1980–81 Eintracht Frankfurt season

Eintracht Frankfurt
1980-81 season
Chairman Achaz von Thümen
Manager Lothar Buchmann
Bundesliga 5th
DFB-Pokal Winner
UEFA Cup 3rd Round
Top goalscorer League: Bernd Hölzenbein (11)
All: Cha Bum-Kun (16)
Highest home attendance 59,000 29 November 1980 v Bayern Munich (league)
Lowest home attendance 8,000 13 December 1980 v Fortuna Düsseldorf (league)
Average home league attendance 21,500
Home colours
Away colours
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The 1980–81 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 81st season in the club's football history. In 1980–81 the club played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 18th season in the Bundesliga.

The season ended up with Eintracht winning the DFB-Pokal for the third time.

Matches

Legend

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Friendlies

Bundesliga

Main article: 1980–81 Bundesliga

League fixtures and results

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Bayern Munich (C) 34 22 9 3 89 41+48 53 1981–82 European Cup First round
2 Hamburger SV 34 21 7 6 73 43+30 49 1981–82 UEFA Cup First round
3 VfB Stuttgart 34 19 8 7 70 44+26 46
4 1. FC Kaiserslautern 34 17 10 7 60 37+23 44
5 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 13 12 9 61 57+4 38 1981–82 European Cup Winners' Cup First round
6 Borussia Mönchengladbach 34 15 7 12 68 64+4 37 1981–82 UEFA Cup First round 1
7 Borussia Dortmund 34 13 9 12 69 59+10 35
8 1. FC Köln 34 12 10 12 54 551 34
9 VfL Bochum 34 9 15 10 53 45+8 33
10 Karlsruher SC 34 9 14 11 56 637 32
11 Bayer Leverkusen 34 10 10 14 52 531 30
12 MSV Duisburg 34 10 9 15 45 5813 29
13 Fortuna Düsseldorf 34 10 8 16 57 647 28
14 1. FC Nürnberg 34 11 6 17 47 5710 28
15 Arminia Bielefeld 34 10 6 18 46 6519 26
16 1860 München (R) 34 9 7 18 49 6718 25 2. Fußball-Bundesliga
17 Schalke 04 (R) 34 8 7 19 43 8845 23
18 Bayer Uerdingen (R) 34 8 6 20 47 7932 22

Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1As Eintracht Frankfurt qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup, their UEFA Cup spot was transferred to Mönchengladbach.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 1980–81 DFB-Pokal

Final

May 2, 1981
Eintracht Frankfurt 3 1 1. FC Kaiserslautern
Neuberger  38'
Borchers  40'
Cha  64'
Geye  90'
Neckarstadion, Stuttgart
Attendance: 71,000
Referee: Horst Joos (Stuttgart)
EINTRACHT FRANKFURT:
GK Germany Jürgen Pahl
DF Austria Bruno Pezzey
DF Germany Michael Sziedat
DF Germany Karl-Heinz Körbel (c)
DF Germany Willi Neuberger
MF Germany Werner Lorant
MF Germany Ronald Borchers
MF Germany Norbert Nachtweih
MF Germany Bernd Nickel
FW Germany Bernd Hölzenbein
FW South Korea Cha Bum-Kun
Substitutes: No substitutions made
Manager:
Germany Lothar Buchmann
1. FC KAISERSLAUTERN:
GK Sweden Ronnie Hellström
DF Germany Hans-Günter Neues
DF Germany Wolfgang Wolf
DF Germany Michael Dusek
DF Germany Hans-Peter Briegel
MF Germany Werner Melzer
MF Germany Friedhelm Funkel
MF Germany Hannes Bongartz
FW Germany Reiner Geye
FW Sweden Benny Wendt
FW Germany Erhard Hofeditz
Substitutes: No substitutions made
Manager:
Germany Karl-Heinz Feldkamp

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.

UEFA Cup

Main article: 1980–81 UEFA Cup

Squad

Squad and statistics

No. Pos Nat Player TotalBundesliga DFB-Pokal UEFA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Germany Klaus Funk 14 0 9 0 1 0 4 0
GK Germany Joachim Jüriens 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
GK East Germany Jürgen Pahl 32 0 23 0 6 0 3 0
DF Germany Rigobert Gruber 12 1 9 1 2 0 1 0
DF Germany Karl-Heinz Körbel 43 0 30 0 7 0 6 0
DF Germany Willi Neuberger 47 3 34 1 7 1 6 1
DF Austria Bruno Pezzey 43 13 31 10 7 2 5 1
DF Germany Michael Sziedat 39 0 27 0 6 0 6 0
DF Germany Wolfgang Trapp 23 1 19 0 2 1 2 0
DF Germany Claus-Peter Zick 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
MF Germany Michael Blättel 16 1 12 0 2 1 2 0
MF Germany Ralf Falkenmayer 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
MF Germany Bernd Hölzenbein 40 15 27 11 7 2 6 2
MF Germany Werner Lorant 44 8 32 5 6 3 6 0
MF Germany Stefan Lottermann 42 9 32 6 5 3 5 0
MF East Germany Norbert Nachtweih 42 10 30 7 7 1 5 2
MF Germany Bernd Nickel 33 8 23 8 6 0 4 0
FW Germany Ronald Borchers 45 7 34 3 5 2 6 2
FW South Korea Cha Bum-Kun 38 16 27 8 6 6 5 2
FW Germany Norbert Hönnscheidt 7 1 5 0 1 1 1 0
FW Germany Harald Karger 4 1 3 0 0 0 1 1
FW Germany Michael Künast 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
FW Germany Fred Schaub 8 1 5 1 2 0 1 0

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