2001–02 Stuttgarter Kickers season

Stuttgarter Kickers
2001–02 season
Chairman Axel Dünnwald-Metzler
Manager Rainer Zobel (until Aug.)
Marcus Sorg (since Sep.)
Stadium Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau, Stuttgart, BW
Regionalliga Süd 12th
DFB-Pokal Round 1
Württemberg Cup Round 3
Top goalscorer League: Giuseppe Carnevale (9)
All: Giuseppe Carnevale (9)
Highest home attendance 4,260 vs. FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt, 12 October 2001
Lowest home attendance 1,512 vs. SpVgg Ansbach, 29 November 2001
Home colours
Away colours
2002–03 →

The 2001–02 Stuttgarter Kickers season is the 102nd season in the club's football history. In Regionalliga Süd the club plays in the Regionalliga Süd, the third tier of German football. It is the club's first season back in this league, having been relegated from the 2. Bundesliga in 2001. The club also have taken part in the 2001–02 edition of the Württemberg Cup and in edition of the DFB-Pokal.

Matches

Legend

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Friendly matches

Date Time Stadium City Opponent Result Attendance Goalscorers
Stuttgarter Kickers Opponent
Pre–season friendlies
24 June 2001TSV Berkheim 8–0 Brassart
Proztel
Leblanc
Minkwitz
N'Jock
Wagner
Carnevale
25 June 2001Merklingen, GermanyTSV Merklingen 9–1 da Silva
N'Jock
Cast
Zimmermann
Brassart
unknown
30 June 2001Kirchheim, GermanyAC Catania Kirchheim 6–1Brassart
Shimamura
Pleuler
Dörflinger
Guerriero
unknown
1 July 2001Schöbuch-Auswahl 3–0 Scharinger
Shimamura
N'Jock
5 July 2001Gazi-Stadion auf der WaldauStuttgart, GermanyVfB Stuttgart 3–2 3,600Scharinger  28'
Polat  72'
Zimmermann  82'
Tiffert  60', 90'
6 July 2001Schwäbisch Gmünd, GermanySG Bettringen 3–2 Scharinger
Shimamura
N'Jock
Zimmermann
7 July 2001Racing Strasbourg 0–3 unknown
unknown
unknown
6 July 2001FV Rottweil 5–0 Carnevale
da Silva
N'Jock
18 July 200119:00Sportplatz im WeilerhauFilderstadt, GermanyGöztepe A.Ş. 1–3unknown unknown
unknown
unknown
21 July 2001TSV Gerabronn 1–1 Wagner  90' unknown
22 July 2001SF Gechingen 6–0 Shimamura
Kritzer
Carnevale
da Silva
N'Jock
24 July 2001SC Urbach 7–0 Shimamura
Carnevale
Scharinger
Zimmermann
Mid–season friendlies
20 August 2001Haigerloch, GermanyWeildorf 12–0 Carnevale
Scharinger
Brassart
Greco
Pleuler
Maric
23 January 2002SV Böblingen 2–0 Kritzer
Carnevale
26 January 2002SGV Freiberg 2-2 Carnevale
Paeslack
unknown
unknown
27 January 20021. FC Pforzheim 6-1 N'Jock
Ivan
Polat
unknown
4 February 2002Gabicce Mare, ItalySC Pfullendorf 3-2 Paeslack
Carnevale
unknown
unknown
7 February 2002Dogana, San MarinoA.S. San Marino 2-2 Ivan unknown
unknown
13 February 200218:30Schaffhausen, SwitzerlandFC Schaffhausen 5-2 Carnevale
Pleuler
Paeslack
Protzel
unknown  o.g.'
unknown
unknown
14 February 2002SC Pfullendorf 2-4 Greco unknown
unknown
unknown
unknown
16 February 2002Bregenz, SwitzerlandCasino Bregenz 1-0 Scharinger
19 February 2002Kirchheim, GermanyVfL Kirchheim/Teck 1-1 Dagher unknown

Desso-Cup

Round Date TimeVenue City Opponent Result Attendance Kickers
goalscorers
Group stage 12 July 2001 Aspach Karlsruher SC 0–0
Group stage 13 July 2001 Aspach NEC Nijmegen 2–0 Greco  48'
Carnevale  54' (pen.)
Third place play-off 14 July 2001 Aspach Borussia Mönchengladbach 3-3 (6-8 p.) Zimmermann
Dörflinger
Scharinger

