1977–78 Eintracht Frankfurt season

The 1977–78 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 78th season in the club's football history. In 1977–78 the club played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 15th season in the Bundesliga.

Eintracht Frankfurt
1977–78 season
ChairmanAchaz von Thümen
ManagerGyula Lóránt (resigned 30 November 1977)
Dettmar Cramer (signed 8 December 1977)
Bundesliga7th
DFB-Pokal3rd Round
UEFA CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Bernd Hölzenbein (15)
All: Bernd Hölzenbein (27)
Highest home attendance58,000 31 August 1977 v Borussia Mönchengladbach (league)
Lowest home attendance7,500 24 September 1977 v VfL Bochum (league)
Average home league attendance25,971

Matches

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendlies

28 June 1977 (1977-06-28) 75th anniversary of SpVgg Griesheim 02 SpVgg Griesheim 02 West Germany 0–8 West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany
Report
  • Nickel 6'
  • Borchers 8', 24'
  • Stein 13' (o.g.)
  • Weidle 69'
  • Hans-Dieter Wacker 80'
  • Krobbach 85'
  • Grabowski 88'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Scheurer
5 July 1977 (1977-07-05) 75th anniversary of Rödelheimer FC 02 Rödelheimer FC 02 West Germany 0–6 West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany
Report Attendance: 1,500
6 July 1977 (1977-07-06) Charity match for Kickers Offenbach Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany 3–1 West Germany Kickers Offenbach Frankfurt, West Germany
Report
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Messmer
12 July 1977 (1977-07-12) Eintracht Wetzlar West Germany 0–10 West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Wetzlar, West Germany
18:00 CET Report
Stadium: Stadion Wetzlar
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Keusch
26 July 1977 (1977-07-26) FSV Frankfurt West Germany 1–7 West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Frankfurt, West Germany
  • Posniak 63'
Report
Stadium: Stadion am Bornheimer Hang
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Boos
2 August 1977 (1977-08-02) FC Hanau 93 West Germany 3–4 West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Hanau, West Germany
18:00 CET
Report Stadium: Stadion Wilhelmsbad
Attendance: 6,000
9 August 1977 (1977-08-09) SV Alsdorf / Daadetaler Sportfreunde XI West Germany 1–10 West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Alsdorf, West Germany
Report Attendance: 3,000
26 October 1977 (1977-10-26) FC Neustadt West Germany 0–11 West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Titisee-Neustadt, West Germany
15:30 CET Report Attendance: 2,000
19 November 1977 (1977-11-19) FC Augsburg West Germany 1–3 West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany
Report Attendance: 1,500
30 December 1977 (1977-12-30) Würzburger FV West Germany 2–2 West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Würzburg, West Germany
  • Sterz 12', 63'
Report
Stadium: Stadion an der Frankfurter Straße
Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Drescher
13 April 1978 (1978-04-13) Waldhof Mannheim West Germany 2–3 West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany
  • Böhni
  • Vogel
Report Attendance: 1,500
14 April 1978 (1978-04-14) Freiburger FC West Germany 2–1 West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany
  • Derigs 17'
  • Hug 80'
Report
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Binninger
16 April 1978 (1978-04-16) Wormatia Worms West Germany 0–0 West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Worms, West Germany
Report Attendance: 700
Referee: Föckler
5 May 1978 (1978-05-05) Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany 2–2 Mexico Mexico Kassel, West Germany
Report
Attendance: 12,000
12 May 1978 (1978-05-12) Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany 1–1 Netherlands AFC Ajax Offenbach, West Germany
Report Stadium: Stadion am Bieberer Berg
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Linn
16 May 1978 (1978-05-16) SSV Dillenburg West Germany 3–1 West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany
  • Beck 14'
  • Engelhardt 38'
  • Köhler 57'
Report
Attendance: 1,500
18 May 1978 (1978-05-18) Hassia Bingen West Germany 3–3 West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany
  • Kaminzke 39'
  • Albert 59'
  • Keller 63'
Report
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Paulus
21 May 1978 (1978-05-21) 75th anniversary of SpVgg Neu-Isenburg SpVgg Neu-Isenburg West Germany 0–16 West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Neu-Isenburg, West Germany
12:00 CET Report
Stadium: Sportparkstadion Neu-Isenburg
Attendance: 3,000
25 May 1978 (1978-05-25) Austria Austria 2–0 West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Linz, Austria
Report Stadium: Linzer Stadion
Attendance: 16,000

