{"id":707,"date":"2025-10-15T09:55:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T07:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fanfacts.com\/football\/?post_type=fun_fact&#038;p=707"},"modified":"2025-10-15T10:19:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T08:19:49","slug":"1-fc-koeln-der-geissbock-als-karnevalsgeschenk","status":"publish","type":"fun_fact","link":"https:\/\/www.fanfacts.com\/football\/fun-facts\/1-fc-koeln-der-geissbock-als-karnevalsgeschenk\/","title":{"rendered":"1. FC K\u00f6ln: Der Gei\u00dfbock als Karnevalsgeschenk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Der ber\u00fchmte Gei\u00dfbock Hennes des 1. FC K\u00f6ln ist ein echter Karnevalsscherz aus dem Jahr 1950! Die Zirkusdirektorin Carola Williams \u00fcberreichte bei einer Karnevalssitzung dem Verein einen jungen Gei\u00dfbock mit der Begr\u00fcndung, dass dem FC noch ein Gl\u00fccksbringer fehle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Das Tier wurde nach dem damaligen Spielertrainer Hennes Weisweiler benannt. Mittlerweile ist schon Hennes IX. im Amt, und der Gei\u00dfbock ist neben Eintracht Frankfurts Adler Attila das einzige lebende Maskottchen im deutschen Profifu\u00dfball. Besonders kurios: 2017 beantragten die K\u00f6lner sogar eine Spielberechtigung f\u00fcr Hennes VIII., als sie mit vielen Verletzungen zu k\u00e4mpfen hatten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bundesliga.com\/de\/bundesliga\/news\/60-jahre-bundesliga-1-fc-koln-hennes-tier-maskottchen-24911\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.bundesliga.com\/de\/bundesliga\/news\/60-jahre-bundesliga-1-fc-koln-hennes-tier-maskottchen-24911<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gei%C3%9Fbock_Hennes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gei%C3%9Fbock_Hennes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Der ber\u00fchmte Gei\u00dfbock Hennes des 1. 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