Regionalliga

League fixtures and results

Match Date Time Stadium City Opponent Result Attendance Goalscorers Table
Stuttgarter Kickers Opponent Pos. Pts
1 28 July 2001 14:30 Stadion am Halberg Taunusstein SV Wehen 3-3 900 Ritter  64'
Carnevale  77'
Shimamura  85'
Ben Neticha  21', 36'
Sauer  56'
5 1
2 4 August 2001 15:00 Waldau-Stadion Stuttgart Wacker Burghausen 0-1 2,685 Richter  18' 13 1
3 11 August 2001 14:30 Sportpark Ansbach Ansbach SpVgg Ansbach 1-0 2,400 Greco  86' 10 4
4 18 August 2001 15:00 Waldau-Stadion Stuttgart VfR Aalen 1-2 3,510 Pleuler  1' Agu  34', 65' 11 4
5 Robert-Schlienz Stadion Stuttgart VfB Stuttgart Am. Postponed
6 1 September 2001 15:00 Waldau-Stadion Stuttgart VfR Mannheim 1-1 2,580 Scharinger  17' Benda  64' 12 5
7 7 September 2001 18:00 Waldstadion an der Kaiserlinde Spiesen-Elversberg SV Elversberg 07 1-1 1,500 Dörflinger  89' Loos  37' 13 6
5 11 September 2001 18:30 Robert-Schlienz Stadion Stuttgart VfB Stuttgart Am. 1-1 2,500 Maric  64' Braun  56' 12 7
8 15 September 2001 15:00 Waldau-Stadion Stuttgart Borussia Fulda 1-2 1,844 Ivan  74' Poppowitsch  56'
Winter  86'
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Table

League table
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
9 VfR Mannheim (R) 34 12 13 9 47 42+5 491 Relegation to Oberliga
10 Bayern Munich II 34 13 9 12 58 51+7 48
11 SV Elversberg 34 14 6 14 41 410 48
12 Stuttgarter Kickers 34 10 14 10 42 453 44
13 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 34 11 9 14 53 49+4 42
14 SV Darmstadt 98 34 10 12 12 43 452 42
15 1. FC Kaiserslautern II 34 9 7 18 41 6019 34

Source: fussballdaten.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1VfR Mannheim did not apply for a license for the next season.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Summary table
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
34 10 14 10 42 45 −3 44 7 6 4 22 17 +5 3 8 6 20 28 −8

Last updated: 24 June 2014.
Source:

DFB-Pokal

Round Date Time Stadium City Opponent Result Attendance Goalscorers
Stuttgarter Kickers Opponent
Round 1 25 August 2001 15:30 Waldau-Stadion Stuttgart SpVgg Unterhaching 1-5 1,920 N'Jock  82' Zimmermann  4'
Spiżak  48', 49', 57'
Schwarz  60'

Württemberg Cup

Round Date TimeVenue City Opponent Result Attendance Kickers
goalscorers
Round 1 1 August 2001 18:00 Otto-Dipper-Stadion Metzingen TuS Metzingen 7–2 550 Shimamura  6', 22', 44', 67'
Greco  53', 65'
Scharinger  90'
Round 2 5–16 August 2001 Sportplatz Althengstett Althengstett SV Althengstett 7–0 Dörflinger  17', 52'
Greco  57', 77'
Wagner  65'
Brassart  88'
Round 3 19 September 2001 17:15 Sportplatz an der Markgröninger Straße Schwieberdingen TSV Schwieberdingen 2-2 (3-5 p.) Scharinger  1'
Pleuler  44'
Penalties:
Scharinger
Maric
Greco
Zimmermann

Team statistics

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Regionalliga 28 July 2001 18 May 2002 Matchday 1 12th 34 10 14 10 42 45 -3 29.41
DFB-Pokal 25 August 2001 25 August 2001 Round 1 Round 1 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 0.00
Württemberg Cup 1 August 2001 19 September 2001 Round 1 Round 3 3 2 0 1 17 7 +10 66.67
Total 38 12 14 12 60 57 +3 31.58
Updated: 24 June 2014

