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1.FC Kaiserslautern

1.FC Kaiserslautern

Germany · 2. Bundesliga · 2. Bundesliga
Squad size28
Avg age25.7
Nations18
Latest season2008
Squad value €25.33m

About 1.FC Kaiserslautern

1. Fußball-Club Kaiserslautern e. V., also known as 1. FCK, FCK, FC Kaiserslautern, K'lautern or colloquially Lautern, is a German sports club based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. In addition to football, the club also operates in several other sports.

Squad size28active players
Avg age25.7years
Domestic20Germany
Foreigners829% of squad
EU passport24non-EU: 4
Nationalities18different countries

Age distribution

0
U18
5
18–22
12
23–26
9
27–30
2
31+

Position breakdown

GK
5 (18%)
DEF
9 (32%)
MID
7 (25%)
FWD
7 (25%)
64% foreign players
18 of 28
26.4y avg squad age
5 Goalkeepers
9 Defenders
7 Midfielders
7 Attackers
38 seasons in dataset
00/01 – 99/00
313 players ever
€900k biggest signing ever
€850k biggest sale ever
21 most goals (single season by one player)
View all-time top scorers & club history →
PlayerPosAgeNationalityFootHeightContractMarket value
Naatan Skyttä Midfield - Attacking Midfield 24 Finland left 174.00m 2028-06-30 €3.00m
Luca Sirch Defender - Centre-Back 26 Germany right 186.00m 2026-06-30 €2.20m
Semih Sahin Midfield - Central Midfield 26 Germany Türkiye right 177.00m €2.20m
Paul Joly Defender - Right-Back 25 France right 182.00m 2026-06-30 €1.80m
Daniel Hanslik Attack - Centre-Forward 29 Germany Poland left 186.00m €1.20m
Fabian Kunze Midfield - Defensive Midfield 27 Germany right 193.00m €1.20m
Ivan Prtajin Attack - Centre-Forward 30 Croatia right 189.00m €1.20m
Faride Alidou Attack - Left Winger 24 Germany Togo right 186.00m €1.00m
Jan Elvedi Defender - Centre-Back 29 Switzerland right 187.00m 2028-06-30 €1.00m
Julian Krahl Goalkeeper 26 Germany right 194.00m €1.00m
Mahir Emreli Attack - Centre-Forward 28 Azerbaijan left 187.00m 2027-06-30 €1.00m
Marlon Ritter Midfield - Attacking Midfield 31 Germany right 173.00m €1.00m
Simon Asta Defender - Right-Back 25 Germany right 178.00m €1.00m
Florian Kleinhansl Defender - Left-Back 25 Germany left 180.00m €800k
Afeez Aremu Midfield - Defensive Midfield 26 Nigeria right 181.00m 2026-06-30 €600k
Ji-soo Kim Defender - Centre-Back 21 Korea, South both 192.00m 2026-06-30 €600k
Maxwell Gyamfi Defender - Centre-Back 26 Germany Ghana right 190.00m €600k
Richmond Tachie Attack - Centre-Forward 27 Germany Ghana right 178.00m €600k
Simon Simoni Goalkeeper 21 Albania right 195.00m 2026-06-30 €600k
Kenny-Prince Redondo Attack - Left Winger 31 Germany Spain left 180.00m €500k
Tobias Raschl Midfield - Central Midfield 26 Germany right 177.00m 2026-06-30 €500k
Erik Wekesser Defender - Left-Back 28 Germany left 186.00m 2028-06-30 €450k
Leon Robinson Midfield - Defensive Midfield 24 Germany right 186.00m €450k
Dickson Abiama Attack - Centre-Forward 27 Nigeria Germany right 184.00m 2027-06-30 €350k
Mika Haas Defender - Left-Back 20 Germany left 181.00m €300k
Avdo Spahic Goalkeeper 29 Bosnia-Herzegovina Germany right 190.00m €175k
Enis Kamga Goalkeeper 18 Germany Cameroon right 195.00m
