Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin kakar 2016-17, Frankfurt ta yi nasarar kammala tsakiyar tebur a matsayi na 11, tare da musamman isa ga 2017 DFB-Pokal Final, wasan karshe na farko na kulob din tun 2006, inda Frankfurt ya rasa 1<unk>2 a kan Borussia Dortmund. A cikin kakar 2017-18, Frankfurt ya yi gasa don samun wuri a gasar Turai a kakar wasa mai zuwa. Kovač ya saba amfani da tsarin 3<unk>4<unk>2<unk>1 tare da mai da hankali kan kwanciyar hankali na tsaro da wasan fuka-fuki. Ya dauki Frankfurt zuwa wasan karshe na DFB-Pokal na 2018
, na biyu a jere ga kulob din, inda ya doke mai ba shi aiki a nan gaba, Bayern Munich. Tare da wannan nasarar, Kovač ya jagoranci Frankfurt zuwa gasar cin kofinta ta farko tun 1988. Ya gama da rikodin nasara 38, 20 ya yi daidai, kuma ya sha kashi 33 a wasanni 91. Adi Hütter ya zama magajinsa.