2012–13 1. FC Kaiserslautern season

1. FC Kaiserslautern

2012–13 season
Chairman	Stefan Kuntz
Manager	Franco Foda
Stadium	Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern, RP
2. Bundesliga	Third
DFB-Pokal	Eliminated in Round 2
Top goalscorer	League: Mohammadou Idrissou (17) All: Mohammadou Idrissou (17)
Highest home attendance	49,780
Lowest home attendance	23,006
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2012–13 1. FC Kaiserslautern season was the 113th season in club history. In 2012–13 the club played in the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga, the second tier of German football. It was the club's first season back in this league, after it was relegated from the Fußball-Bundesliga in 2012. They were denied an instant return to the top flight after finishing 3rd and losing in the relegation play-offs to TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 5–2 on aggregate.

The club also took part in the 2012–13 edition of the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup, where it reached the second round being eliminated by Bundesliga side FC Bayern Munich.

Review and events

During the off-season, 1. FC Kaiserslautern hired Franco Foda as their new head coach.

Friendly matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

HB Køge v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

19 July 2012	HB Køge	1–3	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Kandel
	Kaagh 40'	Report	Vermouth 60' Shechter 65' Wooten 72'	Stadium: Bienwaldstadion Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Markus Wingenbach

Fulham F.C. v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

21 July 2012	Fulham F.C.	2–2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Weingarten (Pfalz)
17:00	Petrić 20', 74'		Mitsanski 10' Bugera 15'	Stadium: Arena Weingarten Attendance: 2,550 Referee: Christian Dingert

1. FC Kaiserslautern v FC Augsburg

28 July 2012	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–0	FC Augsburg	Kaiserslautern
16:00	Idrissou 59'			Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 18,000

1. FC Kaiserslautern v FC Bayern Munich

1 August 2012	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2–3	FC Bayern Munich	Kaiserslautern
18:30	Dick 35' Shechter 89'		Müller 23' Can 68' Shaqiri 86'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 25,873 Referee: Christian Dingert

SV Eintracht Trier 05 v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

12 January 2013	SV Eintracht Trier 05	1–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Trier
14:00		Summary		Stadium: Moselstadion

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Kickers Offenbach

16 January 2013	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–3	Kickers Offenbach	Kaiserlautern
16:00		Summary		Stadium: Betzenberg Platz 4

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Újpest FC

20 January 2013	1. FC Kaiserslautern	3–1	Újpest FC	Belek
16:00		Summary		Stadium: Arcadia Futbol Kompleksi

1. FC Kaiserslautern v FC Metalurh Zaporizhya

21 January 2013	1. FC Kaiserslautern	0–0	FC Metalurh Zaporizhya	Belek
16:00		Summary		Stadium: Gloria Golf Resort

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Daegu FC

25 January 2013	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2–1	Daegu FC	Belek
14:00		Summary		Stadium: Arcadia Futbol Kompleksi

1. FC Kaiserslautern v FC Red Bull Salzburg

25 January 2013	1. FC Kaiserslautern	0–1	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Belek
14:00		Summary		Stadium: IC Santai Otel Futbol Sahaları

1. FC Kaiserslautern v TSV 1860 München

22 March 2013	1. FC Kaiserslautern	4–1	TSV 1860 München	Ludwigsburg
16:05		Summary		Stadium: Ludwig-Jahn-Stadion

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

2. Bundesliga

Main article: 2012–13 2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Hertha BSC (C, P)	34	22	10	2	65	28	+37	76	Promotion to Bundesliga
2	Eintracht Braunschweig (P)	34	19	10	5	52	34	+18	67
3	1. FC Kaiserslautern	34	15	13	6	55	33	+22	58	Qualification to promotion play-offs
4	FSV Frankfurt	34	16	6	12	55	45	+10	54
5	1. FC Köln	34	14	12	8	43	33	+10	54

Source: kicker.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Matches

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Union Berlin

6 August 2012 (2012-08-06) 1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	3–3	Union Berlin	Kaiserslautern
20:15	Idrissou 58' 72' Zuck 86'	Report	47' Parensen 54' Zoundi 90'+1' Pfertzel	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 31,618 Referee: Tobias Stieler

VfR Aalen v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

10 August 2012 (2012-08-10) 2	VfR Aalen	1–2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Aalen
18:00	Bunjaku 17', 44'	Report	47' Dausch	Stadium: Scholz-Arena Attendance: 12,038 Referee: Daniel Siebert

