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Eintracht Frankfurt in European football

Eintracht Frankfurt played their very first official match in competitive European football on 11 November 1959. This was a European Cup first round game against BSC Young Boys of Switzerland. The match ended in a 4–1 away victory for the Eintracht. However, a Frankfurt XI took part already earlier in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup with several Eintracht players in the squad. Requirements had it that the best players from the eligible teams Eintracht Frankfurt, FSV Frankfurt, Kickers Offenbach and SpVgg 03 Neu-Isenburg were picked to form a representative inter-city side.

Eintracht Frankfurt in European football
ClubEintracht Frankfurt
Seasons played29
Most appearancesKevin Trapp (60)
Top scorerBernd Hölzenbein (24)
First entry1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Latest entry2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League
Titles
Champions League0
Europa League
2
Cup Winners' Cup0
Europa Conference League0
Super Cup0

Summary edit

The club's first ever match against European opponents was a friendly match against Swedish side Malmö FF in 1920 when the Scanians visited Germany.

In season 1959–60, Eintracht took part in the European Cup. In this season, they became the first German club to reach a European final, eventually losing 7–3 to Real Madrid.

In the 1966–67 season, the club played in the Intertoto Cup which they finally won, facing Inter Bratislava in the final. Plus in the same season, Eintracht played in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and reached the semi-finals. In 1967, the Eagles won the Cup of the Alps, a tournament then composed of Italian, Swiss and German teams.

Frankfurt's first appearance in the renamed UEFA Cup was in 1972, the first step in the Cup Winners' Cup stage was made in 1974.

In the 1979–80 edition of the UEFA Cup, Eintracht reached the finals. The first leg was lost at fellow West German club Borussia Mönchengladbach, but the second leg was decided by the send on striker Fred Schaub in the 81st minute and secured the Mainhattan club the first major European title.

In the 1980s, the club struggled to participate regularly in European competitions.

Between the beginning to the mid-1990s the Eagles re-established themselves as a powerhouse in Europe and advanced far in the UEFA Cup regularly with players such as Uwe Bein, Jay-Jay Okocha, Uli Stein, Ralf Weber and Tony Yeboah on the books.

Despite reaching the 1994–95 UEFA Cup quarter-finals, Eintracht bounced between the first two tiers for almost ten years after the relegation from the Bundesliga in the 1995–96 campaign.

Since 2005, they were part of the first Bundesliga again and immediately qualified for the UEFA Cup due to the participation in the DFB Cup final against Bayern Munich who were already qualified for the Champions League. In the following UEFA Cup campaign, Eintracht reached the group stage and seemed to be likely to advance to the next round but conceded two goals at Fenerbahçe after being up 2–0 what meant that Eintracht had to defer to the Istanbul club.

In 2013, Eintracht played at Bordeaux with 12,000 fans from Frankfurt and about 8,000 Bordeaux supporters. Eintracht were eliminated in the round of 32 after drawing twice with Porto.

In 2018, the qualification for the Europa League group stage was achieved by winning the DFB Cup for the first time in thirty years. In the 2018–19 Europa League, Luka Jović with his ten goals aided Eintracht to reach the semi-finals of the competition, only losing on penalties to the eventual champions, Chelsea.

On 14 April 2022, over 20,000 fans travelled as Eintracht defeated Barcelona 3–2 at the Camp Nou and 4–3 on aggregate in the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League to qualify for the semi-finals.[1] On 18 May 2022, Eintracht secured the Europa League title after winning 5–4 on penalties (1–1 after extra time) against Rangers in the final.[2][3]

On 10 August 2022, Eintracht played in their first Super Cup final against 2021–22 UEFA Champions Winners Real Madrid in Helsinki. They lost the game 2–0.[4]

Overall record edit

Results (%)

  Won – 90 (54%)
  Drew – 32 (19%)
  Lost – 45 (27%)
Accurate as of 22 February 2024
Competition Played Won Drew Lost GF GA GD Win%
European Cup / Champions League 15 7 3 5 30 28 +2 046.67
Cup Winners' Cup 24 14 3 7 41 23 +18 058.33
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League 113 62 25 26 215 118 +97 054.87
UEFA Europa Conference League 10 4 2 4 17 12 +5 040.00
UEFA Intertoto Cup 5 3 0 2 14 6 +8 060.00
UEFA Super Cup 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 000.00
Total 167 90 32 45 315 187 +128 053.89

Legend: GF = Goals For. GA = Goals Against. GD = Goal Difference.

