The journey back from Magdeburg to Geißbockheim was long for Markus Pröll, Dirk Lottner, Matthias Scherz and the rest of the team. 1. FC Köln were crushed with a rock-heavy hand in Saxony-Anhalt and were knocked out of the DFB Cup in August 2000 with a 5-2 defeat. In the first round, they play a Bundesliga club against a team from the top division (fourth division). There are not many memories associated with a duel between the two “first football clubs”, and there have only been two such duels so far. In the 2018/19 second division season, Köln won 3-0 and also drew 1-1. The fourth meeting between the two traditional clubs will now take place again in the second division. And Magdeburg are looking to win 4-0 before the international break against 1. FC Nürnberg in Müngersdorf.
