1996–97 Eintracht Frankfurt season

The 1996–97 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 97th season in the club's football history. In 1996–97 the club played in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football. It was the club's 1st season in the 2. Bundesliga after being relegated from the Bundesliga for the first time.

Eintracht Frankfurt

1996–97 season
Chairman	Dieter Lindner / Hans-Joachim Otto
Manager	Dragoslav Stepanović (resigned 7 December 1996) Horst Ehrmantraut (appointed 18 December 1996)
2. Bundesliga	7th
DFB-Pokal	2nd Round
Top goalscorer	League: Maurizio Gaudino (9) All: Maurizio Gaudino (10)
Highest home attendance	38,000 1 June 1997 v 1. FC Kaiserslautern (league)
Lowest home attendance	11,000 on two occasions (league)
Average home league attendance	16,235
Home colours Away colours

Friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

SG Westend Frankfurt v Eintracht Frankfurt

19 June 1996 (1996-06-19)	SG Westend Frankfurt	1–5	Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt, Germany
	Wagner 3' (pen.)	(Report)	Güntensperger 13' König 32' Flick 55' Bindewald 56' Reuter 81'	Stadium: Sportanlage Sondershausenstraße Attendance: 500

FC Tirol Innsbruck v Eintracht Frankfurt

2 July 1996 (1996-07-02)	FC Tirol Innsbruck	4–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Westendorf, Austria
	Mayrleb 33', 48' Brzęczek 60' Hobel 85'	(Report)	Menze 17' Gaudino 25'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 1,600

FC Linz v Eintracht Frankfurt

5 July 1996 (1996-07-05)	FC Linz	2–4	Eintracht Frankfurt	Zirl, Austria
	Popović 3' Brenner 70'	(Report)	Bommer 41' Tskhadadze 53' Becker 80' König 83'	Attendance: 250

CSKA Kyiv v Eintracht Frankfurt

7 July 1996 (1996-07-07)	CSKA Kyiv	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Leogang, Austria
	Patyunin 6'	(Report)	Becker 45'	Attendance: 300

1. FC Traunstein v Eintracht Frankfurt

10 July 1996 (1996-07-10)	1. FC Traunstein	0–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Traunstein, Germany
		(Report)	Ekström 35' Menze 53'	Attendance: 400

Dillenburg XI v Eintracht Frankfurt

13 July 1996 (1996-07-13)	Dillenburg XI	1–8	Eintracht Frankfurt	Dillenburg, Germany
19:00 CEST	Richter	(Report)	Güntensperger Gaudino Beuchel Becker Ekström Reuter	Stadium: Stadion auf der Bleiche Attendance: 1,500

Mühlheim XI v Eintracht Frankfurt

17 July 1996 (1996-07-17)	Mühlheim XI	1–5	Eintracht Frankfurt
	Estevez 81'	(Report)	Gaudino 27' Güntensperger 38' Roth 51' Becker 54', 60'	Attendance: 2,000

Hessen Kassel v Eintracht Frankfurt

20 July 1996 (1996-07-20)	Hessen Kassel	1–0	Eintracht Frankfurt
15:00 CEST	Melchin 40'	(Report)		Attendance: 2,500

Germania Schwanheim v Eintracht Frankfurt

24 July 1996 (1996-07-24)	Germania Schwanheim	0–7	Eintracht Frankfurt
		(Report)	Ekström 2' Pejović 18' Flick 36' Dworschak 64' Reuter 77' Bindewald 81' Becker 87'	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Wolf

Eintracht Frankfurt v Urawa Red Diamonds

26 July 1996 (1996-07-26)	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	Urawa Red Diamonds	Wetzlar, Germany
	Gaudino 32'	(Report)	Hori 53'	Stadium: Stadion Wetzlar Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Wolf

