Eintracht Frankfurt in European football

Eintracht Frankfurt in European football
Club Eintracht Frankfurt
First entry 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Last entry 2013–14 UEFA Europa League
Titles
Champions League 0
Europa League
Cup Winners' Cup 0
Super Cup 0

Eintracht Frankfurt played their first very 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 Eagles. However, a Frankfurt XI took part already earlier in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup with several Eintracht players in the squad.

The club's first ever match against European opponents however, 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 Coppa delle Alpi, 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 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.

After the relegation from the Bundesliga in the 1995–96 campaign, Eintracht bounced between the first two tiers for almost ten years.

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 in at Bordeaux with 12,000 fans from Frankfurt and about 8,000 Bordeaux supporters).

Record players

European Goalscorers

# Name Career Apps Goals Average
1 Germany Bernd Hölzenbein 1967-1981 38 18
2 Germany Bernd Nickel 1967-1983 42 12
Ghana Tony Yeboah 1990-1995 16 12
4 Germany Jürgen Grabowski 1965-1980 40 9
Poland Jan Furtok 1993-1995 15 9
6 Germany Oskar Lotz 1965-1969 15 7
7 Austria Bruno Pezzey 1978-1983 23 6
South Korea Cha Bum-Kun 1979-1983 22 6
Austria Willi Huberts 1963-1970 17 6
Germany Uwe Bein 1989-1994 14 6
Germany Harald Karger 1979-1983 11 6
Germany Erwin Stein 1959-1966 8 6