Fabian Heck Goalkeeper 21 Luxembourg Germany 194.00m
SeasonDatePlayerPosFromTypeFee
14/15 2014-08-22 Amin Younes Attack - Left Winger Bor. M'gladbach Loan
18/19 2018-07-01 Timmy Thiele Attack - Centre-Forward Carl Zeiss Jena Transfer €400k
22/23 2022-07-01 Erik Durm Defender - Right-Back E. Frankfurt Transfer
22/23 2022-07-01 Ben Zolinski Attack - Right Winger Erzgebirge Aue Transfer
11/12 2011-07-01 Willi Orbán Defender - Centre-Back K'lautern U19 Transfer
18/19 2018-07-01 Julius Biada Midfield - Attacking Midfield E. Braunschweig Transfer
14/15 2015-01-06 Mateusz Klich Midfield - Central Midfield VfL Wolfsburg Transfer €250k
24/25 2024-07-01 Mika Haas Defender - Left-Back K'lautern II Transfer
24/25 2024-07-01 Fabian Heck Goalkeeper K'lautern U19 Transfer
01/02 2001-07-01 Stefan Malz Defender - Left-Back Arsenal Transfer €900k
00/01 2000-07-01 K'lautern II Transfer
06/07 2006-07-01 Steffen Bohl Midfield - Defensive Midfield K'lautern II Transfer
91/92 1991-07-01 SC Freiburg Transfer €215k
18/19 2018-07-01 Janek Sternberg Defender - Left-Back Ferencváros Transfer
11/12 2011-07-01 Julian-Maurice Derstroff Attack - Left Winger K'lautern U19 Transfer
15/16 2015-07-04 Kacper Przybylko Attack - Centre-Forward Greuther Fürth Transfer €400k
15/16 2016-02-22 Maurice Deville Attack - Centre-Forward K'lautern II Transfer
16/17 2017-06-30 Maurice Deville Attack - Centre-Forward FSV Frankfurt Return from loan
19/20 2020-01-16 J. Regensburg Loan
12/13 2012-07-01 Denis Linsmayer Midfield - Defensive Midfield K'lautern II Transfer
08/09 2008-08-01 Dragan Paljic Midfield - Left Midfield TSG Hoffenheim Transfer €50k
19/20 2019-07-01 Manfred Starke Midfield - Central Midfield Carl Zeiss Jena Transfer
17/18 2017-07-01 Dynamo Dresden Transfer
02/03 2002-07-01 Selim Teber Midfield - Central Midfield W. Mannheim Transfer
04/05 2004-07-01 Selim Teber Midfield - Central Midfield Austria Salzb. Return from loan
13/14 2013-07-01 Alexander Ring Midfield - Central Midfield HJK Helsinki Transfer €500k
10/11 2010-08-02 Thanos Petsos Midfield - Defensive Midfield B. Leverkusen Loan
12/13 2012-07-01 Hendrick Zuck Defender - Left-Back K'lautern II Transfer
18/19 2018-07-01 Hendrick Zuck Defender - Left-Back E. Braunschweig Transfer
25/26 2025-08-26 Paul Joly Defender - Right-Back AJ Auxerre Loan
06/07 2007-01-01 Benjamin Auer Attack - Centre-Forward VfL Bochum Loan
97/98 1997-07-01 Marian Hristov Midfield - Attacking Midfield Levski Sofia Transfer €400k
13/14 2013-07-01 Simon Zoller Attack - Centre-Forward VfL Osnabrück Transfer €630k
14/15 2015-01-31 Simon Zoller Attack - Centre-Forward 1.FC Köln Loan
22/23 2022-11-22 Aaron Basenach Midfield - Defensive Midfield K'lautern II Transfer
98/99 1998-07-01 Júnior Midfield - Right Midfield K'lautern II Transfer
24/25 2024-07-01 Shawn Blum Attack - Left Winger K'lautern II Transfer
24/25 2025-01-15 Simon Simoni Goalkeeper E. Frankfurt Loan
25/26 2025-07-22 Ji-soo Kim Defender - Centre-Back Brentford Loan
00/01 2000-08-31 Tomasz Klos Defender - Centre-Back AJ Auxerre Transfer €1.10m
SeasonDatePlayerPosToTypeFee
14/15 2015-06-30 Amin Younes Attack - Left Winger Bor. M'gladbach Return from loan
