# 2011–12 1. FC Kaiserslautern season

The 2011–12 1. FC Kaiserslautern season was the 112th season in club history.

## Season summary

Kaiserlautern finished the season in 18th place, and were relegated. Manager Marco Kurz had been sacked in March and replaced by Bulgarian Krasimir Balakov as a last roll of the dice, but to no avail. Balakov was sacked himself and replaced by former Sturm Graz manager Franco Foda.

## Players
### First-team squad

    Squad at end of season
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 | Tobias Sippel |
| 2 | DF | CZE | Jan Šimůnek |
| 3 | DF | DEN | Leon Jessen |
| 4 | MF | POL | Ariel Borysiuk |
| 6 | DF | GER | Mathias Abel |
| 7 | MF | GER | Oliver Kirch |
| 8 | MF | GER | Christian Tiffert |
| 9 | FW | ISR | Itay Shechter |
| 10 | MF | TUR | Olcay Şahan |
| 11 | FW | GER | Sandro Wagner (on loan from Werder Bremen) |
| 13 | MF | GRE | Thanos Petsos (on loan from Bayer Leverkusen) |
| 16 | FW | GER | Richard Sukuta-Pasu |
| 17 | DF | GER | Alexander Bugera |
| 19 | MF | GER | Denis Linsmayer |
| 20 | DF | BRA | Rodnei |
| 21 | MF | GER | Pierre de Wit |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | FW | DEN | Nicolai Jørgensen (on loan from Bayer Leverkusen) |
| 23 | DF | GER | Florian Dick |
| 24 | DF | BRA | Lucas Rocha (on loan from Bayer Leverkusen) |
| 25 | DF | ALG | Antar Yahia |
| 26 | MF | GER | Steven Zellner |
| 27 | GK | AUT | Marco Knaller |
| 28 | MF | GRE | Kostas Fortounis |
| 29 | GK | GER | Kevin Trapp |
| 30 | MF | CMR | Dorge Kouemaha (on loan from Club Brugge) |
| 31 | FW | POL | Jakub Świerczok |
| 32 | GK | GER | Marius Müller |
| 33 | DF | GER | Dominique Heintz |
| 34 | DF | GER | Willi Orban |
| 35 | FW | GER | Julian Derstroff |
| 37 | FW | GER | Andrew Wooten |

### Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | MF | GER | Bastian Schulz (to RB Leipzig) |
| 5 | DF | GER | Martin Amedick (to Eintracht Frankfurt) |
| 11 | FW | BUL | Iliyan Mitsanski (on loan to FSV Frankfurt) |
| 14 | MF | ISR | Gil Vermouth (on loan to De Graafschap) |
| 15 | MF | AUT | Clemens Walch (on loan to Dynamo Dresden) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | FW | ALG | Chadli Amri (on loan to FSV Frankfurt) |
| 19 | MF | CZE | Jiří Bílek (to Zagłębie Lubin) |
| 22 | MF | CRO | Ivo Iličević (to Hamburg) |
| 25 | MF | CRO | Stiven Rivić (released) |
| 32 | FW | SVK | Adam Nemec (to FC Ingolstadt 04) |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 14 | FC Augsburg | 34 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 36 | 49 | −13 | 38 | |
| 15 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 35 | 57 | −22 | 36 | |
| 16 | Hertha BSC (R) | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 38 | 64 | −26 | 31 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 17 | 1. FC Köln (R) | 34 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 39 | 75 | −36 | 30 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
| 18 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern (R) | 34 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 24 | 54 | −30 | 23 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |