1979–80 Eintracht Frankfurt season

Eintracht Frankfurt

1979-80 season
Chairman	Achaz von Thümen
Manager	Friedel Rausch
Bundesliga	9th
DFB-Pokal	4th Round
UEFA Cup	Winner
Top goalscorer	League: Cha Bum-Kun (12) All: Bernd Hölzenbein (19)
Highest home attendance	60,000 27 October 1979 v Bayern Munich (league)
Lowest home attendance	10,000 (on three occasions) (league)
Average home league attendance	23,118
Home colours Away colours
← 1978–79 1980–81 →

The 1979–80 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 80th season in the club's football history. In 1974–75 the club played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 17th season in the Bundesliga.

The season ended up with Eintracht winning the UEFA Cup for the first time.

Matches

Legend

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Friendlies

SpVgg Neu-Isenburg v Eintracht Frankfurt

19 July 1979 (1979-07-19)	SpVgg Neu-Isenburg	0–10	Eintracht Frankfurt	Neu-Isenburg, Germany
		(Report)	Hölzenbein  6', 36' Berndroth  11' (o.g.) Schaub  19' Müller  20', 26' Grabowski  24' Karger  65' Lottermann  69' Nachtweih  80'	Stadium: Sportpark Neu-Isenburg Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Ulmer

Wormatia Worms v Eintracht Frankfurt

21 July 1979 (1979-07-21)	Wormatia Worms	2–5	Eintracht Frankfurt	Alsheim, Germany
	Nathmann  1' Mattern  71'	(Report)	Cha  32' Karger  34' Hölzenbein  48' Borchers  56', 85'	Attendance: 2,700 Referee: Herbold

AS Saint-Étienne v Eintracht Frankfurt

22 July 1979 (1979-07-22)	AS Saint-Étienne	2–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Mulhouse, France
	Rep  27' Ehrmantraut  31' (o.g.)	(Report)	Hölzenbein  17' (pen.)	Attendance: 8,000

FSV Frankfurt v Eintracht Frankfurt

24 July 1979 (1979-07-24)	FSV Frankfurt	0–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt, Germany
		(Report)	Cha  7' Hölzenbein  12' Nachtweih  86'	Stadium: Stadion am Bornheimer Hang Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Jupe

ASV Cham v Eintracht Frankfurt

28 July 1979 (1979-07-28)	ASV Cham	2–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany
	Bauer  38' (pen.) Hutterer  89'	(Report)	Lorant  24' Cha  52' Nachtweih  90'	Attendance: 3,000

SpVgg Lam v Eintracht Frankfurt

29 July 1979 (1979-07-29)	SpVgg Lam	1–16	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany
	Kuchler  50'	(Report)	Karger  3', 52' Nickel  10', 33', 70', 80' Körbel  25', 79' Neuberger  28' Cha  29' Ehrmantraut  39' Nachtweih  55' Borchers 66', 85' Schaub  75' Hölzenbein  83'	Attendance: 2,300

SK VÖEST Linz v Eintracht Frankfurt

1 August 1979 (1979-08-01)	SK VÖEST Linz	2–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Linz, Austria
	Kreuz  19' Hagmayr  67'	(Report)	Hölzenbein  13'	Attendance: 12,000

DJK Konstanz v Eintracht Frankfurt

3 August 1979 (1979-08-03)	DJK Konstanz	0–3	Eintracht Frankfurt
		(Report)	Lottermann  27' Grabowski  54' Cha 72'	Attendance: 2,700 Referee: Meßmer

VfB Friedrichshafen v Eintracht Frankfurt

4 August 1979 (1979-08-04)	VfB Friedrichshafen	3–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany
	Wohlfahrt  42' Leidensberger  51' Bauer  88'	(Report)	Lorant  3' (pen.) Karger  61' Borchers  72'	Attendance: 3,000

