1997–98 Eintracht Frankfurt 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.

Eintracht Frankfurt
1997-98 season
ChairmanRolf Heller
ManagerHorst Ehrmantraut
2. Bundesliga1st
DFB-PokalRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague: Thomas Sobotzik (10)
All: Thomas Sobotzik (13)
Highest home attendance45,000 31 August 1997 v 1. FC Nürnberg (league)
Lowest home attendance13,500 7 December 1997 v FSV Zwickau (league)
Average home league attendance23,647

Friendlies

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  Win   Draw   Loss

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
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'
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
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
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

Indoor soccer tournaments

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Dortmund

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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

Frankfurt

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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

Competitions

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2. Bundesliga

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League table

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Pos Team 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
Source: Bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results by round

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH
ResultWWWWWDWLDLDDLWDDWDWWWWWDDDWWWDLDDW
Position5211111112224445233321122111111111
Source: kicker.de
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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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
5 October 1997 (1997-10-05) 9 FC Gütersloh 0–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Gütersloh, Germany
15:00 CEST Meyer   75' (Report) Weber   81'   Stadium: Heidewaldstadion
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Hilmes
20 October 1997 (1997-10-20) 10 Eintracht Frankfurt 0–1 KFC Uerdingen 05 Frankfurt, Germany
19:15 CEST (Report) van Buskirk   72' Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Müller
24 October 1997 (1997-10-24) 11 SV Meppen 1–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Meppen, Germany
19:00 CEST Ukrow   65' (Report) Sobotzik   53' Stadium: Emslandstadion
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Friedrichs
31 October 1997 (1997-10-31) 12 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–1 SpVgg Unterhaching Frankfurt, Germany
19:00 CEST Weber   63' (Report) Lust   55' Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 15,500
Referee: Blumenstein
9 November 1997 (1997-11-09) 13 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 2–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Fürth, Germany
14:30 CEST Kerbr   53'
Weigl   59'
(Report) Sobotzik   65' Stadium: Playmobil-Stadion
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Malbranc
24 November 1997 (1997-11-24) 14 Eintracht Frankfurt 4–2 FC St. Pauli Frankfurt, Germany
19:15 CEST Sobotzik   10'
Schur   16'
Weber   31' (pen.)
Wolf   85'
(Report) Marin   50'
Dammann   88'
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Werthmann
28 November 1997 (1997-11-28) 15 Mainz 05 1–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Mainz, Germany
19:00 CEST Tanjga   42' (Report) Weber   77' Stadium: Stadion am Bruchweg
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Gettke
7 December 1997 (1997-12-07) 16 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–1 FSV Zwickau Frankfurt, Germany
15:00 CEST Wolf   38' (Report) Klee   49' Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 13,500
Referee: Fleischer
14 December 1997 (1997-12-14) 17 Fortuna Köln 1–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Cologne, Germany
15:00 CEST Brdarić   32'
Grlić   66'
(Report) Weber   70'
Epp   82'
Stadium: Südstadion
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Weiner
16 February 1998 (1998-02-16) 18 Fortuna Düsseldorf 0–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Düsseldorf, Germany
19:30 CEST (Report) Stadium: Rheinstadion
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Hauer
23 February 1998 (1998-02-23) 19 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–1 SG Wattenscheid 09 Frankfurt, Germany
19:30 CEST Sobotzik   3'
Epp   43'
(Report) Süs   30' (pen.) Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 15,500
Referee: Kadach
28 February 1998 (1998-02-28) 20 Stuttgarter Kickers 2–3 Eintracht Frankfurt Stuttgart, Germany
15:30 CEST Malchow   84'
Carl   86'
(Report) Brinkmann   18', 89' (pen.)
Westerthaler   90'
Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Schütz
8 March 1998 (1998-03-08) 21 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–0 Energie Cottbus Frankfurt, Germany
15:00 CEST Wehner   28' (o.g.)
2:0 Schur   53'
(Report) Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Neis
16 March 1998 (1998-03-16) 22 1. FC Nürnberg 0–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Nuremberg, Germany
19:30 CEST (Report) Epp   7' Stadium: Frankenstadion
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Werthmann
23 March 1998 (1998-03-23) 23 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–0 SC Freiburg Frankfurt, Germany
19:30 CEST Sobotzik   3'
Zampach   60'
(Report) Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Fröhlich
27 March 1998 (1998-03-27) 24 VfB Leipzig 1–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Leipzig, Germany
19:00 CEST Heidrich   70' (Report) Westerthaler   2' Stadium: Bruno-Plache-Stadion
Attendance: 9,500
Referee: Jansen
3 April 1998 (1998-04-03) 25 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–2 FC Carl Zeiss Jena Frankfurt, Germany
19:00 CEST Güntensperger   51'
Brinkmann   52'
(Report) Weber   25'
Schneider   35'
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Weber
9 April 1998 (1998-04-09) 26 Eintracht Frankfurt 0–0 FC Gütersloh Frankfurt, Germany
19:00 CEST (Report) Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Florian Meyer
20 April 1998 (1998-04-20) 27 KFC Uerdingen 05 0–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Krefeld, Germany
19:30 CEST (Report) Westerthaler   79' Stadium: Grotenburg-Stadion
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Schößling
26 April 1998 (1998-04-26) 28 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–0 SV Meppen Frankfurt, Germany
15:00 CEST Westerthaler   37' (Report) Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Margenberg
3 May 1998 (1998-05-03) 29 SpVgg Unterhaching 1–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Unterhaching, Germany
15:00 CEST Rraklli   59' (pen.) (Report) Sobotzik   52'
Weber   88'
Stadium: Sportpark Unterhaching
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Lange
10 May 1998 (1998-05-10) 30 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–1 SpVgg Greuther Fürth Frankfurt, Germany
15:00 CEST Flick   84' (Report) Weigl   78' Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Kammerer
18 May 1998 (1998-05-18) 31 FC St. Pauli 2–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Hamburg, Germany
19:30 CEST Marin   45'
Mason   84'
(Report) Stadium: Wilhelm-Koch-Stadion
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Keßler
25 May 1998 (1998-05-25) 32 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–2 Mainz 05 Frankfurt, Germany
19:30 CEST Weber   10'
Westerthaler   38'
(Report) Hock   62'
Neustädter   65'
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Weiner
3 June 1998 (1998-06-03) 33 FSV Zwickau 1–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Zwickau, Germany
19:00 CEST Pinder   42' (Report) Wolf   40' Stadium: Westsachsenstadion
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Frey
7 June 1998 (1998-06-07) 34 Eintracht Frankfurt 4–2 Fortuna Köln Frankfurt, Germany
15:00 CEST Sobotzik   55', 59'
Gebhardt   70'
Bindewald   80' (pen.)
(Report) Majstorović   49'  
Younga-Mouhani   54', 90'
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 41,500
Referee: Florian Meyer