Bundesliga

League fixtures and results

6 August 1977 (1977-08-06) 1 Eintracht Frankfurt 4–0 1. FC Saarbrücken Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CET
Report Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Horstmann
12 August 1977 (1977-08-12) 2 FC Schalke 04 3–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Gelsenkirchen, West Germany
20:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Parkstadion
Attendance: 58,000
Referee: Ohmsen
17 August 1977 (1977-08-17) 3 Eintracht Frankfurt 0–2 Hamburger SV Frankfurt, West Germany
20:00 CET Report
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Engel
27 August 1977 (1977-08-27) 4 Borussia Dortmund 0–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Dortmund, West Germany
15:30 CET Report
Stadium: Westfalenstadion
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Biwersi
31 August 1977 (1977-08-31) 5 Eintracht Frankfurt 4–2 Borussia Mönchengladbach Frankfurt, West Germany
20:00 CET
Report Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 58,000
Referee: Jensen
3 September 1977 (1977-09-03) 6 Hertha BSC 2–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Berlin, West Germany
15:30 CET Report Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Hennig
9 September 1977 (1977-09-09) 7 Eintracht Frankfurt 3–1 MSV Duisburg Frankfurt, West Germany
20:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Linn
17 September 1977 (1977-09-17) 8 TSV 1860 Munich 2–4 Eintracht Frankfurt Munich, West Germany
15:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Hontheim
24 September 1977 (1977-09-24) 9 VfL Bochum 0–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Bochum, West Germany
15:30 CET Report
Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Niemann
1 October 1977 (1977-10-01) 10 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–3 1. FC Kaiserslautern Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CET Report
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Ahlenfelder
12 October 1977 (1977-10-12) 11 VfB Stuttgart 2–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Stuttgart, West Germany
20:00 CET
Report Stadium: Neckarstadion
Attendance: 68,000
Referee: Kindervater
22 October 1977 (1977-10-22) 12 Eintracht Frankfurt 5–2 FC St. Pauli Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Burgers
29 October 1977 (1977-10-29) 13 Fortuna Düsseldorf 2–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Düsseldorf, West Germany
15:30 CET
Report Stadium: Rheinstadion
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Roth
5 November 1977 (1977-11-05) 14 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–2 1. FC Köln Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CET Report
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Gabor
12 November 1977 (1977-11-12) 15 Werder Bremen 3–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Bremen, West Germany
15:30 CET
Report Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Stäglich
26 November 1977 (1977-11-26) 16 Eintracht Frankfurt 4–0 Bayern Munich Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CET Report Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 43,000
Referee: Waltert
3 December 1977 (1977-12-03) 17 Eintracht Braunschweig 1–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Braunschweig, West Germany
15:30 CET
Report Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Eschweiler
10 December 1977 (1977-12-10) 18 1. FC Saarbrücken 0–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Saarbrücken, West Germany
15:30 CET Report Stadium: Ludwigsparkstadion
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Horstmann
17 December 1977 (1977-12-17) 19 Eintracht Frankfurt 3–0 FC Schalke 04 Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CET Report Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Engel
7 January 1978 (1978-01-07) 20 Hamburger SV 0–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Hamburg, West Germany
15:30 CET Report
Stadium: Volksparkstadion
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Burgers
14 January 1978 (1978-01-14) 21 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–1 Borussia Dortmund Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CET
Report Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Glasneck
21 January 1978 (1978-01-21) 22 Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Mönchengladbach, West Germany
15:30 CET
Report Stadium: Bökelbergstadion
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Linn
28 January 1978 (1978-01-28) 23 Eintracht Frankfurt 0–5 Hertha BSC Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CET Report
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Redelfs
4 February 1978 (1978-02-04) 24 MSV Duisburg 3–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Duisburg, West Germany
15:30 CET
Report Stadium: Wedaustadion
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Luca
11 February 1978 (1978-02-11) 25 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–0 TSV 1860 Munich Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CET Report Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Niemann
18 February 1978 (1978-02-18) 26 Eintracht Frankfurt 5–3 VfL Bochum Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Hontheim
4 March 1978 (1978-03-04) 28 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–0 VfB Stuttgart Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CET
Report Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Klauser
11 March 1978 (1978-03-11) 29 FC St. Pauli 5–3 Eintracht Frankfurt Hamburg, West Germany
15:30 CET
Report Stadium: Wilhelm-Koch-Stadion
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Ahlenfelder
18 March 1978 (1978-03-18) 30 Eintracht Frankfurt 4–0 Fortuna Düsseldorf Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CET
Report Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Engel
25 March 1978 (1978-03-25) 27 1. FC Kaiserslautern 2–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Kaiserslautern, West Germany
15:30 CET Report Stadium: Betzenbergstadion
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Risse
1 April 1978 (1978-04-01) 31 1. FC Köln 0–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Cologne, West Germany
15:30 CET Report Stadium: Müngersdorfer Stadion
Attendance: 42,000
Referee: Roth
8 April 1978 (1978-04-08) 32 Eintracht Frankfurt 0–2 Werder Bremen Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CET Report
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Eschweiler
22 April 1978 (1978-04-22) 33 Bayern Munich 2–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Munich, West Germany
15:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Kindervater
29 April 1978 (1978-04-29) 34 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–0 Eintracht Braunschweig Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CET Report Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Stäglich

