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
← 1979–80 1981–82 →

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

19 July 1980 (1980-07-19)	Schlüchtern XI	0–11	Eintracht Frankfurt	Sinntal, Germany
14:30 CEST		(Report)	Cha  14' 76' Schaub  26' 45' Nickel  41' 68' Lorant  53' (pen.) 61'  73' (o.g.) Lottermann  90'	Attendance: 1,500

22 July 1980 (1980-07-22)	SSV Eintracht Überherrn	0–6	Eintracht Frankfurt	Überherrn, Germany
		(Report)	Hölzenbein  18' Cha  24', 33', 82' Nachtweih  58' Lorant  84'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Treib

23 July 1980 (1980-07-23)	TV Ebern	0–12	Eintracht Frankfurt	Ebern, Germany
		(Report)	Neuberger  11' Cha  20' Nachtweih  32', 38', 79', 83' Lorant  43' Nickel  45' Körbel  48' Lottermann  74'	Attendance: 4,000

Baden-Pokal (Semi-Final) 26 July 1980 (1980-07-26)	Karlsruher SC	2–2 (aet) (5–3 p)	Eintracht Frankfurt	Offenburg, Germany
	Fanz  66' Günther  82'	(Report)	Hölzenbein  4' Nachtweih  5'	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Truttenbach
		Penalties
	* Struth Trenkel Groß Becker Harforth		* Nickel Schaub Nachtweih Sziedat	|

Baden-Pokal (3rd place play-off) 27 July 1980 (1980-07-27)	Offenburger FV	2–6	Eintracht Frankfurt	Offenburg, Germany
	Hertweck  16', 70'	(Report)	Cha  6' Nickel  26', 62', 76' Borchers  55' Lottermann  66'	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Schnurr

29 July 1980 (1980-07-29)	FC Luzern	0–4	Eintracht Frankfurt	Luzern, Switzerland
		(Report)	Rahmen  4' (o.g.) Gruber  26' Cha  44' Schaub  59'	Attendance: 1,100

Edi Naegeli memorial tournament (Semi-Final) 1 August 1980 (1980-08-01)	FC Zürich	1–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Zürich, Switzerland
16:30 CEST	Seiler  79'	(Report)	Pezzey  31' Körbel  61' Lottermann  88'	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Heinis

Edi Naegeli memorial tournament (Final) 2 August 1980 (1980-08-02)	Grasshopper Club Zürich	1–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Zürich, Switzerland
20:30 CEST	Pfister  18'	(Report)	Cha  15', 54'	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Renggli

6 August 1980 (1980-08-06)	SV Hattersheim	0–8	Eintracht Frankfurt
		(Report)	Borchers  32' Schaub  88' Hinz  o.g.' Blättel  72' Cha  63'	Attendance: 4,500

7 August 1980 (1980-08-07)	VfL Oberbieber	0–15	Eintracht Frankfurt	Neuwied, Germany
		(Report)	Hölzenbein Cha Lottermann Gruber Schaub Borchers Pezzey Körbel	Attendance: 2,000

9 August 1980 (1980-08-09)	Rapid Wien	2–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Vienna, Austria
	Keglevits  4' Veselý  76'	(Report)	Gruber  83'	Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Matthias

10 August 1980 (1980-08-10)	FVgg Kastel	1–6	Eintracht Frankfurt	Mainz-Kastel, Germany
	Konrad  56'	(Report)	Cha  7', 53' Pezzey  21', 30' Blättel  60', 82'	Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Birlenbach

26 August 1980 (1980-08-26)	Rödermark XI	1–12	Eintracht Frankfurt	Rödermark, Germany
18:30 CEST	Witzel  53'	(Report)	Lorant  7', 63' (pen.), 76' Nachtweih  19' Hönnscheidt  24', 60', 81' Lottermann  27' Hölzenbein  34' Schaub  51' Blättel  79', 83'	Stadium: Sportplatz der Turngemeinde Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Baierer

9 September 1980 (1980-09-09)	1. FC Eschborn	1–11	Eintracht Frankfurt
	Henrich  75' (pen.)	(Report)	Hölzenbein  7', 18' Nachtweih  16', 22' Trapp  36' Borchers  43' Blättel  50' Schaub  52', 58' Hönnscheidt  68', 87'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Kohn

