Eintracht Frankfurt

Eintracht Frankfurt

Full name	Eintracht Frankfurt e.V.
Nickname(s)	Die Adler (The Eagles), SGE (Sportgemeinde Eintracht), Launische Diva (Moody Diva)
Founded	8 March 1899; 119 years ago (1899-03-08)
Ground	Commerzbank-Arena
Capacity	51,500
Chairman	Peter Fischer (club) Fredi Bobič (plc) Oliver Frankenbach (plc) Axel Hellmann (plc)
Manager	Adi Hütter
League	Bundesliga
2017–18	8th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Active departments of Eintracht Frankfurt
Football Basketball Athletics Rugby

Eintracht Frankfurt e.V. (German pronunciation: [ˈaɪ̯ntʁaxt ˈfʁaŋkfʊɐ̯t]) is a German sports club based in Frankfurt, Hesse, that is best known for its association football club, currently playing in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German football league system.

The club was founded in 1899 and have won one German championship, five DFB-Pokals and one UEFA Cup. Since 1925, their stadium has been the Waldstadion, which was renamed Commerzbank-Arena in 2005.

Contents

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  1 History
  
  
  
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    1.1 Club origins
    
  
  
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    1.2 Pre-Bundesliga history
    
  
  
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    1.3 Founding member of the Bundesliga
    
  
  
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    1.4 Success outside the Bundesliga
    
  
  
  
  


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  2 Colours, crest and nicknames
  


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  3 Honours
  
  
  
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    3.1 National
    
  
  
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    3.2 International
    
  
  
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    3.3 Regional
    
  
  
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    3.4 Other
    
  
  
  
  


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  4 League results
  
  
  
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    4.1 Recent seasons
    
  
  
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    4.2 All time
    
  
  
  
  


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  5 Players
  
  
  
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    5.1 Current squad
    
  
  
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    5.2 Players out on loan
    
  
  
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    5.3 Medalist players at major international tournaments
    
    
    
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      5.3.1 World Cup
      
      
      
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        5.3.1.1 Champions
        
      
      
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        5.3.1.2 Runner-up
        
      
      
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        5.3.1.3 Third place
        
      
      
      
      
    
    
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      5.3.2 UEFA Euro/European Nations' Cup
      
      
      
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        5.3.2.1 Champions
        
      
      
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        5.3.2.2 Runner-up
        
      
      
      
      
    
    
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      5.3.3 Summer Olympics
      
      
      
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        5.3.3.1 Gold
        
      
      
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        5.3.3.2 Silver
        
      
      
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        5.3.3.3 Bronze
        
      
      
      
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


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  6 Current club staff
  


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  7 Club presidents
  


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  8 Managers/head coaches
  


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  9 Records
  


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  10 Recent top scorers
  


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  11 Stadium information
  


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  12 Sponsoring
  


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  13 Reserve team
  


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  14 Frankfurt derby
  


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  15 See also
  


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  16 Other sections within the club
  


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  17 References
  


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  18 External links
  

History

Club origins

The origins of the side go back to a pair of football clubs founded in 1899: Frankfurter Fußball-Club Viktoria von 1899 – regarded as the "original" football side in the club's history – and Frankfurter Fußball-Club Kickers von 1899. Both clubs were founding members of the new Nordkreis-Liga in 1909. These two teams merged in May 1911 to become Frankfurter Fußball Verein (Kickers-Viktoria), an instant success, taking three league titles from 1912 to 1914 in the Nordkreis-Liga and qualifying for the Southern German championship in each of those seasons. In turn, Frankfurter FV joined the gymnastics club Frankfurter Turngemeinde von 1861 to form TuS Eintracht Frankfurt von 1861 in 1920. (The German word Eintracht means 'harmony, concord,' and Eintracht X is the equivalent in English as X United in the names of sports teams.^[1])

Pre-Bundesliga history

At the time, sports in Germany was dominated by nationalistic gymnastics organizations, and under pressure from that sport's governing authority, the gymnasts and footballers went their separate ways again in 1927, as Turngemeinde Eintracht Frankfurt von 1861 and Sportgemeinde Eintracht Frankfurt (FFV) von 1899.

Historical chart of Eintracht Frankfurt league performance after WWII

Through the late 1920s and into the 1930s, Eintracht won a handful of local and regional championships, first in the Kreisliga Nordmain, then in the Bezirksliga Main and Bezirksliga Main-Hessen. After being eliminated from the national level playoffs after quarterfinal losses in 1930 and 1931, they won their way to the final in 1932 where they were beaten 0–2 by Bayern Munich, who claimed their first ever German championship. In 1933, German football was re-organized into sixteen Gauligen under the Third Reich and the club played first division football in the Gauliga Südwest, consistently finishing in the upper half of the table and winning their division in 1938.

Eintracht picked up where they left off after World War II, playing as a solid side in the first division Oberliga Süd and capturing division titles in 1953 and 1959. Their biggest success came on the heels of that second divisional title as they went on to a 5–3 victory over local rivals Kickers Offenbach to take the 1959 German national title and followed up immediately with an outstanding run in the 1960 European Cup. Eintracht lost 3–7 to Real Madrid in an exciting final that was widely regarded as one of the best football matches ever played,^[2] which included a hat-trick by Alfredo Di Stéfano and four goals by Ferenc Puskás.

