In addition to the German national team, Horst Eckel also celebrated great successes with 1. FC Kaiserslautern. In 1951 and 1953 he was German champion with the “Red Devils”, in 1954 and 1955 he was German runner-up. For “his FC” he scored 64 goals in 213 games. 1. FC Kaiserslautern also mourned its club legend.