1995–96 1. FC Kaiserslautern season

1. FC Kaiserslautern

1995–96 season
Manager	Friedel Rausch Eckhard Krautzun
Stadium	Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Bundesliga	16th (relegated)
DFB-Pokal	Winners
UEFA Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	Pavel Kuka (10)

Season summary

Kaiserslautern suffered their worst season since the inception of the Bundesliga. A mere two years after coming within a point of winning the title, they were relegated in 16th place. Although they only lost 10 league games all season - as many as runners-up Bayern Munich - they also only won 6 of those remaining 24 games, the second-worst in the division. There was a silver lining to this season, as Kaiserslautern won the DFB-Pokal for only the second time in their history, ensuring a sixth appearance in European competition in the past seven seasons. Otto Rehhagel, recently ousted from Bayern Munich, was given the task of returning Kaiserslautern to the Bundesliga.

Players

First team squad

Squad at end of season[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GER Andreas Reinke 2 DF  GER Frank Greiner 4 DF  GER Axel Roos 5 DF  CZE Miroslav Kadlec 6 DF  GER Andreas Brehme 7 FW  GER Uwe Wegmann 8 MF  GER Martin Wagner 9 FW  CZE Pavel Kuka 10 MF  GER Claus-Dieter Wollitz 11 FW  GER Olaf Marschall 13 DF  GER Roger Lutz

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 DF  GER Mario Kern 15 DF  GER Thomas Hengen 19 MF  GER Dirk Flock 20 DF  GER Oliver Schäfer 21 DF  GER Harry Koch 22 GK  GER Gerry Ehrmann 23 MF  GER Thomas Riedl 24 MF  GER Marco Reich 25 MF  TUR Cem Karaca[notes 1] 26 DF  GER Wolfgang Funkel 27 GK  AUS Mark Schwarzer

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 3 MF  GER Bernd Hollerbach (to Hamburg) 12 DF  GER Thomas Ritter (to Karlsruhe)

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF  GER Dirk Anders (to MSV Duisburg) 17 DF  GER Matthias Hamann (to 1860 Munich)

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Bundesliga

Main article: 1995–96 Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	Bayer Leverkusen	34	8	14	12	37	38	−1	38
15	FC St. Pauli	34	9	11	14	43	51	−8	38
16	1. FC Kaiserslautern[a] (R)	34	6	18	10	31	37	−6	36	Cup Winners' Cup and relegation to 2. Bundesliga
17	Eintracht Frankfurt (R)	34	7	11	16	43	68	−25	32	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18	KFC Uerdingen (R)	34	5	11	18	33	56	−23	26

Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:

1. After being demoted by league place, Kaiserslautern won the DFB-Pokal 1995–96 and thus qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup.

References

1. "1.FC Kaiserslautern - 1995/96". FootballSquads.

Notes

1. Karaca was born in Hofheim, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and represented Turkey at U-21 and B level.