1998–99 Eintracht Frankfurt season

Eintracht Frankfurt
1998-99 season
Chairman Rolf Heller
Manager Horst 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)
Bundesliga 15th
DFB-Pokal 2nd Round
Top goalscorer League: Yang Chen (8)
All: Yang Chen (9)
Highest home attendance 58,500 31 October 1998 v Bayern Munich (league)
Lowest home attendance 17,000 19 December 1998 v MSV Duisburg (league)
Average home league attendance 23,647
Home colours
Away colours

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 2012.

The season ended in one the most exciting final match days 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 at the last match day. The match ended 5-1 and in the consequence 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]

Friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Indoor soccer tournaments

Münster

Frankfurt

Dortmund

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Bundesliga

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Bayern Munich (C) 34 24 6 4 76 28 +48 78 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League First group stage
2 Bayer Leverkusen 34 17 12 5 61 30 +31 63
3 Hertha BSC 34 18 8 8 59 32 +27 62 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4 Borussia Dortmund 34 16 9 9 48 34 +14 57
5 1. FC Kaiserslautern 34 17 6 11 51 47 +4 57 1999–2000 UEFA Cup First round
6 VfL Wolfsburg 34 15 10 9 54 49 +5 55
7 Hamburger SV 34 13 11 10 47 46 +1 50 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
8 MSV Duisburg 34 13 10 11 48 45 +3 49 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round
9 1860 Munich 34 11 8 15 49 56 −7 41
10 Schalke 04 34 10 11 13 41 54 −13 41
11 VfB Stuttgart 34 9 12 13 41 48 −7 39
12 SC Freiburg 34 10 9 15 36 44 −8 39
13 Werder Bremen 34 10 8 16 41 47 −6 38 1999–2000 UEFA Cup First round 1
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 2. Fußball-Bundesliga
17 VfL Bochum (R) 34 7 8 19 40 65 −25 29
18 Borussia Mönchengladbach (R) 34 4 9 21 41 79 −38 21

Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1Werder Bremen won the DFB-Pokal (domestic cup) and thus qualified for the UEFA Cup.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
34 9 10 15 44 54  −10 37 6 6 5 26 21  +5 3 4 10 18 33  −15

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
ResultLLDDLWDLLWDWWLLLLDLDLDDWLLLDLDWWWW
Position13161617181515151615151211111315151516151615151516161717171717161615

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

Matches

DFB-Pokal

Squad

Squad and statistics

No. Pos Nat Player TotalBundesligaDFB-Pokal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Republic of Macedonia Oka Nikolov 36034020
2 MF Germany Sascha Amstätter 202000
4 MF Germany Thorsten Flick 101000
4 DF Norway Tore Pedersen 20120100
5 DF Bulgaria Petar Hubchev 28027010
6 MF Germany Thomas Zampach 22120120
7 FW Germany Thomas Epp 1019110
8 DF Germany Ralf Weber 22420420
9 FW Switzerland Urs Güntensperger 000000
9 FW Norway Jan Åge Fjørtoft 17617600
10 MF Germany Thomas Sobotzik 31830711
11 MF Germany Marco Gebhardt 19317221
12 GK Hungary Zsolt Petry 000000
14 DF Germany Uwe Schneider 909000
15 MF Germany Bernd Schneider 35633422
16 MF Germany Olaf Janßen 16116100
17 DF Hungary István Pisont 19117021
18 DF Germany Alexander Kutschera 31029020
20 DF Germany Uwe Bindewald 34032020
21 FW China Yang Chen 25923821
22 DF Turkey Burhanettin Kaymak 908010
23 GK Germany Sven Schmitt 000000
24 MF Germany Alexander Schur 32430420
25 MF Germany Alexander Rosen 101000
26 FW Serbia and Montenegro Damir Stojak 919100
29 MF Germany Frank Gerster 101000
30 FW Austria Christoph Westerthaler 29527322
31 MF Nigeria Henry Nwosu 404000
32 MF Germany Ansgar Brinkmann 31129120
35 MF Morocco Mourad Bounoua 707000
36 MF Germany Stefan Zinnow 101000

Transfers

Summer

Winter

Notes

    References

    1. ↑ Bundesliga history: when Fjortoft wrote his name in Frankfurt folklore (in English) accessed: 16 May 2016

    Sources

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