20/21 2020-08-24 Timmy Thiele Attack - Centre-Forward Viktoria Köln Transfer €275k
23/24 2024-01-24 Erik Durm Defender - Right-Back Career break Transfer
24/25 2024-07-01 Ben Zolinski Attack - Right Winger Without Club Transfer
15/16 2015-07-01 Willi Orbán Defender - Centre-Back RB Leipzig Transfer €2.00m
19/20 2019-07-01 Julius Biada Midfield - Attacking Midfield SV Sandhausen Transfer
16/17 2016-08-26 Mateusz Klich Midfield - Central Midfield Twente FC Transfer €50k
04/05 2005-01-01 Stefan Malz Defender - Left-Back A. Ludwigshafen Transfer
01/02 2001-07-01 K'lautern II Transfer
08/09 2008-09-01 Steffen Bohl Midfield - Defensive Midfield VfR Aalen Transfer
99/00 1999-07-19 Besiktas Transfer
19/20 2020-01-31 Janek Sternberg Defender - Left-Back Hallescher FC Transfer
13/14 2013-07-19 Julian-Maurice Derstroff Attack - Left Winger B. Dortmund II Transfer
18/19 2018-07-01 Kacper Przybylko Attack - Centre-Forward Without Club Transfer
16/17 2016-08-07 Maurice Deville Attack - Centre-Forward FSV Frankfurt Loan
17/18 2017-07-03 Maurice Deville Attack - Centre-Forward W. Mannheim Transfer
19/20 2020-06-30 J. Regensburg Return from loan
13/14 2013-07-01 Denis Linsmayer Midfield - Defensive Midfield SV Sandhausen Transfer
10/11 2010-07-01 Dragan Paljic Midfield - Left Midfield Wisla Kraków Transfer
20/21 2020-09-07 Manfred Starke Midfield - Central Midfield FSV Zwickau Transfer
18/19 2018-07-01 Wehen Wiesbaden Transfer
03/04 2003-08-01 Selim Teber Midfield - Central Midfield Austria Salzb. Loan
05/06 2005-07-01 Selim Teber Midfield - Central Midfield Denizlispor Transfer
16/17 2017-02-01 Alexander Ring Midfield - Central Midfield New York City Transfer €300k
11/12 2012-06-30 Thanos Petsos Midfield - Defensive Midfield B. Leverkusen Return from loan
12/13 2013-01-31 Hendrick Zuck Defender - Left-Back SC Freiburg Transfer €500k
25/26 2025-07-01 Hendrick Zuck Defender - Left-Back K'lautern II Transfer
25/26 2026-06-30 Paul Joly Defender - Right-Back AJ Auxerre Return from loan
06/07 2007-06-30 Benjamin Auer Attack - Centre-Forward VfL Bochum Return from loan
04/05 2004-07-01 Marian Hristov Midfield - Attacking Midfield VfL Wolfsburg Transfer €1.00m
14/15 2014-07-01 Simon Zoller Attack - Centre-Forward 1.FC Köln Transfer €3.50m
14/15 2015-06-30 Simon Zoller Attack - Centre-Forward 1.FC Köln Return from loan
24/25 2024-07-25 Aaron Basenach Midfield - Defensive Midfield FK Pirmasens Transfer
00/01 2000-07-01 Júnior Midfield - Right Midfield 1.FC Nuremberg Transfer
25/26 2025-07-01 Shawn Blum Attack - Left Winger K'lautern II Transfer
25/26 2026-06-30 Simon Simoni Goalkeeper E. Frankfurt Return from loan
25/26 2026-06-30 Ji-soo Kim Defender - Centre-Back Brentford Return from loan
03/04 2003-08-01 Tomasz Klos Defender - Centre-Back 1.FC Köln Transfer
04/05 2004-07-01 José Dominguez Attack - Left Winger Al-Ahli SC Transfer
04/05 2004-07-01 Nenad Bjelica Midfield - Central Midfield Admira Wacker Transfer
NationalityPlayers% of squad
Germany 10 35.7%
Germany Ghana 2 7.1%
Finland 1 3.6%
Germany Türkiye 1 3.6%
France 1 3.6%
Germany Poland 1 3.6%
Croatia 1 3.6%
