1998–99 Eintracht Frankfurt season

The 1998–99 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 99th season in the club's football history. In 1998–99 the club played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 97th season in the first tier and the club's first season back in the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 1997–1998 season.

Eintracht Frankfurt
1998–99 season
ChairmanRolf Heller
ManagerHorst Ehrmantraut (resigned 8 December 1998)
Bernhard Lippert (caretaker from 8 December until 19 December 1998)
Reinhold Fanz (appointed 22 December 1998, resigned 18 April 1999)
Jörg Berger (appointed 19 April 1999)
Bundesliga15th
DFB-PokalSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: Yang Chen (8)
All: Yang Chen (9)
Highest home attendance58,500 (vs Bayern Munich, 31 October)
Lowest home attendance17,000 (vs MSV Duisburg, 19 December)
Average home league attendance23,647

The season ended in one of the most exciting final matchdays in Bundesliga history when Eintracht secured their Bundesliga spot on day 34.

Prior to the last match far behind Eintracht won three matches in a row. Eintracht hosted reigning champions Kaiserslautern, who were contending for a Champions League spot, on the last matchday. The match ended 5-1 and sent Nürnberg down to the 2. Bundesliga on goal difference. The ultimate goal was scored by Jan Åge Fjørtoft, who scored one of the most famous Bundesliga goals in the 89th minute when performing a step-over right in front of Lautern's goalkeeper Andreas Reinke before marking Eintracht's fifth goal.[1]

