2023–24 1. FC Kaiserslautern season

The 2023–24 season is 1. FC Kaiserslautern's 124th season in existence and second consecutive in the 2. Bundesliga. They are also competing in the DFB-Pokal.

1. FC Kaiserslautern

2023–24 season
Board Member	Rainer Keßler (Chairman) Johannes Benjamin Remy (Deputy)
Head coach	Dirk Schuster (until 30 November) Dimitrios Grammozis (from 3 December)
Stadium	Fritz-Walter-Stadion
2. Bundesliga	17th
DFB-Pokal	Final
Top goalscorer	League: Ragnar Ache (9) All: Ragnar Ache (10)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2022–23 2024–25 →
All statistics correct as of 31 January 2024.

Players

First-team squad

As of 23 December 2023^[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   GER Andreas Luthe 2 DF   GER Boris Tomiak 4 MF   NGA Afeez Aremu 5 DF   GER Kevin Kraus 6 DF   MLI Almamy Touré 7 MF   GER Marlon Ritter 8 MF   GER Jean Zimmer (captain) 9 FW   GER Ragnar Ache 10 MF   GER Philipp Klement 11 MF   GER Kenny Prince Redondo 13 FW   USA Terrence Boyd 14 DF   CRO Nikola Soldo (on loan from Köln) 15 DF   POL Tymoteusz Puchacz (on loan from Union Berlin) 16 MF   GER Julian Niehues 17 FW   GER Aaron Opoku

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 GK   GER Julian Krahl 19 FW   GER Daniel Hanslik 20 MF   GER Tobias Raschl 21 MF   GER Hendrick Zuck (vice-captain) 23 DF   GER Philipp Hercher 25 FW   SUI Filip Stojilković (on loan from Darmstadt 98) 27 FW   GER Lex-Tyger Lobinger 29 FW   GER Richmond Tachie 30 GK   BIH Avdo Spahić 31 FW   GER Ben Zolinski 33 DF   SUI Jan Elvedi 35 GK   GER Niklas Heeger 37 DF   GER Erik Durm 39 MF   GER Aaron Basenach

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF   GER Neal Gibs (at SGV Freiberg until 30 June 2024)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW   GER Angelos Stavridis (at Hessen Kassel until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Frank Ronstadt	Darmstadt 98	€50,000	2 January 2024	^[2]
FW	Dickson Abiama	Greuther Fürth	Undisclosed	2 January 2024	^[3]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Louisville City   v   1. FC Kaiserslautern

22 June 2023 Friendly	Louisville City	1–2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Louisville, United States
02:05	Mushagalusa   14'	Report	Boyd   27', 41'	Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium Referee: Eric Tattersall (United States)

Minnesota United   v   1. FC Kaiserslautern

29 June 2023 Friendly	Minnesota United	2–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Saint Paul, United States
02:40	García   23' Jeong   24'	Report	Boyd   5'	Stadium: Allianz Field Attendance: 19,616 Referee: Fotis Bazakos (United States)

1. FC Kaiserslautern   v   Norwich City

15 July 2023 Friendly	1. FC Kaiserslautern	0–0	Norwich City	Kaiserslautern
14:00		Report		Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 7,704 Referee: Nicolas Winter

Homburg   v   Kaiserslautern

22 July 2023 Friendly	Homburg	1–4	Kaiserslautern	Homburg
14:00				Stadium: Waldstadion Homburg

Viktoria Köln   v   1. FC Kaiserslautern

8 September 2023 Friendly	Viktoria Köln	1–2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Cologne
18:00				Stadium: Sportpark Höhenberg

1. FC Kaiserslautern   v   Metz

13 October 2023 Friendly	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2–3	Metz	Kaiserslautern
15:00	Klement   6' (pen.) Raschl   49'	Report	Estupiñán   44' (pen.) Elisor   85' Asoro   89'	Stadium: Platz 4 am Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 1,050 Referee: Fabienne Michel

1. FC Kaiserslautern   v   F91 Dudelange

17 November 2023 Friendly	1. FC Kaiserslautern	0–1	F91 Dudelange	Kaiserslautern
14:00				Stadium: FCK-Nachwuchsleistungszentrum

Gençlerbirliği   v   1. FC Kaiserslautern

6 January 2024 Friendly	Gençlerbirliği	1–4	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Belek, Turkey
16::00	Kayode   19'	Report	Ache   5' Abiama   55' (79) Tomiak   85' (pen.)

