# 2006–07 1. FC Kaiserslautern season

During the 2006–07 German football season, 1. FC Kaiserslautern competed in the 2. Bundesliga.

## Season summary

Kaiserslautern failed to challenge for an immediate return to the Bundesliga. Manager Wolfgang Wolf left the club in April; after a brief spell under caretaker Wolfgang Funkel, Kjetil Rekdal was appointed as permanent successor.

## 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 | AUT | Jürgen Macho |
| 2 | DF | BFA | Moussa Ouattara |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Mathieu Béda |
| 5 | DF | ALG | Ismaël Bouzid |
| 6 | MF | GER | Silvio Meißner (on loan from Stuttgart) |
| 7 | MF | GER | Sebastian Reinert |
| 8 | MF | AUT | Stefan Lexa |
| 9 | FW | ALG | Noureddine Daham |
| 10 | FW | GER | Benjamin Auer (on loan from Bochum) |
| 11 | MF | GER | Daniel Halfar |
| 13 | MF | BRA | Ricardo Villar |
| 14 | FW | NGA | Emeka Opara |
| 15 | MF | CAN | Josh Simpson |
| 16 | MF | GER | Axel Bellinghausen |
| 17 | MF | SVK | Balázs Borbély |
| 18 | DF | NOR | Azar Karadas (on loan from Benfica) |
| 19 | MF | FIN | Aki Riihilahti |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | FW | GER | Marcel Ziemer |
| 21 | DF | ALG | Aïmen Demai |
| 22 | MF | GER | Steffen Bohl |
| 23 | DF | GER | Sven Müller |
| 24 | DF | GER | Matthias Henn |
| 25 | GK | GER | Tobias Sippel |
| 26 | DF | FRA | Grégory Vignal (on loan from Lens) |
| 27 | GK | GER | Florian Fromlowitz |
| 29 | DF | GER | Andreas Gaebler |
| 30 | MF | HUN | Tamás Hajnal |
| 33 | FW | GER | Christoph Werner |
| 34 | DF | GER | Fabian Schönheim |
| 35 | MF | GER | Michael Lehmann |
| 37 | MF | GER | Thomas Klasen |
| 38 | DF | GER | Sascha Kotysch |
| 41 | GK | USA | Luis Robles |

### 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 |
| 26 | FW | ARG | Nicolás Pavlovich (to Morelia) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 36 | MF | POL | Kamil Kosowski (to Chievo) |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 4 | SC Freiburg | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 55 | 39 | +16 | 60 |
| 5 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 53 | 40 | +13 | 54 |
| 6 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 34 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 48 | 34 | +14 | 53 |
| 7 | FC Augsburg | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 43 | 32 | +11 | 52 |
| 8 | 1860 Munich | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 47 | 49 | −2 | 48 |

