2000–01 1. FC Kaiserslautern season

During the 2000–01 German football season, 1. FC Kaiserslautern competed in the Bundesliga.

1. FC Kaiserslautern
2000–01 season
ManagerAndreas Brehme
StadiumFritz-Walter-Stadion
Bundesliga8th
DFB-PokalSecond round
UEFA CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Miroslav Klose and Vratislav Lokvenc (9)
All: Vratislav Lokvenc (12)

Season summary

Although Kaiserlautern recorded the same number of points as they had the previous season, they finished in 8th, three places lower. Greater success came in the UEFA Cup, as Kaiserlautern reached the semi-finals before being eliminated by Deportivo Alavés.

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  GER Georg Koch
2 DF  DEN Michael Schjønberg
3 DF  CZE Petr Gabriel
4 DF  GER Axel Roos
6 DF  EGY Hany Ramzy
7 MF  BUL Marian Hristov
8 MF  GRE Dimitrios Grammozis[notes 1]
9 FW  SWE Jörgen Pettersson
10 FW  CZE Vratislav Lokvenc
11 FW  GER Olaf Marschall
12 MF  GER Marco Reich
13 DF  YUG Slobodan Komljenović[notes 2]
14 MF  FRA Youri Djorkaeff
15 MF  CRO Nenad Bjelica
16 GK  GER Uwe Gospodarek
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF  BRA Ratinho
18 MF  POR José Dominguez
20 DF  POL Tomasz Kłos
21 DF  LUX Jeff Strasser
22 MF  GER Andreas Buck
23 MF  GER Silvio Adzic
24 DF  GER Harry Koch
25 FW  GER Miroslav Klose[notes 3]
26 GK  GER Roman Weidenfeller
27 DF  GER Marco Stark
28 FW  GER Marco Toppmöller
29 DF  GER Rainer Hauck
30 MF  GER Mario Basler
31 MF  GER Rüdiger Ziehl

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
5 DF   SUI Murat Yakin (to FC Basel)
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW  ALB Igli Tare (to Brescia)

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
6 SC Freiburg 34 15 10 9 54 37 +17 55 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
7 Werder Bremen 34 15 8 11 53 48 +5 53 Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
8 1. FC Kaiserslautern 34 15 5 14 49 54 5 50
9 VfL Wolfsburg 34 12 11 11 60 45 +15 47 Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
10 1. FC Köln 34 12 10 12 59 52 +7 46
Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

DFB-Pokal

First round

29 August 2000 Kickers Offenbach 0–4 1. FC Kaiserslautern Offenbach
Report
(in German)
Ramzy 38'
Lokvenc 41'
Pettersson 53'
Basler 76'
Stadium: Stadion am Bieberer Berg
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Herbert Fandel (Kyllburg)

Second round

1 November 2000 Borussia Mönchengladbach 5–1 1. FC Kaiserslautern Mönchengladbach
Nielsen 23'
Van Lent 43', 45'
Demo 84'
Auer 87'
Report
(in German)
Pettersson 6' Stadium: Bökelberg
Attendance: 24,100
Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack (Biberbach)

UEFA Cup

First round

Kaiserslautern won 3–2 on aggregate.

Second round

Kaiserslautern win 5-4 on aggregate

Third round

Kaiserslautern win 3–1 on aggregate.

Fourth round

15 February 2001 Slavia Prague 0–0 Kaiserslautern Strahov Stadium, Prague
Report UEFA Report Attendance: 17,840
Referee: Eric Romain (France)

Kaiserslautern won 1–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Match interrupted for 16 minutes due to supporter disturbances.
Kaiserslautern won 2–0 on aggregate

Semi-finals

5 April 2001 (2001-04-05) Alavés 5–1 Kaiserslautern Mendizorrotza Stadium, Vitoria-Gasteiz
21:15 Contra 20' (pen.), 31' (pen.)
Cruyff 42'
Alonso 57' (pen.)
Mocelin 81'
Report UEFA Report Koch 68' (pen.) Attendance: 15,157
Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)
19 April 2001 (2001-04-19) 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1–4 Alavés Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern
20:30 Djorkaeff 7' Report UEFA Report Alonso 23'
Vučko 64', 86'
Gañán 88'
Attendance: 29,800
Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

Alavés won 9–2 on aggregate.

References

Notes

  1. Grammozis was born in Wuppertal, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Greece internationally through his parents and represented them at U-21 level.
  2. Komljenović was born in Frankfurt, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Yugoslavia internationally and made his international debut for Yugoslavia in December 1994.
  3. Klose was born in Opole, Poland, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally and made his international debut for Germany in March 2001.
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