Club | Eintracht Frankfurt |
---|---|
Seasons played | 30 |
Most appearances | Kevin Trapp (60) |
Top scorer | Bernd Hölzenbein (24) |
First entry | 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
Latest entry | 2024–25 UEFA Europa League |
Titles | |
Champions League | 0 |
Europa League | |
Cup Winners' Cup | 0 |
Europa Conference League | 0 |
Super Cup | 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
Results (%)
- Accurate as of 22 February 2024
Competition | Played | Won | Drew | Lost | GF | GA | GD | Win% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
European Cup / Champions League | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 28 | +2 | 46.67 |
Cup Winners' Cup | 24 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 41 | 23 | +18 | 58.33 |
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League | 113 | 62 | 25 | 26 | 215 | 118 | +97 | 54.87 |
UEFA Europa Conference League | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | +5 | 40.00 |
UEFA Intertoto Cup | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 60.00 |
UEFA Super Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0.00 |
Total | 167 | 90 | 32 | 45 | 315 | 187 | +128 | 53.89 |
Legend: GF = Goals For. GA = Goals Against. GD = Goal Difference.
UEFA competitions
Season | Competition | Round | Opponent | Home | Away | Aggregate |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1959–60 | European Cup | Preliminary Round | ![]() |
KuPS withdrew[note 1] | ||
First Round | ![]() |
1–1 | 4–1 | 5–2 | ||
Quarter-Final | ![]() |
2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | ||
Semi-Final | ![]() |
6–1 | 6–3 | 12–4 | ||
Final | ![]() |
3–7 | ||||
1972–73 | UEFA Cup | First Round | ![]() |
0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 |
1974–75 | Cup Winners' Cup | First Round | ![]() |
3–0 | 2–2 | 5–2 |
Second Round | ![]() |
2–3 | 1–2 | 3–5 | ||
1975–76 | Cup Winners' Cup | First Round | ![]() |
5–1 | 6–2 | 11–3 |
Second Round | ![]() |
1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | ||
Quarter-Final | ![]() |
1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | ||
Semi-Final | ![]() |
2–1 | 1–3 | 3–4 | ||
1977–78 | UEFA Cup | First Round | ![]() |
5–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 |
Second Round | ![]() |
4–3 | 3–0 | 7–3 | ||
Third Round | ![]() |
4–0 | 2–1 | 6–1 | ||
Quarter-Final | ![]() |
3–2 | 0–1 | 3–3 (a) | ||
1979–80 | UEFA Cup | First Round | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
Second Round | ![]() |
3–0 (a.e.t.) | 0–2 | 3–2 | ||
Third Round | ![]() |
4–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | ||
Quarter-Final | ![]() |
4–1 | 2–3 | 6–4 | ||
Semi-Final | ![]() |
5–1 (a.e.t.) | 0–2 | 5–3 | ||
Final | ![]() |
1–0 | 2–3 | 3–3 (a) | ||
1980–81 | UEFA Cup | First Round | ![]() |
3–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 |
Second Round | ![]() |
3–1 | 1–2 | 4–3 | ||
Third Round | ![]() |
4–2 | 0–2 | 4–4 (a) | ||
1981–82 | Cup Winners' Cup | First Round | ![]() |
2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2, 5–4 (p) |
Second Round | ![]() |
2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | ||
Quarter-Final | ![]() |
2–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | ||
1988–89 | Cup Winners' Cup | First Round | ![]() |
1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
Second Round | ![]() |
3–1 | 3–0 | 6–1 | ||
Quarter-Final | ![]() |
0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | ||
1990–91 | UEFA Cup | First Round | ![]() |
4–1 | 0–5 | 4–6 |
1991–92 | UEFA Cup | First Round | ![]() |
6–1 | 5–0 | 11–1 |
Second Round | ![]() |
0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | ||
1992–93 | UEFA Cup | First Round | ![]() |
9–0 | 2–2 | 11–2 |
Second Round | ![]() |
0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | ||
1993–94 | UEFA Cup | First Round | ![]() |
1–2 | 6–0 | 7–2 |
Second Round | ![]() |
2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | ||
Third Round | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | ||
Quarter-Final | ![]() |
1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1, 4–5 (p) | ||
