2022–23 1. FC Kaiserslautern season

The 2022–23 season was the 123rd season in the history of 1. FC Kaiserslautern and their first season back in the second division. The club participated in the 2. Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal.

1. FC Kaiserslautern
2022–23 season
Head coachDirk Schuster
StadiumFritz-Walter-Stadion
2. Bundesliga9th
DFB-PokalFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Terrence Boyd (13)

All:
Terrence Boyd (13)

Players

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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 Luthe
2 DF   GER Boris Tomiak
4 MF   GER Nicolai Rapp (on loan from Werder Bremen)
5 DF   GER Kevin Kraus
7 MF   GER Marlon Ritter
8 MF   GER Jean Zimmer (captain)
9 FW   TUR Muhammed Kiprit
10 MF   GER Philipp Klement
11 MF   GER Kenny Prince Redondo
13 FW   USA Terrence Boyd
16 MF   GER Julian Niehues
17 MF   GER René Klingenburg
18 GK   GER Julian Krahl
19 FW   GER Daniel Hanslik
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF   GER Dominik Schad
21 MF   GER Hendrick Zuck (vice-captain)
22 DF   GER Lars Bünning
23 DF   GER Philipp Hercher
25 FW   GER Aaron Opoku
27 FW   GER Lex-Tyger Lobinger
28 FW   FRA Nicolas de Préville
30 GK   BIH Avdo Spahic
31 FW   GER Ben Zolinski
32 DF   GER Robin Bormuth (on loan from Paderborn)
33 GK   GER Jonas Weyand
35 FW   GER Angelos Stavridis
37 DF   GER Erik Durm
39 MF   GER Aaron Basenach

Out on loan

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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
DF   GER Neal Gibs (at Astoria Walldorf until 30 June 2023)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   TUR Hikmet Çiftçi (at Göztepe until 30 June 2023)

Transfers

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Pre-season and friendlies

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  Win   Draw   Loss

18 June 2022 Friendly SV Rulzheim   0–9   1. FC Kaiserslautern Rülzheim, Germany
14:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Rülzheim Rasenplatz 1
28 June 2022 Friendly 1. FC Kaiserslautern   3–4   Lugano Mals, Italy
17:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Malles Venosta
2 July 2022 Friendly 1. FC Kaiserslautern   3–0   Unterhaching Mals, Italy
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stadio Malles Venosta
9 July 2022 Friendly 1. FC Kaiserslautern   4–1   Eupen Pirmasens, Germany
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Offermann   84' Stadium: Sportpark Husterhöhe
Attendance: 2,223
22 September 2022 Friendly FK Pirmasens   1–4   1. FC Kaiserslautern Pirmasens, Germany
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Gutmann   81'
Stadium: Sportpark Husterhöhe
16 December 2022 Friendly 1. FC Kaiserslautern   2–0   SV Wehen Wiesbaden Kaiserslautern, Germany
13:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Platz 4
5 January 2023 Friendly 1. FC Kaiserslautern   1–2   Mezőkövesdi SE Belek, Turkey
15:00 (UTC+3)
8 January 2023 Friendly 1. FC Kaiserslautern   1–1   1860 Munich Belek, Turkey
16:00 (UTC+3)
15 January 2023 Friendly 1. FC Kaiserslautern   4–0   Rot-Weiß Erfurt Kaiserslautern, Germany
14:00 (CET) (UTC+1) Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion

Competitions

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Overall record

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
2. Bundesliga 15 July 2022 28 May 2023 Matchday 1 9th 34 11 12 11 47 48 −1 032.35
DFB-Pokal 31 July 2022 First round First round 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 000.00
Total 35 11 12 12 48 50 −2 031.43

Source: Soccerway

2. Bundesliga

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
7 Karlsruher SC 34 13 7 14 56 53 +3 46
8 Holstein Kiel 34 12 10 12 58 61 −3 46
9 1. FC Kaiserslautern 34 11 12 11 47 48 −1 45
10 Hannover 96 34 12 8 14 50 55 −5 44
11 1. FC Magdeburg 34 12 7 15 48 55 −7 43
Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.[1]

