Eintracht Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankfurt
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Full name |
Eintracht Frankfurt Fußball e.V. |
Nickname(s) |
Die Adler (Eagles),
SGE (Sportgemeinde Eintracht),
Launische Diva (moody diva) |
Founded |
1899 |
Ground |
Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt
(former Waldstadion)
(Capacity: 52,300) |
Chairman |
Heribert Bruchhagen |
Manager |
Friedhelm Funkel |
League |
Bundesliga |
2007/08 |
Bundesliga, 9th |
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Eintracht Frankfurt is a German sports club, based in Frankfurt, Hesse that is best known for its football team.
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. These two teams merged in May of 1911 to become Frankfurter FV (Kickers-Viktoria), which in turn joined the gymnastics club Frankfurter Turngemeinde von 1861 to form TuS Eintracht Frankfurt von 1861 in 1920.
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.
Through the late 20's and into the 30's Eintracht won a handful of local and regional championships, first in the Bezirksliga Main, then the Bezirksliga Main-Hessen, but never made it very far in the national championship rounds except for 1932 when they became runners-up in the German national championship (the final was lost 0-2 to Bayern Munich). 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.
They picked up where they left off after World War II playing as a solid side in the first division Oberliga Süd, 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 Kickers Offenbach to take the German national title and followed up immediately with an outstanding run in the European Champions Cup. Eintracht lost 3-7 to Real Madrid in an exciting final widely regarded as one of the best football matches ever played.
Founding member of the Bundesliga
The side continued to play good football and earned themselves a place as one of the original sixteen teams selected to play in the Bundesliga, Germany's new professional football league, formed in 1963. Eintracht played Bundesliga football for thirty-three seasons finishing in the top half of the table more often than not. Their best Bundesliga performances were five third-place finishes: they ended just two points back of champion VfB Stuttgart in 1991-1992.
They 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 along with 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 1998-1999, but they pulled through by beating defending champions Kaiserslautern 5-1 away, while Nuremberg 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 DFB (Deutscher Fussball Bund or German Football Association) 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 and has often kept its fans on edge over whether or not the side would be demoted, but in the 2005-06 season supporters learned earlier than is often the case that the club would stay up, as they finished their Bundesliga season in 14th place, three points clear of relegation.
In the 2006-07 campaign Eintracht secured the Bundesliga spot on the 33rd day again.
As of 2007 Eintracht has over 10 million sympathisers in Germany.[1]
In 2007-08 Eintracht had the 17th highest attendance in Europe, ahead of such prominent clubs as SSC Napoli, Liverpool and Atlético Madrid.
Success outside the Bundesliga
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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 May 18 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 Di Stéfano scoring 3 and Puskás scoring the other 4 for Real.
In 1967 they won the Intertoto Cup beating Inter Bratislava in the final.
They won the German Cup in 1974, 1975, 1981, and 1988, and took the UEFA Cup over another German team – Borussia Mönchengladbach – in 1980. More recently, Eintracht were the losing finalists in the 2006 German Cup. Their opponents in the final, Bayern Munich, Bundesliga champions that year, qualified to participate in the Champions League. As a result Eintracht received the Cup winner's place in the UEFA Cup where they advanced to the group stage.
Colours, crest and nicknames
The club crest derives from the coat of arms of Frankfurt am Main which is in turn 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 the centennial year 1999 the club board decided to re-adopt a more traditional eagle crest.
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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.
The club is nicknamed Die Adler (The Eagles), which obviously 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 meaning Sports community Harmony.
The nickname Launische Diva (Moody Diva) was heard most often in the early 1990s when the club would easily defeat top teams only to surprisingly lose to lesser clubs. This nickname was also held to refer to the 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 current reign of Heribert Bruchhagen appears to have left these practises to the past.
The players themselves have been referred to as the Schlappekicker - "Slipper Kickers" in the local slang - because, in the days before big-monied professionalism, many of them were employed at a local slipper factory.
