1997–98 Eintracht Frankfurt season

The 1997–98 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 98th season in the club's football history. In 1997–98 the club played in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football. It was the club's 2nd season in the 2. Bundesliga after being relegated from the Bundesliga for the first time. The season ended for Eintracht with promotion to the Bundesliga after winning the 2. Bundesliga.

Eintracht Frankfurt
1997-98 season
ChairmanRolf Heller
ManagerHorst Ehrmantraut
2. Bundesliga1st
DFB-PokalRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague: Thomas Sobotzik (10)
All: Thomas Sobotzik (13)
Highest home attendance45,000 31 August 1997 v 1. FC Nürnberg (league)
Lowest home attendance13,500 7 December 1997 v FSV Zwickau (league)
Average home league attendance23,647

Friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

1 July 1997 (1997-07-01) SV Groß-Bieberau2–9Eintracht FrankfurtGroß-Bieberau, Germany
19:00 CEST Agbemanyole  9'
Krömmelbein 		(Report) Weber  11'
Amstätter
Sobotzik
Pisont
Cengiz
da Silva 		Stadium: Sportanlage am Sepp-Herberger-Weg
Attendance: 2,000
4 July 1997 (1997-07-04) Eintracht Frankfurt3–0FenerbahçeFrankfurt, Germany
Güntensperger  31'
Sobotzik  41'
Cengiz  73'		 (Report) Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 4,985
Referee: Merk
9 July 1997 (1997-07-09) Oberneuland XI1–20Eintracht FrankfurtRied, Austria
Gunolf  87' (Report) Cengiz
Güntensperger
Sobotzik
Weber
Epp
Hubchev
Amstätter
Wolf
Zampach
da Silva
Martini 		Stadium: Rieder Stadion
Attendance: 500
12 July 1997 (1997-07-12) 1. FC Nürnberg1–3Eintracht FrankfurtWürzburg, Germany
Šmejkal  62' (Report) Güntensperger  26'
Levy  74'
Cengiz  76'		 Stadium: Dallenbergstadion
Attendance: 3,500
15 July 1997 (1997-07-15) EGC Wirges / Sportfreunde Eisbachtal0–0Eintracht FrankfurtNentershausen, Germany
19:00 CEST (Report) Stadium: Eisbachtalstadion
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Albers
19 July 1997 (1997-07-19) FSV Frankfurt2–0Eintracht FrankfurtFrankfurt, Germany
17:00 CEST Böhnke  2'
Guht  44'		 (Report) Stadium: Stadion am Bornheimer Hang
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Ortola
26 August 1997 (1997-08-26) SpVgg Bad Homburg0–3Eintracht FrankfurtBad Homburg, Germany
(Report) Cengiz  10'
Mehic  12'
Amstätter  73'		 Stadium: Stadion Sandelmühle
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Kantor
Note: Match suspended at the 84th minute due to darkness
4 September 1997 (1997-09-04) TSV Großen-Linden0–9Eintracht FrankfurtLinden
18:00 CEST (Report) Wolf  8'
da Silva  11'
Sobotzik  20', 35'
Levy  41'
Cengiz  43'
Janßen  58', 83' (pen.)
Epp  80'		 Stadium: Sportplatz an der Heide
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Schön
5 September 1997 (1997-09-05) Nidderau XI0–19Eintracht FrankfurtNidderau, Germany
19:00 CEST (Report) Sobotzik  12', 27'
Cengiz  14', 41', 64'
Wolf  15', 88'
Schur  17'
Mehic  20', 60', 73'
Gebhardt  22', 44'
Kutschera  33'
Levy  38', 69'
Bindewald  67'
Weber  77'
da Silva  80'		 Stadium: Niddersportfeld
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Chtaiti
8 October 1997 (1997-10-08) Eintracht Frankfurt2–3SSC NapoliFrankfurt, Germany
20:15 CEST Cengiz  11', 67' (Report) Calderón  15'
Protti  26', 87'		 Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 2,500
11 October 1997 (1997-10-11) TV Haßloch0–14Eintracht FrankfurtRüsselsheim, Germany
(Report) Cengiz
Weber
Wolf
Zampach
da Silva
Levy
Kljaić (guest player)
Ilie (guest player) 		Attendance: 1,000
17 January 1998 (1998-01-17) Eintracht Frankfurt12–0Rot-Weiss FrankfurtFrankfurt, Germany
Sawieh
Corrochano
Mehic
Nwosu
Flick
Hubchev
Epp
Schur
Brinkmann 		(Report) Stadium: Ancillary pitch at the Waldstadion
19 January 1998 (1998-01-19) Taunus XI0–9Eintracht FrankfurtOberursel, Germany
(Report) Sobotzik  21', 28', 41'
Schur  43'
Sawieh  44'
Corrochano  64'
da Silva  65'
Epp  72', 75'		 Stadium: Sportfeld am Tannenwald
Attendance: 500
25 January 1998 (1998-01-25) Hannover 963–3Eintracht FrankfurtBelek, Turkey
N’Diaye
Messine 		(Report) Epp
Sobotzik
Martini
29 January 1998 (1998-01-29) Spartak Varna1–2Eintracht FrankfurtBelek, Turkey
Stanchev  55' (Report) Nwosu  26'
Bindewald  81'
4 February 1998 (1998-02-04) SV Bernbach1–2Eintracht FrankfurtFreigericht, Germany
Diop  82' (Report) Epp  10'
Martini  87'		 Stadium: Stadion an der Birkenhainer Straße
Attendance: 775
Referee: Wagner
8 February 1998 (1998-02-08) Eintracht Frankfurt4–0SC NeukirchenFrankfurt, Germany
Westerthaler  9', 30', 36'
Brinkmann  67'		 (Report) Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 300
Referee: Bastian
12 February 1998 (1998-02-12) FV Bad Vilbel2–2Eintracht FrankfurtBad Vilbel, Germany
Repp  20', 40' (Report) Güntensperger  36'
Sobotzik  76'		 Stadium: Niddasportfeld
Attendance: 300
15 April 1998 (1998-04-15) SG Hoechst2–5Eintracht Frankfurt
Kilić  4'
Kremer  42'		 (Report) Mehic  39'
Gusić (guest player)  44', 82'
Amstätter  67'
Levy  85'		 Attendance: 400
Referee: Lekić
27 May 1998 (1998-05-27) FC Kalbach0–17Eintracht FrankfurtFrankfurt, Germany
18:30 CEST (Report) Westerthaler
Weber
Sobotzik
Schur
Mehic
Hubchev
Epp
Brinkmann
Flick
da Silva
Yang (guest player)
Krolo  o.g.'		 Stadium: Bezirkssportanlage Kalbach
Attendance: 2,000
8 June 1998 (1998-06-08) SV Nieder-Wöllstadt0–17Eintracht FrankfurtNieder-Wöllstadt, Germany
19:00 CEST (Report) Sobotzik  15', 31', 41', 44'
da Silva  29', 53'
Thurk (guest player)  34', 60', 63'
Amstätter  36'
Mehic  50', 75', 80', 88'
Zampach  58', 85'
Wolf  67'		 Attendance: 2,500

