The time is edging ever-closer to the Cologne vs Fortuna Dusseldorf Bundesliga 2 game as we find ourselves fast approaching kick-off for this match, and the teams have just been announced.
We can reveal that the starting XI for Cologne which is confirmed as follows:
Cologne
Marvin Schwäbe #1
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.9m
Weight: 86kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Dieburg, Germany
Leart Paqarada #17
Defender
Height: 1.84m
Weight: 76kg
Age: 30
Place of birth: Bremen, Germany
Timo Hübers #4
Defender
Height: 1.9m
Weight: 80kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Germany
Joël Schmied #2
Defender
Height: 1.88m
Weight: 84kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Switzerland
Place of birth: Berne, Switzerland
Dominique Heintz #3
Defender
Height: 1.9m
Weight: 85kg
Age: 31
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Germany
Jusuf Gazibegović
Defender
Height: 1.74m
Weight: 65kg
Age: 24
Place of birth: Salzburg, Austria
Dejan Ljubičić #7
Midfielder
Height: 1.87m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Austria
Place of birth: Austria
Mathias Olesen
Midfielder
Height: 1.76m
Weight: 71kg
Age: 23
Linton Maina #37
Midfielder
Height: 1.73m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Berlin, Germany
Florian Kainz #11
Forward
Height: 1.74m
Weight: 67kg
Age: 32
Nationality: Austria
Place of birth: Graz, Austria
Imad Rondić #27
Forward
Height: 1.9m
Weight: 83kg
Age: 26
The team sheet line-up for Fortuna Dusseldorf has also been confirmed as follows:
Fortuna Dusseldorf
Florian Kastenmeier #33
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.92m
Weight: 84kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Germany
Tim Oberdorf #15
Defender
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 78kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Hagen, Germany
Jamil Siebert #20
Defender
Height: 1.93m
Weight: 86kg
Age: 22
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Düsseldorf, Germany
Moritz Heyer #5
Defender
Height: 1.84m
Weight: 78kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Ostercappeln, Germany
Valgeir Lunddal Friðriksson #12
Defender
Height: 1.91m
Weight: 82kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Iceland
Place of birth: Iceland
Giovanni Haag #5
Midfielder
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 80kg
Age: 24
Nationality: France
Place of birth: Metz, France
Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson
Midfielder
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 72kg
Age: 21
Nationality: Iceland
Place of birth: Sutton Coldfield, England
Shinta Appelkamp #23
Midfielder
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 72kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Toyko, Japan
Myron van Brederode #10
Forward
Height: 1.74m
Weight: 60kg
Age: 21
Nationality: Netherlands
Place of birth: Netherlands
Dženan Pejčinović #7
Forward
Height: 1.88m
Weight: 78kg
Age: 20
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Munich, Germany
Dawid Kownacki #24
Forward
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Poland
Place of birth: Poland
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