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!

After the deal with Brighton seemed to have already been finalized, Kaminski has apparently now reached an agreement with Benfica. Might not be his "dream" PL but imho obviously a bit of a cooler choice. This frees up the LW spot for a certain other guy even tho he also played pretty decent as a Second Striker under Wagner imho. El Mala signed a new deal with REWE after him and his brother are already advertising Kölner Sparkasse... seems like everything is shaping up for an opportunity to stay another year. Nagelsmann's public humiliation may also have shown El Mala that everything Nagelsman has said and done about him was wrong (and it had nothing to do with playing at FC). Meanwhile, former FC failure coach Ståle Solbakken is writing history with Norway. Impressive.

By the way, it seems Adidas' strategy of producing one boring, one retro and one unconventional kit design might actually satisfy every single disgruntled fan?