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.
Club | Eintracht Frankfurt |
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Seasons played | 30 |
Most appearances | Kevin Trapp (60) |
Top scorer | Bernd Hölzenbein (24) |
First entry | 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
Latest entry | 2024–25 UEFA Europa League |
Titles | |
Champions League | 0 |
Europa League | |
Cup Winners' Cup | 0 |
Europa Conference League | 0 |
Super Cup | 0 |
Summary
editThe 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
editResults (%)
- Accurate as of 22 February 2024
Competition | Played | Won | Drew | Lost | GF | GA | GD | Win% |
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European Cup / Champions League | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 28 | +2 | 46.67 |
Cup Winners' Cup | 24 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 41 | 23 | +18 | 58.33 |
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League | 113 | 62 | 25 | 26 | 215 | 118 | +97 | 54.87 |
UEFA Europa Conference League | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | +5 | 40.00 |
UEFA Intertoto Cup | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 60.00 |
UEFA Super Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0.00 |
Total | 167 | 90 | 32 | 45 | 315 | 187 | +128 | 53.89 |
Legend: GF = Goals For. GA = Goals Against. GD = Goal Difference.
UEFA competitions
editSeason | Competition | Round | Opponent | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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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 | Sochaux | 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 | 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 | 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 | ||
2024–25 | UEFA Europa League | League Phase | Viktoria Plzeň | — | ||
Beşiktaş | — | |||||
RFS | — | |||||
Slavia Prague | — | |||||
Midtjylland | — | |||||
Lyon | — | |||||
Ferencváros | — | |||||
Roma | — |
Non-UEFA competitions
editSeason | Competition | Round | Opposition | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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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 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 4–0 | 2–3 | 3rd |
IFK Norrköping | 1–2 | 0–1 | ||||
PSV Eindhoven | 4–2 | 0–3 | ||||
1966–67 | Intertoto Cup | Group A1 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1st |
Feyenoord | 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 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 7–3 | ||
Third Round | Ferencváros | 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 |
Clubs played
editEintracht 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.
Record by country of opposition
edit- As of 22 February 2024
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
editRank | 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 2019–2024 |
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 | 2014–2024 | – | 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
editNumbers in brackets indicate appearances made. Ø = goals per game
Rank | Player | Eintracht career | SC | EC / CL | CLQ | EL / UC | ELQ | CWC | UIC | Total | Ø |
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1 | Bernd Hölzenbein | 1967–1981 | – | – | – | 10 (24) | – | 8 (11) | 6 (5) | 24 (40) | 0.63 |
2 | Daichi Kamada | 2017–2018 2019–2023 |
0 (1) | 3 (8) | – | 11 (29) | – | – | – | 14 (38) | 0.37 |
3 | Tony Yeboah | 1990–1995 | – | – | – | 12 (16) | – | – | – | 12 (16) | 0.75 |
Filip Kostić | 2018–2022 | – | – | – | 9 (34) | 3 (5) | – | – | 12 (39) | 0.31 | |
5 | Bernd Nickel | 1967–1983 | – | – | – | 5 (20) | – | 5 (16) | 1 (6) | 11 (42) | 0.26 |
6 | Luka Jović | 2017–2019 2021 |
– | – | – | 10 (14) | – | – | – | 10 (14) | 0.71 |
7 | Jan Furtok | 1993–1995 | – | – | – | 7 (14) | – | – | 1 (1) | 8 (15) | 0.53 |
8 | Alexander Meier | 2004–2018 | – | – | – | 7 (9) | – | – | – | 7 (9) | 0.78 |
Jürgen Grabowski | 1965–1980 | – | – | – | 4 (16) | – | 3 (12) | 0 (4) | 7 (32) | 0.22 | |
10 | Harald Karger | 1979–1983 | – | – | – | 6 (11) | – | – | – | 6 (11) | 0.55 |
Wolfgang Kraus | 1971–1979 1986–1987 |
– | – | – | 4 (8) | – | 1 (5) | 1 (4) | 6 (17) | 0.35 | |
Rüdiger Wenzel | 1975–1979 | – | – | – | 3 (6) | – | 1 (8) | 2 (4) | 6 (18) | 0.33 | |
Cha Bum-kun | 1979–1983 | – | – | – | 5 (16) | – | 1 (6) | – | 6 (22) | 0.27 | |
Gonçalo Paciência | 2018–2020 2021–2022 |
– | – | – | 3 (22) | 3 (6) | – | – | 6 (28) | 0.21 |
Map
editRed: 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- ^ "Frankfurt's Filip Kostic doubles up to dump Barcelona out of Europa League". The Guardian. 14 April 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Rangers suffer Europa League final shootout defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt". The Guardian. 18 May 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ^ "Real Madrid lift Super Cup after Alaba and Benzema sink Eintracht Frankfurt". Guardian. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
- ^ Effectively the last 16 teams
- ^ 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- ^ 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- Matheja, Ulrich (2011). Unsere Eintracht - Eintracht Frankfurt - Die Chronik. Die Werkstatt. ISBN 978-3-89533-750-5.