1996–97 Eintracht Frankfurt season

The 1996–97 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 97th season in the club's football history. In 1996–97 the club played in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football. It was the club's 1st season in the 2. Bundesliga after being relegated from the Bundesliga for the first time.

Eintracht Frankfurt
1996–97 season
ChairmanDieter Lindner / Hans-Joachim Otto
ManagerDragoslav Stepanović (resigned 7 December 1996)
Horst Ehrmantraut (appointed 18 December 1996)
2. Bundesliga7th
DFB-Pokal2nd Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Maurizio Gaudino (9)
All: Maurizio Gaudino (10)
Highest home attendance38,000 1 June 1997 v 1. FC Kaiserslautern (league)
Lowest home attendance11,000 on two occasions (league)
Average home league attendance16,235

Friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

19 June 1996 (1996-06-19) SG Westend Frankfurt1–5Eintracht FrankfurtFrankfurt, Germany
Wagner  3' (pen.) (Report) Güntensperger  13'
König  32'
Flick  55'
Bindewald  56'
Reuter  81'
Stadium: Sportanlage Sondershausenstraße
Attendance: 500
2 July 1996 (1996-07-02) FC Tirol Innsbruck4–2Eintracht FrankfurtWestendorf, Austria
Mayrleb  33', 48'
Brzęczek  60'
Hobel  85'
(Report) Menze  17'
Gaudino  25'
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 1,600
5 July 1996 (1996-07-05) FC Linz2–4Eintracht FrankfurtZirl, Austria
Popović  3'
Brenner  70'
(Report) Bommer  41'
Tskhadadze  53'
Becker  80'
König  83'
Attendance: 250
7 July 1996 (1996-07-07) CSKA Kyiv1–1Eintracht FrankfurtLeogang, Austria
Patyunin  6' (Report) Becker  45' Attendance: 300
10 July 1996 (1996-07-10) 1. FC Traunstein0–2Eintracht FrankfurtTraunstein, Germany
(Report) Ekström  35'
Menze  53'
Attendance: 400
13 July 1996 (1996-07-13) Dillenburg XI1–8Eintracht FrankfurtDillenburg, Germany
19:00 CEST Richter (Report) Güntensperger
Gaudino
Beuchel
Becker
Ekström
Reuter
Stadium: Stadion auf der Bleiche
Attendance: 1,500
17 July 1996 (1996-07-17) Mühlheim XI1–5Eintracht Frankfurt
Estevez  81' (Report) Gaudino  27'
Güntensperger  38'
Roth  51'
Becker  54', 60'
Attendance: 2,000
20 July 1996 (1996-07-20) Hessen Kassel1–0Eintracht Frankfurt
15:00 CEST Melchin  40' (Report) Attendance: 2,500
24 July 1996 (1996-07-24) Germania Schwanheim0–7Eintracht Frankfurt
(Report) Ekström  2'
Pejović  18'
Flick  36'
Dworschak  64'
Reuter  77'
Bindewald  81'
Becker  87'
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Wolf
26 July 1996 (1996-07-26) Eintracht Frankfurt1–1Urawa Red DiamondsWetzlar, Germany
Gaudino  32' (Report) Hori  53' Stadium: Stadion Wetzlar
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Wolf
28 July 1996 (1996-07-28) FSV Großenhausen0–5Eintracht FrankfurtLinsengericht, Germany
(Report) Menze  17', 60'
Güntensperger  26', 71'
Reuter  90'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Kolb
3 September 1996 (1996-09-03) Worms XI1–6Eintracht FrankfurtWorms, Germany
Sackreuther  70' (pen.) (Report) Becker  9', 77'
Rossi  18'
Ekström  31', 40'
Gaudino  37'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Weber
18 September 1996 (1996-09-18) Upper Hesse XI0–3Eintracht Frankfurt
(Report) Reuter  4'
Pejović  43'
Guht  80'
Attendance: 1,600
Referee: Kristek
25 September 1996 (1996-09-25) TSV Großen-Linden0–5Eintracht FrankfurtLinden, Germany
(Report) Beuchel
Becker
Güntensperger
Gaudino
Bommer
Stadium: Sportplatz Großen-Linden
Attendance: 2,000
26 November 1996 (1996-11-26) Eintracht Frankfurt0–5German Football Association Reserves XI
(Report)



