2017–18 1. FC Kaiserslautern season

The 2017–18 1. FC Kaiserslautern season was the 118th season in the football club's history. The season covered a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

1. FC Kaiserslautern

2017–18 season
Manager	Jeff Strasser
Stadium	Fritz-Walter-Stadion
2. Bundesliga	18th (relegated)
DFB-Pokal	Second round
Home colours Away colours Third colours
All statistics correct as of 28 January 2018.

Players

Squad information

As of 2 February 2018

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	ARG	Giuliano Modica
3	DF	GER	Joel Abu Hanna
4	DF	GER	Patrick Ziegler
5	DF	GER	Benjamin Kessel
6	DF	GER	Leon Guwara (on loan from Werder Bremen)
7	FW	AUS	Brandon Borrello
8	MF	GER	Gino Fechner
9	FW	SWE	Sebastian Andersson
10	MF	TUR	Halil Altıntop
11	MF	NOR	Ruben Yttergård Jenssen (on loan from FC Groningen)
14	MF	DEN	Mads Albæk
15	MF	CIV	Dylan Esmel
18	MF	GER	Christoph Moritz
19	DF	GER	Marcel Correia
20	FW	POL	Kacper Przybylko
21	DF	AUT	Phillipp Mwene

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	FW	NED	Gervane Kastaneer
23	DF	GER	Jan-Ingwer Callsen-Bracker (on loan from FC Augsburg)
24	GK	GER	Marius Müller (on loan from RB Leipzig)
26	FW	ALB	Valdrin Mustafa
27	DF	GER	Patrick Salata
28	MF	GER	Daniel Halfar (captain)
29	DF	AUT	Stipe Vučur
30	GK	GER	Lennart Grill
32	GK	GER	Jan-Ole Sievers
33	FW	LTU	Lukas Spalvis
35	FW	NGA	Osayamen Osawe
36	MF	GHA	Manfred Osei Kwadwo
37	FW	GER	Nicklas Shipnoski
38	MF	GER	Nils Seufert
39	MF	GER	David Tomić
40	FW	GER	Torben Müsel

Friendly matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Wormatia Worms v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

30 June 2017	Wormatia Worms	0–5	1. FC Kaiserslautern
18:30		Summary

VfR Kaiserslautern v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

4 July 2017	VfR Kaiserslautern	0–8	1. FC Kaiserslautern
18:30		Summary

FC Augsburg v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

12 July 2017	FC Augsburg	2–0	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Mals
18:00		Summary		Stadium: Stadio Malles Venosta

FK Pirmasens v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

18 July 2017	FK Pirmasens	1–7	1. FC Kaiserslautern
18:30		Summary

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Derby County

22 July 2017	1. FC Kaiserslautern	0–2	Derby County
16:00		Summary

1914 Oppau v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

31 August 2017	1914 Oppau	0–8	1. FC Kaiserslautern
18:00		Summary

1. FC Kaiserslautern v FC Midtjylland

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

2. Bundesliga

Main article: 2017–18 2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
14	Dynamo Dresden	34	11	8	15	42	52	−10	41
15	Greuther Fürth	34	10	10	14	37	48	−11	40
16	Erzgebirge Aue (O)	34	10	10	14	35	49	−14	40	Qualification to relegation play-offs
17	Eintracht Braunschweig (R)	34	8	15	11	37	43	−6	39	Relegation to 3. Liga
18	1. FC Kaiserslautern (R)	34	9	8	17	42	55	−13	35

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

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
33	8	8	17	39	54	−15	32	4	7	6	18	20	−2	4	1	11	21	34	−13

Last updated: 6 May 2018.
Source:

Results by round

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	D	W	L	L	D	D	W	L	W	W	L	L	W	L	D	W	D	L	L	L	W	W
Position	18	14	16	17	17	18	18	18	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2018. Source: https://www.kicker.de/2-bundesliga/tabelle/2017-18
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

1. FC Nürnberg v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

30 July 2017 1	1. FC Nürnberg	3–0	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Nuremberg
13:30	Behrens 13' Möhwald 54' Müller 25' (o.g.)	Report	Moritz  51' Spalvis  55' Fechner  62'	Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 30,569 Referee: Markus Schmidt (referee)

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Darmstadt 98

4 August 2017 2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–1	Darmstadt 98	Kaiserslautern
20:30	Halfar  4' 39' Osawe  21' Mwuene  90+3'	Report	Höhn  31' Kamavuaka 72'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 30,786 Referee: Robert Hartmann (referee)

