1996–97 Eintracht Frankfurt season

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
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

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.

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	Qualification or relegation
1	1. FC Kaiserslautern (C) (P)	34	19	11	4	74	28	+46	68	Promotion to Bundesliga
2	VfL Wolfsburg (P)	34	14	16	4	52	29	+23	58
3	Hertha BSC (P)	34	17	7	10	57	38	+19	58
4	Mainz 05	34	14	12	8	50	34	+16	54
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 05	34	13	5	16	46	44	+2	44
10	SV Meppen	34	10	14	10	44	48	−4	44
11	Fortuna Köln	34	11	9	14	52	47	+5	42
12	Carl Zeiss Jena	34	9	15	10	44	49	−5	42
13	FC Gütersloh	34	12	9	13	43	51	−8	45
14	FSV Zwickau	34	12	6	16	34	48	−14	42
15	Waldhof Mannheim (R)	34	10	10	14	45	56	−11	40	Relegation to Regionalliga
16	VfB Lübeck (R)	34	8	12	14	32	53	−21	36
17	Rot-Weiss Essen (R)	34	8	5	21	47	74	−27	29
18	VfB Oldenburg (R)	34	6	9	19	33	67	−34	27

Source: Bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
VfB Lübeck, and VfB Oldenburg were relegated to Regionalliga Nord. Waldhof Mannheim was relegated to Regionalliga Süd. Rot-Weiss Essen was relegeated to Regionalliga Südwest.
(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 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
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

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		Oka Nikolov	33	0	31	0	2	0
2	DF		Uwe Bindewald	32	1	30	1	2	0
3	DF		Ralf Weber	2	1	2	1	0	0
4	DF		Dietmar Roth	29	0	27	0	2	0
5	DF		Kakhaber Tskhadadze	10	1	9	0	1	1
5	DF		Petar Hubchev	12	0	12	0	0	0
6	DF		Mirko Dickhaut	33	2	31	2	2	0
7	FW		Matthias Becker	30	5	28	5	2	0
8	MF		Rudi Bommer	14	1	14	1	0	0
9	FW		Urs Güntensperger	31	8	29	7	2	1
10	MF		Maurizio Gaudino	34	10	32	9	2	1
11	FW		Johnny Ekström	20	7	18	5	2	2
12	MF		René Beuchel	20	0	19	0	1	0
13	MF		Matthias Dworschak	13	0	11	0	2	0
14	DF		Marco Rossi	15	0	14	0	1	0
15	MF		Timo Reuter	10	1	8	1	2	0
17	MF		Oliver Bunzenthal	5	0	5	0	0	0
18	MF		Steffen Menze	12	1	10	1	2	0
18	DF		Alexander Kutschera	15	0	15	0	0	0
19	MF		Michael König	2	0	2	0	0	0
20	DF		Zvezdan Pejović	16	0	14	0	2	0
21	MF		Slobodan Komljenović	28	1	27	1	1	0
22	MF		Thorsten Flick	16	0	16	0	0	0
23	GK		Sven Schmitt	3	0	3	0	0	0
24	MF		Alexander Schur	20	3	20	3	0	0
27	MF		Carsten Hennig	3	0	3	0	0	0
29	MF		Oscar Corrochano	1	0	1	0	0	0
30	MF		Olaf Janßen	7	1	7	1	0	0
31	MF		Michael Guht	21	1	21	1	0	0
32	MF		Patrick Glöckner	9	0	9	0	0	0

External links

• Official English Eintracht website
• German archive site
• 1996–97 Bundesliga season at Fussballdaten.de (German)