Founding member of the Bundesliga

The side continued to play good football and earned themselves a place as one of the original 16 teams selected to play in the Bundesliga, Germany's new professional football league, formed in 1963. Eintracht played Bundesliga football for 33 seasons, finishing in the top half of the table for the majority of them. Their best Bundesliga performances were five third-place finishes: they ended just two points back of champion VfB Stuttgart in 1991–92.

The team also narrowly avoided relegation on several occasions. In 1984, they defeated MSV Duisburg 6–1 on aggregate, and in 1989 they beat 1. FC Saarbrücken 4–1 on aggregate, in two-game playoffs. Eintracht finally slipped and were relegated to 2. Bundesliga for the 1996–97 season. At the time that they were sent down alongside 1. FC Kaiserslautern, these teams were two of only four sides that had been in the Bundesliga since the league's inaugural season.

It looked as though they would be out again in 1998–99, but they pulled through by beating defending champions Kaiserslautern 5–1, while 1. FC Nürnberg unexpectedly lost at home to give Eintracht the break they needed to stay up. The following year, in another struggle to avoid relegation, the club was "fined" two points by the German Football Association (DFB) for financial misdeeds, but pulled through with a win by a late goal over SSV Ulm on the last day of the season. The club was plagued by financial difficulties again in 2004 before once more being relegated.

Between 1997 and 2005, Eintracht has bounced between the top two divisions.

The 2010–11 season ended with the club's fourth Bundesliga relegation. After setting a new record for most points in the first half of the season, the club struggled after the winter break, going seven games without scoring a goal. Despite winning the next game, Frankfurt sacked coach Michael Skibbe, replacing him with Christoph Daum.^[3] The change in coaches did little to improve Eintracht's fortunes. Frankfurt achieved only three draws from the last seven games of the season and were relegated on the 34th matchday.^[4]

One year later, Eintracht defeated Alemannia Aachen 3–0 on the 32nd match day of the 2011–12 season, thus qualifying for the Bundesliga.^[5]

In 2017–18, Eintracht had the 20th highest attendance in Europe, ahead of such prominent clubs as Atlético de Madrid, Inter Milano and Paris Saint-Germain.

Success outside the Bundesliga

Main article: Eintracht Frankfurt in Europe

The club has enjoyed considerable success in competition outside the Bundesliga. Eintracht famously lost the European Cup final to Real Madrid on 18 May 1960 at Hampden Park 7–3 in front of 127,621 spectators. It is one of the most talked about European matches of all time, with Alfredo Di Stéfano scoring three and Ferenc Puskás scoring the other four in Real's victory.

In 1967, Eintracht won the Intertoto Cup after beating Inter Bratislava in the final.

Eintracht won the DFB-Pokal in 1974, 1975, 1981, 1988 and in 2018, and took the UEFA Cup over another German team, Borussia Mönchengladbach, in 1980. Also, Eintracht were the losing finalists in the 2005–06 DFB-Pokal. Their opponents in the final, that year's Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich, previously qualified to participate in the Champions League. As a result, Eintracht, received the DFB-Pokal's winner's place in the UEFA Cup, where they advanced to the group stage. In 2017 DFB-Pokal they were defeated in the final match by Borussia Dortmund and made it the next year again into the final, which they won 3-1 against Bayern Munich.

Besides playing friendlies against famous clubs from all of the world, Eintracht also played friendly matches against national teams from the following countries: Argentina, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Colombia, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Kenya, Kosovo, Kuwait, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, South Korea, Tunisia and Vietnam.

Colours, crest and nicknames

The club crest derives from the coat of arms of Frankfurt, which is a reference to the one-headed imperial eagle of the 13th century.

Eintracht's crest is based on the city coat of arms.

The crest has evolved slowly over time, showing little significant change until 1980 when a stylized eagle in black and white was chosen to represent the team. In Eintracht's centennial year of 1999, the club board decided to re-adopt a more traditional eagle crest. Since 2006, Eintracht has had a living mascot, the golden eagle Attila from the nearby Hanau Zoo, who is very popular among supporters.

Centennial kit in 1999–2000

The official club colours of red, black, and white have their origins in the colours of the founding clubs Frankfurter FC Viktoria and Frankfurter FC Kickers, which sported red and white and black and white respectively. Red and white are the colours of the city coat of arms, and black and white the colours of Prussia. When the clubs merged, officials decided to adopt the colours of both sides. Since local rival Kickers Offenbach sport the colours red and white, Eintracht avoids playing in such a kit, preferring to play in black and red, or in black and white.

Eintracht's eagle (Adler) over the years: the logo of Frankfurter FV 1911, the red eagle of TuS Eintracht Frankfurt 1920, Sportgemeinde Eintracht Frankfurt 1967, and the predominantly black crest in use ca. 1980–1999 before today's more traditional style logo was adopted.

