2024–25 1. FC Kaiserslautern season

1. FC Kaiserslautern
2024–25 season
ManagerMarkus Anfang
StadiumFritz-Walter-Stadion
2. Bundesliga10th
DFB-PokalSecond round

The 2024–25 season is the 125th season in the history of 1. FC Kaiserslautern and the third consecutive season in 2. Bundesliga. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the DFB-Pokal.

Summary

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On 22 June, Kaiserslautern's preparations for the start of 2. Bundesliga began.[1] On the same day, the veteran midfielder Hendrick Zuck also signed an extension to his contract, the duration of which has not been announced.[2]

Transfers

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In

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Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
FW Germany Angelos Stavridis Germany FC 08 Homburg Loan return 30 June 2024
FW Germany Lex-Tyger Lobinger Germany VfL Osnabrück Loan return 30 June 2024
DF Germany Luca Sirch Germany Lokomotive Leipzig 1 July 2024
DF Germany Jannis Heuer Germany SC Paderborn 1 July 2024
DF Germany Florian Kleinhansl Germany VfL Osnabrück 1 July 2024
MF Germany Erik Wekesser Germany 1. FC Nürnberg €250,000 1 July 2024
MF Czech Republic Filip Kaloč Germany Baník Ostrava €435,000 1 July 2024 [3]
FW Germany Jannik Mause Germany FC Ingolstadt €600,000 3 July 2024
DF Germany Jan Gyamerah Germany 1. FC Nürnberg Loan 26 July 2024 [4]

Out

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Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
DF Croatia Nikola Soldo Germany 1. FC Köln Loan return 30 June 2024 [5]
DF Poland Tymoteusz Puchacz Germany Union Berlin Loan return 30 June 2024
MF Germany Aaron Basenach End of contract 1 July 2024
DF Germany Philipp Hercher Germany 1. FC Magdeburg End of contract 1 July 2024
MF Germany Ben Zolinski End of contract 1 July 2024
MF Germany Julian Niehues Germany 1. FC Heidenheim End of contract 1 July 2024 [6]
GK Germany Robin Himmelmann Germany Karlsruher SC End of contract 1 July 2024
DF Germany Kevin Kraus End of contract 1 July 2024

Friendlies

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Pre-season

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23 June 2024 Friendly Fanauswahl Germany 0–5 Germany 1. FC Kaiserslautern Gau-Odernheim
14:30
Attendance: 2,000
28 June 2024 Friendly TB Jahn Zeiskam Germany 0–8 Germany 1. FC Kaiserslautern Gau-Odernheim
Stadium: Gau-Odernheim Kunstrasen
1 July 2024 Friendly FK Pirmasens Germany 1–2 Germany 1. FC Kaiserslautern Pirmasens
18:00
Stadium: PS - FKP Kunstrasen Husterhöh
8 July 2024 Friendly Qarabağ Azerbaijan 1–3 Germany 1. FC Kaiserslautern Imst, Austria
12:30
Stadium: Velly Arena Imst
20 July 2024 Friendly Fortuna Düsseldorf Germany 0–1 Germany 1. FC Kaiserslautern Offenbach
15:15 Report Stadium: Stadion am Bieberer Berg
Note: Two periods of 30 minutes
20 July 2024 Friendly[7] Kickers Offenbach Germany 1–3 Germany 1. FC Kaiserslautern Offenbach
16:30
Report
Stadium: Stadion am Bieberer Berg
Note: Two periods of 30 minutes
27 July 2024 Friendly 1. FC Kaiserslautern Germany 2–0 Germany 1860 Munich Kaiserslautern
13:30
  • Ritter 57'
  • Mause 76'
Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Attendance: 16,139

Mid-season

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5 September 2024 Friendly VfB Stuttgart Germany 4–1 Germany 1. FC Kaiserslautern
15:00

Competitions

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Overall record

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
2. Bundesliga 4 August 2024 18 May 2025 Matchday 1 6 2 2 2 11 12 −1 033.33
DFB-Pokal 17 August 2024 First round 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 100.00
Total 7 3 2 2 13 13 +0 042.86

Last updated: 21 September 2024
Source: Competitions

2. Bundesliga

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
7 1. FC Nürnberg 12 5 3 4 24 20 +4 18
9 1. FC Magdeburg 12 4 6 2 20 17 +3 18
10 1. FC Kaiserslautern 12 4 5 3 20 18 +2 17
11 Hertha BSC 12 5 2 5 20 20 0 17
12 Darmstadt 98 12 4 4 4 26 23 +3 16
Updated to match(es) played on 10 November 2024. Source: Bundesliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.[8]
(Rules 4–6 only apply after home and away matches have been played between the tied teams.)

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
6 2 2 2 11 12  −1 8 0 2 1 7 8  −1 2 0 1 4 4  0

Last updated: 21 September 2024.
Source: DFB

Results by round

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Round1234567
GroundAHAHAHA
ResultWDWLLD
Position
Updated to match(es) played on 21 September 2024. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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The match schedule was released on 4 July 2024.[9]

4 August 2024 1 SSV Ulm 1–2 1. FC Kaiserslautern Ulm
13:30
Report
Stadium: Donaustadion
Attendance: 17,400
Referee: Robert Schröder
9 August 2024 2 1. FC Kaiserslautern 2–2 Greuther Fürth Kaiserslautern
18:30 Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion
24 August 2024 3 Preußen Münster 0–1 1. FC Kaiserslautern Münster
13:00 Stadium: Preußenstadion
31 August 2024 4 1. FC Kaiserslautern 3–4 Hertha BSC Kaiserslautern
20:30 Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion
14 September 2024 5 Hannover 96 3–1 1. FC Kaiserslautern Hanover
13:00 Stadium: Heinz-von-Heiden-Arena
21 September 2024 6 1. FC Kaiserslautern 2–2 Hamburger SV Kaiserslautern
20:30 Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion
28 September 2024 7 Jahn Regensburg v 1. FC Kaiserslautern Regensburg
13:00 Stadium: Jahnstadion Regensburg

DFB-Pokal

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17 August 2024 First round FC Ingolstadt 1–2 1. FC Kaiserslautern Ingolstadt
15:30 Stadium: Audi Sportpark
29 October 2024 Second round VfB Stuttgart v 1. FC Kaiserslautern Stuttgart
20:45 Stadium: MHPArena

References

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  1. ^ Sport, S. W. R. (22 June 2024). "Trainingsauftakt beim FCK - Zuck bleibt in Kaiserslautern". swr.online.
  2. ^ "Gute Nachrichten für den FCK: Zuck verlängert Vertrag".
  3. ^ Sport, S. W. R. (15 May 2024). "Der 1. FC Kaiserslautern zieht die Kaufoption bei Filip Kaloc. Nach dem feststehenden Klassenerhalt verpflichten die Pfälzer den Mittelfeldspieler von Banik Ostrau fest". swr.online.
  4. ^ "FCK verstärkt Defensive mit Jan Gyamerah". FCK DE. 26 July 2024.
  5. ^ "1. FC Kaiserslautern: Warum Soldo mehr Chancen auf Einsatzzeit hat". bild.de. 3 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Niehues to join Heidenheim from second tier Kaiserslautern". Yahoo News. 21 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Blitzturnier in Offenbach - News / OFC". ofc.de.
  8. ^ "DFL–Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 7 June 2024. p. 3. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  9. ^ "2024/25 Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 fixture lists to be released on 4 July". bundesliga.com. 7 June 2024.