2024–25 1. FC Kaiserslautern season

1. FC Kaiserslautern
2024–25 season
Manager	Markus Anfang
Stadium	Fritz-Walter-Stadion
2. Bundesliga	10th
DFB-Pokal	Second round
	← 2023–24

The 2024–25 season is the 125th season in the history of 1. FC Kaiserslautern and the third consecutive season in 2. Bundesliga. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the DFB-Pokal.

Summary

On 22 June, Kaiserslautern's preparations for the start of 2. Bundesliga began.^[1] On the same day, the veteran midfielder Hendrick Zuck also signed an extension to his contract, the duration of which has not been announced.^[2]

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Angelos Stavridis	FC 08 Homburg	Loan return	30 June 2024
FW	Lex-Tyger Lobinger	VfL Osnabrück	Loan return	30 June 2024
DF	Luca Sirch	Lokomotive Leipzig		1 July 2024
DF	Jannis Heuer	SC Paderborn		1 July 2024
DF	Florian Kleinhansl	VfL Osnabrück		1 July 2024
MF	Erik Wekesser	1. FC Nürnberg	€250,000	1 July 2024
MF	Filip Kaloč	Baník Ostrava	€435,000	1 July 2024	^[3]
FW	Jannik Mause	FC Ingolstadt	€600,000	3 July 2024
DF	Jan Gyamerah	1. FC Nürnberg	Loan	26 July 2024	^[4]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Nikola Soldo	1. FC Köln	Loan return	30 June 2024	^[5]
DF	Tymoteusz Puchacz	Union Berlin	Loan return	30 June 2024
MF	Aaron Basenach		End of contract	1 July 2024
DF	Philipp Hercher	1. FC Magdeburg	End of contract	1 July 2024
MF	Ben Zolinski		End of contract	1 July 2024
MF	Julian Niehues	1. FC Heidenheim	End of contract	1 July 2024	^[6]
GK	Robin Himmelmann	Karlsruher SC	End of contract	1 July 2024
DF	Kevin Kraus		End of contract	1 July 2024

Friendlies

Pre-season

23 June 2024 Friendly	Fanauswahl	0–5	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Gau-Odernheim
14:30			Kaloč 18' Abiama 49', 63' Opoku 55' Blum 82'	Attendance: 2,000

28 June 2024 Friendly	TB Jahn Zeiskam	0–8	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Gau-Odernheim
			Hanslik 10' Ronstadt 30' Klement 50', 89' Abiama 62' Redondo 65' Robbinson 69' Aremu 73'	Stadium: Gau-Odernheim Kunstrasen

1 July 2024 Friendly	FK Pirmasens	1–2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Pirmasens
18:00	Ehrhart 58'		Kaloč 43' Sirch 85'	Stadium: PS - FKP Kunstrasen Husterhöh

8 July 2024 Friendly	Qarabağ	1–3	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Imst, Austria
12:30	Isayev 44' Cafarguliyev 70'		Heuer 23' Ritter 39' Tomiak 47' (pen.)	Stadium: Velly Arena Imst

20 July 2024 Friendly	Fortuna Düsseldorf	0–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Offenbach
15:15		Report	Klement 4'	Stadium: Stadion am Bieberer Berg
Note: Two periods of 30 minutes

20 July 2024 Friendly^[7]	Kickers Offenbach	1–3	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Offenbach
16:30	Nazarov 11'	Report	Opoku 17', 53' Hanslik 44'	Stadium: Stadion am Bieberer Berg
Note: Two periods of 30 minutes

27 July 2024 Friendly	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2–0	1860 Munich	Kaiserslautern
13:30	Ritter 57' Mause 76'			Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 16,139

Mid-season

5 September 2024 Friendly	VfB Stuttgart	4–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern
15:00

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
2. Bundesliga	4 August 2024	18 May 2025	Matchday 1	6	2	2	2	11	12	−1	033.33
DFB-Pokal	17 August 2024		First round	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Total				7	3	2	2	13	13	+0	042.86

Last updated: 21 September 2024
Source: Competitions

2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	SC Paderborn	14	7	6	1	25	17	+8	27	Promotion to Bundesliga
2	Hamburger SV	14	6	5	3	31	20	+11	23	Promotion to Bundesliga
3	1. FC Kaiserslautern	14	6	5	3	26	20	+6	23	Qualification for promotion play-offs
4	Hannover 96	14	7	2	5	19	14	+5	23
5	Karlsruher SC	14	6	5	3	27	25	+2	23

Updated to match(es) played on 1 December 2024. Source: Bundesliga
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.^[8]
(Rules 4–6 only apply after home and away matches have been played between the tied teams.)

