1998–99 Eintracht Frankfurt season

Eintracht Frankfurt

1998–99 season
Chairman	Rolf Heller
Manager	Horst Ehrmantraut (resigned 8 December 1998) Bernhard Lippert (caretaker from 8 December until 19 December 1998) Reinhold Fanz (appointed 22 December 1998, resigned 18 April 1999) Jörg Berger (appointed 19 April 1999)
Bundesliga	15th
DFB-Pokal	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Yang Chen (8) All: Yang Chen (9)
Highest home attendance	58,500 (vs Bayern Munich, 31 October)
Lowest home attendance	17,000 (vs MSV Duisburg, 19 December)
Average home league attendance	23,647
Home colours Away colours
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The 1998–99 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 99th season in the club's football history. In 1998–99 the club played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 97th season in the first tier and the club's first season back in the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 1997–1998 season.

The season ended in one of the most exciting final matchdays in Bundesliga history when Eintracht secured their Bundesliga spot on day 34.

Prior to the last match far behind Eintracht won three matches in a row. Eintracht hosted reigning champions Kaiserslautern, who were contending for a Champions League spot, on the last matchday. The match ended 5-1 and sent Nürnberg down to the 2. Bundesliga on goal difference. The ultimate goal was scored by Jan Åge Fjørtoft, who scored one of the most famous Bundesliga goals in the 89th minute when performing a step-over right in front of Lautern's goalkeeper Andreas Reinke before marking Eintracht's fifth goal.^[1]

Results

Friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Indoor soccer tournaments

Münster

Frankfurt

Dortmund

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
13	Werder Bremen	34	10	8	16	41	47	−6	38	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[a]
14	Hansa Rostock	34	9	11	14	49	58	−9	38
15	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	9	10	15	44	54	−10	37
16	1. FC Nürnberg (R)	34	7	16	11	40	50	−10	37	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
17	VfL Bochum (R)	34	7	8	19	40	65	−25	29

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	9	10	15	44	54	−10	37	6	6	5	26	21	+5	3	4	10	18	33	−15

Results by round

Matches

DFB-Pokal

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  MKD Oka Nikolov[notes 1] 2 MF  GER Sascha Amstätter 3 DF  NGA Donald Agu 4 DF  NOR Tore Pedersen 5 DF  BUL Petar Hubchev 6 DF  GER Thomas Zampach 7 FW  GER Thomas Epp 8 MF  GER Ralf Weber 9 FW  NOR Jan Åge Fjørtoft 10 MF  POL Thomas Sobotzik 11 MF  GER Marco Gebhardt 12 GK  HUN Zsolt Petry 14 DF  GER Uwe Schneider 15 MF  GER Bernd Schneider 16 MF  GER Olaf Janßen 17 MF  HUN István Pisont

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 DF  GER Alexander Kutschera 19 MF  BRA Antônio da Silva 20 DF  GER Uwe Bindewald 21 FW  CHN Yang Chen 22 DF  TUR Burhanettin Kaymak 23 GK  GER Sven Schmitt 24 MF  GER Alexander Schur 26 FW  YUG Damir Stojak (on loan from Napoli) 29 MF  GER Frank Gerster 30 MF  AUT Christoph Westerthaler 31 FW  NGA Henry Nwosu 32 MF  GER Ansgar Brinkmann 33 MF  GER Alexander Lorenz 35 MF  MAR Mourad Bounoua[notes 2] — MF  GER Stefan Zinnow

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 4 MF  GER Thorsten Flick (on loan to Napoli)

No. Pos. Nation Player 9 FW  SUI Urs Güntensperger (to Lausanne-Sport)

Eintracht Frankfurt II

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  CMR Jean-Paul Ndeki

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  GER Michael Mutzel

Under-19s

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  GER Jermaine Jones[notes 3]

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  GER Albert Streit[notes 4]

Under-17s

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  GER Daniel Haas

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	MKD	Oka Nikolov	36	0	34	0	2	0
2	MF	GER	Sascha Amstätter	2	0	2	0	0	0
4	MF	GER	Thorsten Flick	1	0	1	0	0	0
4	DF	NOR	Tore Pedersen	20	1	20	1	0	0
5	DF	BUL	Petar Hubchev	28	0	27	0	1	0
6	MF	GER	Thomas Zampach	22	1	20	1	2	0
7	FW	GER	Thomas Epp	10	1	9	1	1	0
8	DF	GER	Ralf Weber	22	4	20	4	2	0
9	FW	SUI	Urs Güntensperger	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	NOR	Jan Åge Fjørtoft	17	6	17	6	0	0
10	MF	GER	Thomas Sobotzik	31	8	30	7	1	1
11	MF	GER	Marco Gebhardt	19	3	17	2	2	1
12	GK	HUN	Zsolt Petry	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	DF	GER	Uwe Schneider	9	0	9	0	0	0
15	MF	GER	Bernd Schneider	35	6	33	4	2	2
16	MF	GER	Olaf Janßen	16	1	16	1	0	0
17	DF	HUN	István Pisont	19	1	17	0	2	1
18	DF	GER	Alexander Kutschera	31	0	29	0	2	0
20	DF	GER	Uwe Bindewald	34	0	32	0	2	0
21	FW	CHN	Yang Chen	25	9	23	8	2	1
22	DF	TUR	Burhanettin Kaymak	9	0	8	0	1	0
23	GK	GER	Sven Schmitt	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF	GER	Alexander Schur	32	4	30	4	2	0
25	MF	GER	Alexander Rosen	1	0	1	0	0	0
26	FW	SCG	Damir Stojak	9	1	9	1	0	0
29	MF	GER	Frank Gerster	1	0	1	0	0	0
30	FW	AUT	Christoph Westerthaler	29	5	27	3	2	2
31	MF	NGA	Henry Nwosu	4	0	4	0	0	0
32	MF	GER	Ansgar Brinkmann	31	1	29	1	2	0
35	MF	MAR	Mourad Bounoua	7	0	7	0	0	0
36	MF	GER	Stefan Zinnow	1	0	1	0	0	0

Transfers

Summer

Winter

Notes

References

Sources

External links

• Official English Eintracht website Archived 2017-10-02 at the Wayback Machine
• German archive site
• 1998–99 Bundesliga season at Fussballdaten.de (in German)