2017–18 SC Fortuna Köln season

Fortuna Köln
2017–18 season
Chairman	Hanns-Jörg Westendorf
Manager	Uwe Koschinat
Stadium	Südstadion
3. Liga	8th
Middle Rhine Cup	Semifinals
	← 2016–17
	All statistics correct as of 28 January 2018.

The 2017–18 SC Fortuna Köln season was the 70th season in the football club's history. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Players

Squad information

As of 29 April 2018^[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	GER	Tim Boss
2	DF	GER	Dominik Ernst
3	DF	GER	Bernard Kyere
4	DF	MOZ	Boné Uaferro
5	MF	GER	Markus Pazurek
6	MF	TUR	Okan Kurt
7	MF	GER	Michael Kessel
8	FW	GER	Maurice Exslager
9	FW	GER	Daniel Keita-Ruel
14	DF	GER	Cimo Röcker
15	MF	GER	Christopher Theisen
17	DF	GER	Alem Koljić
18	MF	GER	Thomas Bröker
19	MF	GER	Aaron Eichhorn


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	GER	Robin Scheu
21	GK	GER	Jannik Bruhns
22	MF	GER	Christoph Menz
23	MF	GER	Moritz Fritz
28	MF	GER	Lars Bender
29	MF	GER	Ali Ceylan
30	MF	GER	Hamdi Dahmani (captain)
31	MF	GER	Nico Brandenburger
33	GK	GER	André Poggenborg
34	MF	BEL	Kristoffer Andersen
37	MF	GER	Manuel Farrona-Pulido
38	FW	GER	Kai Burger
39	MF	GER	Maik Kegel

Friendly matches

Win Draw Loss

23 June 2017	TSV Steinbach	0–2	Fortuna Köln
18:00		Summary

27 June 2017	Alemannia Aachen	0–1	Fortuna Köln
16:00		Summary

1 July 2017	Fortuna Köln	0–1	KFC Uerdingen 05
16:00		Summary

8 July 2017	Fortuna Köln	6–1	Bayern Kickers
15:00		Summary

11 July 2017	Fortuna Köln	1–1	1. FC Saarbrücken
18:30		Summary

16 July 2017	Borussia Mönchengladbach II	2–0	Fortuna Köln
14:00		Summary

5 October 2017	Bayer Leverkusen	4–0	Fortuna Köln	Leverkusen
15:00		Summary		Stadium: BayArena

8 November 2017	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–3	Fortuna Köln
16:00		Summary

Competitions

Win Draw Loss

3. Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	Hansa Rostock	38	16	12	10	48	34	+14	60
7	SV Meppen	38	15	13	10	50	47	+3	58
8	Fortuna Köln	38	15	9	14	53	48	+5	54
9	SpVgg Unterhaching	38	16	6	16	54	55	−1	54
10	Preußen Münster	38	14	10	14	50	49	+1	52

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
21	10	6	5	34	25	+9	36	6	2	2	16	8	+8	4	4	3	18	17	+1

Last updated: 20 January 2018.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	D	L	L	D	L	D	W
Position	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4

Updated to match(es) played on 20 January 2018. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

22 July 2017 Match 1	Fortuna Köln	1–0	Aalen	Cologne
14:00	Farrona-Pulido 37' Geyer 68' (o.g.) Scheu 89'	Report	Morys 20' Müller 75'	Stadium: Südstadion Attendance: 1,962 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

29 July 2017 Match 2	Carl Zeiss Jena	0–2	Fortuna Köln	Jena
14:00	Cros 90+2'	Report	Bender 43' Dahmani 47' 55' Mimbala 52' Kurt 83'	Stadium: Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld Attendance: 5,103 Referee: Martin Petersen

2 August 2017 Match 3	Fortuna Köln	3–0	Osnabrück	Cologne
19:00	Farrona-Pulido 42' Scheu 48' Ernst 62' Pazurek 70' 71'	Report	Groß 75'	Stadium: Südstadion Attendance: 3,423 Referee: Felix Schwermer

5 August 2017 Match 4	Unterhaching	2–2	Fortuna Köln	Unterhaching
14:00	Ulrich Taffertshofer 41' Schimmer 67' Hain 69' Winkler 85'	Report	Ernst 38' Brandenburger 43' Keita-Ruel 45' 60' Kurt 65' 84'	Stadium: Sportpark Unterhaching Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Pascal Müller