7 October 1980 (1980-10-07)	Belgium	4–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Brussels, Belgium
	Vandenbergh  40', 69' Mommens  60' Ceulemans  89'	(Report)	Nachtweih  45' Lottermann  72'	Stadium: Stade du Heysel Attendance: 3,000

8 October 1980 (1980-10-08)	SKV Büttelborn	0–7	Eintracht Frankfurt
		(Report)	Hölzenbein  7', 18' Nachtweih  15' Borchers  28' Hönnscheidt  38' Lorant  47' (pen.), 67'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Knierim

11 October 1980 (1980-10-11)	SKG Frankfurt	0–8	Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt, Germany
		(Report)	Nachtweih  6', 87' Pezzey  10' Trapp  42' Neuberger  57' Hönnscheidt  72' Gruber  82' Hölzenbein  89'	Stadium: Sportplatz an der Hahnstraße Attendance: 800 Referee: Storck

28 October 1980 (1980-10-28)	Al-Masry SC	2–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Port Said, Egypt
	Gamal Gouda  14' Salah  82'	(Report)	Lorant  26' (pen.)	Attendance: 6,000

12 November 1980 (1980-11-12)	Eintracht Frankfurt	6–4	Germany 1974 World Cup Team	Frankfurt, Germany
20:00 CEST	Nickel  12' Karger  19', 24', 30' Hölzenbein  48', 67'	(Report)	Grabowski  5' Hölzenbein  42' Heynckes  74', 75'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Eschweiler

3 January 1981 (1981-01-03)	AS Cannes	0–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Cannes, France
		(Report)	Pezzey  75'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Benali

4 January 1981 (1981-01-04)	OGC Nice	6–5 (aet) (4–3 p)	Eintracht Frankfurt	Cannes, France
	Bravo  67' Gentili  76'	(Report)	Werner Lorant (10.) Bernd Nickel (45.)	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Benali
		Penalties
	* Struth Trenkel Groß Becker Harforth		* Pezzey Trapp Körbel Lorant Nickel	|

9 January 1981 (1981-01-09)	FC Nantes	3–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Lorient, France
	Rampillon  15', 71' Bibard  82'	(Report)	Cha  36' Nachtweih  42'	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Femenia

24 January 1981 (1981-01-24)	Eintracht Frankfurt	5–0	Eintracht Frankfurt Amateure	Frankfurt, Germany
10:30 CEST	Borchers  36' Nickel  39' Mintgen  44' (o.g.) Pezzey  49' Cha  62'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 150

21 April 1981 (1981-04-21)	Viktoria Sindlingen	0–5	Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt, Germany
		(Report)	Hölzenbein  25' Borchers  27' Nickel  31' Cha  37', 53'	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Willbuck

11 May 1981 (1981-05-11)	Rheingau XI	1–8	Eintracht Frankfurt	Geisenheim, Germany
	Harry Schmid (20.)	(Report)	Borchers  28' Cha  43', 72' Pezzey  61' Lorant  63' Blättel  70' Nickel  77' Lottermann  89'	Stadium: Rheingau-Stadion Attendance: 3,800 Referee: Birlenbach

12 May 1981 (1981-05-12)	FV 09 Eschersheim	1–9	Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt, Germany
19:00 CEST	Jovanovski  16'	(Report)	Nachtweih  15', 87' Caspary  21' Lottermann  31', 82', 90' Lorant  62' Künast  85', 88'	Stadium: Sportplatz Berkersheimer Weg Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Schneider

17 May 1981 (1981-05-17)	Walldorf XI	1–9	Eintracht Frankfurt
	Kornhuber  81'	(Report)	Trapp  3', 26' Lottermann  37' Lorant  38' Nachtweih  58' Pezzey  63' Cha  76', 78', 80'	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Nischwitz

21 May 1981 (1981-05-21)	SG Sossenheim	0–20	Eintracht Frankfurt
18:45 CEST		(Report)	Cha Nickel Pezzey Plattek Lottermann Caspary Zick Trapp	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Dork

24 May 1981 (1981-05-24)	South China AA	0–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Hong Kong, United Kingdom
		(Report)	Blättel  48'	Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Wang

31 May 1981 (1981-05-31)	VfB Schrecksbach	2–7	Eintracht Frankfurt
		(Report)	Nachtweih Künast Nickel Blättel Trapp Borchers Cha	Attendance: 2,000