Honours
International
National
- German Championship (pre-Bundesliga)
- Champions: 1958-59
- Runners-up: 1931-32
- DFB-Pokal
- Winners : 1974, 1975, 1981, 1988
- Runners-up: 1964, 2006
- 2nd Bundesliga
- Fuji-Cup
- Winners: 1992
- Runners-up: 1994
Regional
- Southern German championship
- Champions: 1929-30, 1931-32, 1952-53, 1958-59
- Runners-up: 1912-13+, 1913-14+, 1930-31, 1953-54, 1960-61, 1961-62
(+ as Frankfurter FV)
- Bezirksliga Main-Hessen:
- Winners: 1927-28, 1928-29, 1929-30, 1930-31, 1931-32
- Runners-up: 1932-33
- Gauliga Südwest/Mainhessen:
- Winners: 1937-38
- Runners-up: 1936-37
Youth
- German Under 19 championship
- Champions: 1982, 1983, 1985
- Runners-up: 1987
- German Under 17 championship
- Champions: 1977, 1980, 1991
- Runners-up: 1981, 1982
League results
Recent seasons
![](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/935c88f8ff33053aa92f580ad5e1aec4.png)
All time
![](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/61044555459ca9fd2041c4d47c37d1c0.png)
Green denotes the highest level of football in Germany; yellow the second highest.
Players
Current squad
As of 30th October, 2008.
No. |
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Position |
Player |
1 |
![Flag of the Republic of Macedonia](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/150px_Flag_of_Macedonia_svg.png) |
GK |
Oka Nikolov |
2 |
![Flag of Germany](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/180px_Flag_of_Germany_svg.png) |
DF |
Patrick Ochs |
3 |
![Flag of Mexico](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/184px_Flag_of_Mexico_svg.png) |
DF |
Aarón Galindo |
4 |
![Flag of Germany](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/180px_Flag_of_Germany_svg.png) |
MF |
Christoph Preuß |
5 |
![Flag of the Republic of Macedonia](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/150px_Flag_of_Macedonia_svg.png) |
DF |
Aleksandar Vasoski |
6 |
![Flag of Germany](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/180px_Flag_of_Germany_svg.png) |
MF |
Michael Fink |
7 |
![Flag of Germany](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/180px_Flag_of_Germany_svg.png) |
MF |
Benjamin Köhler |
8 |
![Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/245px_Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_svg.png) |
MF |
Zlatan Bajramović |
10 |
![Flag of Greece](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/200px_Flag_of_Greece_svg.png) |
FW |
Nikos Liberopoulos |
11 |
![Flag of Austria](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/125px_Flag_of_Austria_svg.png) |
MF |
Ümit Korkmaz |
13 |
![Flag of Germany](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/180px_Flag_of_Germany_svg.png) |
DF |
Markus Steinhöfer |
14 |
![Flag of Germany](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/180px_Flag_of_Germany_svg.png) |
MF |
Alexander Meier |
15 |
![Flag of Iran](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/184px_Flag_of_Iran_svg.png) |
MF |
Mehdi Mahdavikia |
16 |
![Flag of Switzerland](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/125px_Flag_of_Switzerland_svg.png) |
DF |
Christoph Spycher (vice-captain) |
17 |
![Flag of the Czech Republic](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/158px_Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic_svg.png) |
FW |
Martin Fenin |
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No. |
|
Position |
Player |
18 |
![Flag of Greece](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/200px_Flag_of_Greece_svg.png) |
FW |
Ioannis Amanatidis (captain) |
19 |
![Flag of France](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/200px_Flag_of_France_svg.png) |
DF |
Habib Bellaïd |
20 |
![Flag of Japan](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/158px_Flag_of_Japan_svg.png) |
MF |
Junichi Inamoto |
21 |
![Flag of Germany](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/180px_Flag_of_Germany_svg.png) |
GK |
Markus Pröll |
22 |
![Flag of Croatia](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/125px_Flag_of_Croatia_svg.png) |
MF |
Krešo Ljubičić |
23 |
![Flag of Germany](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/180px_Flag_of_Germany_svg.png) |
DF |
Marco Russ |
26 |
![Flag of Germany](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/180px_Flag_of_Germany_svg.png) |
FW |
Juvhel Tsoumou |
27 |
![Flag of Germany](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/180px_Flag_of_Germany_svg.png) |
DF |
Alexander Krük |
28 |
![Flag of Germany](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/180px_Flag_of_Germany_svg.png) |
GK |
Jan Zimmermann |
29 |
![Flag of Brazil](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/250px_Flag_of_Brazil_svg.png) |
DF |
Chris |
30 |
![Flag of Brazil](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/250px_Flag_of_Brazil_svg.png) |
MF |
Caio |
32 |
![Flag of Germany](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/180px_Flag_of_Germany_svg.png) |
MF |
Faton Toski |
33 |
![Flag of Germany](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/180px_Flag_of_Germany_svg.png) |
DF |
Jürgen Mössmer |
37 |
![Flag of Germany](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/180px_Flag_of_Germany_svg.png) |
FW |
Timothy Chandler |
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On loan
No. |
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Position |
Player |
9 |
![Flag of Germany](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/180px_Flag_of_Germany_svg.png) |
FW |
Marcel Heller (at MSV Duisburg until 30 June 2009) |
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For more details see: Eintracht Frankfurt season 2008-09.
