# 2022–23 1. FC Kaiserslautern season

The 2022–23 season was the 123rd season in the history of 1. FC Kaiserslautern and their first season back in the second division. The club participated in the 2. Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal.

## Players

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 |
| 1 | GK | GER | Andreas Luthe |
| 2 | DF | GER | Boris Tomiak |
| 4 | MF | GER | Nicolai Rapp (on loan from Werder Bremen) |
| 5 | DF | GER | Kevin Kraus |
| 7 | MF | GER | Marlon Ritter |
| 8 | MF | GER | Jean Zimmer (captain) |
| 9 | FW | TUR | Muhammed Kiprit |
| 10 | MF | GER | Philipp Klement |
| 11 | MF | GER | Kenny Prince Redondo |
| 13 | FW | USA | Terrence Boyd |
| 16 | MF | GER | Julian Niehues |
| 17 | MF | GER | René Klingenburg |
| 18 | GK | GER | Julian Krahl |
| 19 | FW | GER | Daniel Hanslik |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | DF | GER | Dominik Schad |
| 21 | MF | GER | Hendrick Zuck (vice-captain) |
| 22 | DF | GER | Lars Bünning |
| 23 | DF | GER | Philipp Hercher |
| 25 | FW | GER | Aaron Opoku |
| 27 | FW | GER | Lex-Tyger Lobinger |
| 28 | FW | FRA | Nicolas de Préville |
| 30 | GK | BIH | Avdo Spahic |
| 31 | FW | GER | Ben Zolinski |
| 32 | DF | GER | Robin Bormuth (on loan from Paderborn) |
| 33 | GK | GER | Jonas Weyand |
| 35 | FW | GER | Angelos Stavridis |
| 37 | DF | GER | Erik Durm |
| 39 | MF | GER | Aaron Basenach |

### Out on loan

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 |
| — | DF | GER | Neal Gibs (at Astoria Walldorf until 30 June 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | TUR | Hikmet Çiftçi (at Göztepe until 30 June 2023) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## 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 | 15 July 2022 | 28 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | 9th | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 47 | 48 | −1 | 032.35 |
| DFB-Pokal | 31 July 2022 | 31 July 2022 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 35 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 48 | 50 | −2 | 031.43 |
Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 7 | Karlsruher SC | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 56 | 53 | +3 | 46 |
| 8 | Holstein Kiel | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 58 | 61 | −3 | 46 |
| 9 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 47 | 48 | −1 | 45 |
| 10 | Hannover 96 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 50 | 55 | −5 | 44 |
| 11 | 1. FC Magdeburg | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 48 | 55 | −7 | 43 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: DFB

#### Results by round

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

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.