2002–03 Eintracht Frankfurt season

The 2002–03 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 103rd season in the club's football history. In 2002–03 the club played in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football. It was the club's 4th season in the 2. Bundesliga. The season ended for Eintracht with promotion to the Bundesliga after finishing 3rd in the 2. Bundesliga.

Eintracht Frankfurt
2002-03 season
ChairmanVolker Sparmann
ManagerWilli Reimann
2. Bundesliga3rd (promoted)
DFB-PokalSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: Ervin Skela (10)
All: Ervin Skela (11)
Highest home attendance25,500 (25 May, vs SSV Reutlingen)
Lowest home attendance10,000 (27 October, vs LR Ahlen)
Average home league attendance15,765

Results

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Friendlies

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  Win   Draw   Loss

10 July 2002 (2002-07-10) Rödermark XI 2–4 Eintracht Frankfurt Rödermark, Germany
18:30 CEST Fäth   35'
Grimm   88'
(Report) Jones   3'
Guié-Mien   12'
Kryszałowicz   32'
Skela   71'
Stadium: Sportanlage Frankfurter Straße
Attendance: 900
Referee: Grieben
14 July 2002 (2002-07-14) VfB Aßlar 1–4 Eintracht Frankfurt Haiger, Germany
15:00 CEST Hassler   64' (Report) Weißenfeldt   4'
Kryszałowicz   71'
Streit   73'
Diakité   87'
Stadium: Stadion auf den Haarwasen
Attendance: 600
Referee: Deimann
17 July 2002 (2002-07-17) SV Erzhausen 0–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Erzhausen, Germany
(Report) Guié-Mien   25'
Kryszałowicz   38'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Ballweg
20 July 2002 (2002-07-20) Racing Strasbourg 2–3 Eintracht Frankfurt Haguenau, France
18:00 CEST Ljuboja   9'
Bertin   46' (pen.)
(Report) Guié-Mien   36' (pen.)
Kryszałowicz   39'
Attendance: 3,000
24 July 2002 (2002-07-24) Westerburg / Willmenrod / Gemünden XI 0–22 Eintracht Frankfurt Gemünden, Germany
19:00 CEST (Report) Hengemühle        
Diakité     
Skela     
Toppmöller   
Tsoumou-Madza   
Cimen  
Streit  
Vivian  
Stadium: Sportplatz Gemünden
Attendance: 1,500
28 July 2002 (2002-07-28) Rot-Weiß Walldorf 0–8 Eintracht Frankfurt
(Report) Tsoumou-Madza   5'
Montero   32'
Skela   48'
Guié-Mien   56'
Branco   62' (pen.)
Diakité   70'
Hengemühle   85'
Toppmöller   87'
Attendance: 2,000
31 July 2002 (2002-07-31) Gießen XI 1–8 Eintracht Frankfurt Fernwald, Germany
  (Report) Jones   
Hengemühle   
Guié-Mien  
Wiedener  
Wenczel  
Tsoumou-Madza  
Attendance: 600
27 August 2002 (2002-08-27) FC Oberursel 2–2 Eintracht Frankfurt
18:30 CEST Oteng-Mensa   33'
Sauer   42'
(Report) Diakité   17'
Skela   74'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Stieler
22 October 2002 (2002-10-22) Usinger TSG 0–7 Eintracht Frankfurt Usingen, Germany
(Report) Toppmöller     
Streit   
Skela  
Attendance: 650
14 January 2003 (2003-01-14) CF Gandía 1–3 Eintracht Frankfurt Oliva, Spain
16:00 CEST Miguel   16' (pen.) (Report) Tsoumou-Madza   14'
Hengemühle   51'
Diakité   82' (pen.)
Attendance: 20
19 January 2003 (2003-01-19) SV Bernbach 0–7 Eintracht Frankfurt Freigericht, Germany
14:30 CEST Kryszałowicz   23', 41'
Beierle   32'
Tsoumou-Madza   38'
Speranza   46'
Toppmöller   67'
Hengemühle   76' (pen.)
Attendance: 2,000
2 February 2003 (2003-02-02) VfR 09 Meerholz / Gelnhausen XI 1–12 Eintracht Frankfurt Gelnhausen, Germany
18:30 CEST San José   17' (Report) Vivian   8', 49'
Toppmöller   20'
Hengemühle   31', 39', 51', 65'
Wenczel   41', 43'
Speranza   75'
Diakité   79'
Branco   82' (pen.)
Attendance: 500
29 March 2003 (2003-03-29) VfR Lich 1–6 Eintracht Frankfurt Lich, Germany
Schwarzer   36' (Report) Jones   20', 75'
Beierle   25'
Toppmöller   30', 45'
Hengemühle   78'
Attendance: 1,500

