1. FC Kaiserslautern
2008–09 season
ChairmanGermany Stefan Kuntz
ManagerCroatia Milan Šašić (until 4 May)[1]
Germany Alois Schwartz (from 4 May)[1]
StadiumFritz-Walter-Stadion
2. Bundesliga7th
DFB-PokalFirst round
Top goalscorerErik Jendrišek (14)

During the 2008–09 German football season, 1. FC Kaiserslautern competed in the 2. Bundesliga.

Season summary

Although Kaiserslautern's form improved, 7th place was still too far away from promotion for the board's liking, and manager Milan Šašić departed in early May, days after a 1–5 defeat to Hansa Rostock. 1. FC Kaiserslautern II manager Alois Schwartz acted as caretaker for the remainder of the season. Marco Kurz was hired as his permanent replacement.[2]

Kit

The kit was manufactured by Italian company Kapppa and sponsored by Frankfurt-based financial advisors Deutsche Vermögensberatung.

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Germany GER Tobias Sippel
2 DF Burkina Faso BFA Moussa Ouattara
3 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Dario Damjanović
4 DF Germany GER Christopher Lamprecht (on loan from Wolfsburg)
5 DF Germany GER Martin Amedick
6 DF Germany GER Mathias Abel
7 MF Germany GER Sebastian Reinert
8 MF Germany GER Sidney Sam (on loan from Hamburg)
9 FW Croatia CRO Srđan Lakić
10 MF Germany GER Anel Džaka[notes 1]
11 MF Germany GER Danny Fuchs
13 MF Germany GER Mario Klinger
14 DF Germany GER Manuel Hornig
15 MF Canada CAN Josh Simpson
16 MF Germany GER Axel Bellinghausen (captain)
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF Germany GER Alexander Bugera
19 DF Czech Republic CZE Jiří Bílek
20 DF Germany GER Dragan Paljić
21 DF Tunisia TUN Aïmen Demai[notes 2]
22 MF Romania ROU Laurențiu Reghecampf
23 DF Germany GER Florian Dick
24 FW Germany GER Kai Hesse
25 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Said Husejinović (on loan from Werder Bremen)
26 FW Slovakia SVK Erik Jendrišek
29 GK Germany GER Kevin Trapp
30 DF Germany GER Fabian Müller
31 FW Germany GER Alper Akçam
35 GK United States USA Luis Robles
37 MF Germany GER Ricky Pinheiro
38 DF Germany GER Sascha Kotysch

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
11 FW Germany GER Marcel Ziemer (to Wehen Wiesbaden)
No. Pos. Nation Player
34 DF Germany GER Fabian Schönheim (to Wehen Wiesbaden)

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
5 Greuther Fürth 34 16 8 10 60 46 +14 56
6 MSV Duisburg 34 14 13 7 56 36 +20 55
7 1. FC Kaiserslautern 34 15 7 12 53 48 +5 52
8 FC St. Pauli 34 14 6 14 52 59 −7 48
9 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 34 11 9 14 35 54 −19 42
Source: kicker
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

References

  1. 1 2 "Sasic nicht mehr Trainer des FCK" (in German). DFL. 4 May 2009. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  2. ↑ "Kurz sagt Ja zum FCK". kicker (in German). Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  3. ↑ "FootballSquads - 1. FC Kaiserslautern - 2008/09". www.footballsquads.co.uk.

Notes

  1. ↑ Džaka was born in Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina), but also qualified to represent Germany internationally and represented Germany at U-21 level.
  2. ↑ Demai was born in Thionville, France, but also qualified to represent Tunisia and Algeria internationally through his mother and father respectively and made his international debut for Algeria in 2003 before making his international debut for Tunisia in February 2009.
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