1 June 1981 (1981-06-01)	SV Zeilsheim	1–14	Eintracht Frankfurt
	Feigl  14'	(Report)	Nickel  1', 56', 68', 71', 79', 87' Zick  24' Borchers  36' Körbel  37' Nachtweih  43' Lorant  53', 82' Caspery  54', 72'	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Dörk

9 June 1981 (1981-06-09)	Oberursel XI	2–13	Eintracht Frankfurt	Oberursel, Germany
		(Report)	Borchers Nickel Nachtweih Pezzey Neuberger Falkenmayer Funk  pen' Künast Caspary	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Gebauer

14 June 1981 (1981-06-14)	TSV Ostheim	2–8	Eintracht Frankfurt	Ostheim, Germany
	Gramm (38.) Matthias Helm (79.)	(Report)	Nickel  5', 68' Trapp  36' Borchers  43' Blättel  47' Lorant  51', 67'  89' (o.g.)	Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Trenk

Bundesliga

League fixtures and results

1 16 August 1980 (1980-08-16)	Schalke 04	1–4	Eintracht Frankfurt	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
15:30 CEST	Džoni  31'	(Report)	Nachtweih  28' Lorant  32' Hölzenbein  43' Borchers  77'	Stadium: Parkstadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Horstmann

2 19 August 1980 (1980-08-19)	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–0	Arminia Bielefeld	Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST	Cha  19', 29'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Föckler

3 23 August 1980 (1980-08-23)	Bayer Leverkusen	3–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Leverkusen, Germany
15:30 CEST	Økland  23' Herzog  60' Demuth  84' (pen.)	(Report)	Nickel  77' Nachtweih  87'	Stadium: Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Ohmsen

4 3 September 1980 (1980-09-03)	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	VfB Stuttgart	Frankfurt, Germany
20:00 CEST	Lottermann  36' Schaub  51'	(Report)	Klotz  90'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Risse

5 6 September 1980 (1980-09-06)	Hamburger SV	3–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Hamburg, Germany
15:30 CEST	Kaltz  17' (pen.) Reimann  45' Hrubesch  73'	(Report)	Lorant  27'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Ahlenfelder

6 13 September 1980 (1980-09-13)	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	1860 Munich	Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST	Pezzey  87' Hölzenbein  88'	(Report)	Năstase  67'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Schmoock

7 20 September 1980 (1980-09-20)	VfL Bochum	2–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bochum, Germany
15:30 CEST	Gross  50' Abel  57' (pen.)	(Report)		Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Retzmann

8 27 September 1980 (1980-09-27)	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	MSV Duisburg	Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST	Nachtweih  45' Hölzenbein  86' (pen.)	(Report)	Kempe  37'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Schmidhuber

9 15 October 1980 (1980-10-15)	1. FC Nürnberg	1–4	Eintracht Frankfurt	Nuremberg, Germany
20:00 CEST	Heck  66'	(Report)	Hölzenbein  37', 84' Lottermann  57', 70'	Stadium: Städtisches Stadion Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Hennig

10 18 October 1980 (1980-10-18)	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST	Pezzey  46' Lottermann  53' Cha  56'	(Report)	Geye  3' Neues  82'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 37,000 Referee: Stäglich

11 25 October 1980 (1980-10-25)	1. FC Köln	5–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Cologne, Germany
15:30 CEST	Gerber  9' Woodcock  11' Littbarski  44' Botteron  53', 75'	(Report)		Stadium: Müngersdorfer Stadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Redelfs

12 1 November 1980 (1980-11-01)	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–3	Karlsruher SC	Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST	Pezzey  78', 90' Hölzenbein  80'	(Report)	Krauth  44', 60' Schüler  89'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Ross

13 8 November 1980 (1980-11-08)	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST	Borchers  41' Lottermann  46'	(Report)	Nielsen  54'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Hontheim

14 15 November 1980 (1980-11-15)	Bayer Uerdingen	4–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Krefeld, Germany
15:30 CEST	Hofmann  5' Raschid  6' (pen.), 87' Zimmer  49'	(Report)	Neuberger  20'	Stadium: Grotenburg-Stadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Roth

15 29 November 1980 (1980-11-29)	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–0	Bayern Munich	Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST		(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 59,000 Referee: Walz

