2011–12 1. FC Kaiserslautern season

The 2011–12 1. FC Kaiserslautern season was the 112th season in club history.

1. FC Kaiserslautern
2011–12 season
ManagerGermany Marco Kurz (until 20 March)
Bulgaria Krasimir Balakov (from 22 March until 17 May)
StadiumFritz-Walter-Stadion
Bundesliga18th (relegated)
DFB PokalThird round

Season summary

Kaiserlautern finished the season in 18th place, and were relegated. Manager Marco Kurz had been sacked in March and replaced by Bulgarian Krasimir Balakov as a last roll of the dice, but to no avail. Balakov was sacked himself and replaced by former Sturm Graz manager Franco Foda.

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 Tobias Sippel
2 DF Czech Republic CZE Jan Šimůnek
3 DF Denmark DEN Leon Jessen
4 MF Poland POL Ariel Borysiuk
6 DF Germany GER Mathias Abel
7 MF Germany GER Oliver Kirch
8 MF Germany GER Christian Tiffert
9 FW Israel ISR Itay Shechter
10 MF Turkey TUR Olcay Şahan[notes 1]
11 FW Germany GER Sandro Wagner (on loan from Werder Bremen)
13 MF Greece GRE Thanos Petsos[notes 2] (on loan from Bayer Leverkusen)
16 FW Germany GER Richard Sukuta-Pasu
17 DF Germany GER Alexander Bugera
19 MF Germany GER Denis Linsmayer
20 DF Brazil BRA Rodnei
21 MF Germany GER Pierre de Wit
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 FW Denmark DEN Nicolai Jørgensen (on loan from Bayer Leverkusen)
23 DF Germany GER Florian Dick
24 DF Brazil BRA Lucas Rocha (on loan from Bayer Leverkusen)
25 DF Algeria ALG Antar Yahia[notes 3]
26 MF Germany GER Steven Zellner
27 GK Austria AUT Marco Knaller
28 MF Greece GRE Kostas Fortounis
29 GK Germany GER Kevin Trapp
30 MF Cameroon CMR Dorge Kouemaha (on loan from Club Brugge)
31 FW Poland POL Jakub Świerczok
32 GK Germany GER Marius Müller
33 DF Germany GER Dominique Heintz
34 DF Germany GER Willi Orban[notes 4]
35 FW Germany GER Julian Derstroff
37 FW Germany GER Andrew Wooten[notes 5]

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
4 MF Germany GER Bastian Schulz (to RB Leipzig)
5 DF Germany GER Martin Amedick (to Eintracht Frankfurt)
11 FW Bulgaria BUL Iliyan Mitsanski (on loan to FSV Frankfurt)
14 MF Israel ISR Gil Vermouth (on loan to De Graafschap)
15 MF Austria AUT Clemens Walch (on loan to Dynamo Dresden)
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW Algeria ALG Chadli Amri[notes 6] (on loan to FSV Frankfurt)
19 MF Czech Republic CZE Jiří Bílek (to Zagłębie Lubin)
22 MF Croatia CRO Ivo Iličević[notes 7] (to Hamburg)
25 MF Croatia CRO Stiven Rivić (released)
32 FW Slovakia SVK Adam Nemec (to FC Ingolstadt 04)

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
14 FC Augsburg 34 8 14 12 36 49 13 38
15 Hamburger SV 34 8 12 14 35 57 22 36
16 Hertha BSC (R) 34 7 10 17 38 64 26 31 Qualification to relegation play-offs
17 1. FC Köln (R) 34 8 6 20 39 75 36 30 Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18 1. FC Kaiserslautern (R) 34 4 11 19 24 54 30 23
Source: kicker
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

References

Notes

  1. Şahan was born in Düsseldorf, Germany.
  2. Petsos was born in Düsseldorf, Germany.
  3. Yahia was born in Mulhouse, France.
  4. Orban was born in Kaiserslautern, Germany, but also qualified to represent Hungary internationally and made his international debut for Hungary in 2018.
  5. Wooten was born in Bamberg, Germany, but also qualified to represent the United States internationally through his father and would make his international debut for the United States in October 2015.
  6. Amri was born in Saint-Avold, France.
  7. Iličević was born in Aschaffenburg, Germany.



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