The 2014-15 campaign was a season of soaring ambition and agonizing near-miss for 1. FC Kaiserslautern, as Die roten Teufel finished a competitive 4th in the 2. Bundesliga. The team mounted a genuine challenge for promotion, ultimately falling just two points short of the play-off spot. Leading the charge for goals were Srđan Lakić and the young Philipp Hofmann, whose six goals each proved vital in a campaign built on the fervent hope of returning to the Bundesliga elite, a goal that remains a defining, unfulfilled ambition for the faithful Red Devils of the Betzenberg.