1. FC Kaiserslautern v 1860 München

26 August 2012 (2012-08-26) 3	1. FC Kaiserslautern	0–0	1860 München	Kaiserslautern
13:30	Alushi  66' Dick  84'	Report	Guillermo Vallori  63'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 37,571 Referee: Markus Schmidt

Dynamo Dresden v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

31 August 2012 (2012-08-31) 4	Dynamo Dresden	1–3	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Dresden
18:00	Brégerie  34' Poté 67'	Report	Baumjohann  12' Bunjaku 29', 74' Dominique Heintz  50' Borysiuk  55' Fortounis 82'	Stadium: Glücksgas Stadium Attendance: 29,057 Referee: Frank Willenborg

1. FC Kaiserslautern v MSV Duisburg

16 September 2012 (2012-09-16) 5	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2–1	MSV Duisburg	Kaiserslautern
13:30	Zuck 41' Dick  55' Azaouagh 81' Mitsanski  85'	Summary	Hoffmann  39' Domovchiyski 62' Kern  83'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 29,869 Referee: Christian Leicher

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Hertha BSC

22 September 2012 (2012-09-22) 6	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–1	Hertha BSC	Kaiserslautern
13:00	Dick  5' Idrissou  34' 66' (pen.) Azaouagh  71' Mitsanski  83'	Summary	Niemeyer  32' Ben-Hatira  58' Bastians  60' Ronny 69'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 32,069 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

VfL Bochum v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

27 September 2012 (2012-09-27) 7	VfL Bochum	1–2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Bochum
20:15	Iashvili  48' Tasaka 84' Sinkiewicz  90+1'	Summary	Fortounis 36' Marc Torrejón  47' Idrissou 65' Linsmayer  77' Mitsanski  79'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 13,212 Referee: Harm Osmers

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Eintracht Braunschweig

30 September 2012 (2012-09-30) 8	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–1	Eintracht Braunschweig	Kaiserslautern
13:30	Dick 25' Borysiuk  71' Heintz  76' Riedel  90+1'	Summary	Doğan  65' Ademi 75'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 33,025 Referee: Daniel Siebert

FC Ingolstadt 04 v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

7 October 2012 (2012-10-07) 9	FC Ingolstadt 04	1–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Ingolstadt
13:30	Uludağ  11' Schäfer  35' Eigler  43' Schäffler 80'	Summary	Torrejón  31' Bunjaku 68'	Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 7,011 Referee: Norbert Grudzinski

1. FC Kaiserslautern v SV Sandhausen

19 October 2012 (2012-10-19) 10	1. FC Kaiserslautern	3–1	SV Sandhausen	Kaiserslautern
18:00	Idrissou 4' 72' Zuck  20' Bunjaku 24' Zellner  65' Hajri 90+1'	Summary	Achenbach 9' 76' Kittner  11' Morena  70' Fießer  75' Löning  78'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 27,526 Referee: Florian Steuer

1. FC Köln v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

26 October 2012 (2012-10-26) 11	1. FC Köln	3–3	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Cologne
18:00	Chili 23' (pen.) Clemens 43' Maroah  55' Strobl  72' Royer 75'	Summary	Baumjohann 9' 63' Borysiuk  14' Sippel  22' Zellner  50' Idrissou 60', 88'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 44,601 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Erzgebirge Aue

5 November 2012 (2012-11-05) 12	1. FC Kaiserslautern	4–1	Erzgebirge Aue	Kaiserslautern
20:15	Zuck 7' Zellner  9' Baumjohann 36', 79' Idrissou  41' 81'	Report (in German)	Hochscheidt  11' 23' Hensel  45' Sylvestr  80' König  88'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 23,372 Referee: Robert Hartmann

SC Paderborn 07 v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

10 November 2012 (2012-11-10) 13	SC Paderborn 07	1–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Paderborn
13:00	Strohdiek  55' Jessen 57' (o.g.) Meha  59' Krösche  66' Kruse  67'	Report (in German)	Bunjaku  42' Idrissou 68' (pen.) Linsmayer  69'	Stadium: Benteler Arena Attendance: 11,471 Referee: Guido Winkmann

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Energie Cottbus

16 November 2012 (2012-11-16) 14	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–0	Energie Cottbus	Kaiserslautern
18:00	Zuck 13' Borysiuk  59' Idrissou  69'	Report (in German)	Banović  56' Engel  58' Kruska  59' Fandrich  61' Börner  82'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 29,622 Referee: Knut Kircher

