1997–98 Eintracht Frankfurt season

Eintracht Frankfurt
1997-98 season
Chairman
Manager	Horst Ehrmantraut
2. Bundesliga	1st
DFB-Pokal	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Thomas Sobotzik (10); All: Thomas Sobotzik (13)
Highest home attendance	45,000 31 August 1997 v 1. FC Nürnberg (league)
Lowest home attendance	13,500 7 December 1997 v FSV Zwickau (league)
Average home league attendance	23,647
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1996–97 1998–99 →

The 1997–98 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 98th season in the club's football history. In 1997–98 the club played in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football. It was the club's 2nd season in the 2. Bundesliga after being relegated from the Bundesliga for the first time. The season ended for Eintracht with promotion to the Bundesliga after winning the 2. Bundesliga.

Friendlies[]

Win Draw Loss

1 July 1997 (1997-07-01)		2–9	Eintracht Frankfurt	showGroß-Bieberau, Germany
19:00 CEST	Agbemanyole 9' Krömmelbein	(Report)	Weber 11' Amstätter Sobotzik Pisont Cengiz da Silva	Stadium: Sportanlage am Sepp-Herberger-Weg Attendance: 2,000

4 July 1997 (1997-07-04)	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–0	Fenerbahçe	showFrankfurt, Germany
	Güntensperger 31' Sobotzik 41' Cengiz 73'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 4,985 Referee: Merk

9 July 1997 (1997-07-09)	Oberneuland XI	1–20	Eintracht Frankfurt	showRied, Austria
	Gunolf 87'	(Report)	Cengiz Güntensperger Sobotzik Weber Epp Hubchev Amstätter Wolf Zampach da Silva Martini	Stadium: Rieder Stadion Attendance: 500

12 July 1997 (1997-07-12)	1. FC Nürnberg	1–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	showWürzburg, Germany
	Šmejkal 62'	(Report)	Güntensperger 26' 74' Cengiz 76'	Stadium: Dallenbergstadion Attendance: 3,500

15 July 1997 (1997-07-15)	EGC Wirges / Sportfreunde Eisbachtal	0–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	showNentershausen, Germany
19:00 CEST		(Report)		Stadium: Eisbachtalstadion Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Albers

19 July 1997 (1997-07-19)	FSV Frankfurt	2–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	showFrankfurt, Germany
17:00 CEST	Böhnke 2' 44'	(Report)		Stadium: Stadion am Bornheimer Hang Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Ortola

26 August 1997 (1997-08-26)	SpVgg Bad Homburg	0–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	showBad Homburg, Germany
		(Report)	Cengiz 10' Mehic 12' Amstätter 73'	Stadium: Stadion Sandelmühle Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Kantor
Note: Match suspended at the 84th minute due to darkness

4 September 1997 (1997-09-04)		0–9	Eintracht Frankfurt	showLinden
18:00 CEST		(Report)	Wolf 8' da Silva 11' Sobotzik 20', 35' 41' Cengiz 43' Janßen 58', 83' (pen.) Epp 80'	Stadium: Sportplatz an der Heide Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Schön

5 September 1997 (1997-09-05)	Nidderau XI	0–19	Eintracht Frankfurt	showNidderau, Germany
19:00 CEST		(Report)	Sobotzik 12', 27' Cengiz 14', 41', 64' Wolf 15', 88' Schur 17' Mehic 20', 60', 73' Gebhardt 22', 44' Kutschera 33' 38', 69' Bindewald 67' Weber 77' da Silva 80'	Stadium: Niddersportfeld Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Chtaiti

8 October 1997 (1997-10-08)	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–3	SSC Napoli	showFrankfurt, Germany
20:15 CEST	Cengiz 11', 67'	(Report)	Calderón 15' Protti 26', 87'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 2,500

11 October 1997 (1997-10-11)		0–14	Eintracht Frankfurt	showRüsselsheim, Germany
		(Report)	Cengiz Weber Wolf Zampach da Silva (guest player) Ilie (guest player)	Attendance: 1,000

17 January 1998 (1998-01-17)	Eintracht Frankfurt	12–0	Rot-Weiss Frankfurt	showFrankfurt, Germany
	Corrochano Mehic Nwosu Flick Hubchev Epp Schur Brinkmann	(Report)		Stadium: Ancillary pitch at the Waldstadion

19 January 1998 (1998-01-19)	Taunus XI	0–9	Eintracht Frankfurt	showOberursel, Germany
		(Report)	Sobotzik 21', 28', 41' Schur 43' 44' Corrochano 64' da Silva 65' Epp 72', 75'	Stadium: Sportfeld am Tannenwald Attendance: 500

25 January 1998 (1998-01-25)	Hannover 96	3–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	showBelek, Turkey
	N’Diaye Messine	(Report)	Epp Sobotzik Martini

29 January 1998 (1998-01-29)	Spartak Varna	1–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	showBelek, Turkey
	Stanchev 55'	(Report)	Nwosu 26' Bindewald 81'

