1977–78 Eintracht Frankfurt season

The 1977–78 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 78th season in the club's football history. In 1977–78 the club played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 15th season in the Bundesliga.

Eintracht Frankfurt
1977–78 season
ChairmanAchaz von Thümen
ManagerGyula Lóránt (resigned 30 November 1977)
Dettmar Cramer (signed 8 December 1977)
Bundesliga7th
DFB-Pokal3rd Round
UEFA CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Bernd Hölzenbein (15)
All: Bernd Hölzenbein (27)
Highest home attendance58,000 31 August 1977 v Borussia Mönchengladbach (league)
Lowest home attendance7,500 24 September 1977 v VfL Bochum (league)
Average home league attendance25,971

Matches edit

Legend edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendlies edit

28 June 1977 (1977-06-28) 75th anniversary of SpVgg Griesheim 02 SpVgg Griesheim 02   0–8   Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany
Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Scheurer
5 July 1977 (1977-07-05) 75th anniversary of Rödelheimer FC 02 Rödelheimer FC 02   0–6   Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany
Report
Attendance: 1,500
6 July 1977 (1977-07-06) Charity match for Kickers Offenbach Eintracht Frankfurt   3–1   Kickers Offenbach Frankfurt, West Germany
Report
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Messmer
12 July 1977 (1977-07-12) Eintracht Wetzlar   0–10   Eintracht Frankfurt Wetzlar, West Germany
18:00 CET Report
Stadium: Stadion Wetzlar
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Keusch
26 July 1977 (1977-07-26) FSV Frankfurt   1–7   Eintracht Frankfurt Frankfurt, West Germany
  • Posniak   63'
Report
Stadium: Stadion am Bornheimer Hang
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Boos
2 August 1977 (1977-08-02) FC Hanau 93   3–4   Eintracht Frankfurt Hanau, West Germany
18:00 CET
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Report Stadium: Stadion Wilhelmsbad
Attendance: 6,000
9 August 1977 (1977-08-09) SV Alsdorf / Daadetaler Sportfreunde XI   1–10   Eintracht Frankfurt Alsdorf, West Germany
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Report
Attendance: 3,000
26 October 1977 (1977-10-26) FC Neustadt   0–11   Eintracht Frankfurt Titisee-Neustadt, West Germany
15:30 CET Report
Attendance: 2,000
19 November 1977 (1977-11-19) FC Augsburg   1–3   Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany
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Report
Attendance: 1,500
30 December 1977 (1977-12-30) Würzburger FV   2–2   Eintracht Frankfurt Würzburg, West Germany
  • Sterz    12', 63'
Report
Stadium: Stadion an der Frankfurter Straße
Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Drescher
13 April 1978 (1978-04-13) Waldhof Mannheim   2–3   Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany
  • Böhni  
  • Vogel  
Report
Attendance: 1,500
14 April 1978 (1978-04-14) Freiburger FC   2–1   Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany
  • Derigs   17'
  • Hug   80'
Report
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Binninger
16 April 1978 (1978-04-16) Wormatia Worms   0–0   Eintracht Frankfurt Worms, West Germany
Report Attendance: 700
Referee: Föckler
5 May 1978 (1978-05-05) Eintracht Frankfurt   2–2   Mexico Kassel, West Germany
Report
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Attendance: 12,000
12 May 1978 (1978-05-12) Eintracht Frankfurt   1–1   AFC Ajax Offenbach, West Germany
Report
Stadium: Stadion am Bieberer Berg
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Linn
16 May 1978 (1978-05-16) SSV Dillenburg   3–1   Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany
  • Beck   14'
  • Engelhardt   38'
  • Köhler   57'
Report
Attendance: 1,500
18 May 1978 (1978-05-18) Hassia Bingen   3–3   Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany
  • Kaminzke   39'
  • Albert   59'
  • Keller   63'
Report
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Paulus
21 May 1978 (1978-05-21) 75th anniversary of SpVgg Neu-Isenburg SpVgg Neu-Isenburg   0–16   Eintracht Frankfurt Neu-Isenburg, West Germany
12:00 CET Report
Stadium: Sportparkstadion Neu-Isenburg
Attendance: 3,000
25 May 1978 (1978-05-25) Austria   2–0   Eintracht Frankfurt Linz, Austria
Report Stadium: Linzer Stadion
Attendance: 16,000

