2007–08 1. FC Kaiserslautern season

1. FC Kaiserslautern

2007–08 season
Chairman	Stefan Kuntz (from April)
Manager	Kjetil Rekdal (until February) Milan Šašić (from 12 February)[1]
Stadium	Fritz-Walter-Stadion
2. Bundesliga	13th
DFB-Pokal	Second round
Top goalscorer	Josh Simpson (6)

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

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; some limited exceptions apply. 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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)

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

2. Bundesliga

Main article: 2007–08 2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
11	1860 Munich	34	9	14	11	42	45	−3	41
12	VfL Osnabrück	34	10	10	14	43	54	−11	40
13	1. FC Kaiserslautern	34	9	12	13	37	37	0	39
14	FC Augsburg	34	10	8	16	39	51	−12	38
15	Kickers Offenbach (R)	34	9	11	14	38	60	−22	38	Relegation to 3. Liga

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

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.