2000–01 Stuttgarter Kickers season

The 2000–01 Stuttgarter Kickers season was the 101st season in the club's football history. In 2000–01 the club played in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football. The club also has taken part in the 2000–01 edition of the DFB-Pokal.

Stuttgarter Kickers

2000–01 season
Chairman	Axel Dünnwald-Metzler
Manager	Hans-Jürgen Boysen (until Sep.) Rainer Zobel (since Sep.)
Stadium	Waldau-Stadion, Stuttgart, BW
2. Bundesliga	17th
DFB-Pokal	Round 1
Top goalscorer	League: Silvinho (6) All: Silvinho (6)
Highest home attendance	8,751 vs. SSV Reutlingen, 11 March 2001
Lowest home attendance	3,745 vs. VfL Osnabrück, 7 December 2000
Home colours

Squad information

Squad and statistics

Squad Season 2000–01
No.	Player	Nat.	Birthdate	at Kickers since	previous club	2. Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
						App	Gls	App	Gls
Goalkeepers
1	Sead Ramović		14 March 1979	1995	Junior Team	21	0	1	0
25	Bernd Klaus		19 February 1967	1994	SpVgg 07 Ludwigsburg	13	0	0	0
Defenders
2	Christian Kritzer		9 February 1977	2000	Karlsruher SC	31	0	1	0
4	Carsten Keuler		30 August 1971	1999	SpVgg Unterhaching	29	1	1	0
5	Darko Ramovš		7 April 1973	1998	Čukarički Belgrade	7	0	0	0
6	Torsten Ziegner		9 November 1977	1999	FSV Zwickau	20	0	1	0
8	Cássio		17 January 1970	1999	XV de Piracicaba	7	1	0	0
14	Markus Pleuler		10 May 1970	2000	SSV Ulm 1846	4	0	0	0
15	Günter Heberle		21 September 1973	2000	FC Augsburg	26	1	1	0
21	Paulo César		20 January 1979	2000	Grêmio Porto Alegrense	5	0	0	0
26	Jago Maric		3 February 1979	1994	Junior Team	6	0	0	0
28	Tomislav Zivic		7 August 1979	1999	SV Bonlanden	0	0	0	0
??	Mario-Ernesto Rodríguez		4 September 1976	1999	SV Concordia Ihrhove	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
3	Stefan Minkwitz		1 June 1968	1996	Fortuna Düsseldorf	28	0	0	0
7	Carsten Marell		8 September 1970	1998	SV Meppen	23	0	1	0
10	Marek Penksa		4 August 1973	2000	DSV Leoben	10	2	1	0
13	Nikolaos Chatzis		2 May 1976	1995	SpVgg Feuerbach	3	0	0	0
16	Markus Weinzierl		28 December 1974	1999	FC Bayern München II	27	1	1	0
17	Torsten Raspe		1 August 1969	1995	SSV Ulm 1846	28	1	1	0
19	Michael Kümmerle		21 April 1979	1997	Junior Team	29	3	1	0
22	Cristian Fiél		12 March 1980	1997	Junior Team	23	2	0	0
23	Adem Kapič		16 April 1975	2000	Alemannia Aachen	8	0	1	0
24	Timo Dörflinger		19 September 1978	2000	TSF Ditzingen	2	0	1	1
27	Alessandro Di Martile		2 May 1979	1994	Junior Team	0	0	0	0
33	Borislav Georgiev		4 September 1976	2001	POFC Botev Vratsa	6	1	0	0
Forwards
9	Silvinho		26 May 1974	2000	Ituano FC	25	6	1	0
11	Stefan Meissner		8 March 1973	2000	Karlsruher SC	18	0	0	0
12	Alexander Blessin		28 May 1973	1999	VfB Stuttgart	23	5	0	0
18	Giuseppe Carnevale		29 June 1978	1998	Junior Team	17	2	0	0
20	Mustafa Özkan		21 February 1975	1999	Grasshopper Club Zürich	6	0	0	0
30	Mark Zimmermann		1 March 1974	2000	SpVgg Unterhaching	29	4	1	0

Reserve team

Kickers' reserve team finished 11th in the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg and were coached by Marcus Sorg.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  GER Andreas Geser — GK  GER Thorsten Szesniak — DF  GER Jago Maric — DF  TUR Seckin Bakici — DF  TUR Muhammer Musturuk — DF  GER Bernd Mühlbauer — DF  CRO Tomislav Zivic — DF  GER Dirk Wüllbier — DF  ITA Leandro Guerriero — MF  GER Nico Kemmler — MF  TUR Hamdi Dagdelen — MF  TUR Erhan Polat

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  GER Markus Blaumoser — MF  ITA Alessandro Di Martile — MF  TUR Mustafa Parmak — MF  GER Christoph Kunze — MF  ITA Valentino Grimaudo — MF  GER Andreas Schmid — FW  ITA Raffaele De Vito — FW  ITA Giuseppe Greco — FW  CMR Julien Mayada — FW  GER Robert Kristofic — FW  JPN Yu Shimamura

External links

• 2000–01 Stuttgarter Kickers season at Kickersarchiv.de (in German)
• 2000–01 Stuttgarter Kickers season at Weltfussball.de (in German)
• 2000–01 Stuttgarter Kickers season at kicker.de (in German)
• 2000–01 Stuttgarter Kickers season at Fussballdaten.de (in German)