1998–99 Eintracht Frankfurt season

The 1998–99 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 99th season in the club's football history. In 1998–99 the club played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 97th season in the first tier and the club's first season back in the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 1997-1998 season.

Eintracht Frankfurt
1998–99 season
ChairmanRolf Heller
ManagerHorst Ehrmantraut (resigned 8 December 1998)
Bernhard Lippert (caretaker from 8 December until 19 December 1998)
Reinhold Fanz (appointed 22 December 1998, resigned 18 April 1999)
Jörg Berger (appointed 19 April 1999)
Bundesliga15th
DFB-Pokal2nd Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Yang Chen (8)
All: Yang Chen (9)
Highest home attendance58,500 31 October 1998 v Bayern Munich (league)
Lowest home attendance17,000 19 December 1998 v MSV Duisburg (league)
Average home league attendance23,647

The season ended in one the most exciting final match days in Bundesliga history when Eintracht secured their Bundesliga spot on day 34.

Prior to the last match far behind Eintracht won three matches in a row. Eintracht hosted reigning champions Kaiserslautern who were contending for a Champions League spot at the last match day. The match ended 5-1 and in the consequence sent Nürnberg down to the 2. Bundesliga on goal difference. The ultimate goal was scored by Jan Åge Fjørtoft who scored one of the most famous Bundesliga goals in the 89th minute when performing a step-over right in front of Lautern's goalkeeper Andreas Reinke before marking Eintracht's fifth goal.[1]

Friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

10 July 1998 (1998-07-10) TSG Idstein1–8Eintracht FrankfurtIdstein, Germany
Winter  21' (Report) Sobotzik  2'
Yang  20'
Edmílson (guest player)  27', 30'
B Schneider  52'
Brinkmann  63' (pen.)
Epp  78'
Kutschera  83'		 Stadium: Sportanlage in der Zissenheim
Attendance: 2,300
Referee: Reuter
11 July 1998 (1998-07-11) SV Sailauf1–5Eintracht FrankfurtSailauf, Germany
Fiebrich (Report) Edmílson (guest player)  17', 38', 45'
Brinkmann  43'
Sobotzik  86'		 Stadium: Sportanlage am Bischling
Attendance: 1,200
15 July 1998 (1998-07-15) FSV Frankfurt1–4Eintracht FrankfurtFrankfurt, Germany
Rüppel  80' (pen.) (Report) Weber  5'
B Schneider  47'
Gerster  73'
Yang  81'		 Stadium: Stadion am Bornheimer Hang
Attendance: 4,000
18 July 1998 (1998-07-18) Eschwege XI1–10Eintracht FrankfurtMeinhard, Germany
16:00 CEST Löffler  73' (Report) Westerthaler  8', 18', 29', 39'
Sobotzik  28'
Epp  58', 86'
Stojak  63', 67', 90'		 Attendance: 1,900
Referee: Linnenberg
21 July 1998 (1998-07-21) Waldhof Mannheim1–0Eintracht FrankfurtErbach, Germany
19:00 CEST Vukčević  25' (Report) Stadium: Sportpark Erbach
Attendance: 5,000
26 July 1998 (1998-07-26) Maccabi Haifa1–2Eintracht FrankfurtZirl, Austria
Vilner  85' (Report) Elkayam  67' (o.g.)
Westerthaler  68'		 Attendance: 300
28 July 1998 (1998-07-28) RCD Mallorca1–1Eintracht FrankfurtKössen, Austria
Dani  79' (pen.) (Report) Yang  83' Stadium: Sportanlage Kössen
Attendance: 1,200
5 August 1998 (1998-08-05) KSV Klein-Karben1–1Eintracht FrankfurtKarben, Germany
Džihić  24' (Report) Rosen  31' Stadium: Günther-Reutzel-Sportfeld
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Grieben
7 August 1998 (1998-08-07) KFC Lommelse SK1–3Eintracht FrankfurtSailauf, Germany
Bembuana-Keve  28' (Report) Yang  58', 70'
Maes  73' (o.g.)		 Attendance: 500
Referee: Wolf
2 September 1998 (1998-09-02) TSV Pfungstadt0–13Eintracht FrankfurtPfungstadt, Germany
(Report) Gerster  6', 48'
Güntensperger  10'
Stojak  20', 31'
Gebhardt  29'
Westerthaler  43', 51', 67'
Flick  64', 89'
U Schneider  75'
Agu  81'		 Attendance: 700
Referee: Imhof
7 October 1998 (1998-10-07) Karlsruher SC7–4Eintracht FrankfurtLeimen, Germany
Stumpf  25' (pen.)
Schwarz  27'
Fährmann  36'
Gilewicz 		(Report) Flick  1', 88'
Westerthaler  43', 90'		 Attendance: 700
20 October 1998 (1998-10-20) Eintracht Frankfurt3–0Eintracht Frankfurt Amateure / Eintracht Frankfurt AcademyFrankfurt, Germany
Sobotzik  pen'
Histilloles 		(Report) Stadium: Ancillary pitch at the Waldstadion
Attendance: 50
Referee: Kraaz
Note: Each half time was 35 minutes
23 January 1999 (1999-01-23) Borussia Fulda1–3Eintracht FrankfurtFulda, Germany
14:30 CEST Fladung  65' (Report) Westerthaler  16', 59'
Janßen  90'		 Stadium: Sportpark Johannisau
Attendance: 4,000
24 January 1999 (1999-01-24) Waldhof Mannheim2–2Eintracht Frankfurt
19:00 CEST Vukčević  58'
Birlik  90'		 (Report) Fjørtoft  4'
Zinnow  50'		 Attendance: 3,000
27 January 1999 (1999-01-27) Viktoria Aschaffenburg1–1Eintracht FrankfurtAschaffenburg, Germany
Tobollik  30' (Report) Nwosu  4' Stadium: Stadion am Schönbusch
Attendance: 500
3 February 1999 (1999-02-03) Étoile du Sahel0–1Eintracht FrankfurtSousse, Tunisia
(Report) Fjørtoft  32' Stadium: Stade Olympique de Sousse
Attendance: 4,000
6 February 1999 (1999-02-06) CS Sfaxien1–1Eintracht FrankfurtSfax, Tunisia
Zaki  13' (Report) Sobotzik  53' Stadium: Stade Taïeb Mhiri
Attendance: 1,500
8 February 1999 (1999-02-08) FSV Frankfurt0–4Eintracht FrankfurtSousse, Tunisia
(Report) Fjørtoft  15', 36'
Brinkmann  22'
Westerthaler  29'		 Stadium: Training pitch of Étoile du Sahel
13 February 1999 (1999-02-13) Eintracht Frankfurt1–2Bohemians PrahaFrankfurt, Germany
Sobotzik  62' (Report) Zdráhal  16'
Slezák  76'		 Stadium: Ancillary pitch at the Waldstadion
Attendance: 250
3 March 1999 (1999-03-03) Eintracht Frankfurt4–21. FC SaarbrückenFrankfurt, Germany
Yang  27', 28'
Nwosu  58'
Stojak  69'		 (Report) Petry (guest player)
Caillas  84'		 Stadium: Ancillary pitch at the Waldstadion
25 March 1999 (1999-03-25) Racing Strasbourg3–1Eintracht Frankfurt
19:00 CEST Echouafni  32'
Ehret  75'
Hemdani  90'		 (Report) B Schneider  56' Attendance: 1,500
31 March 1999 (1999-03-31) SG Croatia Frankfurt0–2Eintracht FrankfurtFrankfurt, Germany
(Report) Amstätter  35'
Gebhardt  54'		 Stadium: Sportplatz des Polizeisportvereins
Attendance: 300

Indoor soccer tournaments

Münster
15 January 1999 (1999-01-15) First matchArminia Bielefeld1–4Eintracht FrankfurtMünster, Germany
Ronald Maul (Report) Schur
Rosen
B Schneider
Amstätter
15 January 1999 (1999-01-15) Second matchPreußen Münster3–1Eintracht FrankfurtMünster, Germany
Becker
Buschkötter
Ridder 		(Report) B Schneider
15 January 1999 (1999-01-15) Semi-FinalMünster XI1–3Eintracht FrankfurtMünster, Germany
(Report) Amstätter
B Schneider
15 January 1999 (1999-01-15) FinalArminia Bielefeld2–3Eintracht FrankfurtMünster, Germany

