Eintracht Frankfurt in European football

Eintracht Frankfurt in European football
Club	Eintracht Frankfurt
Seasons played	30
Most appearances	Kevin Trapp (64)
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	2 1980; 2022;
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 (%)

Won – 94 (54%)

Drew – 33 (19%)

Lost – 46 (27%)

Accurate as of 12 December 2024

Competition	Played	Won	Drew	Lost	GF	GA	GD	Win%
European Cup / Champions League	15	7	3	5	30	28	+2	046.67
Cup Winners' Cup	24	14	3	7	41	23	+18	058.33
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League	119	66	26	27	227	126	+101	055.46
UEFA Europa Conference League	10	4	2	4	17	12	+5	040.00
UEFA Intertoto Cup	5	3	0	2	14	6	+8	060.00
UEFA Super Cup	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Total	173	94	33	46	327	195	+132	054.34

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	KuPS withdrew^{[note 1]}
		First Round	Young Boys	1–1	4–1	5–2
		Quarter-Final	Wiener SC	2–1	1–1	3–2
		Semi-Final	Rangers	6–1	6–3	12–4
		Final	Real Madrid	3–7
1972–73	UEFA Cup	First Round	Liverpool	0–0	0–2	0–2
1974–75	Cup Winners' Cup	First Round	Monaco	3–0	2–2	5–2
1974–75	Cup Winners' Cup	Second Round	Dynamo Kyiv	2–3	1–2	3–5
1975–76	Cup Winners' Cup	First Round	Coleraine	5–1	6–2	11–3
		Second Round	Atlético Madrid	1–0	2–1	3–1
		Quarter-Final	Sturm Graz	1–0	2–0	3–0
		Semi-Final	West Ham United	2–1	1–3	3–4
1977–78	UEFA Cup	First Round	Sliema Wanderers	5–0	0–0	5–0
		Second Round	Zürich	4–3	3–0	7–3
		Third Round	Bayern Munich	4–0	2–1	6–1
		Quarter-Final	Grasshoppers	3–2	0–1	3–3 (a)
1979–80	UEFA Cup	First Round	Aberdeen	1–0	1–1	2–1
		Second Round	Dinamo București	3–0 (a.e.t.)	0–2	3–2
		Third Round	Feyenoord	4–1	0–1	4–2
		Quarter-Final	Zbrojovka Brno	4–1	2–3	6–4
		Semi-Final	Bayern Munich	5–1 (a.e.t.)	0–2	5–3
		Final	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–0	2–3	3–3 (a)
1980–81	UEFA Cup	First Round	Shakhtar Donetsk	3–0	0–1	3–1
		Second Round	Utrecht	3–1	1–2	4–3
		Third Round	Sochaux	4–2	0–2	4–4 (a)
1981–82	Cup Winners' Cup	First Round	PAOK	2–0	0–2	2–2, 5–4 (p)
		Second Round	SKA Rostov	2–0	0–1	2–1
		Quarter-Final	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	0–2	2–3
1988–89	Cup Winners' Cup	First Round	Grasshoppers	1–0	0–0	1–0
		Second Round	Sakaryaspor	3–1	3–0	6–1
		Quarter-Final	KV Mechelen	0–0	0–1	0–1
1990–91	UEFA Cup	First Round	Brøndby	4–1	0–5	4–6
1991–92	UEFA Cup	First Round	Spora Luxembourg	6–1	5–0	11–1
1991–92	UEFA Cup	Second Round	Gent	0–1	0–0	0–1
1992–93	UEFA Cup	First Round	Widzew Łódź	9–0	2–2	11–2
1992–93	UEFA Cup	Second Round	Galatasaray	0–0	0–1	0–1
1993–94	UEFA Cup	First Round	Dynamo Moscow	1–2	6–0	7–2
		Second Round	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	2–0	0–1	2–1
		Third Round	Deportivo La Coruña	1–0	1–0	2–0
		Quarter-Final	Austria Salzburg	1–0	0–1	1–1, 4–5 (p)
1994–95	UEFA Cup	First Round	Olimpija Ljubljana	2–0	1–1	3–1
		Second Round	Rapid București	5–0	1–2	6–2
		Third Round	Napoli	1–0	1–0	2–0
		Quarter-Final	Juventus	1–1	0–3	1–4
1995	Intertoto Cup	Group 12	Spartak Plovdiv	—	4–0	2nd
			Iraklis	5–1	—
			FK Panerys Vilnius	—	4–0
			Vorwärts Steyr	1–2	—
		Second Round ^[5]	Bordeaux	—	0–3	0–3
