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| Full name | 1. Fußball-Club Kaiserslautern e. V. | |||
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| Founded | 2 June 1900(club) | |||
| Ground | Sportpark Rote Teufel | |||
| Manager | Alexander Bugera | |||
| League | Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar | |||
| 2023–24 | Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar, 4th of 20 | |||
1. FC Kaiserslautern II is thereserve team ofGerman association football club1. FC Kaiserslautern, based inKaiserslautern,Rhineland-Palatinate. The team competes in theOberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar, the fifth tier of German football. Prior 2005, the team was named1. FC Kaiserslautern Amateure.
The team has reached the first round of theDFB-Pokal, the German Cup, on three occasions, advancing to the second round twice as its best-ever result. The team has played as high as theRegionalliga, courtesy to league titles in theOberliga Südwest.
1. FC Kaiserslautern Amateure made a first appearance in the third-tierAmateurliga Südwest in 1957. They won the championship in 1960 and 1968, but were not entitled to promotion to professional level. In the intervening seasons, Kaiserslautern Amateure were often fighting for relegation rather than the league championship, with their best finishes being runners-up in 1970 and 1973.[1] The latter allowed the team entry to theGerman amateur football championship, where they lost 1–0 toSpVgg Bad Homburg in the final.[2]
In 1978, when theOberliga Südwest was introduced, Kaiserslautern Amateure qualified for this new league which it would belong to, with the exception of the 1982–83 season, until 1992. They won promotion back to the Oberliga in 1983 and 1994 with titles in theVerbandsliga Südwest. The team became ayo-yo team between the Oberliga and theRegionalliga, a league newly introduced in 1994. They played in theRegionalliga West/Südwest until 2000, in theRegionalliga Süd in 2007, and theRegionalliga West until 2012. Kaiserslautern II had its best Regionalliga result in the latter, when they finished as runners-up in 2009. In between, the team was relegated from the Regionalliga in 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2007, but won promotion back to the league each time.[3]
In 2012, Kaiserslautern II became part of the newRegionalliga Südwest, where they competed until 2017 when they were relegated to the fifth-tierOberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar.[3]
Kaiserslautern II have also won theSouthwestern Cup on three occasions, in 1979, 1997 and 2008, as well as having made a number of losing final appearances. Through this competition, the club qualified for theGerman Cup on three occasions: 1979–80, 1981–82 and 1997–98. They reached the second round twice and were also drawn against their own first team in the 1997–98 season, losing 5–0.[4]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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| Honour | No. | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Amateurliga Südwest | 2 | 1959–60, 1967–68 |
| Oberliga Südwest | 3 | 1994–95, 1996–97, 2000–01 |
| Verbandsliga Südwest | 2 | 1982–83, 1993–94 |
| Southwestern Cup | 3 | 1978–79, 1996–97, 2007–08 |
The season-by-season performance of the club:[1]
| ↑Promoted | ↓Relegated |
| Season | Division | Tier | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000–01 | Oberliga Südwest | IV | 1st↑ |
| 2001–02 | Regionalliga Süd | III | 15th |
| 2002–03 | Regionalliga Süd | 13th | |
| 2003–04 | Regionalliga Süd | 18th↓ | |
| 2004–05 | Oberliga Südwest | IV | 2nd↑ |
| 2005–06 | Regionalliga Süd | III | 13th |
| 2006–07 | Regionalliga Süd | 18th↓ | |
| 2007–08 | Oberliga Südwest | IV | 2nd↑ |
| 2008–09 | Regionalliga West | 2nd | |
| 2009–10 | Regionalliga West | 8th | |
| 2010–11 | Regionalliga West | 4th | |
| 2011–12 | Regionalliga West | 9th | |
| 2012–13 | Regionalliga Südwest | 3rd | |
| 2013–14 | Regionalliga Südwest | 4th | |
| 2014–15 | Regionalliga Südwest | 4th | |
| 2015–16 | Regionalliga Südwest | 10th | |
| 2016–17 | Regionalliga Südwest | 16th↓ | |
| 2017–18 | Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar | V | 3rd |
| 2018–19 | Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar | 9th | |
| 2019–20 | Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar | 2nd[a] | |
| 2020–21 | Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar | 2nd[a] | |
| 2021–22 | Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar | 14th | |
| 2022–23 | Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar | 7th | |
| 2023–24 | Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar | 4th |
