Players who played for Bayern Munich and Köln

17 players have played for both Bayern Munich and Köln, according to Wikidata. The best known include Lukas Podolski, Hansi Flick and Claudio Pizarro. 12 of them moved straight from one club to the other, including Lukas Podolski. The earliest arrival at one of the two clubs was in 1970 (Jupp Kapellmann), the most recent in 2011 (Mitchell Weiser).

Play today's football grid (in French)One player ticks both the row and the column, for every square. Bayern Munich special (in French)Today's games with its 301 players. Köln special (in French)Today's games with its 209 players.

The full list (17 players)

Player	Position	Nationality	Bayern Munich	Köln
Lukas Podolski	Midfielder	Germany	2006–2009	2003–2012
Hansi Flick	Midfielder	Germany	1985–1990	1990–1993
Claudio Pizarro	Forward	Peru	2001–2015	2017–2018
Jürgen Kohler	Defender	Germany	1989–1991	1987–1989
Harald Schumacher	Goalkeeper	Germany	1991–1992	1972–1987
Michael Rensing	Goalkeeper	Germany	2003–2010	2011–2012
Mitchell Weiser	Defender	Germany	2012–2015	2011–2012
Carsten Jancker	Forward	Germany	1996–2002	1993–1996
Christian Lell	Defender	Germany	2003–2010	2004–2006
Bruno Labbadia	Forward	Germany	1991–1994	1994–1995
Jupp Kapellmann	Forward	Germany	1973–1979	1970–1973
Herbert Zimmermann	Defender	Germany	1972–1974	1974–1984
Markus Feulner	Midfielder	Germany	2001–2003	2004–2006
Pablo Thiam	Midfielder	Germany	2001–2003	1994–1998
Stefan Maierhofer	Forward	Austria	2006	2013
Stefan Wessels	Goalkeeper	Germany	1999–2003	2003–2007
Markus Münch	Defender	Germany	1990–1998	1998

Players ranked from best known to least known (number of language editions of their Wikipedia page). Data from Wikidata: spotted a mistake? Let us know.

Other club pairs

With Bayern Munich

Hamburg23 VfB Stuttgart23 Nuremberg23 Bayer Leverkusen22 Borussia Dortmund20 Schalke 0420 Werder Bremen17 VfL Wolfsburg16

With Köln

Borussia Dortmund18 VfB Stuttgart17 Bayer Leverkusen14 1860 Munich13 Hamburg13 1. FC Kaiserslautern13 Werder Bremen12 Karlsruher SC12