1995–96 1. FC Kaiserslautern season

1. FC Kaiserslautern
1995–96 season
ManagerGermany Friedel Rausch
Germany Eckhard Krautzun
StadiumFritz-Walter-Stadion
Bundesliga16th (relegated)
DFB-PokalWinners
UEFA CupSecond round
Top goalscorerPavel 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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Germany GER Andreas Reinke
2 DF Germany GER Frank Greiner
4 DF Germany GER Axel Roos
5 DF Czech Republic CZE Miroslav Kadlec
6 DF Germany GER Andreas Brehme
7 FW Germany GER Uwe Wegmann
8 MF Germany GER Martin Wagner
9 FW Czech Republic CZE Pavel Kuka
10 MF Germany GER Claus-Dieter Wollitz
11 FW Germany GER Olaf Marschall
13 DF Germany GER Roger Lutz
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 DF Germany GER Mario Kern
15 DF Germany GER Thomas Hengen
19 MF Germany GER Dirk Flock
20 DF Germany GER Oliver Schäfer
21 DF Germany GER Harry Koch
22 GK Germany GER Gerry Ehrmann
23 MF Germany GER Thomas Riedl
24 MF Germany GER Marco Reich
25 MF Turkey TUR Cem Karaca[notes 1]
26 DF Germany GER Wolfgang Funkel
27 GK Australia AUS Mark Schwarzer

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
3 MF Germany GER Bernd Hollerbach (to Hamburg)
12 DF Germany GER Thomas Ritter (to Karlsruhe)
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF Germany GER Dirk Anders (to MSV Duisburg)
17 DF Germany GER Matthias Hamann (to 1860 Munich)

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Bundesliga
Main article: 1995–96 Bundesliga

League table
Pos Team 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[lower-alpha 1] (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.


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