Attendance: 3,000
29 January 1997 (1997-01-29) Eintracht Frankfurt1–1SV WehenFrankfurt, Germany
Gaudino  30' (Report) Stohn  61' Stadium: Ancillary pitch at the Waldstadion
Attendance: 100
2 February 1997 (1997-02-02) Eintracht Frankfurt2–1SV BernbachFrankfurt, Germany
Gaudino  20'
Becker  82' (pen.)
(Report) Grimm Stadium: Ancillary pitch at the Waldstadion
5 February 1997 (1997-02-05) Eintracht Frankfurt1–0FC Homburg
Gaudino  36' (Report)
16 February 1997 (1997-02-16) SV Raunheim0–3Eintracht Frankfurt
(Report) Guht
Becker
Komljenović
Attendance: 500
22 April 1997 (1997-04-22) Eintracht Frankfurt1–2Bayern MunichFrankfurt, Germany
19:30 CEST Guht (Report)
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 25,000
27 May 1997 (1997-05-27) Friedberg district XI1–4Eintracht FrankfurtKarben, Germany
(Report) Guht
Zarczynski (guest player)
Kistner (guest player)
Attendance: 1,800
6 June 1997 (1997-06-06) Eintracht Rüsselsheim0–11Eintracht FrankfurtRüsselsheim
(Report) Becker  4' (pen), 38'
Ekström  19'
Bičanić (guest player)  40', 62', 86'
Glöckner  67'
König  75'
Guht  80'
Nold  83' (o.g.)
Greul  90'
Stadium: Stadion am Sommerdamm
Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Reitz

Indoor soccer tournaments

Frankfurt

4 January 1997 (1997-01-04) First matchEintracht Frankfurt3–1Brøndby IFFrankfurt, Germany


(Report) Stadium: Ballsporthalle
Attendance: 4,000
4 January 1997 (1997-01-04) Second matchEintracht Frankfurt3–1SC FreiburgFrankfurt, Germany


(Report) Stadium: Ballsporthalle
Attendance: 4,000
4 January 1997 (1997-01-04) Third matchEintracht Frankfurt1–2Arminia BielefeldFrankfurt, Germany
(Report)
Stadium: Ballsporthalle
Attendance: 4,000
5 January 1997 (1997-01-05) Semi-FinalEintracht Frankfurt4–0Eintracht Frankfurt AmateureFrankfurt, Germany



(Report) Stadium: Ballsporthalle
Attendance: 4,000
5 January 1997 (1997-01-05) FinalEintracht Frankfurt4–1Arminia BielefeldFrankfurt, Germany



(Report) Stadium: Ballsporthalle
Attendance: 4,000

Essen

6 January 1997 (1997-01-06) First matchBayer Leverkusen0–1Eintracht FrankfurtEssen, Germany
(Report) Stadium: Grugahalle
6 January 1997 (1997-01-06) Second matchHamburger SV1–0Eintracht FrankfurtEssen, Germany
(Report) Stadium: Grugahalle
6 January 1997 (1997-01-06) Third matchFC Schalke 041–6Eintracht FrankfurtEssen, Germany
(Report)




Stadium: Grugahalle
6 January 1997 (1997-01-06) FinalVfL Bochum3–1Eintracht FrankfurtEssen, Germany


(Report) Stadium: Grugahalle

Koblenz

7 January 1997 (1997-01-07) First matchTuS Koblenz3–2Eintracht FrankfurtKoblenz, Germany
König
Janßen
Flick
(Report)
Stadium: Sporthalle Oberwerth
Attendance: 4,000
7 January 1997 (1997-01-07) Second matchEintracht Frankfurt2–21. FC KölnKoblenz, Germany
Flick
Guht
(Report)
Stadium: Sporthalle Oberwerth
Attendance: 4,000
7 January 1997 (1997-01-07) Semi-FinalEintracht Frankfurt2–1Slavia PragueKoblenz, Germany
König
Gaudino
(Report) Stadium: Sporthalle Oberwerth
Attendance: 4,000
7 January 1997 (1997-01-07) FinalEintracht Frankfurt4–21. FC KölnKoblenz, Germany
Pejović
Güntensperger
Guht
Glöckner
(Report)
Stadium: Sporthalle Oberwerth
Attendance: 4,000

Kiel

8 January 1997 (1997-01-08) First matchWerder Bremen3–0Eintracht FrankfurtKiel, Germany


(Report) Attendance: 7,000
8 January 1997 (1997-01-08) Second matchBrøndby IF5–5Eintracht FrankfurtKiel, Germany