Indoor soccer tournaments

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Nürnberg

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6 January 2002 (2002-01-06) First match Eintracht Frankfurt 1–2 VfB Stuttgart Nuremberg, Germany
Schur   3' (Report) Amanatidis   2', 6' Stadium: Arena Nürnberg
6 January 2002 (2002-01-06) Second match Eintracht Frankfurt 4–4 TSV München 1860 Nuremberg, Germany
Kryszałowicz   9', 16'
Bürger   11'
Diakité   14'
(Report) Wiesinger   6'
Borimirov   16'
Pürk   17'
Meyer   20'
Stadium: Arena Nürnberg

Bielefeld

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8 January 2002 (2002-01-08) First match Arminia Bielefeld 2–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Bielefeld, Germany
Wichniarek   16'
Cha   18'
(Report) Kryszałowicz   1' Stadium: Seidenstickerhalle
8 January 2002 (2002-01-08) Second match VfL Osnabrück 3–4 Eintracht Frankfurt Bielefeld, Germany
Schütte   5', 14'
Menga   10'
(Report) Diakité   3'
Kryszałowicz   13', 20'
Skela   20'
Stadium: Seidenstickerhalle
8 January 2002 (2002-01-08) Semi-final match Werder Bremen 4–4
(4–3 p)
Eintracht Frankfurt Bielefeld, Germany
Mamoum   4'
Borowski   12', 17'
Klasnić   13'
(Report) Kryszałowicz   1', 14'
Speranza   6'
Vivian   10'
Stadium: Seidenstickerhalle
Penalties
8 January 2002 (2002-01-08) 3rd place playoff VfL Osnabrück 3–5 Eintracht Frankfurt Bielefeld, Germany
Menga   6', 20'
Tammen   16'
(Report) Skela   3'
Wenczel   7'
Speranza   15'
Bürger   18'
Montero   20'
Stadium: Seidenstickerhalle