Indoor soccer tournaments

Dortmund
3 January 1998 (1998-01-03) First matchMSV Duisburg2–1Eintracht FrankfurtDortmund, Germany
Wolters
Hirsch 		(Report) Gebhardt Stadium: Westfalenhalle
3 January 1998 (1998-01-03) Second matchSG Wattenscheid 094–4Eintracht FrankfurtDortmund, Germany
Feinbier
Majek
 o.g.'		 (Report) Zampach
Martini
Wolf
Bindewald 		Stadium: Westfalenhalle
3 January 1998 (1998-01-03) Third matchBorussia Dortmund4–3Eintracht FrankfurtDortmund, Germany
Timm
Booth
 o.g.'		 (Report) Martini
Zampach 		Stadium: Westfalenhalle

Frankfurt
14 January 1998 (1998-01-14) First matchEintracht Frankfurt3–0Borussia FuldaFrankfurt, Germany


 (Report) Stadium: Ballsporthalle
Attendance: 3,800
14 January 1998 (1998-01-14) Second matchEintracht Frankfurt2–0SG EgelsbachFrankfurt, Germany

 (Report) Stadium: Ballsporthalle
Attendance: 3,800
14 January 1998 (1998-01-14) Third matchEintracht Frankfurt1–1Kickers OffenbachFrankfurt, Germany
Martini (Report) Koutsoliakos Stadium: Ballsporthalle
Attendance: 3,800
14 January 1998 (1998-01-14) Semi-FinalEintracht Frankfurt1–3Mainz 05Frankfurt, Germany
(Report)

Stadium: Ballsporthalle
Attendance: 3,800
14 January 1998 (1998-01-14) Eintracht Frankfurt0–0
(4–5 p)		SV WehenFrankfurt, Germany
(Report) Stadium: Ballsporthalle
Attendance: 3,800

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

2. Bundesliga
Main article: 1997–98 2. Bundesliga

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Eintracht Frankfurt (C, P) 34 17 13 4 50 32 +18 64 Promotion to Bundesliga
2 SC Freiburg (P) 34 18 7 9 57 36 +21 61
3 1. FC Nürnberg (P) 34 17 8 9 52 35 +17 59
4 FC St. Pauli 34 14 14 6 43 31 +12 56
5 FC Gütersloh 34 13 16 5 43 26 +17 55
Source: Bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.