The club is nicknamed "Die Adler" ("The Eagles"), which derives from their crest. A nickname still popular among supporters is SGE, taken from the club's old official name Sportgemeinde Eintracht (Frankfurt), roughly translated to "Sports community United."

The nickname Launische Diva ("Moody Diva") was heard most often in the early 1990s when the club would comfortably defeat top teams only to surprisingly lose to lesser clubs. This nickname was also held to refer to what was regarded as the dubious work of some club chairmen, including for example, the failure to record the transfer fee of Hungarian star player Lajos Détári on club books. The recent reign of Heribert Bruchhagen appears to have left these practises to the past.

Honours

Main article: List of Eintracht Frankfurt records and statistics § Honours and achievements

National

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  German Championship^[6]
  
  
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    Champions: 1959
    
  
  
  • Runners-up: 1932
    
  
  
  
  


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  DFB-Pokal^[6]
  
  
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    Winners: 1974, 1975, 1981, 1988, 2018
    
  
  
  • Runners-up: 1964, 2006, 2017
    
  
  
  
  


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  2. Bundesliga^[6]
  
  
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    Winners: 1997–98
    
  
  
  • Runners-up: 2011–12
    
  
  
  
  


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  DFB/DFL-Supercup^[6]
  • Runners-up: 1988, 2018
    
  
  

International

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  European Cup/UEFA Champions League^[6]
  
  • Runners-up: 1959–60
    
  
  


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  UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League^[6]
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    Winners: 1979–80
    
  
  


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  UEFA Intertoto Cup
  
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    Winners: 1967
    
  
  


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  Cup of the Alps
  
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    Winners: 1967
  
  

Regional

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  Southern German Championship^[7]
  
  
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    Champions: 1929–30, 1931–32, 1952–53, 1958–59
    
  
  
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    Runners-up: 1912–13+, 1913–14+, 1930–31, 1953–54, 1960–61, 1961–62
    
  
  
  
  


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  Nordkreis-Liga
  
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    Champions: 1911–12+, 1912–13+, 1913–14+
  
  


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  Kreisliga Nordmain
  
  
  
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    Winners: 1919–20+, 1920–21
  
  
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    Runners-up: 1921–22
  
  
  
  


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  Bezirksliga Main-Hessen:
  
  
  
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    Winners: 1927–28, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1930–31, 1931–32
  
  
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    Runners-up: 1932–33
  
  
  
  


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  Gauliga Südwest/Mainhessen:
  
  
  
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    Winners: 1937–38
    
  
  
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    Runners-up: 1936–37
    
  
  
  
  


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  Hesse Cup:
  
  
  
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    Winners: 1946, 1969^*
    
  
  
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    Runners-up: 1949
  
  
  
  


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  Hesse Championship:
  
  
  
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    Champions: 1970^*, 2002^*
    
  
  
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    Runners-up: 1978^*, 1983^*, 1995^*
    
  
  
  
  


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• ^* Achieved by Reserve Team

Other

Main article: List of Eintracht Frankfurt records and statistics § Other

League results

Recent seasons

All time

Green denotes the highest level of football in Germany; yellow the second highest.

Players

For recent transfers, see List of German football transfers summer 2018 and List of German football transfers winter 2017–18.

Current squad

As of 1 October 2018^[8]

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Frederik Rønnow 2 DF Evan N'Dicka 3 DF Simon Falette 4 FW Ante Rebić 5 MF Gelson Fernandes (vice-captain) 6 MF Jonathan de Guzmán 7 MF Marco Fabián 8 FW Luka Jović (on loan from Benfica) 9 FW Sébastien Haller 10 MF Filip Kostić 11 MF Mijat Gaćinović 13 DF Carlos Salcedo 15 DF Jetro Willems 16 MF Lucas Torró 18 MF Francisco Geraldes (on loan from Sporting CP) 19 DF David Abraham (captain) 20 MF Makoto Hasebe 21 MF Marc Stendera

No. Position Player 22 DF Timothy Chandler 23 DF Marco Russ (2nd vice-captain) 24 DF Danny da Costa 25 MF Patrice Kabuya 26 DF Deji-Ousman Beyreuther 27 FW Nicolai Müller 28 MF Allan Souza (on loan from Liverpool) 29 GK Felix Wiedwald 30 MF Şahverdi Çetin 31 GK Kevin Trapp (on loan from Paris Saint-Germain) 32 MF Nelson Mandela Mbouhom 33 DF Taleb Tawatha 34 FW Branimir Hrgota 35 DF Noel Knothe 36 FW Mischa Häuser 37 GK Jan Zimmermann 39 FW Gonçalo Paciência 41 GK Tobias Stirl

Players out on loan

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

No. Position Player MF Aymen Barkok (at Fortuna Düsseldorf until 30 June 2019) MF Max Besuschkow (at Royale Union Saint-Gilloise until 30 June 2020) MF Danny Blum (at Las Palmas until 30 June 2019)

No. Position Player MF Marijan Ćavar (at Osijek until 30 June 2019) MF Daichi Kamada (at Sint-Truidense until 30 June 2019)

