2001–02 1. FC Kaiserslautern season

During the 2001–02 German football season, 1. FC Kaiserslautern competed in the Bundesliga.

Season summary

Kaiserslautern rose one place in the table to 7th, securing a return to European football through the Intertoto Cup.

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
3	DF	CZE	Petr Gabriel
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	Olaf Marschall
12	GK	GER	Roman Weidenfeller
13	MF	GER	Thomas Riedl
15	MF	CRO	Nenad Bjelica
17	MF	BRA	Ratinho
18	FW	SWE	Jörgen Pettersson


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	GER	Markus Kullig
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 2]}
26	MF	GER	Torsten Reuter
28	MF	GER	Stefan Malz
30	MF	GER	Mario Basler
32	MF	POR	José Dominguez
33	FW	GER	Danko Bošković
34	FW	MLT	Michael Mifsud
40	FW	SCG	Perica Ognjenović

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	MF	FRA	Youri Djorkaeff (to Bolton Wanderers)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	DF	NGA	Taribo West (released)

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Schalke 04	34	18	7	9	52	36	+16	61	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
6	Werder Bremen	34	17	5	12	54	43	+11	56	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
7	1. FC Kaiserslautern	34	17	5	12	62	53	+9	56	Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
8	VfB Stuttgart	34	13	11	10	47	43	+4	50	Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
9	1860 Munich	34	15	5	14	59	59	0	50	Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round

Source: bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

25 August 2001 1	BW Brühl	1–4	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Brühl
	Morig 18' (pen.)	Report (in German)	Lokvenc 28', 44' Knavs 42' Lincoln 89'	Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Günter Perl (Munich)

28 November 2001 2	Waldhof Mannheim	2–3	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Mannheim
	Teber 11', 53'	Report (in German)	Ramzy 27' Lokvenc 42' Marschall 90'	Attendance: 21,100 Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack (Biberbach)

11 December 2001 Round of 16	Mainz 05	2–3	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Mainz
	Babatz 71' N'Kufo 84' (pen.)	Report (in German)	Lokvenc 23' Lincoln 31', 42'	Stadium: Bruchwegstadion Attendance: 15,500 Referee: Jürgen Aust (Cologne)

30 January 2002 Quarter-final	1. FC Kaiserslautern	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p)	Bayern Munich	Kaiserslautern
		Report (in German)		Stadium: Betzenberg Attendance: 37,600 Referee: Jürgen Jansen (Essen)
	Penalties
	Koch Hengen Bjelica Hristov		Effenberg Jeremies Hargreaves Scholl Pizarro

^ 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.
^ 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.

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