1. FC Köln 2017/18 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2017/18 · top earner Timo Horn on £45,000 per week · see the current 1. FC Köln wage bill
We hold a wage for all 76 players in that squad. The average is taken over the 24 players aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for.
Then and now
1. FC Köln pay £389,319 a week in 2026/27 — 33% lower than the £582,076 of 2017/18.
Where the money went in 2017/18
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 14 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2017/18 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timo Horn | £45,000 | £2,340,000 | 24 | GK | Germany | ||
| Jonas Hector | £43,000 | £2,236,000 | 27 | D/WB L, DM | Germany | ||
| Claudio Pizarro | £36,000 | £1,872,000 | 38 | ST | Peru | ||
| Leonardo Bittencourt | £34,000 | £1,768,000 | 23 | AM RL | Germany | ||
| Jorge Meré | £34,000 | £1,768,000 | 20 | D C | Spain | ||
| Jhon Córdoba | £34,000 | £1,768,000 | 24 | ST | Colombia | ||
| Dominique Heintz | £28,000 | £1,456,000 | 23 | D C | Germany | ||
| Christian Clemens | £28,000 | £1,456,000 | 25 | AM RL | Germany | ||
| Yûya Ôsako | £26,000 | £1,352,000 | 27 | AM/F C | Japan | ||
| Marcel Risse | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | 27 | AM R | Germany | ||
| Simon Terodde | £24,000 | £1,248,000 | 29 | ST | Germany | ||
| Vincent Koziello | £23,000 | £1,196,000 | 21 | DM | France | ||
| Frederik Sørensen | £23,000 | £1,196,000 | 25 | D RC | Denmark | ||
| Marco Höger | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | 27 | DM | Germany | ||
| Milos Jojic | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | 25 | AM C | Serbia | ||
| Dominic Maroh | £19,000 | £988,000 | 30 | D C | Slovenia | ||
| Simon Zoller | £15,000 | £780,000 | 26 | AM RL, ST | Germany | ||
| Jannes Horn | £14,000 | £728,000 | 20 | D LC | Germany | ||
| Matthias Lehmann | £13,000 | £676,000 | 34 | DM | Germany | ||
| Serhou Guirassy | £12,000 | £624,000 | 21 | ST | France | ||
| Paweł Olkowski | £9,000 | £468,000 | 27 | D/WB/M R | Poland | ||
| Lukas Klünter | £7,000 | £364,000 | 21 | D/WB R | Germany | ||
| Thomas Kessler | £6,600 | £343,200 | 31 | GK | Germany | ||
| João Queirós | £4,100 | £213,200 | 19 | D C | Portugal | ||
| Salih Özcan | £3,600 | £187,200 | 19 | DM, AM C | Germany | ||
| Birk Risa | £3,500 | £182,000 | 19 | D LC, ST | Norway | ||
| Nikolas Nartey | £2,900 | £150,800 | 17 | DM, AM C | Denmark | ||
| Tim Handwerker | £2,600 | £135,200 | 19 | D/WB/AM L | Germany | ||
| Hikmet Çiftçi | £2,200 | £114,400 | 19 | DM | Türkiye | ||
| Marius Laux | £1,900 | £98,800 | 31 | D/WB L, DM | Germany | ||
| Sven Müller | £1,600 | £83,200 | 21 | GK | Germany | ||
| Calvin Brackelmann | £1,400 | £72,800 | 17 | D LC, M L | Germany | ||
| Florian Hörnig | £1,300 | £67,600 | 30 | D C, DM | Germany | ||
| Leander Siemann | £790 | £41,080 | 21 | D RC | Germany | ||
| Jonas Hildebrandt | £780 | £40,560 | 20 | D C, DM | Germany | ||
| Daniel Nesseler | £780 | £40,560 | 19 | D RC | Germany | ||
| Anas Ouahim | £780 | £40,560 | 19 | AM RC | Germany | ||
| Adrian Szöke | £780 | £40,560 | 18 | AM/F C | Serbia | ||
| Brady Scott | £770 | £40,040 | 17 | GK | U.S.A. | ||
| Chris Führich | £760 | £39,520 | 19 | AM C | Germany | ||
| Filip Kusic | £730 | £37,960 | 21 | D C | Serbia | ||
| Roman Prokoph | £700 | £36,400 | 31 | ST | Germany | ||
| Jens Bauer | £690 | £35,880 | 20 | WB R, DM, AM C | Germany | ||
| Jannick Theißen | £690 | £35,880 | 19 | GK | Germany | ||
| Johannes Kölmel | £690 | £35,880 | 20 | D/WB R | Germany | ||
