2024–25 1. FC Kaiserslautern season

1. FC Kaiserslautern
2024–25 season
Manager	Markus Anfang; (until 22 April); Torsten Lieberknecht; (from 22 April)
Stadium	Fritz-Walter-Stadion
2. Bundesliga	7th
DFB-Pokal	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Ragnar Ache (16); All: ; Ragnar Ache (16)

The 2024–25 season is the 125th season in the history of 1. FC Kaiserslautern and the third consecutive season in 2. Bundesliga. In addition to the domestic league, the team participated in the DFB-Pokal.

Summary

On 22 June, Kaiserslautern's preparations for the start of 2. Bundesliga began.^[1] On the same day, the veteran midfielder Hendrick Zuck also signed an extension to his contract, the duration of which has not been announced.^[2]

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Angelos Stavridis	FC 08 Homburg	Loan return	30 June 2024
FW	Lex-Tyger Lobinger	VfL Osnabrück	Loan return	30 June 2024
DF	Luca Sirch	Lokomotive Leipzig		1 July 2024
DF	Jannis Heuer	SC Paderborn		1 July 2024
DF	Florian Kleinhansl	VfL Osnabrück		1 July 2024
MF	Erik Wekesser	1. FC Nürnberg	€250,000	1 July 2024
MF	Filip Kaloč	Baník Ostrava	€435,000	1 July 2024	^[3]
FW	Jannik Mause	FC Ingolstadt	€600,000	3 July 2024
DF	Jan Gyamerah	1. FC Nürnberg	Loan	26 July 2024	^[4]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Nikola Soldo	1. FC Köln	Loan return	30 June 2024	^[5]
DF	Tymoteusz Puchacz	Union Berlin	Loan return	30 June 2024
MF	Aaron Basenach		End of contract	1 July 2024
DF	Philipp Hercher	1. FC Magdeburg	End of contract	1 July 2024
MF	Ben Zolinski		End of contract	1 July 2024
MF	Julian Niehues	1. FC Heidenheim	End of contract	1 July 2024	^[6]
GK	Robin Himmelmann	Karlsruher SC	End of contract	1 July 2024
DF	Kevin Kraus		End of contract	1 July 2024

Friendlies

Pre-season

23 June 2024 Friendly	Fanauswahl	0–5	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Gau-Odernheim
14:30			Kaloč 18' Abiama 49', 63' Opoku 55' Blum 82'	Attendance: 2,000

28 June 2024 Friendly	TB Jahn Zeiskam	0–8	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Gau-Odernheim
			Hanslik 10' Ronstadt 30' Klement 50', 89' Abiama 62' Redondo 65' Robbinson 69' Aremu 73'	Stadium: Gau-Odernheim Kunstrasen

1 July 2024 Friendly	FK Pirmasens	1–2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Pirmasens
18:00	Ehrhart 58'		Kaloč 43' Sirch 85'	Stadium: PS - FKP Kunstrasen Husterhöh

8 July 2024 Friendly	Qarabağ	1–3	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Imst, Austria
12:30	Isayev 44' Cafarguliyev 70'		Heuer 23' Ritter 39' Tomiak 47' (pen.)	Stadium: Velly Arena Imst

20 July 2024 Friendly	Fortuna Düsseldorf	0–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Offenbach
15:15		Report	Klement 4'	Stadium: Stadion am Bieberer Berg
Note: Two periods of 30 minutes

20 July 2024 Friendly^[7]	Kickers Offenbach	1–3	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Offenbach
16:30	Nazarov 11'	Report	Opoku 17', 53' Hanslik 44'	Stadium: Stadion am Bieberer Berg
Note: Two periods of 30 minutes

27 July 2024 Friendly	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2–0	1860 Munich	Kaiserslautern
13:30	Ritter 57' Mause 76'			Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 16,139

Mid-season

5 September 2024 Friendly	VfB Stuttgart	4–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern
15:00

8 January 2025 Friendly	1. FC Kaiserslautern	4–0	Bravo
16:00

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
2. Bundesliga	4 August 2024	18 May 2025	Matchday 1	34	15	8	11	56	55	+1	044.12
DFB-Pokal	17 August 2024	29 October 2024	Second round	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	050.00
Total				36	16	8	12	59	58	+1	044.44

Last updated: 12 October 2025
Source: Competitions

2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	1. FC Magdeburg	34	14	11	9	64	52	+12	53
6	Fortuna Düsseldorf	34	14	11	9	57	52	+5	53
7	1. FC Kaiserslautern	34	15	8	11	56	55	+1	53
8	Karlsruher SC	34	14	10	10	57	55	+2	52
9	Hannover 96	34	13	12	9	41	36	+5	51

Source: Bundesliga
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.^[8]
(Rules 4–6 only apply after home and away matches have been played between the tied teams.)