Eintracht Frankfurt v PAOK

6 August 1979 (1979-08-06)	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–2	PAOK	Offenburg, Germany
	Körbel Borchers  74' Nachtweih  76'	(Report)	Guerino	Attendance: 2,000

Standard Liège v Eintracht Frankfurt

14 August 1979 (1979-08-14)	Standard Liège	2–1	Eintracht Frankfurt
	Sigurvinsson  54' Voordecker  87'	(Report)	Lottermann  48'	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Rion

PAOK v Eintracht Frankfurt

20 August 1979 (1979-08-20)	PAOK	1–4	Eintracht Frankfurt	Saloniki, Greece
	Kermanidis  31'	(Report)	Schaub  14', 42', 71' Nickel  89'	Attendance: 28,000

Olympiakos v Eintracht Frankfurt

22 August 1979 (1979-08-22)	Olympiakos	2–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Greece
	Kokolakis  4' Luizzi  16'	(Report)	Nachtweih  8' Lorant	Attendance: 44,000

Israel v Eintracht Frankfurt

4 September 1979 (1979-09-04)	Israel	1–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Tel Aviv, Israel
	Neuman  82'	(Report)	Hölzenbein  9' Cha  34' Nickel  78'	Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium Attendance: 5,000

SG Höchst v Eintracht Frankfurt

11 September 1979 (1979-09-11)	SG Höchst	2–6	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany
	Launhardt  19' Rudloff  73'	(Report)	Pezzey  3' Cha  33' Wagner  34' (o.g.) Nickel  60' Nachtweih  63' Ehrmantraut  85'	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Dürck

SSV Troisdorf v Eintracht Frankfurt

7 October 1979 (1979-10-07)	SSV Troisdorf	0–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany
		(Report)	Trapp  80'	Attendance: 2,200

Union Böckingen v Eintracht Frankfurt

14 October 1979 (1979-10-14)	Union Böckingen	0–9	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany
		(Report)	Nickel Cha Lorant Nachtweih Borchers Karger Neuberger	Attendance: 1,800

VfR 19 Limburg v Eintracht Frankfurt

17 October 1979 (1979-10-17)	VfR 19 Limburg	0–9	Eintracht Frankfurt	Limburg, Germany
		(Report)	Lorant  10' Lottermann  50', 71' Müller  57' Ehrmantraut  77' Blättel  84', 85' Karger  88' Nachtweih	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Jupe

Kickers Offenbach v Eintracht Frankfurt

29 December 1979 (1979-12-29)	Kickers Offenbach	2–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany
	Domes  21' Knecht  83'	(Report)	Borchers  27'	Attendance: 5,300 Referee: Dreher

AS Nancy-Lorraine v Eintracht Frankfurt

11 January 1980 (1980-01-11) Semi-final	AS Nancy-Lorraine	2–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
20:45 CEST	Rubio  15' Umpiérrez  79'	(Report)		Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Poll

Ivory Coast v Eintracht Frankfurt

13 January 1980 (1980-01-13) 3rd place play-off	Ivory Coast	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Eintracht Frankfurt	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
		(Report)		Attendance: 10,000
		Penalties
	Goba		Pahl Neuberger Nachtweih Lorant Müller

1. FC Nürnberg v Eintracht Frankfurt

3 February 1980 (1980-02-03)	1. FC Nürnberg	4–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Nuremberg, Germany
	Lieberwirth  58' Szymanek  67' Heidenreich  87', 90'	(Report)	Schaub  26'	Stadium: Städtisches Stadion Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Schmidhuber

FV Biebrich 02 v Eintracht Frankfurt

15 April 1980 (1980-04-15)	FV Biebrich 02	0–6	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany
		(Report)	Pezzey  5' Michael Künast  40' Borchers  52' Nickel  58' Künast  70' Peukert  90'	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Fenski

FG 02 Seckbach v Eintracht Frankfurt

28 April 1980 (1980-04-28)	FG 02 Seckbach	0–9	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany
		(Report)	Karger  12' Pezzey  21' Lottermann  35' Nickel  37' Hölzenbein  42', 77', 83' Nachtweih (79.)(80.) 79', 80'

