Eintracht Frankfurt in European football explained

Continent:Europe
Eintracht Frankfurt in European football
Club:Eintracht Frankfurt
European Cup:0
Cup Winners' Cup:0
Uefa Super Cup:0
Seasons Played:30
Most Capped Player:Kevin Trapp (60)
Top Scorer:Bernd Hölzenbein (24)
First Entry:1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Last Entry:2024–25 UEFA Europa League
Europa Conference League:0

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.

Summary

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

Accurate as of 22 February 2024

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

UEFA competitions

SeasonCompetitionRoundOpponentHomeAwayAggregate
1959–60European CupPreliminary Round KuPSKuPS withdrew[5]
First Round Young Boys1–1 4–15–2
Quarter-Final Wiener SC2–11–1 3–2
Semi-Final Rangers6–16–312–4
Final Real Madrid3–7
1972–73UEFA CupFirst Round Liverpool0–0 0–20–2
1974–75Cup Winners' CupFirst Round Monaco3–02–2 5–2
Second Round Dynamo Kyiv2–31–23–5
1975–76Cup Winners' CupFirst Round Coleraine5–16–211–3
Second Round Atlético Madrid1–02–13–1
Quarter-Final Sturm Graz1–02–03–0
Semi-Final West Ham United2–11–33–4
1977–78UEFA CupFirst Round Sliema Wanderers5–00–0 5–0
Second Round Zürich4–33–07–3
Third Round Bayern Munich4–02–16–1
Quarter-Final Grasshoppers3–20–13–3 (a)
1979–80UEFA CupFirst Round Aberdeen1–01–1 2–1
Second Round Dinamo București3–0 (a.e.t.)0–23–2
Third Round Feyenoord4–10–14–2
Quarter-Final Zbrojovka Brno4–12–36–4
Semi-Final Bayern Munich5–1 (a.e.t.)0–25–3
Final Borussia Mönchengladbach1–02–33–3 (a)
1980–81UEFA CupFirst Round Shakhtar Donetsk3–00–13–1
Second Round Utrecht3–11–24–3
Third Round FC Sochaux-Montbéliard4–20–24–4 (a)
1981–82Cup Winners' CupFirst Round PAOK2–00–22–2, 5–4 (p)
Second Round SKA Rostov2–00–12–1
Quarter-Final Tottenham Hotspur2–10–22–3
1988–89Cup Winners' CupFirst Round Grasshoppers1–00–01–0
Second Round Sakaryaspor3–13–06–1
Quarter-Final KV Mechelen0–00–10–1
1990–91UEFA CupFirst Round Brøndby IF4–10–54–6
1991–92UEFA CupFirst Round Spora Luxembourg6–15–011–1
Second Round Gent0–10–00–1
1992–93UEFA CupFirst Round Widzew Łódź9–02–211–2
Second Round Galatasaray0–00–10–1
1993–94UEFA CupFirst Round Dynamo Moscow1–26–07–2
Second Round Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk2–00–12–1
Third Round Deportivo La Coruña1–01–02–0
Quarter-Final Austria Salzburg1–00–11–1, 4–5 (p)
1994–95UEFA CupFirst Round Olimpija Ljubljana2–01–13–1
Second Round Rapid București5–01–26–2
Third Round Napoli1–01–02–0
Quarter-Final Juventus1–10–31–4
1995Intertoto CupGroup 12 Spartak Plovdiv4–02nd
Iraklis5–1
FK Panerys Vilnius4–0
Vorwärts Steyr1–2
Second Round [6] Bordeaux0–30–3
2006–07UEFA CupFirst Round Brøndby IF4–02–26–2
Group A Palermo1–25th
Celta Vigo1–1
Newcastle United0–0
Fenerbahçe2–2
2013–14UEFA Europa LeaguePlay-off Round Qarabağ2–12–04–1
Group F Bordeaux3–01–01st
APOEL2–03–0
Maccabi Tel Aviv2–02–4
Round of 32 Porto3–32–25–5 (a)
2018–19UEFA Europa LeagueGroup H4–02–1 1st
4–1 2–1
Apollon Limassol2–0 3–2
Round of 32 Shakhtar Donetsk4–1 2–26–3
Round of 160–01–01–0
Quarter-Final Benfica2–02–44–4 (a)
Semi-Final Chelsea1–11–1 2–2, 3–4 (p)
2019–20UEFA Europa LeagueSecond qualifying Round Flora2–12–14–2
Third qualifying Round Vaduz1–05–06–0
Play-off Round Strasbourg3–00–13–1
Group F Arsenal0–32–12nd
Standard Liège2–11–2
Vitória de Guimarães2–31–0
Round of 32 Red Bull Salzburg4–12–26–3
Round of 16 Basel0–30–10–4
2021–22UEFA Europa LeagueGroup D Fenerbahçe1–11–11st
Antwerp1–11–0
Olympiacos3–12–1
Round of 16 Real Betis1–1 2–13–2
Quarter-Final Barcelona1–13–24–3
Semi-Final West Ham United1–02–13–1
Final Rangers1–1 (N)
2022–23UEFA Super CupFinal Real Madrid0–2 (N)
UEFA Champions LeagueGroup D Sporting CP0–32–12nd
Marseille2–11–0
Tottenham Hotspur0–02–3
Round of 16 Napoli0–20–30–5
2023–24UEFA Europa Conference LeaguePlay-off Round Levski Sofia2–01–13–1
Group G Aberdeen2–10–22nd
PAOK1–21–2
HJK6–01–0
Knockout Round Play-off Union Saint-Gilloise1–22–23–4
2024–25UEFA Europa LeagueGroup TBD TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD

Non-UEFA competitions

SeasonCompetitionRoundOppositionHomeAwayAggregate
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup[7] Group D London XI1–02–32nd
Group D Basel XI5–12–6
1964–65Inter-Cities Fairs CupFirst Round Kilmarnock3–01–54–5
1965–66Intertoto CupGroup A3 FC La Chaux-de-Fonds4–02–33rd
IFK Norrköping1–20–1
PSV4–20–3
1966–67Intertoto CupGroup A1 FC La Chaux-de-Fonds3–14–21st
Feyenoord Rotterdam2–04–1
Lanerossi Vicenza1–51–0
Quarter-Final IFK Norrköping3–11–24–3
Semi-Final Zagłębie Sosnowiec6–11–47–5
Final Inter Bratislava1–1 3–24–3
1966–67Inter-Cities Fairs CupFirst Round Drumcondra6–12–08–1
Second Round Hvidovre IF5–12–2 7–3
Third Round Ferencvárosi TC4–11–25–3
Quarter-Final Burnley1–1 2–13–2
Semi-Final Dinamo Zagreb3–00–4 (a.e.t)3–4
1967–68Inter-Cities Fairs CupFirst Round Nottingham Forest0–10–40–5
1968–69Inter-Cities Fairs CupFirst Round Wacker Innsbruck3–02–2 5–2
Second Round Juventus1–0 (a.e.t)0–0 1–0
Third Round Athletic Bilbao1–1 0–11–2

Teams played

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.

CountryClubs
AustriaSturm Graz, Wacker Innsbruck, Austria Salzburg, Vorwärts Steyr, Wiener SC
AzerbaijanQarabağ
BelgiumAntwerp, Gent, Standard Liège, KV Mechelen, Union Saint-Gilloise
BulgariaSpartak Plovdiv, Levski Sofia
CyprusAPOEL, Apollon Limassol
Zbrojovka Brno (now Czech Republic ), Inter Bratislava (now Slovakia )
DenmarkBrøndby, Hvidovre IF
Arsenal, Burnley, Chelsea, Liverpool, London XI, Newcastle United,
Nottingham Forest, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United
EstoniaFlora
FinlandHJK
FranceGirondins de Bordeaux, Marseille, Monaco, Strasbourg
Germany (West)Borussia Mönchengladbach, Bayern Munich
GreeceIraklis, Olympiacos, PAOK
HungaryFerencváros
IrelandDrumcondra
IsraelMaccabi Tel Aviv
ItalyInternazionale, Juventus, Lazio, Napoli, Palermo, Lanerossi Vicenza
LiechtensteinVaduz
LithuaniaPanerys Vilnius
LuxembourgSpora Luxembourg
MaltaSliema Wanderers
NetherlandsPSV Eindhoven, Feyenoord, Utrecht
Coleraine
PolandWidzew Łódź, Zagłębie Sosnowiec
PortugalBenfica, Porto, Sporting CP, Vitória de Guimarães
RomaniaDinamo București, Rapid București
Dynamo Moscow
Aberdeen, Kilmarnock, Rangers
SloveniaOlimpija Ljubljana
Shakhtar Donetsk (now Ukraine), Dynamo Kyiv (now Ukraine),
SKA Rostov (now)
SpainBarcelona, Real Betis, Athletic Bilbao, Deportivo La Coruña, Atlético Madrid, Real Madrid, Celta Vigo
SwedenIFK Norrköping
SwitzerlandBasel, Basel XI, Young Boys, FC Biel-Bienne,
FC La Chaux-de-Fonds, FC Lausanne-Sport, Zürich, Grasshoppers
TurkeyFenerbahçe, Galatasaray, Sakaryaspor
UkraineDnipro Dnipropetrovsk, Shakhtar Donetsk
Dinamo Zagreb (now Croatia)