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	15	8	11	56	55	+1	53	9	5	3	34	22	+12	6	3	8	22	33	−11

Last updated: 12 October 2025.
Source: DFB

Results by round

Round	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	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	W	L	L	D	D	L	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	D	W	L
Position	7	6	5	10	10	10	11	12	11	10	10	10	9	3	2	6	9	5	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	4	3	4	6	7	7	7	6	7

Updated to match(es) played on 18 May 2025. Source: Bundesliga; positions per Fussballdaten
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

4 August 2024 1	SSV Ulm	1–2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Ulm
13:30	Chessa 45' Higl 48' Strompf 88'	Report	Heuer 56' Kaloč 63' Tomiak 77' (pen.) Opoku 83' Hanslik 90+2'	Stadium: Donaustadion Attendance: 17,400 Referee: Robert Schröder

9 August 2024 2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2–2	Greuther Fürth	Kaiserslautern
18:30	Heuer 30' Hanslik 45+1' Tomiak 45+3' Elvedi 79' Ache 84'	Report	Green 31' (pen.) Futkeu 38' Srbeny 76'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 41,623 Referee: Florian Lechner

24 August 2024 3	Preußen Münster	0–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Münster
13:00	Bazzoli 29' Lorenz 33' Amenyido 68' Koulis 90+4'	Report	Hanslik 8' Wekesser 34' Gyamerah 56' Anfang 80' Ache 85' Ritter 89'	Stadium: Preußenstadion Attendance: 12,422 Referee: Michael Bacher

31 August 2024 4	1. FC Kaiserslautern	3–4	Hertha BSC	Kaiserslautern
20:30	Klement 32' Opoku 45' Tomiak 68' Elvedi 81'	Report	Schuler 28', 64' Scherhant 51' Cuisance 79' Klemens 90+4'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 48,608 Referee: Benjamin Brand

14 September 2024 5	Hannover 96	3–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Hanover
13:00	Lee Hyun-ju 6' 69' Leitl 54' Neumann 59' Ngankam 63' Christiansen 73' Wdowik 83' Momuluh 90+5'	Report	Wekesser 12' Ache 56' Touré 65' Tomiak 85'	Stadium: Heinz-von-Heiden-Arena Attendance: 38,100 Referee: Robert Kampka

21 September 2024 6	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2–2	Hamburger SV	Kaiserslautern
20:30	Ache 32' Wekesser 38' Tachie 50' Kaloč 78'	Report	Hadzikadunic 29' Hefti 45+3' Glatzel 58' Selke 62' 90+5'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 49,327 Referee: Florian Exner

28 September 2024 7	SSV Jahn Regensburg	0–0	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Regensburg
13:00	Hein 9' Pröger 90+1'	[https://www.fotmob.com/matches/jahn-regensburg-vs-kaiserslautern/25jpls#4534888	Tachie 12' Abiama 53' Ritter 62' Mause 90+1'	Stadium: Jahnstadion Regensburg Attendance: 14,431 Referee: Max Burda

5 October 2024 8	SV Elversberg	1–0	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Elversberg
13:00	Sahin 14' Rohr 22' Damar 66' Schmahl 81'	Report	Hanslik 45+2' Kaloč 67'	Stadium: URSAPHARM-Arena an der Kaiserlinde Attendance: 9,502 Referee: Lars Erbst

19 October 2024 9	1. FC Kaiserslautern	3–0	SC Paderborn	Kaiserslautern
20:30	Aremu 25' Ache 30' Kaloč 36' Sirch 87' Ritter 90' Raschl 90+4'	Report	Curda 38' 90+4' Herrmann 76'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 42,028 Referee: Richard Hempel

26 October 2024 10	Fortuna Düsseldorf	3–4	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Düsseldorf
20:30	Jóhannesson 35' (pen.) van Brederode 49' Klaus 76' 90+4' Appelkamp 85'	Report	Hanslik 14' 67' Krahl 35' Elvedi 49' Tomiak 52' Yokota 58' Ache 61'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 44,557 Referee: Frank Willenborg

3 November 2024 11	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2–2	1. FC Magdeburg	Kaiserslautern
13:30	Tomiak 32' 51' Ache 68' Elvedi 90'	Report	Loric 11' Hercher 13' Michel 30' 36' Mathisen 36' Kaars 52' 90+3'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 45,104 Referee: Florian Badstübner

8 November 2024 12	1. FC Nürnberg	0–0	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Nürnberg
18:30	Jeltsch 47'	[https://www.fotmob.com/matches/1-fc-nurnberg-vs-kaiserslautern/297alg#4534951	Tomiak 28' Aremu 37' Ache 86'	Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 37,731 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck

