Media Contact
1. FC Köln has won numerous awards for its multimedia platforms and innovative communication strategies. FC features heavily in the media with four regional newspapers covering the team on a consistent basis. When counting all social media platforms, there are over two million users following #effzeh.
Media Contacts
General press requests
Please direct all press-related questions (interview requests, press invitations, etc.) to the Media & Communications department in written form:
1. FC Köln GmbH & Co. KgaA
Abteilung Medien und Kommunikation
Postfach 45 04 56
50879 Köln
Postfach 45 04 56
50879 Köln
E-Mail: medien@fc-koeln.de
Accreditation Guidelines
Accreditiation
In order to make the accreditation process easier and more simplified, 1. FC Köln are the first Bundesliga club to make use of an accreditation portal. Media representatives who are successful in their application are able to use the "print@home" option or make use of the mobile/wallet function on their smartphone. This QR code is then used to check-in at the Media Entrance at the back of the West Stand.
Link to the accreditation portal: fc-akkreditierung.de
An English guide on how to complete the process can be found here.
Important:
Entitled to the print, photo, and internet accrediation are only the journalists, who can also provide an official press identification. As official press ID we accept the following:
- VDS (Verband Deutscher Sportjournalisten)
- DJU (Deutsche Journalisten-Union) - verdi.medien
- DJV (Deutscher Journalisten-Verband)
- AIPS (Association Internationale de la Presse Sportive)
- BDZV (Bundesverband Deutscher Zeitungsverleger)
Accrediation requests to FC home matches must be made at least five days prior to the kick-off date and before 12pm. With a signed consent of the accreditation form, the journalist agrees to all rules and regulations of the Deutschen Fußball Liga (DFL) and 1. FC Köln.