Competitions

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  Win   Draw   Loss

2. Bundesliga

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League table
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 SC Freiburg (C, P) 34 20 7 7 58 32 +26 67 Promotion to Bundesliga
2 1. FC Köln (P) 34 18 11 5 63 45 +18 65
3 Eintracht Frankfurt (P) 34 17 11 6 59 33 +26 62
4 Mainz 05 34 19 5 10 64 39 +25 62
5 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 34 15 12 7 52 48 +4 57
Source: Bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Results summary
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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 17 11 6 59 33  +26 62 10 5 2 34 16  +18 7 6 4 25 17  +8
Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH
ResultWWWLLWWLDWWDDWWWLDDWDDWWDLDWDDLWWW
Position1123633562233222222334323343435433
Source: kicker.de
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
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11 August 2002 (2002-08-11) 1 Eintracht Frankfurt 4–0 FC St. Pauli Frankfurt
15:00 CEST Stanislawski   22' (o.g.)
Guié-Mien   83'
Skela   88'
Streit   89'
(Report) Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Christian Wack
19 August 2002 (2002-08-19) 2 SC Freiburg 0–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Freiburg
20:15 CEST (Report) Keller   67'
Guié-Mien   90'
Stadium: Dreisamstadion
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Jürgen Aust
23 August 2002 (2002-08-23) 3 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–0 SpVgg Greuther Fürth Frankfurt
19:00 CEST Jones   26'
Guié-Mien   87'
(Report) Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Walz
10 September 2002 (2002-09-10) 4 1. FC Köln 3–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Cologne
19:00 CEST Lottner   13'
Keller   71' (o.g.)
Scherz   75'
(Report) Bindewald   45'
Kryszałowicz   49'
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 28,500
Referee: Florian Meyer
15 September 2002 (2002-09-15) 5 Eintracht Frankfurt 0–2 Wacker Burghausen Frankfurt
15:00 CEST (Report) Frühbeis   30'
Younga-Mouhani   68'
Younga-Mouhani   70'  
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 13,500
Referee: Mathias Anklam
23 September 2002 (2002-09-23) 6 Karlsruher SC 0–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Karlsruhe
20:15 CEST (Report) Guié-Mien   44', 76' Stadium: Wildparkstadion
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Michael Weiner
29 September 2002 (2002-09-29) 7 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–1 MSV Duisburg Frankfurt
15:00 CEST Guié-Mien   17'
Skela   90'
(Report) Ebbers   24' Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Herbert Fandel
6 October 2002 (2002-10-06) 8 Alemannia Aachen 1–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Aachen
15:00 CEST Ivanović   42' (Report) Stadium: Tivoli
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Hans Voss
18 October 2002 (2002-10-18) 9 Eintracht Trier 2–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Trier
19:00 CEST Guié-Mien   8'
Tsoumou-Madza   76'
Streit   78'  
(Report) Braham   36'
Winkler   41'
Stadium: Moselstadion
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Hellmut Krug
27 October 2002 (2002-10-27) 10 Eintracht Frankfurt 4–1 LR Ahlen Frankfurt
15:00 CEST Tsoumou-Madza   12'
Guié-Mien   15'
Montero   25'
Branco   42'
(Report) Bamba   31' Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Peter Gagelmann
1 November 2002 (2002-11-01) 11 VfB Lübeck 1–3 Eintracht Frankfurt Lübeck
19:00 CEST Bärwolf   70' (Report) Kryszałowicz   4'
Wiedener   16'
Guié-Mien   46'
Stadium: Stadion an der Lohmühle
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Peter Sippel
8 November 2002 (2002-11-08) 12 Eintracht Frankfurt 0–0 Eintracht Braunschweig Frankfurt
19:00 CEST (Report) Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Markus Weber
15 November 2002 (2002-11-15) 13 1. FC Union Berlin 1–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Berlin
19:00 CEST Kryszałowicz   45' (Report) Vidolov   52'
Sandmann   75'  
Stadium: Stadion an der Alten Försterei
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Frank
22 November 2002 (2002-11-22) 14 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–0 Mainz 05 Frankfurt
19:00 CEST Schur   18' (Report) Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Jürgen Jansen
29 November 2002 (2002-11-29) 15 Waldhof Mannheim 0–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Mannheim
19:00 CEST (Report) Montero   72' Stadium: Carl-Benz-Stadion
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
8 December 2002 (2002-12-08) 16 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–0 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen Frankfurt
15:00 CEST Skela   87' (Report) Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Mike Pickel
15 December 2002 (2002-12-15) 17 SSV Reutlingen 1–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Reutlingen
15:00 CEST Ogungbure   67' (Report) Stadium: Stadion an der Kreuzeiche
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Günter Perl
24 January 2003 (2003-01-24) 18 FC St. Pauli 1–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Hamburg
19:00 CEST Skela   36' (Report) Gerber   90' Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Michael Weiner
31 January 2003 (2003-01-31) 19 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–1 SC Freiburg Frankfurt
19:00 CEST Skela   66' (Report) Coulibaly   79' Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 17,500
Referee: Hellmut Krug
9 February 2003 (2003-02-09) 20 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 0–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Fürth
15:00 CEST (Report) Toppmöller   87'
Bindewald   90'  
Stadium: Playmobil-Stadion
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Babak Rafati
17 February 2003 (2003-02-17) 21 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–1 1. FC Köln Frankfurt
20:15 CEST Beierle   2'
Schur   70'  
(Report) Kioyo   58' Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Markus Merk
23 February 2003 (2003-02-23) 22 Wacker Burghausen 3–3 Eintracht Frankfurt Burghausen
15:00 CEST Örüm   10'
Tavčar   37'
Oslislo   54'
(Report) Skela   33'
Tavčar   60' (o.g.)
Montero   73'
Stadium: Wacker-Arena
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Torsten Koop
28 February 2003 (2003-02-28) 23 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–1 Karlsruher SC Frankfurt
19:00 CEST Diakité   16'
Beierle   45'
(Report) Eggimann   58' Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
10 March 2003 (2003-03-10) 24 MSV Duisburg 0–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Duisburg
20:15 CEST (Report) Tsoumou-Madza   34'
Keller   53'
Stadium: Wedaustadion
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Florian Meyer
16 March 2003 (2003-03-16) 25 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–1 Alemannia Aachen Frankfurt
15:00 CEST Skela   30' (Report) Rosin   35' Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Herbert Fandel
21 March 2003 (2003-03-21) 26 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–3 Eintracht Trier Frankfurt
19:00 CEST Beierle   15'
Jones   71'
(Report) Labak   24' (pen.)
Peković   82'
Lösch   88'
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 15,500
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer
6 March 2003 (2003-03-06) 27 LR Ahlen 1–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Ahlen
15:00 CEST Mikolajczak   54' (Report) Beierle   79' Stadium: Wersestadion
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Thomas Frank
13 April 2003 (2003-04-13) 28 Eintracht Frankfurt 3–1 VfB Lübeck Frankfurt
15:00 CEST Jones   10'
Skela   57' (pen.)
Beierle   66'
(Report) Scharping   37' Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 14,500
Referee: Hermann Albrecht
20 April 2003 (2003-04-20) 29 Eintracht Braunschweig 0–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Braunschweig
15:00 CEST (Report) Jones   64'   Stadium: Stadion an der Hamburger Straße
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Dirk Margenberg
25 April 2003 (2003-04-25) 30 Eintracht Frankfurt 0–0 1. FC Union Berlin Frankfurt
19:00 CEST (Report) Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Stephan Kammerer
5 May 2003 (2003-05-05) 31 Mainz 05 3–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Mainz
20:15 CEST Babatz   37'
Beierle   67' (o.g.)
Auer   89'
(Report) Beierle   30'
Schur   74'
Stadium: Bruchwegstadion
Attendance: 18,500
Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack
9 May 2003 (2003-05-09) 32 Eintracht Frankfurt 4–1 Waldhof Mannheim Frankfurt
19:00 CEST Jones   40', 90'
Keller   75'
Skela   82' (pen.)
(Report) Kern   78' Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 15,500
Referee: Felix Brych
18 May 2003 (2003-05-18) 33 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 0–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Oberhausen
15:00 CEST (Report) Toppmöller   11', 19' Stadium: Niederrheinstadion
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Peter Gagelmann
25 May 2003 (2003-05-25) 34 Eintracht Frankfurt 6–3 SSV Reutlingen Frankfurt, Germany
15:00 CEST Jones   5'
Schur   23', 90'
Skela   38'
Diakité   83', 90'
(Report) Frommer   6'
Gambo   53'
Würll   56'
Rehm   87'  
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 25,500
Referee: Hartmut Strampe

