# 2000–01 Stuttgarter Kickers season

The 2000–01 Stuttgarter Kickers season was the 101st season in the club's football history. In 2000–01 the club played in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football. The club also has taken part in the 2000–01 edition of the DFB-Pokal.

## Squad information
### Squad and statistics

Squad Season 2000–01 :
| No. | Player | Nat. | Birthdate | at Kickers since | previous club | 2. Bundesliga | 2. Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| No. | Player | Nat. | Birthdate | at Kickers since | previous club | App | Gls | App | Gls |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | Sead Ramović | | 14 March 1979 | 1995 | Junior Team | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | Bernd Klaus | | 19 February 1967 | 1994 | SpVgg 07 Ludwigsburg | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | Christian Kritzer | | 9 February 1977 | 2000 | Karlsruher SC | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Carsten Keuler | | 30 August 1971 | 1999 | SpVgg Unterhaching | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | Darko Ramovš | | 7 April 1973 | 1998 | Čukarički Belgrade | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Torsten Ziegner | | 9 November 1977 | 1999 | FSV Zwickau | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Cássio | | 17 January 1970 | 1999 | XV de Piracicaba | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Markus Pleuler | | 10 May 1970 | 2000 | SSV Ulm 1846 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Günter Heberle | | 21 September 1973 | 2000 | FC Augsburg | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Paulo César | | 20 January 1979 | 2000 | Grêmio Porto Alegrense | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Jago Maric | | 3 February 1979 | 1994 | Junior Team | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Tomislav Zivic | | 7 August 1979 | 1999 | SV Bonlanden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ?? | Mario-Ernesto Rodríguez | | 4 September 1976 | 1999 | SV Concordia Ihrhove | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 3 | Stefan Minkwitz | | 1 June 1968 | 1996 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Carsten Marell | | 8 September 1970 | 1998 | SV Meppen | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Marek Penksa | | 4 August 1973 | 2000 | DSV Leoben | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Nikolaos Chatzis | | 2 May 1976 | 1995 | SpVgg Feuerbach | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Markus Weinzierl | | 28 December 1974 | 1999 | FC Bayern München II | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | Torsten Raspe | | 1 August 1969 | 1995 | SSV Ulm 1846 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | Michael Kümmerle | | 21 April 1979 | 1997 | Junior Team | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | Cristian Fiél | | 12 March 1980 | 1997 | Junior Team | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Adem Kapič | | 16 April 1975 | 2000 | Alemannia Aachen | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | Timo Dörflinger | | 19 September 1978 | 2000 | TSF Ditzingen | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | Alessandro Di Martile | | 2 May 1979 | 1994 | Junior Team | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Borislav Georgiev | | 4 September 1976 | 2001 | POFC Botev Vratsa | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | Silvinho | | 26 May 1974 | 2000 | Ituano FC | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | Stefan Meissner | | 8 March 1973 | 2000 | Karlsruher SC | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Alexander Blessin | | 28 May 1973 | 1999 | VfB Stuttgart | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Giuseppe Carnevale | | 29 June 1978 | 1998 | Junior Team | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Mustafa Özkan | | 21 February 1975 | 1999 | Grasshopper Club Zürich | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Mark Zimmermann | | 1 March 1974 | 2000 | SpVgg Unterhaching | 29 | 4 | 1 | 0 |

## Reserve team

Kickers' reserve team finished 11th in the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg and were coached by Marcus Sorg.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | GER | Andreas Geser |
| — | GK | GER | Thorsten Szesniak |
| — | DF | GER | Jago Maric |
| — | DF | TUR | Seckin Bakici |
| — | DF | TUR | Muhammer Musturuk |
| — | DF | GER | Bernd Mühlbauer |
| — | DF | CRO | Tomislav Zivic |
| — | DF | GER | Dirk Wüllbier |
| — | DF | ITA | Leandro Guerriero |
| — | MF | GER | Nico Kemmler |
| — | MF | TUR | Hamdi Dagdelen |
| — | MF | TUR | Erhan Polat |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | GER | Markus Blaumoser |
| — | MF | ITA | Alessandro Di Martile |
| — | MF | TUR | Mustafa Parmak |
| — | MF | GER | Christoph Kunze |
| — | MF | ITA | Valentino Grimaudo |
| — | MF | GER | Andreas Schmid |
| — | FW | ITA | Raffaele De Vito |
| — | FW | ITA | Giuseppe Greco |
| — | FW | CMR | Julien Mayada |
| — | FW | GER | Robert Kristofic |
| — | FW | JPN | Yu Shimamura |