Results

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Friendlies

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  Win   Draw   Loss

10 July 1998 (1998-07-10) TSG Idstein 1–8 Eintracht Frankfurt Idstein, Germany
Winter   21' (Report) Sobotzik   2'
Yang   20'
Edmílson (guest player)   27', 30'
B Schneider   52'
Brinkmann   63' (pen.)
Epp   78'
Kutschera   83'
Stadium: Sportanlage in der Zissenheim
Attendance: 2,300
Referee: Reuter
11 July 1998 (1998-07-11) SV Sailauf 1–5 Eintracht Frankfurt Sailauf, Germany
Fiebrich   (Report) Edmílson (guest player)   17', 38', 45'
Brinkmann   43'
Sobotzik   86'
Stadium: Sportanlage am Bischling
Attendance: 1,200
15 July 1998 (1998-07-15) FSV Frankfurt 1–4 Eintracht Frankfurt Frankfurt, Germany
Rüppel   80' (pen.) (Report) Weber   5'
B Schneider   47'
Gerster   73'
Yang   81'
Stadium: Stadion am Bornheimer Hang
Attendance: 4,000
18 July 1998 (1998-07-18) Eschwege XI 1–10 Eintracht Frankfurt Meinhard, Germany
16:00 CEST Löffler   73' (Report) Westerthaler   8', 18', 29', 39'
Sobotzik   28'
Epp   58', 86'
Stojak   63', 67', 90'
Attendance: 1,900
Referee: Linnenberg
21 July 1998 (1998-07-21) Waldhof Mannheim 1–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Erbach, Germany
19:00 CEST Vukčević   25' (Report) Stadium: Sportpark Erbach
Attendance: 5,000
26 July 1998 (1998-07-26) Maccabi Haifa 1–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Zirl, Austria
Vilner   85' (Report) Elkayam   67' (o.g.)
Westerthaler   68'
Attendance: 300
28 July 1998 (1998-07-28) RCD Mallorca 1–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Kössen, Austria
Dani   79' (pen.) (Report) Yang   83' Stadium: Sportanlage Kössen
Attendance: 1,200
5 August 1998 (1998-08-05) KSV Klein-Karben 1–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Karben, Germany
Džihić   24' (Report) Rosen   31' Stadium: Günther-Reutzel-Sportfeld
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Grieben
7 August 1998 (1998-08-07) KFC Lommelse SK 1–3 Eintracht Frankfurt Sailauf, Germany
Bembuana-Keve   28' (Report) Yang   58', 70'
Maes   73' (o.g.)
Attendance: 500
Referee: Wolf
2 September 1998 (1998-09-02) TSV Pfungstadt 0–13 Eintracht Frankfurt Pfungstadt, Germany
(Report) Gerster   6', 48'
Güntensperger   10'
Stojak   20', 31'
Gebhardt   29'
Westerthaler   43', 51', 67'
Flick   64', 89'
U Schneider   75'
Agu   81'
Attendance: 700
Referee: Imhof
7 October 1998 (1998-10-07) Karlsruher SC 7–4 Eintracht Frankfurt Leimen, Germany
Stumpf   25' (pen.) 
Schwarz   27' 
Fährmann   36' 
Gilewicz  
(Report) Flick   1', 88'
Westerthaler   43', 90'
Attendance: 700
20 October 1998 (1998-10-20) Eintracht Frankfurt 3–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Amateure / Eintracht Frankfurt Academy Frankfurt, Germany
Sobotzik    pen'
Histilloles  
(Report) Stadium: Ancillary pitch at the Waldstadion
Attendance: 50
Referee: Kraaz
Note: Each half time was 35 minutes
23 January 1999 (1999-01-23) Borussia Fulda 1–3 Eintracht Frankfurt Fulda, Germany
14:30 CEST Fladung   65' (Report) Westerthaler   16', 59'
Janßen   90'
Stadium: Sportpark Johannisau
Attendance: 4,000
24 January 1999 (1999-01-24) Waldhof Mannheim 2–2 Eintracht Frankfurt
19:00 CEST Vukčević   58'
Birlik   90'
(Report) Fjørtoft   4'
Zinnow   50'
Attendance: 3,000
27 January 1999 (1999-01-27) Viktoria Aschaffenburg 1–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Aschaffenburg, Germany
Tobollik   30' (Report) Nwosu   4' Stadium: Stadion am Schönbusch
Attendance: 500
6 February 1999 (1999-02-06) CS Sfaxien 1–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Sfax, Tunisia
Zaki   13' (Report) Sobotzik   53' Stadium: Stade Taïeb Mhiri
Attendance: 1,500
8 February 1999 (1999-02-08) FSV Frankfurt 0–4 Eintracht Frankfurt Sousse, Tunisia
(Report) Fjørtoft   15', 36'
Brinkmann   22'
Westerthaler   29'
Stadium: Training pitch of Étoile du Sahel
13 February 1999 (1999-02-13) Eintracht Frankfurt 1–2 Bohemians Praha Frankfurt, Germany
Sobotzik   62' (Report) Zdráhal   16'
Slezák   76'
Stadium: Ancillary pitch at the Waldstadion
Attendance: 250
3 March 1999 (1999-03-03) Eintracht Frankfurt 4–2 1. FC Saarbrücken Frankfurt, Germany
Yang   27', 28'
Nwosu   58'
Stojak   69'
(Report) Petry (guest player) 
Caillas   84'
Stadium: Ancillary pitch at the Waldstadion
25 March 1999 (1999-03-25) Racing Strasbourg 3–1 Eintracht Frankfurt
19:00 CEST Echouafni   32'
Ehret   75'
Hemdani   90'
(Report) B Schneider   56' Attendance: 1,500
31 March 1999 (1999-03-31) SG Croatia Frankfurt 0–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Frankfurt, Germany
(Report) Amstätter   35'
Gebhardt   54'
Stadium: Sportplatz des Polizeisportvereins
Attendance: 300

Indoor soccer tournaments

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Münster

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15 January 1999 (1999-01-15) Second match Preußen Münster 3–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Münster, Germany
Becker  
Buschkötter  
Ridder  
(Report) B Schneider  
15 January 1999 (1999-01-15) Semi-Final Münster XI 1–3 Eintracht Frankfurt Münster, Germany
  (Report) Amstätter   
B Schneider  