FSV Großenhausen v Eintracht Frankfurt

28 July 1996 (1996-07-28)	FSV Großenhausen	0–5	Eintracht Frankfurt	Linsengericht, Germany
		(Report)	Menze 17', 60' Güntensperger 26', 71' Reuter 90'	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Kolb

Worms XI v Eintracht Frankfurt

3 September 1996 (1996-09-03)	Worms XI	1–6	Eintracht Frankfurt	Worms, Germany
	Sackreuther 70' (pen.)	(Report)	Becker 9', 77' Rossi 18' Ekström 31', 40' Gaudino 37'	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Weber

Upper Hesse XI v Eintracht Frankfurt

18 September 1996 (1996-09-18)	Upper Hesse XI	0–3	Eintracht Frankfurt
		(Report)	Reuter 4' Pejović 43' Guht 80'	Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Kristek

TSV Großen-Linden v Eintracht Frankfurt

25 September 1996 (1996-09-25)	TSV Großen-Linden	0–5	Eintracht Frankfurt	Linden, Germany
		(Report)	Beuchel Becker Güntensperger Gaudino Bommer	Stadium: Sportplatz Großen-Linden Attendance: 2,000

Eintracht Frankfurt v German Football Association Reserves XI

26 November 1996 (1996-11-26)	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–5	German Football Association Reserves XI
		(Report)		Attendance: 3,000

Eintracht Frankfurt v SV Wehen

29 January 1997 (1997-01-29)	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	SV Wehen	Frankfurt, Germany
	Gaudino 30'	(Report)	Stohn 61'	Stadium: Ancillary pitch at the Waldstadion Attendance: 100

Eintracht Frankfurt v FV Bad Vilbel

1 February 1997 (1997-02-01)	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–0	FV Bad Vilbel
		(Report)

Eintracht Frankfurt v SV Bernbach

2 February 1997 (1997-02-02)	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	SV Bernbach	Frankfurt, Germany
	Gaudino 20' Becker 82' (pen.)	(Report)	Grimm	Stadium: Ancillary pitch at the Waldstadion

Eintracht Frankfurt v FC Homburg

5 February 1997 (1997-02-05)	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	FC Homburg
	Gaudino 36'	(Report)

Eintracht Frankfurt v KFC Uerdingen 05

8 February 1997 (1997-02-08)	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	KFC Uerdingen 05	Chiclana, Spain
	Becker	(Report)

Sparta Prague v Eintracht Frankfurt

11 February 1997 (1997-02-11)	Sparta Prague	1–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Chiclana, Spain
		(Report)

SV Raunheim v Eintracht Frankfurt

16 February 1997 (1997-02-16)	SV Raunheim	0–3	Eintracht Frankfurt
		(Report)	Guht Becker Komljenović	Attendance: 500

Eintracht Frankfurt v Bayern Munich

22 April 1997 (1997-04-22)	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–2	Bayern Munich	Frankfurt, Germany
19:30 CEST	Guht	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 25,000

Friedberg district XI v Eintracht Frankfurt

27 May 1997 (1997-05-27)	Friedberg district XI	1–4	Eintracht Frankfurt	Karben, Germany
		(Report)	Guht Zarczynski (guest player) Kistner (guest player)	Attendance: 1,800

Eintracht Rüsselsheim v Eintracht Frankfurt

6 June 1997 (1997-06-06)	Eintracht Rüsselsheim	0–11	Eintracht Frankfurt	Rüsselsheim
		(Report)	Becker 4' (pen), 38' Ekström 19' Bičanić (guest player) 40', 62', 86' Glöckner 67' König 75' Guht 80' Nold 83' (o.g.) Greul 90'	Stadium: Stadion am Sommerdamm Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Reitz

Indoor soccer tournaments

Frankfurt

Eintracht Frankfurt v Brøndby IF

4 January 1997 (1997-01-04) First match	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–1	Brøndby IF	Frankfurt, Germany
		(Report)		Stadium: Ballsporthalle Attendance: 4,000

Eintracht Frankfurt v SC Freiburg

4 January 1997 (1997-01-04) Second match	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–1	SC Freiburg	Frankfurt, Germany
		(Report)		Stadium: Ballsporthalle Attendance: 4,000

Eintracht Frankfurt v Arminia Bielefeld

4 January 1997 (1997-01-04) Third match	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–2	Arminia Bielefeld	Frankfurt, Germany
		(Report)		Stadium: Ballsporthalle Attendance: 4,000

Eintracht Frankfurt v Eintracht Frankfurt Amateure

5 January 1997 (1997-01-05) Semi-Final	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–0	Eintracht Frankfurt Amateure	Frankfurt, Germany
		(Report)		Stadium: Ballsporthalle Attendance: 4,000

Eintracht Frankfurt v Arminia Bielefeld

5 January 1997 (1997-01-05) Final	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–1	Arminia Bielefeld	Frankfurt, Germany
		(Report)		Stadium: Ballsporthalle Attendance: 4,000

Essen

Bayer Leverkusen v Eintracht Frankfurt

6 January 1997 (1997-01-06) First match	Bayer Leverkusen	0–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Essen, Germany
		(Report)		Stadium: Grugahalle

Hamburger SV v Eintracht Frankfurt

6 January 1997 (1997-01-06) Second match	Hamburger SV	1–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Essen, Germany
		(Report)		Stadium: Grugahalle

FC Schalke 04 v Eintracht Frankfurt

6 January 1997 (1997-01-06) Third match	FC Schalke 04	1–6	Eintracht Frankfurt	Essen, Germany
		(Report)		Stadium: Grugahalle

VfL Bochum v Eintracht Frankfurt

6 January 1997 (1997-01-06) Final	VfL Bochum	3–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Essen, Germany
		(Report)		Stadium: Grugahalle

Koblenz

TuS Koblenz v Eintracht Frankfurt

7 January 1997 (1997-01-07) First match	TuS Koblenz	3–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Koblenz, Germany
	König Janßen Flick	(Report)		Stadium: Sporthalle Oberwerth Attendance: 4,000

Eintracht Frankfurt v 1. FC Köln

7 January 1997 (1997-01-07) Second match	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–2	1. FC Köln	Koblenz, Germany
	Flick Guht	(Report)		Stadium: Sporthalle Oberwerth Attendance: 4,000

Eintracht Frankfurt v Slavia Prague

7 January 1997 (1997-01-07) Semi-Final	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	Slavia Prague	Koblenz, Germany
	König Gaudino	(Report)		Stadium: Sporthalle Oberwerth Attendance: 4,000

Eintracht Frankfurt v 1. FC Köln

7 January 1997 (1997-01-07) Final	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–2	1. FC Köln	Koblenz, Germany
	Pejović Güntensperger Guht Glöckner	(Report)		Stadium: Sporthalle Oberwerth Attendance: 4,000

Kiel

Werder Bremen v Eintracht Frankfurt

8 January 1997 (1997-01-08) First match	Werder Bremen	3–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Kiel, Germany
		(Report)		Attendance: 7,000

Brøndby IF v Eintracht Frankfurt

8 January 1997 (1997-01-08) Second match	Brøndby IF	5–5	Eintracht Frankfurt	Kiel, Germany
		(Report)	Dickhaut Guht Dworschak Güntensperger	Attendance: 7,000

Schwerin

Brøndby IF v Eintracht Frankfurt

9 January 1997 (1997-01-09) First match	Brøndby IF	0–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Schwerin, Germany
		(Report)		Stadium: Sport- und Kongresshalle

Arminia Bielefeld v Eintracht Frankfurt

9 January 1997 (1997-01-09) Second match	Arminia Bielefeld	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Schwerin, Germany
		(Report)	Becker	Stadium: Sport- und Kongresshalle

Werder Bremen v Eintracht Frankfurt

9 January 1997 (1997-01-09) Semi-Final	Werder Bremen	5–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Schwerin, Germany
		(Report)	Becker	Stadium: Sport- und Kongresshalle

