18-05-2025
🎥 Köln in party mode: World champion from the Rhine, FC star extends
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1. FC Köln returns to the Bundesliga as second division champions. The party mode has, of course, been activated for quite some time. A pitch invasion at the final whistle is almost standard at the end of the season.
Der 1. FC Köln ist wieder da, wo er hingehört – in der 1. Liga! Danke für euren Kampf und euren Einsatz, Jungs!#effzeh #fcKöln #wiedererstklassig #bundesliga #aufstieg #dankejungs #nurdersfc #kölnliebe #heimatverein #fckoeln
— DJ Darman (@djdarmande) May 18, 2025
Friedhelm Funkel celebrated his seventh promotion. Beer showers were the very least he could expect.
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The championship trophy was hoisted into the Cologne afternoon sky just a few minutes later.
CHAMPIONS 🏆 #effzeh
— 1. FC Köln (@fckoeln) May 18, 2025
FC key player Linton Maina had saved another mood booster for this moment of ecstasy.
Linton Maina bleibt beim FC 🖊️✨___#effzeh
— 1. FC Köln (@fckoeln) May 18, 2025
In Cologne tonight, if we are to believe the words of Mark Uth, the night will be turned into day.
Ça célèbre bien dans les vestiaires du 1. FC Köln #effzeh
— Unser Fußball (@unserfussball) May 18, 2025
The party continued in the locker room for the "World Champions from the Rhine".
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