18 August 2017 Match 5	Fortuna Köln	4–0	Karlsruher SC	Cologne
19:00	Bülow 11' (o.g.) Kyere 33' Scheu 50' Bender 89' Brandenburger 90'	Report	Bülow 32' Çamoğlu 37' Lorenz 41' Schleusener 58'	Stadium: Südstadion Attendance: 3,886 Referee: Asmir Osmanagic

26 August 2017 Match 6	SV Wehen Wiesbaden	1–1	Fortuna Köln	Wiesbaden
14:00	Andrich 63' Ruprecht 89' (pen.)	Report	Scheu 17' Keita-Ruel 56' Kurt 61' Kegel 85'	Stadium: Brita-Arena Attendance: 1,979 Referee: Eric Müller

8 September 2017 Match 7	Werder Bremen II	1–2	Fortuna Köln	Bremen
19:00	Manneh 32' 87'	Report	Keita-Ruel 17' Brandenburger 56' 81' Ernst 63'	Stadium: Weserstadion Platz 11 Attendance: 803 Referee: Franz Bokop

16 September 2017 Match 8	Fortuna Köln	1–1	Hallescher FC	Cologne
14:00	Brandenburger 10' 50' Keita-Ruel 47' Bender 48' Dahmani 71'	Report	Hilal El-Helwe 5' Barnofsky 9' Kleineheismann 65' Bohl 77' Ludwig 86' Baumgärtel 90'	Stadium: Südstadion Attendance: 2,879 Referee: Steffen Mix

20 September 2017 Match 9	Chemnitzer FC	1–2	Fortuna Köln	Chemnitz
19:00	Hansch 27' Mlynikowski 35' Frahn 49' Trinks 82'	Report	Röcker 24' Dahmani 28' Ernst 39' Keita-Ruel 42' Brandenburger 43' Farrona-Pulido 53' Kyere 90+3'	Stadium: community4you ARENA Attendance: 5,493 Referee: Marcel Schütz

23 September 2017 Match 10	Fortuna Köln	0–3	Sportfreunde Lotte	Cologne
14:00	Scheu 67'	Report	Heyer 37' Piossek 44' Dej 48' 49' Al Ghaddioui 82'	Stadium: Südstadion Attendance: 1,928 Referee: Florian Kornblum

30 September 2017 Match 11	Sonnenhof Großaspach	1–3	Fortuna Köln	Aspach
14:00	Röttger 6' Rodríguez 81'	Report	Dahmani 20' 69' Kegel 28' Ernst 45' Leist 54' (o.g.) Moritz Fritz 65' Bender 87'	Stadium: Mechatronik Arena Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Henry Müller

13 October 2017 Match 12	Fortuna Köln	2–0	RW Erfurt	Cologne
19:00	Moritz Fritz 53' Keita-Ruel 74' Kyere 77' Dahmani 87'	Report	Biankadi 47' Bieber 61' Klewin 87'	Stadium: Südstadion Attendance: 2,403 Referee: Asmir Osmanagic

21 October 2017 Match 13	SV Meppen	1–0	Fortuna Köln	Meppen
14:00	Granatowski 22' Leugers 48' (pen.) 70' Vržogić 51'	Report	Ernst 30' Falahen 84'	Stadium: Hänsch-Arena Attendance: 6,351 Referee: Justus Zorn

28 October 2017 Match 14	Fortuna Köln	2–1	Würzburger Kickers	Cologne
14:00	Keita-Ruel 55' Pazurek 58' (pen.) Mimbala 79' Scheu 89'	Report	Königs 2' Nikolaou 72' Müller 83'	Stadium: Südstadion Attendance: 1,774 Referee: Alexander Sather

3 November 2017 Match 15	Preußen Münster	1–1	Fortuna Köln	Münster
19:00	Kobylański 15' (pen.) Tritz 33' Scherder 68' Rühle 79' Hoffmann 90'	Report	Keita-Ruel 39' Kurt 69'	Stadium: Preußenstadion Attendance: 7,066 Referee: Steffen Brütting

18 November 2017 Match 16	Fortuna Köln	1–2	1. FC Magdeburg	Cologne
14:00	Keita-Ruel 44' (pen.) Kessel 65' Kegel 90+1'	Report	Rother 12' Niemeyer 17' Hammann 43' Düker 64'	Stadium: Südstadion Attendance: 4,706 Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus

25 November 2017 Match 17	Hansa Rostock	5–3	Fortuna Köln	Rostock
14:00	Hilßner 21' 46' 62' 77' Benyamina 28' Alibaz 65'	Report	Kessel 1' 55' Dahmani 13' 71' 73' Pazurek 38'	Stadium: Ostseestadion Attendance: 9,900 Referee: Henry Müller