24 November 2024 13	1. FC Kaiserslautern	3–2	Eintracht Braunschweig	Kaiserslautern
13:30	Kaloč 17' Ache 41' Hanslik 45+2' Ronstadt 52'	Report	Philippe 45' (pen.), 90+6' Kaufmann 46' Nicolaou 53' Bell Bell 61' Ivanov 82'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 45,615 Referee: Max Burda

29 November 2024 14	FC Schalke 04	0–3	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Gelsenkirchen
18:30	Bulut 59'	Report	Ache 12' Aremu 17' Hanslik 52' Kaloč 58' Yokota 61' Redondo 79' Kleinhansl 89'	Stadium: VELTINS-Arena Attendance: 62,075 Referee: Robin Braun

7 December 2024 15	1. FC Kaiserslautern	3–1	Karlsruher SC	Kaiserslautern
13:00	Hartmann 13' (pen.) Jan Elvedi 40' Yokota 45+3' Anfang 45+4' Ronstadt 56' Redondo 73' Heuer 75' Kleinhansl 82' Tomiak 87'	Report	Franke 45+3' Wanitzek 88'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 48,567 Referee: Robert Hartmann

14 December 2024 16	SV Darmstadt	5–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Darmstadt
20:30	Lopez 22' Corredor 33', 88' Hornby 45+2', 73' Marseiler 62'	Report	Ritter 63' Tomiak 73' Hanslik 84'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 17,810 Referee: Florian Lechner

22 December 2024 17	1. FC Kaiserslautern	0–1	1. FC Köln	Kaiserslautern
13:30	Jan Gyamerah 56' Heuer 67'	Report	Ljubičić 33' 40' Schwäbe 81' Maina 90+4'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 49,327 Referee: Wolfgang Haslberger

18 January 2025 18	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2–1	SSV Ulm	Kaiserslautern
13:00	Ritter 23' Kaloč 37' Robinson 47' Wekesser 90+1'	Report	Strompf 4' Ludwig 28' Kolbe 36' Krattenmacher 56'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 42,367 Referee: Michael Bacher

24 January 2025 19	Greuther Fürth	2–4	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Fürth
18:30	Müller 6', 84' 84' Giesselmann 45+3' Hrgota 67'	Report	Ritter 28' Yokota 52' Hanslik 60' Kaloč 73' Gyamerah 80' 86' Aremu 90+1' Ache 90+3'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer Attendance: 13,590 Referee: Felix Prigan

2 February 2025 20	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2–1	SC Preußen Münster	Kaiserslautern
13:30	Ritter 51' 56' Sirch 90+2'	Report	Scherder 14' Frenkert 40' Kinsombi 53' 79' Lorenz 84' Makridis 85' Behrens 90+1'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 42,367 Referee: Patrick Schwengers

8 February 2025 21	Hertha BSC	0–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Berlin
20:30		Report	Yokota 49' Sirch 57' Bauer 73'	Stadium: Olympiastadion (Berlin) Attendance: 47,443 Referee: Martin Petersen

15 February 2025 22	1. FC Kaiserslautern	0–0	Hannover 96	Kaiserslautern
13:00	Yokota 30' Alidou 86'	Report	Kunze 65' Tomiak 88'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 45,779 Referee: Robert Kampka

21 February 2025 23	Hamburger SV	3–0	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Hamburg
18:30	Selke 42', 65' Mebude 58' Balde 78'	Report	Redondo 90+3'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Sören Storks

1 March 2025 24	1. FC Kaiserslautern	3–0	SSV Jahn Regensburg	Kaiserslautern
13:00	Elvedi 41' Ache 47', 70' Ritter 51'	Report	Adamyan 2' Hein 26' Suhonen 54' Kühlwetter 78'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 41,579 Referee: Robin Braun

7 March 2025 25	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–1	SV Elversberg	Kaiserslautern
18:30	Ache 41' Bauer 54' Ritter 58' Kaloč 58' Alidou 89'	Report	Lukas Pinckert 29' Fellhauer 36' Damar 75'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 49,068 Referee: Florian Lechner

15 March 2025 26	SC Paderborn 07	5–3	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Paderborn
13:00	Zehnter 2', 90+5' Obermair 8' (pen.) Bilbija 15' Ansah 36' Laurin Curda 50' Grimaldi 73' 84'	Report	Hanslik 45+1' (pen.) Ache 45+8', 61' Tim Breithaupt 55' Krahl 90+5'	Stadium: Benteler-Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Wolfgang Haslberger

29 March 2025 27	1. FC Kaiserslautern	3–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Kaiserslautern
20:30	Ritter 14' 38' Hanslik 67' Ache 73' Sirch 90+3'	Report	Johannesson 15' Zimmermann 19' Oberdorf 35' 60' Niemiec 84' Siebert 90'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 48,279 Referee: Max Burda

