FC Cologne penalty taker

Gian-Luca Waldschmidt is our current FC Cologne penalty taker call, with Saïd El Mala next in line if the order changes or the first choice is not on the pitch.

Bundesliga hierarchies can look stable until one missed penalty, injury or substitution reshuffles the live order. We track the full ladder rather than a single stale name.

This page is built as a live Il Margine club file, not a one-name list. If the first-choice taker is injured, suspended, substituted or not starting, the second and third names become the useful part of the hierarchy.

Penalty order is one input in goalscorer pricing. When Bundesliga fixtures are live, compare the hierarchy with the Goalscorer Fair Odds Lab.

We update the order only when the evidence changes: penalties taken or missed, lineup context, injuries, suspensions, transfers, coaching comments, or strong league-specific signals.

Spot a hierarchy shift? Send it to us and we will tighten the file.