Frankfurt

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20 January 1999 (1999-01-20) First match Eintracht Frankfurt 2–0 Fortuna Düsseldorf Frankfurt, Germany
Gebhardt  
Pisont  
(Report) Stadium: Festhalle
Attendance: 5,800
20 January 1999 (1999-01-20) Second match Eintracht Frankfurt 2–2 FSV Mainz 05 Frankfurt, Germany
Amstätter  
da Silva  
(Report) Demandt  
Klopp  
Stadium: Festhalle
Attendance: 5,800
20 January 1999 (1999-01-20) Third match Eintracht Frankfurt 4–2 FC St. Pauli Frankfurt, Germany
Nwosu   
B Schneider  
da Silva  
(Report) Scherz  
Lotter  
Stadium: Festhalle
Attendance: 5,800
21 January 1999 (1999-01-21) Semi-Final Eintracht Frankfurt 1–3 Kickers Offenbach Frankfurt, Germany
Pisont   (Report) Kolinger  
Dama  
Dolzer  
Stadium: Festhalle
Attendance: 7,000
21 January 1999 (1999-01-21) 3rd place playoff Eintracht Frankfurt 4–2 FC St. Pauli Frankfurt, Germany
Pisont   
da Silva  
Amstätter  
(Report) Seeliger  
Klasnić  
Stadium: Festhalle
Attendance: 7,000

Dortmund

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30 January 1999 (1999-01-30) First match Kickers Offenbach 1–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Dortmund, Germany
Simon   pen.' (Report) Bounoua  
Pisont  
30 January 1999 (1999-01-30) Second match Borussia Dortmund 1–4 Eintracht Frankfurt Dortmund, Germany
But   (Report) Amstätter  
Bounoua  
Gebhardt  
Mutzel  
31 January 1999 (1999-01-31) Quarter-Final Bayern Munich 1–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Dortmund, Germany
Salihamidžić   (Report) Pisont  
Brinkmann  
31 January 1999 (1999-01-31) Semi-Final VfL Wolfsburg 1–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Dortmund, Germany
Kapetanović   (Report)
31 January 1999 (1999-01-31) 3rd place playoff Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 0–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Dortmund, Germany
(Report) Bounoua  
Gebhardt  