Hamburger SV v Eintracht Frankfurt

9 January 1997 (1997-01-09) 3rd place play-off	Hamburger SV	5–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Schwerin, Germany
		(Report)		Stadium: Sport- und Kongresshalle

Hannover

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Eintracht Frankfurt

13 January 1997 (1997-01-13) First match	Fortuna Düsseldorf	2–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Hanover, Germany
		(Report)	Reuter Kresović Dworschak

Widzew Łódź v Eintracht Frankfurt

13 January 1997 (1997-01-13) Second match	Widzew Łódź	1–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Hanover, Germany
		(Report)	Guht Janßen

Hannover 96 v Eintracht Frankfurt

13 January 1997 (1997-01-13) Semi-Final	Hannover 96	2–2 (6–4 p)	Eintracht Frankfurt	Hanover, Germany
		(Report)	Flick Güntensperger

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Eintracht Frankfurt

13 January 1997 (1997-01-13) Final	Fortuna Düsseldorf	3–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Hanover, Germany
		(Report)	Hubchev Guht

Dortmund

PSV v Eintracht Frankfurt

17 January 1997 (1997-01-17) First match	PSV	4–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Dortmund, Germany
		(Report)

Borussia Dortmund v Eintracht Frankfurt

17 January 1997 (1997-01-17) Second match	Borussia Dortmund	3–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Dortmund, Germany
		(Report)	Guht

Bayer Leverkusen v Eintracht Frankfurt

18 January 1997 (1997-01-18) Third match	Bayer Leverkusen	1–5	Eintracht Frankfurt	Dortmund, Germany
		(Report)	Reuter Kresović Flick Dickhaut o.g.'

Munich

Eintracht Frankfurt v Werder Bremen

25 January 1997 (1997-01-25) First match	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	Werder Bremen	Munich, Germany
	Dickhaut	(Report)

Eintracht Frankfurt v Fortuna Düsseldorf

27 January 1996 (1996-01-27) Second match	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Munich, Germany
	Becker Gaudino	(Report)

FC Bayern München v Eintracht Frankfurt

27 January 1996 (1996-01-27) Third match	FC Bayern München	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Munich, Germany
		(Report)	Gaudino

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

2. Bundesliga

Main article: 1996–97 2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Stuttgarter Kickers	34	14	11	9	38	27	+11	53
6	SpVgg Unterhaching	34	11	16	7	35	29	+6	49
7	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	13	9	12	43	46	−3	48
8	VfB Leipzig	34	12	10	12	53	54	−1	46
9	KFC Uerdingen	34	13	5	16	46	44	+2	44

Source: Bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	W	W	L	L	L	D	L	D	D	W	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	D	W	D	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	W
Position	6	6	3	2	3	8	7	9	11	11	13	12	13	13	12	13	15	14	14	13	13	12	9	11	12	13	11	12	10	9	6	7	8	7

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

Matches

VfB Lübeck v Eintracht Frankfurt

4 August 1996 (1996-08-04) 1	VfB Lübeck	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Lübeck, Germany
15:00 CEST	Tskhadadze 82' (o.g.)	(Report)	Menze 56'	Stadium: Stadion an der Lohmühle Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Heynemann

Eintracht Frankfurt v FSV Zwickau

7 August 1996 (1996-08-07) 2	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	FSV Zwickau	Frankfurt, Germany
19:30 CEST	Ekström 43' Gaudino 53'	(Report)	Kunze 12'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Buchhart

Waldhof Mannheim v Eintracht Frankfurt

19 August 1996 (1996-08-19) 3	Waldhof Mannheim	1–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Mannheim, Germany
19:30 CEST	Hofmann 8'	(Report)	Gaudino 17' Güntensperger 74'	Stadium: Carl-Benz-Stadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Koop