Medalist players at major international tournaments

World Cup

Champions

World Cup 1954 – Germany

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  Alfred Pfaff (1949–1961)


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  Toni Turek (1946–1947)

World Cup 1974 – Germany

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  Jürgen Grabowski (1965–1980)


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  Jupp Heynckes (1994–1995, as a manager)


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  Bernd Hölzenbein (1967–1981)

World Cup 1990 – Germany

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  Uwe Bein (1989–1994)


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  Thomas Berthold (1982–1987)


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  Andreas Köpke (1994–1996)


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  Andreas Möller (1985–1987), (1990–1992), (2003–2004)

World Cup 2014 – Germany

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  Joachim Löw (1981–1982)

Runner-up

World Cup 1954 – Hungary

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  Gyula Lóránt (1976, as a manager)

World Cup 1966 – Germany

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  Friedel Lutz (1957–1966), (1967–1973)


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  Jürgen Grabowski (1965–1980)


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  Hans Tilkowski (1967–1970)

World Cup 1982 – Germany

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  Manfred Kaltz (2000–2001, as an assistant manager)


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  Felix Magath (1999–2001, as a manager)

World Cup 1986 – Germany

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  Thomas Berthold (1982–1987)


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  Felix Magath (1999–2001, as a manager)


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  Uwe Rahn (1992–1993)


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  Wolfgang Rolff (2014–2015, as an assistant manager)


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  Uli Stein (1987–1994)

World Cup 2002 – Germany

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  Jörg Böhme (1995–1996)


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  Marko Rehmer (2005–2007)


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  Bernd Schneider (1998–1999)

World Cup 2018 – Croatia

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  Ante Rebić (2016–)

Third place

World Cup 1934 – Germany

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  Rudi Gramlich (1929–1939), (1943–1944)

World Cup 1970 – Germany

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  Jürgen Grabowski (1965–1980)

World Cup 1982 – Poland

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  Włodzimierz Smolarek (1986–1988)

World Cup 2006 – Germany

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  Timo Hildebrand (2014–2015)


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  Bernd Schneider (1998–1999)

World Cup 2010 – Germany

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  Joachim Löw (1981–1982)


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  Marko Marin (1996–2005)

World Cup 2014 - Netherlands

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  Jonathan de Guzmán (2017 - )

UEFA Euro/European Nations' Cup

Champions

UEFA Euro 1972 – Germany

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  Jürgen Grabowski (1965–1980)


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  Jupp Heynckes (1994–1995, as a manager)


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  Horst Köppel (1994–1995, as an assistant manager)

UEFA Euro 1980 – Germany

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  Felix Magath (1999–2001, as a manager)

UEFA Euro 1996 – Germany

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  Andreas Köpke (1994–1996)


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  Andreas Möller (1985–1987), (1990–1992), (2003–2004)

Runner-up

European Nations' Cup 1960 – Yugoslavia

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  Fahrudin Jusufi (1966–1970)


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  Branko Zebec (1982–1983, as a manager)

UEFA Euro 1976 – Germany

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  Bernd Hölzenbein (1967–1981)


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  Peter Reichel (1970–79)

UEFA Euro 1992 – Germany

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  Manfred Binz (1985–1996)


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  Thomas Doll (1994–1996)


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  Andreas Köpke (1994–1996)


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  Andreas Möller (1985–1987), (1990–1992), (2003–2004)

UEFA Euro 1996 – Czech Republic

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  Karel Rada (2001–2002)

Summer Olympics

Gold

Summer Olympics 1952 – Hungary

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  Gyula Lóránt (1976, as a manager)

Summer Olympics 1960– Yugoslavia

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  Fahrudin Jusufi (1966–1970)

Summer Olympics 1996 – Nigeria

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  Jay-Jay Okocha (1992–1996)

Summer Olympics 2000 - Cameroon

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  Serge Branco (2000 - 2003)

Summer Olympics 2012 – Mexico

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  Marco Fabián (2016–)

Silver

Summer Olympics 1924 – Switzerland

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  Walter Dietrich (1925–1938)

Summer Olympics 1952 – Yugoslavia

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  Ivica Horvat (1957–1961)


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  Branko Zebec (1982–1983, as a manager)

Summer Olympics 1992 – Poland

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  Dariusz Adamczuk (1992–1993)

Summer Olympics 2016 – Germany

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  Niklas Süle (2006–2009)

Bronze

Summer Olympics 1988 – West Germany

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  Ralf Sievers (1982–1990)


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  Rudolf Bommer (1992–1997)


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  Olaf Janßen (1996–2000)

Current club staff

Manager	Adolf Hütter
Assistant managers	Christian Peintinger Armin Reutershahn
Goalkeeping coach	Manfred Petz
Physiotherapist	Maik Liesbrock Thomas Stubner
Medical staff	Koichi Kurokawa
Osteopath	Thorsten Ammann
Fitness coaches	Markus Murrer Martin Spohrer
Equipment managers	Franco Lionti Igor Simonov Susanne Ramseier
Team doctors	Dr Christoph Seeger Dr Wulf Schwietzer
Academy manager	Karl-Heinz Körbel
Head Scout	Ben Manga