Fortuna Düsseldorf v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

19 August 2017 3	Fortuna Düsseldorf	2–0	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Düsseldorf
13:00	Neuhaus  17' 76' Sobottka  27' Bebou 43' Hoffmann  90+1'	Report	Vučur  37' Fechner  71' Kastaneer  72'	Stadium: Esprit Arena Attendance: 25,227 Referee: Bastian Dankert

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Eintracht Braunschweig

28 August 2017 4	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–1	Eintracht Braunschweig	Kaiserslautern
20:30	Kessel  11' Albæk  35' Reichel 80' (o.g.) Marcel Correia  90+2'	Report	Hernández 27' Samson  56' Zuck  71' Reichel  84' Fejzić  85'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 20,100 Referee: Robert Kampka

Holstein Kiel v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

9 September 2017 5	Holstein Kiel	2–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Kiel
13:00	Schindler  31' Lewerenz 44' Schmidt  60' Weilandt  69' Vučur 90+3' (o.g.)	Report	Marcel Correia  29' Andersson 62' Ziegler  68'	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 10,318 Referee: Alexander Sather

Sandhausen v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

16 September 2017 6	Sandhausen	1–0	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Sandhausen
13:00	Höler 68' Stiefler  83' Jansen  90+5'	Report	Kessel  78' Spalvis  90+1'	Stadium: BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald Attendance: 8,103 Referee: Rene Rohde

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Erzgebirge Aue

19 September 2017 7	1. FC Kaiserslautern	0–2	Erzgebirge Aue	Kaiserslautern
18:30	Guwara  40' Spalvis  85'	Report	Bertram 30' 48' Kalig  44' Fandrich  56'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 16,613 Referee: Martin Thomsen

Union Berlin v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

25 September 2017 8	Union Berlin	5–0	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Berlin
20:30	Polter 6' 25' 77' Modica 11' (o.g.) Kroos  16' Skrzybski 32' Trimmel  74'	Report	Moritz  18' Andersson  27' Guwara  35' Mwene  87'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 20,592 Referee: Markus Schmidt (referee)

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Greuther Fürth

29 September 2017 9	1. FC Kaiserslautern	3–0	Greuther Fürth	Kaiserslautern
18:30	Andersson 71', 74', 80'	Report	Maloča  20' Narey  68' Wittek  81'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 19,179 Referee: Sören Storks

FC St Pauli v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

13 October 2017 10	FC St Pauli	1–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Hamburg
18:30	Allagui 63'	Report	Kessel  52' Andersson 77'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,546 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

1. FC Kaiserslautern v MSV Duisburg

22 October 2017 11	1. FC Kaiserslautern	0–1	MSV Duisburg	Kaiserslautern
13:30	Müller  37' Atik  89' Mwene  90+1'	Report	Fröde  39' Bomheuer 67' Stoppelkamp  77' Albutat  89' Hajri  90+2'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 22,833 Referee: Florian Heft

Jahn Regensburg v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

28 October 2017 12	Jahn Regensburg	3–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Regensburg
13:00	Stolze 10' 49' Knoll 33' Geipl  53' Adamyan  74'	Report	Moritz 14' (pen.)	Stadium: Continental Arena Attendance: 10,081 Referee: Aarne Aarnink

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Bochum

3 November 2017 13	1. FC Kaiserslautern	0–0	Bochum	Kaiserslautern
18:30	Seufert  33' Borrello  74' Moritz  90'	Report	Celozzi  75' Diamantakos  80' Losilla  90'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 19,086 Referee: Alexander Sather

Dynamo Dresden v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

20 November 2017 14	Dynamo Dresden	1–2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Dresden
20:30	Röser 14' Hartmann  84'	Report	Kessel  41' Vučur 85' Spalvis 88'	Stadium: DDV-Stadion Attendance: 27,224 Referee: Tobias Reichel

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Arminia Bielefeld

26 November 2017 15	1. FC Kaiserslautern	0–2	Arminia Bielefeld	Kaiserslautern
13:30	Borrello  56' Halfar  81'	Report	Voglsammer 27' Kerschbaumer  87' 90+5'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 20,464 Referee: Florian Badstübner

1. FC Heidenheim v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

1 December 2017 16	1. FC Heidenheim	3–2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Heidenheim an der Brenz
18:30	Wittek  39' 56' Schnatterer 68' (pen.) 90+1' Theuerkauf  85'	Report	Abu Hanna  10' Seufert  35' Spalvis 57'  66' Feick 80' (o.g.) Shipnoski  90'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 11,700 Referee: Rene Rohde