1994–95 | UEFA Cup | First Round | ![]() |
2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
Second Round | ![]() |
5–0 | 1–2 | 6–2 | ||
Third Round | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | ||
Quarter-Final | ![]() |
1–1 | 0–3 | 1–4 | ||
1995 | Intertoto Cup | Group 12 | ![]() |
— | 4–0 | 2nd |
![]() |
5–1 | — | ||||
![]() |
— | 4–0 | ||||
![]() |
1–2 | — | ||||
Second Round [5] | ![]() |
— | 0–3 | 0–3 | ||
2006–07 | UEFA Cup | First Round | ![]() |
4–0 | 2–2 | 6–2 |
Group A | ![]() |
1–2 | — | 5th | ||
![]() |
— | 1–1 | ||||
![]() |
0–0 | — | ||||
![]() |
— | 2–2 | ||||
2013–14 | UEFA Europa League | Play-off Round | ![]() |
2–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 |
Group F | ![]() |
3–0 | 1–0 | 1st | ||
![]() |
2–0 | 3–0 | ||||
![]() |
2–0 | 2–4 | ||||
Round of 32 | ![]() |
3–3 | 2–2 | 5–5 (a) | ||
2018–19 | UEFA Europa League | Group H | ![]() |
4–0 | 2–1 | 1st |
![]() |
4–1 | 2–1 | ||||
![]() |
2–0 | 3–2 | ||||
Round of 32 | ![]() |
4–1 | 2–2 | 6–3 | ||
Round of 16 | ![]() |
0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | ||
Quarter-Final | ![]() |
2–0 | 2–4 | 4–4 (a) | ||
Semi-Final | ![]() |
1–1 | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | 2–2, 3–4 (p) | ||
2019–20 | UEFA Europa League | Second qualifying Round | ![]() |
2–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 |
Third qualifying Round | ![]() |
1–0 | 5–0 | 6–0 | ||
Play-off Round | ![]() |
3–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | ||
Group F | ![]() |
0–3 | 2–1 | 2nd | ||
![]() |
2–1 | 1–2 | ||||
![]() |
2–3 | 1–0 | ||||
Round of 32 | ![]() |
4–1 | 2–2 | 6–3 | ||
Round of 16 | ![]() |
0–3 | 0–1 | 0–4 | ||
2021–22 | UEFA Europa League | Group D | ![]() |
1–1 | 1–1 | 1st |
![]() |
1–1 | 1–0 | ||||
![]() |
3–1 | 2–1 | ||||
Round of 16 | ![]() |
1–1 (a.e.t.) | 2–1 | 3–2 | ||
Quarter-Final | ![]() |
1–1 | 3–2 | 4–3 | ||
Semi-Final | ![]() |
1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | ||
Final | ![]() |
1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p) (N) | ||||
2022–23 | UEFA Super Cup | Final | ![]() |
0–2 (N) | ||
UEFA Champions League | Group D | ![]() |
0–3 | 2–1 | 2nd | |
![]() |
2–1 | 1–0 | ||||
![]() |
0–0 | 2–3 | ||||
Round of 16 | ![]() |
0–2 | 0–3 | 0–5 | ||
2023–24 | UEFA Europa Conference League | Play-off Round | ![]() |
2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
Group G | ![]() |
2–1 | 0–2 | 2nd | ||
![]() |
1–2 | 1–2 | ||||
![]() |
6–0 | 1–0 | ||||
Knockout Round Play-off | ![]() |
1–2 | 2–2 | 3–4 | ||
2024–25 | UEFA Europa League | Group TBD | ![]() |
|||
![]() |
||||||
![]() |
||||||
![]() |
||||||
![]() |
||||||
![]() |
||||||
![]() |
||||||
![]() |
Non-UEFA competitions
Season | Competition | Round | Opposition | Home | Away | Aggregate |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1955–58 | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup[6] | Group D | ![]() |
1–0 | 2–3 | 2nd |
Group D | ![]() |
5–1 | 2–6 | |||
1964–65 | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | First Round | ![]() |
3–0 | 1–5 | 4–5 |
1965–66 | Intertoto Cup | Group A3 | ![]() |
4–0 | 2–3 | 3rd |
![]() |
1–2 | 0–1 | ||||
![]() |
4–2 | 0–3 | ||||
1966–67 | Intertoto Cup | Group A1 | ![]() |
3–1 | 4–2 | 1st |
![]() |
2–0 | 4–1 | ||||
![]() |
1–5 | 1–0 | ||||
Quarter-Final | ![]() |
3–1 | 1–2 | 4–3 | ||
Semi-Final | ![]() |
6–1 | 1–4 | 7–5 | ||
Final | ![]() |
1–1 | 3–2 | 4–3 | ||
1966–67 | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | First Round | ![]() |
6–1 | 2–0 | 8–1 |
Second Round | ![]() |
5–1 | 2–2 | 7–3 | ||
Third Round | ![]() |
4–1 | 1–2 | 5–3 | ||
Quarter-Final | ![]() |
1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | ||
Semi-Final | ![]() |
3–0 | 0–4 (a.e.t) | 3–4 | ||
1967–68 | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | First Round | ![]() |
0–1 | 0–4 | 0–5 |
1968–69 | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | First Round | ![]() |
3–0 | 2–2 | 5–2 |
Second Round | ![]() |
1–0 (a.e.t) | 0–0 | 1–0 | ||
Third Round | ![]() |
1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
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.
