2005–06 1. FC Kaiserslautern season

During the 2005–06 German football season, 1. FC Kaiserslautern competed in the Bundesliga.

1. FC Kaiserslautern
2005–06 season
ManagerMichael Henke (until 19 November)
Wolfgang Wolf (from 21 November)
StadiumFritz-Walter-Stadion
Bundesliga16th (relegated)
DFB-PokalRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague: Halil Altıntop (20)
All: Halil Altıntop (21)

Season summary edit

Michael Henke failed to replicate his success as Bayern Munich assistant manager and was soon sacked with Kaiserslautern in relegation danger. Wolfgang Wolf was unable to arrest the decline and Kaiserslautern's 9-year stay in the Bundesliga - which had seen a Champions League quarter-final, UEFA Cup semi-final, DFB-Pokal final, and a league title - came to an end.

Players edit

First-team squad edit

Squad at end of season[1]

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   AUT Jürgen Macho
2 DF   COD Nzelo Hervé Lembi
3 DF   FRA Mathieu Béda
4 DF   GER Timo Wenzel
5 DF   GER Ingo Hertzsch
7 MF   ALB Ervin Skela
9 FW   GER Carsten Jancker
10 MF   IRN Ferydoon Zandi[notes 1]
13 MF   SUI Ciriaco Sforza
14 MF   CRO Mihael Mikić
15 DF   BRA Marcelo Pletsch
16 MF   GER Axel Bellinghausen
18 FW   CIV Boubacar Sanogo
19 MF   TUR Halil Altıntop[notes 2]
20 MF   GER Marco Engelhardt
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 GK   GER Thomas Ernst
22 MF   GER Torsten Reuter
23 MF   GER Thomas Riedl
24 DF   GER Matthias Henn
25 MF   GER Michael Lehmann
26 MF   GER Daniel Damm
27 GK   GER Florian Fromlowitz
28 MF   GER Daniel Halfar
30 MF   SVK Balázs Borbély
33 DF   GER Stefan Blank
34 DF   GER Fabian Schönheim
36 GK   GER Andreas Clauß
38 FW   GER Marcel Ziemer
39 MF   GER Steffen Bohl
40 DF   NOR Jon Inge Høiland (on loan from Malmö FF)

Left club during season edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
6 MF   GER Christian Nerlinger (retired)
8 FW   TUR Berkant Göktan[notes 3] (released)
17 MF   GER Jochen Seitz (to Hoffenheim)
No. Pos. Nation Player
30 MF   POL Kamil Kosowski (on loan from Wisła Kraków)
32 DF   CMR Lucien Mettomo (to Kayseri Erciyesspor)

Results edit

Bundesliga edit

25 September 2005 7 VfB Stuttgart 1–0 Kaiserslautern Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Tomasson   10'
Report Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer
2 October 2005 8 1. FC Kaiserslautern 0–3 Hamburger SV
CEST (UTC+2)
5 November 2005 12 Hertha BSC 3–0 1. FC Kaiserslautern
CEST (UTC+2)
19 November 2005 13 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1-3 1. FC Nürnberg Kaiserslautern
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Blank   18' Match Report   17' Banović
  78' L. Müller
  81' Saenko
Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Attendance: 29,024
Referee: Michael Weiner
Man of the Match: Cantaluppi
14 December 2005 (2005-12-14) 15 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Kaiserslautern, Germany
17:30 CEST Seitz   85' (Report) Weissenberger   50'
Copado   58'
Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Attendance: 34,000
Referee: Florian Meyer
7 March 2006 24 Kaiserslautern 1–1 VfB Stuttgart Fritz-Walter-Stadion
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Attendance: 30,593
Referee: Helmut Fleischer
12 March 2006 25 Hamburger SV 3–0 1. FC Kaiserslautern Hamburg
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Volksparkstadion
8 April 2006 29 1. FC Kaiserslautern 0–2 Hertha BSC
CEST (UTC+2)
16 April 2006 30 1. FC Nürnberg 3-2 1. FC Kaiserslautern Nuremberg
17:30 CET (UTC+01) Vittek   12', 87'
Paulus   62'
Match Report   20', 48' Hal. Altıntop Stadium: Frankenstadion
Attendance: 47,250 (sell-out)
Referee: Florian Meyer
Man of the Match: Vittek
3 May 2006 (2006-05-03) 32 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–2 1. FC Kaiserslautern Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST Köhler   50'
Amanatidis   70'
(Report) Reinert   17'
Ziemer   83'
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

References edit

  1. ^ "FootballSquads - 1.FC Kaiserslautern - 2005/06". www.footballsquads.co.uk.

Notes edit

  1. ^ Zandi was born in Emden, West Germany (now Germany), and represented Germany at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Iran internationally and made his international debut for Iran in February 2005.
  2. ^ Altıntop was born in Gelsenkirchen, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and represented Turkey at U-18, U-20, U-21 and B level before making his international debut for Turkey in 2005.
  3. ^ Göktan was born in Munich, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and represented Turkey at U-21 level.