2011–12 Eintracht Frankfurt season

Eintracht Frankfurt

2011–12 season
Chairman	Heribert Bruchhagen
Manager	Armin Veh
2. Bundesliga	2nd
DFB-Pokal	2nd round
Top goalscorer	League: Alexander Meier (17) All: Alexander Meier (17)
Highest home attendance	50,800 29 April 2012 v TSV 1860 München (league)
Lowest home attendance	16,500 25 July 2011 v St. Pauli (league) (limited capacity due to a league judgement)
Average home league attendance	38,118 (league)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 season is Eintracht Frankfurt's 112th season and their 1st season in the 2. Bundesliga after being relegated from the Bundesliga for the 4th time.

The 2011–12 season sees Eintracht play local rival FSV Frankfurt in a league match for the first time in almost 50 years. The last league game between the two had been played on 27 January 1962, then in the Oberliga Süd. For the first of the two matches, FSV's home game on 21 August 2011, the decision was made to move to Eintracht's stadium as FSV's Volksbankstadion only holds less than 11,000 spectators and in excess of 40,000 spectators were expected for the game. The game, held in front of over 50,000 spectators, ended in a 4-0 victory for Eintracht.

Transfers

Summer transfers in Marcos Alvarez from FC Bayern Munich II Bamba Anderson loaned from Borussia Mönchengladbach Stefan Bell loaned from Mainz 05, was previously loaned to TSV 1860 München Habib Bellaïd loan return from CS Sedan Constant Djakpa from Bayer Leverkusen, was previously loaned to Hannover 96 Julian Dudda from Eintracht Frankfurt U19 Rob Friend from Hertha BSC Erwin Hoffer from loaned from Napoli, was previously loaned to 1. FC Kaiserslautern Mohammadou Idrissou from Borussia Mönchengladbach Thomas Kessler loaned from 1. FC Köln, was previously loaned to FC St. Pauli Ümit Korkmaz loan return from VfL Bochum Matthias Lehmann from FC St. Pauli Karim Matmour from Borussia Mönchengladbach Nikola Petković loan return from Al-Ahli Gordon Schildenfeld from SK Sturm Graz Tristan Long from Eintracht Frankfurt U23

Summer transfers out Halil Altıntop to Trabzonspor Ioannis Amanatidis to unknown Zlatan Bajramović retired Chris to VfL Wolfsburg Ralf Fährmann to FC Schalke 04 Martin Fenin to Energie Cottbus Maik Franz to Hertha BSC Marcel Heller to Dynamo Dresden Kevin Kraus to SpVgg Greuther Fürth Andreas Rössl to FC Ismaning Marco Russ to VfL Wolfsburg Patrick Ochs to VfL Wolfsburg Nikola Petković to Red Star Belgrade Aleksandar Vasoski to AO Kavala

Winter transfers in Mohammed Abu loaned from Manchester City, was previously loaned to Strømsgodset IF Martin Amedick from 1. FC Kaiserslautern Heiko Butscher from SC Freiburg

Winter transfers out Mohammed Abu loan return to Manchester City and passed on to Strømsgodset IF Stefan Bell loan return to Mainz 05 Ricardo Clark loaned to Stabæk IF Theofanis Gekas to Samsunspor Georgios Tzavelas to AS Monaco