UEFA competitions edit

Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate
1959–60 European Cup Preliminary Round   KuPS KuPS withdrew[note 1]
First Round   Young Boys 1–1 4–1 5–2
Quarter-Final   Wiener SC 2–1 1–1 3–2
Semi-Final   Rangers 6–1 6–3 12–4
Final   Real Madrid 3–7
1972–73 UEFA Cup First Round   Liverpool 0–0 0–2 0–2
1974–75 Cup Winners' Cup First Round   Monaco 3–0 2–2 5–2
Second Round   Dynamo Kyiv 2–3 1–2 3–5
1975–76 Cup Winners' Cup First Round   Coleraine 5–1 6–2 11–3
Second Round   Atlético Madrid 1–0 2–1 3–1
Quarter-Final   Sturm Graz 1–0 2–0 3–0
Semi-Final   West Ham United 2–1 1–3 3–4
1977–78 UEFA Cup First Round   Sliema Wanderers 5–0 0–0 5–0
Second Round   Zürich 4–3 3–0 7–3
Third Round   Bayern Munich 4–0 2–1 6–1
Quarter-Final   Grasshoppers 3–2 0–1 3–3 (a)
1979–80 UEFA Cup First Round   Aberdeen 1–0 1–1 2–1
Second Round   Dinamo București 3–0 (a.e.t.) 0–2 3–2
Third Round   Feyenoord 4–1 0–1 4–2
Quarter-Final   Zbrojovka Brno 4–1 2–3 6–4
Semi-Final   Bayern Munich 5–1 (a.e.t.) 0–2 5–3
Final   Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–0 2–3 3–3 (a)
1980–81 UEFA Cup First Round   Shakhtar Donetsk 3–0 0–1 3–1
Second Round   Utrecht 3–1 1–2 4–3
Third Round   FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 4–2 0–2 4–4 (a)
1981–82 Cup Winners' Cup First Round   PAOK 2–0 0–2 2–2, 5–4 (p)
Second Round   SKA Rostov 2–0 0–1 2–1
Quarter-Final   Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 0–2 2–3
1988–89 Cup Winners' Cup First Round   Grasshoppers 1–0 0–0 1–0
Second Round   Sakaryaspor 3–1 3–0 6–1
Quarter-Final   KV Mechelen 0–0 0–1 0–1
1990–91 UEFA Cup First Round   Brøndby IF 4–1 0–5 4–6
1991–92 UEFA Cup First Round   Spora Luxembourg 6–1 5–0 11–1
Second Round   Gent 0–1 0–0 0–1
1992–93 UEFA Cup First Round   Widzew Łódź 9–0 2–2 11–2
Second Round   Galatasaray 0–0 0–1 0–1
1993–94 UEFA Cup First Round   Dynamo Moscow 1–2 6–0 7–2
Second Round   Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2–0 0–1 2–1
Third Round   Deportivo La Coruña 1–0 1–0 2–0
Quarter-Final   Austria Salzburg 1–0 0–1 1–1, 4–5 (p)
1994–95 UEFA Cup First Round   Olimpija Ljubljana 2–0 1–1 3–1
Second Round   Rapid București 5–0 1–2 6–2
Third Round   Napoli 1–0 1–0 2–0
Quarter-Final   Juventus 1–1 0–3 1–4
1995 Intertoto Cup Group 12   Spartak Plovdiv — 4–0 2nd
  Iraklis 5–1 —
  FK Panerys Vilnius — 4–0
  Vorwärts Steyr 1–2 —
Second Round [5]   Bordeaux — 0–3 0–3
2006–07 UEFA Cup First Round   Brøndby IF 4–0 2–2 6–2
Group A   Palermo 1–2 — 5th
  Celta Vigo — 1–1
  Newcastle United 0–0 —
  Fenerbahçe — 2–2
2013–14 UEFA Europa League Play-off Round   Qarabağ 2–1 2–0 4–1
Group F   Bordeaux 3–0 1–0 1st
  APOEL 2–0 3–0
  Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–0 2–4
Round of 32   Porto 3–3 2–2 5–5 (a)
2018–19 UEFA Europa League Group H   Marseille 4–0 2–1 1st
  Lazio 4–1 2–1
  Apollon Limassol 2–0 3–2
Round of 32   Shakhtar Donetsk 4–1 2–2 6–3
Round of 16   Internazionale 0–0 1–0 1–0
Quarter-Final   Benfica 2–0 2–4 4–4 (a)
Semi-Final   Chelsea 1–1 1–1 (a.e.t.) 2–2, 3–4 (p)
2019–20 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying Round   Flora 2–1 2–1 4–2
Third qualifying Round   Vaduz 1–0 5–0 6–0
Play-off Round   Strasbourg 3–0 0–1 3–1
Group F   Arsenal 0–3 2–1 2nd
  Standard Liège 2–1 1–2
  Vitória de Guimarães 2–3 1–0
Round of 32   Red Bull Salzburg 4–1 2–2 6–3
Round of 16   Basel 0–3 0–1 0–4
2021–22 UEFA Europa League Group D   Fenerbahçe 1–1 1–1 1st
  Antwerp 1–1 1–0
  Olympiacos 3–1 2–1
Round of 16   Real Betis 1–1 (a.e.t.) 2–1 3–2
Quarter-Final   Barcelona 1–1 3–2 4–3
Semi-Final   West Ham United 1–0 2–1 3–1
Final   Rangers 1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p) (N)
2022–23 UEFA Super Cup Final   Real Madrid 0–2 (N)
UEFA Champions League Group D   Sporting CP 0–3 2–1 2nd
  Marseille 2–1 1–0
  Tottenham Hotspur 0–0 2–3
Round of 16   Napoli 0–2 0–3 0–5
2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League Play-off Round   Levski Sofia 2–0 1–1 3–1
Group G   Aberdeen 2–1 0–2 2nd
  PAOK 1–2 1–2
  HJK 6–0 1–0
Knockout Round Play-off   Union Saint-Gilloise 1–2 2–2 3–4