2006–07	UEFA Cup	First Round	Brøndby	4–0	2–2	6–2
		Group A	Palermo	1–2	—	5th
			Celta Vigo	—	1–1
			Newcastle United	0–0	—
			Fenerbahçe	—	2–2
2013–14	UEFA Europa League	Play-off Round	Qarabağ	2–1	2–0	4–1
		Group F	Bordeaux	3–0	1–0	1st
			APOEL	2–0	3–0
			Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–0	2–4
		Round of 32	Porto	3–3	2–2	5–5 (a)
2018–19	UEFA Europa League	Group H	Marseille	4–0	2–1	1st
			Lazio	4–1	2–1
			Apollon Limassol	2–0	3–2
		Round of 32	Shakhtar Donetsk	4–1	2–2	6–3
		Round of 16	Internazionale	0–0	1–0	1–0
		Quarter-Final	Benfica	2–0	2–4	4–4 (a)
		Semi-Final	Chelsea	1–1	1–1 (a.e.t.)	2–2, 3–4 (p)
2019–20	UEFA Europa League	Second Qualifying Round	Flora	2–1	2–1	4–2
		Third Qualifying Round	Vaduz	1–0	5–0	6–0
		Play-off Round	Strasbourg	3–0	0–1	3–1
		Group F	Arsenal	0–3	2–1	2nd
			Standard Liège	2–1	1–2
			Vitória de Guimarães	2–3	1–0
		Round of 32	Red Bull Salzburg	4–1	2–2	6–3
		Round of 16	Basel	0–3	0–1	0–4
2021–22	UEFA Europa League	Group D	Fenerbahçe	1–1	1–1	1st
			Antwerp	1–1	1–0
			Olympiacos	3–1	2–1
		Round of 16	Real Betis	1–1 (a.e.t.)	2–1	3–2
		Quarter-Final	Barcelona	1–1	3–2	4–3
		Semi-Final	West Ham United	1–0	2–1	3–1
		Final	Rangers	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p) (N)
2022–23	UEFA Super Cup	Final	Real Madrid	0–2 (N)
	UEFA Champions League	Group D	Sporting CP	0–3	2–1	2nd
			Marseille	2–1	1–0
			Tottenham Hotspur	0–0	2–3
		Round of 16	Napoli	0–2	0–3	0–5
2023–24	UEFA Europa Conference League	Play-off Round	Levski Sofia	2–0	1–1	3–1
		Group G	Aberdeen	2–1	0–2	2nd
			PAOK	1–2	1–2
			HJK	6–0	1–0
		Knockout Round Play-off	Union Saint-Gilloise	1–2	2–2	3–4
2024–25	UEFA Europa League	League Phase	Viktoria Plzeň	3–3	—
			Beşiktaş	—	3–1
			RFS	1–0	—
			Slavia Prague	1–0	—
			Midtjylland	—	2–1
			Lyon	—	2–3
			Ferencváros		—
			Roma	—

Non-UEFA competitions

Season	Competition	Round	Opposition	Home	Away	Aggregate
1955–58	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup^[6]	Group D	London XI	1–0	2–3	2nd
1955–58	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup^[6]	Group D	Basel XI	5–1	2–6	2nd
1964–65	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	First Round	Kilmarnock	3–0	1–5	4–5
1965–66	Intertoto Cup	Group A3	La Chaux-de-Fonds	4–0	2–3	3rd
			IFK Norrköping	1–2	0–1
			PSV Eindhoven	4–2	0–3
1966–67	Intertoto Cup	Group A1	La Chaux-de-Fonds	3–1	4–2	1st
			Feyenoord	2–0	4–1
			Lanerossi Vicenza	1–5	1–0
		Quarter-Final	IFK Norrköping	3–1	1–2	4–3
		Semi-Final	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	6–1	1–4	7–5
		Final	Inter Bratislava	1–1	3–2	4–3
1966–67	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	First Round	Drumcondra	6–1	2–0	8–1
		Second Round	Hvidovre	5–1	2–2	7–3
		Third Round	Ferencváros	4–1	1–2	5–3
		Quarter-Final	Burnley	1–1	2–1	3–2
		Semi-Final	Dinamo Zagreb	3–0	0–4 (a.e.t.)	3–4
1967–68	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	First Round	Nottingham Forest	0–1	0–4	0–5
1968–69	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	First Round	Wacker Innsbruck	3–0	2–2	5–2
		Second Round	Juventus	1–0 (a.e.t.)	0–0	1–0
		Third Round	Athletic Bilbao	1–1	0–1	1–2

