FC Köln: Winter king Struber looks back on turbulent top moments!

FC Köln: Winter king Struber looks back on turbulent top moments!

Kaiserslautern, Deutschland - The 1. FC Köln has impressively fight back in the current season. Head coach Gerhard Struber, the 47-year-old coach of the club, reflects on the turbulent months and the emotional challenges that the team has experienced. FC Köln is currently in first place in the league and is considered a "winter king". After a difficult start, FC has won 19 out of 21 possible points since the beginning of November, which no other team has achieved in the league.

In a total of nine competitive games, the team remained undefeated, including four away duty in a row without a goal, which is a club record. Struber emphasizes his personal top 3 moments: the victory in Berlin with 17,000 Cologne fans, the trophy victory against Kiel, which was a turning point for the team, and the emotional cup quarter-finals, in which Dejan Ljubicic converted a decisive penalty shortly before the end, like Express reported.

Review of the challenges

In October, 1st FC Köln had to put up with two defeats in a row against Darmstadt (1: 5) and Paderborn (1: 2), which led to a critical phase. But both Struber and the team found solutions and crowned their achievements with six victories from the last four games. A 1-0 win in Kaiserslautern secured first place in the table. In this context, Struber emphasized the importance of stability and teamwork in times of crisis. Captain Florian Kainz was positive about the team cohesion and the previous services, which means that the FC goes into the break as a winter king, as League2-Online

In addition to the sporting successes, there were also personnel challenges: Luca Kilian was injured again on the cruciate ligament, which may require another transfer. Jusuf Gazibegovic from Sturm Graz is new to the team. Co-captain Hüber's emphasized the need to continue the positive developments in the new year.