1995–96 1. FC Kaiserslautern season
# 1995–96 1. FC Kaiserslautern season

## Season summary

Kaiserslautern suffered their worst season since the inception of the Bundesliga. A mere two years after coming within a point of winning the title, they were relegated in 16th place. Although they only lost 10 league games all season - as many as runners-up Bayern Munich - they also only won 6 of those remaining 24 games, the second-worst in the division. There was a silver lining to this season, as Kaiserslautern won the DFB-Pokal for only the second time in their history, ensuring a sixth appearance in European competition in the past seven seasons. Otto Rehhagel, recently ousted from Bayern Munich, was given the task of returning Kaiserslautern to the Bundesliga.

## Players

### First team squad

    Squad at end of 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 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | GER | Andreas Reinke |
| 2 | DF | GER | Frank Greiner |
| 4 | DF | GER | Axel Roos |
| 5 | DF | CZE | Miroslav Kadlec |
| 6 | DF | GER | Andreas Brehme |
| 7 | FW | GER | Uwe Wegmann |
| 8 | MF | GER | Martin Wagner |
| 9 | FW | CZE | Pavel Kuka |
| 10 | MF | GER | Claus-Dieter Wollitz |
| 11 | FW | GER | Olaf Marschall |
| 13 | DF | GER | Roger Lutz |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | DF | GER | Mario Kern |
| 15 | DF | GER | Thomas Hengen |
| 19 | MF | GER | Dirk Flock |
| 20 | DF | GER | Oliver Schäfer |
| 21 | DF | GER | Harry Koch |
| 22 | GK | GER | Gerry Ehrmann |
| 23 | MF | GER | Thomas Riedl |
| 24 | MF | GER | Marco Reich |
| 25 | MF | TUR | Cem Karaca |
| 26 | DF | GER | Wolfgang Funkel |
| 27 | GK | AUS | Mark Schwarzer |

### 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 | MF | GER | Bernd Hollerbach (to Hamburg) |
| 12 | DF | GER | Thomas Ritter (to Karlsruhe) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | MF | GER | Dirk Anders (to MSV Duisburg) |
| 17 | DF | GER | Matthias Hamann (to 1860 Munich) |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Bundesliga

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 14 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 37 | 38 | −1 | 38 | |
| 15 | FC St. Pauli | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 43 | 51 | −8 | 38 | |
| 16 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern (R) | 34 | 6 | 18 | 10 | 31 | 37 | −6 | 36 | Cup Winners' Cup and relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
| 17 | Eintracht Frankfurt (R) | 34 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 43 | 68 | −25 | 32 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
| 18 | KFC Uerdingen (R) | 34 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 33 | 56 | −23 | 26 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |

* ↑ After being demoted by league place, Kaiserslautern won the DFB-Pokal 1995–96 and thus qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup.
