Eintracht Frankfurt

Eintracht Frankfurt e.V. is a German professional sports club based in Frankfurt, Hesse, best known for its football team. Founded on March 8, 1899, the club currently plays in the Bundesliga, Germany's top football league. Eintracht was one of the 16 founding members of the Bundesliga in 1963 and has spent 57 seasons in the top division, making it the seventh longest-participating club in Bundesliga history. The club's home stadium since 1925 is the Waldstadion, now known as Deutsche Bank Park for sponsorship reasons, which has a capacity of approximately 58,000 spectators.

With 155,000 members, Eintracht Frankfurt is the fourth largest club in German football. The club also boasts nearly 14,000 active athletes across over 50 different sports, making it the world's largest multi-sports club with a professional football team. The team's average attendance since 2013 is about 47,942 per game, ranking eighth among all Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga clubs. In the 2024-25 season, attendance averaged 57,600, filling 99.31% of the stadium's capacity.

The club's colors are red, black, and white, inherited from its founding clubs. Eintracht avoids wearing red and white kits because those are the colors of local rival Kickers Offenbach. The mascot is an eagle named Attila, and the club's official website is eintracht.de. Fans can purchase life membership for €1,899, referencing the founding year, with Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel as the first honorary life member. [edit]

Eintracht Frankfurt was formed on March 8, 1899, from the merger of Frankfurter FC Viktoria and Frankfurter FC Kickers. The club's early success came in the 1930s, winning the South German League in 1930 and 1932, and finishing as German runners-up in 1932. The club's first national championship came in 1959, defeating Kickers Offenbach 5-3 in a dramatic final that went to extra time, with the title-clinching goal scored in the 119th minute. That victory qualified Eintracht for the 1959-60 European Cup, where they reached the final, losing 7-3 to Real Madrid in one of the most memorable finals in history, with Alfredo Di Stéfano scoring a hat-trick and Ferenc Puskás scoring four goals.

Eintracht was a founding member of the Bundesliga in 1963 and finished third in the inaugural season, a position they have never surpassed. The club experienced its first relegation in 1996 but bounced back by winning the 2. Bundesliga in 1998. The 2000s saw mixed results, including a DFB-Pokal final appearance in 2006. Under Niko Kovač, who saved the club from relegation via a play-off in 2016, Eintracht won the DFB-Pokal in 2018 by defeating Bayern Munich 3-1.

The club's greatest modern achievement came under Oliver Glasner, who led the team to a perfect unbeaten run in the 2021-22 UEFA Europa League, culminating in a penalty shootout victory over Rangers in the final. This qualified Eintracht for the UEFA Champions League for the first time, where they reached the knockout stages. Under current coach Dino Toppmöller, the team finished sixth in 2023-24 and secured a top-three finish in 2024-25, again qualifying for the Champions League. Looking ahead, Adi Hütter has been announced as the new head coach, taking over from July 1, 2026, on a contract until 2029. [edit]