Bundesliga edit

League fixtures and results edit

6 August 1977 (1977-08-06) 1 Eintracht Frankfurt 4–0 1. FC Saarbrücken Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CET
Report Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Horstmann
12 August 1977 (1977-08-12) 2 FC Schalke 04 3–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Gelsenkirchen, West Germany
20:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Parkstadion
Attendance: 58,000
Referee: Ohmsen
17 August 1977 (1977-08-17) 3 Eintracht Frankfurt 0–2 Hamburger SV Frankfurt, West Germany
20:00 CET Report
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Engel
27 August 1977 (1977-08-27) 4 Borussia Dortmund 0–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Dortmund, West Germany
15:30 CET Report
Stadium: Westfalenstadion
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Biwersi
31 August 1977 (1977-08-31) 5 Eintracht Frankfurt 4–2 Borussia Mönchengladbach Frankfurt, West Germany
20:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 58,000
Referee: Jensen
3 September 1977 (1977-09-03) 6 Hertha BSC 2–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Berlin, West Germany
15:30 CET
Report Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Hennig
9 September 1977 (1977-09-09) 7 Eintracht Frankfurt 3–1 MSV Duisburg Frankfurt, West Germany
20:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Linn
17 September 1977 (1977-09-17) 8 TSV 1860 Munich 2–4 Eintracht Frankfurt Munich, West Germany
15:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Hontheim
24 September 1977 (1977-09-24) 9 VfL Bochum 0–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Bochum, West Germany
15:30 CET Report
Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Niemann
1 October 1977 (1977-10-01) 10 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–3 1. FC Kaiserslautern Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Ahlenfelder
12 October 1977 (1977-10-12) 11 VfB Stuttgart 2–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Stuttgart, West Germany
20:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Neckarstadion
Attendance: 68,000
Referee: Kindervater
22 October 1977 (1977-10-22) 12 Eintracht Frankfurt 5–2 FC St. Pauli Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Burgers
29 October 1977 (1977-10-29) 13 Fortuna Düsseldorf 2–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Düsseldorf, West Germany
15:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Rheinstadion
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Roth
5 November 1977 (1977-11-05) 14 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–2 1. FC Köln Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Gabor
12 November 1977 (1977-11-12) 15 Werder Bremen 3–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Bremen, West Germany
15:30 CET
Report Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Stäglich
26 November 1977 (1977-11-26) 16 Eintracht Frankfurt 4–0 Bayern Munich Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CET
Report Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 43,000
Referee: Waltert
3 December 1977 (1977-12-03) 17 Eintracht Braunschweig 1–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Braunschweig, West Germany
15:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Eschweiler
10 December 1977 (1977-12-10) 18 1. FC Saarbrücken 0–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Saarbrücken, West Germany
15:30 CET Report Stadium: Ludwigsparkstadion
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Horstmann
17 December 1977 (1977-12-17) 19 Eintracht Frankfurt 3–0 FC Schalke 04 Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CET
Report Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Engel
7 January 1978 (1978-01-07) 20 Hamburger SV 0–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Hamburg, West Germany
15:30 CET Report
Stadium: Volksparkstadion
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Burgers
14 January 1978 (1978-01-14) 21 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–1 Borussia Dortmund Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Glasneck
21 January 1978 (1978-01-21) 22 Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Mönchengladbach, West Germany
15:30 CET
Report Stadium: Bökelbergstadion
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Linn
28 January 1978 (1978-01-28) 23 Eintracht Frankfurt 0–5 Hertha BSC Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CET Report
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Redelfs
4 February 1978 (1978-02-04) 24 MSV Duisburg 3–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Duisburg, West Germany
15:30 CET
Report Stadium: Wedaustadion
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Luca
11 February 1978 (1978-02-11) 25 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–0 TSV 1860 Munich Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CET Report Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Niemann
18 February 1978 (1978-02-18) 26 Eintracht Frankfurt 5–3 VfL Bochum Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Hontheim
4 March 1978 (1978-03-04) 28 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–0 VfB Stuttgart Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CET
Report Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Klauser
11 March 1978 (1978-03-11) 29 FC St. Pauli 5–3 Eintracht Frankfurt Hamburg, West Germany
15:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Wilhelm-Koch-Stadion
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Ahlenfelder
18 March 1978 (1978-03-18) 30 Eintracht Frankfurt 4–0 Fortuna Düsseldorf Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CET
Report Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Engel
25 March 1978 (1978-03-25) 27 1. FC Kaiserslautern 2–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Kaiserslautern, West Germany
15:30 CET
Report Stadium: Betzenbergstadion
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Risse
1 April 1978 (1978-04-01) 31 1. FC Köln 0–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Cologne, West Germany
15:30 CET Report
Stadium: Müngersdorfer Stadion
Attendance: 42,000
Referee: Roth
8 April 1978 (1978-04-08) 32 Eintracht Frankfurt 0–2 Werder Bremen Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CET Report
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Eschweiler
22 April 1978 (1978-04-22) 33 Bayern Munich 2–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Munich, West Germany
15:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Kindervater
29 April 1978 (1978-04-29) 34 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–0 Eintracht Braunschweig Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CET
Report Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Stäglich