Non-UEFA competitions edit

Season Competition Round Opposition Home Away Aggregate
1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup[6] Group D   London XI 1–0 2–3 2nd
Group D   Basel XI 5–1 2–6
1964–65 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup First Round   Kilmarnock 3–0 1–5 4–5
1965–66 Intertoto Cup Group A3   FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 4–0 2–3 3rd
  IFK Norrköping 1–2 0–1
  PSV 4–2 0–3
1966–67 Intertoto Cup Group A1   FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 3–1 4–2 1st
  Feyenoord Rotterdam 2–0 4–1
  Lanerossi Vicenza 1–5 1–0
Quarter-Final   IFK Norrköping 3–1 1–2 4–3
Semi-Final   Zagłębie Sosnowiec 6–1 1–4 7–5
Final   Inter Bratislava 1–1 3–2 4–3
1966–67 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup First Round   Drumcondra 6–1 2–0 8–1
Second Round   Hvidovre IF 5–1 2–2 7–3
Third Round   Ferencvárosi TC 4–1 1–2 5–3
Quarter-Final   Burnley 1–1 2–1 3–2
Semi-Final   Dinamo Zagreb 3–0 0–4 (a.e.t) 3–4
1967–68 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup First Round   Nottingham Forest 0–1 0–4 0–5
1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup First Round   Wacker Innsbruck 3–0 2–2 5–2
Second Round   Juventus 1–0 (a.e.t) 0–0 1–0
Third Round   Athletic Bilbao 1–1 0–1 1–2

Teams played edit

Eintracht Frankfurt have played against clubs from 36 countries (clubs classed by the country they were in when the game was played). Eintracht have played 99 different clubs in Europe.