16 6 December 1980 (1980-12-06)	Borussia Dortmund	2–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Dortmund, Germany
15:30 CEST	Burgsmüller  20' Abramczik  48'	(Report)	Bernd Hölzenbein  80'	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Luca

17 13 December 1980 (1980-12-13)	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST	Pezzey  70' Hölzenbein  81' (pen)	(Report)	K Allofs  52', 89'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Gabor

18 27 January 1981 (1981-01-27)	Eintracht Frankfurt	5–0	Schalke 04	Frankfurt, Germany
20:00 CEST	Nickel  19' Lorant  42' (pen.), 72' (pen.) Cha 84' Nachtweih  89'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Kasperowski

19 3 February 1981 (1981-02-03)	Arminia Bielefeld	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bielefeld, Germany
20:00 CEST	Schock  76'	(Report)	Nickel  4'	Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Linn

20 7 February 1981 (1981-02-07)	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–0	Bayer Leverkusen	Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST	Nickel  20', 23'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Niebergall

21 14 February 1981 (1981-02-14)	VfB Stuttgart	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Stuttgart, Germany
15:30 CEST	Allgöwer  19'	(Report)	Lottermann  53'	Stadium: Neckarstadion Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Pauly

22 21 February 1981 (1981-02-21)	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	Hamburger SV	Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST	Hölzenbein  47'	(Report)	Kaltz  83' (pen.)	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Assenmacher

23 7 March 1981 (1981-03-07)	1860 Munich	0–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Munich, Germany
15:30 CEST		(Report)	Nickel  41', 65'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Stäglich

24 14 March 1981 (1981-03-14)	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–2	VfL Bochum	Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST	Cha  5' Pezzey  34'	(Report)	Pinkall  27', 46'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Horstmann

25 21 March 1981 (1981-03-21)	MSV Duisburg	0–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Duisburg, Germany
15:30 CEST		(Report)		Stadium: Wedaustadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Föckler

26 28 March 1981 (1981-03-28)	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–0	1. FC Nürnberg	Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST	Pezzey  14' Cha  15', 64'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Retzmann

28 11 April 1981 (1981-04-11)	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–0	1. FC Köln	Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST	Pezzey  42' Nachtweih  45' Hölzenbein 61', 65' (pen.)	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Roth

27 14 April 1981 (1981-04-14)	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Kaiserslautern, Germany
20:00 CEST	Hofeditz  78' Briegel  85' (pen.)	(Report)		Stadium: Betzenbergstadion Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Waltert

29 18 April 1981 (1981-04-18)	Karlsruher SC	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Karlsruhe, Germany
15:30 CEST	Bold  70'	(Report)	Nickel  18'	Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Ahlenfelder

30 8 May 1981 (1981-05-08)	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Mönchengladbach, Germany
20:00 CEST	Loontiens  51' Bruns  74'	(Report)	Nachtweih  28' Pezzey  31'	Stadium: Bökelbergstadion Attendance: 15,500 Referee: Redelfs

31 16 May 1981 (1981-05-16)	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–2	Bayer Uerdingen	Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST	Gruber  6' Lorant  73' (pen.)	(Report)	Hofmann  24', 86'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Horeis

32 30 May 1981 (1981-05-30)	Bayern Munich	7–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Munich, Germany
15:30 CEST	Kraus  54' Breitner  60' (pen.), 64', 85' Rummenigge  77' (pen.), 80' Hoeneß  90'	(Report)	Borchers  81' Cha  86'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Eschweiler

33 6 June 1981 (1981-06-06)	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–4	Borussia Dortmund	Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST		(Report)	Schneider  12' Eðvaldsson  14' Abramczik  17' Wagner  31'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Ross

34 13 June 1981 (1981-06-13)	Fortuna Düsseldorf	2–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Düsseldorf, Germany
15:30 CEST	Nachtweih  2' Pezzey  48'	(Report)	Schmitz  18', 58'	Stadium: Rheinstadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Linn

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	55	−1	34
9	VfL Bochum	34	9	15	10	53	45	+8	33
10	Karlsruher SC	34	9	14	11	56	63	−7	32
11	Bayer Leverkusen	34	10	10	14	52	53	−1	30
12	MSV Duisburg	34	10	9	15	45	58	−13	29
13	Fortuna Düsseldorf	34	10	8	16	57	64	−7	28
14	1. FC Nürnberg	34	11	6	17	47	57	−10	28
15	Arminia Bielefeld	34	10	6	18	46	65	−19	26
16	1860 München (R)	34	9	7	18	49	67	−18	25	2. Fußball-Bundesliga
17	Schalke 04 (R)	34	8	7	19	43	88	−45	23
18	Bayer Uerdingen (R)	34	8	6	20	47	79	−32	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

