1977–78 Eintracht Frankfurt season

Eintracht Frankfurt
1977–78 season
Chairman	Achaz von Thümen
Manager	Gyula Lóránt (resigned 30 November 1977); Dettmar Cramer (signed 8 December 1977)
Bundesliga	7th
DFB-Pokal	3rd Round
UEFA Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Bernd Hölzenbein (15); All: Bernd Hölzenbein (27)
Highest home attendance	58,000 31 August 1977 v Borussia Mönchengladbach (league)
Lowest home attendance	7,500 24 September 1977 v VfL Bochum (league)
Average home league attendance	25,971
	← 1976–77 1978–79 →

The 1977–78 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 78th season in the club's football history. In 1977–78 the club played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 15th season in the Bundesliga.

Matches

Legend

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Friendlies

28 June 1977 (1977-06-28) 75th anniversary of SpVgg Griesheim 02	SpVgg Griesheim 02 West Germany	0–8	West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt	West Germany
		Report	Nickel File:Soccerball shade.svg 6' Borchers File:Soccerball shade.svg 8', 24' Stein File:Soccerball shade.svg 13' (o.g.) Weidle File:Soccerball shade.svg 69' Hans-Dieter Wacker File:Soccerball shade.svg 80' Krobbach File:Soccerball shade.svg 85' Grabowski File:Soccerball shade.svg 88'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Scheurer

5 July 1977 (1977-07-05) 75th anniversary of Rödelheimer FC 02	Rödelheimer FC 02 West Germany	0–6	West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt	West Germany
		Report	Wenzel File:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svg Hölzenbein File:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg	Attendance: 1,500

6 July 1977 (1977-07-06) Charity match for Kickers Offenbach	Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany	3–1	West Germany Kickers Offenbach	Frankfurt, West Germany
	Wenzel File:Soccerball shade.svg 13' Grabowski File:Soccerball shade.svg 17' (pen.)File:Soccerball shade.svg pen.'	Report	Krause File:Soccerball shade.svg 28' (pen.)	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Messmer

12 July 1977 (1977-07-12)	Eintracht Wetzlar West Germany	0–10	West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt	Wetzlar, West Germany
18:00 CET		Report	Grabowski File:Soccerball shade.svg 7' (pen.), 24', 25' Neuberger File:Soccerball shade.svg 9' Hölzenbein File:Soccerball shade.svg 31' Kraus File:Soccerball shade.svg 41' Stepanović File:Soccerball shade.svg 71' Beverungen File:Soccerball shade.svg 73', 90' Krobbach File:Soccerball shade.svg 74'	Stadium: Stadion Wetzlar Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Keusch

26 July 1977 (1977-07-26)	FSV Frankfurt West Germany	1–7	West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt, West Germany
	Posniak File:Soccerball shade.svg 63'	Report	Kraus File:Soccerball shade.svg 3' Neuberger File:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svg 13', 55' Weidle File:Soccerball shade.svg 23' Wenzel File:Soccerball shade.svg 34' Killmaier File:Soccerball shade.svg 75' (o.g.) Beverungen File:Soccerball shade.svg 83'	Stadium: Stadion am Bornheimer Hang Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Boos

19 November 1977 (1977-11-19)	FC Augsburg West Germany	1–3	West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt	West Germany
	File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report	Nickel File:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svg Grabowski File:Soccerball shade.svg	Attendance: 1,500

30 December 1977 (1977-12-30)	Würzburger FV West Germany	2–2	West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt	Würzburg, West Germany
	Sterz File:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svg 12', 63'	Report	Grabowski File:Soccerball shade.svg 50' (pen.) Nickel File:Soccerball shade.svg 57'	Stadium: Stadion an der Frankfurter Straße Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Drescher

13 April 1978 (1978-04-13)	Waldhof Mannheim West Germany	2–3	West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt	West Germany
	Böhni File:Soccerball shade.svg Vogel File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report	Wenzel File:Soccerball shade.svg Nickel File:Soccerball shade.svg Trapp File:Soccerball shade.svg	Attendance: 1,500

