1997–98 Eintracht Frankfurt season
The 1997–98 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 98th season in the club's football history. In 1997–98 the club played in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football. It was the club's 2nd season in the 2. Bundesliga after being relegated from the Bundesliga for the first time. The season ended for Eintracht with promotion to the Bundesliga after winning the 2. Bundesliga.
1997-98 season | |||
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Chairman | Rolf Heller | ||
Manager | Horst Ehrmantraut | ||
2. Bundesliga | 1st | ||
DFB-Pokal | Round of 16 | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Thomas Sobotzik (10) All: Thomas Sobotzik (13) | ||
Highest home attendance | 45,000 31 August 1997 v 1. FC Nürnberg (league) | ||
Lowest home attendance | 13,500 7 December 1997 v FSV Zwickau (league) | ||
Average home league attendance | 23,647 | ||
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Friendlies
Win Draw Loss
1 July 1997 | SV Groß-Bieberau | 2–9 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Groß-Bieberau, Germany |
19:00 CEST | Agbemanyole 9' Krömmelbein |
(Report) | Weber 11' Amstätter Sobotzik Pisont Cengiz da Silva |
Stadium: Sportanlage am Sepp-Herberger-Weg Attendance: 2,000 |
4 July 1997 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 3–0 | Fenerbahçe | Frankfurt, Germany |
Güntensperger 31' Sobotzik 41' Cengiz 73' |
(Report) | Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 4,985 Referee: Merk |
9 July 1997 | Oberneuland XI | 1–20 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Ried, Austria |
Gunolf 87' | (Report) | Cengiz Güntensperger Sobotzik Weber Epp Hubchev Amstätter Wolf Zampach da Silva Martini |
Stadium: Rieder Stadion Attendance: 500 |
12 July 1997 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 1–3 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Würzburg, Germany |
Šmejkal 62' | (Report) | Güntensperger 26' Levy 74' Cengiz 76' |
Stadium: Dallenbergstadion Attendance: 3,500 |
15 July 1997 | EGC Wirges / Sportfreunde Eisbachtal | 0–0 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Nentershausen, Germany |
19:00 CEST | (Report) | Stadium: Eisbachtalstadion Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Albers |
19 July 1997 | FSV Frankfurt | 2–0 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Frankfurt, Germany |
17:00 CEST | Böhnke 2' Guht 44' |
(Report) | Stadium: Stadion am Bornheimer Hang Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Ortola |
26 August 1997 | SpVgg Bad Homburg | 0–3 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Bad Homburg, Germany |
(Report) | Cengiz 10' Mehic 12' Amstätter 73' |
Stadium: Stadion Sandelmühle Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Kantor | ||
Note: Match suspended at the 84th minute due to darkness |
4 September 1997 | TSV Großen-Linden | 0–9 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Linden |
18:00 CEST | (Report) | Wolf 8' da Silva 11' Sobotzik 20', 35' Levy 41' Cengiz 43' Janßen 58', 83' (pen.) Epp 80' |
Stadium: Sportplatz an der Heide Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Schön |
5 September 1997 | Nidderau XI | 0–19 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Nidderau, Germany |
19:00 CEST | (Report) | Sobotzik 12', 27' Cengiz 14', 41', 64' Wolf 15', 88' Schur 17' Mehic 20', 60', 73' Gebhardt 22', 44' Kutschera 33' Levy 38', 69' Bindewald 67' Weber 77' da Silva 80' |
Stadium: Niddersportfeld Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Chtaiti |
8 October 1997 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 2–3 | SSC Napoli | Frankfurt, Germany |
20:15 CEST | Cengiz 11', 67' | (Report) | Calderón 15' Protti 26', 87' |
Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 2,500 |
11 October 1997 | TV Haßloch | 0–14 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Rüsselsheim, Germany |
(Report) | Cengiz Weber Wolf Zampach da Silva Levy Kljaić (guest player) Ilie (guest player) |
Attendance: 1,000 |
17 January 1998 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 12–0 | Rot-Weiss Frankfurt | Frankfurt, Germany |
Sawieh Corrochano Mehic Nwosu Flick Hubchev Epp Schur Brinkmann |
(Report) | Stadium: Ancillary pitch at the Waldstadion |
19 January 1998 | Taunus XI | 0–9 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Oberursel, Germany |
(Report) | Sobotzik 21', 28', 41' Schur 43' Sawieh 44' Corrochano 64' da Silva 65' Epp 72', 75' |
Stadium: Sportfeld am Tannenwald Attendance: 500 |
25 January 1998 | Hannover 96 | 3–3 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Belek, Turkey |
N’Diaye Messine |
(Report) | Epp Sobotzik Martini |
29 January 1998 | Spartak Varna | 1–2 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Belek, Turkey |
Stanchev 55' | (Report) | Nwosu 26' Bindewald 81' |
4 February 1998 | SV Bernbach | 1–2 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Freigericht, Germany |
Diop 82' | (Report) | Epp 10' Martini 87' |
Stadium: Stadion an der Birkenhainer Straße Attendance: 775 Referee: Wagner |
