1997–98 Eintracht Frankfurt season
# 1997–98 Eintracht Frankfurt season

The 1997–98 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 98th season in the club's football history. In 1997–98 the club played in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football. It was the club's 2nd season in the 2. Bundesliga after being relegated from the Bundesliga for the first time. The season ended for Eintracht with promotion to the Bundesliga after winning the 2. Bundesliga.

## Friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### 2. Bundesliga

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Eintracht Frankfurt (C, P) | 34 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 50 | 32 | +18 | 64 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 2 | SC Freiburg (P) | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 57 | 36 | +21 | 61 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 3 | 1. FC Nürnberg (P) | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 52 | 35 | +17 | 59 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 4 | FC St. Pauli | 34 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 43 | 31 | +12 | 56 | |
| 5 | FC Gütersloh | 34 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 43 | 26 | +17 | 55 | |

**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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | D | L | D | D | L | W | D | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | D | W | W | W | D | L | D | D | W |
| Position | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

## Squad

### Squad and statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | 2. Bundesliga | 2. Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | MKD | Oka Nikolov | 37 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | GER | Sascha Amstätter | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | GER | Dirk Wolf | 29 | 3 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | GER | Thorsten Flick | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | BUL | Petar Hubchev | 34 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | GER | Thomas Zampach | 36 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | GER | Thomas Epp | 35 | 4 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | GER | Ralf Weber | 33 | 10 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | SUI | Urs Güntensperger | 16 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | GER | Thomas Sobotzik | 35 | 13 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | MF | GER | Marco Gebhardt | 34 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | BIH | Sead Mehić | 19 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | TUR | Hakan Cengiz | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | GER | Olaf Janßen | 13 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | DF | GER | Alexander Kutschera | 37 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | BRA | Antônio da Silva | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | GER | Uwe Bindewald | 37 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | GER | Renato Levy | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | TUR | Burhanettin Kaymak | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | GER | Sven Schmitt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | GER | Alexander Schur | 34 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ALB | Edi Martini | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | AUT | Christoph Westerthaler | 16 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | GER | Alexander Lorenz | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | GER | Ansgar Brinkmann | 17 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | LBR | Jonathan Sawieh | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Transfers

**Summer**

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2 | MF | GER | Sascha Amstätter (from FSV Frankfurt) |
| 3 | MF | GER | Dirk Wolf (from Borussia Mönchengladbach) |
| 6 | MF | GER | Thomas Zampach (from SV Wehen) |
| 7 | MF | GER | Thomas Epp (from Waldhof Mannheim) |
| 10 | MF | GER | Thomas Sobotzik (from FC St. Pauli) |
| 11 | MF | GER | Marco Gebhardt (from SC Verl) |
| 13 | MF | BIH | Sead Mehić (from KSV Klein-Karben) |
| 14 | MF | TUR | Hakan Cengiz (from VfL Herzlake) |
| 15 | MF | ALB | Adrian Dashi (from KF Lushnja) |
| 19 | MF | BRA | Antônio da Silva (to Sportfreunde Eisbachtal) |
| 21 | MF | GER | Renato Levy (from FSV Frankfurt) |
| 22 | DF | TUR | Burhanettin Kaymak (from Eintracht Frankfurt II) |
| 27 | MF | ALB | Edi Martini (from Vllaznia Shkodër) |
| 31 | MF | GER | Alexander Lorenz (from Eintracht Frankfurt II) |
| 32 | MF | GER | Ansgar Brinkmann (from BV Cloppenburg) |
| 33 | MF | LBR | Jonathan Sawieh (from Waldhof Mannheim) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | GER | Dietmar Roth (to FSV Frankfurt) |
| 6 | DF | GER | Mirko Dickhaut (to VfL Bochum) |
| 7 | MF | GER | Matthias Becker (to VfB Stuttgart) |
| 8 | MF | GER | Rudolf Bommer (retired) |
| 10 | MF | GER | Maurizio Gaudino (to FC Basel) |
| 11 | FW | SWE | Johnny Ekström (to IFK Göteborg) |
| 12 | MF | GER | René Beuchel (to FSV Zwickau) |
| 14 | DF | ITA | Marco Rossi (to Piacenza FC) |
| 19 | MF | GER | Michael König (to SV Wehen) |
| 20 | DF | SCG | Zvezdan Pejović (to unknown) |
| 21 | MF | SCG | Slobodan Komljenović (to MSV Duisburg) |
| 27 | MF | GER | Carsten Hennig (to FSV Frankfurt) |
| 31 | MF | GER | Michael Guht (to FSV Frankfurt) |
| 32 | MF | GER | Patrick Glöckner (loaned to Stuttgarter Kickers) |

**Winter**

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 30 | MF | AUT | Christoph Westerthaler (from APOEL) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | FW | TUR | Hakan Cengiz (to Waldhof Mannheim) |