Eintracht Frankfurt v Fortuna Köln

25 August 1996 (1996-08-25) 4	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–1	Fortuna Köln	Frankfurt, Germany
15:00 CEST	Gaudino 47', 80' Güntensperger 90'	(Report)	Lottner 78'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Hilmes

Eintracht Frankfurt v SV Meppen

9 September 1996 (1996-09-09) 5	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–1	SV Meppen	Frankfurt, Germany
19:30 CEST		(Report)	Claaßen 3' Winter  64'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 14,500 Referee: Stark

SpVgg Unterhaching v Eintracht Frankfurt

15 September 1996 (1996-09-15) 6	SpVgg Unterhaching	2–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Unterhaching, Germany
15:00 CEST	Reich 9' Schmöller 54'	(Report)	Becker 77' Roth  83'  Tskhadadze  85'	Stadium: Sportpark Unterhaching Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Friedrichs

Eintracht Frankfurt v Stuttgarter Kickers

22 September 1996 (1996-09-22) 7	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–1	Stuttgarter Kickers	Frankfurt, Germany
		(Report)	Sailer 14'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Fleischer

FC Carl Zeiss Jena v Eintracht Frankfurt

30 September 1996 (1996-09-30) 8	FC Carl Zeiss Jena	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Jena, Germany
19:30 CEST	Holetschek 80' (pen.)	(Report)	Guht 27'	Stadium: Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Kasper

Eintracht Frankfurt v KFC Uerdingen 05

4 October 1996 (1996-10-04) 9	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–1	KFC Uerdingen 05	Frankfurt, Germany
		(Report)	Wollitz 20'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Pohlmann

Mainz 05 v Eintracht Frankfurt

14 October 1996 (1996-10-14) 10	Mainz 05	2–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Mainz, Germany
19:30 CEST	Akrapović 55' Ouakili 61'	(Report)	Ekström 7' Reuter 77'	Stadium: Stadion am Bruchweg Attendance: 13,500 Referee: Kemmling

Eintracht Frankfurt v VfL Wolfsburg

19 October 1996 (1996-10-19) 11	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Frankfurt, Germany
	Komljenović 45'	(Report)	Meissner 28'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Keßler

Hertha BSC v Eintracht Frankfurt

28 October 1996 (1996-10-28) 12	Hertha BSC	1–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Berlin, Germany
	Kruse 23' (pen.)	(Report)	Ekström 47' Becker 87'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 11,500 Referee: Lange

Eintracht Frankfurt v VfB Leipzig

2 November 1996 (1996-11-02) 13	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–3	VfB Leipzig	Frankfurt, Germany
18:30 CEST	Bommer 13' Ekström 62' Reuter  72'	(Report)	Bindewald 47' (o.g.) Däbritz  76'  Heidrich 87', 90'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 15,500 Referee: Werthmann

FC Gütersloh v Eintracht Frankfurt

17 November 1996 (1996-11-17) 14	FC Gütersloh	3–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Gütersloh, Germany
	Landgraf 54' van der Ven 64' Bonan 74'	(Report)	Schur 57'	Stadium: Heidewaldstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Müller

Eintracht Frankfurt v Rot-Weiss Essen

22 November 1996 (1996-11-22) 15	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–0	Rot-Weiss Essen	Frankfurt, Germany
19:00 CEST	Schur 4' Bindewald 29' Ekström 86'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Weiner

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Eintracht Frankfurt

2 December 1996 (1996-12-02) 16	1. FC Kaiserslautern	5–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Kaiserslautern, Germany
	Kuka 44', 53' Rische 61', 63' Franck 90'	(Report)		Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Hufgard

Eintracht Frankfurt v VfB Oldenburg

7 December 1996 (1996-12-07) 17	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–3	VfB Oldenburg	Frankfurt, Germany
	Dickhaut 11' Hubchev  44'  Gaudino 56'	(Report)	Tammen 43' Elberfeld 45' Goch 86'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Prengel