FSV Frankfurt v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

24 November 2012 (2012-11-24) 15	FSV Frankfurt	0–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Frankfurt
13:00	Huber  33'	Summary	Bunjaku 18' (pen.) Idrissou  43' Dick  83'	Stadium: Stadion am Bornheimer Hang Attendance: 10,470 Referee: Christian Leicher

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Jahn Regensburg

27 November 2012 (2012-11-27) 16	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–1	Jahn Regensburg	Kaiserslautern
17:30	Bunjaku 45+2' Azaouagh  53' Dick  74' Nsor  78'	Summary	Hagg 14' Weidlich  37' Wiegers  67'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 24,297 Referee: Markus Wingenbach

FC St. Pauli v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

1 December 2012 (2012-12-01) 17	FC St. Pauli	1–0	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Hamburg
13:00	Schachten  53' Ginczek 67' Buchtmann  86'	Summary	Idrissou  15' Baumjohann  17' Linsmayer  76'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 21,045 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

1. FC Union Berlin v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

7 December 2012 (2012-12-07) 18	1. FC Union Berlin	2–0	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Berlin
17:00	Terodde 43', 66' Mattuschka  56' Kohlman  65'	Summary	Torrejón  45+1' Heintz  51' Dick  60'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 16,750 Referee: Markus Schmidt

1. FC Kaiserslautern v VfR Aalen

14 December 2012 (2012-12-14) 19	1. FC Kaiserslautern	0–1	VfR Aalen	Kaiserslautern
18:00	Idrissou  51' Borysiuk  77'	Summary	Valentini 45' Haller  72'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 23,006 Referee: Michael Wiener

TSV 1860 München v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

4 February 2013 (2013-02-04) 20	TSV 1860 München	0–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Munich
20:15		Summary	Idrissou  29' Riedel 87'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 19,100 Referee: Daniel Siebert

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Dynamo Dresden

8 February 2013 (2013-02-08) 21	1. FC Kaiserslautern	3–0	Dynamo Dresden	Kaiserslautern
20:30	Karl 24' Idrissou 40' Drazen  70' Hoffer 81'	Summary	Kempe  73'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 32,925 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

MSV Duisburg v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

17 February 2013 (2013-02-17) 22	MSV Duisburg	0–0	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Duisburg
13:30	Jovanović  18' Šukalo  24' 40' Brandy  59' Wolze  90'	Summary	Karl  57' Idrissou  60'  65' Dick  85'	Stadium: MSV Arena Attendance: 13,725 Referee: Thorsten Schriever

Hertha BSC v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

17 February 2013 (2013-02-17) 23	Hertha BSC	1–0	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Berlin
20:15	Pekarík  27' Schulz  41' Kluge 68'	Summary	Sippel  3' Baumjohann  33' Löwe  35'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 37,347 Referee: Tobias Welz

1. FC Kaiserslautern v VfL Bochum

2 March 2013 (2013-03-02) 24	1. FC Kaiserslautern	0–0	VfL Bochum	Kaiserslautern
13:00	Karl  53' Fortounis  64' Borysiuk  90+1'	Summary	Rothenbach  49'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 26,896 Referee: Gunter Perl

Eintracht Braunschweig v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

11 March 2013 (2013-03-11) 25	Eintracht Braunschweig	1–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Braunschweig
20:15	Pfitzner  21' Kumbela 78'	Summary	Šimůnek  13' Weiser 44' Hoffer  88'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 20,630 Referee: Marco Fritz

1. FC Kaiserslautern v FC Ingolstadt 04

17 March 2013 (2013-03-17) 26	1. FC Kaiserslautern	3–0	FC Ingolstadt 04	Kaiserslautern
13:30	Bunjaku 42' (pen.), 71' Borysiuk  79' Idrissou 87'	Summary	Schäfer  7' Mitsanski  40' Caiuby  45+1' Mijatović  50'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 24,353 Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus

SV Sandhausen v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

31 March 2013 (2013-03-31) 27	SV Sandhausen	1–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Sandhausen
13:30	Achenbach  27' Sippel 67' (o.g.) Pischorn  90'	Summary	Idrissou 18' Borysiuk  25'	Stadium: Hardtwaldstadion Attendance: 12,100 Referee: Bastian Dankert

