2017–18 1. FC Kaiserslautern season

The 2017–18 1. FC Kaiserslautern season is the 118th season in the football club's history. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

1. FC Kaiserslautern

2017–18 season
Manager	Jeff Strasser
Stadium	Fritz-Walter-Stadion
2. Bundesliga	18th
DFB-Pokal	Second round
Home colours Away colours Third colours
All statistics correct as of 28 January 2018.

Players

Squad information

As of 2 February 2018[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 2 DF  ARG Giuliano Modica 3 DF  GER Joel Abu Hanna 4 DF  GER Patrick Ziegler 5 DF  GER Benjamin Kessel 6 DF  GER Leon Guwara (on loan from Werder Bremen) 7 FW  AUS Brandon Borrello 8 MF  GER Gino Fechner 9 FW  SWE Sebastian Andersson 10 MF  TUR Halil Altıntop 11 MF  NOR Ruben Yttergård Jenssen (on loan from FC Groningen) 14 MF  DEN Mads Albæk 15 MF  CIV Dylan Esmel 18 MF  GER Christoph Moritz 19 DF  GER Marcel Correia 20 FW  POL Kacper Przybylko 21 DF  AUT Phillipp Mwene 22 FW  NED Gervane Kastaneer

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 DF  GER Jan-Ingwer Callsen-Bracker (on loan from FC Augsburg) 24 GK  GER Marius Müller (on loan from RB Leipzig) 26 FW  ALB Valdrin Mustafa 27 DF  GER Patrick Salata 28 MF  GER Daniel Halfar (captain) 29 DF  AUT Stipe Vučur 30 GK  GER Lennart Grill 32 GK  GER Jan-Ole Sievers 33 FW  LTU Lukas Spalvis 35 FW  NGA Osayamen Osawe 36 MF  GHA Manfred Osei Kwadwo 37 FW  GER Nicklas Shipnoski 38 MF  GER Nils Seufert 39 MF  GER David Tomic 40 FW  GER Torben Müsel

Friendly matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Wormatia Worms v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

30 June 2017	Wormatia Worms	0–5	1. FC Kaiserslautern
18:30		Summary

VfR Kaiserslautern v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

4 July 2017	VfR Kaiserslautern	0–8	1. FC Kaiserslautern
18:30		Summary

FC Augsburg v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

12 July 2017	FC Augsburg	2–0	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Mals
18:00		Summary		Stadium: Stadio Malles Venosta

FK Pirmasens v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

18 July 2017	FK Pirmasens	1–7	1. FC Kaiserslautern
18:30		Summary

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Derby County

22 July 2017	1. FC Kaiserslautern	0–2	Derby County
16:00		Summary

1914 Oppau v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

31 August 2017	1914 Oppau	0–8	1. FC Kaiserslautern
18:00		Summary

1. FC Kaiserslautern v FC Midtjylland

17 January 2018	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–0	FC Midtjylland	Kaiserslautern
18:30		Summary		Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

2. Bundesliga

Main article: 2017–18 2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
14	Dynamo Dresden	34	11	8	15	42	52	−10	41
15	Greuther Fürth	34	10	10	14	37	48	−11	40
16	Erzgebirge Aue (O)	34	10	10	14	35	49	−14	40	Qualification to relegation play-offs
17	Eintracht Braunschweig (R)	34	8	15	11	37	43	−6	39	Relegation to 3. Liga
18	1. FC Kaiserslautern (R)	34	9	8	17	42	55	−13	35

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.

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
33	8	8	17	39	54	−15	32	4	7	6	18	20	−2	4	1	11	21	34	−13

Last updated: 6 May 2018.
Source:

Results by round

Matchday	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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	D	W	L	L	D	D	W	L	W	W	L	L	W	L	D	W	D	L	L	L	W	W
Position	18	14	16	17	17	18	18	18	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2018. Source: https://www.kicker.de/2-bundesliga/tabelle/2017-18
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

1. FC Nürnberg v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

30 July 2017 1	1. FC Nürnberg	3–0	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Nuremberg
13:30	Behrens  13' Möhwald  54' Müller  25' (o.g.)	Report	Moritz  51' Spalvis  55' Fechner  62'	Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 30,569 Referee: Markus Schmidt (referee)

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Darmstadt 98

4 August 2017 2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–1	Darmstadt 98	Kaiserslautern
20:30	Halfar  4'  39' Osawe  21' Mwuene  90+3'	Report	Höhn  31' Kamavuaka  72'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 30,786 Referee: Robert Hartmann (referee)

