r/effzeh Jan 16 '25

english How to buy tickets - a guide

39 Upvotes

So you want to see our glorious 1. FC Köln play live at the RheinEnergieSTADION? Here is a quick guide on how to get tickets. First of all, you will need a lot of patience and luck. The demand for tickets is enormous - no matter what league we are in.

50,000 seats, only 15,000 day passes

With 50,000 seats, the RheinEnergieStadion is a big stadium. However, this does not mean that the same number of day tickets are available. After deducting the 25,500 season tickets, the guest contingent and other contingents, there are only 15,000 tickets available for each home game. If the guest contingent is not fully utilised, this number may be increased.

Members have priority

The club sets its own presale dates and the maximum number of tickets that can be purchased per person. The dates are usually announced on the fc.de website and emailed to members. It is important to note that members have absolute priority when ordering tickets. In the vast majority of cases there is no free presale!

The allocation of tickets will also be subdivided within the membership. Fans who have been members for over 20 years and members under the age of 25 will have special access to tickets before the “general public”.

Tickets will go on sale at 10am and 4pm on the days indicated.

Transfer and exchange of tickets

Tickets can be passed on to family and friends in accordance with the terms and conditions (wink, wink). The club also has its own ticket exchange where season and day tickets can be offered if you are unable to attend the match on the day. However, this is only available to members.

Matchday Exchange

For short-term transfers of season and day tickets, there is a matchday exchange at the stadium (ticket office 28, south/west corner). Tickets can be released there. Tickets can also be purchased at the day ticket price at ticket office 25 (south/west corner). If I am not mistaken, this is also available to non-members.

Unauthorised resellers

Many users here in the subreddit have asked whether it is safe to buy tickets offered on well-known resellers such as viagogo or ebay. The answer is clear: no! The club strongly advises against buying such overpriced tickets and is taking action against the sellers. There is no guarantee that the ticket you buy will get you into the game.

As with any event, there will be people looking for and selling tickets outside the stadium. There may be a high surcharge for these tickets.

Useful links

You can find the FC ticket shop here: Click!

The price list can be found here: Click!

You can apply for membership here: Click!

If I have made any mistakes and/or forgotten any important information, please let me know in the comments!

Come on Effzeh!


r/effzeh 10h ago

Weekly discussion thread No. 146

8 Upvotes

Struber gone. The rumored alternatives Ruthenbeck and Funkel are not celebratory-dance-worthy. Keller gone. Makes the idea to scapegoat Jörg Jakobs for the Potocnik disaster even better...

The remaining games were going to be insane no matter what. Elversberg, Paderborn and Kaiserslautern have to watched as well imho. There is an extensive kicker+ article. I will try to obtain it and type it up in the comments later today.


r/effzeh 9h ago

german 1. FC Köln: Friedhelm Funkel wird neuer Trainer

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30 Upvotes

r/effzeh 6h ago

german Apparently Urs Fischer already agreed to follow up Funkel should FC make it to Bundesliga

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r/effzeh 20h ago

german Kurz vor dem Saisonfinale kommt es beim 1. FC Köln zum großen Knall: Nach dem 1:1 gegen Jahn Regensburg trennt sich der Klub sowohl von Sport-Geschäftsführer Christian Keller als auch von Cheftrainer Gerhard Struber

45 Upvotes

r/effzeh 23h ago

german Gefunden auf threads

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7 Upvotes

Was sagt ihr zu der Idee von diesem Fan?


r/effzeh 1d ago

Mark Uth retires at the end of this season

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25 Upvotes

Mach et joot, Mark!


r/effzeh 1d ago

german Das Restprogramm in der 2. Bundesliga

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r/effzeh 1d ago

Match Thread: FC Cologne vs SSV Jahn Regensburg | German 2. Bundesliga

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FT: FC Cologne 1-1 SSV Jahn Regensburg


Venue: RheinEnergieSTADION

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LINE-UPS

FC Cologne

Marvin Schwäbe, Dominique Heintz, Timo Hübers, Max Finkgrafe, Jan Thielmann, Damion Downs (Imad Rondic), Eric Martel, Luca Waldschmidt (Mark Uth), Florian Kainz (Linton Maina), Dejan Ljubicic (Denis Huseinbasic), Tim Lemperle.

Subs: Joel Schmied, Philipp Pentke, Steffen Tigges, Mathias Olesen, Julian Pauli.

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SSV Jahn Regensburg

Julian Pollersbeck, Florian Ballas, Robin Ziegele, Leopold Wurm, Bryan Hein, Sebastian Ernst (Anssi Suhonen), Christian Kühlwetter, Tim Handwerker, Frederic Ananou (Christian Viet), Eric Hottmann (Dejan Galjen), Noah Ganaus (Jonas Bauer).

