1998–99_Eintracht_Frankfurt_season

1998–99 Eintracht Frankfurt season

1998–99 Eintracht Frankfurt season

Eintracht Frankfurt 1998–99 football 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.

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The season ended in one of the most exciting final matchdays 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, on the last matchday. The match ended 5-1 and 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]

Results

Friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

10 July 1998 (1998-07-10) TSG Idstein 1–8 Eintracht Frankfurt Idstein, 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 Sailauf 1–5 Eintracht Frankfurt Sailauf, 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 Frankfurt 1–4 Eintracht Frankfurt Frankfurt, 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 XI 1–10 Eintracht Frankfurt Meinhard, 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 Mannheim 1–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Erbach, Germany
19:00 CEST Vukčević 25' (Report) Stadium: Sportpark Erbach
Attendance: 5,000
26 July 1998 (1998-07-26) Maccabi Haifa 1–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Zirl, Austria
Vilner 85' (Report) Elkayam 67' (o.g.)
Westerthaler 68'		 Attendance: 300
28 July 1998 (1998-07-28) RCD Mallorca 1–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Kössen, Austria
Dani 79' (pen.) (Report) Yang 83' Stadium: Sportanlage Kössen
Attendance: 1,200
5 August 1998 (1998-08-05) KSV Klein-Karben 1–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Karben, Germany
Džihić 24' (Report) Rosen 31' Stadium: Günther-Reutzel-Sportfeld
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Grieben
7 August 1998 (1998-08-07) KFC Lommelse SK 1–3 Eintracht Frankfurt Sailauf, Germany
Bembuana-Keve 28' (Report) Yang 58', 70'
Maes 73' (o.g.)		 Attendance: 500
Referee: Wolf
2 September 1998 (1998-09-02) TSV Pfungstadt 0–13 Eintracht Frankfurt Pfungstadt, 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 SC 7–4 Eintracht Frankfurt Leimen, 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 Frankfurt 3–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Amateure / Eintracht Frankfurt Academy Frankfurt, 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 Fulda 1–3 Eintracht Frankfurt Fulda, 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 Mannheim 2–2 Eintracht Frankfurt
19:00 CEST Vukčević 58'
Birlik 90'		 (Report) Fjørtoft 4'
Zinnow 50'		 Attendance: 3,000
27 January 1999 (1999-01-27) Viktoria Aschaffenburg 1–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Aschaffenburg, Germany
Tobollik 30' (Report) Nwosu 4' Stadium: Stadion am Schönbusch
Attendance: 500
3 February 1999 (1999-02-03) Étoile du Sahel 0–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Sousse, Tunisia
(Report) Fjørtoft 32' Stadium: Stade Olympique de Sousse
Attendance: 4,000
6 February 1999 (1999-02-06) CS Sfaxien 1–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Sfax, Tunisia
Zaki 13' (Report) Sobotzik 53' Stadium: Stade Taïeb Mhiri
Attendance: 1,500
8 February 1999 (1999-02-08) FSV Frankfurt 0–4 Eintracht Frankfurt Sousse, Tunisia
(Report) Fjørtoft 15', 36'
Brinkmann 22'
Westerthaler 29'		 Stadium: Training pitch of Étoile du Sahel
13 February 1999 (1999-02-13) Eintracht Frankfurt 1–2 Bohemians Praha Frankfurt, Germany
Sobotzik 62' (Report) Zdráhal 16'
Slezák 76'		 Stadium: Ancillary pitch at the Waldstadion
Attendance: 250
3 March 1999 (1999-03-03) Eintracht Frankfurt 4–2 1. FC Saarbrücken Frankfurt, 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 Strasbourg 3–1 Eintracht 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 Frankfurt 0–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Frankfurt, Germany
(Report) Amstätter 35'
Gebhardt 54'		 Stadium: Sportplatz des Polizeisportvereins
Attendance: 300

Indoor soccer tournaments

Münster

15 January 1999 (1999-01-15) First match Arminia Bielefeld 1–4 Eintracht Frankfurt Münster, Germany
Ronald Maul (Report) Schur
Rosen
B Schneider
Amstätter
15 January 1999 (1999-01-15) Second match Preußen Münster 3–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Münster, Germany
Becker
Buschkötter
Ridder 		(Report) B Schneider
15 January 1999 (1999-01-15) Semi-Final Münster XI 1–3 Eintracht Frankfurt Münster, Germany
(Report) Amstätter
B Schneider
15 January 1999 (1999-01-15) Final Arminia Bielefeld 2–3 Eintracht Frankfurt Münster, Germany