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 11 12 11 47 48  −1 45 6 6 5 26 26  0 5 6 6 21 22  −1

Source: DFB

Results by round

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Round1234567891011121314151617
GroundHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultWDWLWDDDDDDLWDWWW
Position55284667778987774
Updated to match(es) played on 11 November 2022. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.[2]

15 July 2022 1 1. FC Kaiserslautern 2–1 Hannover 96 Kaiserslautern
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion
23 July 2022 2 Holstein Kiel 2–2 1. FC Kaiserslautern Kiel
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Holstein-Stadion
7 August 2022 3 1. FC Kaiserslautern 2–1 FC St. Pauli Kaiserslautern
13:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion
12 August 2022 4 1. FC Kaiserslautern 0–1 SC Paderborn Kaiserslautern
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Attendance: 33,098
Referee:   Matthias Jöllenbeck
21 August 2022 5 Greuther Fürth 1–3 1. FC Kaiserslautern Fürth
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer
Attendance: 12,475
Referee:   Tobias Stieler
28 August 2022 6 1. FC Kaiserslautern 4–4 1. FC Magdeburg Kaiserslautern
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Attendance: 35,643
Referee:   Robin Braun
4 September 2022 7 Sandhausen 0–0 1. FC Kaiserslautern Sandhausen
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald
Attendance: 11,378
Referee:   Benjamin Brand
11 September 2022 8 1. FC Kaiserslautern 3–3 Darmstadt Kaiserslautern
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Attendance: 38,380
Referee:   Marco Fritz
18 September 2022 9 1. FC Heidenheim 2–2 1. FC Kaiserslautern Heidenheim an der Brenz
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Voith-Arena
Attendance: 11,189
Referee:   Tobias Reichel
2 October 2022 10 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1–1 Eintracht Braunschweig Kaiserslautern
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Attendance: 33,000
Referee:   Robert Schröder
8 October 2022 11 Hamburg 1–1 1. FC Kaiserslautern Hamburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Volksparkstadion
Attendance: 57,000
Referee:   Robert Hartmann (referee)
16 October 2022 12 1. FC Kaiserslautern 0–3 Jahn Regensburg Kaiserslautern
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Attendance: 33,060
Referee:   Martin Thomsen
21 October 2022 13 Hansa Rostock 0–2 1. FC Kaiserslautern Rostock
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Ostseestadion
Attendance: 25,000
Referee:   Robert Kampka
29 October 2022 14 1. FC Kaiserslautern 0–0 1. FC Nürnberg Kaiserslautern
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Attendance: 46,895
Referee:   Michael Bacher
5 November 2022 15 Arminia Bielefeld 2–3 1. FC Kaiserslautern Bielefeld
20:30 CET (UTC+1) Hack   60', 74' (pen.) Report
Stadium: Schüco-Arena
Attendance: 24,651
Referee:   Patrick Alt
8 November 2022 16 1. FC Kaiserslautern 2–0 Karlsruher SC Kaiserslautern
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Attendance: 43,852
Referee:   Robert Schröder
11 November 2022 17 Fortuna Düsseldorf 1–2 1. FC Kaiserslautern Düsseldorf
18:30 CET (UTC+1) Karbownik   14' Report
Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena
Attendance: 44,422
Referee:   Benjamin Cortus

DFB-Pokal

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31 July 2022 First round 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1–2 (a.e.t.) SC Freiburg Kaiserslautern
15:31 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Attendance: 38,317
Referee: Jörg Jablonksi

References

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  1. ^ "Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF). Deutsche Fußball Liga (DFL). 4 March 2023. p. 3.
  2. ^ "DFL veröffentlicht 2. Bundesliga-Spielplan 2022/23 im Juni". kicker.de (in German). Kicker (sports magazine). 25 May 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022.