Olympia Lorsch v Eintracht Frankfurt

29 April 1980 (1980-04-29)	Olympia Lorsch	2–4	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany
	Reichenbach Volk	(Report)	Nickel Hölzenbein  74' Karger  83', 88'	Attendance: 1,500

SKV Mörfelden v Eintracht Frankfurt

4 May 1980 (1980-05-04)	SKV Mörfelden	0–11	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany
		(Report)	Nickel Neuberger Lottermann Cha Hölzenbein Gruber Funk	Attendance: 2,000

SV Neuhof v Eintracht Frankfurt

10 May 1980 (1980-05-10)	SV Neuhof	1–9	Eintracht Frankfurt	Neuhof, Germany
16:00 CEST		(Report)	Körbel Trapp Nachtweih Hölzenbein Lottermann Pezzey	Stadium: Glückauf-Stadion Attendance: 3,000

FC Burgsolms v Eintracht Frankfurt

11 May 1980 (1980-05-11)	FC Burgsolms	1–12	Eintracht Frankfurt	Burgsolms, Germany
		(Report)	Hölzenbein Nachtweih Nickel Lottermann Lorant Blättel Künast	Attendance: 3,000

Waldeck XI v Eintracht Frankfurt

25 May 1980 (1980-05-25)	Waldeck XI	2–5	Eintracht Frankfurt	Vöhl, Germany
		(Report)	Nachtweih Nickel Lorant Trapp  (o.g.)	Attendance: 2,500

SC Freiburg v Eintracht Frankfurt

27 May 1980 (1980-05-27)	SC Freiburg	1–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bad Krozingen, Germany
	Schulzke  69'	(Report)		Attendance: 3,500

FC Sportfreunde Schwalbach v Eintracht Frankfurt

1 June 1980 (1980-06-01)	FC Sportfreunde Schwalbach	0–12	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany
		(Report)	Cha Hölzenbein  22', 30', 41', 50', 77' Körbel  27' Nickel  (pen.) 89' Künast  42' Peukert  83'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Schmitt

SV 1920 Bonames v Eintracht Frankfurt

3 June 1980 (1980-06-03)	SV 1920 Bonames	2–14	Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt, Germany
18:00 CEST		(Report)	Lottermann Nachtweih Cha Nickel Künast Otto	Stadium: Sportplatz Harheimer Weg Attendance: 2,000

TuS Dehrn v Eintracht Frankfurt

5 June 1980 (1980-06-05)	TuS Dehrn	2–8	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany
		(Report)	Otto Lorant Nachtweih Nickel Bernd Hölzenbein Blättel	Attendance: 3,000

Eintracht Frankfurt v CR Flamengo

7 June 1980 (1980-06-07)	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–3	CR Flamengo	Frankfurt, Germany
	Nachtweih  3'	(Report)	Zico  11' (pen.) Nunes  49' Andrade  86'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Walz

South Korea v Eintracht Frankfurt

12 June 1980 (1980-06-12)	South Korea	1–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Seoul, South Korea
	Kwon OS  71'	(Report)	Nachtweih  17' Lorant  51' (pen.)	Attendance: 30,000

South Korea v Eintracht Frankfurt

13 June 1980 (1980-06-13)	South Korea	0–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Busan, South Korea
		(Report)	Cha  80'	Attendance: 30,000

South Korea v Eintracht Frankfurt

15 June 1980 (1980-06-15)	South Korea	2–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Seoul, South Korea
15:00 KST	Lee JI  3' Huh JM  84'	(Report)	Cha  9' Hölzenbein  14' Nickel  55'	Attendance: 25,000

Hallelujah FC v Eintracht Frankfurt

18 June 1980 (1980-06-18)	Hallelujah FC	0–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Incheon, South Korea
		(Report)	Schaub  17', 46'	Attendance: 25,000

