# 2023–24 1. FC Kaiserslautern season

The 2023–24 season was 1. FC Kaiserslautern's 124th season in existence and second consecutive season in the 2. Bundesliga. They also competed in the DFB-Pokal, finishing as runners-up.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 23 December 2023
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 | Andreas Luthe |
| 2 | DF | GER | Boris Tomiak |
| 4 | MF | NGA | Afeez Aremu |
| 5 | DF | GER | Kevin Kraus |
| 6 | DF | MLI | Almamy Touré |
| 7 | MF | GER | Marlon Ritter |
| 8 | MF | GER | Jean Zimmer (captain) |
| 9 | FW | GER | Ragnar Ache |
| 10 | MF | GER | Philipp Klement |
| 11 | MF | GER | Kenny Prince Redondo |
| 13 | FW | USA | Terrence Boyd |
| 14 | DF | CRO | Nikola Soldo (on loan from Köln) |
| 15 | DF | POL | Tymoteusz Puchacz (on loan from Union Berlin) |
| 16 | MF | GER | Julian Niehues |
| 17 | FW | GER | Aaron Opoku |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | GK | GER | Julian Krahl |
| 19 | FW | GER | Daniel Hanslik |
| 20 | MF | GER | Tobias Raschl |
| 21 | MF | GER | Hendrick Zuck (vice-captain) |
| 23 | DF | GER | Philipp Hercher |
| 25 | FW | SUI | Filip Stojilković (on loan from Darmstadt 98) |
| 27 | FW | GER | Lex-Tyger Lobinger |
| 29 | FW | GER | Richmond Tachie |
| 30 | GK | BIH | Avdo Spahić |
| 31 | FW | GER | Ben Zolinski |
| 33 | DF | SUI | Jan Elvedi |
| 35 | GK | GER | Niklas Heeger |
| 37 | DF | GER | Erik Durm |
| 39 | MF | GER | Aaron Basenach |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | GER | Neal Gibs (at SGV Freiberg until 30 June 2024) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | GER | Angelos Stavridis (at Hessen Kassel until 30 June 2024) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
| DF | Frank Ronstadt | Darmstadt 98 | €50,000 | 2 January 2024 | |
| FW | Dickson Abiama | Greuther Fürth | Undisclosed | 2 January 2024 | |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| 2. Bundesliga | 29 July 2023 | 19 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 13th | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 59 | 64 | −5 | 032.35 |
| DFB-Pokal | 13 August 2023 | 25 May 2024 | First round | Runners-up | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 083.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 16 | 6 | 18 | 74 | 68 | +6 | 040.00 |
Source: Soccerway

### 2. Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 11 | SV Elversberg | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 49 | 63 | −14 | 43 |
| 12 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 43 | 64 | −21 | 40 |
| 13 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 59 | 64 | −5 | 39 |
| 14 | 1. FC Magdeburg | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 46 | 54 | −8 | 38 |
| 15 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 37 | 53 | −16 | 38 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 26 January 2024. Source: DFB

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | | | | |
| Position | 13 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | | | | |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 30 June 2023.