1999–2000 Eintracht Frankfurt season
# 1999–2000 Eintracht Frankfurt season

The 1999–2000 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 100th season in the club's football history. In 1999–2000 the club played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 98th season in the first tier.

## Results

### Friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

### Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

**Bundesliga**

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 12 | SC Freiburg | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 45 | 50 | −5 | 40 | |
| 13 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 42 | 44 | −2 | 39 | |
| 14 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 42 | 44 | −2 | 39 | |
| 15 | Hansa Rostock | 34 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 44 | 60 | −16 | 38 | |
| 16 | SSV Ulm 1846 (R) | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 36 | 62 | −26 | 35 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |

* 1 2 Head-to-head was used as a tie-breaker between Schalke 04 and Frankfurt.
* ↑ Eintracht Frankfurt were docked two points because of licensing irregularities.

**Bundesliga**

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Source: Competitive matches

**Bundesliga**

**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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | W | L | D | W | D | D | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | W |
| Position | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 |

## Players

### First-team squad

    Squad at end of season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | MKD | Oka Nikolov |
| 2 | DF | GER | Torsten Kracht |
| 3 | MF | GER | Marco Gebhardt |
| 4 | DF | GER | Jens Rasiejewski |
| 5 | DF | BUL | Petar Hubchev |
| 6 | DF | GER | Thomas Zampach |
| 7 | MF | POL | Thomas Sobotzik |
| 8 | MF | GER | Ralf Weber |
| 9 | FW | NOR | Jan Åge Fjørtoft |
| 10 | MF | GER | Horst Heldt |
| 11 | FW | TOG | Bachirou Salou |
| 12 | GK | GER | Dirk Heinen |
| 13 | DF | TUR | Erol Bulut |
| 14 | DF | GER | Uwe Schneider |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | MF | CGO | Rolf-Christel Guié-Mien |
| 16 | MF | GER | Olaf Janßen |
| 17 | FW | GER | Thomas Reichenberger |
| 18 | DF | GER | Alexander Kutschera |
| 19 | MF | GER | Patrick Falk |
| 20 | DF | GER | Uwe Bindewald |
| 21 | FW | CHN | Yang Chen |
| 23 | GK | GER | Sven Schmitt |
| 24 | MF | GER | Alexander Schur |
| 25 | MF | RSA | Rowan Hendricks |
| 26 | DF | GER | Giuseppe Gemiti |
| 28 | MF | GER | Albert Streit |
| 29 | MF | GER | Stefan Zinnow |
| 33 | MF | GER | Michael Mutzel |

### Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 22 | MF | HUN | Tibor Dombi (to FC Utrecht) |
| 25 | MF | GER | Alexander Rosen (on loan to Augsburg) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 26 | DF | NGA | Donald Agu (to SSV Reutlingen 05) |
| 30 | MF | AUT | Christoph Westerthaler (to FSV Frankfurt) |

### Eintracht Frankfurt II

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 39 | DF | CMR | Jean-Paul Ndeki |
| — | DF | CRO | Vladimir Maljković |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | GER | Frank Gerster |

### Under-19s

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| — | DF | GER | Christoph Preuß |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | GER | Jermaine Jones |

### Under-17s

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| — | GK | GER | Daniel Haas |
| — | DF | GER | Baldo di Gregorio |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | GER | Daniyel Cimen |

## Statistics

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | MKD | Oka Nikolov | 19 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | GER | Torsten Kracht | 34 | 2 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | MF | GER | Marco Gebhardt | 32 | 4 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | GER | Jens Rasiejewski | 22 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | BUL | Petar Hubchev | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | GER | Thomas Zampach | 12 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | GER | Thomas Epp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | GER | Thomas Sobotzik | 12 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | GER | Ralf Weber | 20 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | NOR | Jan Åge Fjørtoft | 22 | 7 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | GER | Horst Heldt | 32 | 4 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | TOG | Bachirou Salou | 33 | 8 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | GER | Dirk Heinen | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | GER | Uwe Schneider | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | CGO | Rolf-Christel Guié-Mien | 31 | 6 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | GER | Olaf Janßen | 18 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | TUR | Erol Bulut | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | GER | Thomas Reichenberger | 15 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | GER | Alexander Kutschera | 30 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | GER | Patrick Falk | 14 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | GER | Uwe Bindewald | 22 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | CHN | Yang Chen | 28 | 4 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | HUN | Tibor Dombi | 17 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | GER | Sven Schmitt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | GER | Alexander Schur | 26 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | GER | Alexander Rosen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | RSA | Rowan Hendricks | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | NGA | Donald Agu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | AUT | Christoph Westerthaler | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | GER | Michael Mutzel | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |

### Transfers

**Summer**

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2 | MF | GER | Torsten Kracht (from VfL Bochum) |
| 4 | MF | GER | Jens Rasiejewski (from Hannover 96) |
| 10 | MF | GER | Horst Heldt (from TSV 1860 Munich) |
| 11 | MF | TOG | Bachirou Salou (from Borussia Dortmund) |
| 15 | MF | CGO | Rolf-Christel Guié-Mien (from Karlsruher SC) |
| 17 | MF | TUR | Erol Bulut (from Fenerbahçe) |
| 19 | MF | GER | Patrick Falk (from Bayer Leverkusen II) |
| 22 | MF | HUN | Tibor Dombi (loaned from Debreceni VSC) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | MF | GER | Sascha Amstätter (to Bayer Uerdingen) |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Tore Pedersen (to Wimbledon FC) |
| 4 | MF | GER | Thorsten Flick (to 1. FC Saarbrücken) |
| 7 | FW | GER | Thomas Epp (to Admira Wacker Mödling) |
| 10 | MF | GER | Thomas Sobotzik (to 1. FC Kaiserslautern) |
| 12 | GK | HUN | Zsolt Petry (to MTK Budapest) |
| 15 | MF | GER | Bernd Schneider (to Bayer Leverkusen) |
| 17 | MF | HUN | István Pisont (to Hapoel Tel Aviv) |
| 19 | MF | BRA | Antônio da Silva (to SV Wehen) |
| 22 | MF | TUR | Burhanettin Kaymak (to Göztepe SK) |
| 22 | MF | HUN | Tibor Dombi (to Debreceni VSC) |
| 25 | MF | GER | Alexander Rosen (to FC Augsburg) |
| 26 | DF | NGA | Donald Agu (to SSV Reutlingen) |
| 26 | FW | SCG | Damir Stojak (loan return to SSC Napoli) |
| 32 | MF | GER | Ansgar Brinkmann (to Tennis Borussia Berlin) |
| 35 | MF | GER | Mourad Bounoua (to Hannover 96) |

**Winter**

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 7 | MF | GER | Thomas Sobotzik (from 1. FC Kaiserslautern) |
| 12 | MF | GER | Dirk Heinen (from Bayer Leverkusen) |
| 17 | MF | GER | Thomas Reichenberger (from Bayer Leverkusen) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | MF | GER | Olaf Janßen (loaned to AC Bellinzona) |
| 17 | MF | TUR | Erol Bulut (loaned to Trabzonspor) |
| 30 | FW | AUT | Christoph Westerthaler (to FSV Frankfurt) |
