1. FC Kaiserslautern II

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1. FC Kaiserslautern II
Logo 1 FC Kaiserslautern.svg
Full name1. Fußball-Club Kaiserslautern e. V.
Founded2 June 1900 (club)
GroundSportpark Rote Teufel
Manager Alexander Bugera
League Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar
2024–25Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar, 2nd of 18

1. FC Kaiserslautern II is the reserve team of German association football club 1. FC Kaiserslautern, based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. The team competes in the Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar, the fifth tier of German football. Prior 2005, the team was named 1. FC Kaiserslautern Amateure.

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The team has reached the first round of the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup, on three occasions, advancing to the second round twice as its best-ever result. The team has played as high as the Regionalliga, courtesy to league titles in the Oberliga Südwest.

History

1. FC Kaiserslautern Amateure made a first appearance in the third-tier Amateurliga Südwest in 1957. They won the championship in 1960 and 1968, but were not entitled to promotion to professional level. In the intervening seasons, Kaiserslautern Amateure were often fighting for relegation rather than the league championship, with their best finishes being runners-up in 1970 and 1973. [1] The latter allowed the team entry to the German amateur football championship, where they lost 1–0 to SpVgg Bad Homburg in the final. [2]

In 1978, when the Oberliga Südwest was introduced, Kaiserslautern Amateure qualified for this new league which it would belong to, with the exception of the 1982–83 season, until 1992. They won promotion back to the Oberliga in 1983 and 1994 with titles in the Verbandsliga Südwest. The team became a yo-yo team between the Oberliga and the Regionalliga, a league newly introduced in 1994. They played in the Regionalliga West/Südwest until 2000, in the Regionalliga Süd in 2007, and the Regionalliga West until 2012. Kaiserslautern II had its best Regionalliga result in the latter, when they finished as runners-up in 2009. In between, the team was relegated from the Regionalliga in 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2007, but won promotion back to the league each time. [3]

In 2012, Kaiserslautern II became part of the new Regionalliga Südwest, where they competed until 2017 when they were relegated to the fifth-tier Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar. [3]

Kaiserslautern II have also won the Southwestern Cup on three occasions, in 1979, 1997 and 2008, as well as having made a number of losing final appearances. Through this competition, the club qualified for the German Cup on three occasions: 1979–80, 1981–82 and 1997–98. They reached the second round twice and were also drawn against their own first team in the 1997–98 season, losing 5–0. [4]

Honours

1. FC Kaiserslautern II honours
HonourNo.Years
Amateurliga Südwest 21959–60, 1967–68
Oberliga Südwest 31994–95, 1996–97, 2000–01
Verbandsliga Südwest 21982–83, 1993–94
Southwestern Cup 31978–79, 1996–97, 2007–08

Seasons

The season-by-season performance of the club: [1]

Key

↑ Promoted ↓ Relegated
SeasonDivisionTierPosition
2000–01 Oberliga Südwest 41st↑
2001–02 Regionalliga Süd 315th
2002–03Regionalliga Süd13th
2003–04Regionalliga Süd18th↓
2004–05Oberliga Südwest42nd↑
2005–06Regionalliga Süd313th
2006–07Regionalliga Süd18th↓
2007–08Oberliga Südwest42nd↑
2008–09 Regionalliga West 2nd
2009–10Regionalliga West8th
2010–11Regionalliga West4th
2011–12Regionalliga West9th
2012–13 Regionalliga Südwest 3rd
2013–14Regionalliga Südwest4th
2014–15Regionalliga Südwest4th
2015–16Regionalliga Südwest10th
2016–17Regionalliga Südwest16th↓
2017–18 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar 53rd
2018–19Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar9th
2019–20Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar2nd [a]
2020–21Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar2nd [a]
2021–22Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar15th
2022–23Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar7th
2023–24Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar4th
2024–25Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar2nd
  1. 1 2 Not finished due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

References

  1. 1 2 Historic German league tables (in German). Das Deutschen Fußball-Archiv. Retrieved 7 June 2023
  2. ↑ "(West) Germany – Amateur Championship Finals". RSSSF . Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  3. 1 2 "1. FC Kaiserslautern II – Historical results". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  4. ↑ "DFB-Pokal 1997/1998 – 1. Round". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
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