title: 2005–06 1. FC Kaiserslautern season
text: # 2005–06 1. FC Kaiserslautern season
  
  During the 2005–06 German football season, 1. FC Kaiserslautern competed in the Bundesliga.
  
  ## Season summary
  
  Michael Henke failed to replicate his success as Bayern Munich assistant manager and was soon sacked with Kaiserslautern in relegation danger. Wolfgang Wolf was unable to arrest the decline and Kaiserslautern's 9-year stay in the Bundesliga - which had seen a Champions League quarter-final, UEFA Cup semi-final, DFB-Pokal final, and a league title - came to an end.
  
  ## 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 | COD | Nzelo Hervé Lembi |
  | 3 | DF | FRA | Mathieu Béda |
  | 4 | DF | GER | Timo Wenzel |
  | 5 | DF | GER | Ingo Hertzsch |
  | 7 | MF | ALB | Ervin Skela |
  | 9 | FW | GER | Carsten Jancker |
  | 10 | MF | IRN | Ferydoon Zandi |
  | 13 | MF | SUI | Ciriaco Sforza |
  | 14 | MF | CRO | Mihael Mikić |
  | 15 | DF | BRA | Marcelo Pletsch |
  | 16 | MF | GER | Axel Bellinghausen |
  | 18 | FW | CIV | Boubacar Sanogo |
  | 19 | MF | TUR | Halil Altıntop |
  | 20 | MF | GER | Marco Engelhardt |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 21 | GK | GER | Thomas Ernst |
  | 22 | MF | GER | Torsten Reuter |
  | 23 | MF | GER | Thomas Riedl |
  | 24 | DF | GER | Matthias Henn |
  | 25 | MF | GER | Michael Lehmann |
  | 26 | MF | GER | Daniel Damm |
  | 27 | GK | GER | Florian Fromlowitz |
  | 28 | MF | GER | Daniel Halfar |
  | 30 | MF | SVK | Balázs Borbély |
  | 33 | DF | GER | Stefan Blank |
  | 34 | DF | GER | Fabian Schönheim |
  | 36 | GK | GER | Andreas Clauß |
  | 38 | FW | GER | Marcel Ziemer |
  | 39 | MF | GER | Steffen Bohl |
  | 40 | DF | NOR | Jon Inge Høiland (on loan from Malmö FF) |
  
  ### 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 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 6 | MF | GER | Christian Nerlinger (retired) |
  | 8 | FW | TUR | Berkant Göktan (released) |
  | 17 | MF | GER | Jochen Seitz (to Hoffenheim) |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 30 | MF | POL | Kamil Kosowski (on loan from Wisła Kraków) |
  | 32 | DF | CMR | Lucien Mettomo (to Kayseri Erciyesspor) |
  