Eintracht Frankfurt v VfB Lübeck

22 February 1997 (1997-02-22) 18	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–0	VfB Lübeck	Frankfurt, Germany
15:00 CEST	Becker 11' (pen.) Güntensperger 25', 56'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 18,500 Referee: Jansen

FSV Zwickau v Eintracht Frankfurt

2 March 1997 (1997-03-02) 19	FSV Zwickau	1–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Zwickau, Germany
15:00 CEST	Kirsten 21'	(Report)	Rossi  77'	Stadium: Westsachsenstadion Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Byernetzky

Eintracht Frankfurt v Waldhof Mannheim

10 March 1997 (1997-03-10) 20	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	Waldhof Mannheim	Frankfurt, Germany
19:30 CEST	Güntensperger 50'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Stark

Fortuna Köln v Eintracht Frankfurt

14 March 1997 (1997-03-14) 21	Fortuna Köln	0–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Cologne, Germany
		(Report)		Stadium: Südstadion Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Schütz

SV Meppen v Eintracht Frankfurt

23 March 1997 (1997-03-23) 22	SV Meppen	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Meppen, Germany
15:00 CEST	Vorholt 56' (pen.)	(Report)	Marell 50' (o.g.) Bindewald  64'	Stadium: Emslandstadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Blumenstein

Eintracht Frankfurt v SpVgg Unterhaching

30 March 1997 (1997-03-30) 23	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	SpVgg Unterhaching	Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST	Bucher 28' (o.g.)	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Casper

Stuttgarter Kickers v Eintracht Frankfurt

24 April 1997 (1997-04-24) 24	Stuttgarter Kickers	0–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Stuttgart, Germany
		(Report)		Stadium: Waldau-Stadion Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Weiner

Eintracht Frankfurt v FC Carl Zeiss Jena

11 April 1997 (1997-04-11) 25	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	FC Carl Zeiss Jena	Frankfurt, Germany
19:30 CEST	Gaudino 86'	(Report)	Zimmermann 62'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 14,500 Referee: Gettke

KFC Uerdingen 05 v Eintracht Frankfurt

19 April 1997 (1997-04-19) 26	KFC Uerdingen 05	3–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Krefeld, Germany
	Grammozis 23' Jüptner 73' Onderka 88'	(Report)		Stadium: Grotenburg-Stadion Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Hauer

Eintracht Frankfurt v Mainz 05

27 April 1997 (1997-04-27) 27	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	Mainz 05	Frankfurt, Germany
19:30 CEST	Neustädter 45' (o.g.)	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 14,500 Referee: Müller

VfL Wolfsburg v Eintracht Frankfurt

3 May 1997 (1997-05-03) 28	VfL Wolfsburg	4–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Wolfsburg, Germany
15:30 CEST	Tyszkiewicz 11' Ballwanz 32' Dammeier 67' (pen.) Deering 75'	(Report)	Janßen 27'	Stadium: VfL-Stadion am Elsterweg Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Dehmelt

Eintracht Frankfurt v Hertha BSC

12 May 1997 (1997-05-12) 29	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–1	Hertha BSC	Frankfurt, Germany
19:30 CEST	Gaudino 18', 52' Weidemann 80' (o.g.)	(Report)	Kruse 35'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Fleischer

VfB Leipzig v Eintracht Frankfurt

17 May 1997 (1997-05-17) 30	VfB Leipzig	2–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Leipzig, Germany
	Däbritz 21' Heidrich 87' (pen.)	(Report)	Schur 48' Güntensperger 71', 82'	Stadium: Bruno-Plache-Stadion Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Frey

Eintracht Frankfurt v FC Gütersloh

22 May 1997 (1997-05-22) 31	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–0	FC Gütersloh	Frankfurt, Germany
19:00 CEST	Gaudino 44' (pen.) Becker 52'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Kadach