Competitions

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Bundesliga

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League table
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
13 Werder Bremen 34 10 8 16 41 47 −6 38 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[a]
14 Hansa Rostock 34 9 11 14 49 58 −9 38
15 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 9 10 15 44 54 −10 37
16 1. FC Nürnberg (R) 34 7 16 11 40 50 −10 37 Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
17 VfL Bochum (R) 34 7 8 19 40 65 −25 29
Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Werder Bremen won the DFB-Pokal (domestic cup) and thus qualified for the UEFA Cup.
Results summary
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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 9 10 15 44 54  −10 37 6 6 5 26 21  +5 3 4 10 18 33  −15
Results by round
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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
ResultLLDDLWDLLWDWWLLLLDLDLDDWLLLDLDWWWW
Position13161617181515151615151211111315151516151615151516161717171717161615
Source: kicker.de
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
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14 August 1998 (1998-08-14) 1 MSV Duisburg 2–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Duisburg, Germany
19:30 CEST Spies   18'
Hoersen   48'
(Report) Sobotzik   26' Stadium: Wedaustadion
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Fandel
22 August 1998 (1998-08-22) 2 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–3 TSV 1860 Munich Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST Schur   10'
Weber   54'
(Report) Borimirov   35'
Ouakili   61'
Winkler   76' (pen.)
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 37,500
Referee: Strampe
8 September 1998 (1998-09-08) 3 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Mönchengladbach, Germany
20:00 CEST Pettersson   89' (Report) Yang   69' Stadium: Bökelbergstadion
Attendance: 31,500
Referee: Kemmling
11 September 1998 (1998-09-11) 4 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–1 VfB Stuttgart Frankfurt, Germany
20:00 CEST Bindewald   74'  
Brinkmann   89' (pen.)
(Report) Balakov   72' Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 31,500
Referee: Aust
18 September 1998 (1998-09-18) 5 Hertha BSC 3–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Berlin, Germany
20:00 CEST Preetz   27', 55'
Tchami   81'
(Report) Yang   14' Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Zerr
27 September 1998 (1998-09-27) 6 Eintracht Frankfurt 3–2 1. FC Nürnberg Frankfurt, Germany
18:00 CEST Weber   20', 87'
Westerthaler   77'
(Report) Polunin   30'
Ćirić   86'
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Fröhlich
3 October 1998 (1998-10-03) 7 VfL Bochum 0–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Bochum, Germany
15:30 CEST (Report) Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 26,500
Referee: Dardenne
17 October 1998 (1998-10-17) 8 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–3 Bayer Leverkusen Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST Yang   23'
Schur   28'
(Report) Kirsten   54'
Kovač   75'
Reichenberger   85'
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Stark
24 October 1998 (1998-10-24) 9 VfL Wolfsburg 2–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Wolfsburg, Germany
15:30 CEST Ballwanz   11'
Juskowiak   90'
(Report) Stadium: VfL-Stadion
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Merk
31 October 1998 (1998-10-31) 10 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–0 Bayern Munich Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST Sobotzik   32' (Report) Jancker   61'   Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 58,500
Referee: Weber
7 November 1998 (1998-11-07) 11 Hansa Rostock 2–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Rostock, Germany
15:30 CEST Ehlers   44'
Pamić   67'
Lange   86'
(Report) Pedersen   26'
B Schneider   87'
Stadium: Ostseestadion
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Jansen
11 November 1998 (1998-11-11) 12 Eintracht Frankfurt 3–1 SC Freiburg Frankfurt, Germany
20:00 CEST B Schneider   12'
Epp   37'
Gebhardt   90'
(Report) Wassmer   23'
Weißhaupt   80'
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Gettke
14 November 1998 (1998-11-14) 13 Hamburger SV 0–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Hamburg, Germany
15:30 CEST (Report) Sobotzik   33' Stadium: Volksparkstadion
Attendance: 23,500
Referee: Zerr
20 November 1998 (1998-11-20) 14 Eintracht Frankfurt 0–2 Werder Bremen Frankfurt, Germany
20:00 CEST (Report) Herzog   47'
Bogdanović   72'
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 27,500
Referee: Steinborn
27 November 1998 (1998-11-27) 15 Borussia Dortmund 3–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Dortmund, Germany
20:00 CEST Chapuisat   13'
Salou   63'
Möller   75'
(Report) Weber   54' Stadium: Westfalenstadion
Attendance: 63,500
Referee: Berg
5 December 1998 (1998-12-05) 16 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–2 FC Schalke 04 Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST Fjørtoft   80' (Report) van Hoogdalem   21'
Kmetsch   38'
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Dardenne
12 December 1998 (1998-12-12) 17 1. FC Kaiserslautern 2–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Kaiserslautern, Germany
15:30 CEST Ballack   4'
Ramzy   90'
(Report) Stojak   73' Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Attendance: 41,500
Referee: Buchhart
19 December 1998 (1998-12-19) 18 Eintracht Frankfurt 0–0 MSV Duisburg Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST Hubchev   73'
Pedersen   84'  
(Report) Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Albrecht
20 February 1999 (1999-02-20) 19 TSV 1860 Munich 4–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Munich, Germany
15:30 CEST Borimirov   5'
Heldt   15'
Kurz   28'
Hobsch   45'
(Report) Westerthaler   69' Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Krug
27 February 1999 (1999-02-27) 20 Eintracht Frankfurt 0–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST (Report) Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Fröhlich
6 March 1999 (1999-03-06) 21 VfB Stuttgart 2–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Stuttgart, Germany
15:30 CEST Balakov   41'
Carnell   90'
(Report) Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 23,500
Referee: Fleischer
14 March 1999 (1999-03-14) 22 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–1 Hertha BSC Frankfurt, Germany
18:00 CEST Yang   73' (Report) Sverrisson   59' Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Aust
20 March 1999 (1999-03-20) 23 1. FC Nürnberg 2–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Nuremberg, Germany
15:30 CEST Yang   9', 62' (Report) Kuka   20'
Ćirić   79'
Stadium: Frankenstadion
Attendance: 34,500
Referee: Krug
4 April 1999 (1999-04-04) 24 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–0 VfL Bochum Frankfurt, Germany
18:00 CEST Fjørtoft   86' (Report) Michalke   82'   Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Koop
10 April 1999 (1999-04-10) 25 Bayer Leverkusen 2–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Leverkusen, Germany
15:30 CEST Kirsten   25', 29' (Report) Zampach   63' Stadium: Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion
Attendance: 22,500
Referee: Wack
13 April 1999 (1999-04-13) 26 Eintracht Frankfurt 0–1 VfL Wolfsburg Frankfurt, Germany
20:00 CEST (Report) Schur   5' (o.g.) Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 17,500
Referee: Stark
16 April 1999 (1999-04-16) 27 Bayern Munich 3–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Munich, Germany
20:00 CEST Bindewald   27' (o.g.)
Zickler   34'
Strunz   72'
(Report) Fjørtoft   80' Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 46,000
Referee: Jansen
24 April 1999 (1999-04-24) 28 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–2 Hansa Rostock Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST B Schneider   55'
Westerthaler   90'
(Report) Wibrån   42'
Agali   69'
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Heynemann
30 April 1999 (1999-04-30) 29 SC Freiburg 2–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Freiburg
20:00 CEST Ben Slimane   29'
Kobiashvili   49'
(Report) Stadium: Dreisamstadion
Attendance: 22,500
Referee: Merk
4 May 1999 (1999-05-04) 30 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–2 Hamburger SV Frankfurt, Germany
20:00 CEST Schur   24'
Yang   42'
(Report) Yeboah   73'
Hoogma   90'
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 23,500
Referee: Albrecht
7 May 1999 (1999-05-07) 31 Werder Bremen 1–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Bremen, Germany
20:00 CEST Bode   72' (Report) Schur   55'
Sobotzik   70'
Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 31,500
Referee: Fleischer
15 May 1999 (1999-05-15) 32 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–0 Borussia Dortmund Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST Fjørtoft   40'
Sobotzik   49'
(Report) Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Strampe
22 May 1999 (1999-05-22) 33 FC Schalke 04 2–3 Eintracht Frankfurt Gelsenkirchen, Germany
15:30 CEST Held   5'
Mandıralı   14'
(Report) Fjørtoft   24'
Sobotzik   54' (pen.)
Janßen   75'
Stadium: Parkstadion
Attendance: 51,500
Referee: Merk
29 May 1999 (1999-05-29) 34 Eintracht Frankfurt 5–1 1. FC Kaiserslautern Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST Yang   47'
Sobotzik   70'
Gebhardt   80'
B Schneider   82'
Fjørtoft   89'
(Report) Schjønberg   68' (pen.) Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 58,000
Referee: Jansen