Matches in Europe

Season Competition Round Opposition Score
1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup[1] Group D England London XI 2–3, 1–0
Group D Switzerland Basel XI 5–1, 2–6
1959–60 European Cup First Round Switzerland BSC Young Boys 4–1, 1–1
Quarter-Final Austria Wiener SC 2–1, 1–1
Semi-Final Scotland Rangers 6–1, 6–3
Final Spain Real Madrid 3–7
1964–65 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup First Round Scotland Kilmarnock 3–0, 1–5
1965–66 Intertoto Cup Group A3 Netherlands PSV 0–3
Group A3 Switzerland FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 4–2
Group A3 Netherlands PSV 4–2
Group A3 Sweden IFK Norrköping 0–1
1966–67 Intertoto Cup Group A1 Switzerland FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 3–1
Group A1 Netherlands Feyenoord Rotterdam 4–1
Group A1 Italy Lanerossi Vicenza 1–0
Group A1 Italy Lanerossi Vicenza 1–5
Group A1 Switzerland FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 4–2
Group A1 Netherlands Feyenoord Rotterdam 2–0
Quarter-Final Sweden IFK Norrköping 1–2, 3–1
Semi-Final Poland Zagłębie Sosnowiec 1–4, 6–1
Final Czechoslovakia Inter Bratislava 3–2, 1–1
1966–67 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup First Round Republic of Ireland Drumcondra 2–0, 6–1
Second Round Denmark Hvidovre IF 5–1, 2–2
Third Round Hungary Ferencvárosi TC 4–1, 1–2
Quarter-Final England Burnley 1–1, 2–1
Semi-Final Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dinamo Zagreb 3–0, 0–4(a.e.t)
1967–68 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup First Round England Nottingham Forest 0–1, 0–4
1967 Coppa delle Alpi Day 1 Italy AC Torino[2] 0–0
Day 2 Switzerland FC Zürich 5–2
Day 3 Italy AC Milan 1–0
Day 4 Italy AS Roma 4–2
Day 5 Switzerland FC Basel 2–1
1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup First Round Austria Wacker Innsbruck 2–2, 3–0
Second Round Italy Juventus 0–0, 1–0
1969 Coppa delle Alpi Day 1 Switzerland FC Biel-Bienne 3–1
Day 2 Italy SSC Napoli 2–1
Day 3 Switzerland FC Basel 2–3
Day 4 Italy UC Sampdoria 0–4
Third Round Spain Athletic Bilbao 0–1, 1–1
1972–73 UEFA Cup First Round England Liverpool 0–2, 0–0
1974–75 Cup Winners' Cup First Round France AS Monaco 3–0, 2–2
Second Round Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv 2–3, 1–2
1975–76 Cup Winners' Cup First Round Northern Ireland Coleraine 5–1, 6–2
Second Round Spain Atlético Madrid 2–1, 1–0
Quarter-Final Austria SK Sturm Graz 2–0, 1–0
Semi-Final England West Ham United 2–1, 1–3
1977–78 UEFA Cup First Round Malta Sliema Wanderers 5–0, 0–0
Second Round Switzerland FC Zürich 3–0, 4–3
Third Round West Germany Bayern Munich 4–0, 2–1
Quarter-Final Switzerland Grasshopper Club Zürich 3–2, 0–1
1979–80 UEFA Cup First Round Scotland Aberdeen 1–1, 1–0
Second Round Romania Dinamo București 0–2, 3–0
Third Round Netherlands Feyenoord 4–1, 0–1
Quarter-Final Czechoslovakia Zbrojovka Brno 4–1, 2–3
Semi-Final West Germany Bayern Munich 0–2, 5–1
Final West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–3, 1–0
1980–81 UEFA Cup First Round Soviet Union Shakhtar Donetsk 0–1, 3–0
Second Round Netherlands FC Utrecht 1–2, 3–1
Third Round France FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 4–2, 0–2
1981–82 Cup Winners' Cup First Round Greece PAOK 2–0, 0–2[3]
Second Round Soviet Union SKA Rostov 0–1, 2–0
Quarter-Final England Tottenham Hotspur 0–2, 2–1
1988–89 Cup Winners' Cup First Round Switzerland Grasshopper Club Zürich 0–0, 1–0
Second Round Turkey Sakaryaspor 3–1, 3–0
Quarter-Final Belgium KV Mechelen 0–0, 0–1
1990 Philips Trophy Semi-Final Portugal FC Porto 4–5
Third place play-off Switzerland FC Lausanne-Sport 5–3
1990–91 UEFA Cup First Round Denmark Brøndby IF 0–5, 4–1
1991–92 UEFA Cup First Round Luxembourg Spora Luxembourg 6–1, 5–0
Second Round Belgium KAA Gent 0–0, 0–1
1992–93 UEFA Cup First Round Poland Widzew Łódź 2–2, 9–0
Second Round Turkey Galatasaray SK 0–0, 0–1
1993–94 UEFA Cup First Round Russia Dynamo Moscow 6–0, 1–2
Second Round Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2–0, 0–1
Third Round Spain Deportivo de La Coruña 1–0, 1–0
Quarter-Final Austria SV Austria Salzburg 1–0, 0–1[4]
1994–95 UEFA Cup First Round Slovenia Olimpija Ljubljana 1–1, 2–0
Second Round Romania Rapid București 1–2, 5–0
Third Round Italy SSC Napoli 1–0, 1–0
Quarter-Final Italy Juventus 1–1, 0–3
1995 Intertoto Cup Group 12 Bulgaria Spartak Plovdiv 4–0
Group 12 Greece Iraklis 5–1
Group 12 Lithuania FK Panerys Vilnius 4–0
Group 12 Austria Vorwärts Steyr 1–2
Second Round [5] France Girondins de Bordeaux 0–3
2006–07 UEFA Cup First Round Denmark Brøndby IF 4–0, 2–2
Group A Italy US Palermo 1–2
Group A Spain Celta de Vigo 1–1
Group A England Newcastle United 0–0
Group A Turkey Fenerbahçe SK 2–2
2013–14 UEFA Europa League Play-off Round Azerbaijan Qarabağ 2–1, 2–0
Group F France Girondins de Bordeaux 3–0, 1–0
Group F Cyprus APOEL 3–0, 2–0
Group F Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–0, 2–4
Round of 32 Portugal FC Porto 2–2, 3–3

Teams played

Eintracht Frankfurt have played against clubs from 33 countries (clubs classed by the country they were in when the game was played). Eintracht have played 77 different clubs in Europe.