1. FC Kaiserslautern v FC Ingolstadt 04

10 December 2017 17	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–1	FC Ingolstadt 04	Kaiserslautern
13:30	Andersson 7' Kessel  11'  Borrello  23' Müller  68'	Report	Levels  73' Träsch  78' Lezcano 79'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 16,074 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck

1. FC Kaiserslautern v 1. FC Nürnberg

16 December 2017 18	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–1	1. FC Nürnberg	Kaiserslautern
13:00	Mwene  55' Bredlow 61' (o.g.) Fechner  79'	Report	Ishak 24' Löwen  90+3'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 19,790 Referee: Christof Günsch

Darmstadt 98 v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

24 January 2018 19	Darmstadt 98	A–A	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Darmstadt
18:30 CET	Jones  20' Medojevic  40'	Report	Jenssen  14' Moritz  29'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 17,400 Referee: Bastian Dankert
Note: Match abandoned at half-time following a medical emergency.

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Fortuna Düsseldorf

27 January 2018 20	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–3	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Kaiserslautern
13:00	Borrello  5' Moritz 48' (pen.) Müller  51'  Callsen-Bracker  74'	Report	Haraguchi  13' 64' (pen.) Raman 78' Schmitz 89'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 21,739 Referee: Tobias Stieler

Eintracht Braunschweig v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

4 February 2018 21	Eintracht Braunschweig	1–2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Braunschweig
13:30	Nkansah  32' Teigl  34' Abdullahi 72'	Report	Spalvis 4' 35' Seufert  37' Jenssen  42'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 20,550 Referee: Alexander Sather

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Holstein Kiel

9 February 2018 22	1. FC Kaiserslautern	3–1	Holstein Kiel	Kaiserslautern
18:30	Borrello 2' Moritz 45' (pen.)  81' Osawe 51'	Report	Hermann  5' Kinsombi  24' 32' van den Bergh  84'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 20,664 Referee: Guido Winkmann

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Sandhausen

16 February 2018 23	1. FC Kaiserslautern	0–1	Sandhausen	Kaiserslautern
18:30		Report	Förster 78' Paqarada  90'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 23,811 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

Darmstadt 98 v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

21 February 2018 19	Darmstadt 98	1–2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Darmstadt
18:30	Kempe  43' Platte 90+1' Medojević  90+6' Jones  90+6'	Report	Borrello 16' Mwene  56' 61' Moritz  90+6'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 17,400 Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus

Erzgebirge Aue v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

24 February 2018 24	Erzgebirge Aue	2–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Aue
13:00	Köpke 2' Munsy 63' Nazarov  66' Rizzuto  75'	Report	Vučur 67' Ziegler  89'	Stadium: Erzgebirgsstadion Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Christian Dietz

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Union Berlin

2 March 2018 25	1. FC Kaiserslautern	4–3	Union Berlin	Kaiserslautern
18:30	Borrello 6' Andersson 41' Guwara  59' Moritz 66' (pen.) Mwene  84' 86' Kessel  90+5'	Report	Andersson 36' (o.g.) Skrzybski 51', 81'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 20,087 Referee: Sven Waschitzki

Greuther Fürth v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

10 March 2018 26	Greuther Fürth	2–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Fürth
13:00	Green 17' Wittek  63' Maloča  70' Steiniger 74'	Report	Osawe 45' Guwara  72' Vučur  79'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer Attendance: 11,460 Referee: Florian Heft

1. FC Kaiserslautern v St. Pauli

17 March 2018 27	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–1	St. Pauli	Kaiserslautern
13:00	Callsen-Bracker  71' Spalvis 84'	Report	Şahin  17' Bouhaddouz 73' (pen.) Park  76' Allagui  87'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 32,243 Referee: Frank Willenborg

MSV Duisburg v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

31 March 2018 28	MSV Duisburg	1–4	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Duisburg
13:00	Hajri  43' Wolze  64'Iljutcenko 70'	Report	Osawe 12', 48', 64' Borrello  15' Spavis  30' Mwene  35' Kessel  51' 83'	Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 18,273 Referee: Robert Schröder

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Jahn Regensburg

8 April 2018 29	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–1	Jahn Regensburg	Kaiserslautern
13:30	Seufert  53' Vučur  56' Correia  72' Andersson 73'	Report	Saller 6' Gimber  79' Palionis  90+4'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 27,780 Referee: Robert Kampka

Bochum v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

13 April 2018 30	Bochum	3–2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Bochum
18:30	Hinterseer 18' Osawe 27' (o.g.) Ochs  51' Tesche  78' Stöger 81'	Report	Altıntop 7' Vučur 48' Mwene  67'	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 23,042 Referee: Bastian Dankert

