1. FC Köln backroom staff
We hold the names of 41 people on 1. FC Köln's staff for 2025/26, beyond the players. Lukas Kwasniok manages the first team, with Frank Kaspari and René Wagner as assistant managers. 1. FC Köln's is the 10th longest staff list of the 18 Bundesliga clubs we hold.
Coaching staff
The manager, the assistants and the coaches at every level of the club, 10 people
| NAME | ROLE | TEAM | AGE | NATIONALITY | PREVIOUSLY AT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lukas Kwasniok | Manager | First team | 44 | Germany |  |
| Stefan Ruthenbeck | Manager | Under-19s | 53 | Germany | - |
| Frank Kaspari | Assistant manager | First team | 54 | Germany |  |
| René Wagner | Assistant manager | First team | 36 | Germany | - |
| Peter Greiber | Goalkeeping coach | First team | 56 | Germany |  |
| Matthias Köbbing | Player and goalkeeping coach | Under-19s | 28 | Germany | - |
| Leif Frach | Fitness coach | First team | 37 | Germany | - |
| Max Weuthen | Fitness coach | First team | 36 | Germany | - |
| Niko Romm | Fitness coach | First team | 46 | Germany |  |
| Tillmann Bockhorst | Fitness coach | First team | 40 | Germany | - |
Medical and sports science
Doctors, physios and sports scientists, 7 people
| NAME | ROLE | TEAM | AGE | NATIONALITY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bettina Kuper | Club doctor | First team | 49 | - |
| Paul Klein | Club doctor | First team | 58 | Germany |
| Peter Schäferhoff | Club doctor | First team | 70 | Germany |
| Christian Osebold | Head physio | Club-wide | 42 | Germany |
| Daniel Schütz | Physio | First team | 47 | Germany |
| Marvin Kreuzwieser | Physio | First team | 34 | Germany |
| Matti Forkel | Physio | First team | 39 | Germany |
Scouting and analysis
Scouts, recruitment analysts and performance analysts, 13 people
| NAME | ROLE | TEAM | AGE | NATIONALITY | PREVIOUSLY AT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gabor Ruhr | Chief scout | Club-wide | 36 | Germany |  |
| Andreas Wagner | Scout | Club-wide | 48 | Germany |  |
| Can Schultz | Scout | Club-wide | 29 | Germany | - |
| Cornelius Döll | Scout | Club-wide | 36 | Germany |  |
| Konstantin Rausch | Scout | Club-wide | 35 | Russia |  |
| Lennart Strufe | Scout | Club-wide | 36 | Germany | |
| Markus Stegili | Scout | Club-wide | 59 | Germany | |
| Martin Schulz | Scout | Club-wide | 38 | Germany | - |
| Nuno Félix | Scout | Club-wide | 48 | Portugal |  |
| Sebastian Kleemann | Scout | Club-wide | 40 | Germany | - |
| Tobias Vierkötter | Scout | Club-wide | 34 | Germany | - |
| Denis Huckestein | Performance analyst | First team | 34 | Germany | - |
| Hannes Dold | Performance analyst | First team | 32 | Germany | - |
Football management
The people who run the football side, from the sporting director to the academy, 3 people
| NAME | ROLE | AGE | NATIONALITY | PREVIOUSLY AT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Steidten | Technical director | 46 | Germany |  |
| Markus Halfmann | Head of youth development | 36 | Germany | - |
| Mark Uth | Loan manager | 33 | Germany | - |
Owners and directors
Who owns 1. FC Köln and sits on its board
| NAME | ROLE | AGE | NATIONALITY | PREVIOUSLY AT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jörn Stobbe | Chair | 59 | Germany | - |
| Carsten Wettich | Director | 45 | Germany | - |
| Eckhard Sauren | Director | 53 | Germany | - |
| Erich Rutemöller | Director | 80 | Germany |  |
| Philipp Liesenfeld | Director | 38 | Germany | - |
| Philipp Türoff | Director | 49 | Germany | - |
| Thomas Kessler | Director | 39 | Germany | - |
| Ulf Sobek | Director | 53 | Germany | - |
Backroom staff at every Bundesliga club
The names we hold at each club in the division, 2025/26
1. FC Köln's list is the 10th longest of the 18, against a median of 42 across the division. Bayer 04 Leverkusen names the most, 71. SC Paderborn 07 names the fewest, 26.
