1. FC Kaiserslautern
2007–08 season
ChairmanGermany Stefan Kuntz (from April)
ManagerNorway Kjetil Rekdal (until February)
Croatia Milan Šašić (from 12 February)[1]
StadiumFritz-Walter-Stadion
2. Bundesliga13th
DFB-PokalSecond round
Top goalscorerJosh Simpson (6)

During the 2007–08 German football season, 1. FC Kaiserslautern competed in the 2. Bundesliga.

Season summary

Kjetil Rekdal was sacked as manager in February with Kaiserslautern in 16th place with only 3 wins from their first 19 games. Milan Šašić, who had taken TuS Koblenz from the fourth tier to midtable in the second tier, was appointed as his successor and secured safety on the final day of the season with victory over already promoted 1. FC Köln. However, this represented Kaiserslautern's worst finish in the German league pyramid since the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963.

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Burkina Faso BFA Moussa Ouattara
3 DF France FRA Mathieu Béda
4 DF Germany GER Christopher Lamprecht (on loan from Wolfsburg)
5 MF Cameroon CMR Georges Mandjeck (on loan from Stuttgart)
7 MF Germany GER Sebastian Reinert
8 MF Austria AUT Stefan Lexa
9 FW Sweden SWE Björn Runström (on loan from Fulham)
10 MF Canada CAN Patrice Bernier
11 FW Romania ROU Victoraș Iacob
13 DF Germany GER Benjamin Weigelt (on loan from Alemannia Aachen)
14 FW Nigeria NGA Emeka Opara
15 MF Canada CAN Josh Simpson
16 MF Germany GER Axel Bellinghausen
17 DF Germany GER Alexander Bugera
19 FW Germany GER Christian Henel
20 FW Germany GER Marcel Ziemer
21 DF Algeria ALG Aïmen Demai[notes 1]
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF Germany GER Steffen Bohl
23 DF Germany GER Sven Müller
24 FW Germany GER Alexander Esswein
25 GK Germany GER Tobias Sippel
26 FW Slovakia SVK Erik Jendrišek
27 GK Germany GER Florian Fromlowitz
28 MF Germany GER Torsten Reuter
29 GK Germany GER Kevin Trapp
32 DF Germany GER Bartosz Broniszewski
33 FW Germany GER Christoph Werner
34 DF Germany GER Fabian Schönheim
35 GK United States USA Luis Robles
37 FW Germany GER Sebastian Stachnik
38 DF Germany GER Sascha Kotysch
41 DF Germany GER Nassim Banouas
42 MF Kazakhstan KAZ Sergej Neubauer

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
1 GK Austria AUT Jürgen Macho (to AEK Athens)
5 DF Mali MLI Boubacar Diarra (to Luzern)
No. Pos. Nation Player
6 MF Denmark DEN Esben Hansen (to OB)
11 MF Germany GER Daniel Halfar (to Arminia Bielefeld)

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
11 1860 Munich 34 9 14 11 42 45 −3 41
12 VfL Osnabrück 34 10 10 14 43 54 −11 40
13 1. FC Kaiserslautern 34 9 12 13 37 37 0 39
14 FC Augsburg 34 10 8 16 39 51 −12 38
15 Kickers Offenbach (R) 34 9 11 14 38 60 −22 38 Relegation to 3. Liga
Source: Bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

References

  1. ↑ "Sasic beim FCK gelandet". kicker (in German). 12 February 2008. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  2. ↑ "FootballSquads - 1. FC Kaiserslautern - 2007/08". www.footballsquads.co.uk.

Notes

  1. ↑ 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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