4 February 1998 (1998-02-04)	SV Bernbach	1–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	showFreigericht, Germany
	Diop 82'	(Report)	Epp 10' Martini 87'	Stadium: Stadion an der Birkenhainer Straße Attendance: 775 Referee: Wagner

8 February 1998 (1998-02-08)	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–0	SC Neukirchen	showFrankfurt, Germany
	Westerthaler 9', 30', 36' Brinkmann 67'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 300 Referee: Bastian

12 February 1998 (1998-02-12)	FV Bad Vilbel	2–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	showBad Vilbel, Germany
	Repp 20', 40'	(Report)	Güntensperger 36' Sobotzik 76'	Stadium: Niddasportfeld Attendance: 300

15 April 1998 (1998-04-15)	SG Hoechst	2–5	Eintracht Frankfurt	show
	Kilić 4' Kremer 42'	(Report)	Mehic 39' (guest player) 44', 82' Amstätter 67' 85'	Attendance: 400 Referee: Lekić

27 May 1998 (1998-05-27)	FC Kalbach	0–17	Eintracht Frankfurt	showFrankfurt, Germany
18:30 CEST		(Report)	Westerthaler Weber Sobotzik Schur Mehic Hubchev Epp Brinkmann Flick da Silva Yang (guest player) Krolo o.g.'	Stadium: Bezirkssportanlage Kalbach Attendance: 2,000

8 June 1998 (1998-06-08)		0–17	Eintracht Frankfurt	show, Germany
19:00 CEST		(Report)	Sobotzik 15', 31', 41', 44' da Silva 29', 53' Thurk (guest player) 34', 60', 63' Amstätter 36' Mehic 50', 75', 80', 88' Zampach 58', 85' Wolf 67'	Attendance: 2,500

Indoor soccer tournaments[]

Dortmund[]

3 January 1998 (1998-01-03) First match	MSV Duisburg	2–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	showDortmund, Germany
	Wolters Hirsch	(Report)	Gebhardt	Stadium: Westfalenhalle

3 January 1998 (1998-01-03) Second match	SG Wattenscheid 09	4–4	Eintracht Frankfurt	showDortmund, Germany
	Feinbier o.g.'	(Report)	Zampach Martini Wolf Bindewald	Stadium: Westfalenhalle

3 January 1998 (1998-01-03) Third match	Borussia Dortmund	4–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	showDortmund, Germany
	Timm Booth o.g.'	(Report)	Martini Zampach	Stadium: Westfalenhalle

Frankfurt[]

14 January 1998 (1998-01-14) First match	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–0	Borussia Fulda	showFrankfurt, Germany
		(Report)		Stadium: Ballsporthalle Attendance: 3,800

14 January 1998 (1998-01-14) Second match	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–0	SG Egelsbach	showFrankfurt, Germany
		(Report)		Stadium: Ballsporthalle Attendance: 3,800

14 January 1998 (1998-01-14) Third match	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	Kickers Offenbach	showFrankfurt, Germany
	Martini	(Report)		Stadium: Ballsporthalle Attendance: 3,800

14 January 1998 (1998-01-14) Semi-Final	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–3	Mainz 05	showFrankfurt, Germany
		(Report)		Stadium: Ballsporthalle Attendance: 3,800

14 January 1998 (1998-01-14)	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–0 (4–5 p)	SV Wehen	showFrankfurt, Germany
		(Report)		Stadium: Ballsporthalle Attendance: 3,800

Competitions[]

Win Draw Loss

2. Bundesliga[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Eintracht Frankfurt (C, P)	34	17	13	4	50	32	+18	64	Promotion to Bundesliga
2	SC Freiburg (P)	34	18	7	9	57	36	+21	61
3	1. FC Nürnberg (P)	34	17	8	9	52	35	+17	59
4	FC St. Pauli	34	14	14	6	43	31	+12	56
5	FC Gütersloh	34	13	16	5	43	26	+17	55

Source: Bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted

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	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	D	L	D	D	L	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	D	L	D	D	W
Position	5	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	4	4	4	5	2	3	3	3	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: kicker.de
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

25 July 1997 (1997-07-25) 1	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	showFrankfurt, Germany
19:15 CEST	Epp 5' Güntensperger 63' (pen.) Gebhardt 82'	(Report)	Younga-Mouhani 27' Dobrovolski 59' Jack 73'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Berg

3 August 1997 (1997-08-03) 2	SG Wattenscheid 09	0–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	showBochum, Germany
15:00 CEST		(Report)	Sobotzik 28'	Stadium: Lohrheidestadion Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Schößling

10 August 1997 (1997-08-10) 3	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	Stuttgarter Kickers	showFrankfurt, Germany
15:00 CEST	Janßen 35'	(Report)	16'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Byernetzki