1. FC Kaiserslautern v 1. FC Köln

5 April 2013 (2013-04-05) 28	1. FC Kaiserslautern	3–0	1. FC Köln	Kaiserslautern
18:00	Idrissou 41', 79' Šimůnek 50'	Summary	Maroh  12' Clemens  23' Strobl  39'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 49,780 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

Erzgebirge Aue v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

15 April 2013 (2013-04-15) 29	Erzgebirge Aue	1–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Aue
20:15	Pezzoni  36'  76' Hochscheidt  42' Paulus  60' Klingbeil  66' Schlitte 83'	Summary	Azaouagh  17' Baumjohann 22' Dick  54'	Stadium: Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion Attendance: 8,300 Referee: Felix Zwayer

1. FC Kaiserslautern v SC Paderborn 07

20 April 2013 (2013-04-20) 30	1. FC Kaiserslautern	3–0	SC Paderborn 07	Kaiserslautern
13:00	Weiser 18' Hoffer  32' Löwe  43' Orban  53' Idrissou 54' Baumjohann 81'	Summary	Zeitz  62' Hoffmann  78'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 28,702 Referee: Tobias Stieler

FC Energie Cottbus v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

29 April 2013 (2013-04-29) 31	FC Energie Cottbus	4–2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Cottbus
20:15	Banović 32' (pen.) Sanogo 53', 90+2' Fomitschow 81' Bittroff  90'	Summary	Idrissou  9' 50' Weiser  32' Orban  83' Bunjaku 86' (pen.)  89'	Stadium: Stadion der Freundschaft Attendance: 7,545 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

1. FC Kaiserslautern v FSV Frankfurt

5 May 2013 (2013-05-05) 32	1. FC Kaiserslautern	4–1	FSV Frankfurt	Kaiserslautern
13:30	Bunjaku 27', 45+1' Torrejón 40' Köhler 45'  74' Weiser  66'	Summary	Schlicke  81' Kapllani 85'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 38,792 Referee: Michael Wiener

SSV Jahn Regensburg v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

12 May 2013 (2013-05-12) 33	SSV Jahn Regensburg	1–3	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Jahnstadion
13:30	Ziereis 27'  46'	Summary	Hoffer 12' Idrissou 20' Borysiuk  73' Heintz  75' Fortounis  80' Orban 84'	Stadium: Stadion der Freundschaft Attendance: 8,105 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

1. FC Kaiserslautern v FC St. Pauli

19 May 2013 (2013-05-19) 34	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–2	FC St. Pauli	Kaiserslautern
13:30	Hoffer 71'	Summary	Daube 15'  39' Ginczek 33'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 46,460 Referee: Robert Hartmann

Relegation play-offs

Main article: 2012–13 Bundesliga § Relegation play-offs

TSG 1899 Hoffenheim v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

23 May 2013 (2013-05-23)	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	3–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Sinsheim
20:30	Roberto Firmino 11', 29' Salihović  50' Schipplock 67' Beck  90+4'	Summary	Heintz  10' Torrejón  55' Idrissou 58' Baumjohann  90+2'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 30,150 Referee: Felix Brych

1. FC Kaiserslautern v TSG 1899 Hoffenheim

27 May 2013 (2013-05-27)	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–2 (2–5 agg.)	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	Kaiserslautern
20:30	Borysiuk  5' Sippel  27' Idrissou  46' Baumjohann 65' Dick  90+3'	Summary	Thesker  11' Abraham 44' Casteels  70' Vestergaard 74' Weis  90+3'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 49,780 Referee: Florian Meyer

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2012–13 DFB-Pokal

Hansa Rostock v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

19 May 2013 (2013-05-19) 1st Rnd	Hansa Rostock	1–3	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Rostock
18:30	Mendy  38' Smetana  45+3' Plat 77' Leemans  88'	Report (in German)	Bunjaku 49', 81' Zuck 56' Vermouth  89' Fortounis 90+3'	Stadium: DKB-Arena Attendance: 7,700 Referee: Florian Steuer

Bayern Munich v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

31 October 2012 (2012-10-31) 2nd Rnd	Bayern Munich	4–0	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Munich
20:30	Pizarro 11', 58' Robben 49', 88'	Report (in German)	Heintz  30' Hajri  53'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 71,000 Referee: Daniel Siebert

External links

• 2012–13 1. FC Kaiserslautern season at Weltfussball.de (in German)
• 2012–13 1. FC Kaiserslautern season at kicker.de (in German)
• 2012–13 1. FC Kaiserslautern season at Fussballdaten.de (in German)