He had to wait until the following year for another management role, when Bundesliga side 1. FC Köln moved for him after firing Stephan Engels when they sunk into the relegation zone.
Botteron started his professional career at FC Zürich in 1972 and won three League Titles and three Swiss Cups before he left in 1980 to join the 1. FC Köln side of the early 1980s, where he played alongside the likes of Dieter Müller, Bernd Schuster, Tony Woodcock, Rainer Bonhof, Bernhard Cullmann, Klaus Fischer, Klaus Allofs and Stephan Engels.
Friedrich Engels | Stephan Moccio | Stephan Elliott | Martin Stephan | Stephan Pastis | Stephan Marks | Stephan Kekulé von Stradonitz | Stephan Engels | Stephan Eicher | Stephan Weidner | Stephan Thernstrom | Stephan Schreck | Stephan Noller | Stephan Körner | Stephan Kaschendorf | Stephan Hermlin | Stéphan Grégoire | Stephan Collishaw | Stephan Andersen | Stephan A. Hoeller | Stephan | Sarah Engels | Michel Engels | Mary Tate Engels | Édouard Stephan | Doug Stephan | St. Stephan's Cathedral | Stephan Winkelmann | Stephan Van Dam | Stéphan Tremblay |