Results

Home team	Score	Away team	Additional information Pre-season matches
Senica 1 – 2 Eintracht Frankfurt Smetana  44' Fenin  52' Rode  90' Report Report link Date 19 June 2011 Kick off 18:30 CET Stadium Sportplatz, St. Ulrich, Austria Attendance 500 Competition Friendly
Košice 1 – 5 Eintracht Frankfurt Karaš  79' Hoffer  6' Meier  44' Caio  59' Fenin  71' (pen.) Djakpa  78' Report Report link Date 22 June 2011 Kick off 18:30 CET Stadium Sportzentrum Aug, Seekirchen, Austria Attendance 150 Competition Friendly
1. FC Eschborn 1 – 5 Eintracht Frankfurt Wade  74' Meier  22' Caio  39' Caio  42' Gekas  60' Alvarez  62' Report Report link Date 29 June 2011 Kick off 18:30 CET Stadium Heinrich-Graf-Sportanlage, Eschborn Attendance 3,000 Competition Friendly
Young Boys 1 – 3 Eintracht Frankfurt Silberbauer  67' (pen.) Caio  41' (pen.) Meier  72' Fenin  73' Report Report link Date 2 July 2011 Kick off 15:30 CET Stadium Liebefeld, Köniz, Switzerland Attendance 2,900 Competition Friendly
Waldhof Mannheim 0 – 4 Eintracht Frankfurt Meier  21' Rode  23' Hoffer  40' Gekas  86' Report Report link Date 8 July 2011 Kick off 18:30 CET Stadium Carl-Benz-Stadion, Mannheim Competition Friendly League matches
SpVgg Greuther Fürth 2 – 3 Eintracht Frankfurt Nöthe  20' Nöthe  44' Meier  56' Meier  64' Matmour  89' Report Report link Date 15 July 2011 Kick off 20:30 CET Stadium Trolli Arena, Fürth Attendance 14,200 Competition 2. Bundesliga (day 1)
Eintracht Frankfurt 1 – 1 FC St. Pauli Meier  78' Bartels  38' Report Report link Date 25 July 2011 Kick off 20:15 CET Stadium Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt Attendance 16,500 (limited capacity due to a league judgement) Competition 2. Bundesliga (day 2) Domestic Cup
Hallescher FC 0 – 2 Eintracht Frankfurt Gekas  85' (pen.) Gekas  90' Report Report link Date 30 July 2011 Kick off 15:30 CET Stadium Stadion im Bildungszentrum, Halle Attendance 2,800 Competition DFB-Pokal League matches
Eintracht Braunschweig 0 – 3 Eintracht Frankfurt Köhler  3' Meier  83' Meier  85' Report Report link Date 7 August 2011 Kick off 13:30 CET Stadium Eintracht-Stadion, Braunschweig Attendance 23,400 Competition 2. Bundesliga (day 3)
Eintracht Frankfurt 1 – 1 Fortuna Düsseldorf Jung  3' Meier  89' Beister  54' Report Report link Date 15 August 2011 Kick off 20:15 CET Stadium Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt Attendance 42,000 Competition 2. Bundesliga (day 4)
FSV Frankfurt 0 – 4 Eintracht Frankfurt Rode  17' Gekas  31' (pen.) Köhler  40' Köhler  89' Report Report link Date 21 August 2011 Kick off 13:30 CET Stadium Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt Attendance 50,250 Competition 2. Bundesliga (day 5) Test match
SG Huttengrund 0 – 2 Eintracht Frankfurt Alvarez Hoffer Match abandoned after 10 minutes due to severe weather Report Report link Date 24 August 2011 Kick off 18:00 CET Stadium Sportplatz, Bad Soden-Salmünster Attendance 2,200 Competition Friendly League matches
Eintracht Frankfurt 0 – 0 SC Paderborn Report Report link Date 28 August 2011 Kick off 13:30 CET Stadium Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt Attendance 34,200 Competition 2. Bundesliga (day 6) Test match
KSV Baunatal 1 – 7 Eintracht Frankfurt Frerking  70' Idrissou  25' Friend  32' Idrissou  60' Gekas  65' Gekas  77' Friend  81' Friend  85' Report Report link Date 3 September 2011 Kick off 15:00 CET Stadium Parkstadion, Baunatal Attendance 1,200 Competition Friendly League matches
Energie Cottbus 3 – 3 Eintracht Frankfurt Rangelov  10' Rangelov  50' Adlung  70' Friend  66' Korkmaz  72' Idrissou  89' Report Report link Date 10 September 2011 Kick off 13:00 CET Stadium Stadion der Freundschaft, Cottbus Attendance 13,520 Competition 2. Bundesliga (day 7)
Eintracht Frankfurt 4 – 1 Hansa Rostock Idrissou  2' Meier  52' Idrissou  56' Djakpa  90' Jänicke  71' Report Report link Date 16 September 2011 Kick off 18:00 CET Stadium Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt Attendance 38,500 Competition 2. Bundesliga (day 8) Test match