 (Report) Mutzel
B Schneider
Amstätter

Frankfurt
20 January 1999 (1999-01-20) First matchEintracht Frankfurt2–0Fortuna DüsseldorfFrankfurt, Germany
Gebhardt
Pisont 		(Report) Stadium: Festhalle
Attendance: 5,800
20 January 1999 (1999-01-20) Second matchEintracht Frankfurt2–2FSV Mainz 05Frankfurt, Germany
Amstätter
da Silva 		(Report) Demandt
Klopp 		Stadium: Festhalle
Attendance: 5,800
20 January 1999 (1999-01-20) Third matchEintracht Frankfurt4–2FC St. PauliFrankfurt, Germany
Nwosu
B Schneider
da Silva 		(Report) Scherz
Lotter 		Stadium: Festhalle
Attendance: 5,800
21 January 1999 (1999-01-21) Semi-FinalEintracht Frankfurt1–3Kickers OffenbachFrankfurt, Germany
Pisont (Report) Kolinger
Dama
Dolzer 		Stadium: Festhalle
Attendance: 7,000
21 January 1999 (1999-01-21) 3rd place playoffEintracht Frankfurt4–2FC St. PauliFrankfurt, Germany
Pisont
da Silva
Amstätter 		(Report) Seeliger
Klasnić 		Stadium: Festhalle
Attendance: 7,000

Dortmund
30 January 1999 (1999-01-30) First matchKickers Offenbach1–2Eintracht FrankfurtDortmund, Germany
Simon  pen.' (Report) Bounoua
Pisont
30 January 1999 (1999-01-30) Second matchBorussia Dortmund1–4Eintracht FrankfurtDortmund, Germany
But (Report) Amstätter
Bounoua
Gebhardt
Mutzel
31 January 1999 (1999-01-31) Quarter-FinalBayern Munich1–2Eintracht FrankfurtDortmund, Germany
Salihamidžić (Report) Pisont
Brinkmann
31 January 1999 (1999-01-31) Semi-FinalVfL Wolfsburg1–0Eintracht FrankfurtDortmund, Germany
Kapetanović (Report)
31 January 1999 (1999-01-31) 3rd place playoffRot-Weiß Oberhausen0–2Eintracht FrankfurtDortmund, Germany
(Report) Bounoua
Gebhardt

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Bundesliga
Main article: 1998–99 Bundesliga

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
13 Werder Bremen 34 10 8 16 41 47 −6 38 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
14 Hansa Rostock 34 9 11 14 49 58 −9 38
15 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 9 10 15 44 54 −10 37
16 1. FC Nürnberg (R) 34 7 16 11 40 50 −10 37 Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
17 VfL Bochum (R) 34 7 8 19 40 65 −25 29
Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Werder Bremen won the DFB-Pokal (domestic cup) and thus qualified for the UEFA Cup.

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
34 9 10 15 44 54  −10 37 6 6 5 26 21  +5 3 4 10 18 33  −15

