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2002–03 1. FC Kaiserslautern season

During the 2002–03 German football season, 1. FC Kaiserslautern competed in the Bundesliga.

1. FC Kaiserslautern
2002–03 season
ManagerAndreas Brehme
Karl-Heinz Emig
Eric Gerets
StadiumFritz-Walter-Stadion
Bundesliga14th
DFB-PokalRunners-up
UEFA Intertoto CupThird round
Top goalscorerMiroslav Klose (9)

Season summary edit

With Kaiserslautern in the relegation zone and eliminated from the Intertoto Cup, manager Andreas Brehme was sacked. After a brief caretaker spell under his assistant manager, Karl-Heinz Emig, former PSV Eindhoven manager Eric Gerets was recruited. Although the defense was improved, conceding only 3 goals more all season than in the championship season of 1998, the attacking record suffered and Kaiserslautern finished 14th, 4 points ahead of the relegation zone. However, the team did make a run to the final of the DFB-Pokal; despite a 3–1 defeat to double winners Bayern Munich, the team qualified again for the UEFA Cup.

Players edit

First-team squad edit

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   COD Nzelo Hervé Lembi
3 DF   CMR Bill Tchato
4 DF   SVN Aleksander Knavs
5 DF   GER Thomas Hengen
6 DF   EGY Hany Ramzy
7 MF   BUL Marian Hristov
8 MF   GRE Dimitrios Grammozis[notes 1]
9 FW   CZE Vratislav Lokvenc
10 MF   BRA Lincoln
11 FW   GER Miroslav Klose[notes 2]
12 GK   GER Tim Wiese
13 MF   SUI Ciriaco Sforza
14 MF   GER Selim Teber
15 MF   CRO Nenad Bjelica
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF   BRA Ratinho
18 MF   GER Markus Anfang
20 DF   POL Tomasz Kłos
21 FW   MLT Michael Mifsud
22 FW   GER Christian Timm
23 MF   GER Thomas Riedl
24 DF   GER Harry Koch
26 MF   GER Torsten Reuter
27 MF   GER Silvio Adzic
28 MF   GER Stefan Malz
29 FW   GER Danko Bošković
30 MF   GER Mario Basler
31 GK   GER Jens Kern
32 MF   POR José Dominguez

Left club during season edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF   CZE Petr Gabriel (on loan to Teplice)

Competitions edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Bundesliga edit

Main article: 2002–03 Bundesliga

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
12 Borussia Mönchengladbach 34 11 9 14 43 45 −2 42
13 Hansa Rostock 34 11 8 15 35 41 −6 41
14 1. FC Kaiserslautern 34 10 10 14 40 42 −2 40 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
15 Bayer Leverkusen 34 11 7 16 47 56 −9 40
16 Arminia Bielefeld (R) 34 8 12 14 35 46 −11 36 Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
Source: bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Notes edit

  1. ^ Grammozis was born in Wuppertal, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Greece internationally through his parents and represented Greece at U-21 level.
  2. ^ Klose was born in Opole, Poland, but was raised in Germany from the age of 8 and made his international debut for Germany in March 2001.

References edit

  1. ^ "FootballSquads - 1.FC Kaiserslautern - 2002/03". www.footballsquads.co.uk.
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