Wikipedia - 1. FC Köln II

1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e. V. II, commonly known as simply 1. FC Köln II or 2. FC Köln, is a German football team based in Cologne. It is the reserve team of German association football club 1. FC Köln.

The team has qualified for the first round of the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup, seven times and managed to reach the second round, three times. The team currently plays in the fourth tier of German Football, the Regionalliga West.

History

Their biggest ever win was in May 2013 when they defeated MSV Duisburg II 9-0. In the 2001–02 season, the managed to win the Oberliga Nordrhein and was promoted to the Regionalliga Nord, but was then relegated back to it in the 2007–08 season. They joined the Regionalliga West in 2008 when the Oberliga Nordrhein became defunct and finished 8th in their first season.

They have played in the DFB-Pokal 10 times. The first ever time was in the 1976–77 season when they were knocked out in the first round by Hamburger SV. The most recent time playing in the cup was in the 2005–06 season when they were knocked out by Hannover 96 in the first round, in a 0-4 home loss.

FC Kölns reservehold, Köln II, spiller i Regionalliga West, den fjerde divisjonen i tysk fotball. Laget spiller sine hjemmekamper på Franz-Kremer-Stadion, som har en kapasitet på 5.000 tilskuere.

Köln II ble stiftet i 1991 og har siden spilt i Regionalliga West, med unntak av sesongene 2008-09 og 2019-20, da de spilte i 3. Liga. Laget har aldri vunnet Regionalliga West, men har vært nær ved et par ganger, med andreplasser i 2004-05 og 2005-06.

I DFB-Pokal, den tyske cupen, har Köln II nådd tredje runde ved tre anledninger, i 1996-97, 2000-01 og 2009-10. I 1996-97 slo de ut daværende Bundesligalag Bochum i første runde.

Noen kjente spillere som har spilt for Köln II inkluderer Lukas Podolski, Kevin Volland og Bernd Schneider.