| Sven Bacher | £686 | £35,672 | 28 | GK | Germany | ||
| Lucas Surek | £670 | £34,840 | 20 | D RL | Germany | ||
| Marvin Rittmüller | £660 | £34,320 | 18 | DM | Germany | ||
| Miro Kovacic | £660 | £34,320 | 22 | AM RC | Croatia | ||
| Michael Hasemann | £660 | £34,320 | 19 | D C, DM | Germany | ||
| Nebiyou Perry | £640 | £33,280 | 17 | AM R | Sweden | ||
| Ismail Jakobs | £640 | £33,280 | 17 | WB/AM R | Germany | ||
| Stanley Ratifo | £600 | £31,200 | 22 | ST | Mozambique | ||
| Timo Braun | £590 | £30,680 | 19 | AM LC, F C | Germany | ||
| Manfredas Ruzgis | £510 | £26,520 | 20 | ST | Lithuania | ||
| Jan-Christoph Bartels | £450 | £23,400 | 18 | GK | Germany | ||
| Kevin Goden | £430 | £22,360 | 18 | D/WB R | Germany | ||
| Kaan Çaliskaner | £360 | £18,720 | 17 | ST | Germany | ||
| Sven Sonnenberg | £350 | £18,200 | 18 | D C | Germany | ||
| Kenan Akalp | £330 | £17,160 | 18 | D C, DM | Türkiye | ||
| Sinan Karweina | £300 | £15,600 | 18 | AM/F C | Germany | ||
| Oliver Schmitt | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | AM/F C | Germany | ||
| Anil Aydin | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | DM | Germany | ||
| Philipp Höffler | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D/WB R | Italy | ||
| Bogdans Samoilovs | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | AM C | Latvia | ||
| Tomas Ostrak | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | AM/F C | Czechia | ||
| Dominik Becker | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | D RC | Germany | ||
| Noah Katterbach | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | AM RL | Germany | ||
| Elias Oubella | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D C | Germany | ||
| Yann-Aurel Bisseck | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D C | Germany | ||
| Patrick Ince | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | ST | Germany | ||
| Darko Churlinov | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | AM RLC | FYR Macedonia | ||
| Luca Schlax | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | D L | Germany | ||
| Can Bozdogan | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | AM C | Germany | ||
| Robert Voloder | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | SW, D C | Germany | ||
| Sebastian Müller | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | AM R | Germany | ||
Wage vs age, 2017/18
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2017/18 squad, against the share of the bill they took
Top 5 earners took 33% of the squad wage bill, across the 76 players we hold a 2017/18 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2017/18 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
1. FC Köln wages, 2017/18
What was 1. FC Köln's wage bill in 2017/18?
1. FC Köln paid £582,076 a week in 2017/18 - £30,267,952 across the year - spread over a squad of 76. We hold a wage for all 76 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid 1. FC Köln player in 2017/18?
Timo Horn was the highest earner in the 2017/18 squad on £45,000 a week, 2.4x the 22+ squad average of £18,935.
What was the average 1. FC Köln salary in 2017/18?
The average 1. FC Köln player aged 22 or over earned £18,935 a week in 2017/18, across the 24 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 76. The top five earners took 33% of the bill between them.
How do 1. FC Köln's 2017/18 wages compare with now?
1. FC Köln pay £389,319 a week in 2026/27, 33% lower than the £582,076 of 2017/18. The current squad is 29 players against 76 then.