For recent transfers, see List of German football transfers summer 2008.
Famous players
The players in bold typeface are still active in football.
¹ - Player is currently playing for the club.
- German players
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Adolf Bechtold
Fritz Becker
Uwe Bein
Thomas Berthold
Uwe Bindewald
Manfred Binz
Peter Blusch
Jörg Böhme
Rudi Bommer
Ronald Borchers
Thomas Doll
Ralf Falkenmayer
Eckehard Feigenspan
Maurizio Gaudino
Jürgen Grabowski
Rudolf Gramlich
Horst Heese
Hermann Höfer
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Bernd Hölzenbein
Jermaine Jones
Harald Karger
Uwe Kliemann
Andreas Köpke
Karl-Heinz Körbel
Heinz-Josef Koitka
Wolfgang Kraus
Richard Kress
Dr. Peter Kunter
Dieter Lindner
Werner Lorant
Joachim Löw
Friedel Lutz
Alexander Meier¹
August Möbs
Andreas Möller
Norbert Nachtweih
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Willi Neuberger
Bernd Nickel
Jürgen Pahl
Alfred Pfaff
Christoph Preuß¹
Peter Reichel
Dietmar Roth
Lothar Schämer
Fred Schaub
Bernd Schneider
Franz Schütz
Alexander Schur
Wolfgang Solz
Uli Stein
Hans Stubb
Gert Trinklein
Ralf Weber
Hans Weilbächer
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- Foreign players
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- Albania
Ervin Skela
- Austria
Wilhelm Huberts
Stefan Lexa
Bruno Pezzey
- Brazil
Chris¹
- Bulgaria
Petar Houbchev
- China
Yang Chen
- Czech Republic
Martin Fenin¹
- Ghana
Anthony Yeboah
- Greece
Ioannis Amanatidis¹
Nikos Liberopoulos¹
Sotirios Kyrgiakos
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- Hungary
Lajos Détári
István Sztani
- Iran
Mehdi Mahdavikia¹
- Japan
Junichi Inamoto¹
Naohiro Takahara
- FYROM
Oka Nikolov¹
Aleksandar Vasoski¹
- Mexico
Aarón Galindo¹
- Nigeria
Jay-Jay Okocha
- Norway
Jørn Andersen
Jan Åge Fjørtoft
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- Poland
Jan Furtok
Paweł Kryszałowicz
Włodzimierz Smolarek
- South Korea
- Sweden
Jan Svensson
- Switzerland
Benjamin Huggel
Christoph Spycher¹
- Togo
Bachirou Salou
- Yugoslavia
Fahrudin Jusufi
Slobodan Komljenović
Dragoslav Stepanović
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Greatest ever team
![Soccer.Field Transparant.png](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/300px_Soccer_Field_Transparant.png)
STEIN
NEUBERGER
GRABOWSKI
KÖRBEL
PEZZEY
HUBERTS
NACHTWEIH
MÖLLER
NICKEL
HÖLZENBEIN
YEBOAH
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Greatest ever Eintracht Frankfurt team |
The following team was voted the greatest ever Eintracht Frankfurt team by supporters.