 (Report) Mutzel
B Schneider
Amstätter

Frankfurt

20 January 1999 (1999-01-20) First match Eintracht Frankfurt 2–0 Fortuna Düsseldorf Frankfurt, Germany
Gebhardt
Pisont 		(Report) Stadium: Festhalle
Attendance: 5,800
20 January 1999 (1999-01-20) Second match Eintracht Frankfurt 2–2 FSV Mainz 05 Frankfurt, Germany
Amstätter
da Silva 		(Report) Demandt
Klopp 		Stadium: Festhalle
Attendance: 5,800
20 January 1999 (1999-01-20) Third match Eintracht Frankfurt 4–2 FC St. Pauli Frankfurt, Germany
Nwosu
B Schneider
da Silva 		(Report) Scherz
Lotter 		Stadium: Festhalle
Attendance: 5,800
21 January 1999 (1999-01-21) Semi-Final Eintracht Frankfurt 1–3 Kickers Offenbach Frankfurt, Germany
Pisont (Report) Kolinger
Dama
Dolzer 		Stadium: Festhalle
Attendance: 7,000
21 January 1999 (1999-01-21) 3rd place playoff Eintracht Frankfurt 4–2 FC St. Pauli Frankfurt, Germany
Pisont
da Silva
Amstätter 		(Report) Seeliger
Klasnić 		Stadium: Festhalle
Attendance: 7,000

Dortmund

30 January 1999 (1999-01-30) First match Kickers Offenbach 1–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Dortmund, Germany
Simon pen.' (Report) Bounoua
Pisont
30 January 1999 (1999-01-30) Second match Borussia Dortmund 1–4 Eintracht Frankfurt Dortmund, Germany
But (Report) Amstätter
Bounoua
Gebhardt
Mutzel
31 January 1999 (1999-01-31) Quarter-Final Bayern Munich 1–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Dortmund, Germany
Salihamidžić (Report) Pisont
Brinkmann
31 January 1999 (1999-01-31) Semi-Final VfL Wolfsburg 1–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Dortmund, Germany
Kapetanović (Report)
31 January 1999 (1999-01-31) 3rd place playoff Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 0–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Dortmund, Germany
(Report) Bounoua
Gebhardt