Fortuna Düsseldorf v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

19 August 2017 3	Fortuna Düsseldorf	2–0	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Düsseldorf
13:00	Neuhaus  17'  76' Sobottka  27' Bebou  43' Hoffmann  90+1'	Report	Vučur  37' Fechner  71' Kastaneer  72'	Stadium: Esprit Arena Attendance: 25,227 Referee: Bastian Dankert

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Eintracht Braunschweig

28 August 2017 4	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–1	Eintracht Braunschweig	Kaiserslautern
20:30	Kessel  11' Albæk  35' Reichel  80' (o.g.) Marcel Correia  90+2'	Report	Hernández  27' Samson  56' Zuck  71' Reichel  84' Fejzić  85'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 20,100 Referee: Robert Kampka

Holstein Kiel v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

9 September 2017 5	Holstein Kiel	2–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Kiel
13:00	Schindler  31' Lewerenz  44' Schmidt  60' Weilandt  69' Vučur  90+3' (o.g.)	Report	Marcel Correia  29' Andersson  62' Ziegler  68'	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 10,318 Referee: Alexander Sather

Sandhausen v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

16 September 2017 6	Sandhausen	1–0	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Sandhausen
13:00	Höler  68' Stiefler  83' Jansen  90+5'	Report	Kessel  78' Spalvis  90+1'	Stadium: BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald Attendance: 8,103 Referee: Rene Rohde

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Erzgebirge Aue

19 September 2017 7	1. FC Kaiserslautern	0–2	Erzgebirge Aue	Kaiserslautern
18:30	Guwara  40' Spalvis  85'	Report	Bertram  30'  48' Kalig  44' Fandrich  56'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 16,613 Referee: Martin Thomsen

Union Berlin v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

25 September 2017 8	Union Berlin	5–0	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Berlin
20:30	Polter  6'  25'  77' Modica  11' (o.g.) Kroos  16' Skrzybski  32' Trimmel  74'	Report	Moritz  18' Andersson  27' Guwara  35' Mwene  87'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 20,592 Referee: Markus Schmidt (referee)

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Greuther Fürth

29 September 2017 9	1. FC Kaiserslautern	3–0	Greuther Fürth	Kaiserslautern
18:30	Andersson  71', 74', 80'	Report	Maloča  20' Narey  68' Wittek  81'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 19,179 Referee: Sören Storks

FC St Pauli v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

13 October 2017 10	FC St Pauli	1–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Hamburg
18:30	Allagui  63'	Report	Kessel  52' Andersson  77'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,546 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

1. FC Kaiserslautern v MSV Duisburg

22 October 2017 11	1. FC Kaiserslautern	0–1	MSV Duisburg	Kaiserslautern
13:30	Müller  37' Atik  89' Mwene  90+1'	Report	Fröde  39' Bomheuer  67' Stoppelkamp  77' Albutat  89' Hajri  90+2'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 22,833 Referee: Florian Heft

Jahn Regensburg v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

28 October 2017 12	Jahn Regensburg	3–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Regensburg
13:00	Stolze  10'  49' Knoll  33' Geipl  53' Adamyan  74'	Report	Moritz  14' (pen.)	Stadium: Continental Arena Attendance: 10,081 Referee: Aarne Aarnink

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Bochum

3 November 2017 13	1. FC Kaiserslautern	0–0	Bochum	Kaiserslautern
18:30	Seufert  33' Borrello  74' Moritz  90'	Report	Celozzi  75' Diamantakos  80' Losilla  90'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 19,086 Referee: Alexander Sather

Dynamo Dresden v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

20 November 2017 14	Dynamo Dresden	1–2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Dresden
20:30	Röser  14' Hartmann  84'	Report	Kessel  41' Vučur  85' Spalvis  88'	Stadium: DDV-Stadion Attendance: 27,224 Referee: Tobias Reichel

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Arminia Bielefeld

26 November 2017 15	1. FC Kaiserslautern	0–2	Arminia Bielefeld	Kaiserslautern
13:30	Borrello  56' Halfar  81'	Report	Voglsammer  27' Kerschbaumer  87'  90+5'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 20,464 Referee: Florian Badstübner

1. FC Heidenheim v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

1 December 2017 16	1. FC Heidenheim	3–2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Heidenheim an der Brenz
18:30	Wittek  39'  56' Schnatterer  68' (pen.)  90+1' Theuerkauf  85'	Report	Abu Hanna  10' Seufert  35' Spalvis  57'  66' Feick  80' (o.g.) Shipnoski  90'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 11,700 Referee: Rene Rohde