Bundesliga

Main article: 1979–80 Bundesliga

League fixtures and results

Eintracht Frankfurt v Borussia Dortmund

11 August 1979 (1979-08-11) 1	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–1	Borussia Dortmund	Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST		(Report)	Vöge  21'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Roth

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Eintracht Frankfurt

18 August 1979 (1979-08-18) 2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Düsseldorf, Germany
15:30 CEST	T Allofs  35'	(Report)	Neuberger  23' Nachtweih  31', 85'	Stadium: Rheinstadion Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Redelfs

Eintracht Frankfurt v VfB Stuttgart

28 August 1979 (1979-08-28) 3	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–0	VfB Stuttgart	Frankfurt, Germany
20:00 CEST	Hölzenbein  49' Cha  52'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Horstmann

Eintracht Braunschweig v Eintracht Frankfurt

1 September 1979 (1979-09-01) 4	Eintracht Braunschweig	2–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Braunschweig, Germany
15:30 CEST	Worm  25' Popivoda  78'	(Report)	Cha  32' Hölzenbein  47', 73'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Eschweiler

Eintracht Frankfurt v Bayer Leverkusen

8 September 1979 (1979-09-08) 5	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–0	Bayer Leverkusen	Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST	Pezzey  22' Körbel  42' Cha  80'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Walz

Schalke 04 v Eintracht Frankfurt

15 September 1979 (1979-09-15) 6	Schalke 04	1–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
15:30 CEST	Fischer  5'	(Report)		Stadium: Parkstadion Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Meuser

Eintracht Frankfurt v Hamburger SV

22 September 1979 (1979-09-22) 7	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–2	Hamburger SV	Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST	Pezzey  35' Karger  69', 77'	(Report)	Buljan  31', 72'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 54,000 Referee: Luca

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Eintracht Frankfurt

6 October 1979 (1979-10-06) 8	Borussia Mönchengladbach	4–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Mönchengladbach, Germany
20:00 CEST	Nielsen  11' Lienen  27' Nickel  37' (pen.) Wohlers  88'	(Report)	Müller  2'	Stadium: Bökelbergstadion Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Hontheim

Eintracht Frankfurt v Bayern Munich

27 October 1979 (1979-10-27) 9	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–2	Bayern Munich	Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST	Körbel  67' Nickel  70' Karger  78'	(Report)	Horsmann  18' Rummenigge  61'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Joos

Hertha BSC v Eintracht Frankfurt

27 October 1979 (1979-10-27) 10	Hertha BSC	1–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Berlin, Germany
15:30 CEST	Remark  82'	(Report)		Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Assenmacher

Eintracht Frankfurt v MSV Duisburg

3 November 1979 (1979-11-03) 11	Eintracht Frankfurt	6–0	MSV Duisburg	Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST	Cha  23' Nickel  24' Körbel  36' Karger  51' Hölzenbein  83', 86'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Brückner

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Eintracht Frankfurt

10 November 1979 (1979-11-10) 12	1. FC Kaiserslautern	0–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Kaiserslautern, Germany
15:30 CEST		(Report)	Hölzenbein  65'	Stadium: Betzenbergstadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Gabor

VfL Bochum v Eintracht Frankfurt

17 November 1979 (1979-11-17) 13	VfL Bochum	1–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bochum, Germany
15:30 CEST	Abel  80' (pen.)	(Report)		Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Treib

Eintracht Frankfurt v 1. FC Köln

24 November 1979 (1979-11-24) 14	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–0	1. FC Köln	Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST	Cha  26', 79' Karger  44'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Niemann

Werder Bremen v Eintracht Frankfurt

1 December 1979 (1979-12-01) 15	Werder Bremen	4–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bremen, Germany
15:30 CEST	Dreßel  4', 38' Bracht  54' Reinders  57'	(Report)	Karger  22' Lottermann  44' Nachtweih  65'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Uhlig

