2012–13 1. FC Kaiserslautern season

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.

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
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

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.^[1]

Review and events

During the off-season, 1. FC Kaiserslautern hired Franco Foda as their new head coach.^[2]

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 v t e	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

Sources

1. DFB-Pokal 2012/2013 .:. Spielplan (in German) DFB-Pokal 2012–13, accessed: 5 September 2012
2. "Foda wird neuer Trainer beim 1. FC Kaiserslautern". Die Welt (in German). 22 May 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2012.

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)