2025–26 1. FC Kaiserslautern season

1. FC Kaiserslautern
2025–26 season
Manager	Torsten Lieberknecht
Stadium	Fritz-Walter-Stadion
2. Bundesliga	6th
DFB-Pokal	Round of 16

The 2025–26 season is the 126th season in the history of 1. FC Kaiserslautern and the fourth consecutive season in 2. Bundesliga. In addition to the domestic league, the team is participating in the DFB-Pokal.

Summary

Players

First-team squad

As of 26 October 2025

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	GER	Julian Krahl
2	DF	GER	Maxwell Gyamfi
3	DF	GER	Florian Kleinhansl
4	DF	GER	Hendrick Zuck
5	DF	SUI	Jan Elvedi
6	MF	GER	Fabian Kunze
7	MF	GER	Marlon Ritter
8	MF	GER	Semih Sahin
9	FW	CRO	Ivan Prtajin
10	FW	GER	Daniel Hanslik
11	MF	GER	Kenny Prince Redondo
14	DF	GER	Luca Sirch
15	MF	FIN	Naatan Skyttä
16	DF	GER	Erik Wekesser
17	FW	GER	Richmond Tachie
18	FW	AZE	Mahir Emreli


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	FW	GER	Faride Alidou
20	MF	GER	Tobias Raschl
21	FW	NGA	Dickson Abiama
22	MF	GER	Mika Haas
23	MF	NGA	Afeez Aremu
24	DF	GER	Simon Asta
26	DF	FRA	Paul Joly
31	DF	GER	Jean Zimmer
33	GK	ALB	Simon Simoni
37	GK	BIH	Avdo Spahić
40	DF	KOR	Kim Ji-soo
44	MF	GER	Dion Hofmeister
47	GK	GER	Fabian Heck
98	FW	GER	Shawn Blum
99	DF	GER	Leon Robinson

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	GER	Frank Ronstadt (at Viktoria Köln (loan until 30 June 2026))
—	DF	GER	Jannis Heuer (at Preußen Münster (loan until 30 June 2026))
—	FW	GER	Jannik Mause (at Rot-Weiss Essen (loan until 30 June 2026))

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
GK	Enis Kamga	1. FC Kaiserslautern youth	–	Summer 2025	^[1]
DF	Simon Asta	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Undisclosed	Summer 2025	^[1]^[2]
DF	Maxwell Gyamfi	VfL Osnabrück	Undisclosed	May 2025	^[2]
MF	Fabian Kunze	Hannover 96	Undisclosed	May 2025	^[2]
MF	Semih Sahin	SV Elversberg	Undisclosed	June 2025	^[2]
MF	Naatan Skyttä	USL Dunkerque	Undisclosed	August 2025	^[2]
FW	Mahir Emreli	1. FC Nürnberg	Undisclosed	June 2025	^[2]
FW	Ivan Prtajin	Union Berlin	Undisclosed	June 2025	^[2]
DF	Kim Ji-soo	Brentford	Loan	July 2025	^[2]^[3]
DF	Paul Joly	AJ Auxerre	Loan	August 2025	^[2]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Ragnar Ache	1. FC Köln	Reported buyout clause	27 May 2025	^[2]^[4]
MF	Philipp Klement	Free agent	Released	Summer 2025	^[2]
FW	Aaron Opoku	Kayserispor	Undisclosed	July 2025	^[2]
MF	Filip Kaloc	Ludogorets Razgrad	Undisclosed	July 2025	^[2]
DF	Jan Gyamerah	SV Elversberg	Undisclosed	July 2025	^[2]
DF	Jannis Heuer	SC Preußen Münster	Loan	7 August 2025	^[5]

Loans in

Pos.	Player	Loaning club	Loan duration	Date	Source
GK	Simon Simoni	Eintracht Frankfurt	18 months	15 January 2025	^[6]
DF	Kim Ji-soo	Brentford	Season-long	July 2025	^[2]^[3]
DF	Paul Joly	AJ Auxerre	Season-long	August 2025	^[2]