Club presidents

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  Wilhelm Schöndube (1920–1926)


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  Fritz Steffan / Heinrich Berger (1926–1927)


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  Horst Rebenschütz (1927)


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  Egon Graf von Beroldingen (1927–1933)


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  Hans Söhngen (1933–1939)


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  Rudolf Gramlich / Adolf Metzner (1939–1942)


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  Anton Gentil (1942–1945) (temporary)


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  Christian Kiefer (1945–1946) (temporary)


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    Günther Reis (1946)


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  Robert Brubacher (1946–1949)


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  Anton Keller (1949–1955)


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  Rudolf Gramlich (1955–1969)


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  Albert Zellekens (1970–1973)


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  Achaz von Thümen (1973–1981)


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  Axel Schander (1981–1983)


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  Klaus Gramlich (1983–1988)


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  Joseph Wolf (1988)


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  Matthias Ohms (1988–1996)


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  Dieter Lindner (1996) (temporary)


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  Hans-Joachim Otto (1996)


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  Rolf Heller (1996–2000)


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  Peter Fischer (2000–)

Managers/head coaches

Manager Paul Oßwald (right) led Eintracht Frankfurt to the German championship in 1959 and the European Cup final in 1960.

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  Albert Sohn (1919)


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  Dori Kürschner (1921–1922)


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  Maurice Parry (1925–1926)


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    Fritz Egly / Walter Dietrich (1926–1927)


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  Gustav Wieser (October 1927 – May 1928)


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  Paul Oßwald (1928 – August 1933)


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  Willi Spreng (1933–1935)


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  Paul Oßwald (1935–1938)


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  Otto Boer (1939) (caretaker)
  


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  Péter Szabó (1939)


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  Willi Lindner (1941) (caretaker)
  


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  Péter Szabó (1942) (caretaker)
  


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  Willi Balles (1942) (caretaker)
  


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  Willy Pfeiffer (1945) (caretaker)
  


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  Sepp Herberger (1945) (caretaker)
  


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  Emil Melcher (1946)


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  Willi Treml (1947)


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  Bernhard Kellerhoff (1948 – December 1948)


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  Walter Hollstein (January 1949 – Summer 1950)


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  Kurt Windmann (Summer 1950 – July 1956)


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  Adolf Patek (July 1956 – April 1958)


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  Paul Oßwald (April 1958 – April 1964)


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  Ivica Horvat (April 1964 – June 1965)


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  Elek Schwartz (July 1965 – June 1968)


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  Erich Ribbeck (July 1968 – June 1973)


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  Dietrich Weise (July 1973 – June 1976)


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  Hans-Dieter Roos (July 1976 – November 1976)


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  Gyula Lóránt (November 1976 – November 1977)


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  Jürgen Grabowski (December 1977) (caretaker)
  


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  Dettmar Cramer (December 1977 – June 1978)


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  Otto Knefler (July 1978 – December 1978)


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  Udo Klug (December 1978 – January 1979) (caretaker)
  


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  Friedel Rausch (January 1979 – June 1980)


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  Lothar Buchmann (July 1980 – June 1982)


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  Helmut Senekowitsch (July 1982 – September 1982)


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  Branko Zebec (September 1982 – October 1983)


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  Jürgen Grabowski (October 1983) (caretaker)
  


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  Klaus Mank (October 1983) (caretaker)
  


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  Dietrich Weise (October 1983 – December 1986)


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  Timo Zahnleiter (December 1986 – June 1987)


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  Karl-Heinz Feldkamp (July 1987 – September 1988)


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  Pál Csernai (September 1988 – December 1988)


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  Jörg Berger (December 1988 – April 1991)


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  Dragoslav Stepanović (April 1991 – March 1993)


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  Horst Heese (March 1993 – June 1993)


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  Klaus Toppmöller (July 1993 – April 1994)


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  Karl-Heinz Körbel (April 1994 – June 1994) (caretaker)
  


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  Jupp Heynckes (July 1994 – April 1995)


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  Karl-Heinz Körbel (April 1995 – March 1996)


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  Dragoslav Stepanović (April 1996 – December 1996)


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  Rudolf Bommer (December 1996) (caretaker)
  


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  Horst Ehrmantraut (December 1996 – December 1998)


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  Bernhard Lippert (December 1998 – January 1999) (caretaker)
  


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  Reinhold Fanz (December 1998 – April 1999)


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  Jörg Berger (April 1999 – December 1999)


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  Felix Magath (December 1999 – January 2001)


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  Rolf Dohmen (January 2001 – April 2001) (caretaker)
  


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  Friedel Rausch (April 2001 – May 2001)


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  Martin Andermatt (June 2001 – March 2002)


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  Armin Kraaz (March 2002 – May 2002) (caretaker)
  


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  Willi Reimann (July 2002 – May 2004)


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  Friedhelm Funkel (July 2004 – June 2009)