8 February 1998 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 4–0 | SC Neukirchen | Frankfurt, Germany |
Westerthaler 9', 30', 36' Brinkmann 67' |
(Report) | Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 300 Referee: Bastian |
12 February 1998 | FV Bad Vilbel | 2–2 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Bad Vilbel, Germany |
Repp 20', 40' | (Report) | Güntensperger 36' Sobotzik 76' |
Stadium: Niddasportfeld Attendance: 300 |
15 April 1998 | SG Hoechst | 2–5 | Eintracht Frankfurt | |
Kilić 4' Kremer 42' |
(Report) | Mehic 39' Gusić (guest player) 44', 82' Amstätter 67' Levy 85' |
Attendance: 400 Referee: Lekić |
Indoor soccer tournaments
Dortmund
3 January 1998 First match | MSV Duisburg | 2–1 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Dortmund, Germany |
Wolters Hirsch |
(Report) | Gebhardt | Stadium: Westfalenhalle |
3 January 1998 Second match | SG Wattenscheid 09 | 4–4 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Dortmund, Germany |
Feinbier Majek o.g.' |
(Report) | Zampach Martini Wolf Bindewald |
Stadium: Westfalenhalle |
3 January 1998 Third match | Borussia Dortmund | 4–3 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Dortmund, Germany |
Timm Booth o.g.' |
(Report) | Martini Zampach |
Stadium: Westfalenhalle |
Frankfurt
14 January 1998 First match | Eintracht Frankfurt | 3–0 | Borussia Fulda | Frankfurt, Germany |
(Report) | Stadium: Ballsporthalle Attendance: 3,800 |
14 January 1998 Second match | Eintracht Frankfurt | 2–0 | SG Egelsbach | Frankfurt, Germany |
(Report) | Stadium: Ballsporthalle Attendance: 3,800 |
14 January 1998 Third match | Eintracht Frankfurt | 1–1 | Kickers Offenbach | Frankfurt, Germany |
Martini | (Report) | Koutsoliakos | Stadium: Ballsporthalle Attendance: 3,800 |
14 January 1998 Semi-Final | Eintracht Frankfurt | 1–3 | Mainz 05 | Frankfurt, Germany |
(Report) | Stadium: Ballsporthalle Attendance: 3,800 |
14 January 1998 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 0–0 (4–5 p) | SV Wehen | Frankfurt, Germany |
(Report) | Stadium: Ballsporthalle Attendance: 3,800 |
Competitions
Win Draw Loss
2. Bundesliga
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Eintracht Frankfurt (C, P) | 34 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 50 | 32 | +18 | 64 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
2 | SC Freiburg (P) | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 57 | 36 | +21 | 61 | |
3 | 1. FC Nürnberg (P) | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 52 | 35 | +17 | 59 | |
4 | FC St. Pauli | 34 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 43 | 31 | +12 | 56 | |
5 | FC Gütersloh | 34 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 43 | 26 | +17 | 55 |
Source: Bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Results by round
Matches
25 July 1997 1 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 3–2 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Frankfurt, Germany |
19:15 CEST | Epp 5' Güntensperger 63' (pen.) Gebhardt 82' |
(Report) | Younga-Mouhani 27' Dobrovolski 59' Jack 73' |
Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Berg |
3 August 1997 2 | SG Wattenscheid 09 | 0–1 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Bochum, Germany |
15:00 CEST | (Report) | Sobotzik 28' | Stadium: Lohrheidestadion Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Schößling |
10 August 1997 3 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 1–0 | Stuttgarter Kickers | Frankfurt, Germany |
15:00 CEST | Janßen 35' | (Report) | Malchow 16' | Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Byernetzki |
22 August 1997 4 | Energie Cottbus | 0–1 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Cottbus, Germany |
19:00 CEST | (Report) | Kutschera 21' | Stadium: Stadion der Freundschaft Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Aust |
31 August 1997 5 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 4–1 | 1. FC Nürnberg | Frankfurt, Germany |
15:15 CEST | Hubchev 15' Güntensperger 27', 75' (pen.) Weber 45' |
(Report) | Wiesinger 90' | Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Hauer |
12 September 1997 6 | SC Freiburg | 0–0 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Freiburg, Germany |
19:00 CEST | (Report) | Stadium: Dreisamstadion Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Wendorf |
19 September 1997 7 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 3–2 | VfB Leipzig | Frankfurt, Germany |
19:00 CEST | Weber 30', 77' Hubchev 40' |
(Report) | Heidrich 65' Kujat 75' |
Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Wack |
28 September 1997 8 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 2–1 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Jena, Germany |
15:00 CEST | Holetschek 37' Schneider 43' |
(Report) | Sobotzik 35' | Stadium: Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Margenberg |
5 October 1997 9 | FC Gütersloh | 0–0 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Gütersloh, Germany |