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
5 Fortuna Düsseldorf 34 15 9 10 49 36 +13 39 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
6 MSV Duisburg 34 15 7 12 62 59 +3 37 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
7 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 16 4 14 59 52 +7 36
8 1. FC Kaiserslautern 34 16 4 14 64 63 +1 36
9 Schalke 04 34 14 6 14 47 52 5 34
Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. As 1. FC Köln also won the DFB-Pokal, the Cup Winners' Cup spot was given to runners-up Fortuna Düsseldorf, while Düsseldorf's original UEFA Cup was transferred to MSV Duisburg.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
34 16 4 14 59 52  +7 36 12 1 4 42 23  +19 4 3 10 17 29  −12

Source: Bundesliga

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH
ResultWLLLWLWWWLLWLDLWDDWDWLLWWWLWLWWLLW
Position26137410522574681187766479108798876677
Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

DFB-Pokal

30 July 1977 (1977-07-30) 1st Round FC Konstanz 1–6 Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany
  • Beck 78'
Report
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Aldinger
20 August 1977 (1977-08-20) 2nd Round TuS Schloß Neuhaus 2–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Paderborn, West Germany
  • Schulte 6'
  • Fiege 35'
Report
Stadium: Inselbadstadion
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Glasneck
24 August 1977 (1977-08-24) 2nd Round (Rematch) Eintracht Frankfurt 4–0 TuS Schloß Neuhaus Frankfurt, West Germany
Report Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Föckler
15 October 1977 (1977-10-15) 3rd Round FC Schalke 04 1–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Gelsenkirchen, West Germany
Klaus Fischer 82' Report Stadium: Parkstadion
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Hoffmann