Germania Großkrotzenburg 1 – 6 Eintracht Frankfurt Capone  5' Hoffer  13' Lehmann  47' Gekas  61' Korkmaz  75' Bell  79' Gekas  80' Report Report link Date 21 September 2011 Kick off 17:30 CET Stadium Oberwaldstadion, Großkrotzenburg Attendance 2,000 Competition Friendly League matches
Dynamo Dresden 1 – 4 Eintracht Frankfurt Fiél  31' Gekas  35' Gekas  40' Idrissou  84' Idrissou  87' Report Report link Date 26 September 2011 Kick off 20:15 CET Stadium Glücksgas Stadium, Dresden Attendance 28,976 Competition 2. Bundesliga (day 9)
Eintracht Frankfurt 3 – 1 Union Berlin Gekas  30' Meier  38' Hoffer  90' Quiring  75' Report Report link Date 30 September 2011 Kick off 18:00 CET Stadium Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt Attendance 35,100 Competition 2. Bundesliga (day 10) Test match
SG Huttengrund 0 – 18 Eintracht Frankfurt Schwegler  7' Caio  12' Friend  15' Friend  16' Hoffer  23' Caio  28' Hoffer  34' Köhler  38' Friend  41' Belegu  48' Bellaïd  51' Hoffer  53' Ehlert  61' Caio  62' Hoffer  74' Friend  81' Ehlert  83' Friend  86' Report Report link Date 7 October 2011 Kick off 17:00 CET Stadium Sportplatz, Bad Soden-Salmünster Attendance 1,700 Competition Friendly League matches
VfL Bochum 0 – 2 Eintracht Frankfurt Acquistapace  16' (o.g.) Köhler  36' Report Report link Date 14 October 2011 Kick off 18:00 CET Stadium Ruhrstadion, Bochum Attendance 20,132 Competition 2. Bundesliga (day 11)
Eintracht Frankfurt 3 – 0 MSV Duisburg Hoffer  35' Hoffer  53' Meier  65' Report Report link Date 23 October 2011 Kick off 13:30 CET Stadium Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt Attendance 39,900 Competition 2. Bundesliga (day 12) Domestic Cup
Eintracht Frankfurt 0 – 0 0–1 (a.e.t.) 1. FC Kaiserslautern Sukuta-Pasu  119' Report Report link Date 26 October 2011 Kick off 20:30 CET Stadium Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt Attendance 46,000 Competition DFB-Pokal League matches
FC Ingolstadt 1 – 1 Eintracht Frankfurt Leitl  73' Matmour  90' Report Report link Date 30 October 2011 Kick off 13:30 CET Stadium Audi Sportpark, Ingolstadt Attendance 9,843 Competition 2. Bundesliga (day 13)
Erzgebirge Aue 1 – 2 Eintracht Frankfurt König  45' Lachheb  74' Hoffer  40' Idrissou  86' Report Report link Date 7 November 2011 Kick off 20:15 CET Stadium Erzgebirgsstadion, Aue Attendance 8,600 Competition 2. Bundesliga (day 14)
Eintracht Frankfurt 4 – 3 Alemannia Aachen Idrissou  9' Köhler  12' Hoffer  81' Matmour  89' Auer  78' Radu  82' Demai  87' Report Report link Date 20 November 2011 Kick off 13:30 CET Stadium Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt Attendance 38,500 Competition 2. Bundesliga (day 15)
1860 München 2 – 1 Eintracht Frankfurt Rakić  1' Volland  67' Gekas  90' Report Report link Date 26 November 2011 Kick off 13:00 CET Stadium Allianz Arena, Munich Attendance 30,660 Competition 2. Bundesliga (day 16)
Eintracht Frankfurt 2 – 0 Karlsruher SC Gekas  1' Gekas  66' Report Report link Date 3 December 2011 Kick off 13:00 CET Stadium Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt Attendance 37,100 Competition 2. Bundesliga (day 17)
Eintracht Frankfurt 0 – 0 SpVgg Greuther Fürth Report Report link Date 12 December 2011 Kick off 20:15 CET Stadium Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt Attendance 35,500 Competition 2. Bundesliga (day 18)
FC St. Pauli 2 – 0 Eintracht Frankfurt Morena  32' Kruse  68' Report Report link Date 19 December 2011 Kick off 20:15 CET Stadium Millerntor-Stadion, Hamburg Attendance 24,487 Competition 2. Bundesliga (day 19) Indoor soccer tournament
Eintracht Frankfurt 3 – 3 1899 Hoffenheim Bell Bell A Jung Report Report link Date 5 January 2011 Kick off 18:15 CET Stadium SAP Arena, Mannheim Attendance 12,000 Competition Indoor soccer (Hessen Cup)