Country Clubs
  Austria Sturm Graz, Wacker Innsbruck, Austria Salzburg, Vorwärts Steyr, Wiener SC
  Azerbaijan Qarabağ
  Belgium Antwerp, Gent, Standard Liège, KV Mechelen, Union Saint-Gilloise
  Bulgaria Spartak Plovdiv, Levski Sofia
  Cyprus APOEL, Apollon Limassol
  Czechoslovakia Zbrojovka Brno (now Czech Republic  ), Inter Bratislava (now Slovakia  )
  Denmark Brøndby, Hvidovre IF
  England Arsenal, Burnley, Chelsea, Liverpool, London XI, Newcastle United,
Nottingham Forest, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United
  Estonia Flora
  Finland HJK
  France Girondins de Bordeaux, Marseille, Monaco, Strasbourg
  Germany (West) Borussia Mönchengladbach, Bayern Munich
  Greece Iraklis, Olympiacos, PAOK
  Hungary Ferencváros
  Ireland Drumcondra
  Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
  Italy Internazionale, Juventus, Lazio, Napoli, Palermo, Lanerossi Vicenza
  Liechtenstein Vaduz
  Lithuania Panerys Vilnius
  Luxembourg Spora Luxembourg
  Malta Sliema Wanderers
  Netherlands PSV Eindhoven, Feyenoord, Utrecht
  Northern Ireland Coleraine
  Poland Widzew Łódź, Zagłębie Sosnowiec
  Portugal Benfica, Porto, Sporting CP, Vitória de Guimarães
  Romania Dinamo București, Rapid București
  Russia Dynamo Moscow
  Scotland Aberdeen, Kilmarnock, Rangers
  Slovenia Olimpija Ljubljana
  Soviet Union Shakhtar Donetsk (now   Ukraine), Dynamo Kyiv (now   Ukraine),
SKA Rostov (now   Russia)
  Spain Barcelona, Real Betis, Athletic Bilbao, Deportivo La Coruña, Atlético Madrid, Real Madrid, Celta Vigo
  Sweden IFK Norrköping
   Switzerland Basel, Basel XI, Young Boys, FC Biel-Bienne,
FC La Chaux-de-Fonds, FC Lausanne-Sport, Zürich, Grasshoppers
  Turkey Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray, Sakaryaspor
  Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, Shakhtar Donetsk
  Yugoslavia Dinamo Zagreb (now   Croatia)

Record by country of opposition edit

As of 22 February 2024
Country Pld W D L Win %
  Austria 11 6 3 2 55
  Azerbaijan 2 2 0 0 100
  Belgium 10 2 4 4 20
  Bulgaria 3 2 0 0 66.67
  Cyprus 4 4 0 0 100
  Czechoslovakia 4 2 1 1 50
  Denmark 4 2 1 1 50
  England 21 7 6 8 33.33
  Estonia 2 2 0 0 100
  Finland 2 2 0 0 100
  France 13 9 1 3 69.23
  Germany (West) 6 4 0 2 66.67
  Greece 7 4 0 3 57.14
  Hungary 2 1 0 1 50
  Ireland 2 2 0 0 100
  Israel 2 1 0 1 50
  Italy 21 11 4 6 52.38
  Liechtenstein 2 2 0 0 100
  Lithuania 1 1 0 0 100
  Luxembourg 2 2 0 0 100
  Malta 2 1 1 0 50
  Netherlands 8 5 0 3 62.5
  Northern Ireland 2 2 0 0 100
  Poland 4 2 1 1 50
  Portugal 8 3 2 3 37.5
  Romania 4 2 0 2 50
  Russia 2 1 0 1 50
  Scotland 9 5 2 2 55.56
  Slovenia 2 1 1 0 50
  Spain 13 6 4 3 46.15
  Sweden 3 1 0 2 33.33
  Switzerland 20 13 2 5 65
  Turkey 7 2 4 1 28.57
  Ukraine 4 2 1 1 50
  USSR 6 2 0 4 33.33
  Yugoslavia 2 1 0 1 50
Totals 215 116 39 60 53.95

Pld – Played; W – Won; D – Drawn; L – Lost

Record players edit

Key

SC = UEFA Super Cup, EC / CL = European Cup / Champions League, CLQ = Champions League Qualifying, EL / UC = Europa League / UEFA Cup, ELQ = Europa League Qualifying, CWC = Cup Winners' Cup, UIC = Intertoto Cup, UECL = UEFA Europa Conference League