Eintracht Frankfurt v Bayer Uerdingen

8 December 1979 (1979-12-08) 16	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–0	Bayer Uerdingen	Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST	Borchers  51' Lottermann  85'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Horeis

TSV 1860 München v Eintracht Frankfurt

15 December 1979 (1979-12-15) 17	TSV 1860 München	2–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Munich, Germany
15:30 CEST	Bitz  21', 75'	(Report)	Hölzenbein  81'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Waltert

Borussia Dortmund v Eintracht Frankfurt

19 January 1980 (1980-01-19) 18	Borussia Dortmund	0–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Dortmund, Germany
15:30 CEST		(Report)	Hölzenbein  50'	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 28,500 Referee: Linn

Eintracht Frankfurt v Fortuna Düsseldorf

26 January 1980 (1980-01-26) 19	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST	Karger  38'	(Report)	T Allofs  2' Zewe  82'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Gabor

VfB Stuttgart v Eintracht Frankfurt

2 February 1980 (1980-02-02) 20	VfB Stuttgart	4–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Stuttgart, Germany
15:30 CEST	Müller  49' Klotz  55' Kelsch  57', 58'	(Report)	Borchers  39' Cha  80'	Stadium: Neckarstadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Eschweiler

Eintracht Frankfurt v Eintracht Braunschweig

9 February 1980 (1980-02-09) 21	Eintracht Frankfurt	7–2	Eintracht Braunschweig	Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST	Pezzey  25' Cha  38' Nachtweih  45' Nickel  51' Hölzenbein  62', 63' Borchers  82'	(Report)	Trimhold  30' Heinz-Werner Eggeling	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Hennig

Bayer Leverkusen v Eintracht Frankfurt

22 February 1980 (1980-02-22) 22	Bayer Leverkusen	2–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Leverkusen, Germany
20:00 CEST	Szech  15' (84)	(Report)	Hölzenbein  48'	Stadium: Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Horstmann

Eintracht Frankfurt v Schalke 04

1 March 1980 (1980-03-01) 23	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–2	Schalke 04	Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST	Karger  59' Cha  80' Nachtweih  82'	(Report)	Drexler  37' Fischer  52'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Roth

Hamburger SV v Eintracht Frankfurt

8 March 1980 (1980-03-08) 24	Hamburger SV	5–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Hamburg, Germany
15:30 CEST	Hrubesch  7', 86' Kaltz  25' Milewski  29' Reimann  30'	(Report)		Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Engel

Eintracht Frankfurt v Borussia Mönchengladbach

15 March 1980 (1980-03-15) 25	Eintracht Frankfurt	5–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Frankfurt, Germany
20:00 CEST	Borchers  1' Nachtweih  7' Körbel  44' Cha  83' Karger  86'	(Report)	Hannes  41' Bödeker  43'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Heitmann

Bayern Munich v Eintracht Frankfurt

22 March 1980 (1980-03-22) 26	Bayern Munich	2–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Munich, Germany
15:30 CEST	Lorant  32' (o.g.) Horsmann  45'	(Report)		Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Hennig

Eintracht Frankfurt v Hertha BSC

29 March 1980 (1980-03-29) 27	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–4	Hertha BSC	Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST		(Report)	Agerbeck  25', 55' Toppel  39' Diefenbach  55' (pen.)	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Uhlig

MSV Duisburg v Eintracht Frankfurt

20 April 1980 (1980-04-20) 28	MSV Duisburg	1–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Duisburg, Germany
15:30 CEST	Steiner  44'	(Report)		Stadium: Wedaustadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Horeis

Eintracht Frankfurt v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

19 April 1980 (1980-04-19) 29	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–5	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Frankfurt, Germany
	Nickel  6' Cha  18' Lorant  58' (pen.)	(Report)	Wendt  19', 90' Briegel  65', 68' Neues  88' (pen.)	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Brückner