14 April 1978 (1978-04-14)	Freiburger FC West Germany	2–1	West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt	West Germany
	Derigs File:Soccerball shade.svg 17' Hug File:Soccerball shade.svg 80'	Report	Nickel File:Soccerball shade.svg 26'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Binninger

16 April 1978 (1978-04-16)	Wormatia Worms West Germany	0–0	West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt	Worms, West Germany
		Report		Attendance: 700 Referee: Föckler

5 May 1978 (1978-05-05)	Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany	2–2	Mexico Mexico	Kassel, West Germany
	Nickel File:Soccerball shade.svg Grabowski File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report	File:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg	Attendance: 12,000

12 May 1978 (1978-05-12)	Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany	1–1	Netherlands AFC Ajax	Offenbach, West Germany
	Wenzel File:Soccerball shade.svg 76'	Report	Schoenaker File:Soccerball shade.svg 11'	Stadium: Stadion am Bieberer Berg Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Linn

16 May 1978 (1978-05-16)	SSV Dillenburg West Germany	3–1	West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt	West Germany
	Beck File:Soccerball shade.svg 14' Engelhardt File:Soccerball shade.svg 38' Köhler File:Soccerball shade.svg 57'	Report	Wenzel File:Soccerball shade.svg 72'	Attendance: 1,500

18 May 1978 (1978-05-18)	Hassia Bingen West Germany	3–3	West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt	West Germany
	Kaminzke File:Soccerball shade.svg 39' Albert File:Soccerball shade.svg 59' Keller File:Soccerball shade.svg 63'	Report	Wenzel File:Soccerball shade.svg 50', 88' Nachtweih File:Soccerball shade.svg 60'	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Paulus

21 May 1978 (1978-05-21) 75th anniversary of SpVgg Neu-Isenburg	SpVgg Neu-Isenburg West Germany	0–16	West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt	Neu-Isenburg, West Germany
12:00 CET		Report	Weidle File:Soccerball shade.svg 6', 24' Grabowski File:Soccerball shade.svg 28', 37', 45', 71' H Müller File:Soccerball shade.svg 33' Kraus File:Soccerball shade.svg 35', 59', 73' Skala File:Soccerball shade.svg 53', 85' Wenzel File:Soccerball shade.svg 57', 68' Stepanović File:Soccerball shade.svg 84' Körbel File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'	Stadium: Sportparkstadion Neu-Isenburg Attendance: 3,000

25 May 1978 (1978-05-25)	Austria Austria	2–0	West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt	Linz, Austria
	Kreuz File:Soccerball shade.svg 16' Prohaska File:Soccerball shade.svg 76'	Report		Stadium: Linzer Stadion Attendance: 16,000

Bundesliga

League fixtures and results

6 August 1977 (1977-08-06) 1	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–0	1. FC Saarbrücken	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CET	Nickel File:Soccerball shade.svg 40', 42', 69' Trinklein File:Soccerball shade.svg 71'	Report		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Horstmann

12 August 1977 (1977-08-12) 2	FC Schalke 04	3–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Gelsenkirchen, West Germany
20:00 CET	Fischer File:Soccerball shade.svg 25' H Kremers File:Soccerball shade.svg 29', 86'	Report	Wenzel File:Soccerball shade.svg 57' Grabowski File:Soccerball shade.svg 65'	Stadium: Parkstadion Attendance: 58,000 Referee: Ohmsen

17 August 1977 (1977-08-17) 3	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–2	Hamburger SV	Frankfurt, West Germany
20:00 CET		Report	Magath File:Soccerball shade.svg 77' Volkert File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Engel

27 August 1977 (1977-08-27) 4	Borussia Dortmund	0–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Dortmund, West Germany
15:30 CET		Report	Wenzel File:Soccerball shade.svg 24', 42'	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Biwersi