Dynamo Dresden   v   1. FC Kaiserslautern

10 January 2024 Friendly

Dynamo Dresden

3–0

1. FC Kaiserslautern

Turkey

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
2. Bundesliga	29 July 2023	19 May 2024	Matchday 1	13	5	3	5	25	25	+0	038.46
DFB-Pokal	13 August 2023		First round	2	2	0	0	8	2	+6	100.00
Total				15	7	3	5	33	27	+6	046.67

Last updated: 12 November 2023
Source: Soccerway

2. Bundesliga

Main article: 2023–24 2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	Wehen Wiesbaden	29	8	7	14	31	40	−9	31
15	Hansa Rostock	29	9	4	16	27	48	−21	31
16	Eintracht Braunschweig	28	9	3	16	30	41	−11	30	Qualification for relegation play-offs
17	1. FC Kaiserslautern	29	8	5	16	45	58	−13	29	Relegation to 3. Liga
18	VfL Osnabrück	29	5	9	15	27	57	−30	24

Updated to match(es) played on 13 April 2024 (3 of 4 matches finished). 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.^[4]
(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
19	6	3	10	32	39	−7	21	5	1	4	21	18	+3	1	2	6	11	21	−10

Last updated: 26 January 2024.
Source: DFB

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W
Position	13	18	15	10	6	7	4	6	3	6	6	7	10	11	13	15	15	15	14

Updated to match(es) played on 26 January 2024. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 30 June 2023.^[5][6]

1. FC Kaiserslautern v FC St. Pauli

29 July 2023 1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–2	FC St. Pauli	Kaiserslautern
13:00 UTC+2	Tomiak   45+2' Ache   65' Zolinski   90+6'	Report	Saad   51' Mets   54' Hartel   75' (pen.)	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 44,079 Referee: Robert Schröder

Schalke 04 v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

5 August 2023 2	Schalke 04	3–0	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Gelsenkirchen
20:30 UTC+2	Terodde   13' Karaman   70' Lasme   90+2'	Report		Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,801 Referee: Harm Osmers

1. FC Kaiserslautern v SV Elversberg

18 August 2023 3	1. FC Kaiserslautern	3–2	SV Elversberg	Kaiserslautern
18:30 UTC+2	Kraus   21' (pen.) Ache   68' Zimmer   79' Tachie   73' Ritter   89' Opoku   90+7'	Report	Feil   47' Şahin   62',   90+5'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 42,621 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

SC Paderborn v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

25 August 2023 4	SC Paderborn	1–2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Paderborn
18:30 UTC+2	Muslija   73'	Report	Ritter   59' Ache   65'	Stadium: Home Deluxe Arena Attendance: 13,475 Referee: Robin Braun

1. FC Kaiserslautern v 1. FC Nürnberg

2 September 2023 5	1. FC Kaiserslautern	3–1	1. FC Nürnberg	Kaiserslautern
20:30 UTC+2	Tachie   19' Puchacz   26' Ache   30'	Report	Schleimer   37'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 43,677 Referee: Arne Aarnink

Karlsruher SC v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

16 September 2023 6	Karlsruher SC	1–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Karlsruhe
13:00 UTC+2	Wanitzek   45+5' (pen.)	Report	Ache   5'	Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Hansa Rostock

24 September 2023 7	1. FC Kaiserslautern	3–1	Hansa Rostock	Kaiserslautern
13:30 UTC+2	Raschl   3' Kraus   17' Ache   83'	Report	Brumado   29'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 40,450 Referee: Martin Petersen

VfL Osnabrück v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

1 October 2023 8	VfL Osnabrück	2–2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Osnabrück
13:30 UTC+2	Engelhardt   17' Cuisance   37' (pen.)	Report	Niehues   45+2' Tomiak   90+8'	Stadium: Stadion an der Bremer Brücke Attendance: 15,741 Referee: Daniel Schlager

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Hannover 96

6 October 2023 9	1. FC Kaiserslautern	3–1	Hannover 96	Kaiserslautern
18:30 UTC+2	Tomiak   45+5' (pen.), 90+10' (pen.) Opoku   79'	Report	Nielsen   17'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 43,017 Referee: Michael Bacher

Fortuna Düsseldorf v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

21 October 2023 10	Fortuna Düsseldorf	4–3	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Düsseldorf
20:30 UTC+2	Tanaka   36', 63' Zimmermann   49' Klaus   57'	Report	Tachie   21' Siebert   30' (o.g.) Ritter   32'	Stadium: Merkur Spielarena Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Benjamin Brand

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Hamburger SV

28 October 2023 11	1. FC Kaiserslautern	3–3	Hamburger SV	Kaiserslautern
20:30 UTC+2	Tomiak   13' Ritter   24' Boyd   54'	Report	Glatzel   10', 65' Muheim   73'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 49,327 Referee: Florian Badstübner

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Greuther Fürth

4 November 2023 12	1. FC Kaiserslautern	0–2	Greuther Fürth	Kaiserslautern
13:00 UTC+1		Report	Jung   22' Green   54' (pen.)	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 40,302 Referee: Felix Zwayer