Rot-Weiss Essen v Eintracht Frankfurt

25 May 1997 (1997-05-25) 32	Rot-Weiss Essen	4–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Essen, Germany
	Holick 5' Vier 42', 89' (pen.) Schürmann 71'	(Report)	Becker 16'	Stadium: Georg-Melches-Stadion Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Schütz

Eintracht Frankfurt v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

1 June 1997 (1997-06-01) 33	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–0	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Frankfurt, Germany
		(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Buchhart

VfB Oldenburg v Eintracht Frankfurt

11 June 1997 (1997-06-11) 34	VfB Oldenburg	1–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Oldenburg, Germany
19:00 CEST	Goch 4'	(Report)	Dickhaut 36' Weber 45'	Stadium: Marschweg-Stadion Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Zerr

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 1996–97 DFB-Pokal

Holstein Kiel v Eintracht Frankfurt

11 August 1996 (1996-08-11) 1st Round	Holstein Kiel	2–4	Eintracht Frankfurt
17:30 CEST	Habermann 40' Bertermann 82'	(Report)	Tskhadadze 11' Ekström 33' Gaudino 47' Güntensperger 90'	Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Byernetzki

SV Meppen v Eintracht Frankfurt

31 August 1996 (1996-08-31) 2nd Round	SV Meppen	6–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Meppen, Germany
15:30 CEST	Ukrow 1' Helmer 5' Claaßen 37' Lau 48' Bujan 58' Winter 59'	(Report)	Ekström 17'	Stadium: Emslandstadion Attendance: 10,000

Squad

Squad and statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		2. Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	MKD	Oka Nikolov	33	0	31	0	2	0
2	DF	GER	Uwe Bindewald	32	1	30	1	2	0
3	DF	GER	Ralf Weber	2	1	2	1	0	0
4	DF	GER	Dietmar Roth	29	0	27	0	2	0
5	DF	GEO	Kakhaber Tskhadadze	10	1	9	0	1	1
5	DF	BUL	Petar Hubchev	12	0	12	0	0	0
6	DF	GER	Mirko Dickhaut	33	2	31	2	2	0
7	FW	GER	Matthias Becker	30	5	28	5	2	0
8	MF	GER	Rudi Bommer	14	1	14	1	0	0
9	FW	SUI	Urs Güntensperger	31	8	29	7	2	1
10	MF	GER	Maurizio Gaudino	34	10	32	9	2	1
11	FW	SWE	Johnny Ekström	20	7	18	5	2	2
12	MF	GER	René Beuchel	20	0	19	0	1	0
13	MF	GER	Matthias Dworschak	13	0	11	0	2	0
14	DF	ITA	Marco Rossi	15	0	14	0	1	0
15	MF	GER	Timo Reuter	10	1	8	1	2	0
17	MF	GER	Oliver Bunzenthal	5	0	5	0	0	0
18	MF	GER	Steffen Menze	12	1	10	1	2	0
18	DF	GER	Alexander Kutschera	15	0	15	0	0	0
19	MF	GER	Michael König	2	0	2	0	0	0
20	DF	YUG	Zvezdan Pejović	16	0	14	0	2	0
21	MF	YUG	Slobodan Komljenović	28	1	27	1	1	0
22	MF	GER	Thorsten Flick	16	0	16	0	0	0
23	GK	GER	Sven Schmitt	3	0	3	0	0	0
24	MF	GER	Alexander Schur	20	3	20	3	0	0
27	MF	GER	Carsten Hennig	3	0	3	0	0	0
29	MF	GER	Oscar Corrochano	1	0	1	0	0	0
30	MF	GER	Olaf Janßen	7	1	7	1	0	0
31	MF	GER	Michael Guht	21	1	21	1	0	0
32	MF	GER	Patrick Glöckner	9	0	9	0	0	0

Sources

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

External links

• Official English Eintracht website Archived 2017-10-02 at the Wayback Machine
• German archive site
• 1996–97 Bundesliga season at Fussballdaten.de (in German)