15:00 CEST | Meyer 75' | (Report) | Weber 81' | Stadium: Heidewaldstadion Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Hilmes |
20 October 1997 10 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 0–1 | KFC Uerdingen 05 | Frankfurt, Germany |
19:15 CEST | (Report) | van Buskirk 72' | Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Müller |
24 October 1997 11 | SV Meppen | 1–1 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Meppen, Germany |
19:00 CEST | Ukrow 65' | (Report) | Sobotzik 53' | Stadium: Emslandstadion Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Friedrichs |
31 October 1997 12 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 1–1 | SpVgg Unterhaching | Frankfurt, Germany |
19:00 CEST | Weber 63' | (Report) | Lust 55' | Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 15,500 Referee: Blumenstein |
9 November 1997 13 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 2–1 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Fürth, Germany |
14:30 CEST | Kerbr 53' Weigl 59' |
(Report) | Sobotzik 65' | Stadium: Playmobil-Stadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Malbranc |
24 November 1997 14 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 4–2 | FC St. Pauli | Frankfurt, Germany |
19:15 CEST | Sobotzik 10' Schur 16' Weber 31' (pen.) Wolf 85' |
(Report) | Marin 50' Dammann 88' |
Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Werthmann |
28 November 1997 15 | Mainz 05 | 1–1 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Mainz, Germany |
19:00 CEST | Tanjga 42' | (Report) | Weber 77' | Stadium: Stadion am Bruchweg Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Gettke |
7 December 1997 16 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 1–1 | FSV Zwickau | Frankfurt, Germany |
15:00 CEST | Wolf 38' | (Report) | Klee 49' | Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 13,500 Referee: Fleischer |
14 December 1997 17 | Fortuna Köln | 1–2 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Cologne, Germany |
15:00 CEST | Brdarić 32' Grlić 66' |
(Report) | Weber 70' Epp 82' |
Stadium: Südstadion Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Weiner |
16 February 1998 18 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 0–0 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Düsseldorf, Germany |
19:30 CEST | (Report) | Stadium: Rheinstadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Hauer |
23 February 1998 19 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 2–1 | SG Wattenscheid 09 | Frankfurt, Germany |
19:30 CEST | Sobotzik 3' Epp 43' |
(Report) | Süs 30' (pen.) | Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 15,500 Referee: Kadach |
28 February 1998 20 | Stuttgarter Kickers | 2–3 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Stuttgart, Germany |
15:30 CEST | Malchow 84' Carl 86' |
(Report) | Brinkmann 18', 89' (pen.) Westerthaler 90' |
Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Schütz |
8 March 1998 21 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 2–0 | Energie Cottbus | Frankfurt, Germany |
15:00 CEST | Wehner 28' (o.g.) 2:0 Schur 53' |
(Report) | Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Neis |
16 March 1998 22 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 0–1 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Nuremberg, Germany |
19:30 CEST | (Report) | Epp 7' | Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Werthmann |
23 March 1998 23 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 2–0 | SC Freiburg | Frankfurt, Germany |
19:30 CEST | Sobotzik 3' Zampach 60' |
(Report) | Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Fröhlich |
27 March 1998 24 | VfB Leipzig | 1–1 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Leipzig, Germany |
19:00 CEST | Heidrich 70' | (Report) | Westerthaler 2' | Stadium: Bruno-Plache-Stadion Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Jansen |
3 April 1998 25 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 2–2 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | Frankfurt, Germany |
19:00 CEST | Güntensperger 51' Brinkmann 52' |
(Report) | Weber 25' Schneider 35' |
Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Weber |
9 April 1998 26 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 0–0 | FC Gütersloh | Frankfurt, Germany |
19:00 CEST | (Report) | Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Florian Meyer |
20 April 1998 27 | KFC Uerdingen 05 | 0–1 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Krefeld, Germany |
19:30 CEST | (Report) | Westerthaler 79' | Stadium: Grotenburg-Stadion Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Schößling |
26 April 1998 28 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 1–0 | SV Meppen | Frankfurt, Germany |
15:00 CEST | Westerthaler 37' | (Report) | Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Margenberg |
3 May 1998 29 | SpVgg Unterhaching | 1–2 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Unterhaching, Germany |
15:00 CEST | Rraklli 59' (pen.) | (Report) | Sobotzik 52' Weber 88' |
