1. FC Kaiserslautern had a strong season in the Bundesliga, finishing in fourth place with 42 points. They crashed in the first round of the DFB-Pokal to Werder Bremen, losing 1-0.
Kaiserslautern had one of its finest ever European campaigns, reaching the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup, defeating PFC Akademik Sofia, Spartak Moscow and Lokeren. In the quarter-finals, they faced off against European giants Real Madrid, losing 3-1 at the Santiago Bernabéu in the first leg, but made a miraculous comeback at home by defeating the Spaniards by 5-0. In the semi-finals, they faced off against eventual UEFA Cup winners IFK Göteborg, drawing with the Swedes at the Stadion Betzenberg by 1-1, and at Gothenburg, they lost 2-1 by conceding a penalty in the 102th minute.
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Competitions
Bundesliga
League table
Matches
DFB-Pokal
UEFA Cup
First round
Second round
Third round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
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