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  Michael Skibbe (July 2009 – March 2011)


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  Christoph Daum (March 2011 – May 2011)


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  Armin Veh (July 2011 – July 2014)


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  Thomas Schaaf (July 2014 – June 2015)


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  Armin Veh (June 2015 – March 2016)


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  Niko Kovač (March 2016 – June 2018)


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  Adi Hütter (July 2018 – )

Records

Main article: List of Eintracht Frankfurt records and statistics

Karl-Heinz Körbel has the most appearances in Eintracht Frankfurt and Bundesliga history

• Home victory, Bundesliga: 9–1 v Rot-Weiss Essen, 5 October 1974


• Away victory, Bundesliga: 8–1 v Rot-Weiss Essen, 7 May 1977


• Home loss, Bundesliga: 0–7 v Karlsruher SC, 19 September 1964


• Away loss, Bundesliga: 0–7 v 1. FC Köln, 29 October 1983


• Highest home attendance: 81,000 v FK Pirmasens, 23 May 1959


• Highest away attendance: 127,621 v Real Madrid, Hampden Park, Glasgow, 18 May 1960


• Highest average attendance, season: 49,176, 2016–17
  


• Most appearances, all competitions total: 720, Karl-Heinz "Charly" Körbel 1972–1991


• Most appearances, Bundesliga: 602, Karl-Heinz "Charly" Körbel 1972–1991


• Most goals scored, all competitions total: 201, Bernd Hölzenbein 1967–1981


• Most goals scored, Bundesliga: 160, Bernd Hölzenbein 1967–1981


• Most goals scored, season, Bundesliga: 26, Bernd Hölzenbein, 1976–77
  


• 
  Richard Kress, (born 6 March 1925) is the oldest Bundesliga rookie, making his debut at 38 years and 171 days on the opening day of league play on 24 August 1963. He scored his first Bundesliga goal at 38 years and 248 days of age.


• Eintracht hold the record for most consecutive away games without a win (32) from 20 August 1985 to 25 August 1987.

Recent top scorers

Season	Player's name	Nationality	Goals
2013–14	Joselu	Spain	9
2014–15	Alexander Meier	Germany	19
2015–16	Alexander Meier	Germany	12
2016–17	Marco Fabián	Mexico	7
2017–18	Sébastien Haller	France	9

Stadium information

Main article: Commerzbank-Arena

• 
  Name: Commerzbank-Arena
  


• 
  Location: Frankfurt
  


• 
  Capacity: 51,500 (43,500 seated)


• 
  Inauguration: 21 May 1925


• 
  Pitch Size: 105 x 68 metres


• 
  Record Attendance: 81,000; Eintracht Frankfurt vs. Pirmasens, 23 May 1959


• 
  Address: Commerzbank-Arena, Mörfelder Landstraße 362, 60528 Frankfurt am Main, Germany


• 
  Nickname: Waldstadion

The ground was inaugurated as Waldstadion ("Forest Stadium") in 1925 with the German championship final match between FSV Frankfurt vs. 1. FC Nürnberg.
The facility was renovated for the FIFA World Cup 2006 in Germany. For Bundesliga fixtures the maximum capacity is 51,500 as on the East Stand next to the visitor's terrace some spaces are held free for security purposes.

Though the media usually refer to the ground by the official name, Commerzbank-Arena, Eintracht faithful typically use the name Waldstadion.

Sponsoring

^[9]

Season	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor	Shirt sponsor value
1974–75	Adidas	Remington	€100,000 (estimated)
1975–76	Adidas / Admiral
1976–77	Admiral / Adidas
1977–78		Samson	€125,000
1978–79	Adidas / Erima	Minolta	€250,000
1979–80			€275,000
1980–81			€300,000
1981–82		Infotec	€375,000
1982–83	Adidas
1983–84			€250,000
1984–85		Portas	€300,000
1985–86
1986–87		Hoechst	€325,000
1987–88	Puma
1988–89			€350,000
1989–90
1990–91			€350,000 – €500,000
1991–92		Samsung	€1,000,000
1992–93
1993–94		Tetra Pak
1994–95
1995–96			€1,250,000
1996–97		Mitsubishi Motors	€650,000
1997–98
1998–99		VIAG Interkom	€3,000,000
1999–00
2000–01	Puma / Fila	Genion
2001–02	Fila	Fraport	€1,500,000
2002–03
2003–04	Jako		€2,500,000
2004–05			€2,000,000
2005–06			€2,500,000
2006–07			€4,000,000
2007–08			€4,500,000
2008–09			€5,000,000
2009–10
2010–11
2011–12			€3,000,000
2012–13		Krombacher	€5,500,000
2013–14		Alfa Romeo	€6,000,000
2014–15	Nike
2015–16
2016–17		Krombacher	€5,500,000
2017–18		Indeed.com	€6,600,000
2018–19

Reserve team

Main article: Eintracht Frankfurt II

Eintracht Frankfurt U23 was the reserve team of Eintracht Frankfurt. The team played as U23 (Under 23) to emphasize the character of the team as a link between the youth academy and professional team and competed until 2013–14 in the regular league system in the fourth tier, the Regionalliga Süd, until the club board decided to dissolve the team.