Results by round
Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
ResultLLDDLWDLLWDWWLLLLDLDLDDWLLLDLDWWWW
Position13161617181515151615151211111315151516151615151516161717171717161615
Source: kicker.de
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches
14 August 1998 (1998-08-14) 1MSV Duisburg2–1Eintracht FrankfurtDuisburg, Germany
19:30 CEST Spies  18'
Hoersen  48'		 (Report) Sobotzik  26' Stadium: Wedaustadion
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Fandel
22 August 1998 (1998-08-22) 2Eintracht Frankfurt2–3TSV 1860 MunichFrankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST Schur  10'
Weber  54'		 (Report) Borimirov  35'
Ouakili  61'
Winkler  76' (pen.)		 Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 37,500
Referee: Strampe
8 September 1998 (1998-09-08) 3Borussia Mönchengladbach1–1Eintracht FrankfurtMönchengladbach, Germany
20:00 CEST Pettersson  89' (Report) Yang  69' Stadium: Bökelbergstadion
Attendance: 31,500
Referee: Kemmling
11 September 1998 (1998-09-11) 4Eintracht Frankfurt1–1VfB StuttgartFrankfurt, Germany
20:00 CEST Bindewald  74' 
Brinkmann  89' (pen.)		 (Report) Balakov  72' Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 31,500
Referee: Aust
18 September 1998 (1998-09-18) 5Hertha BSC3–1Eintracht FrankfurtBerlin, Germany
20:00 CEST Preetz  27', 55'
Tchami  81'		 (Report) Yang  14' Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Zerr
27 September 1998 (1998-09-27) 6Eintracht Frankfurt3–21. FC NürnbergFrankfurt, Germany
18:00 CEST Weber  20', 87'
Westerthaler  77'		 (Report) Polunin  30'
Ćirić  86'		 Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Fröhlich
3 October 1998 (1998-10-03) 7VfL Bochum0–0Eintracht FrankfurtBochum, Germany
15:30 CEST (Report) Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 26,500
Referee: Dardenne
17 October 1998 (1998-10-17) 8Eintracht Frankfurt2–3Bayer LeverkusenFrankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST Yang  23'
Schur  28'		 (Report) Kirsten  54'
Kovač  75'
Reichenberger  85'		 Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Stark
24 October 1998 (1998-10-24) 9VfL Wolfsburg2–0Eintracht FrankfurtWolfsburg, Germany
15:30 CEST Ballwanz  11'
Juskowiak  90'		 (Report) Stadium: VfL-Stadion
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Merk
31 October 1998 (1998-10-31) 10Eintracht Frankfurt1–0Bayern MunichFrankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST Sobotzik  32' (Report) Jancker  61'  Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 58,500
Referee: Weber
7 November 1998 (1998-11-07) 11Hansa Rostock2–2Eintracht FrankfurtRostock, Germany
15:30 CEST Ehlers  44'
Pamić  67'
Lange  86'		 (Report) Pedersen  26'
B Schneider  87'		 Stadium: Ostseestadion
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Jansen
11 November 1998 (1998-11-11) 12Eintracht Frankfurt3–1SC FreiburgFrankfurt, Germany
20:00 CEST B Schneider  12'
Epp  37'
Gebhardt  90'		 (Report) Wassmer  23'
Weißhaupt  80'		 Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Gettke
14 November 1998 (1998-11-14) 13Hamburger SV0–1Eintracht FrankfurtHamburg, Germany
15:30 CEST (Report) Sobotzik  33' Stadium: Volksparkstadion
Attendance: 23,500
Referee: Zerr
20 November 1998 (1998-11-20) 14Eintracht Frankfurt0–2Werder BremenFrankfurt, Germany
20:00 CEST (Report) Herzog  47'
Bogdanović  72'		 Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 27,500
Referee: Steinborn
27 November 1998 (1998-11-27) 15Borussia Dortmund3–1Eintracht FrankfurtDortmund, Germany
20:00 CEST Chapuisat  13'
Salou  63'
Möller  75'		 (Report) Weber  54' Stadium: Westfalenstadion
Attendance: 63,500
Referee: Berg
5 December 1998 (1998-12-05) 16Eintracht Frankfurt1–2FC Schalke 04Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST Fjørtoft  80' (Report) van Hoogdalem  21'
Kmetsch  38'		 Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Dardenne
12 December 1998 (1998-12-12) 171. FC Kaiserslautern2–1Eintracht FrankfurtKaiserslautern, Germany
15:30 CEST Ballack  4'
Ramzy  90'		 (Report) Stojak  73' Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Attendance: 41,500
Referee: Buchhart
19 December 1998 (1998-12-19) 18Eintracht Frankfurt0–0MSV DuisburgFrankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST Hubchev  73'
Pedersen  84' 		 (Report) Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Albrecht
20 February 1999 (1999-02-20) 19TSV 1860 Munich4–1Eintracht FrankfurtMunich, Germany
15:30 CEST Borimirov  5'
Heldt  15'
Kurz  28'
Hobsch  45'		 (Report) Westerthaler  69' Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Krug
27 February 1999 (1999-02-27) 20Eintracht Frankfurt0–0Borussia MönchengladbachFrankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST (Report) Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Fröhlich
6 March 1999 (1999-03-06) 21VfB Stuttgart2–0Eintracht FrankfurtStuttgart, Germany
15:30 CEST Balakov  41'
Carnell  90'		 (Report) Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 23,500
Referee: Fleischer
14 March 1999 (1999-03-14) 22Eintracht Frankfurt1–1Hertha BSCFrankfurt, Germany
18:00 CEST Yang  73' (Report) Sverrisson  59' Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Aust
20 March 1999 (1999-03-20) 231. FC Nürnberg2–2Eintracht FrankfurtNuremberg, Germany
15:30 CEST Yang  9', 62' (Report) Kuka  20'
Ćirić  79'		 Stadium: Frankenstadion
Attendance: 34,500
Referee: Krug
4 April 1999 (1999-04-04) 24Eintracht Frankfurt1–0VfL BochumFrankfurt, Germany
18:00 CEST Fjørtoft  86' (Report) Michalke  82'  Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Koop
10 April 1999 (1999-04-10) 25Bayer Leverkusen2–1Eintracht FrankfurtLeverkusen, Germany
15:30 CEST Kirsten  25', 29' (Report) Zampach  63' Stadium: Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion
Attendance: 22,500
Referee: Wack
13 April 1999 (1999-04-13) 26Eintracht Frankfurt0–1VfL WolfsburgFrankfurt, Germany
20:00 CEST (Report) Schur  5' (o.g.) Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 17,500
Referee: Stark
16 April 1999 (1999-04-16) 27Bayern Munich3–1Eintracht FrankfurtMunich, Germany
20:00 CEST Bindewald  27' (o.g.)
Zickler  34'
Strunz  72'		 (Report) Fjørtoft  80' Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 46,000
Referee: Jansen
24 April 1999 (1999-04-24) 28Eintracht Frankfurt2–2Hansa RostockFrankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST B Schneider  55'
Westerthaler  90'		 (Report) Wibrån  42'
Agali  69'		 Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Heynemann
30 April 1999 (1999-04-30) 29SC Freiburg2–0Eintracht FrankfurtFreiburg
20:00 CEST Ben Slimane  29'
Kobiashvili  49'		 (Report) Stadium: Dreisamstadion
Attendance: 22,500
Referee: Merk
4 May 1999 (1999-05-04) 30Eintracht Frankfurt2–2Hamburger SVFrankfurt, Germany
20:00 CEST Schur  24'
Yang  42'		 (Report) Yeboah  73'
Hoogma  90'		 Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 23,500
Referee: Albrecht
7 May 1999 (1999-05-07) 31Werder Bremen1–2Eintracht FrankfurtBremen, Germany
20:00 CEST Bode  72' (Report) Schur  55'
Sobotzik  70'		 Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 31,500
Referee: Fleischer
15 May 1999 (1999-05-15) 32Eintracht Frankfurt2–0Borussia DortmundFrankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST Fjørtoft  40'
Sobotzik  49'		 (Report) Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Strampe
22 May 1999 (1999-05-22) 33FC Schalke 042–3Eintracht FrankfurtGelsenkirchen, Germany
15:30 CEST Held  5'
Mandıralı  14'		 (Report) Fjørtoft  24'
Sobotzik  54' (pen.)
Janßen  75'		 Stadium: Parkstadion
Attendance: 51,500
Referee: Merk
29 May 1999 (1999-05-29) 34Eintracht Frankfurt5–11. FC KaiserslauternFrankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST Yang  47'
Sobotzik  70'
Gebhardt  80'
B Schneider  82'
Fjørtoft  89'		 (Report) Schjønberg  68' (pen.) Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 58,000
Referee: Jansen