1st Round 30 August 1980 (1980-08-30)	VfB Gaggenau	0–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Gaggenau, Germany
15:30 CEST		(Report)	Hölzenbein  14' Hönnscheidt  44' Lorant  49'	Stadium: Traischbachstadion Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Schraivogel

2nd Round 22 October 1980 (1980-10-22)	Eintracht Frankfurt	6–0	VfB Friedrichshafen	Frankfurt, Germany
	Nachtweih  31' Lottermann  31', 73' Cha  41', 79' Blättel  86'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Dölfel

3rd Round 22 November 1980 (1980-11-22)	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–0	SSV Ulm 1846	Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST	Hölzenbein  22' (pen.) Lottermann  54' Borchers  73'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Aulenbacher

4th Round 31 January 1981 (1981-01-31)	VfB Oldenburg	4–5	Eintracht Frankfurt	Oldenburg, Germany
	Peter Darsow  27' (pen.) Wilfried Klinge  38' Wilfried Osterkamp  75' Reinhold Specht  89'	(Report)	Lorant  8', 37' Cha  34', 62' Pezzey  54'	Stadium: Marschweg-Stadion Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Eschweiler

Quarter-finals 28 February 1981 (1981-02-28)	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	VfB Stuttgart	Frankfurt, Germany
	Trapp  67' Pezzey  90'	(Report)	Allgöwer  32'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Hennig

Semi-finals 4 April 1981 (1981-04-04)	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	Hertha BSC	Frankfurt, Germany
	Cha  30'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Heitmann

Final

EINTRACHT FRANKFURT: GK Jürgen Pahl DF Bruno Pezzey DF Michael Sziedat DF Karl-Heinz Körbel (c) DF Willi Neuberger MF Werner Lorant MF Ronald Borchers MF Norbert Nachtweih MF Bernd Nickel FW Bernd Hölzenbein FW Cha Bum-Kun Substitutes: No substitutions made Manager: Lothar Buchmann

1. FC KAISERSLAUTERN: GK Ronnie Hellström DF Hans-Günter Neues DF Wolfgang Wolf DF Michael Dusek DF Hans-Peter Briegel MF Werner Melzer MF Friedhelm Funkel MF Hannes Bongartz FW Reiner Geye FW Benny Wendt FW Erhard Hofeditz Substitutes: No substitutions made Manager: Karl-Heinz Feldkamp

MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.

UEFA Cup

1st Round 17 September 1980 (1980-09-17)	Shakhtar Donetsk	1–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Donetsk, Soviet Union
	Starukhin  22' (pen.)	(Report)		Stadium: Shakhtar Stadium Attendance: 46,000 Referee: Courtney

1st Round 1 October 1980 (1980-10-01)	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–0	Shakhtar Donetsk	Frankfurt, Germany
	Hölzenbein  4' Cha  38', 70'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Garcia Carrion

2nd Round 22 October 1980 (1980-10-22)	FC Utrecht	2–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Utrecht, Netherlands
	Carbo  59' de Kruyk  90' (pen.)	(Report)	Borchers  32'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Galler

2nd Round 5 November 1980 (1980-11-05)	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–1	FC Utrecht	Frankfurt, Germany
	Karger  52' Nachtweih  58' Pezzey  74'	(Report)	Neuberger  48' (o.g.)	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Krnach

3rd Round 26 November 1980 (1980-11-26)	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–2	FC Sochaux	Frankfurt, Germany
20:00 CEST	Neuberger  2' Borchers  43' Hölzenbein  52' Nachtweih  61'	(Report)	Genghini  72' Ruty  88'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Dotchev

3rd Round 10 December 1980 (1980-12-10)	FC Sochaux	2–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Montbéliard, France
	Genghini  17' Revelli  44'	(Report)		Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 12,000 Referee: van Langenhove

Squad

Squad and statistics

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

Notes

References

External links

• Official English Eintracht website
• German archive site
• 1980–81 Bundesliga season at Fussballdaten.de (German)

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