Record by country of opposition
- As of 22 February 2024
Pld – Played; W – Won; D – Drawn; L – Lost
Record players
- Key
SC = 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
- As of 22 February 2024
Most appearances
Rank | Player | Eintracht career | SC | EC / CL | CLQ | EL / UC | ELQ | CWC | UIC | UECL | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
2012–2015 2018– |
1 | 8 | – | 39 | 3 | – | – | 9 | 60 |
2 | ![]() |
1972–1991 | – | – | – | 25 | – | 23 | 5 | – | 53 |
3 | ![]() |
2010–2014 2019–2024 |
1 | 6 | – | 33 | 3 | – | – | 3 | 46 |
4 | ![]() |
1974–1983 | – | – | – | 25 | – | 14 | 6 | – | 45 |
5 | ![]() |
1967–1983 | – | – | – | 20 | – | 16 | 6 | – | 42 |
6 | ![]() |
2014–2024 | – | 4 | – | 29 | 5 | – | – | 3 | 41 |
7 | ![]() |
1967–1981 | – | – | – | 24 | – | 11 | 5 | – | 40 |
8 | ![]() |
2018–2022 | – | – | – | 34 | 5 | – | – | – | 39 |
9 | ![]() |
2017–2018 2019–2023 |
1 | 8 | – | 23 | 6 | – | – | – | 38 |
10 | ![]() |
2018–2023 | 1 | 8 | – | 25 | 3 | – | – | – | 37 |
Top goalscorers
Numbers in brackets indicate appearances made. Ø = goals per game
Rank | Player | Eintracht career | SC | EC / CL | CLQ | EL / UC | ELQ | CWC | UIC | Total | Ø |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
1967–1981 | – | – | – | 10 (24) | – | 8 (11) | 6 (5) | 24 (40) | 0.63 |
2 | ![]() |
2017–2018 2019–2023 |
0 (1) | 3 (8) | – | 11 (29) | – | – | – | 14 (38) | 0.37 |
3 | ![]() |
1990–1995 | – | – | – | 12 (16) | – | – | – | 12 (16) | 0.75 |
![]() |
2018–2022 | – | – | – | 9 (34) | 3 (5) | – | – | 12 (39) | 0.31 | |
5 | ![]() |
1967–1983 | – | – | – | 5 (20) | – | 5 (16) | 1 (6) | 11 (42) | 0.26 |
6 | ![]() |
2017–2019 2021 |
– | – | – | 10 (14) | – | – | – | 10 (14) | 0.71 |
7 | ![]() |
1993–1995 | – | – | – | 7 (14) | – | – | 1 (1) | 8 (15) | 0.53 |
8 | ![]() |
2004–2018 | – | – | – | 7 (9) | – | – | – | 7 (9) | 0.78 |
![]() |
1965–1980 | – | – | – | 4 (16) | – | 3 (12) | 0 (4) | 7 (32) | 0.22 | |
10 | ![]() |
1979–1983 | – | – | – | 6 (11) | – | – | – | 6 (11) | 0.55 |
![]() |
1971–1979 1986–1987 |
– | – | – | 4 (8) | – | 1 (5) | 1 (4) | 6 (17) | 0.35 | |
![]() |
1975–1979 | – | – | – | 3 (6) | – | 1 (8) | 2 (4) | 6 (18) | 0.33 | |
![]() |
1979–1983 | – | – | – | 5 (16) | – | 1 (6) | – | 6 (22) | 0.27 | |
![]() |
2018–2020 2021–2022 |
– | – | – | 3 (22) | 3 (6) | – | – | 6 (28) | 0.21 |
Map
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png)
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/8px-Yellow_pog.svg.png)
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Black_pog.svg/8px-Black_pog.svg.png)
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/8px-Green_pog.svg.png)
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Blue_pog.svg/8px-Blue_pog.svg.png)
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Purple_pog.svg/8px-Purple_pog.svg.png)
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pink_pog.svg/8px-Pink_pog.svg.png)
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Brown_pog.svg/8px-Brown_pog.svg.png)
References
- ^ "Frankfurt's Filip Kostic doubles up to dump Barcelona out of Europa League". The Guardian. 14 April 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Rangers suffer Europa League final shootout defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt". The Guardian. 18 May 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ^ "Real Madrid lift Super Cup after Alaba and Benzema sink Eintracht Frankfurt". Guardian. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
- ^ Effectively the last 16 teams
- ^ 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
Notes
- ^ 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.
Sources
- Matheja, Ulrich (2011). Unsere Eintracht - Eintracht Frankfurt - Die Chronik. Die Werkstatt. ISBN 978-3-89533-750-5.