Eintracht Frankfurt

This article is about the men's football club. For the women's football club, see Eintracht Frankfurt (women).

Eintracht Frankfurt
Full nameEintracht Frankfurt e. V.
Nickname(s)
  • SGE (Sportgemeinde Eintracht)
  • Die Adler (The Eagles)
  • Launische Diva (Moody Diva)
  • Schlappekicker (Slipper Kickers)
  • Die Diva vom Main (The Diva From the Main)
Founded8 March 1899; 125 years ago (1899-03-08)[1]
GroundDeutsche Bank Park
Capacityc. 58,000[2][3]
PresidentMathias Beck
Head coachDino Toppmöller
LeagueBundesliga
2023–24Bundesliga, 6th of 18
Websiteeintracht.de
Current season
Active departments of
Eintracht Frankfurt
Football
(Men's)		 Football II
(Men's)		 Football
(Women's)
Basketball Rugby Athletics
Boxing Darts Esports
Field hockey Football supporter's section Handball
Ice hockey Ice stock sport Table football
Table tennis Tennis Triathlon
Ultimate Volleyball

Eintracht Frankfurt e.V. (German pronunciation: [ˈaɪntʁaxt ˈfʁaŋkfʊʁt] ⓘ) is a German professional sports club based in Frankfurt, Hesse. It is best known for its football club, which was founded on 8 March 1899. The club currently plays in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German football league system. Eintracht have won the German championship once, the DFB-Pokal five times, the UEFA Europa League twice and finished as runner-up in the European Cup once. The team was one of the founding members of the Bundesliga at its inception[4] and has spent a total of 55 seasons in the top division, thus making them the seventh longest participating club in the highest tier of the league.

Since 1925 their stadium has been the Waldstadion, which is currently named Deutsche Bank Park for sponsorship reasons.[5]

Eintracht Frankfurt have either won or drawn more than three-quarters of their games as well as having finished the majority of their seasons placed in the top half of the table,[6] but also having the highest number of losses in the league (657).[7] With an average attendance of 47,942 since 2013[8] the team also has one of the highest attendance ratings in the world and the eighth highest out of the 36 Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga teams. The player with the highest number of appearances (602) in the Bundesliga, Charly Körbel,[9] spent his entire senior career as a defender for Eintracht Frankfurt. The club's primary rival is local club Kickers Offenbach, although, due to spending most of their history in different divisions, the two have only played two league matches within the last 40 years.[when?][10]

With almost 14,000 active athletes in over 50 sports in 2024, Eintracht Frankfurt is the largest multi-sports club in the world with a professional football team.[11]

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  4. ^ "Die Gründungsmitglieder der Bundesliga". kicker. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
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  7. ^ "Die ewige Tabelle der Bundesliga". Fussballdaten. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  8. ^ "50 Football Clubs With the Highest Average Attendance Since 2013". 90min. 1 May 2019. Archived from the original on 6 April 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
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