1. FC Kaiserslautern v FC Ingolstadt 04

10 December 2017 17	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–1	FC Ingolstadt 04	Kaiserslautern
13:30	Andersson  7' Kessel  11'  Borrello  23' Müller  68'	Report	Levels  73' Träsch  78' Lezcano  79'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 16,074 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck

1. FC Kaiserslautern v 1. FC Nürnberg

16 December 2017 18	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–1	1. FC Nürnberg	Kaiserslautern
13:00	Mwene  55' Bredlow  61' (o.g.) Fechner  79'	Report	Ishak  24' Löwen  90+3'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 19,790 Referee: Christof Günsch

Darmstadt 98 v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

24 January 2018 19	Darmstadt 98	A–A	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Darmstadt
18:30 CET	Jones  20' Medojevic  40'	Report	Jenssen  14' Moritz  29'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 17,400 Referee: Bastian Dankert
Note: Match abandoned at half-time following a medical emergency.[2]

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Fortuna Düsseldorf

27 January 2018 20	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–3	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Kaiserslautern
13:00	Borrello  5' Moritz  48' (pen.) Müller  51'  Callsen-Bracker  74'	Report	Haraguchi  13'  64' (pen.) Raman  78' Schmitz  89'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 21,739 Referee: Tobias Stieler

Eintracht Braunschweig v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

4 February 2018 21	Eintracht Braunschweig	1–2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Braunschweig
13:30	Nkansah  32' Teigl  34' Abdullahi  72'	Report	Spalvis  4'  35' Seufert  37' Jenssen  42'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 20,550 Referee: Alexander Sather

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Holstein Kiel

9 February 2018 22	1. FC Kaiserslautern	3–1	Holstein Kiel	Kaiserslautern
18:30	Borrello  2' Moritz  45' (pen.)  81' Osawe  51'	Report	Hermann  5' Kinsombi  24'  32' van den Bergh  84'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 20,664 Referee: Guido Winkmann

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Sandhausen

16 February 2018 23	1. FC Kaiserslautern	0–1	Sandhausen	Kaiserslautern
18:30		Report	Förster  78' Paqarada  90'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 23,811 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

Darmstadt 98 v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

21 February 2018 19	Darmstadt 98	1–2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Darmstadt
18:30	Kempe  43' Platte  90+1' Medojević  90+6' Jones  90+6'	Report	Borrello  16' Mwene  56'  61' Moritz  90+6'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 17,400 Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus

Erzgebirge Aue v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

24 February 2018 24	Erzgebirge Aue	2–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Aue
13:00	Köpke  2' Munsy  63' Nazarov  66' Rizzuto  75'	Report	Vučur  67' Ziegler  89'	Stadium: Erzgebirgsstadion Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Christian Dietz

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Union Berlin

2 March 2018 25	1. FC Kaiserslautern	4–3	Union Berlin	Kaiserslautern
18:30	Borrello  6' Andersson  41' Guwara  59' Moritz  66' (pen.) Mwene  84'  86' Kessel  90+5'	Report	Andersson  36' (o.g.) Skrzybski  51', 81'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 20,087 Referee: Sven Waschitzki

Greuther Fürth v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

10 March 2018 26	Greuther Fürth	2–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Fürth
13:00	Green  17' Wittek  63' Maloča  70' Steiniger  74'	Report	Osawe  45' Guwara  72' Vučur  79'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer Attendance: 11,460 Referee: Florian Heft

1. FC Kaiserslautern v St. Pauli

17 March 2018 27	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–1	St. Pauli	Kaiserslautern
13:00	Callsen-Bracker  71' Spalvis  84'	Report	Şahin  17' Bouhaddouz  73' (pen.) Park  76' Allagui  87'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 32,243 Referee: Frank Willenborg

MSV Duisburg v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

31 March 2018 28	MSV Duisburg	1–4	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Duisburg
13:00	Hajri  43' Wolze  64'Iljutcenko  70'	Report	Osawe  12', 48', 64' Borrello  15' Spavis  30' Mwene  35' Kessel  51'  83'	Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 18,273 Referee: Robert Schröder

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Jahn Regensburg

8 April 2018 29	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–1	Jahn Regensburg	Kaiserslautern
13:30	Seufert  53' Vučur  56' Correia  72' Andersson  73'	Report	Saller  6' Gimber  79' Palionis  90+4'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 27,780 Referee: Robert Kampka

Bochum v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

13 April 2018 30	Bochum	3–2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Bochum
18:30	Hinterseer  18' Osawe  27' (o.g.) Ochs  51' Tesche  78' Stöger  81'	Report	Altıntop  7' Vučur  48' Mwene  67'	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 23,042 Referee: Bastian Dankert