DFB-Pokal

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30 August 1998 (1998-08-30) 1st Round Rot-Weiß Erfurt 1–6 Eintracht Frankfurt Erfurt, Germany
15:00 CEST Scheller   89' (Report) Sobotzik   44'
Pisont   61'
Yang   72'
Gebhardt   79'
Westerthaler   82', 85'
Stadium: Steigerwaldstadion
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Fröhlich
22 September 1998 (1998-09-22) 2nd Round VfB Stuttgart 3–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Stuttgart, Germany
19:30 CEST Đorđević   17'
Lisztes   45'
Spanring   90'
(Report) B Schneider   47', 50' Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Krug

Players

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First-team squad

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Squad at end of season[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   MKD Oka Nikolov[notes 1]
2 MF   GER Sascha Amstätter
3 DF   NGA Donald Agu
4 DF   NOR Tore Pedersen
5 DF   BUL Petar Hubchev
6 DF   GER Thomas Zampach
7 FW   GER Thomas Epp
8 MF   GER Ralf Weber
9 FW   NOR Jan Åge Fjørtoft
10 MF   POL Thomas Sobotzik
11 MF   GER Marco Gebhardt
12 GK   HUN Zsolt Petry
14 DF   GER Uwe Schneider
15 MF   GER Bernd Schneider
16 MF   GER Olaf Janßen
17 MF   HUN István Pisont
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF   GER Alexander Kutschera
19 MF   BRA Antônio da Silva
20 DF   GER Uwe Bindewald
21 FW   CHN Yang Chen
22 DF   TUR Burhanettin Kaymak
23 GK   GER Sven Schmitt
24 MF   GER Alexander Schur
26 FW   YUG Damir Stojak (on loan from Napoli)
29 MF   GER Frank Gerster
30 MF   AUT Christoph Westerthaler
31 FW   NGA Henry Nwosu
32 MF   GER Ansgar Brinkmann
33 MF   GER Alexander Lorenz
35 MF   MAR Mourad Bounoua[notes 2]
MF   GER Stefan Zinnow