31 August 1977 (1977-08-31) 5	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Frankfurt, West Germany
20:00 CET	Hölzenbein File:Soccerball shade.svg 38', 55' Nickel File:Soccerball shade.svg 51' (pen.) Wenzel File:Soccerball shade.svg 70'	Report	Heynckes File:Soccerball shade.svg 3' Nielsen File:Soccerball shade.svg 76'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 58,000 Referee: Jensen

3 September 1977 (1977-09-03) 6	Hertha BSC	2–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Berlin, West Germany
15:30 CET	Granitza File:Soccerball shade.svg 43' Nüssing File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'	Report		Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Hennig

9 September 1977 (1977-09-09) 7	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–1	MSV Duisburg	Frankfurt, West Germany
20:00 CET	Wenzel File:Soccerball shade.svg 6' Stepanović File:Soccerball shade.svg 18' Jakobs File:Soccerball shade.svg 71' (o.g.)	Report	Jara File:Soccerball shade.svg 40'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Linn

17 September 1977 (1977-09-17) 8	TSV 1860 Munich	2–4	Eintracht Frankfurt	Munich, West Germany
15:30 CET	Hartwig File:Soccerball shade.svg 71' Haunstein File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'	Report	Wenzel File:Soccerball shade.svg 20', 35' Kraus File:Soccerball shade.svg 53' Hölzenbein File:Soccerball shade.svg 67'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Hontheim

24 September 1977 (1977-09-24) 9	VfL Bochum	0–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bochum, West Germany
15:30 CET		Report	Wenzel File:Soccerball shade.svg 58'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Niemann

1 October 1977 (1977-10-01) 10	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–3	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CET	Hölzenbein File:Soccerball shade.svg 71' (pen.)	Report	Wendt File:Soccerball shade.svg 61' Riedl File:Soccerball shade.svg 88' Pirrung File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Ahlenfelder

12 October 1977 (1977-10-12) 11	VfB Stuttgart	2–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Stuttgart, West Germany
20:00 CET	Ohlicher File:Soccerball shade.svg 48', 66'	Report	Neuberger File:Soccerball shade.svg 27'	Stadium: Neckarstadion Attendance: 68,000 Referee: Kindervater

22 October 1977 (1977-10-22) 12	Eintracht Frankfurt	5–2	FC St. Pauli	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CET	Hölzenbein File:Soccerball shade.svg 11', 67' Kraus File:Soccerball shade.svg 43' Nickel File:Soccerball shade.svg 49' Grabowski File:Soccerball shade.svg 87'	Report	Gerber File:Soccerball shade.svg 7' Box File:Soccerball shade.svg 80'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Burgers

29 October 1977 (1977-10-29) 13	Fortuna Düsseldorf	2–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Düsseldorf, West Germany
15:30 CET	Zimmermann File:Soccerball shade.svg 1', 84'	Report	Grabowski File:Soccerball shade.svg 13'	Stadium: Rheinstadion Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Roth

5 November 1977 (1977-11-05) 14	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–2	1. FC Köln	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CET	Grabowski File:Soccerball shade.svg 24' Hölzenbein File:Soccerball shade.svg 36'	Report	D Müller File:Soccerball shade.svg 19' Flohe File:Soccerball shade.svg 60'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Gabor

12 November 1977 (1977-11-12) 15	Werder Bremen	3–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bremen, West Germany
15:30 CET	Røntved File:Soccerball shade.svg 17' Bracht File:Soccerball shade.svg 34' Röber File:Soccerball shade.svg 46' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Stäglich

26 November 1977 (1977-11-26) 16	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–0	Bayern Munich	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CET	Hölzenbein File:Soccerball shade.svg 4' Wenzel File:Soccerball shade.svg 38' Kraus File:Soccerball shade.svg 56' Grabowski File:Soccerball shade.svg 75'	Report		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Waltert

3 December 1977 (1977-12-03) 17	Eintracht Braunschweig	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Braunschweig, West Germany
15:30 CET	Lübeke File:Soccerball shade.svg 28'	Report	Grabowski File:Soccerball shade.svg 37'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Eschweiler

