Peter Stöger
Stöger and his co-trainer Manfred Schmid were bought out of their contracts and went to 1. FC Köln. In January 2016, Stöger, along with his co-trainer Manfred Schmid extended the contracts to 2020,  In the season 2016/17  Köln reached  international football for the first time after 25 years. Cologne finished 5th and qualified for the Europa League. In the 2017/18 seasonKöln reached only  only three points from the opening 14 matches. Schmidt and Stöger were sacked on 3 December 2017.