Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mumwaka wa2016<unk>17, Frankfurt yakakwanisa kupedzisa pakati petafura pachinzvimbo chegumi neimwe, pamwe nekusvika mu2017 DFB-Pokal Final, yekupedzisira yekirabhu kubvira 2006, uko Frankfurt yakarasikirwa 1<unk>2 neBorussia Dortmund. Mumwaka wa 2017-18, Frankfurt yakakwikwidza nzvimbo mumakwikwi eEuropean mwaka unotevera. Kovač kazhinji akashandisa 3<unk>4<unk>2<unk>1 kuumbwa nekusimbisa pakudzivirira kugadzikana uye wing kutamba. Akatora Frankfurt kuenda ku
2018 DFB-Pokal Final, yechipiri mukubudirira kwekirabhu, kwaakakunda mushandirwi wake wenguva yemberi, Bayern Munich. Nokukunda ikoko, Kovač akatungamirira Frankfurt kukunda mukombe wayo wokutanga kubvira muna 1988. Akapedza aine chinyorwa che 38 anokunda, 20 anodhonza, uye 33 anorasikirwa mumitambo 91. Adi Hütter akava mutsivi wake.