Eintracht Frankfurt in European football

Eintracht Frankfurt in European football
ClubEintracht Frankfurt
Seasons played30
Most appearancesKevin Trapp (67)
Top scorerBernd Hölzenbein (24)
First entry1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Latest entry2024–25 UEFA Europa League
Titles
Champions League0
Europa League
2
Cup Winners' Cup0
Conference League0
Super Cup0

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 (%)
  1. Won – 97 (54%)
  2. Drew – 34 (19%)
  3. Lost – 48 (27%)
Accurate as of 17 April 2025
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 125 69 27 29 236 132 +104 055.20
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 179 97 34 48 336 201 +135 054.19

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
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
Second Round Gent 0–1 0–0 0–1
1992–93 UEFA Cup First Round Widzew Łódź 9–0 2–2 11–2
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 — 5th
Beşiktaş — 3–1
RFS 1–0 —
Slavia Prague 1–0 —
Midtjylland — 2–1
Lyon — 2–3
Ferencváros 2–0 —
Roma — 0–2
Round of 16 Ajax 4–1 2–1 6–2
Quarter-Final Tottenham Hotspur 0–1 1–1 1–2
2025–26 UEFA Champions League League Phase

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
Group D Basel XI 5–1 2–6
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 101 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, Roma, Lanerossi Vicenza
Latvia RFS
Liechtenstein Vaduz
Lithuania Panerys Vilnius
Luxembourg Spora Luxembourg
Malta Sliema Wanderers
Netherlands Ajax, 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 17 April 2025
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 23 7 7 9 30.43
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 3 2 0 1 66.67
Ireland 2 2 0 0 100
Israel 2 1 0 1 50
Italy 22 11 4 7 50
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 10 7 0 3 70
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 227 123 41 63 54.19

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

Record players

Key

SC = UEFA Super Cup, EC / CL = European Cup / Champions League, EL / UC = Europa League / UEFA Cup, CWC = Cup Winners' Cup, UIC = Intertoto Cup, UECL = UEFA Europa Conference League

Values include qualifying matches

As of 17 April 2025

Most appearances

Rank Player Eintracht career SC EC / CL EL / UC CWC UIC UECL Total
1 Kevin Trapp 2012–2015
2018– 		1 8 49 – – 9 67
2 Charly Körbel 1972–1991 – – 25 23 5 – 53
3 Sebastian Rode 2010–2014
2019–2024 		1 6 36 – – 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 34 – – 3 41
7 Bernd Hölzenbein 1967–1981 – – 24 11 5 – 40
8 Filip Kostić 2018–2022 – – 39 – – – 39
9 Daichi Kamada 2017–2018
2019–2023 		1 8 29 – – – 38
Tuta 2019
2020– 		1 7 22 – – 8 38

Top goalscorers

Numbers in brackets indicate appearances made. Ø = goals per game

Rank Player Eintracht career SC EC / CL EL / UC CWC UIC UECL Total Ø
1 Bernd Hölzenbein 1967–1981 – – 10 (24) 8 (11) 6 (5) – 24 (40) 0.63
2 Daichi Kamada 2017–2018
2019–2023 		0 (1) 3 (8) 11 (29) – – – 14 (38) 0.37
3 Tony Yeboah 1990–1995 – – 12 (16) – – – 12 (16) 0.75
Filip Kostić 2018–2022 – – 12 (39) – – – 12 (39) 0.31
5 Bernd Nickel 1967–1983 – – 5 (20) 5 (16) 1 (6) – 11 (42) 0.26
6 Luka Jović 2017–2019
2021 		– – 10 (14) – – – 10 (14) 0.71
7 Jan Furtok 1993–1995 – – 7 (14) – 1 (1) – 8 (15) 0.53
Omar Marmoush 2023–2025 – – 4 (6) – – 4 (9) 8 (15) 0.53
9 Alexander Meier 2004–2018 – – 7 (9) – – – 7 (9) 0.78
Jürgen Grabowski 1965–1980 – – 4 (16) 3 (12) 0 (4) – 7 (32) 0.22

Map

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

  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.
  5. ^ Effectively the last 16 teams
  6. ^ 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

  1. ^ 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.
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