Results by round
Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH
ResultWWWWWDWLDLDDLWDDWDWWWWWDDDWWWDLDDW
Position5211111112224445233321122111111111
Source: kicker.de
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches
25 July 1997 (1997-07-25) 1Eintracht Frankfurt3–2Fortuna DüsseldorfFrankfurt, Germany
19:15 CEST Epp  5'
Güntensperger  63' (pen.)
Gebhardt  82'		 (Report) Younga-Mouhani  27'
Dobrovolski  59'
Jack  73'		 Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Berg
3 August 1997 (1997-08-03) 2SG Wattenscheid 090–1Eintracht FrankfurtBochum, Germany
15:00 CEST (Report) Sobotzik  28' Stadium: Lohrheidestadion
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Schößling
10 August 1997 (1997-08-10) 3Eintracht Frankfurt1–0Stuttgarter KickersFrankfurt, Germany
15:00 CEST Janßen  35' (Report) Malchow  16'  Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Byernetzki
22 August 1997 (1997-08-22) 4Energie Cottbus0–1Eintracht FrankfurtCottbus, Germany
19:00 CEST (Report) Kutschera  21' Stadium: Stadion der Freundschaft
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Aust
31 August 1997 (1997-08-31) 5Eintracht Frankfurt4–11. FC NürnbergFrankfurt, Germany
15:15 CEST Hubchev  15'
Güntensperger  27', 75' (pen.)
Weber  45'		 (Report) Wiesinger  90' Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Hauer
12 September 1997 (1997-09-12) 6SC Freiburg0–0Eintracht FrankfurtFreiburg, Germany
19:00 CEST (Report) Stadium: Dreisamstadion
Attendance: 22,500
Referee: Wendorf
19 September 1997 (1997-09-19) 7Eintracht Frankfurt3–2VfB LeipzigFrankfurt, Germany
19:00 CEST Weber  30', 77'
Hubchev  40'		 (Report) Heidrich  65'
Kujat  75'		 Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Wack
28 September 1997 (1997-09-28) 8FC Carl Zeiss Jena2–1Eintracht FrankfurtJena, Germany
15:00 CEST Holetschek  37'
Schneider  43'		 (Report) Sobotzik  35' Stadium: Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Margenberg
5 October 1997 (1997-10-05) 9FC Gütersloh0–0Eintracht FrankfurtGütersloh, Germany
15:00 CEST Meyer  75' (Report) Weber  81'  Stadium: Heidewaldstadion
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Hilmes
20 October 1997 (1997-10-20) 10Eintracht Frankfurt0–1KFC Uerdingen 05Frankfurt, Germany
19:15 CEST (Report) van Buskirk  72' Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Müller
24 October 1997 (1997-10-24) 11SV Meppen1–1Eintracht FrankfurtMeppen, Germany
19:00 CEST Ukrow  65' (Report) Sobotzik  53' Stadium: Emslandstadion
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Friedrichs
31 October 1997 (1997-10-31) 12Eintracht Frankfurt1–1SpVgg UnterhachingFrankfurt, Germany
19:00 CEST Weber  63' (Report) Lust  55' Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 15,500
Referee: Blumenstein
9 November 1997 (1997-11-09) 13SpVgg Greuther Fürth2–1Eintracht FrankfurtFürth, Germany
14:30 CEST Kerbr  53'
Weigl  59'		 (Report) Sobotzik  65' Stadium: Playmobil-Stadion
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Malbranc
24 November 1997 (1997-11-24) 14Eintracht Frankfurt4–2FC St. PauliFrankfurt, Germany
19:15 CEST Sobotzik  10'
Schur  16'
Weber  31' (pen.)
Wolf  85'		 (Report) Marin  50'
Dammann  88'		 Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Werthmann
28 November 1997 (1997-11-28) 15Mainz 051–1Eintracht FrankfurtMainz, Germany
19:00 CEST Tanjga  42' (Report) Weber  77' Stadium: Stadion am Bruchweg
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Gettke
7 December 1997 (1997-12-07) 16Eintracht Frankfurt1–1FSV ZwickauFrankfurt, Germany
15:00 CEST Wolf  38' (Report) Klee  49' Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 13,500
Referee: Fleischer
14 December 1997 (1997-12-14) 17Fortuna Köln1–2Eintracht FrankfurtCologne, Germany