Loans out

Pos.	Player	Loaned to	Loan duration	Date	Source
DF	Frank Ronstadt	Viktoria Köln	Season-long	1 September 2025	^[7]
DF	Jannis Heuer	SC Preußen Münster	Season-long	7 August 2025	^[5]
FW	Jannik Mause	Rot-Weiss Essen	Until 30 June 2026	29 August 2025	^[8]

Friendlies

Pre-season

Friendly

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1. FC Kaiserslautern

Mid-season

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
2. Bundesliga	3 August 2025	17 May 2026	Matchday 1	TBD	16	8	3	5	27	18	+9	050.00
DFB-Pokal	17 August 2025	29 October 2025	First round	Round of 16	3	2	0	1	9	6	+3	066.67
Total					19	10	3	6	36	24	+12	052.63

Last updated: 13 December 2025
Source: FotMob

2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Hannover 96	16	8	5	3	29	20	+9	29
6	Hertha BSC	17	8	4	5	21	16	+5	28
7	1. FC Kaiserslautern	16	8	3	5	27	18	+9	27
8	Karlsruher SC	16	6	3	7	23	31	−8	21
9	VfL Bochum	16	6	2	8	21	20	+1	20

Updated to match(es) played on 19 December 2025. 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.^[9]
(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
16	8	3	5	27	21	+6	27	6	1	1	19	8	+11	2	2	4	8	13	−5

Last updated: 13 December 2025.
Source: FotMob

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	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	D	L	W	L	W	D
Position	12	10	9	7	6	5	8	7	6	5	6	6	6	7	6	6

Updated to match(es) played on 29 November 2025. Source: FotMob
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

3 August 2025 1	Hannover 96	1–0	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Hanover
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Taibi 17' Matsuda 21' Aseko-Nkili 74'	Report	Sirch 58' Tachie 79' Kunze 87'	Stadium: Heinz-von-Heiden-Arena Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Michael Bacher

9 August 2025 2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–0	FC Schalke 04	Kaiserslautern
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gyamfi 44' Emreli 52' Ritter 55' (pen.) Robinson 83' Skyttä 90+9'	Report	Gantenbein 41' Højlund 66' Becker 75' Bachmann 90+4'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 49,327 Referee: Martin Petersen

22 August 2025 3	SV Elversberg	2–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Elversberg
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Schnellbacher 43' Rohr 53' Kristof 79' Zimmerschied 89' Schmahl 90+2'	Report	Kunze 49' Tachie 79' (pen.) Alidou 87'	Stadium: URSAPHARM-Arena an der Kaiserlinde Attendance: 9,307

31 August 2025 4	1. FC Kaiserslautern	3–1	SV Darmstadt 98	Kaiserslautern
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kim 55' Aremu 64' Skyttä 84' Alidou 90+2'	Report	Lidberg 62' Hornby 64' Marseiler 72'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 47,722 Referee: Benjamin Brand

14 September 2025 5	Greuther Fürth	0–3	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Fürth
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	König 1' Kleine 26' Olesen 39'	Report	Joly 6' Alidou 23' Skyttä 33' 45+4' Haas 43' Gyamfi 45+3' Kunze 53' Prtajin 58', 64'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer Attendance: 14,657 Referee: Richard Hempel

19 September 2025 6	1. FC Kaiserslautern	4–1	Preußen Münster	Kaiserslautern
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Prtajin 7', 24', 64' Skyttä 17' 43' Gyamfi 56' Kunze 66'	Report	Bolay 9' Preißinger 30' Schulz 45+3' Vilhelmsson 50' ter Horst 90+7'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 46,079 Referee: Patrick Schwengers

27 September 2025 7	SC Paderborn	2–0	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Paderborn
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hansen 31' Baur 45+6' Bilbija 50' Curda 53'	Report	Gyamfi 45+3'	Stadium: Home Deluxe Arena Attendance: 14,520 Referee: Konrad Oldhafer