Squad information

Squad and statistics

Squad Season 2001–02
No. Player Nat. Birthdate at Kickers since previous club Regionalliga DFB-Pokal WFV-Pokal
App Gls App Gls App Gls
Goalkeepers
1Harald EbertzGermany18 May 196720011. FC Saarbrücken 15 0 0 0 0 0
22Ronny KockelGermany16 December 19752001TSF Ditzingen 19 0 1 0 2 0
??Andreas GeserGermany8 May 19781999Junior Team 0 0 0 0 1 0
Defenders
2Christian KritzerGermany 9 February 19772000Karlsruher SC 33 0 1 0 3 0
3Stefan Minkwitz (captain)Germany 6 January 19681996Fortuna Düsseldorf 12 0 1 0 0 0
4Joachim Cast Germany4 March 19682001SSV Reutlingen 05 25 3 1 0 0 0
5Jago Maric Croatia13 February 19791994Junior Team 13 1 1 0 3 0
6Markus Lösch Germany 26 September 19712002Eintracht Frankfurt 12 1 0 0 0 0
12Nicolas Leblanc France 22 April 19802001FC Denderleeuw 5 0 1 0 3 0
15Thomas RitterGermany10 October 19672001Changchun Yatai F.C. 5 1 1 0 1 0
21Michael Kuhn Germany 17 May 19792001VfR Aalen 4 0 0 0 0 0
28Oliver Barth Germany 6 October 19792001SV Fellbach 17 1 0 0 0 0
??Muhammer Musturuk Turkey 13 June 19811997Junior Tean 0 0 0 0 1 0
Midfielders
7Markus PleulerGermany10 May 19702000SSV Ulm 1846 33 4 1 0 3 1
8Rainer ScharingerGermany4 March 19672001SSV Ulm 1846 27 2 1 0 2 2
14Werner ProtzelGermany5 October 19732001SV Waldhof Mannheim 24 1 0 0 1 0
16Peter WagnerGermany22 February 19782001VfR Heilbronn 19 0 1 0 1 2
17Erhan PolatTurkey19 June 19811991Junior Team 22 0 0 0 1 0
19Ralf ZimmermannGermany7 January 19812001SSV Ulm 1846 29 1 1 0 1 1
23Oliver StierleGermany13 June 19832000Junior Team 0 0 0 0 1 0
24Timo DörflingerGermany19 September 19782000TSF Ditzingen 26 2 0 0 3 2
27Björn DreyerGermany27 July 19772001SC Freiburg 11 1 0 0 2 0
??Hamdi DagdelenTurkey17 March 19802001Junior Team 0 0 0 0 1 0
Forwards
9Jens PaeslackGermany25 April 19742002Karlsruher SC II 9 2 0 0 0 0
10IvanBrazil5 August 19732001Figueirense FC 26 7 0 0 0 0
11Jérémie N'JockCameroon12 March 19802001WAC Casablanca 8 2 1 1 0 0
18Giuseppe CarnevaleItaly29 June 19781998Junior Team 32 9 0 0 2 0
20Giuesppe GrecoItaly3 March 19801995Junior Team 21 1 1 0 3 4
25Yu ShimamuraJapan3 June 19761998Junior Team 15 2 0 0 2 4
29Senol YaziciTurkey17 December 19762001Junior Team 1 0 0 0 0 0
Players transferred after the start of the season
6Olivier BrassartFrance20 May 19772001FC Denderleeuw 3 0 0 0 3 1
9João da Silva Brazil12 June 19812001TSV Schwieberdingen 2 0 1 0 1 0
Last updated: 24 June 2014

Goal scorers

All competitions
Scorer Goals
Italy Giuseppe Carnevale 9
Brazil Ivan 7
Japan Yu Shimamura 6
Germany Markus Pleuler 5
Italy Giuseppe Greco
Germany Rainer Scharinger 4
Germany Timo Dörflinger
Germany Joachim Cast 3
Cameroon Jérémie N'Jock
Germany Peter Wagner 2
Germany Jens Paeslack
Germany Ralf Zimmermann
France Olivier Brassart 1
Germany Oliver Barth
Germany Werner Protzel
Germany Björn Dreyer
Croatia Jago Maric
Germany Markus Lösch
Germany Thomas Ritter

Regionalliga
Scorer Goals
Italy Giuseppe Carnevale 9
Brazil Ivan 7
Germany Markus Pleuler 4
Germany Joachim Cast 3
Germany Rainer Scharinger 2
Germany Timo Dörflinger
Japan Yu Shimamura
Germany Jens Paeslack
Cameroon Jérémie N'Jock
Germany Ralf Zimmermann 1
Germany Oliver Barth
Germany Werner Protzel
Italy Giuseppe Greco
Germany Björn Dreyer
Croatia Jago Maric
Germany Markus Lösch
Germany Thomas Ritter