Clubs played

Eintracht Frankfurt have played against clubs from 37 countries (clubs classed by the country they were in when the game was played). Eintracht have played 105 different clubs in Europe.

Country	Clubs
Austria	Sturm Graz, Wacker Innsbruck, Austria Salzburg, Vorwärts Steyr, Wiener SC
Azerbaijan	Qarabağ
Belgium	Antwerp, Gent, Standard Liège, KV Mechelen, Union Saint-Gilloise
Bulgaria	Spartak Plovdiv, Levski Sofia
Cyprus	APOEL, Apollon Limassol
Czech Republic	Slavia Prague, Viktoria Plzeň
Czechoslovakia	Zbrojovka Brno (now Czech Republic ), Inter Bratislava (now Slovakia )
Denmark	Brøndby, Hvidovre, Midtjylland
England	Arsenal, Burnley, Chelsea, Liverpool, London XI, Newcastle United, Nottingham Forest, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United
Estonia	Flora
Finland	HJK
France	Bordeaux, Lyon, Marseille, Monaco, Strasbourg
Germany (West)	Borussia Mönchengladbach, Bayern Munich
Greece	Iraklis, Olympiacos, PAOK
Hungary	Ferencváros
Ireland	Drumcondra
Israel	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Italy	Internazionale, Juventus, Lazio, Napoli, Palermo, Lanerossi Vicenza
Latvia	RFS
Liechtenstein	Vaduz
Lithuania	Panerys Vilnius
Luxembourg	Spora Luxembourg
Malta	Sliema Wanderers
Netherlands	PSV Eindhoven, Feyenoord, Utrecht
Northern Ireland	Coleraine
Poland	Widzew Łódź, Zagłębie Sosnowiec
Portugal	Benfica, Porto, Sporting CP, Vitória de Guimarães
Romania	Dinamo București, Rapid București
Russia	Dynamo Moscow
Scotland	Aberdeen, Kilmarnock, Rangers
Slovenia	Olimpija Ljubljana
Soviet Union	Shakhtar Donetsk (now Ukraine), Dynamo Kyiv (now Ukraine), SKA Rostov (now Russia)
Spain	Barcelona, Real Betis, Athletic Bilbao, Deportivo La Coruña, Atlético Madrid, Real Madrid, Celta Vigo
Sweden	IFK Norrköping
Switzerland	Basel, Basel XI, Young Boys, FC Biel-Bienne, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Lausanne-Sport, Zürich, Grasshoppers
Turkey	Beşiktaş, Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray, Sakaryaspor
Ukraine	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, Shakhtar Donetsk
Yugoslavia	Dinamo Zagreb (now Croatia)

