Oberliga Süd Championship 1959

Lore & Background

In the 1958–59 season, the club won the Oberliga Süd title, qualifying for the 1959 German championship. Winning all six games in the group phase, Eintracht made it to the final with a perfect record; there, they met rivals Kickers Offenbach. Frankfurt won the final 5–3 after extra time, becoming German champions for the first and so far only time. As champions, Frankfurt represented Germany in the 1959–60 European Cup, where they reached the final, losing 7–3 to Real Madrid.

Reader's Guide

The club's stadium since 1925 has been the Waldstadion, currently named Deutsche Bank Park. 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. The player with the highest number of Bundesliga appearances (602), Charly Körbel, spent his entire senior career as a defender for Eintracht Frankfurt.

Did You Know?

• Eintracht Frankfurt is the fourth largest club playing in German football, with 155,000 members.
• 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.