DFB-Pokal
Scorer Goals
Cameroon Jérémie N'Jock 1

Württemberg Cup
Scorer Goals
Japan Yu Shimamura 4
Italy Giuseppe Greco
Germany Timo Dörflinger 2
Germany Rainer Scharinger
Germany Peter Wagner
France Olivier Brassart 1
Germany Markus Pleuler
Germany Ralf Zimmermann
Last updated: 24 June 2014

Penalties

All competitions
Player Penalties
Italy Giuseppe Carnevale 1 (0)
Germany Ralf Zimmermann
Germany Rainer Scharinger 1 (1)
Croatia Jago Maric
Italy Giuseppe Greco

Regionalliga
Player Penalties
Italy Giuseppe Carnevale 1 (0)

DFB-Pokal
Player Penalties

Württemberg Cup
Player Penalties
Germany Ralf Zimmermann 1 (0)
Germany Rainer Scharinger 1 (1)
Croatia Jago Maric
Italy Giuseppe Greco
()* = Penalties saved
Last updated: 24 June 2014

Clean sheets

Goalkeeper Date Competition Opponent Score
Harald Ebertz 4 August Regionalliga Wacker Burghausen 1–0
Ronny Kockel 5–16 August Württemberg Cup SV Althengstett 7–0
Ronny Kockel 11 August Regionalliga SpVgg Ansbach 1–0
Ronny Kockel 7 October Regionalliga SV Eintracht Trier 05 1–0
Harald Ebertz 10 November Regionalliga SV Darmstadt 98 0–0
Harald Ebertz 23 February Regionalliga VfB Stuttgart II 0–0
Harald Ebertz 9 March Regionalliga SV Elversberg 2–0
Harald Ebertz 23 March Regionalliga Kickers Offenbach 1–0
Ronny Kockel 27 April Regionalliga TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 1–0
Ronny Kockel 5 May Regionalliga FC Bayern Munich II 0–0
Ronny Kockel 18 May Regionalliga SV Darmstadt 98 2–0

Multi–goal matches

Goalscorer Date Competition Opponent Score
Two–goal matches
Giuseppe Greco 1 August Württemberg Cup TuS Metzingen 7–2
Timo Döflinger 5–16 August Württemberg Cup SV Althengstett 7–0
Giuseppe Greco 5–16 August Württemberg Cup SV Althengstett 7–0
Peter Wagner 5–16 August Württemberg Cup SV Althengstett 7–0
Giuseppe Carnevale 28 October Regionalliga FC Bayern Munich II 4–2
Four–goal matches
Yu Shimamura 1 August Württemberg Cup TuS Metzingen 7–2

Overview of statistics

Statistic Overall Regionalliga DFB-Pokal Württemberg Cup
Most appearances Kritzer & Pleuler (37) Kritzer & Pleuler (33) 14 players1 (1) 7 players2 (3)
Most starts Kritzer (35) Kritzer (32) 11 players3 (1) Maric, Leblanc, Greco & Brassart (3)
Most substitute appearances Carnevale (26) Carnevale (24) Greco, Ritter & Wagner (1) Dörflinger & Carnevale (2)
Top goalscorer Carnevale (9) Carnevale (9) N'Jock (1) Greco & Shimamura (4)
Last updated: 24 June 2014

Transfers

Summer

In:

No. Position Player
1 Germany GK Harald Ebertz (from Germany 1. FC Saarbrücken)
4 Germany DF Joachim Cast (from Germany SSV Reutlingen 05)
6 France MF Olivier Brassart (from Belgium FC Denderleeuw)
8 Germany MF Rainer Scharinger (from Germany SSV Ulm 1846)
9 Brazil MF João da Silva (from Germany TSV Schwieberdingen)
10 Brazil FW Ivan (from Brazil Figueirense Futebol Clube)
11 Cameroon FW Jérémie N'Jock (from Morocco Wydad Casablanca)
12 France DF Nicolas Leblanc (from Belgium FC Denderleeuw)
14 Germany DF Werner Protzel (from Germany SV Waldhof Mannheim)
15 Germany DF Thomas Ritter (from China Changchun Yatai F.C.)
16 Germany MF Peter Wagner (from Germany VfR Heilbronn)
17 Turkey MF Erhan Polat (from Germany Stuttgarter Kickers II)
19 Germany MF Ralf Zimmermann (from Germany SSV Ulm 1846)
20 Italy FW Giuseppe Greco (from Germany Stuttgarter Kickers II)
22 Germany GK Ronny Kockel (from Germany TSF Ditzingen)
25 Japan FW Yu Shimamura (from Germany Stuttgarter Kickers II)
27 Germany MF Björn Dreyer (from Germany SC Freiburg)
28 Germany MF Oliver Barth (from Germany SV Fellbach)