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Dynamo Dresden

22 April 2018 31	1. FC Kaiserslautern	0–1	Dynamo Dresden	Kaiserslautern
13:30	Albæk  16' Mwene  40' Guwara  53'	Report	Berko  32'  79' Hartmann  38'  84'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 26,851 Referee: Daniel Siebert

Arminia Bielefeld v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

27 April 2018 32	Arminia Bielefeld	3–2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Bielefeld
18:30	Salger  4' Klos  62' (pen.), 90+3' Voglsammer  70'	Report	Andersson  37', 54' Kessel  61' Mwene  90+2'	Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 21,404 Referee: Guido Winkmann

1. FC Kaiserslautern v 1. FC Heidenheim

6 May 2018 33	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–0	1. FC Heidenheim	Kaiserslautern
15:30	Moritz  48' Andersson  68' Albæk  85' Müller  89'	Report	Titsch-Rivero  62' Skarke  90'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion

FC Ingolstadt 04 v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

13 May 2018 34	FC Ingolstadt 04	1–3	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Ingolstadt
15:30	Gaus  49'	Report	Mwene  40', 42' Andersson  47'	Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 11,721 Referee: Sven Waschitzki

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2017–18 DFB-Pokal

Eichede v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

12 August 2018 Round 1	Eichede	0–4	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Lübeck
15:30	Noor Al Tamemy  11' Nikita Bojarinow  52' Hendrik Wurr  73'	Report	Osawe  17'  69' Atik  40' Moritz  85'	Stadium: Stadion Lohmühle Attendance: 4,039 Referee: Sven Waschitzki

1. FC Kaiserslautern v VfB Stuttgart

25 October 2018 Last 32	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–3	VfB Stuttgart	Kaiserslautern
18:30	Spalvis  6'  79' Abu Hanna  20' Seufert  41' Atik  70'	Report	Ginczek  21' (pen.) Akolo  66' Burnić  69' Terodde  71' Beck  79'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 28,322 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

Player statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		2. Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF		Giuliano Modica	6	0	5	0	1	0
3	DF		Joel Abu Hanna	12	0	11	0	1	0
4	DF		Patrick Ziegler	15	0	15	0	0	0
5	DF		Benjamin Kessel	26	1	24	1	2	0
6	DF		Leon Guwara	27	0	25	0	2	0
7	FW		Brandon Borrello	20	3	19	3	1	0
8	MF		Gino Fechner	19	0	17	0	2	0
9	FW		Sebastian Andersson	30	12	29	12	1	0
10	MF		Halil Altıntop	14	1	14	1	0	0
11	MF		Ruben Yttergård Jenssen	14	0	14	0	0	0
13	MF		Paul Will	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF		Mads Albæk	8	0	7	0	1	0
15	FW		Dylan Esmel	3	0	3	0	0	0
16	DF		Yannick Filipović	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF		Lukas Gottwalt	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF		Christoph Moritz	32	5	30	4	2	1
19	DF		Marcel Correia	11	0	11	0	0	0
20	FW		Kacper Przybyłko	1	0	1	0	0	0
21	DF		Phillipp Mwene	33	4	31	4	2	0
22	FW		Gervane Kastaneer	11	0	10	0	1	0
23	DF		Jan-Ingwer Callsen-Bracker	12	0	12	0	0	0
24	GK		Marius Müller	33	0	32	0	1	0
25	MF		Carlo Sickinger	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	FW		Valdrin Mustafa	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF		Patrick Salata	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF		Daniel Halfar	10	1	9	1	1	0
29	DF		Stipe Vučur	36	3	34	3	2	0
30	GK		Lennart Grill	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF		Nino Miotke	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	GK		Jan-Ole Sievers	5	0	4	0	1	0
33	FW		Lukas Spalvis	25	6	24	5	1	1
34	DF		Arthur Ekallé	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	FW		Osayamen Osawe	27	7	26	5	1	2
36	MF		Manfred Osei Kwadwo	16	0	16	0	0	0
37	FW		Nicklas Shipnoski	9	0	8	0	1	0
38	MF		Nils Seufert	21	0	20	0	1	0
39	MF		David Tomić	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	MF		Torben Müsel	9	0	9	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
23	FW		Barış Atik	14	1	12	0	2	1
25	DF		Robin Koch	4	0	3	0	1	0

• Source: [3][4]

References

1. accessed: 22 August 2017
2. "Kaiserslautern match abandoned after manager Jeff Strasser taken ill". The Guardian. 24 January 2018. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
3. "FootballSquads – 1.FC Kaiserslautern – 2017/2018". footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
4. "1. FC Kaiserslautern – Appearances 2. Bundesliga 2017/2018". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2 May 2020.