SV Wehen Wiesbaden v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

12 November 2023 13	SV Wehen Wiesbaden	2–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Wiesbaden
13:30 UTC+2	Bätzner   51' Prtajin   65'	Report	Ritter   39'	Stadium: Brita-Arena Attendance: 12,100 Referee: Tobias Reichel

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Holstein Kiel

26 November 2023 14	1. FC Kaiserslautern	0–3	Holstein Kiel	Kaiserslautern
13:30 CET	Ritter   45+1'	Report	Pichler   16'   58' Arp   44' Skrzybski   45+1'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 38,367 Referee:   Bastian Dankert

1. FC Magdeburg v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

2 December 2023 15	1. FC Magdeburg	4–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Magdeburg
20:30 CET	Castaignos   17'   62' Bockhorn   30'   51' Condé   58' Krempicki   75' Piccini   85' (pen.)	Report	Zimmer   19' Boyd   25'	Stadium: MDCC-Arena Attendance: 25,214 Referee:   Florian Exner

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Hertha BSC

9 December 2023 16	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–2	Hertha BSC	Kaiserslautern
13:00 CET	Touré   16' Aremu   59' Kraus   85'	Report	Dárdai   43' Niederlechner   49' Kempf   81' Ernst   90' Bouchalakis   90+1'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 45,308 Referee:   Harm Osmers

Eintracht Braunschweig v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

17 December 2023 17	Eintracht Braunschweig	2–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Braunschweig
13:30 CET	Philippe   36' Gomez   62' Rittmüller   90+7'	Report	Bičakčić   14' (o.g.) Tomiak   18' Raschl   28' Soldo   52'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 20,627 Referee:   Arne Aarnink

FC St. Pauli v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

20 January 2024 18	FC St. Pauli	2–0	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Hamburg
13:00 CET	Saad   34' Treu   43' Wahl   50' Hartel   64' Smith   73'	Report	Tomaik   55' Ritter   73'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,546 Referee:   Tobias Welz

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Schalke 04

26 January 2024 19	1. FC Kaiserslautern	4–1	Schalke 04	Kaiserslautern
18:30 CET	Ache   10'   59' Niehues   55' Stojilković   67' Opoku   70'	Report	Brunner   9' Churlinov   51'   55' Seguin   89'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 49,327 Referee:   Robin Braun

Elversberg v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

4 February 2024 20	Elversberg	2–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Spiesen-Elversberg
13:30 CET		Report		Stadium: Waldstadion an der Kaiserlinde Attendance: 11,150 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Paderborn

10 February 2024 21	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–2	Paderborn	Kaiserslautern
20:30 CET		Report		Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Martin Petersen

1. FC Nürnberg v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

18 February 2024 22	1. FC Nürnberg	1–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Nürnberg
13:30 CET		Report		Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 35,462 Referee: Michael Bacher

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Karlsruher SC

24 February 2024 23	1. FC Kaiserslautern	0–4	Karlsruher SC	Kaiserslautern
13:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 49,327 Referee: Tobias Welz

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2023–24 DFB-Pokal

Rot-Weiß Koblenz v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

13 August 2023 First round	Rot-Weiß Koblenz	0–5	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Koblenz
15:30		Report	Boyd   19', 90' Niehues   35' Tomiak   43' Puchacz   55' Redondo   66' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion Oberwerth Referee: Sascha Stegemann

1. FC Kaiserslautern v 1. FC Köln

31 October 2023 Second round	1. FC Kaiserslautern	3–2	1. FC Köln	Kaiserslautern
20:45 UTC+1	Tachie   19' Redondo   47' Ritter   65'	Report	Thielmann   71' Uth   81'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 49,327 Referee: Sven Jablonski

1. FC Kaiserslautern v 1. FC Nürnberg

5 December 2023 Round of 16	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2–0	1. FC Nürnberg	Kaiserslautern
18:00 UTC+1	Soldo   18' Zimmer   31' Tachie   75' Ache   78' Tomiak   90'	Report	Duman   11' Wekesser   80'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 48,349 Referee:   Patrick Ittrich

Hertha BSC v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

31 January 2024 Quarter-finals	Hertha BSC	1–3	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Berlin
20:45 CET	Tabaković   74' Barkok   78' Reese   90+1'	Report	Elvedi   5' Tachie   20'   38' Kaloč   69'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 74,245 Referee:   Matthias Jöllenbeck

References

1. "Profis – FCK DE". fck.de.
2. [1]
3. [2]
4. "Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 4 March 2023. p. 3.
5. "Spielpläne 2023/24: DFL kündigt Veröffentlichung für Ende Juni an". kicker.
6. [3]

External links

• Official website