DFB-Pokal

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16 August 1997 (1997-08-16) 1st Round VfL Halle 1896 0–4 Eintracht Frankfurt Halle, Germany
15:30 CEST (Report) Janßen   24'
Güntensperger   33' (pen.)
Sobotzik   48' (pen.), 71'
Stadium: Stadion am Zoo
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Wendorf
23 September 1997 (1997-09-23) 2nd Round Eintracht Frankfurt 3–0 Werder Bremen Frankfurt, Germany
19:30 CEST Sobotzik   19' (pen.)
Janßen   36'
Weber   64'
(Report) Schierenbeck   58'   Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 35,086
Referee: Fandel
2 December 1997 (1997-12-02) Round of 16 MSV Duisburg 1–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Duisburg, Germany
Salou   83' (Report) Stadium: Wedaustadion
Attendance: 9,000

Squad

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Squad and statistics

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No. Pos Nat Player Total 2. Bundesliga DFB-Pokal
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   MKD Oka Nikolov 37 0 34 0 3 0
2 MF   GER Sascha Amstätter 3 0 3 0 0 0
3 DF   GER Dirk Wolf 29 3 26 3 3 0
4 MF   GER Thorsten Flick 8 1 8 1 0 0
5 DF   BUL Petar Hubchev 34 2 32 2 2 0
6 MF   GER Thomas Zampach 36 1 33 1 3 0
7 FW   GER Thomas Epp 35 4 32 4 3 0
8 DF   GER Ralf Weber 33 10 30 9 3 1
9 FW   SUI Urs Güntensperger 16 5 15 4 1 1
10 MF   GER Thomas Sobotzik 35 13 32 10 3 3
11 MF   GER Marco Gebhardt 34 2 31 2 3 0
13 FW   BIH Sead Mehić 19 0 16 0 3 0
14 FW   TUR Hakan Cengiz 12 0 11 0 1 0
16 MF   GER Olaf Janßen 13 3 11 1 2 2
18 DF   GER Alexander Kutschera 37 1 34 1 3 0
19 MF   BRA Antônio da Silva 1 0 0 0 1 0
20 DF   GER Uwe Bindewald 37 1 34 1 3 0
21 MF   GER Renato Levy 7 0 6 0 1 0
22 DF   TUR Burhanettin Kaymak 7 0 7 0 0 0
23 GK   GER Sven Schmitt 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 MF   GER Alexander Schur 34 2 31 2 3 0
27 MF   ALB Edi Martini 1 0 1 0 0 0
30 FW   AUT Christoph Westerthaler 16 5 16 5 0 0
31 MF   GER Alexander Lorenz 2 0 1 0 1 0
32 MF   GER Ansgar Brinkmann 17 3 17 3 0 0
33 FW   LBR Jonathan Sawieh 7 0 7 0 0 0

Transfers

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Summer

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Winter

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Notes

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References

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Sources

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