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
5 Fortuna Düsseldorf 34 15 9 10 49 36 +13 39 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
6 MSV Duisburg 34 15 7 12 62 59 +3 37 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[a]
7 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 16 4 14 59 52 +7 36
8 1. FC Kaiserslautern 34 16 4 14 64 63 +1 36
9 Schalke 04 34 14 6 14 47 52 −5 34
Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b As 1. FC Köln also won the DFB-Pokal, the Cup Winners' Cup spot was given to runners-up Fortuna Düsseldorf, while Düsseldorf's original UEFA Cup was transferred to MSV Duisburg.

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 16 4 14 59 52  +7 36 12 1 4 42 23  +19 4 3 10 17 29  −12

Source: Bundesliga

Results by round edit

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH
ResultWLLLWLWWWLLWLDLWDDWDWLLWWWLWLWWLLW
Position26137410522574681187766479108798876677
Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

DFB-Pokal edit

30 July 1977 (1977-07-30) 1st Round FC Konstanz 1–6 Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany
  • Beck   78'
Report
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Aldinger
20 August 1977 (1977-08-20) 2nd Round TuS Schloß Neuhaus 2–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Paderborn, West Germany
  • Schulte   6'
  • Fiege   35'
Report
Stadium: Inselbadstadion
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Glasneck
24 August 1977 (1977-08-24) 2nd Round (Rematch) Eintracht Frankfurt 4–0 TuS Schloß Neuhaus Frankfurt, West Germany
Report Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Föckler
15 October 1977 (1977-10-15) 3rd Round FC Schalke 04 1–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Gelsenkirchen, West Germany
Klaus Fischer   82' Report Stadium: Parkstadion
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Hoffmann

Intertoto Cup edit

25 June 1977 (1977-06-25) 1 Eintracht Frankfurt   2–2   Inter Bratislava Frankfurt, West Germany
Report
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Linn
2 July 1977 (1977-07-02) 2 Wacker Innsbruck   1–1   Eintracht Frankfurt Innsbruck, Austria
Report
Stadium: Tivoli
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Latzin
9 July 1977 (1977-07-09) 3 Eintracht Frankfurt   4–1   FC Zürich Frankfurt, West Germany
Report
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Aldinger
16 July 1977 (1977-07-16) 4 Eintracht Frankfurt   1–1   Wacker Innsbruck Frankfurt, West Germany
Report
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Dreher
20 July 1977 (1977-07-20) 5 FC Zürich   1–0   Eintracht Frankfurt Zürich, Switzerland
Report Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Dörflinger
23 July 1977 (1977-07-23) 6 Inter Bratislava   2–5   Eintracht Frankfurt
Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Jarsa