2 December 2017 Match 18	Fortuna Köln	1–1	Zwickau	Cologne
14:00	Kegel 28' Scheu 36' 45'	Report	Wachsmuth 12' Frick 32' Bahn 37' Antonitsch 57' Wagner 71' Eisele 89'	Stadium: Südstadion Attendance: 1,405 Referee: Tim Skorczyk

9 December 2017 Match 19	Paderborn	3–1	Fortuna Köln	Paderborn
14:00	Zolinski 28' Krauße 32' Wassey 43' (pen.) Srbeny 54'	Report	Boeder 30' (o.g.)	Stadium: Benteler-Arena Attendance: 7,762 Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus

15 December 2017 Match 20	Aalen	1–1	Fortuna Köln	Aalen
19:00	Morys 13' Bär 67' Welzmüller 88'	Report	Boss 39' Pazurek 45' Brandenburger 46' Keita-Ruel 89'	Stadium: OSTALB ARENA Attendance: 2,893 Referee: Felix Schwermer

20 January 2018 Match 21	Fortuna Köln	1–0	Carl Zeiss Jena	Cologne
14:00	Scheu 34' Brandenburger 61' 76' Kyere 87' Kessel 90'	Report	Eismann 30'	Stadium: Südstadion Attendance: 1,935 Referee: Eric Müller

27 January 2018 Match 22	Osnabrück	2–2	Fortuna Köln	Osnabrück
14:00	Danneberg 42' Groß 43' Reimerink 75'	Report	Dahmani 1' Keita-Ruel 9' Kyere 25' Farrona-Pulido 34' Ernst 78' Boss 83'	Stadium: Stadion an der Bremer Brücke Attendance: 6,278 Referee: Martin Thomsen

3 February 2018 Match 23	Fortuna Köln	0–0	SpVgg Unterhaching	Cologne
14:00		Report		Stadium: Südstadion Attendance: 1,904

10 February 2018 Match 24	Karlsruher SC	1–0	Fortuna Köln	Karlsruhe
14:00				Stadium: Wildparkstadion

17 February 2018 Match 25	Fortuna Köln	1–0	Wehen Wiesbaden	Cologne
				Stadium: Südstadion

23 February 2018 Match 26	Fortuna Köln	2–1	Werder Bremen II	Cologne
				Stadium: Südstadion

4 March 2018 Match 27	Hallescher FC	0–3	Fortuna Köln	Halle (Saale)
				Stadium: Erdgas Sportpark

7 March 2018 Match 28	Fortuna Köln	3–0	Chemnitzer FC	Cologne
				Stadium: Südstadion

10 March 2018 Match 29	Sportfreunde Lotte	0–2	Fortuna Köln	Lotte
				Stadium: Frimo Stadion

16 March 2018 Match 30	Fortuna Köln	1–3	Sonnenhof Großaspach	Cologne
				Stadium: Südstadion

24 March 2018 Match 31	RW Erfurt	2–1	Fortuna Köln	Erfurt
				Stadium: Steigerwaldstadion

31 March 2018 Match 32	Fortuna Köln	0–2	Meppen	Cologne
				Stadium: Südstadion

7 April 2018 Match 33	Würzburger Kickers	0–1	Fortuna Köln	Würzburg
				Stadium: flyeralarm Arena

14 April 2018 Match 34	Fortuna Köln	2–4	Preußen Münster	Cologne
				Stadium: Südstadion

21 April 2018 Match 35	1. FC Magdeburg	2–0	Fortuna Köln	Magdeburg
				Stadium: MDCC-Arena

28 April 2018 Match 36	Fortuna Köln	0–0	Hansa Rostock	Cologne
				Stadium: Südstadion

5 May 2018 Match 37	Zwickau	1–0	Fortuna Köln	Zwickau
				Stadium: Stadion Zwickau

12 May 2018 Match 38	Fortuna Köln	2–4	Paderborn	Cologne
				Stadium: Südstadion

Middle Rhine Cup

10 January 2018 Last 16	Marialinden	0–1	Fortuna Köln	Overath
		Report		Stadium: Marialinden Kunstrasen

27 March 2018 Quarter Final	Borussia Freialdenhoven	1–2	Fortuna Köln	Aldenhoven
19:30		Report		Stadium: Ederener Str. / Am Sportplatz

8 May 2018 Semifinal	Viktoria Köln	3–0 (a.e.t.)	Fortuna Köln	Overath
19:00				Attendance: 4,386

References

^ Fortuna Köln squad 2017/18

[1] Fortuna Köln squad 2017/18

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