1. FC Köln against the Bundesliga, department by department
Names held in each department, beside the average and the most at any one club
| DEPARTMENT | 1. FC KÖLN | AVERAGE | MOST | AT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coaching | 10 | 12 | 21 |  |
| Medical and sports science | 7 | 9 | 17 | |
| Scouting and analysis | 13 | 15 | 27 |  |
| Football management | 3 | 2 | 3 | |
| Owners and directors | 8 | 6 | 10 |  |
Backrooms the size of 1. FC Köln's, in every league
1. FC Köln's 41 names make the joint 162nd longest staff list of the 815 clubs we hold one for
| # | CLUB | LEAGUE | STAFF |
|---|---|---|---|
| 138 |  | Ligue 1 | 43 |
| 153 | Carrarese Calcio 1908 | Serie B | 42 |
| 153 |  | Championship | 42 |
| 153 |  | Super Liga | 42 |
| 153 |  | Eredivisie | 42 |
| 153 |  | Serie A | 42 |
| 153 | NK Osijek | Croatian First League | 42 |
| 153 |  | Eredivisie | 42 |
| 153 |  | Ligue 2 | 42 |
| 153 | U.S. Avellino 1912 | Serie B | 42 |
| 162 | | Bundesliga | 41 |
| 162 |  | J1 League | 41 |
| 162 |  | Liga MX | 41 |
| 162 |  | La Liga | 41 |
| 162 |  | - | 41 |
| 162 |  | Superleague Greece | 41 |
| 162 |  | Primeira Liga | 41 |
| 162 | S.S. Arezzo | Serie B | 41 |
| 162 |  | - | 41 |
| 162 |  | 2. Bundesliga | 41 |
| 162 | Viborg Fodsports Forening | Danish Superliga | 41 |
Where 1. FC Köln's staff come from
3 nationalities across the 40 staff whose nationality we hold
Germany supplies 38 of the 40, 95%. The median age is 40. The oldest is Erich Rutemöller, director, at 80, and the youngest Matthias Köbbing, player and goalkeeping coach, at 28. 13 members of staff came from another club, most often SSV Jahn Regensburg (3).
Where 1. FC Köln's former staff work now
On 1. FC Köln's staff in an earlier season and at another club in 2025/26, 25 people
Frequently asked questions
Who is 1. FC Köln's manager?
Lukas Kwasniok is the 1. FC Köln first-team manager, aged 44. Frank Kaspari and René Wagner are the assistant managers.
Who is the goalkeeping coach at 1. FC Köln?
Peter Greiber coaches the 1. FC Köln first-team goalkeepers.
Who is 1. FC Köln's head physio?
Christian Osebold is head physio at 1. FC Köln.
Who is 1. FC Köln's chief scout?
Gabor Ruhr is chief scout at 1. FC Köln.
Who is 1. FC Köln's technical director?
Tim Steidten is technical director at 1. FC Köln.
How many backroom staff do 1. FC Köln have?
We hold the names of 41 people on 1. FC Köln's staff for 2025/26: 10 in coaching, 7 in medical and sports science, 13 in scouting and analysis, 3 in football management and 8 owners and directors. That is the 10th longest list of the 18 Bundesliga clubs we hold, against a median of 42. Across every league we hold, that list is the joint 162nd longest of 815.
Where to next
For what 1. FC Köln pays its squad, see 1. FC Köln player wages. The first-team manager has a page of their own: Lukas Kwasniok. What each of these jobs pays across football is on backroom staff wages. Every club in the division is on Bundesliga wages.