1997–98_Eintracht_Frankfurt_season

Eintracht Frankfurt
1997-98 season
Chairman	Rolf Heller
Manager	Horst Ehrmantraut
2. Bundesliga	1st
DFB-Pokal	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Thomas Sobotzik (10); All: Thomas Sobotzik (13)
Highest home attendance	45,000 31 August 1997 v 1. FC Nürnberg (league)
Lowest home attendance	13,500 7 December 1997 v FSV Zwickau (league)
Average home league attendance	23,647
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1996–97 1998–99 →

1997–98 Eintracht Frankfurt season

Eintracht Frankfurt 1997-98 football 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.

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1 July 1997 (1997-07-01)	SV Groß-Bieberau	2–9	Eintracht Frankfurt	Groß-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 Frankfurt	3–0	Fenerbahçe	Frankfurt, Germany
	Güntensperger 31' Sobotzik 41' Cengiz 73'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 4,985 Referee: Merk

9 July 1997 (1997-07-09)	Oberneuland XI	1–20	Eintracht Frankfurt	Ried, 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 Nürnberg	1–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Würzburg, Germany
	Šmejkal 62'	(Report)	Güntensperger 26' Levy 74' Cengiz 76'	Stadium: Dallenbergstadion Attendance: 3,500

15 July 1997 (1997-07-15)	EGC Wirges / Sportfreunde Eisbachtal	0–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Nentershausen, Germany
19:00 CEST		(Report)		Stadium: Eisbachtalstadion Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Albers

1997–98_Eintracht_Frankfurt_season

1997–98 Eintracht Frankfurt season

Friendlies

Indoor soccer tournaments

Dortmund

Frankfurt

Competitions

2. Bundesliga

League table

Results by round

Matches

DFB-Pokal

Squad

Squad and statistics

Transfers

Summer

Winter

Notes

References

Sources

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19 July 1997 (1997-07-19)	FSV Frankfurt	2–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt, 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 Homburg	0–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bad 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-Linden	0–9	Eintracht Frankfurt	Linden
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 XI	0–19	Eintracht Frankfurt	Nidderau, 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 Frankfurt	2–3	SSC Napoli	Frankfurt, 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 Haßloch	0–14	Eintracht Frankfurt	Rüsselsheim, 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 Frankfurt	12–0	Rot-Weiss Frankfurt	Frankfurt, Germany
	Sawieh Corrochano Mehic Nwosu Flick Hubchev Epp Schur Brinkmann	(Report)		Stadium: Ancillary pitch at the Waldstadion

19 January 1998 (1998-01-19)	Taunus XI	0–9	Eintracht Frankfurt	Oberursel, 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 96	3–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Belek, Turkey
	N’Diaye Messine	(Report)	Epp Sobotzik Martini

29 January 1998 (1998-01-29)	Spartak Varna	1–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Belek, Turkey
	Stanchev 55'	(Report)	Nwosu 26' Bindewald 81'

15 April 1998 (1998-04-15)	SG Hoechst	2–5	Eintracht Frankfurt
	Kilić 4' Kremer 42'	(Report)	Mehic 39' Gusić (guest player) 44', 82' Amstätter 67' Levy 85'	Attendance: 400 Referee: Lekić

3 January 1998 (1998-01-03) First match	MSV Duisburg	2–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Dortmund, Germany
	Wolters Hirsch	(Report)	Gebhardt	Stadium: Westfalenhalle

3 January 1998 (1998-01-03) Second match	SG Wattenscheid 09	4–4	Eintracht Frankfurt	Dortmund, Germany
	Feinbier Majek o.g.'	(Report)	Zampach Martini Wolf Bindewald	Stadium: Westfalenhalle

3 January 1998 (1998-01-03) Third match	Borussia Dortmund	4–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Dortmund, Germany
	Timm Booth o.g.'	(Report)	Martini Zampach	Stadium: Westfalenhalle

4 February 1998 (1998-02-04)	SV Bernbach	1–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Freigericht, 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 Frankfurt	4–0	SC Neukirchen	Frankfurt, Germany
	Westerthaler 9', 30', 36' Brinkmann 67'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 300 Referee: Bastian

12 February 1998 (1998-02-12)	FV Bad Vilbel	2–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bad Vilbel, Germany
	Repp 20', 40'	(Report)	Güntensperger 36' Sobotzik 76'	Stadium: Niddasportfeld Attendance: 300

27 May 1998 (1998-05-27)	FC Kalbach	0–17	Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt, 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-Wöllstadt	0–17	Eintracht Frankfurt	Nieder-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

14 January 1998 (1998-01-14) First match	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–0	Borussia Fulda	Frankfurt, Germany
		(Report)		Stadium: Ballsporthalle Attendance: 3,800

14 January 1998 (1998-01-14) Second match	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–0	SG Egelsbach	Frankfurt, Germany
		(Report)		Stadium: Ballsporthalle Attendance: 3,800

14 January 1998 (1998-01-14) Third match	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	Kickers Offenbach	Frankfurt, Germany
	Martini	(Report)	Koutsoliakos	Stadium: Ballsporthalle Attendance: 3,800

14 January 1998 (1998-01-14) Semi-Final	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–3	Mainz 05	Frankfurt, Germany
		(Report)		Stadium: Ballsporthalle Attendance: 3,800

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

Pos	Team v t e	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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	D	L	D	D	L	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	D	L	D	D	W
Position	5	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	4	4	4	5	2	3	3	3	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

25 July 1997 (1997-07-25) 1	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Frankfurt, 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) 2	SG Wattenscheid 09	0–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bochum, Germany
15:00 CEST		(Report)	Sobotzik 28'	Stadium: Lohrheidestadion Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Schößling

10 August 1997 (1997-08-10) 3	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	Stuttgarter Kickers	Frankfurt, Germany
15:00 CEST	Janßen 35'	(Report)	Malchow 16'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Byernetzki

22 August 1997 (1997-08-22) 4	Energie Cottbus	0–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Cottbus, Germany
19:00 CEST		(Report)	Kutschera 21'	Stadium: Stadion der Freundschaft Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Aust

31 August 1997 (1997-08-31) 5	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–1	1. FC Nürnberg	Frankfurt, 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) 6	SC Freiburg	0–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Freiburg, Germany
19:00 CEST		(Report)		Stadium: Dreisamstadion Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Wendorf

19 September 1997 (1997-09-19) 7	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–2	VfB Leipzig	Frankfurt, 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) 8	FC Carl Zeiss Jena	2–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Jena, Germany
15:00 CEST	Holetschek 37' Schneider 43'	(Report)	Sobotzik 35'	Stadium: Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Margenberg