Eintracht Frankfurt v VfL Bochum

26 April 1980 (1980-04-26) 30	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–1	VfL Bochum	Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST		(Report)	Kaczor  55'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Hontheim

1. FC Köln v Eintracht Frankfurt

3 May 1980 (1980-05-03) 31	1. FC Köln	2–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Cologne, Germany
15:30 CEST	Neumann  4' Schuster  21'	(Report)	Cha  43' Nickel  87' (pen.)	Stadium: Müngersdorfer Stadion Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Meuser

Eintracht Frankfurt v Werder Bremen

17 May 1980 (1980-05-17) 32	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–2	Werder Bremen	Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST	Nachtweih  56' Künast  77' Peukert  90'	(Report)	Röber  41' (pen.) Dreßel  53'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Eschweiler

Bayer Uerdingen v Eintracht Frankfurt

24 May 1980 (1980-05-24) 33	Bayer Uerdingen	3–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Krefeld, Germany
15:30 CEST	Funkel  8', 48' Mattsson  45'	(Report)	Lottermann  69' Nickel  85'	Stadium: Grotenburg-Stadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Quindeau

Eintracht Frankfurt v TSV 1860 München

31 May 1980 (1980-05-31) 34	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	TSV 1860 München	Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST	Zander  7' (o.g.)	(Report)	Senzen  56'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Burgers

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bayern Munich (C)	34	22	6	6	84	33	+51	50	1980–81 European Cup First round
2	Hamburger SV	34	20	8	6	86	35	+51	48	1980–81 UEFA Cup First round
3	1. FC Kaiserslautern	34	17	7	10	75	53	+22	41
	VfB Stuttgart	34	18	5	11	75	53	+22	41
5	1. FC Köln	34	14	9	11	72	55	+17	37
6	Borussia Dortmund	34	14	8	12	64	56	+8	36
7	Borussia Mönchengladbach	34	12	12	10	61	60	+1	36
8	Schalke 04	34	12	9	13	40	51	−11	33
9	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	15	2	17	65	61	+4	32	1980–81 UEFA Cup First round 1
10	VfL Bochum	34	13	6	15	41	44	−3	32
11	Fortuna Düsseldorf	34	13	6	15	62	72	−10	32	1980–81 European Cup Winners' Cup First round
12	Bayer Leverkusen	34	12	8	14	45	61	−16	32
13	TSV 1860 München	34	10	10	14	42	53	−11	30
14	MSV Duisburg	34	11	7	16	43	57	−14	29
15	Bayer Uerdingen	34	12	5	17	43	61	−18	29
16	Hertha BSC (R)	34	11	7	16	41	61	−20	29	2. Fußball-Bundesliga
17	Werder Bremen (R)	34	11	3	20	52	93	−41	25
18	Eintracht Braunschweig (R)	34	6	8	20	32	64	−32	20

Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹Eintracht Frankfurt won the 1979–80 UEFA Cup and thereby automatically qualified as defending champions.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 1979–80 DFB-Pokal

Eintracht Frankfurt v BSK Olympia Neugablonz

25 August 1979 (1979-08-25) 1st Round	Eintracht Frankfurt	6–1	BSK Olympia Neugablonz	Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST	Hölzenbein  6', 43', 88' Lottermann  12' Grabowski  13' Nickel  75'	(Report)	Bayer  83'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Nickel

Freiburger FC v Eintracht Frankfurt

29 September 1979 (1979-09-29) 2nd Round	Freiburger FC	1–4	Eintracht Frankfurt
15:30 CEST	Seubert  80'	(Report)	Lorant  9' Karger  59' Hölzenbein  70' Nickel  71'	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Joos

Eintracht Frankfurt v SV Waldhof Mannheim

5 January 1980 (1980-01-05) 3rd Round	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–0	SV Waldhof Mannheim	Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST	Pezzey  4' Borchers  65'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Nickel