Country Clubs
 Austria Sturm Graz, Wacker Innsbruck, Austria Salzburg, Vorwärts Steyr, Wiener SC
 Azerbaijan Qarabağ
 Belgium KAA Gent, KV Mechelen
 Bulgaria Spartak Plovdiv
 Cyprus APOEL
 Czechoslovakia Zbrojovka Brno (now Czech Republic Czech Republic), Inter Bratislava (now Slovakia Slovakia)
 Denmark Brøndby IF, Hvidovre IF
 England Burnley, Liverpool, London XI, Newcastle United, Nottingham Forest, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United
 France Girondins de Bordeaux, AS Monaco
 Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach, Bayern Munich
 Greece PAOK, Iraklis
 Hungary Ferencvárosi TC
 Ireland Drumcondra
 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
 Italy Juventus, AC Milan, SSC Napoli, US Palermo, AS Roma, UC Sampdoria, AC Torino, Lanerossi Vicenza
 Lithuania FK Panerys Vilnius
 Luxembourg Spora Luxembourg
 Malta Sliema Wanderers
 Netherlands PSV, Feyenoord Rotterdam, FC Utrecht
 Northern Ireland Coleraine
 Poland Widzew Łódź, Zagłębie Sosnowiec
 Portugal FC Porto
 Romania Dinamo București, Rapid București
 Russia Dynamo Moscow
 Scotland Aberdeen, Kilmarnock, Rangers
 Slovenia Olimpija Ljubljana
 Soviet Union Shakhtar Donetsk (now Ukraine Ukraine), Dynamo Kyiv (now Ukraine Ukraine), SKA Rostov (now Russia Russia)
 Spain Athletic Bilbao, Deportivo de La Coruña, Atlético Madrid, Real Madrid, Celta de Vigo
 Sweden IFK Norrköping
  Switzerland FC Basel, Basel XI, BSC Young Boys, FC Biel-Bienne, FC La Chaux-de-Fonds, FC Lausanne-Sport, FC Zürich, Grasshopper Club Zürich
 Turkey Fenerbahçe SK, Galatasaray SK, Sakaryaspor
 Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
 Yugoslavia Dinamo Zagreb (now Croatia Croatia)

Record by country of opposition

Country P W D L Win %
Austria Austria 9 5 2 2 55.56
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 2 2 0 0 100
Belgium Belgium 4 0 2 2 0
Bulgaria Bulgaria 1 1 0 0 100
Cyprus Cyprus 2 2 0 0 100
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 4 2 1 1 50
Denmark Denmark 4 2 1 1 50
England England 13 4 3 6 30.77
France France 7 4 1 2 57.14
Germany Germany 6 4 0 2 66.67
Greece Greece 3 2 0 1 66.67
Hungary Hungary 2 1 0 1 50
Republic of Ireland Ireland 2 2 0 0 100
Israel Israel 2 1 0 1 50
Italy Italy 14 7 3 4 50
Lithuania Lithuania 1 1 0 0 100
Luxembourg Luxembourg 2 2 0 0 100
Malta Malta 2 1 1 0 50
Netherlands Netherlands 8 5 0 3 62.5
Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 2 2 0 0 100
Poland Poland 4 2 1 1 50
Portugal Portugal 2 0 1 1 0
Romania Romania 4 2 0 2 50
Russia Russia 2 1 0 1 50
Scotland Scotland 6 4 1 1 66.67
Slovenia Slovenia 2 1 1 0 50
Spain Spain 8 4 2 2 50
Sweden Sweden 3 1 0 2 33.33
Switzerland Switzerland 18 13 2 3 72.22
Turkey Turkey 5 2 2 1 40
Ukraine Ukraine 2 1 0 1 50
Soviet Union USSR 6 2 0 4 33.33
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 2 1 0 1 50
Totals 156 85 25 46 54.49

P – Played; W – Won; D – Drawn; L – Lost

Map

Eintracht Frankfurt's opponents in Europe
Red: Eintracht
Yellow: Opponents in Inter-Cities Fairs Cup / UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League
Black: European Cup
Green: Intertoto Cup
Blue: Coppa delle Alpi / Philips Trophy
Purple: Cup Winners' Cup

References

  1. ↑ 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
  2. ↑ The match was abandoned after riots among the crowd at the score of 0–0 and assessed as 0–0, too
  3. ↑ Eintracht won the penalty shoot out, 5–4
  4. ↑ Eintracht lost the penalty shoot out, 4–5
  5. ↑ Effectively the last 16 teams
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