Germany Togo 1 3.6%
Switzerland 1 3.6%
Azerbaijan 1 3.6%
Nigeria 1 3.6%
Korea, South 1 3.6%
Albania 1 3.6%
Germany Spain 1 3.6%
Nigeria Germany 1 3.6%
Bosnia-Herzegovina Germany 1 3.6%
Germany Cameroon 1 3.6%
Luxembourg Germany 1 3.6%
SeasonCompetition
99/00Bundesliga
99/00DFB-Pokal
99/00Ligapokal
99/00UEFA Cup
98/99Bundesliga
98/99Champions League
98/99DFB-Pokal
98/99Ligapokal
97/98Bundesliga
97/98DFB-Pokal
96/972. Bundesliga
96/97Cup Winners' Cup
96/97DFB-Pokal
96/97DFB-SuperCup
95/96Bundesliga
95/96DFB-Pokal
95/96UEFA Cup
94/95Bundesliga
94/95DFB-Pokal
94/95UEFA Cup
93/94Bundesliga
93/94DFB-Pokal
92/93Bundesliga
92/93DFB-Pokal
92/93UEFA Cup
91/92Bundesliga
91/92DFB-Pokal
91/92DFB-SuperCup
91/92European Cup
90/91Bundesliga
90/91Cup Winners' Cup
90/91DFB-Pokal
90/91Intertoto-Cup (- 94/95)
89/90Bundesliga
89/90DFB-Pokal
89/90Intertoto-Cup (- 94/95)
88/89Bundesliga
88/89DFB-Pokal
88/89Intertoto-Cup (- 94/95)
25/262. Bundesliga
25/26DFB-Pokal
24/252. Bundesliga
24/25DFB-Pokal
23/242. Bundesliga
23/24DFB-Pokal
22/232. Bundesliga
22/23DFB-Pokal
21/223. Liga
21/22DFB-Pokal
21/22Relegation 2. Bundesliga
17 players · sum across all competitions for selected season
PlayerPosNat MatMinGAG+APenYCRC G/90A/90G+A/90
Hany Ramzy Defender - Centre-Back Egypt 32 1,551 3 1 4 0 5 0 0.17 0.06 0.23
Mario Basler Midfield - Right Midfield Germany 18 1,483 1 8 9 0 3 0 0.06 0.49 0.55
Andreas Buck Midfield - Right Midfield Germany 33 1,177 3 2 5 0 3 1 0.23 0.15 0.38
Jeff Strasser Defender - Centre-Back Luxembourg 35 1,073 2 6 8 0 5 0 0.17 0.50 0.67
Marian Hristov Midfield - Attacking Midfield Bulgaria 28 1,002 4 3 7 0 7 1 0.36 0.27 0.63
Harry Koch Defender - Centre-Back Germany 38 957 7 0 7 0 4 0 0.66 0.00 0.66
Olaf Marschall Attack - Centre-Forward Germany 32 816 5 4 9 0 4 0 0.55 0.44 0.99
Slobodan Komljenovic Defender - Centre-Back Serbia Germany 26 816 2 0 2 0 4 0 0.22 0.00 0.22
Georg Koch Goalkeeper Germany 9 751 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
Uwe Gospodarek Goalkeeper Germany 8 644 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
Marco Reich Midfield - Left Midfield Germany 32 636 2 3 5 0 2 0 0.28 0.42 0.71
Youri Djorkaeff Midfield - Attacking Midfield France Armenia 31 410 13 7 20 3 4 0 2.85 1.54 4.39
Jörgen Pettersson Attack - Centre-Forward Sweden 30 243 10 3 13 0 5 0 3.70 1.11 4.81
Igli Tare Attack - Centre-Forward Albania Italy 25 221 4 1 5 0 4 0 1.63 0.41 2.04
Ratinho Midfield - Central Midfield Brazil 34 0 0 5 5 0 5 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
Júnior Midfield - Right Midfield Brazil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
Miroslav Klose Attack - Centre-Forward Germany 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00

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What is 1.FC Kaiserslautern?

1.FC Kaiserslautern is a professional football club based in Germany, competing in 2. Bundesliga.

How many players are in 1.FC Kaiserslautern's squad?

1.FC Kaiserslautern currently has 28 players in the first-team squad in our database.

What league does 1.FC Kaiserslautern play in?

1.FC Kaiserslautern plays in 2. Bundesliga.