2003–04 1. FC Kaiserslautern season

During the 2003–04 German football season, 1. FC Kaiserslautern competed in the Bundesliga.

1. FC Kaiserslautern
2003–04 season
ManagerEric Gerets (until February)
Kurt Jara
StadiumFritz-Walter-Stadion
Bundesliga15th
DFB-PokalFirst round
UEFA CupFirst round
Top goalscorerMiroslav Klose (10)

Season summary

Kaiserslautern started the season with 3 points deducted for financial irregularities. With the team in danger of relegation, eliminated from the DFB-Pokal by third-tier Eintracht Braunschweig, and elimatined from European football by Czech side Teplice for a second season running, manager Eric Gerets was sacked and replaced with Kurt Jara. The team ultimately finished 15th - worse than last season, but with 4 points between them and the relegation zone again.

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 Tim Wiese
2 DF  COD Nzelo Hervé Lembi
3 DF  CMR Bill Tchato
4 DF  SVN Aleksander Knavs
5 DF  GER Thomas Hengen
6 DF  EGY Hany Ramzy
7 MF  BUL Marian Hristov
8 MF  GRE Dimitrios Grammozis[notes 1]
9 FW  CZE Vratislav Lokvenc
10 MF  BRA Lincoln
11 FW  GER Miroslav Klose[notes 2]
13 MF   SUI Ciriaco Sforza
14 DF  GER Timo Wenzel
15 MF  CRO Nenad Bjelica
16 DF  BEL Stijn Vreven
19 MF  TUR Halil Altıntop[notes 3]
20 MF  POR José Dominguez
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 FW  GER Christian Timm
23 MF  GER Thomas Riedl
24 MF  FIN Mika Nurmela
25 MF  GER Michael Lehmann
26 MF  GER Torsten Reuter
27 GK  GER Thomas Ernst
28 MF  GER Stefan Malz
29 FW  GER Danko Bošković
30 MF  POL Kamil Kosowski (on loan from Wisła Kraków)
31 GK  GER Jens Kern
32 DF  CMR Lucien Mettomo
33 MF  GER Patrick Wittich
34 MF  GER Michael Berndt
35 GK  GER Reiner Schwartz
36 DF  GER Kristjan Glibo
37 DF  GER Thomas Drescher
38 MF  FRA Nicolas Loison

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
14 MF  GER Selim Teber (on loan to Austria Salzburg)
17 MF  BRA Ratinho (to Shenyang Ginde)
18 MF  GER Markus Anfang (to Energie Cottbus)
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 FW  MLT Michael Mifsud (to Sliema Wanderers)
34 DF  CZE Petr Gabriel (to Arminia Bielefeld)
44 MF  GER Steffen Freund (on loan to Leicester City)

References
  1. "FootballSquads - 1.FC Kaiserslautern - 2003/04". www.footballsquads.co.uk.

Notes
  1. Grammozis was born in Wuppertal, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Greece internationally through his parents and represented Greece at U-21 level.
  2. Klose was born in Opole, Poland, but was raised in Germany from the age of 8 and made his international debut for Germany in March 2001.
  3. 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.
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