2017 DFB-Pokal Final vs Eintracht Frankfurt

Lore & Background

Eintracht Frankfurt have won the German championship once, the DFB-Pokal five times, the UEFA Europa League twice and finished as runner-up in the European Cup once. The club was one of the founding members of the Bundesliga and has spent 57 seasons in the top division. Since 1925 their stadium has been the Waldstadion, currently named Deutsche Bank Park.

In Their Own Story

The Berlin air was thick with anticipation as the yellow and red of Frankfurt met the black and red of Leverkusen under the floodlights. The stadium roared, a sea of noise that seemed to amplify every tackle and pass. For ninety minutes, the Werkself pressed forward like a tidal wave, believing this was finally their year. Yet, in a single fleeting moment of vulnerability, the dream slipped away, leaving behind a silence that would echo long after the final whistle.

Reader's Guide

The club has 155,000 members, making it the fourth largest club playing in German football. With an average attendance of 59,071 in the 2025-26 Bundesliga season, it had the 4th highest attendance in the league. The player with the highest number of Bundesliga appearances (602) is Charly Körbel, who spent his entire senior career as a defender for Eintracht Frankfurt.

Did You Know?

• Eintracht Frankfurt have either won or drawn more than three-quarters of their games.
• The club has the highest number of losses in the Bundesliga (717).
• Eintracht Frankfurt is the largest multi-sports club in the world with a professional football team, with almost 14,000 active athletes in over 50 sports in 2024.
• The club's primary rival is local club Kickers Offenbach, though the two have only played two league matches within the last 40 years.