Stadium: Sportpark Unterhaching Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Lange |
10 May 1998 30 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 1–1 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | Frankfurt, Germany |
15:00 CEST | Flick 84' | (Report) | Weigl 78' | Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Kammerer |
18 May 1998 31 | FC St. Pauli | 2–0 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Hamburg, Germany |
19:30 CEST | Marin 45' Mason 84' |
(Report) | Stadium: Wilhelm-Koch-Stadion Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Keßler |
25 May 1998 32 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 2–2 | Mainz 05 | Frankfurt, Germany |
19:30 CEST | Weber 10' Westerthaler 38' |
(Report) | Hock 62' Neustädter 65' |
Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Weiner |
3 June 1998 33 | FSV Zwickau | 1–1 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Zwickau, Germany |
19:00 CEST | Pinder 42' | (Report) | Wolf 40' | Stadium: Westsachsenstadion Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Frey |
7 June 1998 34 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 4–2 | Fortuna Köln | Frankfurt, Germany |
15:00 CEST | Sobotzik 55', 59' Gebhardt 70' Bindewald 80' (pen.) |
(Report) | Majstorović 49' Younga-Mouhani 54', 90' |
Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 41,500 Referee: Florian Meyer |
DFB-Pokal
16 August 1997 1st Round | VfL Halle 1896 | 0–4 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Halle, Germany |
15:30 CEST | (Report) | Janßen 24' Güntensperger 33' (pen.) Sobotzik 48' (pen.), 71' |
Stadium: Stadion am Zoo Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Wendorf |
23 September 1997 2nd Round | Eintracht Frankfurt | 3–0 | Werder Bremen | Frankfurt, Germany |
19:30 CEST | Sobotzik 19' (pen.) Janßen 36' Weber 64' |
(Report) | Schierenbeck 58' | Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 35,086 Referee: Fandel |
2 December 1997 Round of 16 | MSV Duisburg | 1–0 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Duisburg, Germany |
Salou 83' | (Report) | Stadium: Wedaustadion Attendance: 9,000 |
Squad
Squad and statistics
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | 2. Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | |||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
1 | GK | MKD | Oka Nikolov | 37 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
2 | MF | GER | Sascha Amstätter | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | DF | GER | Dirk Wolf | 29 | 3 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
4 | MF | GER | Thorsten Flick | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
5 | DF | BUL | Petar Hubchev | 34 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
6 | MF | GER | Thomas Zampach | 36 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
7 | FW | GER | Thomas Epp | 35 | 4 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
8 | DF | GER | Ralf Weber | 33 | 10 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 1 |
9 | FW | SUI | Urs Güntensperger | 16 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
10 | MF | GER | Thomas Sobotzik | 35 | 13 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 3 |
11 | MF | GER | Marco Gebhardt | 34 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
13 | FW | BIH | Sead Mehić | 19 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
14 | FW | TUR | Hakan Cengiz | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
16 | MF | GER | Olaf Janßen | 13 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
18 | DF | GER | Alexander Kutschera | 37 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
19 | MF | BRA | Antônio da Silva | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
20 | DF | GER | Uwe Bindewald | 37 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
21 | MF | GER | Renato Levy | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
22 | DF | TUR | Burhanettin Kaymak | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
23 | GK | GER | Sven Schmitt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
24 | MF | GER | Alexander Schur | 34 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
27 | MF | ALB | Edi Martini | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
30 | FW | AUT | Christoph Westerthaler | 16 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
31 | MF | GER | Alexander Lorenz | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
32 | MF | GER | Ansgar Brinkmann | 17 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
33 | FW | LBR | Jonathan Sawieh | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Summer
Winter
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Notes
References
Sources
- Matheja, Ulrich (2011). Unsere Eintracht - Eintracht Frankfurt - Die Chronik. Die Werkstatt. ISBN 978-3-89533-750-5.
External links
- Official English Eintracht website Archived 2017-10-02 at the Wayback Machine
- German archive site
- 1997–98 Bundesliga season at Fussballdaten.de (in German)
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