VfB Stuttgart v Eintracht Frankfurt

16 February 1980 (1980-02-16) 4th Round	VfB Stuttgart	3–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Stuttgart, Germany
	Volkert  60' Ohlicher  67', 69'	(Report)	Hölzenbein  28' Borchers  41'	Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Redelfs

UEFA Cup

Main article: 1979–80 UEFA Cup

Aberdeen v Eintracht Frankfurt

19 September 1979 (1979-09-19) 1st Round	Aberdeen	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Aberdeen, Scotland
20:30 CEST	Joe Harper  53'	(Report)	Cha  13'	Stadium: Pittodrie Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Agnolin

Eintracht Frankfurt v Aberdeen

3 October 1979 (1979-10-03) 1st Round	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	Aberdeen	Frankfurt, Germany
	Hölzenbein  50'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Castillo

Dinamo București v Eintracht Frankfurt

24 October 1979 (1979-10-24) 2nd Round	Dinamo București	2–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bucharest, Romania
	Mulțescu  20' (pen.) Augustin  88'	(Report)		Stadium: Stadionul Dinamo Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Foote

Eintracht Frankfurt v Dinamo București

7 November 1979 (1979-11-07) 2nd Round	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–0 (a.e.t.)	Dinamo București	Frankfurt, Germany
	Cha  73' Hölzenbein  90' Nickel  93'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Fredriksson

Eintracht Frankfurt v Feyenoord Rotterdam

28 November 1979 (1979-11-28) 3rd Round	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–1	Feyenoord Rotterdam	Frankfurt, Germany
	Cha  20' Nickel  30' Müller  55' Lottermann  58'	(Report)	Stafleu  86'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Hunting

Feyenoord Rotterdam v Eintracht Frankfurt

12 December 1979 (1979-12-12) 3rd Round	Feyenoord Rotterdam	1–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Rotterdam, Netherlands
20:00 CEST	Peters  90'	(Report)		Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 64,000 Referee: Vautrot

Eintracht Frankfurt v Zbrojovka Brno

5 March 1980 (1980-03-05) Quarter-finals	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–1	Zbrojovka Brno	Frankfurt, Germany
	Nachtweih  13' Lorant  44' (pen.) Nickel  51' Karger  72'	(Report)	Horný  31'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Farrell

Zbrojovka Brno v Eintracht Frankfurt

19 March 1980 (1980-03-19) Quarter-finals	Zbrojovka Brno	3–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Brno, Czechoslovakia
16:30 CEST	Horný  10' Kotásek  89' Kopenec  90'	(Report)	Karger  18' Neuberger  77'	Stadium: Stadion Za Lužánkami Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Amundsen

Bayern Munich v Eintracht Frankfurt

9 April 1980 (1980-04-09) Semi-finals	Bayern Munich	2–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Munich, Germany
	Hoeneß  50' Breitner  76' (pen.)	(Report)		Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Padar

Eintracht Frankfurt v Bayern Munich

22 April 1980 (1980-04-22) Semi-finals	Eintracht Frankfurt	5–1 (a.e.t.)	Bayern Munich	Frankfurt, Germany
	Pezzey  31', 87' Karger  103', 107' Lorant  118' (pen.)	(Report)	Dremmler  105'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: McGinlay

Final

Main article: 1980 UEFA Cup Final

First leg

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Eintracht Frankfurt

7 May 1980

Borussia Mönchengladbach	3–2	Eintracht Frankfurt
Kulik  44'  88' Matthäus  76'	Report Overview (archive) Overview	Karger  37' Hölzenbein  71'

Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Guruceta Muro

Borussia Mönchengladbach

Eintracht Frankfurt

GK 1 Wolfgang Kneib RB 2 Frank Schäffer (c) CB 3 Winfried Schäfer CB 4 Wilfried Hannes LB 5 Norbert Ringels RM 6 Lothar Matthäus CM 7 Christian Kulik CM 8 Carsten Nielsen  66' LM 9 Karl Del'Haye  72' CF 10 Ewald Lienen CF 11 Harald Nickel Substitutes: ? 12 Steen Thychosen  66' ? 13 Ralf Bödeker  72' Manager: Jupp Heynckes Man Of The Match: Assistant Referees:

