Viktoria Köln vs 1. FC Nürnberg, 2026-27 German Cup, First Round

· 1. FC Nürnberg win 5-4 on penalties

Viktoria Köln

90'+6': Meiko Sponsel

FT - Penalties
1 - 1
1. FC Nürnberg win 5-4 on penalties

1. FC Nürnberg

56': Piet Scobel

About

Viktoria Köln are hosting 1. FC Nürnberg at Sportpark Höhnberg, Köln, Germany, starting on . The match is a part of the German Cup.

Match Commentary

19': Javier Fernández (1. FC Nürnberg) Yellow Card at 19'
45': Alexander Prokopenko (Viktoria Köln) Substitution at 45'
56': Piet Scobel (1. FC Nürnberg) Goal at 56'
57': Noah Le Bret (Viktoria Köln) Substitution at 57'
58': Lucas Mika Wolf (Viktoria Köln) Yellow Card at 58'
67': Can Moustfa (1. FC Nürnberg) Substitution at 67'
67': Giannis Masouras (1. FC Nürnberg) Substitution at 67'
74': Pascal Fallmann (Viktoria Köln) Substitution at 74'
74': Niklas Jahn (Viktoria Köln) Substitution at 74'
78': Adriano Grimaldi (1. FC Nürnberg) Substitution at 78'
78': Tobias Heß (1. FC Nürnberg) Substitution at 78'
87': Jakob Sachse (Viktoria Köln) Substitution at 87'
90'+4': Kristian Mandic (1. FC Nürnberg) Substitution at 90'+4'
90'+6': Meiko Sponsel (Viktoria Köln) Goal at 90'+6'
91': Jakob Sachse (Viktoria Köln) Yellow Card at 91'
96': Niklas Jahn (Viktoria Köln) Yellow Card at 96'
102': Adam Markhiev (1. FC Nürnberg) Yellow Card at 102'
121': Julian Justvan (1. FC Nürnberg) Penalty - Scored at 121'
122': Jakob Sachse (Viktoria Köln) Penalty - Scored at 122'
122': Kristian Mandic (1. FC Nürnberg) Penalty - Scored at 122'
123': Alexander Prokopenko (Viktoria Köln) Penalty - Scored at 123'
124': Adam Markhiev (1. FC Nürnberg) Penalty - Scored at 124'
125': Pascal Fallmann (Viktoria Köln) Penalty - Missed at 125'
125': Giannis Masouras (1. FC Nürnberg) Penalty - Missed at 125'
126': Tobias Eisenhuth (Viktoria Köln) Penalty - Scored at 126'
127': Javier Fernández (1. FC Nürnberg) Penalty - Missed at 127'
128': Niklas Swider (Viktoria Köln) Penalty - Missed at 128'
129': Fynn Otto (1. FC Nürnberg) Penalty - Scored at 129'
129': Noah Le Bret (Viktoria Köln) Penalty - Scored at 129'
130': Can Moustfa (1. FC Nürnberg) Penalty - Scored at 130'
131': Niklas Jahn (Viktoria Köln) Penalty - Missed at 131'

Statistics

FCN		VKO
17	Fouls	15
2	Yellow Cards	3
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	4
7	Corner Kicks	8
4	Saves	3
54.2	Possession	45.8
11	SHOTS	21
5	ON GOAL	6
0.5	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
566	Accurate Passes	436
650	Passes	544
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.8
0.0	Cross %	0.0
0.0	Long Balls %	0.0
2	Blocked Shots	5
12	Effective Tackles	24
15	Tackles	32
0.8	Tackle %	0.8
0	Effective Clearances	0
33	Clearances	20

Game Information

Competition: German Cup

Venue: Sportpark Höhnberg
Location: Köln, Germany

Line-Ups

Viktoria Köln (4-4-2)

No.	Name
1	Arne Schultz (GK)
18	Tim Kloss
6	Tobias Eisenhuth
26	Killian Jakob
19	Meiko Sponsel
20	Niklas Swider
8	Taylan Duman
21	Lucas Mika Wolf
7	Yannick Tonye
44	Niklas Castelle
10	David Otto

Viktoria Köln Substitutes:

Verthomy Boboy, Jakob Sachse, Niklas Jahn, Pascal Fallmann, Alexander Prokopenko, Jason Amann, Noah Le Bret, David Wyciok, Marco Pledl.

1. FC Nürnberg (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Jan Reichert (GK)
20	Fynn Otto
4	Alexios Kalogeropoulos
41	Eric Porstner
32	Tim Janisch
18	Rafael Lubach
8	Javier Fernández
6	Adam Markhiev
19	Piet Scobel
23	Mohamed Alì Zoma
10	Julian Justvan

1. FC Nürnberg Substitutes:

Sigurd Haugen, Can Moustfa, Tobias Heß, Robin Lisewski, Giannis Masouras, Adriano Grimaldi, Marc Kornwachs Barjuan, Kristian Mandic, Marko Soldic.

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