1. FFC Frankfurt

Eintracht Frankfurt is a German women's association football club based in Frankfurt. Its first team currently plays in the German top flight, Frauen-Bundesliga. From 1999 to 2020, the club was known as 1. FFC Frankfurt.

Eintracht Frankfurt
Founded1973 (1973), as SG Praunheim[1]
GroundStadion am Brentanobad
Capacity5,200
PresidentPeter Fischer
Sporting directorSiegried Dietrich
Head coachNiko Arnautis
LeagueFrauen-Bundesliga
2019–206th of 12
WebsiteClub website
Active departments of
Eintracht Frankfurt
Men's football Women's football Basketball
Athletics Rugby

Eintracht have won seven German women's football championships, a record nine Frauen DFB-Pokals, and four UEFA Women's Champions League titles (trailing only Lyon). Eintracht play at the Stadion am Brentanobad, and their biggest rivals are 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam.

History

The club has its origin as SG Praunheim. At Praunheim a women's football department was established in 1973.[1] The club had no showings at national championship or cup tournaments, but managed qualification for the Bundesliga at its inception in 1990 nonetheless. In the early 1990s Praunheim achieved mid-table results with a tendency for slight improvements from season to season.

The foundation for the club's later success was laid in the 1993–94 season when former captain Monika Staab as coach and head of the women's football division and Siegfried Dietrich as manager and investor developed a professional concept to lead the club to lasting success – the first such concept in German women's football.[1] Thus the club qualified for the playoffs for the German football championship for the first time in 1995–96, losing the final 0–1 to TSV Siegen.[2] In the following seasons they managed to stay amongst the top clubs in German football, but won no titles. Also during that time they were always put behind by local rival FSV Frankfurt.

Former logo as 1. FFC Frankfurt (1999–2020)

On 1 January 1999, the women's department left Praunheim to form 1. FFC Frankfurt.[1] The club had success immediately winning the cup and the championship in their first season. In 1999–2000 they won their second cup, but lost the championship to FCR Duisburg. From 2000 to 2003 the club won three consecutive doubles while also rising to the pinnacle of European football with a victory in the UEFA Women's Cup's inaugury season in 2002. During these years a club from Potsdam had begun to challenge the club's supremacy. Thus in 2003–04 Turbine Potsdam won a double of their own, leaving the club without a title after winning ten titles in five years.

The final score in the 2008 UEFA Women's Cup Final

In the following seasons both clubs retained their dominance in German football, but European success was elusive as Umeå IK from Sweden won two consecutive titles in the UEFA Cup, also brushing away the club 8–0 on aggregate in the 2004 final. After Turbine had won its own UEFA Cup title in 2005 both clubs met in the final of the UEFA Cup. Thanks to a 4–0 victory at Potsdam in the first leg, the club was able to claim their second European title. The final was attended by a record crowd of 13,100 and even German chancellor Angela Merkel was amongst the spectators.[1]

Having conceded the preceding three cup finals to Potsdam, the club won another double in 2006–07, but lost in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup to Norwegian Kolbotn. They won their second treble in the 2007–08, thus becoming the first and as yet only club to win the UEFA Cup three times. The second leg of the final against Umeå was attended by 27,640, a new record attendance for a women's club football game in Europe.[1]

The club's performance dropped considerably in the 2008–09 season. A fourth-place finish in the league was the club's worst performance since a uniform Bundesliga was put into place. Also they did not reach the cup final for the first time since 1998, losing in the second round to Bayern Munich, thus marking their worst cup performance since 1991–92. In the UEFA Cup, they were eliminated by FCR 2001 Duisburg in the quarter-finals.