GK 1 Jürgen Pahl RB 2 Willi Neuberger CB 3 Bruno Pezzey CB 4 Karl-Heinz Körbel LB 5 Horst Ehrmantraut DM 6 Werner Lorant CM 7 Ronald Borchers CM 8 Bernd Nickel CF 9 Bernd Hölzenbein (c)  79' CF 10 Harald Karger  81' CF 11 Cha Bum-Kun Substitutes: MF 12 Norbert Nachtweih  79' MF 13 Wolfgang Trapp  81' Manager: Friedel Rausch

Second leg

Eintracht Frankfurt v Borussia Mönchengladbach

21 May 1980

Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach
Schaub  81'	Report Overview (archive) Overview

Waldstadion, Frankfurt Attendance: 59,000 Referee: Alexis Ponnet

Eintracht Frankfurt

Borussia Mönchengladbach

GK 1 Jürgen Pahl RB 2 Willi Neuberger CB 3 Bruno Pezzey CB 4 Karl-Heinz Körbel LB 5 Horst Ehrmanntraut DM 6 Bernd Hölzenbein (c) CM 7 Werner Lorant CM 8 Bernd Nickel DM 9 Ronald Borchers CF 11 Cha Bum-Kun CF 10 Norbert Nachtweih  77' Substitutes: CF 12 Fred Schaub  77' Manager: Friedel Rausch Man Of The Match: Assistant Referees:

GK 1 Wolfgang Kneib RB 2 Norbert Ringels (c) CB 3 Jürgen Fleer CB 4 Wilfried Hannes LB 5 Winfried Schäfer RM 6 Lothar Matthäus  86' CM 7 Ralf Bödeker CM 8 Christian Kulik LM 9 Carsten Nielsen  68' CF 10 Ewald Lienen CF 11 Harald Nickel Substitutes: ? 12 Karl Del'Haye  68' ? 13 Steen Thychosen  86' Manager: Jupp Heynckes

Squad

Squad and statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal		UEFA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Klaus Funk	36	0	25	0	3	0	8	0
	GK		Jürgen Pahl	14	0	9	0	1	0	4	0
	DF		Horst Ehrmantraut	18	0	13	0	1	0	4	0
	DF		Rigobert Gruber	14	0	12	0	1	0	1	0
	DF		Karl-Heinz Körbel	48	4	32	4	4	0	12	0
	DF		Helmut Müller	37	2	25	1	2	0	10	1
	DF		Willi Neuberger	47	2	32	1	3	0	12	1
	DF		Bruno Pezzey	28	6	14	3	2	1	12	2
	DF		Wolfgang Trapp	11	0	8	0	0	0	3	0
	DF		Claus-Peter Zick	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Michael Blättel	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Jürgen Grabowski	36	1	25	0	4	1	7	0
	MF		Werner Lorant	40	4	26	1	3	1	11	2
	MF		Stefan Lottermann	32	5	25	3	3	1	4	1
	MF		Norbert Nachtweih	47	8	32	7	4	0	11	1
	MF		Bernd Nickel	36	11	26	6	3	2	7	3
	FW		Ronald Borchers	41	6	28	4	4	2	9	0
	FW		Cha Bum-Kun	46	15	31	12	4	0	11	3
	FW		Bernd Hölzenbein	42	19	29	11	4	5	9	3
	FW		Harald Karger	37	15	23	9	4	1	10	5
	FW		Michael Künast	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
	FW		Christian Peukert	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
	FW		Fred Schaub	8	1	6	0	1	0	1	1

External links

• Official English Eintracht website
• German archive site
• 1979–80 Bundesliga season at Fussballdaten.de (German)