Marco Köller

Marco Köller (born 25 June 1969) is a German former footballer.[2]

Marco Köller
Marco Köller (left) is challenged by Hans-Jörg Leitzke of Lokomotive Leipzig in 1987
Personal information
Date of birth (1969-06-25) 25 June 1969
Place of birth East Germany
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1975– BSG AdW Berlin
Turbine EKB Treptow
0000–1981 1. FC Union Berlin
1981–1986 BFC Dynamo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1989 BFC Dynamo 67 (2)
1989–1990 Suspended
1990–1991 MSV Duisburg 7 (0)
Total 74 (2)
International career
East Germany Olympic 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Köller joned the youth academy of football club BFC Dynamo in 1986.

Köller won the 1986 UEFA European Under-18 Championship with East Germany after defeating Italy 3-1 in the final on 15 October 1986.[3] 17-year-old Köller then made his first appearance with the first team of BFC Dynamo as substitute for Frank Pastor in the match against FC Carl Zeiss Jena at the Dynamo-Stadion im Sportforum in the eighth matchday of the 1986-87 DDR-Oberliga on 18 October 1986.[4][3]

Köller was a regular player of BFC Dynamo in the 1987-88 and 1988-89 season.[5] He played for BFC Dynamo against Girondins Bordeaux and SV Werder Bremen in the 1987-88 and 1988-89 European Cup.[5]

Köller played in the first matches for BFC Dynamo in the 1989-90 DDR-Oberliga. He also played in the first leg against AS Monaco away in the Second round of the 1989–90 European Cup Winners' Cup. However, Köller then suffered a metatarsal injury. The match against FC Hansa Rostock in the eighth matchday of the 1989-90 DDR-Oberliga on 21 October 1989 became his last appearance for BFC Dynamo. Köller then decided to leave for leave for West Germany with his girlfriend. When the Berlin Wall fell on 9 November 1989, he is already on a train towards Trier.[6]

References
  1. "Marco Köller". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  2. "Köller, Marco". Kicker (in German). Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  3. Karas, Steffen (2022). 66 Jahre BFC Dynamo – Auswärts mit 'nem Bus (2nd ed.). Berlin: CULTURCON medien, Sole trader: Bernd Oeljeschläger. p. 130. ISBN 978-3-944068-95-4.
  4. Nöldner, Jürgen (21 October 1986). "Ein Platz und ganze Welten" (PDF). Die neue Fußballwoche (FuWo) (de) (in German). Vol. 1986, no. 42. Berlin: DFV der DDR. p. 4. ISSN 0323-8407. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  5. Karas, Steffen (2022). 66 Jahre BFC Dynamo – Auswärts mit 'nem Bus (2nd ed.). Berlin: CULTURCON medien, Sole trader: Bernd Oeljeschläger. pp. 468–479. ISBN 978-3-944068-95-4.
  6. "Chef im Operncafé". Spiegel (in German). Vol. 1996, no. 52. Hamburg: DER SPIEGEL GmbH & Co. KG. 22 December 1996. Retrieved 11 April 2023.



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