Table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Inter Bratislava 6 4 1 1 18 11 +7 9
2   Eintracht Frankfurt 6 2 3 1 13 8 +5 7
3   SSW Innsbruck 6 2 2 2 10 10 0 6
4   Zürich 6 1 0 5 4 16 −12 2
Source: [citation needed]

UEFA Cup edit

13 September 1977 (1977-09-13) 1st Round Eintracht Frankfurt   5–0   Sliema Wanderers Frankfurt, West Germany
Report Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Środecki
13 September 1977 (1977-09-13) 1st Round Sliema Wanderers   0–0   Eintracht Frankfurt Ta' Qali, Malta
Report Stadium: Ta' Qali Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Ciacci
19 October 1977 (1977-10-19) 2nd Round FC Zürich   0–3   Eintracht Frankfurt Zürich, Switzerland
Report
Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Christov
2 November 1977 (1977-11-02) 2nd Round Eintracht Frankfurt   4–3   FC Zürich Frankfurt, West Germany
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Ivanov
23 November 1977 (1977-11-23) 3rd Round Eintracht Frankfurt   4–0   Bayern Munich Frankfurt, West Germany
Report Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Rainea
7 December 1977 (1977-12-07) 3rd Round Bayern Munich   1–2   Eintracht Frankfurt Munich, West Germany
Report
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Gussoni
1 March 1978 (1978-03-01) Quarter-finals Eintracht Frankfurt   3–2   Grasshopper Club Zürich Frankfurt, West Germany
20:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Linemayr
14 March 1978 (1978-03-14) Quarter-finals Grasshopper Club Zürich   1–0   Eintracht Frankfurt Zürich, Switzerland
20:00 CET
Report Stadium: Hardturm
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Maksimović

Squad edit

Squad and statistics edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total Bundesliga DFB-Pokal UEFA Cup Intertoto Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   FRG Heinz-Josef Koitka 50 0 34 0 4 0 8 0 4 0
GK   GDR Jürgen Pahl 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK   FRG Günter Wienhold 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
DF   FRG Charly Körbel 42 0 29 0 3 0 5 0 5 0
DF   FRG Peter Krobbach 21 1 14 0 0 0 5 1 2 0
DF   FRG Helmut Müller 19 0 14 0 0 0 3 0 2 0
DF   FRG Willi Neuberger 51 4 34 2 4 1 7 0 6 1
DF   FRG Peter Reichel 42 1 27 1 4 0 6 0 5 0
DF   FRG Gerd Simons 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF   FRG Lothar Skala 17 1 8 0 3 0 5 1 1 0
DF   YUG Dragoslav Stepanović 41 2 29 1 3 0 6 1 3 0
DF   FRG Gert Trinklein 23 1 13 1 3 0 2 0 5 0
DF   FRG Roland Weidle 44 0 30 0 3 0 6 0 5 0
MF   FRG Jürgen Grabowski 50 14 34 9 4 2 8 3 4 0
MF   FRG Wolfgang Kraus 27 3 27 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   GDR Norbert Nachtweih 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   FRG Bernd Nickel 51 16 34 11 4 2 7 2 6 1
MF   FRG Wolfgang Trapp 9 0 2 0 1 0 4 0 2 0
MF   FRG Hans-Dieter Wacker 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
FW   FRG Klaus Beverungen 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
FW   FRG Egon Bihn 5 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
FW   FRG Ronny Borchers 8 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
FW   FRG Bernd Hölzenbein 51 27 34 15 4 1 8 5 5 6
FW   FRG Rüdiger Wenzel 48 23 34 14 4 3 6 4 4 2

Transfers edit

Sources edit

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

External links edit