2002–03 1. FC Kaiserslautern season

1. FC Kaiserslautern

2002–03 season
Manager	Andreas Brehme Karl-Heinz Emig Eric Gerets
Stadium	Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Bundesliga	14th
DFB-Pokal	Runners-up
UEFA Intertoto Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	Miroslav Klose (9)

During the 2002–03 German football season, 1. FC Kaiserslautern competed in the Bundesliga.

Season summary

With Kaiserslautern in the relegation zone and eliminated from the Intertoto Cup, manager Andreas Brehme was sacked. After a brief caretaker spell under his assistant manager, Karl-Heinz Emig, former PSV Eindhoven manager Eric Gerets was recruited. Although the defense was improved, conceding only 3 goals more all season than in the championship season of 1998, the attacking record suffered and Kaiserslautern finished 14th, 4 points ahead of the relegation zone. However, the team did make a run to the final of the DFB-Pokal; despite a 3–1 defeat to double winners Bayern Munich, the team qualified again for the UEFA Cup.

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 Georg Koch 2 DF  COD Nzelo Hervé Lembi 3 DF  CMR Bill Tchato 4 DF  SVN Aleksander Knavs 5 DF  GER Thomas Hengen 6 DF  EGY Hany Ramzy 7 MF  BUL Marian Hristov 8 MF  GRE Dimitrios Grammozis[notes 1] 9 FW  CZE Vratislav Lokvenc 10 MF  BRA Lincoln 11 FW  GER Miroslav Klose[notes 2] 12 GK  GER Tim Wiese 13 MF  SUI Ciriaco Sforza 14 MF  GER Selim Teber 15 MF  CRO Nenad Bjelica

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  BRA Ratinho 18 MF  GER Markus Anfang 20 DF  POL Tomasz Kłos 21 FW  MLT Michael Mifsud 22 FW  GER Christian Timm 23 MF  GER Thomas Riedl 24 DF  GER Harry Koch 26 MF  GER Torsten Reuter 27 MF  GER Silvio Adzic 28 MF  GER Stefan Malz 29 FW  GER Danko Bošković 30 MF  GER Mario Basler 31 GK  GER Jens Kern 32 MF  POR José Dominguez

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 DF  CZE Petr Gabriel (on loan to Teplice)

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Bundesliga

Main article: 2002–03 Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
12	Borussia Mönchengladbach	34	11	9	14	43	45	−2	42
13	Hansa Rostock	34	11	8	15	35	41	−6	41
14	1. FC Kaiserslautern	34	10	10	14	40	42	−2	40	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
15	Bayer Leverkusen	34	11	7	16	47	56	−9	40
16	Arminia Bielefeld (R)	34	8	12	14	35	46	−11	36	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga

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

Notes

1. Grammozis was born in Wuppertal, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Greece internationally through his parents and represented Greece at U-21 level.
2. Klose was born in Opole, Poland, but was raised in Germany from the age of 8 and made his international debut for Germany in March 2001.

References

1. "FootballSquads - 1.FC Kaiserslautern - 2002/03". www.footballsquads.co.uk.