In 2019, the club announced a proposed merger with the men's football club Eintracht Frankfurt.[3] The merger was confirmed in June 2020 and, starting from 1 July 2020, the club would now compete as the women's football department of Eintracht Frankfurt. In addition to the first team, the department would include up to five women's teams competing at various levels of women's football.[4]

Stadium

Eintracht plays their homegames in the Stadion am Brentanobad, a stadium in the Rödelheim district of Frankfurt they share with the men's team of Rot-Weiss Frankfurt. Stadion am Brentobad is owned by the city of Frankfurt and has a capacity of 5,200 with 1,100 of those being roofed seats. In recent seasons Eintracht had the highest attendance average in the Bundesliga with more than 1,000 spectators on average.

On a few occasions, Eintracht has held their homegames at the Commerzbank-Arena, home stadium of the men's football department. The UEFA-Cup final between the club and Potsdam in 2006 was attended by 27,400 spectators, which remains a record for European club football matches.[1]

Rivalries
Frankfurt against Potsdam in May 2008

A rivalry developed between the club and former East German women's champions 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam early in the 2000s as that club began its own ascent to the Bundesliga. That rivalry spilled over into the DFB Pokal and the European Cup when Potsdam qualified by taking the national title from Frankfurt and succeeded them as European champions.

Aside from the sporting and east-west rivalry, the two clubs have different team-building philosophies. Frankfurt, prefers buying local and foreign players, while Potsdam, focuses on the development of young players within its own club-system. The defection of Petra Wimbersky and Karolin Thomas from Potsdam to Frankfurt inflamed the rivalry, as the two clubs had abided by an unwritten agreement not to poach each other's players without first consulting the German Football Association.

Due to the lack of hooliganism in the women's game, this rivalry has developed healthy competition within the Bundesliga and has strongly contributed to the success of the women's national team. There were fears of a potential Old Firm-style problem, as these two clubs were the wealthiest in the women's game and there was a fear that this might hinder the league's competitiveness if they become too dominant. With the rise of the women's departments of VfL Wolfsburg and FC Bayern München, new competitors have arrived on the scene, though.

Players

First-team squad
As of 30 July 2020.[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  USA Bryane Heaberlin
5 DF  BRA Letícia Santos
6 MF  GER Saskia Matheis
8 MF  GER Sjoeke Nüsken
10 FW  GER Laura Freigang
11 DF  GER Sophia Kleinherne
14 FW   SUI Géraldine Reuteler
15 MF   SUI Sandrine Mauron
16 DF  GER Janina Hechler
17 FW  GER Alexandra Emmerling
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF  AUT Verena Aschauer
19 FW  GER Theresa Panfil
20 DF  GER Laura Störzel
22 MF  GER Lea Schneider
24 DF  AUT Yvonne Weilharter
26 GK  GER Cara Bösl
27 MF  AUT Laura Feiersinger
28 MF  AUT Barbara Dunst
29 GK  KOR Lee Da-hye
30 FW  GER Shekiera Martinez
31 MF  GER Tanja Pawollek
— MF  GER Leonie Köster
— GK  GER Jacqueline Heindl
— GK  GER Merle Frohms
— GK  GER Elena Bläser
— FW  SVK Lara Prašnikar

Former players

Reserves and youth teams

The entire women's football department operates five teams at the top five levels of German women's football league system respectively.[4] Besides the first team, the reserves team, Eintracht II, compete in the 2. Frauen-Bundesliga. There are three additional youth teams for development.[6]

Prior to the merger between 1. FFC Frankfurt and Eintracht Frankfurt on 1 July 2020, Eintracht had an existing women's football section of three teams (two senior and one youth), with its first team competing in the third-tier Regionalliga Süd. It was founded in 2014, began play in the sixth-tier Bezirksliga, and won the Regionalliga Süd in 2018 and the Hessenliga in 2012 and 2017.[7] Those two senior teams became youth teams after the merger,[6] and all three teams continue to play in the third to fifth tiers respectively.[8]

Honours
The UEFA Women's Cup in the hands of the players
  • Frauen-Bundesliga
    • Winners: 1998–99, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2007–08 (record)
    • Runners-up: 1995–96, 1997–98, 1999–00, 2003–04, 2010–11, 2013–14
  • DFB-Pokal

Record in UEFA competitions

All results (away, home and aggregate) list the club's goal tally first.

