2008–09 1. FC Kaiserslautern season
# 2008–09 1. FC Kaiserslautern season

During the 2008–09 German football season, 1. FC Kaiserslautern competed in the 2. Bundesliga.

## Season summary

Although Kaiserslautern's form improved, 7th place was still too far away from promotion for the board's liking, and manager Milan Šašić departed in early May, days after a 1–5 defeat to Hansa Rostock. 1. FC Kaiserslautern II manager Alois Schwartz acted as caretaker for the remainder of the season. Marco Kurz was hired as his permanent replacement.

## Kit

The kit was manufactured by Italian company Kapppa and sponsored by Frankfurt-based financial advisors Deutsche Vermögensberatung.

## 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 | Tobias Sippel |
| 2 | DF | BFA | Moussa Ouattara |
| 3 | MF | BIH | Dario Damjanović |
| 4 | DF | GER | Christopher Lamprecht (on loan from Wolfsburg) |
| 5 | DF | GER | Martin Amedick |
| 6 | DF | GER | Mathias Abel |
| 7 | MF | GER | Sebastian Reinert |
| 8 | MF | GER | Sidney Sam (on loan from Hamburg) |
| 9 | FW | CRO | Srđan Lakić |
| 10 | MF | GER | Anel Džaka |
| 11 | MF | GER | Danny Fuchs |
| 13 | MF | GER | Mario Klinger |
| 14 | DF | GER | Manuel Hornig |
| 15 | MF | CAN | Josh Simpson |
| 16 | MF | GER | Axel Bellinghausen (captain) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | DF | GER | Alexander Bugera |
| 19 | DF | CZE | Jiří Bílek |
| 20 | DF | GER | Dragan Paljić |
| 21 | DF | TUN | Aïmen Demai |
| 22 | MF | ROU | Laurențiu Reghecampf |
| 23 | DF | GER | Florian Dick |
| 24 | FW | GER | Kai Hesse |
| 25 | MF | BIH | Said Husejinović (on loan from Werder Bremen) |
| 26 | FW | SVK | Erik Jendrišek |
| 29 | GK | GER | Kevin Trapp |
| 30 | DF | GER | Fabian Müller |
| 31 | FW | GER | Alper Akçam |
| 35 | GK | USA | Luis Robles |
| 37 | MF | GER | Ricky Pinheiro |
| 38 | DF | GER | Sascha Kotysch |

### 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 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 11 | FW | GER | Marcel Ziemer (to Wehen Wiesbaden) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 34 | DF | GER | Fabian Schönheim (to Wehen Wiesbaden) |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### 2. Bundesliga

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | Greuther Fürth | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 60 | 46 | +14 | 56 |
| 6 | MSV Duisburg | 34 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 56 | 36 | +20 | 55 |
| 7 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 53 | 48 | +5 | 52 |
| 8 | FC St. Pauli | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 52 | 59 | −7 | 48 |
| 9 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 35 | 54 | −19 | 42 |
