1. FC Köln 2019/20 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2019/20 · top earner Mark Uth on £65,000 per week · see the current 1. FC Köln wage bill
We hold a wage for all 26 players in that squad. The average is taken over the 21 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 — 37% lower than the £617,700 of 2019/20.
Where the money went in 2019/20
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 6 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2019/20 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Uth | £65,000 | £3,380,000 | 27 | AM R, ST | Germany | ||
| Anthony Modeste | £61,000 | £3,172,000 | 31 | ST | France | ||
| Jonas Hector | £50,000 | £2,600,000 | 29 | D/WB L, DM | Germany | ||
| Timo Horn | £50,000 | £2,600,000 | 26 | GK | Germany | ||
| Jorge Meré | £41,000 | £2,132,000 | 22 | D C | Spain | ||
| Jhon Córdoba | £33,000 | £1,716,000 | 26 | ST | Colombia | ||
| Simon Terodde | £31,000 | £1,612,000 | 31 | ST | Germany | ||
| Birger Verstraete | £28,000 | £1,456,000 | 25 | DM | Belgium | ||
| Ellyes Skhiri | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | 24 | DM | Tunisia | ||
| Christian Clemens | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | 27 | AM RL | Germany | ||
| Marcel Risse | £24,000 | £1,248,000 | 29 | AM R | Germany | ||
| Florian Kainz | £23,000 | £1,196,000 | 26 | AM LC | Austria | ||
| Marco Höger | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | 29 | D C, DM | Germany | ||
| Dominick Drexler | £19,000 | £988,000 | 29 | AM LC | Germany | ||
| Kingsley Schindler | £17,000 | £884,000 | 25 | AM R, ST | Ghana | ||
| Kingsley Ehizibue | £17,000 | £884,000 | 24 | D/WB/M R | Holland | ||
| Elvis Rexhbeçaj | £15,000 | £780,000 | 21 | DM, AM C | Kosovo | ||
| Benno Schmitz | £13,000 | £676,000 | 24 | D/WB R, DM | Germany | ||
| Toni Leistner | £13,000 | £676,000 | 28 | D C | Germany | ||
| Sebastiaan Bornauw | £11,000 | £572,000 | 20 | D C | Belgium | ||
| Niklas Hauptmann | £11,000 | £572,000 | 23 | AM C | Germany | ||
| Rafael Czichos | £10,000 | £520,000 | 29 | D LC | Germany | ||
| Thomas Kessler | £6,600 | £343,200 | 33 | GK | Germany | ||
| Jan Thielmann | £2,100 | £109,200 | 17 | AM RL, ST | Germany | ||
| Noah Katterbach | £1,900 | £98,800 | 18 | D/WB L | Germany | ||
| Ismail Jakobs | £1,100 | £57,200 | 19 | D/WB/AM L | Germany | ||
Wage vs age, 2019/20
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2019/20 squad, against the share of the bill they took
Top 5 earners took 43% of the squad wage bill, across the 26 players we hold a 2019/20 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2019/20 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
1. FC Köln wages, 2019/20
What was 1. FC Köln's wage bill in 2019/20?
1. FC Köln paid £617,700 a week in 2019/20 - £32,120,400 across the year - spread over a squad of 26. We hold a wage for all 26 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid 1. FC Köln player in 2019/20?
Mark Uth was the highest earner in the 2019/20 squad on £65,000 a week, 2.3x the 22+ squad average of £27,933.
What was the average 1. FC Köln salary in 2019/20?
The average 1. FC Köln player aged 22 or over earned £27,933 a week in 2019/20, across the 21 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 26. The top five earners took 43% of the bill between them.
How do 1. FC Köln's 2019/20 wages compare with now?
1. FC Köln pay £389,319 a week in 2026/27, 37% lower than the £617,700 of 2019/20. The current squad is 29 players against 26 then.