DFB-Pokal

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1 September 2002 (2002-09-01) 1st Round Rot-Weiß Erfurt 2–3 (a.e.t.) Eintracht Frankfurt Erfurt, Germany
15:00 CEST Džihić   52'
Okić   85'
(Report) Guié-Mien   17'
Jones   68'
Skela   118'
Stadium: Steigerwaldstadion
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Weiner
5 November 2002 (2002-11-05) 2nd Round Hansa Rostock 1–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Rostock, Germany
19:00 CEST Meggle   90' (Report) Stadium: Ostseestadion
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Scheppe

Players

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First-team squad

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Squad at end of season[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   MKD Oka Nikolov[notes 1]
2 DF   GER Sven Günther
3 MF   GER Henning Bürger
4 DF   GER Andree Wiedener
5 DF   GER Jens Keller
6 FW   GER David Montero
7 MF   ALB Ervin Skela
8 DF   GER Michael Wenczel
9 FW   POL Paweł Kryszałowicz
10 MF   GER Dino Toppmöller
11 MF   GER Jermaine Jones[notes 2]
12 DF   BRA Matheus Vivian
13 DF   GER Uwe Bindewald
14 FW   BRA Franciel Hengemühle
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF   CMR Serge Branco
17 MF   GER Daniyel Cimen
18 DF   GER Baldo di Gregorio
19 MF   GER Albert Streit[notes 3]
20 FW   GER Markus Beierle
21 DF   GER Lars Weißenfeldt
22 GK   GER Sven Schmitt
23 DF   CGO Jean-Clotaire Tsoumou-Madza
24 MF   GER Alexander Schur
26 FW   GER Bakary Diakité[notes 4]
27 MF   GER Giovanni Speranza[notes 5]
29 DF   CRO Vladimir Maljković
30 GK   GER Andreas Menger