Frankfurt derby

The 2011–12 season saw Eintracht play local rival FSV Frankfurt in a league match for the first time in almost 50 years. The last league game between the two had been played on 27 January 1962, then in the Oberliga Süd. For the first of the two matches, FSV's home game on 21 August 2011, the decision was made to move to Eintracht's stadium as FSV's Bornheimer Hang only holds less than 11,000 spectators.^[10] Eintracht won 0–4. The second match on 18 February 2012 ended in another victory for Eintracht, a 6–1 rout.

See also

• Football in Germany


• 1959–60 European Cup


• 1960 European Cup Final


• 1979–80 UEFA Cup


• 1980 UEFA Cup Final


• List of Eintracht Frankfurt players


• List of Eintracht Frankfurt records and statistics


• Eintracht Frankfurt in European football


• Eintracht Frankfurt II


• Eintracht Frankfurt Rugby

Other sections within the club

Indoor court of Eintracht's tennis section in Seckbach

The sports club Eintracht Frankfurt e.V. is made up of eighteen sections:

1. Gymnastics (since 22 January 1861)


2. 
   Football (since 8 March 1899)


3. 
   Athletics (since 1899)


4. 
   Field hockey (since 1906 as "1.Frankfurter Hockeyclub )


5. 
   Boxing (since 1919)


6. Tennis (since spring 1920)


7. 
   Handball (since 1921)


8. 
   Rugby (since summer 1923 – see Eintracht Frankfurt Rugby)


9. 
   Table tennis (since November 1924)


10. Basketball (since 4 June 1954)


11. 
    Ice stock sport (since 9 December 1959)


12. Volleyball (since July 1961)


13. 
    Football supporter's section (since 11 December 2000)


14. 
    Ice hockey (1959–91 and again since 1 July 2002)


15. 
    Darts (since 1 July 2006)


16. 
    Triathlon (since January 2008)


17. 
    Ultimate (since 2015)


18. 
    Table football (since July 2016)

Betty Heidler while being honoured in Osaka.

The most famous athlete of Eintracht Frankfurt is Betty Heidler, the hammer thrower world champion of 2007. Other Eintracht athletes include the 2008 Olympians Andrea Bunjes, Ariane Friedrich, Kamghe Gaba and Kathrin Klaas.

The club's rugby union section twice reached the final of the German rugby union championship, in 1940 and 1965.^[11]

Within the football section, the sports club directly manages only the youth system and the reserve team. The professional footballers are managed as a separate limited corporation, Eintracht Frankfurt Fußball-AG, which is a subsidiary of the parent club.

References

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   ^ "Eintracht turn to Daum after Skibbe sacking". UEFA. 22 March 2011.
   


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   ^ "Dortmund condemn Eintracht to the drop". UEFA. 14 May 2011.
   


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   ^ FR-Online, Eintracht Frankfurt ist zurück in der 1. Liga, accessed 2012-05-02
   


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   ^ ^abcdef "Germany - Eintracht Frankfurt - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
   


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   ^ eintracht.de Erfolge / Rekorde (http://www.eintracht.de/verein/historie/erfolge-rekorde/.
   


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   ^ "Spielerkader" [Player squad]. eintracht.de (in German). Eintracht Frankfurt Fußball AG. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
   


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   ^ Unsere Eintracht – Eintracht Frankfurt – Die Chronik, Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen, 2011, p. 236
   


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    ^ Das Frankfurter Derby elektrisiert (in German) www.kicker.de, published: 21 August 2011, accessed: 21 August 2011
    


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    ^ Die Deutschen Meister der Männer Archived 25 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine. DRV website – German rugby union finals, accessed: 29 December 2008
    

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Eintracht Frankfurt.

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  Official website (in German) (in Japanese)
  


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  First official fansite (in German)
  


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  Official stadium website (in German)
  


• Eintracht Frankfurt statistics


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  Rugby section (in German)
  

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v t e Eintracht Frankfurt seasons

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v t e Bundesliga
2018–19 clubs	FC Augsburg Hertha BSC Werder Bremen Borussia Dortmund Fortuna Düsseldorf Eintracht Frankfurt SC Freiburg Hannover 96 1899 Hoffenheim RB Leipzig Bayer Leverkusen Mainz 05 Borussia Mönchengladbach Bayern Munich 1. FC Nürnberg Schalke 04 VfB Stuttgart VfL Wolfsburg
Former clubs	TSV 1860 Munich Alemannia Aachen Arminia Bielefeld Bayer 05 Uerdingen/KFC Uerdingen 05 Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin VfL Bochum Borussia Neunkirchen Dynamo Dresden Eintracht Braunschweig Energie Cottbus Darmstadt 98 Fortuna Köln SpVgg Greuther Fürth Hamburger SV Hansa Rostock FC 08 Homburg FC Ingolstadt 1. FC Kaiserslautern Karlsruher SC Kickers Offenbach 1. FC Köln VfB Leipzig Meidericher SV/MSV Duisburg Preußen Münster Rot-Weiss Essen Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 1. FC Saarbrücken SC Paderborn 07 FC St. Pauli Stuttgarter Kickers Tasmania Berlin Tennis Borussia Berlin SSV Ulm 1846 SpVgg Unterhaching Waldhof Mannheim Wattenscheid 09 Wuppertaler SV
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Category Managers Players

