Eintracht Frankfurt in Europe

Eintracht Frankfurt played their first very 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 Eagles. However, a Frankfurt XI took part already earlier in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup with several Eintracht players in the squad.

The club's first ever match against European opponents however, 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 Coppa delle Alpi, 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 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.

After the relegation from the Bundesliga in the 1995-96 campaign, Eintracht bounced between the first two tiers for almost ten years.

Since 2005 they are 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.

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Matches in Europe

Season Competition Round Opposition Score
1955-58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup[1] Group D London XI 2-3, 1-0
Group D Basel XI 5-1, 2-6
1959-60 European Cup First Round BSC Young Boys 4-1, 1-1
Quarter-Final Wiener SC 2-1, 1-1
Semi-Final Rangers 6-1, 6-3
Final Real Madrid 3-7
1964-65 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup First Round Kilmarnock 3-0, 1-5
1965-66 Intertoto Cup Group A3 PSV Eindhoven 0-3
Group A3 FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 4-2
Group A3 PSV Eindhoven 4-2
Group A3 IFK Norrköping 0-1
1966-67 Intertoto Cup Group A1 FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 3-1
Group A1 Feyenoord Rotterdam 4-1
Group A1 Lanerossi Vicenza 1-0
Group A1 Lanerossi Vicenza 1-5
Group A1 FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 4-2
Group A1 Feyenoord Rotterdam 2-0
Quarter-Final IFK Norrköping 1-2, 3-1
Semi-Final Zagłębie Sosnowiec 1-4, 6-1
Final Inter Bratislava 3-2, 1-1
1966-67 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup First Round Drumcondra 2-0, 6-1
Second Round Hvidovre IF 5-1, 2-2
Third Round Ferencvárosi TC 4-1, 1-2
Quarter-Final Burnley 1-1, 2-1
Semi-Final Dinamo Zagreb 3-0, 0-4(a.e.t)
1967-68 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup First Round Nottingham Forest 0-1, 0-4
1967 Coppa delle Alpi Day 1 AC Torino[2] 0-0
Day 2 FC Zürich 5-2
Day 3 AC Milan 1-0
Day 4 AS Roma 4-2
Day 5 FC Basel 2-1
1968-69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup First Round Wacker Innsbruck 2-2, 3-0
Second Round Juventus 0-0, 1-0
1969 Coppa delle Alpi Day 1 FC Biel-Bienne 3-1
Day 2 SSC Napoli 2-1
Day 3 FC Basel 2-3
Day 4 UC Sampdoria 0-4
Third Round Athletic Bilbao 0-1, 1-1
1972-73 UEFA Cup First Round Liverpool 0-2, 0-0
1974-75 Cup Winners' Cup First Round AS Monaco 3-0, 2-2
Second Round Dynamo Kyiv 2-3, 1-2
1975-76 Cup Winners' Cup First Round Coleraine 5-1, 6-2
Second Round Atlético Madrid 2-1, 1-0
Quarter-Final SK Sturm Graz 2-0, 1-0
Semi-Final West Ham United 2-1, 1-3
1977-78 UEFA Cup First Round Sliema Wanderers 5-0, 0-0
Second Round FC Zürich 3-0, 4-3
Third Round Bayern Munich 4-0, 2-1
Quarter-Final Grasshopper-Club Zürich 3-2, 0-1
1979-80 UEFA Cup First Round Aberdeen 1-1, 1-0
Second Round Dinamo Bucureşti 0-2, 3-0
Third Round Feyenoord 4-1, 0-1
Quarter-Final 1. FC Brno 4-1, 2-3
Semi-Final Bayern Munich 0-2, 5-1
Final Borussia Mönchengladbach 2-3, 1-0
1980-81 UEFA Cup First Round Shakhtar Donetsk 0-1, 3-0
Second Round FC Utrecht 1-2, 3-1
Third Round FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 4-2, 0-2
1981-82 Cup Winners' Cup First Round PAOK 2-0, 0-2[3]
Second Round SKA Rostov 0-1, 2-0
Quarter-Final Tottenham Hotspur 0-2, 2-1
1988-89 Cup Winners' Cup First Round Grasshopper-Club Zürich 0-0, 1-0
Second Round Sakaryaspor 3-1, 3-0
Quarter-Final KV Mechelen 0-0, 0-1
1990 Philips Trophy Semi-Final FC Porto 4-5
Third place play-off FC Lausanne-Sport 5-3
1990-91 UEFA Cup First Round Brøndby IF 0-5, 4-1
1991-92 UEFA Cup First Round Spora Luxembourg 6-1, 5-0
Second Round KAA Gent 0-0, 0-1
1992-93 UEFA Cup First Round Widzew Łódź 2-2, 9-0
Second Round Galatasaray SK 0-0, 0-1
1993-94 UEFA Cup First Round Dynamo Moscow 6-0, 1-2
Second Round Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2-0, 0-1
Third Round Deportivo de La Coruña 1-0, 1-0
Quarter-Final SV Austria Salzburg 1-0, 0-1[4]
1994-95 UEFA Cup First Round Olimpija Ljubljana 1-1, 2-0
Second Round Rapid Bucureşti 1-2, 5-0
Third Round SSC Napoli 1-0, 1-0
Quarter-Final Juventus 1-1, 0-3
1995 Intertoto Cup Group 12 Spartak Plovdiv 4-0
Group 12 Iraklis Thessaloniki 5-1
Group 12 FK Panerys Vilnius 4-0
Group 12 Vorwärts Steyr 1-2
Second Round [5] Girondins de Bordeaux 0-3
2006-07 UEFA Cup First Round Brøndby IF 4-0, 2-2
Group A US Palermo 1-2
Group A Celta de Vigo 1-1
Group A Newcastle United 0-0
Group A Fenerbahçe SK 2-2