10 December 1977 (1977-12-10) 18	1. FC Saarbrücken	0–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Saarbrücken, West Germany
15:30 CET		Report		Stadium: Ludwigsparkstadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Horstmann

17 December 1977 (1977-12-17) 19	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–0	FC Schalke 04	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CET	Hölzenbein File:Soccerball shade.svg 32' Wenzel File:Soccerball shade.svg 73' Grabowski File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'	Report		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Engel

7 January 1978 (1978-01-07) 20	Hamburger SV	0–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Hamburg, West Germany
15:30 CET		Report	Kraus Red card 41'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Burgers

14 January 1978 (1978-01-14) 21	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	Borussia Dortmund	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CET	Wenzel File:Soccerball shade.svg 65' Nickel File:Soccerball shade.svg 80'	Report	Burgsmüller File:Soccerball shade.svg 23'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Glasneck

21 January 1978 (1978-01-21) 22	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Mönchengladbach, West Germany
15:30 CET	Wohlers File:Soccerball shade.svg 55' Lienen File:Soccerball shade.svg 80'	Report		Stadium: Bökelbergstadion Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Linn

28 January 1978 (1978-01-28) 23	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–5	Hertha BSC	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CET		Report	Weiner File:Soccerball shade.svg 36' Kristensen File:Soccerball shade.svg 53' Gersdorff File:Soccerball shade.svg 56', 70' Brück File:Soccerball shade.svg 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Redelfs

4 February 1978 (1978-02-04) 24	MSV Duisburg	3–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Duisburg, West Germany
15:30 CET	Worm File:Soccerball shade.svg 9', 89' Bücker File:Soccerball shade.svg 77' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Wedaustadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Luca

11 February 1978 (1978-02-11) 25	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	TSV 1860 Munich	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CET	Hölzenbein File:Soccerball shade.svg 4'	Report		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Niemann

18 February 1978 (1978-02-18) 26	Eintracht Frankfurt	5–3	VfL Bochum	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CET	Nickel File:Soccerball shade.svg 10', 69' (pen.) Hölzenbein File:Soccerball shade.svg 32', 42' Neuberger File:Soccerball shade.svg 86'	Report	Abel File:Soccerball shade.svg 16' Bast File:Soccerball shade.svg 26' Herget File:Soccerball shade.svg 82'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Hontheim

4 March 1978 (1978-03-04) 28	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–0	VfB Stuttgart	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CET	Wenzel File:Soccerball shade.svg 84' Grabowski File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'	Report		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Klauser

11 March 1978 (1978-03-11) 29	FC St. Pauli	5–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Hamburg, West Germany
15:30 CET	Beverungen File:Soccerball shade.svg 5' Sturz File:Soccerball shade.svg 45', 73' Oswald File:Soccerball shade.svg 77' Gerber File:Soccerball shade.svg 81'	Report	Reichel File:Soccerball shade.svg 36' Borchers File:Soccerball shade.svg 44' Grabowski File:Soccerball shade.svg 55'	Stadium: Wilhelm-Koch-Stadion Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Ahlenfelder

18 March 1978 (1978-03-18) 30	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–0	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CET	Nickel File:Soccerball shade.svg 24' Hölzenbein File:Soccerball shade.svg 45' Wenzel File:Soccerball shade.svg 64', 67'	Report		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Engel

25 March 1978 (1978-03-25) 27	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Kaiserslautern, West Germany
15:30 CET	Wendt File:Soccerball shade.svg 10' Toppmöller File:Soccerball shade.svg 53'	Report		Stadium: Betzenbergstadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Risse

1 April 1978 (1978-04-01) 31	1. FC Köln	0–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Cologne, West Germany
15:30 CET		Report	Hölzenbein File:Soccerball shade.svg 69'	Stadium: Müngersdorfer Stadion Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Roth

8 April 1978 (1978-04-08) 32	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–2	Werder Bremen	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CET		Report	Röber File:Soccerball shade.svg 43' Dreßel File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Eschweiler