v t e 2. Bundesliga
2018–19 clubs	Erzgebirge Aue Union Berlin Arminia Bielefeld VfL Bochum Darmstadt 98 Dynamo Dresden MSV Duisburg Greuther Fürth Hamburger SV 1. FC Heidenheim FC Ingolstadt Holstein Kiel 1. FC Köln 1. FC Magdeburg SC Paderborn Jahn Regensburg SV Sandhausen FC St. Pauli
Former clubs	2. Bundesliga (1981–present) Alemannia Aachen VfR Aalen Rot Weiss Ahlen Viktoria Aschaffenburg FC Augsburg SV Babelsberg 03 SpVgg Bayreuth Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin Tennis Borussia Berlin Stahl Brandenburg Eintracht Braunschweig Wacker Burghausen VfR Bürstadt SC Charlottenburg Chemnitzer FC Energie Cottbus Fortuna Düsseldorf Rot-Weiß Erfurt Rot-Weiss Essen Eintracht Frankfurt FSV Frankfurt Freiburger FC SC Freiburg FC Gütersloh Hallescher FC Hannover 96 TSV Havelse Hertha BSC 1899 Hoffenheim FC Homburg Carl Zeiss Jena 1. FC Kaiserslautern Karlsruher SC Hessen Kassel TuS Koblenz Fortuna Köln RB Leipzig VfB Leipzig VfB Lübeck Waldhof Mannheim 1. FSV Mainz 05 SV Meppen Borussia Mönchengladbach TSV 1860 Munich Preußen Münster 1. FC Nürnberg Kickers Offenbach Rot-Weiß Oberhausen VfB Oldenburg VfL Osnabrück FC Remscheid SSV Reutlingen Hansa Rostock 1. FC Saarbrücken FSV Salmrohr Schalke 04 TuS Schloß Neuhaus 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 Sportfreunde Siegen Union Solingen VfB Stuttgart Stuttgarter Kickers Eintracht Trier KFC Uerdingen 05 SSV Ulm 1846 SpVgg Unterhaching Wattenscheid 09 SV Wehen Wiesbaden VfL Wolfsburg Wormatia Worms Wuppertaler SV Würzburger Kickers FSV Zwickau 2. Bundesliga Nord (1974–1981) HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst Wacker 04 Berlin 1. FC Bocholt Bonner SC Werder Bremen OSC Bremerhaven Borussia Dortmund SpVgg Erkenschwick Schwarz-Weiß Essen 1. SC Göttingen 05 DJK Gütersloh Arminia Hannover OSV Hannover SC Herford Westfalia Herne Viktoria Köln Bayer Leverkusen Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid 1. FC Mülheim Spandauer SV DSC Wanne-Eickel Olympia Wilhelmshaven 2. Bundesliga Süd (1974–1981) Eintracht Bad Kreuznach KSV Baunatal VfB Eppingen FC Hanau 93 VfR Heilbronn Bayern Hof ESV Ingolstadt MTV Ingolstadt VfR Mannheim Borussia Neunkirchen FK Pirmasens BSV 07 Schwenningen Röchling Völklingen Würzburger FV
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v t e UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League winners
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UEFA Europa League	2000s 2009–10: Atlético Madrid 2010s 2010–11: Porto 2011–12: Atlético Madrid 2012–13: Chelsea 2013–14: Sevilla 2014–15: Sevilla 2015–16: Sevilla 2016–17: Manchester United 2017–18: Atlético Madrid

v t e Under 19 Bundesliga South/Southwest 2018–19 clubs
FC Augsburg Eintracht Frankfurt FSV Frankfurt SC Freiburg 1. FC Heidenheim TSG 1899 Hoffenheim FC Ingolstadt 04 1. FC Kaiserslautern Karlsruher SC 1. FSV Mainz 05 FC Bayern Munich 1. FC Nürnberg VfB Stuttgart Stuttgarter Kickers

v t e Under 17 Bundesliga South/Southwest 2018–19 clubs
FC Augsburg Eintracht Frankfurt 1. FC Heidenheim TSG 1899 Hoffenheim FC Ingolstadt 04 Karlsruher SC 1. FSV Mainz 05 FC Bayern Munich 1. FC Nürnberg Stuttgarter Kickers VfB Stuttgart SSV Ulm 1846 SpVgg Unterhaching SV Wehen Wiesbaden

v t e Under 15 Regionalliga Süd 2018–19 clubs
SV Darmstadt 98 Eintracht Frankfurt FSV Frankfurt SC Freiburg TSG 1899 Hoffenheim Karlsruher SC SV Sandhausen Stuttgarter Kickers VfB Stuttgart SV Wehen Wiesbaden TSG Wieseck

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