(Report) Dickhaut
Guht
Dworschak
Güntensperger
Attendance: 7,000

Schwerin

9 January 1997 (1997-01-09) First matchBrøndby IF0–0Eintracht FrankfurtSchwerin, Germany
(Report) Stadium: Sport- und Kongresshalle
9 January 1997 (1997-01-09) 3rd place play-offHamburger SV5–3Eintracht FrankfurtSchwerin, Germany




(Report)

Stadium: Sport- und Kongresshalle

Hannover

13 January 1997 (1997-01-13) First matchFortuna Düsseldorf2–3Eintracht FrankfurtHanover, Germany

(Report) Reuter
Kresović
Dworschak
13 January 1997 (1997-01-13) Second matchWidzew Łódź1–2Eintracht FrankfurtHanover, Germany
(Report) Guht
Janßen
13 January 1997 (1997-01-13) Semi-FinalHannover 962–2
(6–4 p)
Eintracht FrankfurtHanover, Germany

(Report) Flick
Güntensperger

Dortmund

17 January 1997 (1997-01-17) First matchPSV4–0Eintracht FrankfurtDortmund, Germany



(Report)
17 January 1997 (1997-01-17) Second matchBorussia Dortmund3–1Eintracht FrankfurtDortmund, Germany


(Report) Guht
18 January 1997 (1997-01-18) Third matchBayer Leverkusen1–5Eintracht FrankfurtDortmund, Germany
(Report) Reuter
Kresović
Flick
Dickhaut
 o.g.'

Munich

25 January 1997 (1997-01-25) First matchEintracht Frankfurt1–1Werder BremenMunich, Germany
Dickhaut (Report)
27 January 1996 (1996-01-27) Third matchFC Bayern München1–1Eintracht FrankfurtMunich, Germany
(Report) Gaudino

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
5 Stuttgarter Kickers 34 14 11 9 38 27 +11 53
6 SpVgg Unterhaching 34 11 16 7 35 29 +6 49
7 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 13 9 12 43 46 3 48
8 VfB Leipzig 34 12 10 12 53 54 1 46
9 KFC Uerdingen 34 13 5 16 46 44 +2 44
Source: Bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultDWWWLLLDLDDWLLWLLWLWDDWDDLWLWWWLDW
Position663238791111131213131213151414131312911121311121096787
Source: kicker.de
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