Out:

No. Position Player
1 Bosnia and Herzegovina FW Sead Ramović (to Germany VfL Wolfsburg)
4 Germany FW Karsten Keuler (to Germany SSV Jahn Regensburg)
6 Germany FW Torsten Ziegner (to Germany FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt)
7 Germany FW Carsten Marell (to Germany SC Echterdingen)
8 Brazil FW Cássio (to Brazil Goiás Esporte Clube)
9 Brazil FW Silvinho (to Brazil Clube 15 de Novembro)
11 Germany FW Stefan Meissner (to Germany Chemnitzer FC)
12 Germany FW Alexander Blessin (to Turkey Antalyaspor)
13 Greece FW Nikolaos Chatzis (to Germany SG Sonnenhof Großaspach)
15 Germany FW Günter Heberle (to Germany FC Schweinfurt 05)
16 Germany FW Markus Weinzierl (to Germany SpVgg Unterhaching)
17 Germany FW Torsten Raspe (to Germany FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt)
19 Germany FW Michael Kümmerle (to Germany SpVgg Greuther Fürth)
20 Turkey FW Mustafa Özkan (to Germany Göztepe A.Ş.)
21 Brazil FW Paulo César (to Brazil Joinville Esporte Clube)
22 Spain FW Cristian Fiél (to Germany 1. FC Union Berlin)
23 Slovenia FW Adem Kapič (to Hungary Ferencvárosi TC)
25 Germany FW Bernd Klaus (to Germany SpVgg 07 Ludwigsburg)
28 Italy FW Alessandro Di Martile (to Switzerland FC Schaffhausen)
28 Croatia FW Tomislav Zivic (to Germany Hertha BSC II)
30 Germany FW Mark Zimmermann (to Germany Alemannia Aachen)

Winter

In:

No. Position Player
6 Germany DF Markus Lösch (from Germany Eintracht Frankfurt)
9 Germany FW Jens Paeslack (from Germany Karlsruher SC II)
21 Germany DF Michael Kuhn (from Germany Stuttgarter Kickers II)
23 Germany DF Oliver Stierle (from Germany Stuttgarter Kickers II)
29 Turkey FW Senol Yazici (from Germany Stuttgarter Kickers II)

Out:

No. Position Player
6 France MF Olivier Brassart (to England Yeovil Town F.C.)
9 Brazil MF João da Silva (to Germany Stuttgarter Kickers II)

Reserve team

Kickers' reserve team finished 8th in the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg and were coached by Thomas Letsch.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
Germany GK Andreas Geser
Germany GK Christian Schwend
Germany GK Volkan Toprak
Germany DF Bernd Mühlbauer
Turkey DF Muhammer Musturuk
Germany DF Oliver Barth
Germany DF Dennis Irrgang
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia DF Milos Manojlovic
Germany DF Martin Taube
Germany DF Philipp Eisele
Turkey DF Seckin Bakici
Italy DF Leandro Guerriero
Germany DF Moritz Steinle
Turkey MF Mustafa Akçay
Germany MF Nico Kemmler
Germany MF Andreas Schmid
No. Position Player
Germany MF Bernd Eckhardt
Germany MF Michael Kuhn
Italy MF Marco Palazzolo
Turkey MF Mustafa Parmak
Germany MF Christoph Kunze
Turkey MF Erhan Polat
Italy MF Valentino Grimaudo
Greece MF Hamdi Dagdelen
Germany MF Oliver Stierle
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia MF Sascha Zrnic
Croatia MF Tomislav Matic
Germany FW Robert Kristofic
Turkey FW Senol Yazici
Italy FW Raffaele De Vito
Italy FW Alessandro Ermito
Japan FW Yu Shimamura

Notes

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