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2008–09 1. FC Kaiserslautern season

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

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)

Season summary edit

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 edit

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

Players edit

First-team squad edit

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

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

Competitions edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

2. Bundesliga edit

Main article: 2008–09 2. Bundesliga

League table edit

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 edit

  1. ^ a b "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 edit

  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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