2024–25 1. FC Kaiserslautern season

1. FC Kaiserslautern
2024–25 season
ManagerMarkus Anfang
(until 22 April)
Torsten Lieberknecht
(from 22 April)
StadiumFritz-Walter-Stadion
2. Bundesliga7th
DFB-PokalSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Ragnar Ache (16)

All:
Ragnar Ache (16)

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

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

In

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

Out

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

Friendlies

Pre-season

23 June 2024 Friendly Fanauswahl 0–5 1. FC Kaiserslautern Gau-Odernheim
14:30
  • Kaloč 18'
  • Abiama 49', 63'
  • Opoku 55'
  • Blum 82'
Attendance: 2,000
28 June 2024 Friendly TB Jahn Zeiskam 0–8 1. FC Kaiserslautern Gau-Odernheim
Stadium: Gau-Odernheim Kunstrasen
1 July 2024 Friendly FK Pirmasens 1–2 1. FC Kaiserslautern Pirmasens
18:00
  • Ehrhart 58'
Stadium: PS - FKP Kunstrasen Husterhöh
8 July 2024 Friendly Qarabağ 1–3 1. FC Kaiserslautern Imst, Austria
12:30
Stadium: Velly Arena Imst
20 July 2024 Friendly Fortuna Düsseldorf 0–1 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 1–3 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 2–0 1860 Munich Kaiserslautern
13:30
  • Ritter 57'
  • Mause 76'
Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Attendance: 16,139

Mid-season

5 September 2024 Friendly VfB Stuttgart 4–1 1. FC Kaiserslautern
15:00
8 January 2025 Friendly 1. FC Kaiserslautern 4–0 Bravo
16:00

Competitions

Overall record

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

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
5 1. FC Magdeburg 34 14 11 9 64 52 +12 53
6 Fortuna Düsseldorf 34 14 11 9 57 52 +5 53
7 1. FC Kaiserslautern 34 15 8 11 56 55 +1 53
8 Karlsruher SC 34 14 10 10 57 55 +2 52
9 Hannover 96 34 13 12 9 41 36 +5 51
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

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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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

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
Report
Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Attendance: 41,623
Referee: Florian Lechner
24 August 2024 3 Preußen Münster 0–1 1. FC Kaiserslautern Münster
13:00
Report
Stadium: Preußenstadion
Attendance: 12,422
Referee: Michael Bacher
31 August 2024 4 1. FC Kaiserslautern 3–4 Hertha BSC Kaiserslautern
20:30
Report
Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Attendance: 48,608
Referee: Benjamin Brand
14 September 2024 5 Hannover 96 3–1 1. FC Kaiserslautern Hanover
13:00
Report
Stadium: Heinz-von-Heiden-Arena
Attendance: 38,100
Referee: Robert Kampka
21 September 2024 6 1. FC Kaiserslautern 2–2 Hamburger SV Kaiserslautern
20:30
Report
Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Attendance: 49,327
Referee: Florian Exner
28 September 2024 7 SSV Jahn Regensburg 0–0 1. FC Kaiserslautern Regensburg
13:00
Report
Stadium: Jahnstadion
Attendance: 14,431
Referee: Max Burda
5 October 2024 8 SV Elversberg 1–0 1. FC Kaiserslautern Elversberg
13:00 CET
  • Semih Sahin  14'
  • Rohr  22'
  • Damar 66'
  • Frederik Schmahl  81'
Report
Stadium: URSAPHARM-Arena an der Kaiserlinde
Attendance: 9,502
Referee: Lars Erbst
19 October 2024 9 1. FC Kaiserslautern 3–0 SC Paderborn Kaiserslautern
20:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Attendance: 42,028
Referee: Richard Hempel
26 October 2024 10 Fortuna Düsseldorf 3–4 1. FC Kaiserslautern Düsseldorf
20:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena
Attendance: 44,557
Referee: Frank Willenborg
3 November 2024 11 1. FC Kaiserslautern 2–2 1. FC Magdeburg Kaiserslautern
8 November 2024 12 1. FC Nürnberg 0–0 1. FC Kaiserslautern Nürnberg
24 November 2024 13 1. FC Kaiserslautern 3–2 Eintracht Braunschweig Kaiserslautern
29 November 2024 14 FC Schalke 04 0–3 1. FC Kaiserslautern Gelsenkirchen
7 December 2024 15 1. FC Kaiserslautern 3–1 Karlsruher SC Kaiserslautern
14 December 2024 16 SV Darmstadt 5–1 1. FC Kaiserslautern Darmstadt
22 December 2024 17 1. FC Kaiserslautern 0–1 1. FC Köln Kaiserslautern
18 January 2025 18 1. FC Kaiserslautern 2–1 SSV Ulm Kaiserslautern
24 January 2025 19 Greuther Fürth 2–4 1. FC Kaiserlautern Fürth

DFB Pokal

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 2–1 1. FC Kaiserslautern Stuttgart
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: MHPArena
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Daniel Schlager

References

  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.