Intertoto Cup

25 June 1977 (1977-06-25) 1 Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany 2–2 Czechoslovak Socialist Republic Inter Bratislava Frankfurt, West Germany
Report
  • Brezík 25'
  • Mráz 49'
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Linn
2 July 1977 (1977-07-02) 2 Wacker Innsbruck Austria 1–1 West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Innsbruck, Austria
  • Šikić 7'
Report
Stadium: Tivoli
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Latzin
9 July 1977 (1977-07-09) 3 Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany 4–1 Switzerland FC Zürich Frankfurt, West Germany
Report Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Aldinger
16 July 1977 (1977-07-16) 4 Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany 1–1 Austria Wacker Innsbruck Frankfurt, West Germany
Report
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Dreher
20 July 1977 (1977-07-20) 5 FC Zürich Switzerland 1–0 West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Zürich, Switzerland
Report Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Dörflinger
23 July 1977 (1977-07-23) 6 Inter Bratislava Czechoslovak Socialist Republic 2–5 West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
  • Hudec 63'
  • Šimončič 88'
Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Jarsa

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Czechoslovakia Inter Bratislava 6 4 1 1 18 11 +7 9
2 West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt 6 2 3 1 13 8 +5 7
3 Austria Wacker Innsbruck 6 2 2 2 10 10 0 6
4 Switzerland Zürich 6 1 0 5 4 16 12 2
Source:

UEFA Cup

13 September 1977 (1977-09-13) 1st Round Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany 5–0 Malta Sliema Wanderers Frankfurt, West Germany
Report Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Środecki
13 September 1977 (1977-09-13) 1st Round Sliema Wanderers Malta 0–0 West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Ta' Qali, Malta
Report Stadium: Ta' Qali Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Ciacci
19 October 1977 (1977-10-19) 2nd Round FC Zürich Switzerland 0–3 West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Zürich, Switzerland
Report Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Christov
2 November 1977 (1977-11-02) 2nd Round Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany 4–3 Switzerland FC Zürich Frankfurt, West Germany
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Ivanov
23 November 1977 (1977-11-23) 3rd Round Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany 4–0 West Germany Bayern Munich Frankfurt, West Germany
Report Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Rainea
7 December 1977 (1977-12-07) 3rd Round Bayern Munich West Germany 1–2 West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Munich, West Germany
  • Rummennigge 3'
Report Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Gussoni
1 March 1978 (1978-03-01) Quarter-finals Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany 3–2 Switzerland Grasshopper Club Zürich Frankfurt, West Germany
20:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Linemayr
14 March 1978 (1978-03-14) Quarter-finals Grasshopper Club Zürich Switzerland 1–0 West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Zürich, Switzerland
20:00 CET
Report Stadium: Hardturm
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Maksimović

Squad

Squad and statistics

No. Pos Nat Player TotalBundesligaDFB-PokalUEFA CupIntertoto Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK West Germany FRG Heinz-Josef Koitka 500340408040
GK East Germany GDR Jürgen Pahl 0000000000
GK West Germany FRG Günter Wienhold 2000000020
DF West Germany FRG Charly Körbel 420290305050
DF West Germany FRG Peter Krobbach 211140005120
DF West Germany FRG Helmut Müller 190140003020
DF West Germany FRG Willi Neuberger 514342417061
DF West Germany FRG Peter Reichel 421271406050
DF West Germany FRG Gerd Simons 1000000010
DF West Germany FRG Lothar Skala 17180305110
DF Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YUG Dragoslav Stepanović 412291306130
DF West Germany FRG Gert Trinklein 231131302050
DF West Germany FRG Roland Weidle 440300306050
MF West Germany FRG Jürgen Grabowski 5014349428340
MF West Germany FRG Wolfgang Kraus 273273000000
MF East Germany GDR Norbert Nachtweih 5050000000
MF West Germany FRG Bernd Nickel 51163411427261
MF West Germany FRG Wolfgang Trapp 9020104020
MF West Germany FRG Hans-Dieter Wacker 2000000020
FW West Germany FRG Klaus Beverungen 2000000020
FW West Germany FRG Egon Bihn 5030002000
FW West Germany FRG Ronny Borchers 8161001010
FW West Germany FRG Bernd Hölzenbein 51273415418556
FW West Germany FRG Rüdiger Wenzel 48233414436442

Transfers

Sources

  • Matheja, Ulrich (2011). Unsere Eintracht - Eintracht Frankfurt - Die Chronik. Die Werkstatt. ISBN 978-3-89533-750-5.
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