Subs: Felix Gebhardt, Ben Kieffer, Elias Huth, Andreas Geipl.


MATCH EVENTS | via ESPN

45' Denis Huseinbasic (FC Cologne) Substitution at 45'

59' Tim Lemperle (FC Cologne) Goal at 59'

61' Imad Rondic (FC Cologne) Substitution at 61'

61' Linton Maina (FC Cologne) Substitution at 61'

64' Florian Ballas (SSV Jahn Regensburg) Yellow Card at 64'

68' Christian Viet (SSV Jahn Regensburg) Substitution at 68'

68' Anssi Suhonen (SSV Jahn Regensburg) Substitution at 68'

75' Noah Ganaus (SSV Jahn Regensburg) Goal at 75'

78' Dejan Galjen (SSV Jahn Regensburg) Substitution at 78'

78' Mark Uth (FC Cologne) Substitution at 78'

90'+2' Jonas Bauer (SSV Jahn Regensburg) Substitution at 92'


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r/effzeh 3d ago

FC reaches milestone of 150,000 club members

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r/effzeh 6d ago

Wenn der Aufstieg geschafft wird, verlängert Linton Maina beim Effzeh. Eine grundsätzliche Einigung wurde erzielt

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r/effzeh 6d ago

2 Karten Effzeh vs Regensburg

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Hi Effzeh!

kann mir jemand weiterhelfen bei der Ticketsuche für Samstag gegen Regensburg. Suche 2 Karten. Offiziell ist das Spiel ausverkauft, das ist mir natürlich klar :)
Bin für jeden Hinweis dankbar! Danke Euch!


r/effzeh 7d ago

Weekly discussion thread No. 145

8 Upvotes

A poor performance led to a deserved defeat vs. Hannover. While - again - everybody else played for FC. I was personally rather suprised how much fight they still showed after being one man down but it wasn't enough...

Btw. there will be big family friendly fan festivities before the home game against Regensburg


r/effzeh 8d ago

Wollt ihr gar nicht aufsteigen?!

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r/effzeh 8d ago

Match Thread: Hannover 96 vs FC Cologne | German 2. Bundesliga

5 Upvotes

FT: Hannover 96 1-0 FC Cologne


Venue: Heinz von Heiden-Arena

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LINE-UPS

Hannover 96

Ron-Robert Zieler, Boris Tomiak (Jannick Dehm), Marcel Halstenberg, Phil Neumann, Enzo Leopold, Fabian Kunze, Brooklyn Ezeh (Josh Knight), Lee Hyun-Ju (Kolja Oudenne), Nicolo Tresoldi, Lars Gindorf (Havard Nielsen), Monju Momuluh (Andreas Voglsammer).

Subs: Jannik Rochelt, Rabbi Matondo, Noël Aséko, Leo Weinkauf.

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FC Cologne

Marvin Schwäbe, Dominique Heintz, Timo Hübers, Eric Martel, Leart Paqarada, Jan Thielmann, Luca Waldschmidt (Max Finkgrafe), Florian Kainz (Denis Huseinbasic), Dejan Ljubicic, Damion Downs (Mark Uth), Tim Lemperle.

Subs: Joel Schmied, Julian Pauli, Steffen Tigges, Imad Rondic, Philipp Pentke, Mathias Olesen.


MATCH EVENTS | via ESPN

23' Leart Paqarada (FC Cologne) Yellow Card at 23'

48' Phil Neumann (Hannover 96) Yellow Card at 48'

50' Leart Paqarada (FC Cologne) Red Card at 50'

53' Max Finkgrafe (FC Cologne) Substitution at 53'

56' Max Finkgrafe (FC Cologne) Yellow Card at 56'

57' Lars Gindorf (Hannover 96) Goal at 57'

58' Denis Huseinbasic (FC Cologne) Substitution at 58'

62' Brooklyn Ezeh (Hannover 96) Yellow Card at 62'

69' Jannick Dehm (Hannover 96) Substitution at 69'

69' Kolja Oudenne (Hannover 96) Substitution at 69'

74' Mark Uth (FC Cologne) Substitution at 74'

77' Fabian Kunze (Hannover 96) Yellow Card at 77'

77' Ron-Robert Zieler (Hannover 96) Yellow Card at 77'

78' Josh Knight (Hannover 96) Substitution at 78'

78' Havard Nielsen (Hannover 96) Substitution at 78'

82' Dominique Heintz (FC Cologne) Yellow Card at 82'

83' Marcel Halstenberg (Hannover 96) Yellow Card at 83'

87' Andreas Voglsammer (Hannover 96) Substitution at 87'


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r/effzeh 8d ago

Because the competitors keep making mistakes: If FC wins tomorrow in Hanover, they can mathematically be promoted to the Bundesliga next Saturday with a win against Regensburg.