4 August 1996 (1996-08-04) 1VfB Lübeck1–1Eintracht FrankfurtLübeck, Germany
15:00 CEST Tskhadadze  82' (o.g.) (Report) Menze  56' Stadium: Stadion an der Lohmühle
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Heynemann
7 August 1996 (1996-08-07) 2Eintracht Frankfurt2–1FSV ZwickauFrankfurt, Germany
19:30 CEST Ekström  43'
Gaudino  53'
(Report) Kunze  12' Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Buchhart
19 August 1996 (1996-08-19) 3Waldhof Mannheim1–2Eintracht FrankfurtMannheim, Germany
19:30 CEST Hofmann  8' (Report) Gaudino  17'
Güntensperger  74'
Stadium: Carl-Benz-Stadion
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Koop
25 August 1996 (1996-08-25) 4Eintracht Frankfurt3–1Fortuna KölnFrankfurt, Germany
15:00 CEST Gaudino  47', 80'
Güntensperger  90'
(Report) Lottner  78' Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Hilmes
9 September 1996 (1996-09-09) 5Eintracht Frankfurt0–1SV MeppenFrankfurt, Germany
19:30 CEST (Report) Claaßen  3'
Winter  64' 
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 14,500
Referee: Stark
15 September 1996 (1996-09-15) 6SpVgg Unterhaching2–1Eintracht FrankfurtUnterhaching, Germany
15:00 CEST Reich  9'
Schmöller  54'
(Report) Becker  77'
Roth  83' 
Tskhadadze  85'
Stadium: Sportpark Unterhaching
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Friedrichs
22 September 1996 (1996-09-22) 7Eintracht Frankfurt0–1Stuttgarter KickersFrankfurt, Germany
(Report) Sailer  14' Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Fleischer
30 September 1996 (1996-09-30) 8FC Carl Zeiss Jena1–1Eintracht FrankfurtJena, Germany
19:30 CEST Holetschek  80' (pen.) (Report) Guht  27' Stadium: Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Kasper
4 October 1996 (1996-10-04) 9Eintracht Frankfurt0–1KFC Uerdingen 05Frankfurt, Germany
(Report) Wollitz  20' Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Pohlmann
14 October 1996 (1996-10-14) 10Mainz 052–2Eintracht FrankfurtMainz, Germany
19:30 CEST Akrapović  55'
Ouakili  61'
(Report) Ekström  7'
Reuter  77'
Stadium: Stadion am Bruchweg
Attendance: 13,500
Referee: Kemmling
19 October 1996 (1996-10-19) 11Eintracht Frankfurt1–1VfL WolfsburgFrankfurt, Germany
Komljenović  45' (Report) Meissner  28' Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Keßler
28 October 1996 (1996-10-28) 12Hertha BSC1–2Eintracht FrankfurtBerlin, Germany
Kruse  23' (pen.) (Report) Ekström  47'
Becker  87'
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Lange
2 November 1996 (1996-11-02) 13Eintracht Frankfurt2–3VfB LeipzigFrankfurt, Germany
18:30 CEST Bommer  13'
Ekström  62'
Reuter  72'
(Report) Bindewald  47' (o.g.)
Däbritz  76' 
Heidrich  87', 90'
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 15,500
Referee: Werthmann
17 November 1996 (1996-11-17) 14FC Gütersloh3–1Eintracht FrankfurtGütersloh, Germany
Landgraf  54'
van der Ven  64'
Bonan  74'
(Report) Schur  57' Stadium: Heidewaldstadion
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Müller
22 November 1996 (1996-11-22) 15Eintracht Frankfurt3–0Rot-Weiss EssenFrankfurt, Germany
19:00 CEST Schur  4'
Bindewald  29'
Ekström  86'
(Report) Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Weiner
2 December 1996 (1996-12-02) 161. FC Kaiserslautern5–0Eintracht FrankfurtKaiserslautern, Germany
Kuka  44', 53'
Rische  61', 63'
Franck  90'
(Report) Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Hufgard
7 December 1996 (1996-12-07) 17Eintracht Frankfurt2–3VfB OldenburgFrankfurt, Germany
Dickhaut  11'
Hubchev  44' 
Gaudino  56'
(Report) Tammen  43'
Elberfeld  45'
Goch  86'
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Prengel
22 February 1997 (1997-02-22) 18Eintracht Frankfurt3–0VfB LübeckFrankfurt, Germany
15:00 CEST Becker  11' (pen.)
Güntensperger  25', 56'
(Report) Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 18,500
Referee: Jansen
2 March 1997 (1997-03-02) 19FSV Zwickau1–0Eintracht FrankfurtZwickau, Germany
15:00 CEST Kirsten  21' (Report) Rossi  77'  Stadium: Westsachsenstadion
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Byernetzky
10 March 1997 (1997-03-10) 20Eintracht Frankfurt1–0Waldhof MannheimFrankfurt, Germany
19:30 CEST Güntensperger  50' (Report) Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Stark
14 March 1997 (1997-03-14) 21Fortuna Köln0–0Eintracht FrankfurtCologne, Germany
(Report) Stadium: Südstadion
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Schütz
23 March 1997 (1997-03-23) 22SV Meppen1–1Eintracht FrankfurtMeppen, Germany
15:00 CEST Vorholt  56' (pen.) (Report) Marell  50' (o.g.)
Bindewald  64'
Stadium: Emslandstadion
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Blumenstein
30 March 1997 (1997-03-30) 23Eintracht Frankfurt1–0SpVgg UnterhachingFrankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST Bucher  28' (o.g.) (Report) Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Casper
24 April 1997 (1997-04-24) 24Stuttgarter Kickers0–0Eintracht FrankfurtStuttgart, Germany
(Report) Stadium: Waldau-Stadion
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Weiner
11 April 1997 (1997-04-11) 25Eintracht Frankfurt1–1FC Carl Zeiss JenaFrankfurt, Germany
19:30 CEST Gaudino  86' (Report) Zimmermann  62' Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 14,500
Referee: Gettke
19 April 1997 (1997-04-19) 26KFC Uerdingen 053–0Eintracht FrankfurtKrefeld, Germany
Grammozis  23'
Jüptner  73'
Onderka  88'
(Report) Stadium: Grotenburg-Stadion
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Hauer
27 April 1997 (1997-04-27) 27Eintracht Frankfurt1–0Mainz 05Frankfurt, Germany
19:30 CEST Neustädter  45' (o.g.) (Report) Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 14,500
Referee: Müller
3 May 1997 (1997-05-03) 28VfL Wolfsburg4–1Eintracht FrankfurtWolfsburg, Germany
15:30 CEST Tyszkiewicz  11'
Ballwanz  32'
Dammeier  67' (pen.)
Deering  75'
(Report) Janßen  27' Stadium: VfL-Stadion am Elsterweg
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Dehmelt
12 May 1997 (1997-05-12) 29Eintracht Frankfurt3–1Hertha BSCFrankfurt, Germany
19:30 CEST Gaudino  18', 52'
Weidemann  80' (o.g.)
(Report) Kruse  35' Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Fleischer
17 May 1997 (1997-05-17) 30VfB Leipzig2–3Eintracht FrankfurtLeipzig, Germany
Däbritz  21'
Heidrich  87' (pen.)
(Report) Schur  48'
Güntensperger  71', 82'
Stadium: Bruno-Plache-Stadion
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Frey
22 May 1997 (1997-05-22) 31Eintracht Frankfurt2–0FC GüterslohFrankfurt, Germany
19:00 CEST Gaudino  44' (pen.)
Becker  52'
(Report) Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Kadach
25 May 1997 (1997-05-25) 32Rot-Weiss Essen4–1Eintracht FrankfurtEssen, Germany
Holick  5'
Vier  42', 89' (pen.)
Schürmann  71'
(Report) Becker  16' Stadium: Georg-Melches-Stadion
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Schütz
1 June 1997 (1997-06-01) 33Eintracht Frankfurt0–01. FC KaiserslauternFrankfurt, Germany
(Report) Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Buchhart
11 June 1997 (1997-06-11) 34VfB Oldenburg1–2Eintracht FrankfurtOldenburg, Germany
19:00 CEST Goch  4' (Report) Dickhaut  36'
Weber  45'
Stadium: Marschweg-Stadion
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Zerr

