2000–01 1. FC Kaiserslautern season

During the 2000–01 German football season, 1. FC Kaiserslautern competed in the Bundesliga.

1. FC Kaiserslautern
2000–01 season
ManagerAndreas Brehme
StadiumFritz-Walter-Stadion
Bundesliga8th
DFB-PokalSecond round
UEFA CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Miroslav Klose and Vratislav Lokvenc (9)
All: Vratislav Lokvenc (12)

Season summary

Although Kaiserlautern recorded the same number of points as they had the previous season, they finished in 8th, three places lower. Greater success came in the UEFA Cup, as Kaiserlautern reached the semi-finals before being eliminated by Deportivo Alavés.

Players

First-team squad
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  GER Georg Koch
2 DF  DEN Michael Schjønberg
3 DF  CZE Petr Gabriel
4 DF  GER Axel Roos
6 DF  EGY Hany Ramzy
7 MF  BUL Marian Hristov
8 MF  GRE Dimitrios Grammozis[notes 1]
9 FW  SWE Jörgen Pettersson
10 FW  CZE Vratislav Lokvenc
11 FW  GER Olaf Marschall
12 MF  GER Marco Reich
13 DF  YUG Slobodan Komljenović[notes 2]
14 MF  FRA Youri Djorkaeff
15 MF  CRO Nenad Bjelica
16 GK  GER Uwe Gospodarek
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF  BRA Ratinho
18 MF  POR José Dominguez
20 DF  POL Tomasz Kłos
21 DF  LUX Jeff Strasser
22 MF  GER Andreas Buck
23 MF  GER Silvio Adzic
24 DF  GER Harry Koch
25 FW  GER Miroslav Klose[notes 3]
26 GK  GER Roman Weidenfeller
27 DF  GER Marco Stark
28 FW  GER Marco Toppmöller
29 DF  GER Rainer Hauck
30 MF  GER Mario Basler
31 MF  GER Rüdiger Ziehl

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
5 DF   SUI Murat Yakin (to FC Basel)
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW  ALB Igli Tare (to Brescia)

Results

First round
29 August 2000 Kickers Offenbach 0–4 1. FC Kaiserslautern Offenbach
Report
(in German)		 Ramzy  38'
Lokvenc  41'
Pettersson  53'
Basler  76'		 Stadium: Stadion am Bieberer Berg
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Herbert Fandel (Kyllburg)

Second round
1 November 2000 Borussia Mönchengladbach 5–1 1. FC Kaiserslautern Mönchengladbach
Nielsen  23'
Van Lent  43', 45'
Demo  84'
Auer  87'		 Report
(in German)		 Pettersson  6' Stadium: Bökelberg
Attendance: 24,100
Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack (Biberbach)

First round
11 September 2000 Bohemians 1–3 Kaiserslautern Tolka Park, Dublin
Crowe  90' (p) Report Reich  72'
Hristov  76'
Tare  79'
21 September 2000 Kaiserslautern 0–1 Bohemians Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern
Report Crowe  37' Referee: Mikko Vuorela (Finland)

Kaiserslautern won 3–2 on aggregate.

Second round
24 October 2000 Iraklis 1–3 Kaiserslautern Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki
Konstantinou  47' (p) Report UEFA Report Basler  6'
Hristov  35'
Tavlaridis  64' (o.g.)		 Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Alan Snoddy (Northern Ireland)
9 November 2000 Kaiserslautern 2–3 Iraklis Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern
Koch  25' (pen.)
Djorkaeff  29'		 Report UEFA Report Konstantinou  54', 90'
Ederson  90'		 Attendance: 14,572
Referee: Mike Riley (England)

Kaiserslautern win 5-4 on aggregate

Third round
23 November 2000 Rangers 1–0 Kaiserslautern Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
Albertz  88' Report UEFA Report Attendance: 47,279
Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)
7 December 2000 Kaiserslautern 3–0 Rangers Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern
Klose  8'
Buck  65'
Lokvenc  79'		 Report UEFA Report Attendance: 28,757
Referee: Knud Erik Fisker (Denmark)

Kaiserslautern win 3–1 on aggregate.

Fourth round
15 February 2001 Slavia Prague 0–0 Kaiserslautern Strahov Stadium, Prague
Report UEFA Report Attendance: 17,840
Referee: Eric Romain (France)
22 February 2001 Kaiserslautern 1–0 Slavia Prague Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern
Lokvenc  59' Report UEFA Report Attendance: 23,596
Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

Kaiserslautern won 1–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals
8 March 2001 Kaiserslautern 1–0 PSV Eindhoven Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern
Koch  31' (pen.) Report UEFA Report Attendance: 23,851
Referee: Graham Poll (England)
15 March 2001 PSV Eindhoven 0–1 Kaiserslautern Philips Stadion, Eindhoven
Bruggink
Van Bommel  73'		 Report UEFA Report Basler  71' (pen.) Attendance: 31,000
Referee: Antonio Jesús López Nieto (Spain)

Match interrupted for 16 minutes due to supporter disturbances.
Kaiserslautern won 2–0 on aggregate

Semi-finals
5 April 2001 (2001-04-05) Alavés 5–1 Kaiserslautern Mendizorrotza Stadium, Vitoria-Gasteiz
21:15 Contra  20' (pen.), 31' (pen.)
Cruyff  42'
Alonso  57' (pen.)
Mocelin  81'		 Report UEFA Report Koch  68' (pen.) Attendance: 15,157
Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)
19 April 2001 (2001-04-19) 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1–4 Alavés Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern
20:30 Djorkaeff  7' Report UEFA Report Alonso  23'
Vučko  64', 86'
Gañán  88'		 Attendance: 29,800
Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

Alavés won 9–2 on aggregate.

References
  1. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/ger/2000-2001/bundes/kaisersl.htm

Notes
  1. Grammozis was born in Wuppertal, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Greece internationally through his parents and represented them at U-21 level.
  2. Komljenović was born in Frankfurt, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Yugoslavia internationally and made his international debut for Yugoslavia in December 1994.
  3. Klose was born in Opole, Poland, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally and made his international debut for Germany in March 2001.
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