The 2005-06 campaign delivered a devastating end to an era for Kaiserslautern as Die roten Teufel finished a crushing 16th in the Bundesliga, resulting in relegation after a nine-year stay. Despite the managerial turbulence that saw Michael Henke replaced by Wolfgang Wolf, the season was tragically defined by the spectacular form of striker Halil Altıntop, whose 20 league goals made him one of the league's top scorers. His prolific efforts were a brilliant, but ultimately heartbreaking, highlight in a year that marked the club's painful and shocking drop to the second tier of German football.