4 October 2025 8	1. FC Kaiserslautern	3–2	VfL Bochum	Kaiserslautern
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Prtajin 7', 79' 80' Ritter 33' Joly 86'	Report	Bero 12' Holtmann 15' Lenz 36' Hofmann 43' Mašović 55' Alfa-Ruprecht 63' Elvedi 90+4' (o.g.)	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 48,150 Referee: Michael Bacher

18 October 2025 9	Karlsruher SC	2–3	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Karlsruhe
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pedrosa 26' Kobald 29' Egloff 29' 83' Schleusener 58' Förster 62' Bernat 90+6' Laghrissi 90+7'	Report	Prtajin 11' Haas 16' Alidou 29' Skyttä 54' Kunze 88' Ritter 90+3' 90+6'	Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 33,180 Referee: Robin Braun

26 October 2025 10	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–1	1. FC Nürnberg	Kaiserslautern
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Haas 32' Hanslik 45' Sirch 52' Gyamfi 74'	Report	Justvan 37' Lubach 59' Lochoshvili 83' Knoche 90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 49,327 Referee: Sören Storks

2 November 2025 11	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Düsseldorf
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Breithaupt 18' Suso 84' El Azzouzi 85' Heyer 90+5' de Wijs 90+7'	Report	Sirch 55'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 38,204 Referee: Lars Erbst

8 November 2025 12	1. FC Kaiserslautern	0–1	Hertha BSC	Kaiserslautern
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Robinson 7' Prtajin 90+3'	Report	Schuler 20' 43' Eichhorn 38' Zeefuik 90+5'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 48,855 Referee: Tobias Welz

23 November 2025 13	1. FC Kaiserslautern	4–1	Holstein Kiel	Kaiserslautern
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Skyttä 7', 11', 45+7' Haas 37' Kunze 42' Gyamfi 42'	Report	Bernhardsson 28' (pen.) 71' Schwab 35' Zec 38' 49' Roslyng 90'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 45,517 Referee: Richard Hempel

29 November 2025 14	Eintracht Braunschweig	2–0	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Braunschweig
12:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bell Bell 29' Marie 34' Yardımcı 49' Di Michele 51'	Report	Elvedi 3' Sahin 12' Haas 51' Prtajin 75' Abiama 79'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 20,848 Referee: Timo Gansloweit

6 December 2025 15	1. FC Kaiserslautern	3–1	Dynamo Dresden	Kaiserslautern
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Skyttä 17' Haas 31' 70' Ritter 52' 63' Hanslik 65'	Report	Rossipal 35' Lemmer 46' 76' Faber 63' Vermeij 90+2'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 46,015 Referee: Max Burda

13 December 2025 16	Arminia Bielefeld	0–0	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Bielefeld
12:00 CET (UTC+1)	Felix 81'	Report	Kunze 78'	Stadium: SchücoArena Attendance: 26,750 Referee: Felix Bickel

20 December 2025 17	1. FC Kaiserslautern	v	Magdeburg	Kaiserslautern
12:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion

18 January 2026 18	1. FC Kaiserslautern	v	Hannover 96	Kaiserslautern
12:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion

25 January 2026 19	FC Schalke 04	v	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Gelsenkirchen
12:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Veltins-Arena

1 February 2026 20	1. FC Kaiserslautern	v	SV Elversberg	Kaiserslautern
12:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion

8 February 2026 21	SV Darmstadt 98	v	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Darmstadt
12:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor

15 February 2026 22	1. FC Kaiserslautern	v	Greuther Fürth	Kaiserslautern
12:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion

22 February 2026 23	Preußen Münster	v	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Münster
12:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Preußenstadion

1 March 2026 24	1. FC Kaiserslautern	v	SC Paderborn	Kaiserslautern
12:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion

8 March 2026 25	VfL Bochum	v	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Bochum
12:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion

15 March 2026 26	1. FC Kaiserslautern	v	Karlsruher SC	Kaiserslautern
12:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion

22 March 2026 27	1. FC Nürnberg	v	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Nürnberg
12:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion

5 April 2026 28	1. FC Kaiserslautern	v	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Kaiserslautern
11:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion

12 April 2026 29	Hertha BSC	v	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Berlin
11:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Olympiastadion

19 April 2026 30	Holstein Kiel	v	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Kiel
11:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Holstein-Stadion

26 April 2026 31	1. FC Kaiserslautern	v	Eintracht Braunschweig	Kaiserslautern
11:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion

3 May 2026 32	Dynamo Dresden	v	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Dresden
11:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion

10 May 2026 33	1. FC Kaiserslautern	v	Arminia Bielefeld	Kaiserslautern
11:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion

17 May 2026 34	1. FC Magdeburg	v	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Magdeburg
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: MDCC-Arena

DFB-Pokal

17 August 2025 First round	RSV Eintracht 1949	0–7	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Potsdam
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Fabian Kunze 11' Mahir Emreli 15' Ji-soo Kim 24' Daniel Hanslik 34' Marlon Ritter 48' Tobias Raschl 71' Richmond Tachie 90' Maxwell Gyamfi 28' Julian Krahl 45+3'	Stadium: Karl-Liebknecht-Stadion Attendance: 7,479 Referee: Cristian Ballweg

29 October 2025 Second round	Greuther Fürth	0–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Fürth
18:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Naatan Skyttä 12'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer Attendance: 12,411 Referee: Marc Philip Eckermann

2 December 2025 Round of 16	Hertha BSC	6–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Berlin
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Schuler 6', 60' Dárdai 14' Winkler 21' Eichhorn 31' Kownacki 75' Krattenmacher 80'	Report	Skyttä 28' Gyamfi 45+1' Ritter 45+2' 81'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Berlin Attendance: 51,195 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

References

^ ^a ^b "Transfers des 1. FC Kaiserslautern, Saison 2025/2026". Der Betze brennt (in German). Retrieved 26 November 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p "1. FC Kaiserslautern im Transfer-Sommer: Alle Neuzugänge und Abgänge im Überblick". Südwest24 (in German). 3 September 2025. Retrieved 26 November 2025.
^ ^a ^b "Jisoo Kim wechselt auf Leihbasis zum FCK". 1. FC Kaiserslautern (in German). 23 July 2025. Retrieved 26 November 2025.
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[BetzeTransfers-1] "Transfers des 1. FC Kaiserslautern, Saison 2025/2026". Der Betze brennt (in German). Retrieved 26 November 2025.

[SWTransfers-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p "1. FC Kaiserslautern im Transfer-Sommer: Alle Neuzugänge und Abgänge im Überblick". Südwest24 (in German). 3 September 2025. Retrieved 26 November 2025.

[KimLoan-3] "Jisoo Kim wechselt auf Leihbasis zum FCK". 1. FC Kaiserslautern (in German). 23 July 2025. Retrieved 26 November 2025.

[AcheKoeln-4] "Ragnar Ache wechselt vom 1. FC Kaiserslautern zum 1. FC Köln". Sky Sport (in German). 27 May 2025. Retrieved 26 November 2025.

[HeuerLoan-5] "2. Bundesliga: Heuer wechselt von Kaiserslautern nach Münster". DIE ZEIT (in German). 7 August 2025. Retrieved 26 November 2025.

[SimoniLoan-6] "Simon Simoni erweitert das FCK-Torwartteam". 1. FC Kaiserslautern (in German). 15 January 2025. Retrieved 26 November 2025.

[RonstadtLoan-7] "Frank Ronstadt wechselt auf Leihbasis zu Viktoria Köln". 1. FC Kaiserslautern (in German). 1 September 2025. Retrieved 26 November 2025.

[MauseLoan-8] "Jannik Mause". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 November 2025.

[9] "DFL–Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 29 May 2025. p. 3. Retrieved 21 June 2025.

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