22 April 1978 (1978-04-22) 33	Bayern Munich	2–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Munich, West Germany
15:30 CET	Hoeneß File:Soccerball shade.svg 11' G Müller File:Soccerball shade.svg 81' (pen.)	Report	Nickel File:Soccerball shade.svg 18'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Kindervater

29 April 1978 (1978-04-29) 34	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–0	Eintracht Braunschweig	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CET	Hölzenbein File:Soccerball shade.svg 14' Nickel File:Soccerball shade.svg 28'	Report		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Stäglich

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Fortuna Düsseldorf	34	15	9	10	49	36	+13	39	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round^{[lower-alpha 1]}
6	MSV Duisburg	34	15	7	12	62	59	+3	37	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round^{[lower-alpha 1]}
7	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	16	4	14	59	52	+7	36
8	1. FC Kaiserslautern	34	16	4	14	64	63	+1	36
9	Schalke 04	34	14	6	14	47	52	−5	34

Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 As 1. FC Köln also won the DFB-Pokal, the Cup Winners' Cup spot was given to runners-up Fortuna Düsseldorf, while Düsseldorf's original UEFA Cup was transferred to MSV Duisburg.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	16	4	14	59	52	+7	36	12	1	4	42	23	+19	4	3	10	17	29	−12

Source: 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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	D	D	W	D	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	W
Position	2	6	13	7	4	10	5	2	2	5	7	4	6	8	11	8	7	7	6	6	4	7	9	10	8	7	9	8	8	7	6	6	7	7

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

DFB-Pokal

30 July 1977 (1977-07-30) 1st Round	FC Konstanz	1–6	Eintracht Frankfurt	West Germany
	Beck File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'	Report	Kraus File:Soccerball shade.svg 5', 33' Schaffner File:Soccerball shade.svg 14' (o.g.) Nickel File:Soccerball shade.svg 16' Grabowski File:Soccerball shade.svg 45' Wenzel File:Soccerball shade.svg 58'	Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Aldinger

20 August 1977 (1977-08-20) 2nd Round	TuS Schloß Neuhaus	2–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Paderborn, West Germany
	Schulte File:Soccerball shade.svg 6' Fiege File:Soccerball shade.svg 35'	Report	Wenzel File:Soccerball shade.svg 62' Neuberger File:Soccerball shade.svg 67'	Stadium: Inselbadstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Glasneck

24 August 1977 (1977-08-24) 2nd Round (Rematch)	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–0	TuS Schloß Neuhaus	Frankfurt, West Germany
	Hölzenbein File:Soccerball shade.svg 31' Grabowski File:Soccerball shade.svg 50' Nickel File:Soccerball shade.svg 70' Kraus File:Soccerball shade.svg 83'	Report		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Föckler

15 October 1977 (1977-10-15) 3rd Round	FC Schalke 04	1–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Gelsenkirchen, West Germany
	Klaus Fischer File:Soccerball shade.svg 82'	Report		Stadium: Parkstadion Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Hoffmann

Intertoto Cup

2 July 1977 (1977-07-02) 2	Wacker Innsbruck Austria	1–1	West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt	Innsbruck, Austria
	Šikić File:Soccerball shade.svg 7'	Report	Stering File:Soccerball shade.svg 53' (o.g.)	Stadium: Tivoli Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Latzin

9 July 1977 (1977-07-09) 3	Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany	4–1	Switzerland FC Zürich	Frankfurt, West Germany
	Hölzenbein File:Soccerball shade.svg 26', 80' Kraus File:Soccerball shade.svg 65' Neuberger File:Soccerball shade.svg 86'	Report	Torstensson File:Soccerball shade.svg 56'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Aldinger

16 July 1977 (1977-07-16) 4	Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany	1–1	Austria Wacker Innsbruck	Frankfurt, West Germany
	Hölzenbein File:Soccerball shade.svg 12' (pen.)	Report	Welzl File:Soccerball shade.svg 9'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Dreher

