epa)
Schalke's Dominick Drexler (L) in action against Cologne's Jonas Hector (R) during the German Bundesliga soccer match between 1. FC Koeln and FC Schalke 04 in Cologne, Germany, 07 August 2022. (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/epa)
