2022 UEFA Europa League Final vs Rangers FC
Eintracht Frankfurt: German champions, European Cup finalists, and Bundesliga originals.
Eintracht Frankfurt e.V. is a German professional sports club based in Frankfurt, Hesse. It is best known for its football club, which was founded on 8 March 1899. The club currently plays in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German football league system. Eintracht 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 team was one of the founding members of the Bundesliga and has spent a total of 57 seasons in the top division, making them the seventh longest participating club in the highest tier. The club has 155,000 members, and thus is the fourth largest club playing in German football. Since 1925 their stadium has been the Waldstadion, currently named Deutsche Bank Park for sponsorship reasons.
Quick Facts
- Manager
- Oliver Glasner
- Key player
- Kevin Trapp
Lore & Background
The origins of the club go back to Frankfurter Fußball-Club Victoria von 1899 and Frankfurter Fußball-Club Kickers von 1899, which merged in May 1911 to become Frankfurter Fußball Verein (Kickers-Victoria). This club joined Frankfurter Turngemeinde von 1861 to form TuS Eintracht Frankfurt von 1861 in 1920. The gymnasts and footballers separated in 1927 into Turngemeinde Eintracht Frankfurt von 1861 and Sportgemeinde Eintracht Frankfurt (FFV) von 1899. Eintracht won the German championship in 1959 and reached the 1960 European Cup final, losing 7–3 to Real Madrid. The club was a founding member of the Bundesliga in 1963 and has won three DFB-Pokals and the UEFA Cup in the 1970s and early 1980s.
Reader's Guide
Eintracht Frankfurt have either won or drawn more than three-quarters of their games and have finished the majority of their seasons in the top half of the table, but also have the highest number of losses in the league (717). With an average attendance of 59,071 in the 2025-26 Bundesliga season, the 4th highest attendance in the league. The player with the highest number of appearances (602) in the Bundesliga, Charly Körbel, spent his entire senior career as a defender for Eintracht Frankfurt. The club's primary rival is local club Kickers Offenbach, though the two have only played two league matches within the last 40 years. With almost 14,000 active athletes in over 50 sports in 2024, Eintracht Frankfurt is the largest multi-sports club in the world with a professional football team.
Did You Know?
- Eintracht Frankfurt won the 1959 German championship by beating rivals Kickers Offenbach 5–3 after extra time.
- In the 1959–60 European Cup semi-final, Eintracht beat Rangers 12–4 on aggregate.
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