DFB-Pokal
Main article: 1998–99 DFB-Pokal
30 August 1998 (1998-08-30) 1st RoundRot-Weiß Erfurt1–6Eintracht FrankfurtErfurt, Germany
15:00 CEST Scheller  89' (Report) Sobotzik  44'
Pisont  61'
Yang  72'
Gebhardt  79'
Westerthaler  82', 85'		 Stadium: Steigerwaldstadion
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Fröhlich
22 September 1998 (1998-09-22) 2nd RoundVfB Stuttgart3–2Eintracht FrankfurtStuttgart, Germany
19:30 CEST Đorđević  17'
Lisztes  45'
Spanring  90'		 (Report) B Schneider  47', 50' Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Krug

Squad

Squad and statistics
No. Pos Nat Player TotalBundesligaDFB-Pokal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Oka Nikolov 36034020
2 MF Sascha Amstätter 202000
4 MF Thorsten Flick 101000
4 DF Tore Pedersen 20120100
5 DF Petar Hubchev 28027010
6 MF Thomas Zampach 22120120
7 FW Thomas Epp 1019110
8 DF Ralf Weber 22420420
9 FW Urs Güntensperger 000000
9 FW Jan Åge Fjørtoft 17617600
10 MF Thomas Sobotzik 31830711
11 MF Marco Gebhardt 19317221
12 GK Zsolt Petry 000000
14 DF Uwe Schneider 909000
15 MF Bernd Schneider 35633422
16 MF Olaf Janßen 16116100
17 DF István Pisont 19117021
18 DF Alexander Kutschera 31029020
20 DF Uwe Bindewald 34032020
21 FW Yang Chen 25923821
22 DF Burhanettin Kaymak 908010
23 GK Sven Schmitt 000000
24 MF Alexander Schur 32430420
25 MF Alexander Rosen 101000
26 FW Damir Stojak 919100
29 MF Frank Gerster 101000
30 FW Christoph Westerthaler 29527322
31 MF Henry Nwosu 404000
32 MF Ansgar Brinkmann 31129120
35 MF Mourad Bounoua 707000
36 MF Stefan Zinnow 101000

Transfers

Summer

Winter

Notes

    References
    1. Bundesliga history: when Fjortoft wrote his name in Frankfurt folklore (in English) accessed: 16 May 2016

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