Teams played

Eintracht Frankfurt have played against clubs from 30 countries (clubs classed by the country they were in when the game was played). Eintracht have played 74 different clubs in Europe.

Country Clubs
 Austria Sturm Graz, Wacker Innsbruck, Austria Salzburg, Vorwärts Steyr, Wiener SC
 Belgium KAA Gent, KV Mechelen
 Bulgaria Spartak Plovdiv
 Czechoslovakia Zbrojovka Brno (now Czech Republic ), Inter Bratislava (now Slovakia )
 Denmark Brøndby IF, Hvidovre IF
 England Burnley, Liverpool, London XI, Newcastle United, Nottingham Forest, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United
 France Girondins de Bordeaux, AS Monaco
 Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach, Bayern Munich
 Greece PAOK, Iraklis Thessaloniki
 Hungary Ferencvárosi TC
 Ireland Drumcondra
 Italy Juventus, AC Milan, SSC Napoli, US Palermo, AS Roma, UC Sampdoria, AC Torino, Lanerossi Vicenza
 Lithuania FK Panerys Vilnius
 Luxembourg Spora Luxembourg
 Malta Sliema Wanderers
 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven, Feyenoord Rotterdam, FC Utrecht
 Northern Ireland Coleraine
 Poland Widzew Łódź, Zagłębie Sosnowiec
 Portugal FC Porto
 Romania Dinamo Bucureşti, Rapid Bucureşti
 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 Athletic Bilbao, Deportivo de La Coruña, Atlético Madrid, Real Madrid, Celta de Vigo
 Sweden IFK Norrköping
 Switzerland FC Basel, Basel XI, BSC Young Boys, FC Biel-Bienne, FC La Chaux-de-Fonds, FC Lausanne-Sport, FC Zürich, Grasshopper-Club Zürich
 Turkey Fenerbahçe SK, Galatasaray SK, Sakaryaspor
 Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
 Yugoslavia Dinamo Zagreb (now Croatia )

Record by country of opposition

Country P W D L Win %
Austria 9 5 2 2 55.56
Belgium 4 0 2 2 0
Bulgaria 1 1 0 0 100
Czechoslovakia 4 2 1 1 50
Denmark 4 2 1 1 50
England 13 4 3 6 30.77
France 5 2 1 2 40
Germany 6 4 0 2 66.67
Greece 3 2 0 1 66.67
Hungary 2 1 0 1 50
Ireland 2 2 0 0 100
Italy 14 7 3 4 50
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 1 0 0 1 0
Romania 4 2 0 2 50
Russia 2 1 0 1 50
Scotland 6 4 1 1 66.67
Slovenia 2 1 1 0 50
Spain 8 4 2 2 50
Sweden 3 1 0 2 33.33
Switzerland 18 13 2 3 72.22
Turkey 5 2 2 1 40
Ukraine 2 1 0 1 50
USSR 6 2 0 4 33.33
Yugoslavia 2 1 0 1 50
Totals 147 78 24 45 53.06

P - Played; W - Won; D - Drawn; L - Lost

References

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ The match was abandoned after riots among the crowd at the score of 0-0 and assessed as 0-0, too
  3. ^ Eintracht won the penalty shoot out, 5-4
  4. ^ Eintracht lost the penalty shoot out, 4-5
  5. ^ Effectively the last 16 teams
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