Record by country of opposition

CountryPldWDLWin %
Austria1163255
Azerbaijan2200100
Belgium1024420
Bulgaria320066.67
Cyprus4400100
Czechoslovakia421150
Denmark421150
England2176833.33
Estonia2200100
Finland2200100
France1391369.23
Germany (West)640266.67
Greece740357.14
Hungary210150
Ireland2200100
Israel210150
Italy21114652.38
Liechtenstein2200100
Lithuania1100100
Luxembourg2200100
Malta211050
Netherlands850362.5
Northern Ireland2200100
Poland421150
Portugal832337.5
Romania420250
Russia210150
Scotland952255.56
Slovenia211050
Spain1364346.15
Sweden310233.33
Switzerland20132565
Turkey724128.57
Ukraine421150
USSR620433.33
Yugoslavia210150
Totals 215 116 39 60 53.95
Pld – Played; W – Won; D – Drawn; L – Lost

Record players

KeySC = 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

Most appearances

RankPlayerEintracht careerwidth=60SCwidth=60width=60CLQwidth=60width=60ELQwidth=60CWCwidth=60UIC width=60UECLwidth=70Total
1 Kevin Trapp2012–2015
2018–		18–393––960
2 Charly Körbel–––25–235–53
3 Sebastian Rode2010–2014
2019–2024		16–333––346
4 Willi Neuberger1974–1983–––25–146–45
5 Bernd Nickel1967–1983–––20–166–42
6 Makoto Hasebe2014–2024–4–295––341
7 Bernd Hölzenbein1967–1981–––24–115–40
8 Filip Kostić2018–2022–––345–––39
9 Daichi Kamada2017–2018
2019–2023		18–236–––38
10 Evan Ndicka2018–202318–253–––37

Top goalscorers

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

RankPlayerEintracht careerwidth=60SCwidth=60width=60CLQwidth=60width=60ELQwidth=60CWCwidth=60UIC width=70Totalwidth=30Ø
1 Bernd Hölzenbein–––10 (24)–8 (11)6 (5)24 (40)0.63
2 Daichi Kamada2017–2018
2019–2023		0 (1)3 (8)–11 (29)–––14 (38)0.37
3 Tony Yeboah1990–1995–––12 (16)–––12 (16)0.75
Filip Kostić2018–2022–––9 (34)3 (5)––12 (39)0.31
5 Bernd Nickel1967–1983–––5 (20)–5 (16)1 (6)11 (42)0.26
6 Luka Jović2017–2019
2021		–––10 (14)–––10 (14)0.71
7 Jan Furtok1993–1995 –––7 (14)––1 (1)8 (15)0.53
8 Alexander Meier2004–2018–––7 (9)–––7 (9)0.78
Jürgen Grabowski1965–1980–––4 (16)–3 (12)0 (4)7 (32)0.22
10 Harald Karger1979–1983–––6 (11)–––6 (11)0.55
Wolfgang Kraus1971–1979
1986–1987		–––4 (8)–1 (5)1 (4)6 (17)0.35
Rüdiger Wenzel1975–1979–––3 (6)–1 (8)2 (4)6 (18)0.33
Cha Bum-kun1979–1983–––5 (16)–1 (6)–6 (22)0.27
Gonçalo Paciência2018–2020
2021–2022		–––3 (22)3 (6)––6 (28)0.21

Notes

  1. Web site: Frankfurt’s Filip Kostic doubles up to dump Barcelona out of Europa League. 14 April 2022. The Guardian. 15 April 2022.
  2. Web site: 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. News: Rangers suffer Europa League final shootout defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt. 18 May 2022. The Guardian. 20 May 2022.
  4. Web site: Real Madrid lift Super Cup after Alaba and Benzema sink Eintracht Frankfurt. 10 August 2022. Guardian. 11 August 2022.
  5. 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.
  6. Effectively the last 16 teams
  7. 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

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