1980–81 Eintracht Frankfurt season
# 1980–81 Eintracht Frankfurt season

The 1980–81 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 81st season in the club's football history. In 1980–81 the club played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 18th season in the Bundesliga.

The season ended up with Eintracht winning the DFB-Pokal for the third time.

## Matches

### Legend

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Bundesliga

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | VfB Stuttgart | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 70 | 44 | +26 | 46 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 60 | 37 | +23 | 44 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 61 | 57 | +4 | 38 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 6 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 68 | 64 | +4 | 37 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 7 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 69 | 59 | +10 | 35 | |

* 1 2 As Eintracht Frankfurt qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup, their UEFA Cup spot was transferred to Mönchengladbach.

## Squad

### Squad and statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | FRG | Klaus Funk | 14 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | GK | FRG | Joachim Jüriens | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | GDR | Jürgen Pahl | 32 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Rigobert Gruber | 12 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Charly Körbel | 43 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Willi Neuberger | 47 | 3 | 34 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| | DF | AUT | Bruno Pezzey | 43 | 13 | 31 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| | DF | FRG | Michael Sziedat | 39 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Wolfgang Trapp | 23 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Claus-Peter Zick | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | FRG | Michael Blättel | 16 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | FRG | Ralf Falkenmayer | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | FRG | Bernd Hölzenbein | 40 | 15 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| | MF | FRG | Werner Lorant | 44 | 8 | 32 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| | MF | FRG | Stefan Lottermann | 42 | 9 | 32 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| | MF | GDR | Norbert Nachtweih | 42 | 10 | 30 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| | MF | FRG | Bernd Nickel | 33 | 8 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | FW | FRG | Ronny Borchers | 45 | 7 | 34 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| | FW | KOR | Cha Bum-kun | 38 | 16 | 27 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| | FW | FRG | Norbert Hönnscheidt | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | FRG | Harald Karger | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | FW | FRG | Michael Künast | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | FRG | Fred Schaub | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