Competition Round Club Away Home Aggregate
2001–2002 Second qualifying round Levante Valencia–1–0–
Codru Chișinău–5–0–
College Yerevan–18–0–
Quarter-final Odense3–0 a2–15–1
Semi-final Toulouse2–1 a0–02–1
Final Umeå 2–0 ( Frankfurt)
2002–2003 Second qualifying round Mašinac Niš (Host)2–0––
Osijek8–0––
Shamrock Rovers7–1––
Quarter-final HJK Helsinki2–0 a8–010–0
Semi-final Umeå1–1 a1–1 a.e.t. (6p–7p)2–2
2003–2004 Second qualifying round Sintra4–0––
Neulengbach7–1––
Athletic Bilbao (Host)8–1––
Quarter-final Fulham4–13–1 a7–2
Semi-final Rosengård Malmö0–0 a4–14–1
Final Umeå0–3 a0–50–8
2005–2006 Second qualifying round Luzern (Host)4–0––
Sparta Prague1–1––
Gömrükçü Baku11–1––
Quarter-final Arsenal1–1 a3–14–2
Semi-final Montpellier3–20–1 a3–3 (agr)
Final Turbine Potsdam4–0 a3–27–2
2006–2007 Second qualifying round Universitet Vitebsk5–0––
Breiðablik Kópavogur5–0––
HJK Helsinki (Host)2–0––
Quarter-final Kolbotn1–2 a3–24–4 (agr)
2007–2008 Second qualifying round Valur Reykjavík3–1––
Everton2–1––
Rapide Wezemaal (Host)1–1––
Quarter-final Rossiyanka Khimki0–0 a2–12–1
Semi-final Verona3–04–2 a7–2
Final Umeå1–1 a3–24–3
2008–2009 Second qualifying round Zvezda Perm0–1––
Røa Oslo (Host)3–1––
Glasgow City3–1––
Quarter-final Duisburg0–21–3 a1–5
2011–2012 Round of 32 Stabæk Bærum0–1 a4–14–2
Round of 16 Paris Saint-Germain1–23–0 a4–2
Quarter-final Rosengård Malmö0–1 a3–03–1
Semi-final Arsenal2–1 a2–04–1
Final Olympique Lyon 0–2 ( Munich)
2014–2015 Round of 32 Kazygurt Shymkent2–2 a4–06–2
Round of 16 Torres Sassari4–05–0 a9–0
Quarter-final Bristol City5–0 a7–012–0
Semi-final Brøndby6–07–0 a13–0
Final Paris Saint-Germain 2–1 ( Berlin)
2015–2016 Round of 32 Standard Liège2–0 a6–08–0
Round of 16 Lillestrøm2–0 a0–2 a.e.t. (5p–4p)2–2
Quarter-final Rosengård Malmö1–0 a0–1 a.e.t. (5p–4p)1–1
Semi-final Wolfsburg0–4 a1–01–4

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References
  1. "Die Erfolgsstory des 1. FFC Frankfurt" (in German). 1. FFC Frankfurt. 2008. Archived from the original on 7 November 2007. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
  2. "West Germany (women) 1995/96". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 15 January 2005. Archived from the original on 11 June 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2009.
  3. "Eintracht und FFC Fusion: Eine Chance für beide". fr.de (in German). 12 December 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  4. "Start einer neuen Ära". Eintracht Frankfurt. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  5. "Kader 2019/20". 1. FFC Frankfurt. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  6. "Trikottausch". Eintracht Frankfurt. 1 July 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  7. https://www.fupa.net/club/eintracht-frankfurt/team/w1/history
  8. https://www.welt.de/regionales/hessen/article208052017/Dietrich-Hotspot-fuer-den-weiblichen-Leistungsfussball.html
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