1977–78 Eintracht Frankfurt season

Eintracht Frankfurt
1977–78 season
Chairman
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 →

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		0–8	Eintracht Frankfurt	showWest Germany
		Report	Nickel 6' Borchers 8', 24' Stein 13' (o.g.) 69' Hans-Dieter Wacker 80' 85' Grabowski 88'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Scheurer

5 July 1977 (1977-07-05) 75th anniversary of Rödelheimer FC 02	Rödelheimer FC 02	0–6	Eintracht Frankfurt	showWest Germany
		Report	Wenzel Hölzenbein	Attendance: 1,500

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

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

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

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

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

26 October 1977 (1977-10-26)	FC Neustadt	0–11	Eintracht Frankfurt	showTitisee-Neustadt, West Germany
15:30 CET		Report	Hölzenbein Nickel Kraus Borchers	Attendance: 2,000

19 November 1977 (1977-11-19)	FC Augsburg	1–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	showWest Germany
		Report	Nickel Grabowski	Attendance: 1,500

30 December 1977 (1977-12-30)	Würzburger FV	2–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	showWürzburg, West Germany
	Sterz 12', 63'	Report	Grabowski 50' (pen.) Nickel 57'	Stadium: Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Drescher

13 April 1978 (1978-04-13)	Waldhof Mannheim	2–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	showWest Germany
	Böhni Vogel	Report	Wenzel Nickel Trapp	Attendance: 1,500

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

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

5 May 1978 (1978-05-05)	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–2	Mexico	showKassel, West Germany
	Nickel Grabowski	Report		Attendance: 12,000

12 May 1978 (1978-05-12)	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	AFC Ajax	showOffenbach, West Germany
	Wenzel 76'	Report	Schoenaker 11'	Stadium: Stadion am Bieberer Berg Attendance: 5,000 Referee:

16 May 1978 (1978-05-16)		3–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	showWest Germany
	Beck 14' Engelhardt 38' Köhler 57'	Report	Wenzel 72'	Attendance: 1,500

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

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

25 May 1978 (1978-05-25)	Austria	2–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	showLinz, Austria
	Kreuz 16' Prohaska 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	showFrankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CET	Nickel 40', 42', 69' Trinklein 71'	Report		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 21,000 Referee:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	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^[a]
6	MSV Duisburg	34	15	7	12	62	59	+3	37	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round^[a]
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:

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b 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		1–6	Eintracht Frankfurt	showWest Germany
	Beck 78'	Report	Kraus 5', 33' Schaffner 14' (o.g.) Nickel 16' Grabowski 45' Wenzel 58'	Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Aldinger

20 August 1977 (1977-08-20) 2nd Round	TuS Schloß Neuhaus	2–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	showPaderborn, West Germany
	Schulte 6' Fiege 35'	Report	Wenzel 62' Neuberger 67'	Stadium: Attendance: 10,000 Referee:

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

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

Intertoto Cup[]

25 June 1977 (1977-06-25) 1	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–2	Inter Bratislava	showFrankfurt, West Germany
	Nickel 44' 58'	Report	25' 49'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 4,000 Referee:

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

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

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

20 July 1977 (1977-07-20) 5	FC Zürich	1–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	showZürich, Switzerland
	Cucinotta 10'	Report		Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Dörflinger

23 July 1977 (1977-07-23) 6	Inter Bratislava	2–5	Eintracht Frankfurt	show
	Hudec 63' 88'	Report	Wenzel 7', 11' Hölzenbein 44', 78', 83'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Jarsa

Table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Inter Bratislava	6	4	1	1	18	11	+7	9
2	Eintracht Frankfurt	6	2	3	1	13	8	+5	7
3	Wacker Innsbruck	6	2	2	2	10	10	0	6
4	Zürich	6	1	0	5	4	16	−12	2

Source:^{[citation needed]}

UEFA Cup[]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14 March 1978 (1978-03-14) Quarter-finals	Grasshopper Club Zürich	1–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	showZürich, Switzerland
20:00 CET	Ponte 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		Heinz-Josef Koitka	50	0	34	0	4	0	8	0	4	0
	GK		Jürgen Pahl	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK			2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	DF		Charly Körbel	42	0	29	0	3	0	5	0	5	0
	DF			21	1	14	0	0	0	5	1	2	0
	DF			19	0	14	0	0	0	3	0	2	0
	DF		Willi Neuberger	51	4	34	2	4	1	7	0	6	1
	DF		Peter Reichel	42	1	27	1	4	0	6	0	5	0
	DF			1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF			17	1	8	0	3	0	5	1	1	0
	DF		Dragoslav Stepanović	41	2	29	1	3	0	6	1	3	0
	DF		Gert Trinklein	23	1	13	1	3	0	2	0	5	0
	DF			44	0	30	0	3	0	6	0	5	0
	MF		Jürgen Grabowski	50	14	34	9	4	2	8	3	4	0
	MF		Wolfgang Kraus	27	3	27	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Norbert Nachtweih	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Bernd Nickel	51	16	34	11	4	2	7	2	6	1
	MF		Wolfgang Trapp	9	0	2	0	1	0	4	0	2	0
	MF			2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	FW			2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	FW			5	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	FW		Ronny Borchers	8	1	6	1	0	0	1	0	1	0
	FW		Bernd Hölzenbein	51	27	34	15	4	1	8	5	5	6
	FW		Rüdiger Wenzel	48	23	34	14	4	3	6	4	4	2

Transfers[]

In:


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

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	FRG	(to FC St. Pauli)
—	DF	FRG	(to FC Augsburg)

Sources[]

Matheja, Ulrich (2011). Unsere Eintracht - Eintracht Frankfurt - Die Chronik. . 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)

[table_note_res_UC10.60733759012415-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b 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.

[a]

1977–78 season
Chairman
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
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