Eintracht Frankfurt 1 – 6 VfL Wolfsburg Alvarez Report Report link Date 5 January 2010 Kick off 20:03 CET Stadium SAP Arena, Mannheim Attendance 12,000 Competition Indoor soccer (Hessen Cup) Indoor soccer tournament
Eintracht Frankfurt 1 – 2 Alemannia Aachen Report Report link Date 6 January 2012 Kick off 18:39 CET Stadium Ballsporthalle, Frankfurt Attendance 5,000 Competition Indoor soccer (Hessen Cup)
Eintracht Frankfurt 3 – 3 Kickers Offenbach Report Report link Date 6 January 2012 Kick off 19:33 CET Stadium Ballsporthalle, Frankfurt Attendance 5,000 Competition Indoor soccer (Hessen Cup) Test matches
Eintracht Frankfurt 3 – 0 VfR Aalen Meier  7' Schwegler  82' Kittel  84' Report Report link Date 13 January 2012 Kick off 16:00 CET Stadium Training pitch at Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt Attendance closed session Competition Friendly
Qatar under-23 0 – 1 Eintracht Frankfurt Hoffer  48' Report Report link Date 19 January 2012 Kick off 17:45 AST Stadium Transpire Arena, Doha, Qatar Attendance 70 Competition Friendly
Aspire Intl XI 0 – 6 Eintracht Frankfurt Matmour  9' Jung  13' Lehmann  16' Caio  17' Matmour  43' Hoffer  59' Report Report link Date 22 January 2012 Kick off 17:30 AST Stadium ?, Doha, Qatar Attendance 27 Competition Friendly
Eintracht Frankfurt 0 – 1 Lausanne-Sport Prijović  42' Report Report link Date 29 January 2012 Kick off 14:00 AST Stadium Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt Attendance 8,000 Competition Friendly League matches
Eintracht Frankfurt 2 – 1 Eintracht Braunschweig Meier  11' Meier  22' Kruppke  5' Date 5 February 2012 Kick off 13:30 CET Stadium Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt Attendance 36,200 rep=http://www.eintracht.de/english/news/36891/ Competition 2. Bundesliga (day 20)
Fortuna Düsseldorf 1 – 1 Eintracht Frankfurt Langeneke  90' (pen.) Rösler  90' Köhler  69' Report Report link Date 13 February 2012 Kick off 20:15 CET Stadium Esprit Arena, Düsseldorf Attendance 41,213 Competition 2. Bundesliga (day 21)
Eintracht Frankfurt 6 – 1 FSV Frankfurt Matmour  14' Matmour  33' Meier  61' Kittel  67' Hoffer  70' Matmour  79' Mitsanski  68' Report Report link Date 18 February 2012 Kick off 13:00 CET Stadium Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt Attendance 40,700 Competition 2. Bundesliga (day 22)
SC Paderborn 4 – 2 Eintracht Frankfurt Proschwitz  6' Kara  18' Rupp  58' Wemmer  64' Köhler  26' Meier  42' Report Report link Date 26 February 2012 Kick off 13:30 CET Stadium Energieteam Arena, Paderborn Attendance 15,000 Competition 2. Bundesliga (day 23)
Eintracht Frankfurt 1 – 0 Energie Cottbus Hoffer  69' Report Report link Date 4 March 2012 Kick off 13:30 CET Stadium Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt Attendance 33,900 Competition 2. Bundesliga (day 24) Test matches
Eintracht Frankfurt 6 – 0 Rot-Weiss Frankfurt Schwegler  2' Idrissou  13' Butscher  33' Idrissou  44' Korkmaz  77' Friend  83' Report Report link Date 7 March 2012 Kick off 15:30 CET Stadium Training pitch at Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt Attendance 300 Competition Friendly League matches
Hansa Rostock 1 – 5 Eintracht Frankfurt R. Müller  63' Köhler  13' Schildenfeld  42' Kittel  77' Rode  84' Idrissou  87' Report Report link Date 11 March 2012 Kick off 13:30 CET Stadium DKB-Arena, Rostock Attendance 13,300 Competition 2. Bundesliga (day 25)
Eintracht Frankfurt 3 – 0 Dynamo Dresden Meier  3' Schuppan  14' (og.) Idrissou  34' Report Report link Date 16 March 2012 Kick off 18:00 CET Stadium Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt Attendance 37,100 (Away supporters officially banned) Competition 2. Bundesliga (day 26) Test matches
TSG Neu-Isenburg 1 – 6 Eintracht Frankfurt Peters  69' (pen.) Friend  12' Hoffer  48' Caio  51' (pen.) Matmour  65' Bellaïd  74' Hoffer  80' Report Report link Date 21 March 2012 Kick off 18:30 CET Stadium Sportpark Neu-Isenburg, Neu-Isenburg Attendance 1,000 Competition Friendly League matches