15:00 CEST Brdarić  32'
Grlić  66'		 (Report) Weber  70'
Epp  82'		 Stadium: Südstadion
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Weiner
16 February 1998 (1998-02-16) 18Fortuna Düsseldorf0–0Eintracht FrankfurtDüsseldorf, Germany
19:30 CEST (Report) Stadium: Rheinstadion
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Hauer
23 February 1998 (1998-02-23) 19Eintracht Frankfurt2–1SG Wattenscheid 09Frankfurt, Germany
19:30 CEST Sobotzik  3'
Epp  43'		 (Report) Süs  30' (pen.) Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 15,500
Referee: Kadach
28 February 1998 (1998-02-28) 20Stuttgarter Kickers2–3Eintracht FrankfurtStuttgart, Germany
15:30 CEST Malchow  84'
Carl  86'		 (Report) Brinkmann  18', 89' (pen.)
Westerthaler  90'		 Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Schütz
8 March 1998 (1998-03-08) 21Eintracht Frankfurt2–0Energie CottbusFrankfurt, Germany
15:00 CEST Wehner  28' (o.g.)
2:0 Schur  53'		 (Report) Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Neis
16 March 1998 (1998-03-16) 221. FC Nürnberg0–1Eintracht FrankfurtNuremberg, Germany
19:30 CEST (Report) Epp  7' Stadium: Frankenstadion
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Werthmann
23 March 1998 (1998-03-23) 23Eintracht Frankfurt2–0SC FreiburgFrankfurt, Germany
19:30 CEST Sobotzik  3'
Zampach  60'		 (Report) Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Fröhlich
27 March 1998 (1998-03-27) 24VfB Leipzig1–1Eintracht FrankfurtLeipzig, Germany
19:00 CEST Heidrich  70' (Report) Westerthaler  2' Stadium: Bruno-Plache-Stadion
Attendance: 9,500
Referee: Jansen
3 April 1998 (1998-04-03) 25Eintracht Frankfurt2–2FC Carl Zeiss JenaFrankfurt, Germany
19:00 CEST Güntensperger  51'
Brinkmann  52'		 (Report) Weber  25'
Schneider  35'		 Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Weber
9 April 1998 (1998-04-09) 26Eintracht Frankfurt0–0FC GüterslohFrankfurt, Germany
19:00 CEST (Report) Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Florian Meyer
20 April 1998 (1998-04-20) 27KFC Uerdingen 050–1Eintracht FrankfurtKrefeld, Germany
19:30 CEST (Report) Westerthaler  79' Stadium: Grotenburg-Stadion
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Schößling
26 April 1998 (1998-04-26) 28Eintracht Frankfurt1–0SV MeppenFrankfurt, Germany
15:00 CEST Westerthaler  37' (Report) Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Margenberg
3 May 1998 (1998-05-03) 29SpVgg Unterhaching1–2Eintracht FrankfurtUnterhaching, Germany
15:00 CEST Rraklli  59' (pen.) (Report) Sobotzik  52'
Weber  88'		 Stadium: Sportpark Unterhaching
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Lange
10 May 1998 (1998-05-10) 30Eintracht Frankfurt1–1SpVgg Greuther FürthFrankfurt, Germany
15:00 CEST Flick  84' (Report) Weigl  78' Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Kammerer
18 May 1998 (1998-05-18) 31FC St. Pauli2–0Eintracht FrankfurtHamburg, Germany
19:30 CEST Marin  45'
Mason  84'		 (Report) Stadium: Wilhelm-Koch-Stadion
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Keßler
25 May 1998 (1998-05-25) 32Eintracht Frankfurt2–2Mainz 05Frankfurt, Germany
19:30 CEST Weber  10'
Westerthaler  38'		 (Report) Hock  62'
Neustädter  65'		 Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Weiner
3 June 1998 (1998-06-03) 33FSV Zwickau1–1Eintracht FrankfurtZwickau, Germany
19:00 CEST Pinder  42' (Report) Wolf  40' Stadium: Westsachsenstadion
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Frey
7 June 1998 (1998-06-07) 34Eintracht Frankfurt4–2Fortuna KölnFrankfurt, Germany
15:00 CEST Sobotzik  55', 59'
Gebhardt  70'
Bindewald  80' (pen.)		 (Report) Majstorović  49' 
Younga-Mouhani  54', 90'		 Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 41,500
Referee: Florian Meyer

