2007–08 1. FC Kaiserslautern season

During the 2007–08 German football season, 1. FC Kaiserslautern competed in the 2. Bundesliga.

1. FC Kaiserslautern
2007–08 season
Chairman Stefan Kuntz (from April)
Manager Kjetil Rekdal (until February)
Milan Šašić (from 12 February)[1]
StadiumFritz-Walter-Stadion
2. Bundesliga13th
DFB-PokalSecond round
Top goalscorerJosh Simpson (6)

Season summary

Kjetil Rekdal was sacked as manager in February with Kaiserslautern in 16th place with only 3 wins from their first 19 games. Milan Šašić, who had taken TuS Koblenz from the fourth tier to midtable in the second tier, was appointed as his successor and secured safety on the final day of the season with victory over already promoted 1. FC Köln. However, this represented Kaiserslautern's worst finish in the German league pyramid since the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963.

Players

First-team squad
Squad at end of season[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF  BFA Moussa Ouattara
3 DF  FRA Mathieu Béda
4 DF  GER Christopher Lamprecht (on loan from Wolfsburg)
5 MF  CMR Georges Mandjeck (on loan from Stuttgart)
7 MF  GER Sebastian Reinert
8 MF  AUT Stefan Lexa
9 FW  SWE Björn Runström (on loan from Fulham)
10 MF  CAN Patrice Bernier
11 FW  ROU Victoraș Iacob
13 DF  GER Benjamin Weigelt (on loan from Alemannia Aachen)
14 FW  NGA Emeka Opara
15 MF  CAN Josh Simpson
16 MF  GER Axel Bellinghausen
17 DF  GER Alexander Bugera
19 FW  GER Christian Henel
20 FW  GER Marcel Ziemer
21 DF  ALG Aïmen Demai[notes 1]
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF  GER Steffen Bohl
23 DF  GER Sven Müller
24 FW  GER Alexander Esswein
25 GK  GER Tobias Sippel
26 FW  SVK Erik Jendrišek
27 GK  GER Florian Fromlowitz
28 MF  GER Torsten Reuter
29 GK  GER Kevin Trapp
32 DF  GER Bartosz Broniszewski
33 FW  GER Christoph Werner
34 DF  GER Fabian Schönheim
35 GK  USA Luis Robles
37 FW  GER Sebastian Stachnik
38 DF  GER Sascha Kotysch
41 DF  GER Nassim Banouas
42 MF  KAZ Sergej Neubauer

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
1 GK  AUT Jürgen Macho (to AEK Athens)
5 DF  MLI Boubacar Diarra (to Luzern)
No. Pos. Nation Player
6 MF  DEN Esben Hansen (to OB)
11 MF  GER Daniel Halfar (to Arminia Bielefeld)

References
  1. "Sasic beim FCK gelandet". kicker (in German). 12 February 2008. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  2. "FootballSquads - 1. FC Kaiserslautern - 2007/08". www.footballsquads.co.uk.

Notes
  1. 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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