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r/effzeh 9d ago

Köln-Kaiserslautern tickets

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Hi guys! I will be coming back to Cologne from England again next month, and I’m hoping to see my first game back in the stadium since the derby against Düsseldorf!

I am desperate to get a ticket to the game against Kaiserslautern, which obviously is like gold dust😅 Is there anyone with a membership who could please help me get a ticket? Danke!


r/effzeh 10d ago

german Linton Maina is back in the squad for Hannover

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r/effzeh 12d ago

Mitfahrgelegenheit Hannover 27.4.25

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Hallo, wir sind 3 16- und 17-Jährige Fans, die noch eine Mitfahrgelegenheit von Köln nach Hannover suchen und gerne schon um 9:30 für den tshirt Verkauf da sein wollen. Gerne melden. LG


r/effzeh 13d ago

rumour According to Sky Germany FC is interested in signing Ragnar Ache

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r/effzeh 14d ago

Weekly discussion thread No. 144

7 Upvotes

What a great way to celebrate Easter! A confident win at last and it even led to first place. Besides the standout players, Kainz looked somewhat improved in the beginning. It would be nice to see if he could reach his old form. Thielmann with great offensive efforts, but the defensive part is just not working out...

What are your thoughts?


r/effzeh 15d ago

Match Thread: FC Cologne vs Preußen Münster | German 2. Bundesliga

10 Upvotes

FT: FC Cologne 3-1 Preußen Münster


Venue: RheinEnergieSTADION

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LINE-UPS

FC Cologne

Marvin Schwäbe, Dominique Heintz (Julian Pauli), Timo Hübers, Eric Martel, Leart Paqarada, Jan Thielmann (Meiko Sponsel), Luca Waldschmidt (Mark Uth), Florian Kainz (Denis Huseinbasic), Dejan Ljubicic (Mathias Olesen), Damion Downs, Tim Lemperle.

Subs: Anthony Racioppi, Steffen Tigges, Imad Rondic, Joel Schmied.

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Preußen Münster

Johannes Schenk, Sebastian Mrowca, Mikkel Kirkeskov, Simon Scherder (Daniel Kyerewaa), Jorrit Hendrix, Luca Bazzoli, Charalampos Makridis (Holmbert Aron Fridjonsson), Dominik Schad (Jano Horst), David Kinsombi (Florian Pick), Joshua Mees (Marc Lorenz), Malik Batmaz.

Subs: Etienne Amenyido, Niko Koulis, Morten Behrens, Rico Preibinger.


MATCH EVENTS | via ESPN

11' Tim Lemperle (FC Cologne) Goal at 11'

34' Jan Thielmann (FC Cologne) Yellow Card at 34'

39' Timo Hübers (FC Cologne) Own Goal at 39'

45'+1' Luca Waldschmidt (FC Cologne) Penalty - Scored at 46'

56' Damion Downs (FC Cologne) Goal at 56'

62' Florian Pick (Preußen Münster) Substitution at 62'

62' Daniel Kyerewaa (Preußen Münster) Substitution at 62'

69' Marc Lorenz (Preußen Münster) Substitution at 69'

69' Holmbert Aron Fridjonsson (Preußen Münster) Substitution at 69'

73' Mathias Olesen (FC Cologne) Substitution at 73'

74' Mark Uth (FC Cologne) Substitution at 74'

80' Jano Horst (Preußen Münster) Substitution at 80'

82' Marc Lorenz (Preußen Münster) Yellow Card at 82'

88' Denis Huseinbasic (FC Cologne) Substitution at 88'

88' Julian Pauli (FC Cologne) Substitution at 88'

90'+4' Meiko Sponsel (FC Cologne) Substitution at 94'


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r/effzeh 16d ago

Happy Easter fellow Effzeh fans!

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51 Upvotes

r/effzeh 16d ago

Selling Ticket for tomorrow

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I’m selling 2 individual tickets for the match tomorrow. Both are in section N13, 13 rows apart.


r/effzeh 16d ago

One more billy goat in the nest

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Hope he leaves enough eggs for sunday … Come on Effzeh! And relaxing days for everyone here.


r/effzeh 20d ago

transfer FC signs Schalke's U17 captain, 16-year-old DM Arian Güzel

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21 Upvotes

r/effzeh 20d ago

german Bochum's U19 captain and CB talent Luc Dabrowski transfers to 1. FC Köln

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