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Bundesliga

Main article: 1998–99 Bundesliga
League table
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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
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Results by round
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Source: kicker.de
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
14 August 1998 (1998-08-14) 1 MSV Duisburg 2–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Duisburg, Germany
19:30 CEST Spies 18'
Hoersen 48'		 (Report) Sobotzik 26' Stadium: Wedaustadion
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Fandel
22 August 1998 (1998-08-22) 2 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–3 TSV 1860 Munich Frankfurt, 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) 3 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Mönchengladbach, Germany
20:00 CEST Pettersson 89' (Report) Yang 69' Stadium: Bökelbergstadion
Attendance: 31,500
Referee: Kemmling
11 September 1998 (1998-09-11) 4 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–1 VfB Stuttgart Frankfurt, Germany
20:00 CEST Bindewald Yellow card 74' Yellow-red card
Brinkmann 89' (pen.)		 (Report) Balakov 72' Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 31,500
Referee: Aust
18 September 1998 (1998-09-18) 5 Hertha BSC 3–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Berlin, 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) 6 Eintracht Frankfurt 3–2 1. FC Nürnberg Frankfurt, 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) 7 VfL Bochum 0–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Bochum, Germany
15:30 CEST (Report) Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 26,500
Referee: Dardenne
17 October 1998 (1998-10-17) 8 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–3 Bayer Leverkusen Frankfurt, 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) 9 VfL Wolfsburg 2–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Wolfsburg, Germany
15:30 CEST Ballwanz 11'
Juskowiak 90'		 (Report) Stadium: VfL-Stadion
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Merk
31 October 1998 (1998-10-31) 10 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–0 Bayern Munich Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST Sobotzik 32' (Report) Jancker Yellow card 61' Yellow-red card Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 58,500
Referee: Weber
7 November 1998 (1998-11-07) 11 Hansa Rostock 2–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Rostock, Germany
15:30 CEST Ehlers 44'
Pamić Red card 67'
Lange 86'		 (Report) Pedersen 26'
B Schneider 87'		 Stadium: Ostseestadion
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Jansen
11 November 1998 (1998-11-11) 12 Eintracht Frankfurt 3–1 SC Freiburg Frankfurt, Germany
20:00 CEST B Schneider 12'
Epp 37'
Gebhardt 90'		 (Report) Wassmer 23'
Weißhaupt Red card 80'		 Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Gettke
14 November 1998 (1998-11-14) 13 Hamburger SV 0–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Hamburg, Germany
15:30 CEST (Report) Sobotzik 33' Stadium: Volksparkstadion
Attendance: 23,500
Referee: Zerr
20 November 1998 (1998-11-20) 14 Eintracht Frankfurt 0–2 Werder Bremen Frankfurt, Germany
20:00 CEST (Report) Herzog 47'
Bogdanović 72'		 Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 27,500
Referee: Steinborn
27 November 1998 (1998-11-27) 15 Borussia Dortmund 3–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Dortmund, 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) 16 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–2 FC Schalke 04 Frankfurt, 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) 17 1. FC Kaiserslautern 2–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Kaiserslautern, 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) 18 Eintracht Frankfurt 0–0 MSV Duisburg Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST Hubchev Red card 73'
Pedersen Yellow card 84' Yellow-red card		 (Report) Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Albrecht
20 February 1999 (1999-02-20) 19 TSV 1860 Munich 4–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Munich, 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) 20 Eintracht Frankfurt 0–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST (Report) Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Fröhlich
6 March 1999 (1999-03-06) 21 VfB Stuttgart 2–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Stuttgart, Germany
15:30 CEST Balakov 41'
Carnell 90'		 (Report) Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 23,500
Referee: Fleischer
14 March 1999 (1999-03-14) 22 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–1 Hertha BSC Frankfurt, Germany
18:00 CEST Yang 73' (Report) Sverrisson 59' Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Aust
20 March 1999 (1999-03-20) 23 1. FC Nürnberg 2–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Nuremberg, 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) 24 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–0 VfL Bochum Frankfurt, Germany
18:00 CEST Fjørtoft 86' (Report) Michalke Yellow card 82' Yellow-red card Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Koop
10 April 1999 (1999-04-10) 25 Bayer Leverkusen 2–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Leverkusen, 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) 26 Eintracht Frankfurt 0–1 VfL Wolfsburg Frankfurt, Germany
20:00 CEST (Report) Schur 5' (o.g.) Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 17,500
Referee: Stark
16 April 1999 (1999-04-16) 27 Bayern Munich 3–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Munich, 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) 28 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–2 Hansa Rostock Frankfurt, 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) 29 SC Freiburg 2–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Freiburg
20:00 CEST Ben Slimane 29'
Kobiashvili 49'		 (Report) Stadium: Dreisamstadion
Attendance: 22,500
Referee: Merk
4 May 1999 (1999-05-04) 30 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–2 Hamburger SV Frankfurt, 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) 31 Werder Bremen 1–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Bremen, Germany
20:00 CEST Bode 72' (Report) Schur 55'
Sobotzik 70'		 Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 31,500
Referee: Fleischer
15 May 1999 (1999-05-15) 32 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–0 Borussia Dortmund Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST Fjørtoft 40'
Sobotzik 49'		 (Report) Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Strampe
22 May 1999 (1999-05-22) 33 FC Schalke 04 2–3 Eintracht Frankfurt Gelsenkirchen, 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) 34 Eintracht Frankfurt 5–1 1. FC Kaiserslautern Frankfurt, 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 Round Rot-Weiß Erfurt 1–6 Eintracht Frankfurt Erfurt, 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 Round VfB Stuttgart 3–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Stuttgart, Germany
19:30 CEST Đorđević 17'
Lisztes 45'
Spanring 90'		 (Report) B Schneider 47', 50' Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Krug

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[2]

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Left club during season

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Eintracht Frankfurt II

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Under-19s

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Under-17s

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Statistics

Appearances and goals

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Transfers

Summer

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Winter

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Notes

  1. [N 1]
    Nikolov was born in Erbach im Odenwald, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Macedonia (now North Macedonia) internationally and made his international debut for Macedonia in September 1998.
  2. [N 2]
    Bounoua was born in Mulhouse, France, but also qualified to represent Morocco internationally and made his international debut for Morocco in 1998.
  3. [N 3]
    Jones was born in Frankfurt, West Germany (now Germany), and represented Germany at U-20, U-21 and B level before making his international debut for Germany in 2008, but also qualified to represent the United States internationally through his father and made his international debut for the United States in October 2010.
  4. [N 4]
    Streit was born in Bucharest, Romania, but was raised in Germany and represented Germany at U-16, U-17, U-18 and B level.

References

  1. [1]
    Bundesliga history: when Fjortoft wrote his name in Frankfurt folklore (in English) accessed: 16 May 2016
  2. [2]
    "FootballSquads - Eintracht Frankfurt - 1998/99".

Sources

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