2022–23 1. FC Kaiserslautern season

1. FC Kaiserslautern

2022–23 season
Head coach	Dirk Schuster
Stadium	Fritz-Walter-Stadion
2. Bundesliga	9th
DFB-Pokal	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Terrence Boyd (13) All: Terrence Boyd (13)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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.

Players

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	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

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 Astoria Walldorf until 30 June 2023)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	TUR	Hikmet Çiftçi (at Göztepe until 30 June 2023)

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

SV Rulzheim v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

18 June 2022 Friendly	SV Rulzheim	0–9	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Rülzheim, Germany
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Kiprit 19' Wunderlich 20' Redondo 29', 44' Hercher 34' Boyd 55', 90' Kraus 73' Hanslik 88'	Stadium: Rülzheim Rasenplatz 1

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Lugano

28 June 2022 Friendly	1. FC Kaiserslautern	3–4	Lugano	Mals, Italy
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Malles Venosta

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Unterhaching

2 July 2022 Friendly	1. FC Kaiserslautern	3–0	Unterhaching	Mals, Italy
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Zolinski 13' Lobinger 54' Wunderlich 67'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Malles Venosta

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Eupen

9 July 2022 Friendly	1. FC Kaiserslautern	4–1	Eupen	Pirmasens, Germany
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Wunderlich 60' Lobinger 64', 68' Redondo 89'	Report	Offermann 84'	Stadium: Sportpark Husterhöhe Attendance: 2,223

FK Pirmasens v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

22 September 2022 Friendly	FK Pirmasens	1–4	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Pirmasens, Germany
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gutmann 81'		Kiprit 6' Lobinger 34', 60' Wunderlich 79'	Stadium: Sportpark Husterhöhe

1. FC Kaiserslautern v SV Wehen Wiesbaden

16 December 2022 Friendly	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2–0	SV Wehen Wiesbaden	Kaiserslautern, Germany
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Leibrock 61' Hercher 71'	Report		Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Platz 4

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Mezőkövesdi SE

5 January 2023 Friendly	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–2	Mezőkövesdi SE	Belek, Turkey
15:00 (UTC+3)

1. FC Kaiserslautern v 1860 Munich

8 January 2023 Friendly	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–1	1860 Munich	Belek, Turkey
16:00 (UTC+3)

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Rot-Weiß Erfurt

15 January 2023 Friendly	1. FC Kaiserslautern	4–0	Rot-Weiß Erfurt	Kaiserslautern, Germany
14:00 (CET) (UTC+1)				Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion

Competitions

Overall record

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

Main article: 2022–23 2. Bundesliga

League table

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.

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
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

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

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

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Hannover 96

15 July 2022 1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2–1	Hannover 96	Kaiserslautern
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Wunderlich 11' Kraus 90+2'		Nielsen 80'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion

Holstein Kiel v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

23 July 2022 2	Holstein Kiel	2–2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Kiel
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Reese 51', 57'		Hanslik 32' Boyd 62'	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion

1. FC Kaiserslautern v FC St. Pauli

7 August 2022 3	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2–1	FC St. Pauli	Kaiserslautern
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion

1. FC Kaiserslautern v SC Paderborn

12 August 2022 4	1. FC Kaiserslautern	0–1	SC Paderborn	Kaiserslautern
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ritter  34' Zuck  49' Tomiak  52' Lobinger  90+2'	Report	Pieringer  52' Schallenberg  63' Huth  66' Platte 82'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 33,098 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck

Greuther Fürth v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

21 August 2022 5	Greuther Fürth	1–3	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Fürth
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Raschl 13'	Report	Tomiak  29' Durm  45' Hercher 46' Wunderlich 54' Redondo 79' Lobinger  81'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer Attendance: 12,475 Referee: Tobias Stieler

1. FC Kaiserslautern v 1. FC Magdeburg

28 August 2022 6	1. FC Kaiserslautern	4–4	1. FC Magdeburg	Kaiserslautern
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Boyd 7' Tomiak 40' Hercher 47' Wunderlich 66' (pen.) Zimmer  90+3'	Report	Kwarteng 11' 22' El Hankouri 17' Condé  64' Bittroff  73' Tomiak 79' (o.g.) Bell Bell  90+3'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 35,643 Referee: Robin Braun

Sandhausen v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

4 September 2022 7	Sandhausen	0–0	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Sandhausen
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Okoroji  23' Papela  69' Ajdini  76'	Report	Zimmer  23' Durm  78' Klement  90'	Stadium: BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald Attendance: 11,378 Referee: Benjamin Brand

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Darmstadt

11 September 2022 8	1. FC Kaiserslautern	3–3	Darmstadt	Kaiserslautern
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Luthe  45+1' Redondo 74' 87' Wunderlich 77' (pen.)	Report	Schnellhardt  36' Kempe 45+2' (pen.) Tietz 49' Schuhen  67' Seydel  90' 90+1'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 38,380 Referee: Marco Fritz

1. FC Heidenheim v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

18 September 2022 9	1. FC Heidenheim	2–2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Heidenheim an der Brenz
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Beste 17' Busch 44'  61'	Report	Boyd 20' 60' Luthe  41' Niehues  67' Durm  90+7'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 11,189 Referee: Tobias Reichel

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Eintracht Braunschweig

2 October 2022 10	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–1	Eintracht Braunschweig	Kaiserslautern
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Niehues  52' Tomiak 55' Klement  73'	Report	Marx  40' Lauberbach 52'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Robert Schröder

Hamburg v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

8 October 2022 11	Hamburg	1–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Hamburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Glatzel 24'	Report	Lobinger 82'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Robert Hartmann (referee)

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Jahn Regensburg

16 October 2022 12	1. FC Kaiserslautern	0–3	Jahn Regensburg	Kaiserslautern
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Zimmer  63'	Report	Albers 8' 57' Stojanović  33' Gimber  53' Kennedy  67' Owusu 85'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 33,060 Referee: Martin Thomsen

Hansa Rostock v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

21 October 2022 13	Hansa Rostock	0–2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Rostock
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Schumacher  32' Hinterseer  36'	Report	Tomiak  36' Klement  48' Boyd 67' 82'	Stadium: Ostseestadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Robert Kampka

1. FC Kaiserslautern v 1. FC Nürnberg

29 October 2022 14	1. FC Kaiserslautern	0–0	1. FC Nürnberg	Kaiserslautern
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Zimmer  37' Bormuth  51'	Report	Gyamerah  38'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 46,895 Referee: Michael Bacher

Arminia Bielefeld v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

5 November 2022 15	Arminia Bielefeld	2–3	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Bielefeld
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Hack 60', 74' (pen.)	Report	Klement 54' Opoku 57' Hanslik 88'	Stadium: Schüco-Arena Attendance: 24,651 Referee: Patrick Alt

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Karlsruher SC

8 November 2022 16	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2–0	Karlsruher SC	Kaiserslautern
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Boyd 34' Redondo 86'	Report		Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 43,852 Referee: Robert Schröder

Fortuna Düsseldorf v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

11 November 2022 17	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Düsseldorf
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Karbownik 14'	Report	Kraus 50' Klement 90+6'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 44,422 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2022–23 DFB-Pokal

1. FC Kaiserslautern v SC Freiburg

31 July 2022 First round	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–2 (a.e.t.)	SC Freiburg	Kaiserslautern
15:31 CEST (UTC+2)	Niehues  1' Ritter 33',  112' Wunderlich  39' Lobinger  90' Zuck  95'	Report	Lienhart  58' Sallai 82' Höfler  101' Kyereh  106' Dōan 111'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 38,317 Referee: Jörg Jablonksi