6 April 2025 28	1. FC Magdeburg	2–0	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Magdeburg
13:30	Atik 29', 43' Burcu 45+1' Reimann 54' Amaechi 90+4'	Report	Redondo 75'	Stadium: MDCC-Arena Attendance: 27,100 Referee: Michael Bacher

12 April 2025 29	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–2	1. FC Nürnberg	Kaiserslautern
20:30	Ritter 72' (pen.) Kaloč 90+3' Bauer 90+6'	Report	Gruber 14' Castrop 54' Emreli 68' 70' Schleimer 83' Reichert 87' Serra 90+7'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 49,327 Referee: Robert Schröder

19 April 2025 30	Eintracht Braunschweig	2–0	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Braunschweig
13:00	Marie 12' Tempelmann 28' 51' Bell Bell 31' Philippe 53' Köhler 60' Jaeckel 62'	Report	Breithaupt 23' Redondo 45+1' Bauer 76'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 22,651 Referee: Richard Hempel

27 April 2025 31	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2–1	FC Schalke 04	Kaiserslautern
13:30	Yokota 35' Ronstadt 55' Ache 77'	Report	Sylla 62' Murkin 81'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 49,327 Referee: Daniel Schlager

4 May 2025 32	Karlsruher SC	1–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Karlsruhe
13:30	Farhat 10' Jung 58' Jensen 89'	Report	Elvedi 31' Hanslik 64' Raschl 73'	Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 32,190 Referee: Tobias Stieler

11 May 2025 33	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2–1	SV Darmstadt 98	Kaiserslautern
15:30	Ritter 15' 45+3' Ache 45+7' Redondo 88'	Report	Marseiler 3' Schuhen 45+7' Riedel 47' Maglica 62'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 49,088 Referee: Robin Braun

18 May 2025 34	1. FC Köln	4–0	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Cologne
15:30	Martel 14' Waldschmidt 29' Kainz 76'	Report	Ritter 45+7' Ronstadt 70'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Sören Storks

DFB Pokal

17 August 2024 First round	FC Ingolstadt	1–2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Ingolstadt
15:30				Stadium: Audi Sportpark

29 October 2024 Second round	VfB Stuttgart	2–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Stuttgart
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Woltemade 14' Führich 35', 76' Millot 90+4'	Report	Tomiak 43' (pen.) Ritter 62' Raschl 80' Wekesser 86' Hanslik 90+3'	Stadium: MHPArena Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Daniel Schlager

References

^ Sport, S. W. R. (22 June 2024). "Trainingsauftakt beim FCK - Zuck bleibt in Kaiserslautern". swr.online.
^ "Gute Nachrichten für den FCK: Zuck verlängert Vertrag".
^ Sport, S. W. R. (15 May 2024). "Der 1. FC Kaiserslautern zieht die Kaufoption bei Filip Kaloc. Nach dem feststehenden Klassenerhalt verpflichten die Pfälzer den Mittelfeldspieler von Banik Ostrau fest". swr.online.
^ "FCK verstärkt Defensive mit Jan Gyamerah". FCK DE. 26 July 2024.
^ "1. FC Kaiserslautern: Warum Soldo mehr Chancen auf Einsatzzeit hat". bild.de. 3 June 2024.
^ "Niehues to join Heidenheim from second tier Kaiserslautern". Yahoo News. 21 March 2024.
^ "Blitzturnier in Offenbach - News / OFC". ofc.de.
^ "DFL–Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 7 June 2024. p. 3. Retrieved 10 September 2024.

[1] Sport, S. W. R. (22 June 2024). "Trainingsauftakt beim FCK - Zuck bleibt in Kaiserslautern". swr.online.

[2] "Gute Nachrichten für den FCK: Zuck verlängert Vertrag".

[3] Sport, S. W. R. (15 May 2024). "Der 1. FC Kaiserslautern zieht die Kaufoption bei Filip Kaloc. Nach dem feststehenden Klassenerhalt verpflichten die Pfälzer den Mittelfeldspieler von Banik Ostrau fest". swr.online.

[4] "FCK verstärkt Defensive mit Jan Gyamerah". FCK DE. 26 July 2024.

[5] "1. FC Kaiserslautern: Warum Soldo mehr Chancen auf Einsatzzeit hat". bild.de. 3 June 2024.

[6] "Niehues to join Heidenheim from second tier Kaiserslautern". Yahoo News. 21 March 2024.

[7] "Blitzturnier in Offenbach - News / OFC". ofc.de.

[8] "DFL–Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 7 June 2024. p. 3. Retrieved 10 September 2024.

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