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF   CGO Rolf-Christel Guié-Mien (to Freiburg)
No. Pos. Nation Player
DF   GER Christoph Preuß (on loan to Bayer Leverkusen)

Eintracht Frankfurt II

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
25 MF   SCG Nikola Jovanovic
DF   CMR Jean-Paul Ndeki
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   GER Peter Deißenberger
MF   NGA Stephen Famewo

Under-19s

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No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   GER Jan Zimmermann
DF   GER Alexander Huber[notes 6]
No. Pos. Nation Player
DF   GER Christopher Reinhard
DF   GER Marco Russ

Under-17s

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF   GER Mounir Chaftar
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   GER Faton Toski[notes 7]

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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No. Pos Nat Player Total 2. Bundesliga DFB-Pokal
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   MKD Oka Nikolov 36 0 34 0 2 0
2 DF   GER Sven Günther 14 0 14 0 0 0
3 MF   GER Henning Bürger 34 0 32 0 2 0
4 DF   GER Andree Wiedener 25 1 23 1 2 0
5 DF   GER Jens Keller 35 3 33 3 2 0
6 MF   ESP David Montero 31 3 29 3 2 0
7 MF   ALB Ervin Skela 35 11 33 10 2 1
8 DF   GER Michael Wenczel 1 0 1 0 0 0
9 FW   POL Paweł Kryszałowicz 25 3 23 3 2 0
10 MF   GER Dino Toppmöller 16 3 16 3 0 0
11 FW   GER Jermaine Jones 18 7 17 6 1 1
12 DF   BRA Matheus Vivian 2 0 2 0 0 0
13 DF   GER Uwe Bindewald 34 1 32 1 2 0
14 FW   BRA Franciel Hengemühle 1 0 1 0 0 0
15 MF   CGO Rolf-Christel Guié-Mien 18 10 16 9 2 1
16 MF   CMR Serge Branco 19 1 17 1 2 0
17 DF   GER Daniyel Cimen 4 0 4 0 0 0
19 MF   GER Albert Streit 34 1 32 1 2 0
20 FW   GER Markus Beierle 15 6 15 6 0 0
21 MF   GER Lars Weißenfeldt 10 0 10 0 0 0
23 DF   CGO Jean-Clotaire Tsoumou-Madza 36 3 34 3 2 0
24 MF   GER Alexander Schur 33 4 31 4 2 0
26 MF   GER Bakary Diakité 16 3 16 3 0 0
30 GK   GER Andreas Menger 0 0 0 0 0 0

Transfers

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Summer

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Winter

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Notes

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  1. ^ Nikolov was born in Erbach im Odenwald, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Macedonia (now North Macedonia) internationally and made his international debut for Macedonia in September 1998.
  2. ^ Jones was born in Frankfurt, West Germany (now Germany), and represented Germany at U-20, U-21 and B level before making his international debut for Germany in 2008, but also qualified to represent the United States internationally through his father and made his international debut for the United States in October 2010.
  3. ^ Streit was born in Bucharest, Romania, but was raised in Germany and represented Germany at U-16, U-17, U-18 and B level.
  4. ^ Diakité was born in Frankfurt, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Mali internationally and made his international debut for Mali in 2008.
  5. ^ Speranza was born in Giessen, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Italy internationally and represented Italy in futsal.
  6. ^ Huber was born in Leninabad, Tajik SSR, Soviet Union (now Khujand, Tajikistan), but was raised in Germany from the age of 4 and represented Germany at U-20 and B level before making his international debut for Tajikistan in June 2017.
  7. ^ Toski was born in Gjilan, SFR Yugoslavia (now Kosovo, but then part of Serbia and Montenegro), but was raised in Germany and represented Germany at U-19 level before making his international debut for Kosovo in March 2014.

References

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  1. ^ "FootballSquads - Eintracht Frankfurt - 2002/03".

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