Uli Stein
Bruno Pezzey
Willi Neuberger
Karl-Heinz Körbel
Jürgen Grabowski
Andreas Möller
Norbert Nachtweih
Wilhelm Huberts
Bernd Nickel
Bernd Hölzenbein
Anthony Yeboah
World Cup Winners while signed at Frankfurt
World Cup 1954 - Germany
World Cup 1974 - Germany
- Jürgen Grabowski
- Bernd Hölzenbein
World Cup 1990 - Germany
Current club staff
Manager |
Friedhelm Funkel |
Assistant manager |
Armin Reutershahn |
Reserve team manager |
Frank Leicht |
Goalkeeping coach |
Andreas Menger |
Physiotherapist |
Stefan Braunsdorf Thomas Kühn |
Custodian |
Michael Fabacher |
Equipment manager |
Franco Lionti |
Team doctor |
Dr Christoph Seeger |
Academy manager |
Karl-Heinz Körbel |
Chief Scouts |
Bernd Hölzenbein Ralf Weber |
Club Presidents
- 1955 Rudolf Gramlich
- 1970 Albert Zellekens
- 1973 Achaz von Thümen
- 1981 Axel Schander
- 1983 Klaus Gramlich
- 1988 Joseph Wolf / Matthias Ohms
- 1996 Dieter Lindner / Hans Joachim Otto
- 1996 Rolf Heller
- 2000 Peter Fischer
Managers/Head Coaches
- 1919
Albert Sohn
- 1921
Dori Kürschner
- 1925
Maurice Parry
- 1926 Fritz Egly/
Walter Dietrich
- 1927
Gustav Wieser
- 1928
Paul Oßwald
- 1933 Willi Spreng
- 1935
Paul Oßwald
- 1939 Otto Boer (caretaker)
- 1939
Péter Szabó
- 1941
Willi Lindner (caretaker)
- 1942
Péter Szabó (caretaker)
- 1942 Willi Balles (caretaker)
- 1945 Willy Pfeiffer (caretaker)
- 1945
Sepp Herberger (caretaker)
- 1946
Emil Melcher
- 1947 Willi Treml
- 1948
Bernhard Kellerhoff
- 1949 Walter Hollstein
- 1950 Kurt Windmann
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- 1956
Adolf Patek
- 1958
Paul Oßwald
- 1964
Ivica Horvat
- 1965
Elek Schwartz
- 1968
Erich Ribbeck
- 1973
Dietrich Weise
- 1976
Hans-Dieter Roos
- 1976
Gyula Lóránt
- 1977
Jürgen Grabowski (caretaker)
- 1977
Dettmar Cramer
- 1978
Otto Knefler
- 1978
Udo Klug (caretaker)
- 1979
Friedel Rausch
- 1980
Lothar Buchmann
- 1982
Helmut Senekowitsch
- 1982
Branko Zebec
- 1983
Klaus Mank (caretaker)
- 1983
Dietrich Weise
- 1986
Timo Zahnleiter
- 1987
Karl-Heinz Feldkamp
- 1988
Pál Csernai
- 1988
Jörg Berger
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- 1991
Dragoslav Stepanović
- 1993
Horst Heese
- 1993
Klaus Toppmöller
- 1994
Karl-Heinz Körbel (caretaker)
- 1994
Jupp Heynckes
- 1995
Karl-Heinz Körbel
- 1996
Dragoslav Stepanović
- 1996
Rudolf Bommer (caretaker)
- 1997
Horst Ehrmantraut
- 1998
Bernhard Lippert (caretaker)
- 1999
Reinhold Fanz
- 1999
Jörg Berger
- 1999
Felix Magath
- 2001
Rolf Dohmen
- 2001
Friedel Rausch
- 2001
Martin Andermatt
- 2002
Armin Kraaz (caretaker)
- 2002
Willi Reimann
- 2004
Friedhelm Funkel
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Records
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Main article: Eintracht Frankfurt records
- Home victory, Bundesliga: 9-1 vs. Rot-Weiss Essen, October 5, 1974
- Away victory, Bundesliga: 8-1 . Rot-Weiss Essen, May 7, 1977
- Home loss, Bundesliga: 0-7 vs. Karlsruher SC, September 19, 1964
- Away loss, Bundesliga: 0-7 vs. 1. FC Köln, October 29, 1983
- Highest home attendance: 81,000 vs. FK Pirmasens, May 23, 1959
- Highest away attendance: 127,621 vs. Real Madrid, Hampden Park, Glasgow, May 18, 1960
- Highest average attendance, season: 48,324, 2007-2008
- 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, 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
Recent top scorers
Season |
Player's name |
Nationality |
Goals |
2003-2004 |
Ervin Skela |
Albania |
8 |
2004-2005 |
Arie van Lent |
Netherlands |
16 |
2005-2006 |
Ioannis Amanatidis |
Greece |
12 |
2006-2007 |
Naohiro Takahara |
Japan |
11 |
2007-2008 |
Ioannis Amanatidis |
Greece |
11 |
Stadium information
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The inside of the stadium
- Name: Commerzbank-Arena
- Location: Frankfurt
- Capacity: 52,300 (42,000 seated)
- Inauguration: May 21 1925
- Pitch Size: 105 x 68 metres
- Record Attendance: 81,000; Eintracht Frankfurt vs. FK Pirmasens, May 23, 1959
- Address: Commerzbank-Arena, Mörfelder Landstrasse 362, 60528 Frankfurt am Main
- Nickname(s): Waldstadion
The ground was inaugurated as Waldstadion (Forest Stadium) in 1925 with the German championship final match between FSV Frankfurt vs. Nuremberg. 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.