Record by country of opposition

As of 12 December 2024

Country	Pld	W	D	L	Win %
Austria	11	6	3	2	55
Azerbaijan	2	2	0	0	100
Belgium	10	2	4	4	20
Bulgaria	3	2	0	0	66.67
Cyprus	4	4	0	0	100
Czech Republic	2	1	1	0	50
Czechoslovakia	4	2	1	1	50
Denmark	5	3	1	1	60
England	21	7	6	8	33.33
Estonia	2	2	0	0	100
Finland	2	2	0	0	100
France	14	9	1	4	64.29
Germany (West)	6	4	0	2	66.67
Greece	7	4	0	3	57.14
Hungary	2	1	0	1	50
Ireland	2	2	0	0	100
Israel	2	1	0	1	50
Italy	21	11	4	6	52.38
Latvia	1	1	0	0	100
Liechtenstein	2	2	0	0	100
Lithuania	1	1	0	0	100
Luxembourg	2	2	0	0	100
Malta	2	1	1	0	50
Netherlands	8	5	0	3	62.5
Northern Ireland	2	2	0	0	100
Poland	4	2	1	1	50
Portugal	8	3	2	3	37.5
Romania	4	2	0	2	50
Russia	2	1	0	1	50
Scotland	9	5	2	2	55.56
Slovenia	2	1	1	0	50
Spain	13	6	4	3	46.15
Sweden	3	1	0	2	33.33
Switzerland	20	13	2	5	65
Turkey	8	3	4	1	37.5
Ukraine	4	2	1	1	50
USSR	6	2	0	4	33.33
Yugoslavia	2	1	0	1	50
Totals	221	120	40	61	54.30

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 12 December 2024

Most appearances

Rank	Player	Eintracht career	SC	EC / CL	CLQ	EL / UC	ELQ	CWC	UIC	UECL	Total
1	Kevin Trapp	2012–2015 2018–	1	8	–	43	3	–	–	9	64
2	Charly Körbel	1972–1991	–	–	–	25	–	23	5	–	53
3	Sebastian Rode	2010–2014 2019–2024	1	6	–	33	3	–	–	3	46
4	Willi Neuberger	1974–1983	–	–	–	25	–	14	6	–	45
5	Bernd Nickel	1967–1983	–	–	–	20	–	16	6	–	42
6	Makoto Hasebe	2014–2024	–	4	–	29	5	–	–	3	41
7	Bernd Hölzenbein	1967–1981	–	–	–	24	–	11	5	–	40
8	Filip Kostić	2018–2022	–	–	–	34	5	–	–	–	39
9	Daichi Kamada	2017–2018 2019–2023	1	8	–	23	6	–	–	–	38
10	Evan Ndicka	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	UECL	Total	Ø
1	Bernd Hölzenbein	1967–1981	–	–	–	10 (24)	–	08 (11)	06 0(5)	–	24 (40)	0.63
2	Daichi Kamada	2017–2018 2019–2023	00 0(1)	03 0(8)	–	11 (29)	–	–	–	–	14 (38)	0.37
3	Tony Yeboah	1990–1995	–	–	–	12 (16)	–	–	–	–	12 (16)	0.75
3	Filip Kostić	2018–2022	–	–	–	09 (34)	03 0(5)	–	–	–	12 (39)	0.31
5	Bernd Nickel	1967–1983	–	–	–	05 (20)	–	05 (16)	01 0(6)	–	11 (42)	0.26
6	Luka Jović	2017–2019 2021	–	–	–	10 (14)	–	–	–	–	10 (14)	0.71
7	Jan Furtok	1993–1995	–	–	–	07 (14)	–	–	01 0(1)	–	08 (15)	0.53
7	Omar Marmoush	2023–	–	–	–	4 (6)	–	–	–	4 (9)	8 (15)	0.53
9	Alexander Meier	2004–2018	–	–	–	07 0(9)	–	–	–	–	07 0(9)	0.78
9	Jürgen Grabowski	1965–1980	–	–	–	04 (16)	–	03 (12)	00 0(4)	–	07 (32)	0.22

Map

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Eintracht Frankfurt's opponents in Europe

Red: Eintracht

Yellow: Opponents in Inter-Cities Fairs Cup / UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League

Black: European Cup / UEFA Champions League

Green: Intertoto Cup

Blue: Cup of the Alps / Philips Trophy

Purple: Cup Winners' Cup

Pink: UEFA Super Cup

Brown: UEFA Europa Conference League

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.

[1] "Frankfurt's Filip Kostic doubles up to dump Barcelona out of Europa League". The Guardian. 14 April 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2022.

[2] "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.

[3] "Rangers suffer Europa League final shootout defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt". The Guardian. 18 May 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.

[4] "Real Madrid lift Super Cup after Alaba and Benzema sink Eintracht Frankfurt". Guardian. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.

[6] Effectively the last 16 teams

[7] 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

[KuPS-5] 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.

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