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Eintracht Frankfurt II

Eintracht Frankfurt II is the reserve team of Eintracht Frankfurt. Formerly known as Eintracht Frankfurt Amateure (Amateurs) until 2005 the team played as U23 (Under 23) to emphasize the character of the team as a link between youth academy and pro team.

Eintracht Frankfurt II
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Full nameEintracht Frankfurt II
Nickname(s)Amas (Amateurs),
U23,
Die Adler (Eagles),
SGE (Sportgemeinschaft Eintracht)
Founded1899
2022; 2 years ago (2022)
Dissolved2014
GroundSportpark Dreieich, Dreieich
Capacity2,530
ChairmanPeter Fischer
ManagerKristjan Glibo
LeagueHessenliga

The traditional home ground was the Riederwaldstadion but for safety purposes the team was forced to play at Bornheimer Hang. The ground was actually renovated for local rival FSV Frankfurt but since their unexpected promotion to the 2. Bundesliga and the stricter home ground requirements FSV used to play at Eintracht's actual stadium while the SGE reserves play at their home. From 2009 to 2014 both teams, FSV and Eintracht U23 played at Bornheimer Hang.

Since its re-establishment, the team plays at Sportpark Dreieich.

The squad was frequently supported by Ultras Frankfurt, especially when playing derby matches against Darmstadt and Kassel, both home and away.

History edit

Eintracht Frankfurt Amateure first played at highest level in Hesse when it earned promotion to the Amateurliga Hessen in 1969, winning the league in its first attempt in 1969–70. The team played in this league, renamed to Amateur-Oberliga Hessen in 1978, for the next 26 seasons, with three runners-up finishes in 1978, 1983 and 1995 as its best results after the 1970 championship. The last of those three allowed the club promotion to the Regionalliga Süd, newly formed the year before. The team lasted for only one season before dropping back to what was now the Oberliga Hessen but won promotion again in 2002. Again it played in the Regionalliga for only one season but in 2008 it qualified for the new Regionalliga Südwest, where it played for six seasons until 2014.[1]

In April 2014, the club board of Eintracht Frankfurt decided to withdraw the U23 team from league operations, as was FSV Frankfurt II and Bayer 04 Leverkusen II, after a ruling by the DFL allowed all Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga clubs to freely choose whether or not to operate an under-23 reserve team. Previous to that such teams had been compulsory.[2]

On 14 February 2022 Eintracht Frankfurt applied to have a reserves team to be re-admitted to the 5th tier Hessenliga for the 2022–23 season.[3]

On 21 February the Hessian Football Association approved the incorporation of the Eintracht reserves team into the Hessenliga. [4] The team will play at the Hahn Air Sportpark in Dreieich.

The team winning the league in its first attempt in 2022–23.

Current squad edit

As of 3 February 2024[5]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF   GER Elias Baum
3 DF   GER Louis Kolbe
4 DF   GER Dario Gebuhr
5 DF   GER Fynn Otto
6 MF   GER Harpreet Ghotra
7 MF   COD Phinees Bonianga
8 MF   CRO Daniel Dejanović
9 FW   ESP Nacho Ferri
10 MF   GER Mehdi Loune
11 DF   GER Maximilian Brauburger
12 GK   GER Yurij Obert
18 FW   GER Daniel Starodid
19 DF   GER Ben-Luca Fisher
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF   CRO Dominik Crljenec
22 MF   GER Dritan Maqkaj
23 DF   GER Max Hauswirth
25 FW   GER Noel Futkeu
26 MF   GER Nino Cassaniti
27 MF   GER Max Müller
29 DF   COD Arthur Inaka
30 MF   GER Jakob Bookjans
31 GK   GER Maximilian Krapf
34 DF   ECU Davis Bautista
— GK   GER Elias Derwein
— GK   GER Luke Gauer
— DF   GER Hüseyin Bakırsu

Famous players edit

Managers edit

The recent managers of the club:[6]

Honours edit

The club's honours:

Recent seasons edit

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:[1][7]

Season Division Tier Position
2002–03 Regionalliga Süd III 18↓
2003–04 Oberliga Hessen IV 10
2004–05 Oberliga Hessen 12
2005–06 Oberliga Hessen 11
2006–07 Oberliga Hessen 5
2007–08 Oberliga Hessen 4↑
2008–09 Regionalliga Süd 3
2009–10 Regionalliga Süd 8
2010–11 Regionalliga Süd 6
2011–12 Regionalliga Süd 3
2012–13 Regionalliga Südwest 15
2013–14 Regionalliga Südwest 12
2022–23 Hessenliga V 1↑
  • With the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 and the 3. Liga in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier. In 2012, the number of Regionalligas was increased from three to five with all Regionalliga Süd clubs except the Bavarian ones entering the new Regionalliga Südwest.

Key edit

↑ Promoted ↓ Relegated

References edit

  1. ^ a b Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv Archived 2017-10-04 at the Wayback Machine (in German) Historical German domestic league tables
  2. ^ Eintracht Frankfurt meldet U23-Team ab Archived 2014-04-30 at the Wayback Machine (in German) weltfussball.de, published: 6 April 2014, accessed: 22 May 2014
  3. ^ Application for new reserve team Archived 2022-02-15 at the Wayback Machine (in English) eintracht.de, published: 14 February 2022, accessed: 14 February 2022
  4. ^ HFV incorporates reserve team into Hesse league Archived 2023-07-22 at the Wayback Machine (in English) eintracht.de, published: 21 February 2022, accessed: 21 February 2022
  5. ^ "Die U21 Kader". Eintracht Frankfurt (in German). Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  6. ^ Eintracht Frankfurt II .:. Trainer von A-Z Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine (in German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 23 December 2011
  7. ^ Fussball.de - Ergebnisse Archived 2011-05-18 at the Wayback Machine (in German) Tables and results of all German football leagues

External links edit

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