Among supporters the new name Commerzbank-Arena is very unpopular and though the media usually refer to the ground as the official name, the Eintracht faithful stick with the name Waldstadion.
- 1974-1976 Remington (shavers)
- 1977-1978 Samson (tobacco)
- 1978-1981 Minolta (cameras)
- 1981-1984 Infotec (copiers)
- 1984-1986 Portas (furniture)
- 1986-1991 Hoechst (chemical and pharmaceutical technology)
- 1991-1993 Samsung (electronics)
- 1993-1996 Tetra Pak (packaging)
- 1996-1998 Mitsubishi (cars)
- 1998-2001 VIAG Interkom (telecommunication)
- Since 2001 Fraport (airport operator)
Notable fans
- Azad - Hip Hop artist
- Badesalz - Comedy duo
- Böhse Onkelz - Former hard rock band
- Jörg Bombach - Radio DJ and presenter (HR3)
- Daniel Cohn-Bendit - European politician and leader of the student protesters during the May 1968 riots in France.
- DJ Dag - Trance DJ
- Joschka Fischer - Former foreign minister of Germany
- Steffi Jones - FIFA Women's World Cup winner
- Roland Koch - Prime minister of Hesse
- Mundstuhl - Comedy duo
- Petra Roth - Mayor of Frankfurt
- Tankard - Metal band
- Achim Vandreike - Former magistrate member in Frankfurt
- Alexander Waske - Tennis player
Team trivia
Aero Flight A320 in colours of Eintracht Frankfurt
- Predecessor sides FC Viktoria and Frankfurter FC were founding members of the DFB (Deutscher Fussball Bund or German Football Association) in Leipzig in 1900.
- Jürgen Friedl, (born February 23, 1959) was the youngest player ever to take to the field in a Bundesliga match at age 17 years, 26 days on August 6, 1975 before being overhauled by Nuri Şahin of Dortmund.
- Richard Kress, (born March 6, 1925) is the oldest Bundesliga rookie, making his debut at 38 years, 171 days on the opening day of league play on August 24, 1963. He scored his first Bundesliga goal at 38 years, 248 days.
- Eintracht holds the record for most consecutive away games without a win: 32 games from August 20, 1985 to August 25, 1987.
- The club also holds the mark for early dismissal of its coach: twenty men have met this fate in Frankfurt.
- Besides 1. FC Köln and Bayern Munich, Eintracht is the only club having members in each of Germany's World Cup winning teams.
- Since 2006 Eintracht has a living mascot, Golden Eagle Attila from the nearby Hanau zoo who is very popular among supporters.
- In 2007 an official Eintracht museum was erected in the interior of the stadium, where regularly veteran players and coaches lead guided tours through the club's history.
See also
- Football in Germany
- Average attendances of European football clubs
- European Cup 1959-60
- 1960 European Cup Final
- UEFA Cup 1979-80
- 1980 UEFA Cup Final
- List of Eintracht Frankfurt players
- Im Herzen von Europa
- Eintracht Frankfurt records
- Eintracht Frankfurt in Europe
- Eintracht Frankfurt U23
- Ultras Frankfurt
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 sixteen sections:
01 Gymnastics (since 22 January 1861)
02 Football (since 8 March 1899)
03 Athletics (since 1899)
04 Field hockey (since 1906 as "1.Frankfurter Hockeyclub )
05 Boxing (since 1919)
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06 Tennis (since spring 1920)
07 Handball (since 1921)
08 Rugby (since summer 1923)
09 Table tennis (since November 1924)
10 Basketball (since 4 June 1954)
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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)
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Betty Heidler while being honoured in Ōsaka
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.[1]
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.
UEFA ranking
Current Club Ranking
Full List
Current National League ranking (Previous year rank in italics)
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Frankfurter Neue Presse:Eintracht wird den Deutschen sympathisch[1]
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