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
Chairman Stefan Kuntz
Manager Milan Šašić (until 4 May)[1]
Alois Schwartz (from 4 May)[1]
StadiumFritz-Walter-Stadion
2. Bundesliga7th
DFB-PokalFirst round
Top goalscorerErik Jendrišek (14)

Season summary

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

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

Players

First-team squad
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

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)

References
  1. "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
  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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