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Dynamo Dresden

22 April 2018 31	1. FC Kaiserslautern	0–1	Dynamo Dresden	Kaiserslautern
13:30	Albæk  16' Mwene  40' Guwara  53'	Report	Berko  32' 79' Hartmann  38'  84'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 26,851 Referee: Daniel Siebert

Arminia Bielefeld v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

27 April 2018 32	Arminia Bielefeld	3–2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Bielefeld
18:30	Salger  4' Klos 62' (pen.), 90+3' Voglsammer 70'	Report	Andersson 37', 54' Kessel  61' Mwene  90+2'	Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 21,404 Referee: Guido Winkmann

1. FC Kaiserslautern v 1. FC Heidenheim

6 May 2018 33	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–0	1. FC Heidenheim	Kaiserslautern
15:30	Moritz  48' Andersson 68' Albæk  85' Müller  89'	Report	Titsch-Rivero  62' Skarke  90'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion

FC Ingolstadt 04 v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

13 May 2018 34	FC Ingolstadt 04	1–3	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Ingolstadt
15:30	Gaus 49'	Report	Mwene 40', 42' Andersson 47'	Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 11,721 Referee: Sven Waschitzki

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2017–18 DFB-Pokal

Eichede v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

12 August 2018 Round 1	Eichede	0–4	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Lübeck
15:30	Noor Al Tamemy  11' Nikita Bojarinow  52' Hendrik Wurr  73'	Report	Osawe 17' 69' Atik 40' Moritz 85'	Stadium: Stadion Lohmühle Attendance: 4,039 Referee: Sven Waschitzki

1. FC Kaiserslautern v VfB Stuttgart

25 October 2018 Last 32	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–3	VfB Stuttgart	Kaiserslautern
18:30	Spalvis 6'  79' Abu Hanna  20' Seufert  41' Atik  70'	Report	Ginczek 21' (pen.) Akolo 66' Burnić  69' Terodde 71' Beck  79'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 28,322 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

Player statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		2. Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	ARG	Giuliano Modica	6	0	5	0	1	0
3	DF	GER	Joel Abu Hanna	12	0	11	0	1	0
4	DF	GER	Patrick Ziegler	15	0	15	0	0	0
5	DF	GER	Benjamin Kessel	26	1	24	1	2	0
6	DF	GER	Leon Guwara	27	0	25	0	2	0
7	FW	AUT	Brandon Borrello	20	3	19	3	1	0
8	MF	GER	Gino Fechner	19	0	17	0	2	0
9	FW	SWE	Sebastian Andersson	30	12	29	12	1	0
10	MF	TUR	Halil Altıntop	14	1	14	1	0	0
11	MF	NOR	Ruben Yttergård Jenssen	14	0	14	0	0	0
13	MF	GER	Paul Will	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	DEN	Mads Albæk	8	0	7	0	1	0
15	FW	CIV	Dylan Esmel	3	0	3	0	0	0
16	DF	MNE	Yannick Filipović	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF	GER	Lukas Gottwalt	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	GER	Christoph Moritz	32	5	30	4	2	1
19	DF	POR	Marcel Correia	11	0	11	0	0	0
20	FW	POL	Kacper Przybyłko	1	0	1	0	0	0
21	DF	AUT	Phillipp Mwene	33	4	31	4	2	0
22	FW	NED	Gervane Kastaneer	11	0	10	0	1	0
23	DF	GER	Jan-Ingwer Callsen-Bracker	12	0	12	0	0	0
24	GK	GER	Marius Müller	33	0	32	0	1	0
25	MF	GER	Carlo Sickinger	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	FW	ALB	Valdrin Mustafa	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF	GER	Patrick Salata	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	GER	Daniel Halfar	10	1	9	1	1	0
29	DF	CRO	Stipe Vučur	36	3	34	3	2	0
30	GK	GER	Lennart Grill	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF	GER	Nino Miotke	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	GK	GER	Jan-Ole Sievers	5	0	4	0	1	0
33	FW	LTU	Lukas Spalvis	25	6	24	5	1	1
34	DF	GER	Arthur Ekallé	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	FW	ENG	Osayamen Osawe	27	7	26	5	1	2
36	MF	GHA	Manfred Osei Kwadwo	16	0	16	0	0	0
37	FW	GER	Nicklas Shipnoski	9	0	8	0	1	0
38	MF	GER	Nils Seufert	21	0	20	0	1	0
39	MF	GER	David Tomić	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	MF	GER	Torben Müsel	9	0	9	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
23	FW	TUR	Barış Atik	14	1	12	0	2	1
25	DF	GER	Robin Koch	4	0	3	0	1	0

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