DFB-Pokal
Main article: 1997–98 DFB-Pokal
16 August 1997 (1997-08-16) 1st RoundVfL Halle 18960–4Eintracht FrankfurtHalle, Germany
15:30 CEST (Report) Janßen  24'
Güntensperger  33' (pen.)
Sobotzik  48' (pen.), 71'		 Stadium: Stadion am Zoo
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Wendorf
23 September 1997 (1997-09-23) 2nd RoundEintracht Frankfurt3–0Werder BremenFrankfurt, Germany
19:30 CEST Sobotzik  19' (pen.)
Janßen  36'
Weber  64'		 (Report) Schierenbeck  58'  Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 35,086
Referee: Fandel
2 December 1997 (1997-12-02) Round of 16MSV Duisburg1–0Eintracht FrankfurtDuisburg, Germany
Salou  83' (Report) Stadium: Wedaustadion
Attendance: 9,000

Squad

Squad and statistics
No. Pos Nat Player Total2. BundesligaDFB-Pokal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Oka Nikolov 37034030
2 MF Sascha Amstätter 303000
3 DF Dirk Wolf 29326330
4 MF Thorsten Flick 818100
5 DF Petar Hubchev 34232220
6 MF Thomas Zampach 36133130
7 FW Thomas Epp 35432430
8 DF Ralf Weber 331030931
9 FW Urs Güntensperger 16515411
10 MF Thomas Sobotzik 3513321033
11 MF Marco Gebhardt 34231230
13 FW Sead Mehić 19016030
14 FW Hakan Cengiz 12011010
16 MF Olaf Janßen 13311122
18 DF Alexander Kutschera 37134130
19 MF Antônio da Silva 100010
20 DF Uwe Bindewald 37134130
21 MF Renato Levy 706010
22 DF Burhanettin Kaymak 707000
23 GK Sven Schmitt 000000
24 MF Alexander Schur 34231230
27 MF Edi Martini 101000
30 FW Christoph Westerthaler 16516500
31 MF Alexander Lorenz 201010
32 MF Ansgar Brinkmann 17317300
33 FW Jonathan Sawieh 707000

Transfers

Summer

Winter

Notes
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    gollark: I think 200KB or so.
    gollark: LIES!
    gollark: Currently, depending on exactly which bits you count, potatOS is about 6000 lines of code.
    gollark: I've been refactoring the updater, having a build system, and redoing library loading, and I got it to not immediately implode.

    References

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