Position14of 18
Points32in 34
Won, drawn, lost7-11-16
Goals49for, 63 against
FormDLDLL
Results
2025-26Sat 16 May
FT
Sun 10 May
FT
Sat 2 May
FT
Sat 25 Apr
FT
Fri 17 Apr
FT
Sun 12 Apr
FT
Sun 5 Apr
FT
Sat 21 Mar
FT
Sat 14 Mar
FT
Sat 7 Mar
FT
Fri 27 Feb
FT
Sat 21 Feb
FT
Sat 14 Feb
FT
Sun 8 Feb
FT
Fri 30 Jan
FT
Sun 25 Jan
FT
Sat 17 Jan
FT
Wed 14 Jan
FT
Sat 10 Jan
FT
Sat 20 Dec
FT
Sat 13 Dec
FT
Sat 6 Dec
FT
Sat 29 Nov
FT
Sat 22 Nov
FT
Sat 8 Nov
FT
Sun 2 Nov
FT
Sat 25 Oct
FT
Sat 18 Oct
FT
Fri 3 Oct
FT
Sun 28 Sep
FT
Sat 20 Sep
FT
Sat 13 Sep
FT
Sun 31 Aug
FT
Sun 24 Aug
FT
In numbers
- 83rdof 96 teams of the five leagues by Vesta’s strength rating
- 5matches without a win, running now
- 2wins in a row, the longest run of 2025-26
- 27%of the team's league goals scored by Said El Mala
- 26%of matches won since 2001-02
- 7–1Biggest win since 2001-02: FC Cologne 7–1 Werder Bremen
- 0–6Heaviest defeat: Werder Bremen 6–0 FC Cologne
In Europe
14 matches in the European cups since 2017-18Won, drawn, lost5-2-7
Goals19– 18
Vesta and FC Cologne
242 league matches since 2017-18- 48%of FC Cologne's matches won by Vesta's favourite
- 30wins in 88 matches as Vesta's favourite
- 10%won with 10%: FC Cologne 2–1 RasenBallsport Leipzig
- 12%won with 12%: Borussia Dortmund 1–2 FC Cologne
- 14%won with 14%: RasenBallsport Leipzig 1–2 FC Cologne
- 66%lost at 66%: FC Cologne 0–2 Bochum
- 61%lost at 61%: FC Cologne 0–2 Darmstadt
- 57%lost at 57%: FC Cologne 1–3 Hamburger SV
Vesta's forecasts reconstructed with each season hidden (how).
By the minute
2025-26, 34 matches| Goals | 1-15 | 16-30 | 31-45+ | 46-60 | 61-75 | 76-90+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| For | 9 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 19 |
| Against | 8 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 13 |
- 5points won in the last five minutes and stoppage time
- 6points thrown away in the last five minutes and stoppage time
- 12points won after going behind
- 22points dropped after going ahead
Goal minutes. Quarters of an hour by the minute of the match reports; stoppage time counts in the last quarter of each half.
League position
2025-26Strength
Rating 1,438Vesta's rating before every match since 2014-15. 1,500 is an average team of these leagues.
Squad
Players used in 2025-26| Player | Apps | Min | G | A |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marvin SchwäbeGoalkeeper | 34 | 3,060 | 0 | 0 |
| Jakub KaminskiAttacking midfielder | 34 | 3,031 | 7 | 3 |
| Eric MartelMidfielder | 31 | 2,579 | 2 | 2 |
| Sebastian SebulonsenRight-back | 31 | 2,519 | 0 | 0 |
| Kristoffer LundLeft-back | 33 | 2,319 | 0 | 2 |
| Said El MalaForward | 34 | 1,965 | 13 | 4 |
| Ísak Bergmann JóhannessonMidfielder | 31 | 1,830 | 2 | 2 |
| Cenk ÖzkacarCentre-back | 25 | 1,786 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom KraußMidfielder | 26 | 1,779 | 0 | 2 |
| Ragnar AcheForward | 29 | 1,739 | 7 | 4 |
| Jan ThielmannRight wing-back | 26 | 1,582 | 3 | 1 |
| Marius BülterForward | 32 | 1,578 | 5 | 4 |
| Rav van den BergCentre-back | 14 | 1,138 | 0 | 1 |
| Joël SchmiedCentre-back | 16 | 1,090 | 0 | 0 |
| Linton MainaRight winger | 24 | 1,007 | 2 | 0 |
| Jahmai Simpson-PuseyCentre-back | 11 | 863 | 0 | 0 |
| Denis HuseinbasicMidfielder | 15 | 726 | 0 | 0 |
| Timo HübersCentre-back | 8 | 681 | 0 | 0 |
| Alessio Castro-MontesRight-back | 14 | 662 | 1 | 3 |
| Gian-Luca WaldschmidtForward | 24 | 633 | 5 | 5 |
| Dominique HeintzCentre-back | 9 | 381 | 0 | 0 |
| Florian KainzAttacking midfielder | 15 | 245 | 1 | 1 |
| Youssoupha NiangRight winger | 10 | 179 | 0 | 0 |
| Fynn SchentenForward | 7 | 86 | 0 | 0 |
| Felipe Chávez– | 7 | 82 | 0 | 0 |
| Cenny NeumannRight-back | 2 | 74 | 0 | 0 |
| Jusuf Gazibegovic– | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 |

