FC Köln 1-4 Schalke 04: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 28 January 2012

Result

FC Köln 1-4 Schalke 04

Bundesliga · Saturday 28 January 2012, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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FC Köln 1-4 Schalke 04: match report

FC Köln lost to Schalke 04 1-4 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 28 January 2012. The half-time score was 1-0.

Lukas Podolski opened the scoring in the 4th minute. FC Köln's goal came from Lukas Podolski (4'). Schalke 04 scored through Ciprian Marica (60'), Ciprian Marica (72'), Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (78', penalty) and Marco Höger (82').

Discipline: FC Köln received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Schalke 04 received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game FC Köln were 12th on 21 points from 18 and Schalke 04 3rd on 37 points from 18. FC Köln went on to finish that season 17th with 30 points, and Schalke 04 3rd with 64.

FC Köln lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Schalke 04 in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 FC Köln wins, 2 draws and 5 for Schalke 04.

Going into the match FC Köln's last five read L-L-D-W-D and Schalke 04's W-W-W-W-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Lukas PodolskiFC Köln · 1-0
  • 18'Yellow card · Pedro GeromelFC Köln
  • 35'Yellow card · Atsuto UchidaSchalke 04
  • 53'Yellow card · Joel MatipSchalke 04
  • 60'Goal · Ciprian MaricaSchalke 04 · 1-1
  • 72'Goal · Ciprian MaricaSchalke 04 · 1-2
  • 78'Red card · M. BrečkoFC Köln
  • 78'Penalty goal · Klaas-Jan HuntelaarSchalke 04 · 1-3
  • 82'Goal · Marco HögerSchalke 04 · 1-4

Head-to-head

9 meetings: FC Köln 2, draws 2, Schalke 04 5.

Team news

FC Köln expected line-up (4-4-1-1)

Michael Rensing, Pedro Geromel, Sascha Riether, Ammar Jemal, Henrique Sereno, Mišo Brečko, Mato Jajalo, Christian Clemens, Martin Lanig, Lukas Podolski, Sławomir Peszko

Schalke 04 line-up (4-2-3-1)

Lars Unnerstall, Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Christoph Metzelder, Atsuto Uchida, Joël Matip, Marco Höger, Julian Draxler, Ciprian Marica, Chinedu Obasi, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Christian Fuchs