Union Berlin 0 – 4 Eintracht Frankfurt Idrissou  9' Hoffer  57' Meier  73' Meier  89' Report Report link Date 26 March 2012 Kick off 20:15 CET Stadium Stadion An der Alten Försterei, Berlin Attendance 16,589 (Away supporters officially banned) Competition 2. Bundesliga (day 27)
Eintracht Frankfurt 3 – 0 VfL Bochum Idrissou  18' Meier  32' Hoffer  35' Report Report link Date 30 March 2012 Kick off 18:00 CET Stadium Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt Attendance 39,300 Competition 2. Bundesliga (day 28) Test matches
FC Bierstadt 0 – 11 Eintracht Frankfurt Schaaf  2' Pokar  4' Lehmann  7' (pen.) Caio  16' Caio  21' Kittel  27' (pen.) Friend  31' Lehmann  41' Soriano  65' Nazarov  71' Soriano  89' Report Report link Date 3 April 2012 Kick off 18:00 CET Stadium Helmut-Schön-Sportpark, Wiesbaden Attendance 2,500 Competition Friendly League matches
MSV Duisburg 2 – 0 Eintracht Frankfurt Šukalo  44' Bruno Soares  52' Report Report link Date 7 April 2012 Kick off 13:00 CET Stadium Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena, Duisburg Attendance 19,027 Competition 2. Bundesliga (day 29)
Eintracht Frankfurt 1 – 1 FC Ingolstadt Idrissou  49' Akaïchi  71' Report Report link Date 11 April 2012 Kick off 17:30 CET Stadium Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt Attendance 38,000 Competition 2. Bundesliga (day 30)
Eintracht Frankfurt 4 – 0 Erzgebirge Aue Meier  28' Kittel  44' Jung  54' Köhler  83' Report Report link Date 14 April 2012 Kick off 13:00 CET Stadium Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt Attendance 46,600 Competition 2. Bundesliga (day 31) Test matches
Kelsterbach XI 0 – 8 Eintracht Frankfurt Korkmaz  10' Friend  28' Caio  43' Amin  48' Friend  65' Wolfert  73' Nazarov  75' Friend  78' Report Report link Date 17 April 2012 Kick off 17:30 CET Stadium Sportpark Kelsterbach, Kelsterbach Attendance 1,000 Competition Friendly League matches
Alemannia Aachen 0 – 3 Eintracht Frankfurt Idrissou  45' Idrissou  47' Olajengbesi  73' Report Report link Date 23 April 2012 Kick off 20:15 CET Stadium Tivoli, Aachen Attendance 27,942 Competition 2. Bundesliga (day 32)
Eintracht Frankfurt 0 – 2 1860 München Djakpa  65' S Jung  17' (o.g.) Vallori  21' Report Report link Date 29 April 2012 Kick off 13:30 CET Stadium Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt Attendance 50,800 Competition 2. Bundesliga (day 33)
Karlsruher SC 1 – 0 Eintracht Frankfurt Charalambous  9' Report Report link Date 6 May 2012 Kick off 13:30 CET Stadium Wildparkstadion, Karlsruhe Attendance 26,780 Competition 2. Bundesliga (day 34) Test matches
Eintracht Wetzlar 0 – 7 Eintracht Frankfurt Butscher  8' Idrissou  39' Caio  42' Idrissou  49' Friend  55' Caio  73' Köhler  84' Date 8 May 2012 Kick off 18:30 CET Stadium Stadion Wetzlar, Wetzlar Attendance 1,500 Competition Friendly
SpVgg Hainstadt 0 – 13 Eintracht Frankfurt Wolfert  12' Caio  17' Köhler  34' Anderson Bamba  45' Streker  50' Friend  51' Wolfert  67' Matmour  68' Friend  69' Friend  73' Friend  83' Pokar  88' Wolfert  90' Date 9 May 2012 Kick off 18:00 CET Stadium Sportzentrum Am Katzenfeld, Hainburg Attendance 1,000 Competition Friendly
TSV Holzhausen 2 – 17 Eintracht Frankfurt Mergard  45' Kumpe  78' Friend  3' Wolfert  17' Friend  20' Caio  21' Caio  27' Caio  30' Pokar  37' Wolfert  43' Amedick  47' Wolfert  49' Caio  59' Caio  61' Meier  63' Wolfert  80' Wolfert  88' Djakpa  90' Kühn  91' Date 10 May 2012 Kick off 18:00 CET Stadium Bernhardt-Vocke-Sportzentrum, Immenhausen Attendance 2,000 Competition Friendly

Source:
Notes: * Fixture date not yet fixed
a.e.t. = after extra time; agg. = aggregation score; pen. = decision by penalties.

Sources

• Official English Eintracht website
• Eintracht-Archiv.de
• Eintracht Frankfurt on the kicker sports magazine