Left club during season

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No. Pos. Nation Player
4 MF   GER Thorsten Flick (on loan to Napoli)
No. Pos. Nation Player
9 FW   SUI Urs Güntensperger (to Lausanne-Sport)

Eintracht Frankfurt II

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No. Pos. Nation Player
DF   CMR Jean-Paul Ndeki
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   GER Michael Mutzel

Under-19s

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No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   GER Jermaine Jones[notes 3]
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   GER Albert Streit[notes 4]

Under-17s

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No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   GER Daniel Haas

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Bundesliga DFB-Pokal
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   MKD Oka Nikolov 36 0 34 0 2 0
2 MF   GER Sascha Amstätter 2 0 2 0 0 0
4 MF   GER Thorsten Flick 1 0 1 0 0 0
4 DF   NOR Tore Pedersen 20 1 20 1 0 0
5 DF   BUL Petar Hubchev 28 0 27 0 1 0
6 MF   GER Thomas Zampach 22 1 20 1 2 0
7 FW   GER Thomas Epp 10 1 9 1 1 0
8 DF   GER Ralf Weber 22 4 20 4 2 0
9 FW   SUI Urs Güntensperger 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 FW   NOR Jan Åge Fjørtoft 17 6 17 6 0 0
10 MF   GER Thomas Sobotzik 31 8 30 7 1 1
11 MF   GER Marco Gebhardt 19 3 17 2 2 1
12 GK   HUN Zsolt Petry 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 DF   GER Uwe Schneider 9 0 9 0 0 0
15 MF   GER Bernd Schneider 35 6 33 4 2 2
16 MF   GER Olaf Janßen 16 1 16 1 0 0
17 DF   HUN István Pisont 19 1 17 0 2 1
18 DF   GER Alexander Kutschera 31 0 29 0 2 0
20 DF   GER Uwe Bindewald 34 0 32 0 2 0
21 FW   CHN Yang Chen 25 9 23 8 2 1
22 DF   TUR Burhanettin Kaymak 9 0 8 0 1 0
23 GK   GER Sven Schmitt 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 MF   GER Alexander Schur 32 4 30 4 2 0
25 MF   GER Alexander Rosen 1 0 1 0 0 0
26 FW   SCG Damir Stojak 9 1 9 1 0 0
29 MF   GER Frank Gerster 1 0 1 0 0 0
30 FW   AUT Christoph Westerthaler 29 5 27 3 2 2
31 MF   NGA Henry Nwosu 4 0 4 0 0 0
32 MF   GER Ansgar Brinkmann 31 1 29 1 2 0
35 MF   MAR Mourad Bounoua 7 0 7 0 0 0
36 MF   GER Stefan Zinnow 1 0 1 0 0 0

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Winter

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Notes

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  1. ^ Nikolov was born in Erbach im Odenwald, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Macedonia (now North Macedonia) internationally and made his international debut for Macedonia in September 1998.
  2. ^ Bounoua was born in Mulhouse, France, but also qualified to represent Morocco internationally and made his international debut for Morocco in 1998.
  3. ^ Jones was born in Frankfurt, West Germany (now Germany), and represented Germany at U-20, U-21 and B level before making his international debut for Germany in 2008, but also qualified to represent the United States internationally through his father and made his international debut for the United States in October 2010.
  4. ^ Streit was born in Bucharest, Romania, but was raised in Germany and represented Germany at U-16, U-17, U-18 and B level.

References

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  1. ^ Bundesliga history: when Fjortoft wrote his name in Frankfurt folklore (in English) accessed: 16 May 2016
  2. ^ "FootballSquads - Eintracht Frankfurt - 1998/99".

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