Die Roten Tuefel - 1. FC Kaiserslautern

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Kaiserslautern, DE;
1. FC Kaiserslautern Chairman, Stefan Kuntz, hires former 1860 München player and Manager Marco Kurz. "In Marco, I know that I have a manager that has well over a 100 appearances as a player in the German top flight. His time on the back line for 1860 München and Schalke 04, give him a firm foundation of experience to build this Club back into a top flight Club and European power. Marco will have full support of myself and the Board, when it comes to fulfilling the aspirations of the Club."
Coach Kurz says, "I will search the continent far and wide to find the special players that will fit into the goals of this Club. We will make every effort to take this Club to top flight and European glory for the Board and especially for the Fans of 1. FC Kaiserslautern. It is my goal to have the Red Devils name emblazoned on every major National and International piece of silverware that is available to us."

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Kicker, Sportmagazin, by Gerson Koerner
1. FC Kaiserslautern have found their manager. After weeks of interviews and narrowing down potential managers, the 1. FC Kaiserslautern board representatives have announced the signing of newcomer Marco Kurz. This is definitely a surprise given the lack of experience Marco Kurz has.

The New manager was quick to announce that 1. FC Kaiserslautern aims to acquire all possible silverware. The manager went on to further state that the board has given their blessing to make whatever changes are necessary to make this happen.

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Kaiserslautern, DE 01.06.2009 -
1. FC Kaiserslautern Chairman, Stefan Kurtz announces a sponsorship deal with V.O. Enterprises. "The deal with add €2,030,000 to the Clubs coffers for Manager Marco Kurz. With every win that the team is able to get adding another €32,710 per. We believe in V.O. Enterprises offerings and believe both organizations to be on the same page for the overall success of 1. FC Kaiserslautern."
Marco Kurz comments, "The Club was approached by other interested sponsors, offering greater amounts of financial support per win by the Club, but we believe that the upfront cash influx from this deal to be the best for our immediate plans of infrastructure upgrades. It's time to get to work."

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A few notes for the 2009/2010 Pre-season:

1. Used sponsorship money to upgrade;
Stadium Manager from level 3 to 4 for €1.0 million
Head Scout from level 3 to 4 for €500 k
Midfield Coach from level 3 to 4 for €600 k

2. Sent Scout out on a 'Full Search' within Europe looking for Strikers.

3. Put several players up for Sale or Loan;
CB Christoph Buchner 57 OVR - Loan
ST Alper Akcam 55 OVR - Loan
GK Kevin Trapp 60 OVR - Loan
CB Marcel Correia - Loan
CDM Mario Klinger - Loan
CDM Dario Damjanovic - Sale
CDM Jiri Bilek - Sale

4. Re-arranged Starting line-up, First 11

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1. FC Kaiserslautern - Home


1. FC Kaiserslautern - Away


1. FC Kaiserslautern - Third

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1. FC Kaiserslautern 2009/2010 Opening Day Roster

Goalkeepers

• Tobias Sippel

  Germany - 5'11" - 174 Lbs - 21 years - #1 - 70 Ovr

• Luis Robles

  United States - 6'1" - 196 Lbs - 25 years - #35 - 64 Ovr

• Kevin Trapp

  Germany - 6'2" - 183 Lbs - 18 years - #29 - 60 Ovr
  

Defenders

• Florian Dick- RWB

  Germany - 6'0" - 185 Lbs - 24 years - #23 - 67 Ovr

• Mathias Abel- RB

  Germany - 6'2" - 181 Lbs - 28 years - #6 - 65 Ovr

• Fabian Muller- RB

  Germany - 5'9" - 150 Lbs - 22 years - #30 - 61 Ovr

• Sascha Kotysch- RB

  Germany - 6'2" - 172 Lbs - 20 years - #38 - 63 Ovr

• Martin Amedick - CB

  Germany - 6'4" - 187 Lbs - 26 years - #5 - 71 Ovr

• Moussa Ouattara - CB

  Burkina Fazo - 6'3" - 205 Lbs - 27 years - #2 - 64 Ovr

• Manuel Hornig - CB

  Germany - 6'3" - 187 Lbs - 26 years - #14 - 61 Ovr

• Rodnei - CB

  Brazil - 6'3" - 200 Lbs - 23 years - #20 - 70 Ovr

• Marcel Correia - CB

  Portugal - 6'1" - 176 Lbs - 20 years - #28 - 52 Ovr

• Christoph Buchner - CB

  Germany - 6'2" - 169 Lbs - 19 years - #18 - 57 Ovr

• Daniel Pavlovic - LB

  Switzerland - 6'0" - 167 Lbs - 21 years - #25 - 62 Ovr

• Alexander Bugera - LB

  Germany - 511" - 165 Lbs - 30 years - #17 - 677 Ovr

Midfielders

• Dario Damjanovic - CDM

  Bosnia Herzegovina - 6'2" - 183 Lbs - 27 years - #3 - 62 Ovr

• Mario Klinger - CDM

  Germany - 6'1" - 183 Lbs - 22 years - #13 - 57 Ovr

• Jiri Bilek - CDM

  Czech Republic - 6'0" - 161 Lbs - 25 years - #19 - 65 Ovr

• Georges Mandjeck - CDM

  Cameroon - 6'0" - 158 Lbs - 20 years - #15 - 66 Ovr

• Bastian Schulz - CDM

  Germany - 6'0" - 169 Lbs - 23 years - #4 - 65 Ovr

• Markus Steinhofer - RM

  Germany - 5'9" - 158 Lbs - 23 years - #33 - 71 Ovr

• Pierre de Witt - CM

  Germany - 5'8" - 154 Lbs - 21 years - #21 - 67 Ovr

• Danny Fuchs - LM

  Germany - 5'10" - 172 Lbs - 33 years - #11 - 66 Ovr

• Ivo Ilicevic - CAM

  Croatia - 5'9" - 143 Lbs - 22 years - #22 - 69 Ovr

• Dragan Paljic - CAM

  Serbia - 5'9" - 156 Lbs - 26 years - #7 - 65 Ovr

Forwards

• Srdjan Lakic - ST

  Croatia - 6'1" - 178 Lbs - 25 years - #9 - 68 Ovr

• Erik Jendrisek - ST

  Slovakia - 5'9" - 163 Lbs - 22 years - #26 - 70 Ovr

• Adam Nemec - ST

  Slovakia - 6'3" - 185 Lbs - 23 years - #32 - 66 Ovr

• Alper Akcam - ST

  Turkey - 5'10" - 172 Lbs - 21 years - #31 - 55 Ovr

• Sidney Sam - LW

  Germany - 5'9" - 154 Lbs - 21 years - #8 - 70 Ovr

*BOLD = Starting 11