Center Back · FC Viktoria Köln · season-by-season, by competition, and every match.
A career still climbing — Sponsel is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.
The record covers 3 seasons (2022/23–2025/26) across 3 clubs — 53 appearances with 3 goal contributions from defence.
His best campaign on record is 2025/26 at FC Viktoria Köln — Season rating 18, 2 goals and 1 assist in 31 games. Form is on a climb — up 15 Season points across his last 2 full seasons.
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Rating | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | FC Viktoria Köln | 31 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 18 |
| 2024/25 | 1. FC Köln | 2 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | Rot-Weiß Essen | 20 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 4 |
| Competition | Apps | Min | G | A | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3. Liga | 31 | 1727 | 2 | 1 | 6.9 |
| Date | Competition | Opponent | Res | Status | Min | G | A | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7 | Friendlies Clubs | H Verl | 1-3 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jan 10 | Friendlies Clubs | A FC Botosani | 2-4 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jan 14 | Friendlies Clubs | A 1. FC Köln | 2-3 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Mar 20 | Friendlies Clubs | A Borussia Mönchengladbach | 0-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 4 | Friendlies Clubs | H Wiedenbrück | 1-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 8 | Friendlies Clubs | H Bonner SC | 1-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 8 | Friendlies Clubs | H Bonner SC | 1-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 12 | Friendlies Clubs | H FSV Frankfurt | 6-5 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 19 | Friendlies Clubs | H VVV Venlo | 0-3 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 26 | Friendlies Clubs | A Preußen Münster | 1-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 3 | 3. Liga | H FC Schweinfurt 05 | 2-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 9 | 3. Liga | A FC Saarbrücken | 1-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 17 | DFB Pokal | H SC Paderborn 07 | 1-3 | Unused sub | 0 | — | ||
| Aug 24 | 3. Liga | A Waldhof Mannheim | 0-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 29 | 3. Liga | H SSV Jahn Regensburg | 1-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Sep 13 | 3. Liga | A Erzgebirge Aue | 3-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Sep 16 | 3. Liga | H Hoffenheim II | 2-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Sep 20 | 3. Liga | A Stuttgart II | 1-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Sep 28 | 3. Liga | H VfL Osnabrück | 0-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Oct 1 | 3. Liga | A TSV 1860 München | 2-2 | Played | 51 | 6.3 | ||
| Oct 4 | 3. Liga | H Havelse | 4-1 | Played | 90 | 6.9 | ||
| Oct 18 | 3. Liga | A Rot-Weiß Essen | 0-1 | Played | 90 | 6.9 | ||
| Oct 26 | 3. Liga | H Hansa Rostock | 2-4 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Oct 31 | 3. Liga | H FC Ingolstadt 04 | 3-1 | Played | 90 | 1 | 7.2 | |
| Nov 9 | 3. Liga | A SV Wehen | 1-0 | Played | 90 | 6.9 | ||
| Nov 22 | 3. Liga | H Verl | 1-5 | Played | 63 | 5.9 | ||
| Nov 29 | 3. Liga | A Energie Cottbus | 2-3 | Played | 90 | 7.3 | ||
| Dec 6 | 3. Liga | H SSV Ulm 1846 | 0-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Dec 13 | 3. Liga | A Alemannia Aachen | 3-0 | Played | 90 | 6.9 | ||
| Dec 21 | 3. Liga | H MSV Duisburg | 0-0 | Played | 90 | 7.2 | ||
| Jan 18 | 3. Liga | A FC Schweinfurt 05 | 0-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jan 23 | 3. Liga | H FC Saarbrücken | 2-0 | Played | 90 | 1 | 7.3 | |
| Jan 31 | 3. Liga | H Waldhof Mannheim | 1-3 | Played | 90 | 6.3 | ||
| Feb 7 | 3. Liga | A SSV Jahn Regensburg | 0-0 | Played | 90 | 7.2 | ||
| Feb 13 | 3. Liga | H Erzgebirge Aue | 2-2 | Played | 90 | 7.0 | ||
| Feb 22 | 3. Liga | A Hoffenheim II | 3-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Feb 28 | 3. Liga | H Stuttgart II | 2-0 | Played | 83 | 1 | 7.9 | |
| Mar 3 | 3. Liga | A VfL Osnabrück | 0-2 | Played | 90 | 7.2 | ||
| Mar 6 | 3. Liga | H TSV 1860 München | 0-1 | Played | 90 | 6.7 | ||
| Mar 14 | 3. Liga | A Havelse | 2-3 | Played | 90 | 6.3 | ||
| Mar 22 | 3. Liga | H Rot-Weiß Essen | 1-2 | Played | 90 | 6.9 | ||
| Apr 4 | 3. Liga | A Hansa Rostock | 3-2 | Played | 90 | 6.6 | ||
| Apr 8 | 3. Liga | A FC Ingolstadt 04 | 2-1 | Played | 90 | 6.2 | ||
| Apr 11 | 3. Liga | H SV Wehen | 2-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Apr 18 | 3. Liga | A Verl | 0-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Apr 26 | 3. Liga | H Energie Cottbus | 0-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| May 2 | 3. Liga | A SSV Ulm 1846 | 2-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| May 10 | 3. Liga | H Alemannia Aachen | 0-3 | Not in squad | — | |||
| May 16 | 3. Liga | A MSV Duisburg | 1-1 | Not in squad | — |