2002–03 1. FC Kaiserslautern season

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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)

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

Season summary[]

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[]

First-team squad[]

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

Left club during season[]

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 Czech Republic CZE Petr Gabriel (on loan to Teplice)

Competitions[]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Bundesliga[]

Main article: 2002–03 Bundesliga

League table[]

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[]

  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[]

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