#### Results

2. Bundesliga match details :
| Match | Date | Time | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Referee |
| 1 | 11 August 2006 | 18:00 CEST | Rot-Weiss Essen | Home | 1–0 | Hajnal 44' | 40,051 | Brych |
| 2 | 21 August 2006 | 20:15 CEST | Karlsruher SC | Away | 0–2 | | 32,306 | Gagelmann |
| 3 | 27 August 2006 | 14:00 CEST | SC Paderborn | Home | 2–0 | Daham 1', 32' | 27,609 | Grudzinski |
| 4 | 18 September 2006 | 20:15 CEST | Hansa Rostock | Away | 0–2 | | 15,000 | Stark |
| 5 | 22 September 2006 | 18:00 CEST | TuS Koblenz | Home | 4–3 | Şahin 48' (o.g.), Bohl 56', 61', Daham 64' | 40,028 | Fleischer |
| 6 | 29 September 2006 | 18:00 CEST | SpVgg Unterhaching | Away | 1–1 | Karadaş 54' | 4,700 | Gräfe |
| 7 | 15 October 2006 | 14:00 CEST | Erzgebirge Aue | Home | 4–0 | Reinert 16', 71', Daham 46', Bohl 84' | 32,053 | Schalk |
| 8 | 22 October 2006 | 14:00 CEST | 1860 Munich | Away | 1–0 | Hajnal 83' | 48,800 | Meyer |
| 9 | 30 October 2006 | 20:15 CET | SC Freiburg | Home | 1–3 | Demai 37' | 30,736 | Sippel |
| 10 | 5 November 2006 | 14:00 CET | MSV Duisburg | Away | 1–1 | Ouattara 5' | 19,086 | Wagner |
| 11 | 8 November 2006 | 17:30 CET | Wacker Burghausen | Home | 4–0 | Bellinghausen 16', Hajnal 57', Müller 66', Lexa 84' | 20,061 | Walz |
| 12 | 13 November 2006 | 20:15 CET | Greuther Fürth | Away | 2–2 | Daham 27', Hajnal 55' | 5,500 | Kircher |
| 13 | 17 November 2006 | 18:00 CET | Kickers Offenbach | Away | 1–0 | Daham 49' | 14,163 | Rafati |
| 14 | 24 November 2006 | 18:00 CET | FC Augsburg | Home | 0–0 | | 29,054 | Schößling |
| 15 | 3 December 2006 | 14:00 CET | Eintracht Braunschweig | Away | 1–0 | Daham 56' | 19,900 | Fischer |
| 16 | 8 December 2006 | 18:00 CET | Carl Zeiss Jena | Home | 0–0 | | 25,860 | Anklam |
| 17 | 15 December 2006 | 18:00 CET | 1. FC Köln | Away | 2–2 | Hajnal 60', Bohl 83' | 49,500 | Kinhöfer |
| 18 | 19 January 2007 | 18:00 CET | Rot-Weiss Essen | Away | 0–0 | | 15,015 | Fleischer |
| 19 | 29 January 2007 | 20:15 CET | Karlsruher SC | Home | 1–1 | Bellinghausen 66' | 44,007 | Stark |
| 20 | 4 February 2007 | 14:00 CET | SC Paderborn | Away | 1–0 | Borbély 59' | 6,785 | Schriever |
| 21 | 9 February 2007 | 18:00 CET | Hansa Rostock | Home | 1–1 | Vignal 51' | 30,372 | Sippel |
| 22 | 16 February 2007 | 18:00 CET | TuS Koblenz | Away | 0–0 | | 15,000 | Aytekin |
| 23 | 25 February 2007 | 14:00 CET | SpVgg Unterhaching | Home | 4–0 | Ziemer 5', Meißner 24', 39', Bohl 40' | 24,094 | Seemann |
| 24 | 2 March 2007 | 18:00 CET | Erzgebirge Aue | Away | 0–1 | | 14,100 | Frank |
| 25 | 12 March 2007 | 20:15 CET | 1860 Munich | Home | 2–1 | Ziemer 16', Meißner 75' | 28,752 | Wagner |
| 26 | 18 March 2007 | 14:00 CET | SC Freiburg | Away | 1–4 | Opara 3' | 24,000 | Gräfe |
| 27 | 2 April 2007 | 20:15 CEST | MSV Duisburg | Home | 0–3 | | 39,032 | Meyer |
| 28 | 8 April 2007 | 14:00 CEST | Wacker Burghausen | Away | 0–0 | | 11,000 | Rafati |
| 29 | 15 April 2007 | 14:00 CEST | Greuther Fürth | Home | 3–0 | Riihilahti 19', Opara 60', Simpson 86' | 26,000 | Gagelmann |
| 30 | 20 April 2007 | 18:00 CEST | Kickers Offenbach | Home | 4–0 | Müller 33', Ziemer 37', Simpson 47', Bohl 82' | 26,415 | Perl |
| 31 | 29 April 2007 | 14:00 CEST | FC Augsburg | Away | 2–3 | Opara 39', Meißner 59' | 23,250 | Winkmann |
| 32 | 6 May 2007 | 14:00 CEST | Eintracht Braunschweig | Home | 1–1 | Meißner 85' | 26,569 | Stark |
| 33 | 13 May 2007 | 14:00 CEST | Carl Zeiss Jena | Away | 1–1 | Simpson 10' | 12,300 | Fleischer |
| 34 | 20 May 2007 | 14:00 CEST | 1. FC Köln | Home | 2–2 | Hajnal 64', 79' (pen.) | 48,500 | Walz |

### DFB-Pokal

DFB-Pokal match details :
| Round | Date | Time | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Referee | Ref. |
| First round | 9 September 2006 | 15:30 CEST | 1. FC Gera 03 | Away | 2–0 | Karadas 33', Hajnal 60' | 5,450 | Meyer | |
| Second round | 25 October 2006 | 20:30 CEST | Bayern Munich | Away | 0–1 | | 51,000 | Gagelmann | |