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
6	2	2	2	11	12	−1	8	0	2	1	7	8	−1	2	0	1	4	4	0

Last updated: 21 September 2024.
Source: DFB

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	W	L	L	D
Position

Updated to match(es) played on 21 September 2024. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was released on 4 July 2024.^[9]

4 August 2024 1	SSV Ulm	1–2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Ulm
13:30	Higl 48'	Report	Tomiak 77' (pen.) Opoku 83'	Stadium: Donaustadion Attendance: 17,400 Referee: Robert Schröder

9 August 2024 2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2–2	Greuther Fürth	Kaiserslautern
18:30				Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion

24 August 2024 3	Preußen Münster	0–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Münster
13:00				Stadium: Preußenstadion

31 August 2024 4	1. FC Kaiserslautern	3–4	Hertha BSC	Kaiserslautern
20:30				Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion

14 September 2024 5	Hannover 96	3–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Hanover
13:00				Stadium: Heinz-von-Heiden-Arena

21 September 2024 6	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2–2	Hamburger SV	Kaiserslautern
20:30				Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion

28 September 2024 7	Jahn Regensburg	0–0	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Regensburg
13:00		Report		Stadium: Jahnstadion Attendance: 14,431 Referee: Max Burda

DFB Pokal

17 August 2024 First round	FC Ingolstadt	1–2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Ingolstadt
15:30				Stadium: Audi Sportpark

29 October 2024 Second round	VfB Stuttgart	2–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Stuttgart
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Woltemade 14' Führich 35', 76' Millot 90+4'	Report	Tomiak 43' (pen.) Ritter 62' Raschl 80' Wekesser 86' Hanslik 90+3'	Stadium: MHPArena Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Daniel Schlager

References

^ Sport, S. W. R. (22 June 2024). "Trainingsauftakt beim FCK - Zuck bleibt in Kaiserslautern". swr.online.
^ "Gute Nachrichten für den FCK: Zuck verlängert Vertrag".
^ Sport, S. W. R. (15 May 2024). "Der 1. FC Kaiserslautern zieht die Kaufoption bei Filip Kaloc. Nach dem feststehenden Klassenerhalt verpflichten die Pfälzer den Mittelfeldspieler von Banik Ostrau fest". swr.online.
^ "FCK verstärkt Defensive mit Jan Gyamerah". FCK DE. 26 July 2024.
^ "1. FC Kaiserslautern: Warum Soldo mehr Chancen auf Einsatzzeit hat". bild.de. 3 June 2024.
^ "Niehues to join Heidenheim from second tier Kaiserslautern". Yahoo News. 21 March 2024.
^ "Blitzturnier in Offenbach - News / OFC". ofc.de.
^ "DFL–Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 7 June 2024. p. 3. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
^ "2024/25 Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 fixture lists to be released on 4 July". bundesliga.com. 7 June 2024.

[1] Sport, S. W. R. (22 June 2024). "Trainingsauftakt beim FCK - Zuck bleibt in Kaiserslautern". swr.online.

[2] "Gute Nachrichten für den FCK: Zuck verlängert Vertrag".

[3] Sport, S. W. R. (15 May 2024). "Der 1. FC Kaiserslautern zieht die Kaufoption bei Filip Kaloc. Nach dem feststehenden Klassenerhalt verpflichten die Pfälzer den Mittelfeldspieler von Banik Ostrau fest". swr.online.

[4] "FCK verstärkt Defensive mit Jan Gyamerah". FCK DE. 26 July 2024.

[5] "1. FC Kaiserslautern: Warum Soldo mehr Chancen auf Einsatzzeit hat". bild.de. 3 June 2024.

[6] "Niehues to join Heidenheim from second tier Kaiserslautern". Yahoo News. 21 March 2024.

[7] "Blitzturnier in Offenbach - News / OFC". ofc.de.

[8] "DFL–Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 7 June 2024. p. 3. Retrieved 10 September 2024.

[9] "2024/25 Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 fixture lists to be released on 4 July". bundesliga.com. 7 June 2024.

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