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After experiences the disappointment of relegation last season, Kaiserslautern are fighting to get back into the Bundesliga and currently sit in third in the second division. The Bundesliga Fanatic spoke with the club’s General Manager, Stefan Kuntz, to discuss what went wrong last season and what the club is doing different to try and get [...]
The U.S. Men’s National Team presented its version of the popular Highland Games on Saturday by ‘bag piping, kilting and caber tossing’ its way to an emphatic 5:1 victory over the traveling Scotts and their loyal and rambunctious (at least pre-game) fans. U.S. Men’s National Team forward Landon Donovan scored three goals, his third career [...]
We have all heard the expression ‘if at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again’… well that’s exactly what FC Kaiserslautern did in trying repeatedly to lure ex FCK fan favorite Franco Foda back to town to coach the red devils. FCK’s general manager Stefan Kuntz, Foda’s teammate on the 1989/90 German Cup winning [...]
FCK fans all over the world idolize Stefan Kuntz, the player, the ‘magician’ that brought top flight German football back to K-Town, and the stand-up guy who loves his red devils. But ask the FCK faithful about his recent track record as the Traditionsklub’s General Manager, and you will first be reminded of FCK’s ‘delegation [...]
For many FCK fans, the last match day of the 2011/12 Bundesliga campaign could not have come any sooner. With so many poor performances on the pitch and relegation now a fact of life, the fans, FCK players and especially management are all ready to move on and wipe the slate clean for new beginnings [...]
Everything went according to plan for Dortmund on their visit to Kaiserslautern on Saturday. BVB broke its 11 year Betzenberg winless streak and equaled Bayern’s Bundesliga record for total points in a season with a 5-2 win. Despite the high goal tally (and several other strikes that hit the woodwork), FC Kaiserslautern played a respectable [...]
Here we are, two matchdays away from the end of the 2011/12 season, and we have, what on paper looks like a huge yawner … freshly crowned Bundesliga Champion Dortmund vs. freshly relegated 1. FC Kaiserslautern. If this was a Serie A match, we wouldn’t even have to play, since zero last place Italian teams [...]
Hertha vs. Lautern … the old dame vs. the red devils; 17th vs. 18th; desperate vs. desperate(r). You get the idea. What we have on tap for tomorrow in Bundesliga Spieltag 32 is a classic Kellerduell — battle of the cellar dwellers. What’s at stake? For Hertha Berlin, everything, for FCK, mostly pride. Although not [...]
A bookie in Las Vegas once shared with me his thought that one should NEVER bet with their heart — only with their wallet (go figure). Well, as a loyal and passionate 1.FC Kaiserslautern fan, even I must admit that all bets are off in terms of our club’s ability to avoid relegation this Bundesliga [...]
Matthias Sammer vs. Pep Guardiola - Germany vs. Spain at the 1994 World Cup. Nearly 20 years later, the two will now work alongside each other at Bayern Munich in managerial roles.
Two giants of the game, Germany’s Franz Beckenbauer and England’s Bobby Moore enjoying a game of chess.
Berti Vogts and Günter Netzer and former Borussia Mönchengladbach teammates in a Germany national team training camp in 1975.
Borussia Dortmund coach Horst Köppel and the team’s new transfers ahead of the 1990/91 season including a young Stefan Klos (a youth product) and Gerhard Poschner (transferred from VfB Stuttgart).
A 21-year old Dimitar Berbatov celebrating a goal for Bayer Leverkusen.