As of 22 February 2024

Most appearances edit

Rank Player Eintracht career SC EC / CL CLQ EL / UC ELQ CWC UIC UECL Total
1   Kevin Trapp 2012–2015
2018– 		1 8 – 39 3 – – 9 60
2   Charly Körbel 1972–1991 – – – 25 – 23 5 – 53
3   Sebastian Rode 2010–2014
2019– 		1 6 – 33 3 – – 3 46
4   Willi Neuberger 1974–1983 – – – 25 – 14 6 – 45
5   Bernd Nickel 1967–1983 – – – 20 – 16 6 – 42
6   Makoto Hasebe 2014– – 4 – 29 5 – – 3 41
7   Bernd Hölzenbein 1967–1981 – – – 24 – 11 5 – 40
8   Filip Kostić 2018–2022 – – – 34 5 – – – 39
9   Daichi Kamada 2017–2018
2019–2023 		1 8 – 23 6 – – – 38
10   Evan Ndicka 2018–2023 1 8 – 25 3 – – – 37

Top goalscorers edit

Numbers in brackets indicate appearances made. Ø = goals per game

Rank Player Eintracht career SC EC / CL CLQ EL / UC ELQ CWC UIC Total Ø
1   Bernd Hölzenbein 1967–1981 – – – 10 (24) – 08 (11) 06 0(5) 24 (40) 0.63
2   Daichi Kamada 2017–2018
2019–2023 		00 0(1) 03 0(8) – 11 (29) – – – 14 (38) 0.37
3   Tony Yeboah 1990–1995 – – – 12 (16) – – – 12 (16) 0.75
  Filip Kostić 2018–2022 – – – 09 (34) 03 0(5) – – 12 (39) 0.31
5   Bernd Nickel 1967–1983 – – – 05 (20) – 05 (16) 01 0(6) 11 (42) 0.26
6   Luka Jović 2017–2019
2021 		– – – 10 (14) – – – 10 (14) 0.71
7   Jan Furtok 1993–1995 – – – 07 (14) – – 01 0(1) 08 (15) 0.53
8   Alexander Meier 2004–2018 – – – 07 0(9) – – – 07 0(9) 0.78
  Jürgen Grabowski 1965–1980 – – – 04 (16) – 03 (12) 00 0(4) 07 (32) 0.22
10   Harald Karger 1979–1983 – – – 06 (11) – – – 06 (11) 0.55
  Wolfgang Kraus 1971–1979
1986–1987 		– – – 04 0(8) – 01 0(5) 01 0(4) 06 (17) 0.35
  Rüdiger Wenzel 1975–1979 – – – 03 0(6) – 01 0(8) 02 0(4) 06 (18) 0.33
  Cha Bum-kun 1979–1983 – – – 05 (16) – 01 0(6) – 06 (22) 0.27
  Gonçalo Paciência 2018–2020
2021–2022 		– – – 03 (22) 03 0(6) – – 06 (28) 0.21

Map edit

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Eintracht Frankfurt's opponents in Europe
  Red: Eintracht
  Yellow: Opponents in Inter-Cities Fairs Cup / UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League
  Black: European Cup / UEFA Champions League
  Green: Intertoto Cup
  Blue: Cup of the Alps / Philips Trophy
  Purple: Cup Winners' Cup
  Pink: UEFA Super Cup
  Brown: UEFA Europa Conference League

References edit

  1. ^ "Frankfurt's Filip Kostic doubles up to dump Barcelona out of Europa League". The Guardian. 14 April 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Eintracht Frankfurt 1-1 Rangers (AET): Aaron Ramsey misses spot-kick as Ibrox side lose Europa League final on penalties". Sky Sports. 19 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Rangers suffer Europa League final shootout defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt". The Guardian. 18 May 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Real Madrid lift Super Cup after Alaba and Benzema sink Eintracht Frankfurt". Guardian. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  5. ^ Effectively the last 16 teams
  6. ^ A Frankfurt XI took part in the competition with Eintracht mostly contributing several players to the squad. The results of this competition are included in the statistics

Notes edit

  1. ^ Initially, Kuopion Palloseura planned to move their home match to Schwenningen, West Germany, to generate more income. That plan was rejected by UEFA, so KuPS withdrew and Eintracht Frankfurt advanced in a walkover.

Sources edit

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