DFB-Pokal

11 August 1996 (1996-08-11) 1st RoundHolstein Kiel2–4Eintracht Frankfurt
17:30 CEST Habermann  40'
Bertermann  82'
(Report) Tskhadadze  11'
Ekström  33'
Gaudino  47'
Güntensperger  90'
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Byernetzki
31 August 1996 (1996-08-31) 2nd RoundSV Meppen6–1Eintracht FrankfurtMeppen, Germany
15:30 CEST Ukrow  1'
Helmer  5'
Claaßen  37'
Lau  48'
Bujan  58'
Winter  59'
(Report) Ekström  17' Stadium: Emslandstadion
Attendance: 10,000

Squad

Squad and statistics

No. Pos Nat Player Total2. BundesligaDFB-Pokal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Oka Nikolov 33031020
2 DF Uwe Bindewald 32130120
3 DF Ralf Weber 212100
4 DF Dietmar Roth 29027020
5 DF Kakhaber Tskhadadze 1019011
5 DF Petar Hubchev 12012000
6 DF Mirko Dickhaut 33231220
7 FW Matthias Becker 30528520
8 MF Rudi Bommer 14114100
9 FW Urs Güntensperger 31829721
10 MF Maurizio Gaudino 341032921
11 FW Johnny Ekström 20718522
12 MF René Beuchel 20019010
13 MF Matthias Dworschak 13011020
14 DF Marco Rossi 15014010
15 MF Timo Reuter 1018120
17 MF Oliver Bunzenthal 505000
18 MF Steffen Menze 12110120
18 DF Alexander Kutschera 15015000
19 MF Michael König 202000
20 DF Zvezdan Pejović 16014020
21 MF Slobodan Komljenović 28127110
22 MF Thorsten Flick 16016000
23 GK Sven Schmitt 303000
24 MF Alexander Schur 20320300
27 MF Carsten Hennig 303000
29 MF Oscar Corrochano 101000
30 MF Olaf Janßen 717100
31 MF Michael Guht 21121100
32 MF Patrick Glöckner 909000

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    References

      Sources

      • Matheja, Ulrich (2011). Unsere Eintracht – Eintracht Frankfurt – Die Chronik. Die Werkstatt. ISBN 978-3-89533-750-5.
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