20 July 1977 (1977-07-20) 5	FC Zürich Switzerland	1–0	West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt	Zürich, Switzerland
	Cucinotta File:Soccerball shade.svg 10'	Report		Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Dörflinger

23 July 1977 (1977-07-23) 6	Inter Bratislava Czechoslovak Socialist Republic	2–5	West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
	Hudec File:Soccerball shade.svg 63' Šimončič File:Soccerball shade.svg 88'	Report	Wenzel File:Soccerball shade.svg 7', 11' Hölzenbein File:Soccerball shade.svg 44', 78', 83'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Jarsa

Table

UEFA Cup

13 September 1977 (1977-09-13) 1st Round	Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany	5–0	Malta Sliema Wanderers	Frankfurt, West Germany
	Nickel File:Soccerball shade.svg 19', 35' Wenzel File:Soccerball shade.svg 21' Kraus File:Soccerball shade.svg 58' Grabowski File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'	Report		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Środecki

13 September 1977 (1977-09-13) 1st Round	Sliema Wanderers Malta	0–0	West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt	Ta' Qali, Malta
		Report		Stadium: Ta' Qali Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Ciacci

19 October 1977 (1977-10-19) 2nd Round	FC Zürich Switzerland	0–3	West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt	Zürich, Switzerland
		Report	Hölzenbein File:Soccerball shade.svg 28' Wenzel File:Soccerball shade.svg 77' Grabowski File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Christov

2 November 1977 (1977-11-02) 2nd Round	Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany	4–3	Switzerland FC Zürich	Frankfurt, West Germany
	Kraus File:Soccerball shade.svg 1' Grabowski File:Soccerball shade.svg 62' Stepanović File:Soccerball shade.svg 68' Krobbach File:Soccerball shade.svg 87'		Risi File:Soccerball shade.svg 45' (pen.), 60' Torstensson File:Soccerball shade.svg 82'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Ivanov

23 November 1977 (1977-11-23) 3rd Round	Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany	4–0	West Germany Bayern Munich	Frankfurt, West Germany
	Grabowski File:Soccerball shade.svg 23' Hölzenbein File:Soccerball shade.svg 37' Kraus File:Soccerball shade.svg 66' Skala File:Soccerball shade.svg 67'	Report		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Rainea

7 December 1977 (1977-12-07) 3rd Round	Bayern Munich West Germany	1–2	West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt	Munich, West Germany
	Rummennigge File:Soccerball shade.svg 3'	Report	Wenzel File:Soccerball shade.svg 83' Hölzenbein File:Soccerball shade.svg 86'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Gussoni

1 March 1978 (1978-03-01) Quarter-finals	Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany	3–2	Switzerland Grasshopper Club Zürich	Frankfurt, West Germany
20:00 CET	Kraus File:Soccerball shade.svg 58' Hölzenbein File:Soccerball shade.svg 68', 91' (pen.)	Report	Bosco File:Soccerball shade.svg 36' Ponte File:Soccerball shade.svg 52' (pen.)	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Linemayr

14 March 1978 (1978-03-14) Quarter-finals	Grasshopper Club Zürich Switzerland	1–0	West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt	Zürich, Switzerland
20:00 CET	Ponte File:Soccerball shade.svg 33' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Hardturm Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Maksimović

Squad

Squad and statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal		UEFA Cup		Intertoto Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	West Germany FRG	Heinz-Josef Koitka	50	0	34	0	4	0	8	0	4	0
	GK	East Germany GDR	Jürgen Pahl	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	West Germany FRG	Günter Wienhold	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	DF	West Germany FRG	Charly Körbel	42	0	29	0	3	0	5	0	5	0
	DF	West Germany FRG	Peter Krobbach	21	1	14	0	0	0	5	1	2	0
	DF	West Germany FRG	Helmut Müller	19	0	14	0	0	0	3	0	2	0
	DF	West Germany FRG	Willi Neuberger	51	4	34	2	4	1	7	0	6	1
	DF	West Germany FRG	Peter Reichel	42	1	27	1	4	0	6	0	5	0
	DF	West Germany FRG	Gerd Simons	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	West Germany FRG	Lothar Skala	17	1	8	0	3	0	5	1	1	0
	DF	Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YUG	Dragoslav Stepanović	41	2	29	1	3	0	6	1	3	0
	DF	West Germany FRG	Gert Trinklein	23	1	13	1	3	0	2	0	5	0
	DF	West Germany FRG	Roland Weidle	44	0	30	0	3	0	6	0	5	0
	MF	West Germany FRG	Jürgen Grabowski	50	14	34	9	4	2	8	3	4	0
	MF	West Germany FRG	Wolfgang Kraus	27	3	27	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	East Germany GDR	Norbert Nachtweih	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	West Germany FRG	Bernd Nickel	51	16	34	11	4	2	7	2	6	1
	MF	West Germany FRG	Wolfgang Trapp	9	0	2	0	1	0	4	0	2	0
	MF	West Germany FRG	Hans-Dieter Wacker	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	FW	West Germany FRG	Klaus Beverungen	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	FW	West Germany FRG	Egon Bihn	5	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	FW	West Germany FRG	Ronny Borchers	8	1	6	1	0	0	1	0	1	0
	FW	West Germany FRG	Bernd Hölzenbein	51	27	34	15	4	1	8	5	5	6
	FW	West Germany FRG	Rüdiger Wenzel	48	23	34	14	4	3	6	4	4	2

Transfers

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	East Germany GDR	Norbert Nachtweih (from Hallescher FC Chemie, after expiration of FIFA ban following a defection)
—	GK	East Germany GDR	Jürgen Pahl (from Hallescher FC Chemie, after expiration of FIFA ban following a defection)
—	DF	West Germany FRG	Lothar Skala (from Kickers Offenbach)
—	MF	West Germany FRG	Wolfgang Trapp (from Eintracht Frankfurt academy)
—	MF	West Germany FRG	Hans-Dieter Wacker (from Eintracht Frankfurt academy)

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	West Germany FRG	Klaus Beverungen (to FC St. Pauli)
—	DF	West Germany FRG	Rainer Dörr (to FC Augsburg)

Sources

Matheja, Ulrich (2011). Unsere Eintracht - Eintracht Frankfurt - Die Chronik. Die Werkstatt. ISBN 978-3-89533-750-5.

External links

Official English Eintracht website Archived 2 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine
German archive site (in German)

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2 August 1977 (1977-08-02)	FC Hanau 93 West Germany	3–4	West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt	Hanau, West Germany
18:00 CET	File:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report	Körbel File:Soccerball shade.svg Hölzenbein File:Soccerball shade.svg Kraus File:Soccerball shade.svg Nickel File:Soccerball shade.svg	Stadium: Stadion Wilhelmsbad Attendance: 6,000

9 August 1977 (1977-08-09)	SV Alsdorf / Daadetaler Sportfreunde XI West Germany	1–10	West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt	Alsdorf, West Germany
	File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report	Wenzel File:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svg Beverungen File:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svg Kraus File:Soccerball shade.svg Stepanović File:Soccerball shade.svg Nickel File:Soccerball shade.svg Neuberger File:Soccerball shade.svg	Attendance: 3,000

26 October 1977 (1977-10-26)	FC Neustadt West Germany	0–11	West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt	Titisee-Neustadt, West Germany
15:30 CET		Report	Hölzenbein File:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svg Nickel File:Soccerball shade.svg Kraus File:Soccerball shade.svg Borchers File:Soccerball shade.svg	Attendance: 2,000

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25 June 1977 (1977-06-25) 1	Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany	2–2	Czechoslovak Socialist Republic Inter Bratislava	Frankfurt, West Germany
	Nickel File:Soccerball shade.svg 44' Beverungen File:Soccerball shade.svg 58'	Report	Brezík File:Soccerball shade.svg 25' Mráz File:Soccerball shade.svg 49'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Linn