22 August 1997 (1997-08-22) 4	Energie Cottbus	0–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	showCottbus, Germany
19:00 CEST		(Report)	Kutschera 21'	Stadium: Stadion der Freundschaft Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Aust

31 August 1997 (1997-08-31) 5	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–1	1. FC Nürnberg	showFrankfurt, Germany
15:15 CEST	Hubchev 15' Güntensperger 27', 75' (pen.) Weber 45'	(Report)	Wiesinger 90'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Hauer

12 September 1997 (1997-09-12) 6	SC Freiburg	0–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	showFreiburg, Germany
19:00 CEST		(Report)		Stadium: Dreisamstadion Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Wendorf

19 September 1997 (1997-09-19) 7	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–2	VfB Leipzig	showFrankfurt, Germany
19:00 CEST	Weber 30', 77' Hubchev 40'	(Report)	Heidrich 65' 75'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Wack

28 September 1997 (1997-09-28) 8	FC Carl Zeiss Jena	2–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	showJena, Germany
15:00 CEST	Holetschek 37' Schneider 43'	(Report)	Sobotzik 35'	Stadium: Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Margenberg

5 October 1997 (1997-10-05) 9	FC Gütersloh	0–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	showGütersloh, Germany
15:00 CEST	75'	(Report)	Weber 81'	Stadium: Heidewaldstadion Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Hilmes

20 October 1997 (1997-10-20) 10	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–1	KFC Uerdingen 05	showFrankfurt, Germany
19:15 CEST		(Report)	van Buskirk 72'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Müller

24 October 1997 (1997-10-24) 11	SV Meppen	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	showMeppen, Germany
19:00 CEST	Ukrow 65'	(Report)	Sobotzik 53'	Stadium: Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Friedrichs

31 October 1997 (1997-10-31) 12	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	SpVgg Unterhaching	showFrankfurt, Germany
19:00 CEST	Weber 63'	(Report)	Lust 55'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 15,500 Referee: Blumenstein

9 November 1997 (1997-11-09) 13	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	2–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	showFürth, Germany
14:30 CEST	Kerbr 53' 59'	(Report)	Sobotzik 65'	Stadium: Playmobil-Stadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Malbranc

24 November 1997 (1997-11-24) 14	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–2	FC St. Pauli	showFrankfurt, Germany
19:15 CEST	Sobotzik 10' Schur 16' Weber 31' (pen.) Wolf 85'	(Report)	Marin 50' Dammann 88'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Werthmann

28 November 1997 (1997-11-28) 15	Mainz 05	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	showMainz, Germany
19:00 CEST	Tanjga 42'	(Report)	Weber 77'	Stadium: Stadion am Bruchweg Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Gettke

7 December 1997 (1997-12-07) 16	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	FSV Zwickau	showFrankfurt, Germany
15:00 CEST	Wolf 38'	(Report)	Klee 49'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 13,500 Referee: Fleischer

14 December 1997 (1997-12-14) 17	Fortuna Köln	1–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	showCologne, Germany
15:00 CEST	Brdarić 32' Grlić 66'	(Report)	Weber 70' Epp 82'	Stadium: Südstadion Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Weiner

16 February 1998 (1998-02-16) 18	Fortuna Düsseldorf	0–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	showDüsseldorf, Germany
19:30 CEST		(Report)		Stadium: Rheinstadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Hauer

23 February 1998 (1998-02-23) 19	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	SG Wattenscheid 09	showFrankfurt, Germany
19:30 CEST	Sobotzik 3' Epp 43'	(Report)	Süs 30' (pen.)	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 15,500 Referee: Kadach

28 February 1998 (1998-02-28) 20	Stuttgarter Kickers	2–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	showStuttgart, Germany
15:30 CEST	84' Carl 86'	(Report)	Brinkmann 18', 89' (pen.) Westerthaler 90'	Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Schütz

8 March 1998 (1998-03-08) 21	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–0	Energie Cottbus	showFrankfurt, Germany
15:00 CEST	Wehner 28' (o.g.) 2:0 Schur 53'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Neis

16 March 1998 (1998-03-16) 22	1. FC Nürnberg	0–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	showNuremberg, Germany
19:30 CEST		(Report)	Epp 7'	Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Werthmann

23 March 1998 (1998-03-23) 23	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–0	SC Freiburg	showFrankfurt, Germany
19:30 CEST	Sobotzik 3' Zampach 60'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Fröhlich

27 March 1998 (1998-03-27) 24	VfB Leipzig	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	showLeipzig, Germany
19:00 CEST	Heidrich 70'	(Report)	Westerthaler 2'	Stadium: Bruno-Plache-Stadion Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Jansen

3 April 1998 (1998-04-03) 25	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–2	FC Carl Zeiss Jena	showFrankfurt, Germany
19:00 CEST	Güntensperger 51' Brinkmann 52'	(Report)	Weber 25' Schneider 35'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Weber

9 April 1998 (1998-04-09) 26	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–0	FC Gütersloh	showFrankfurt, Germany
19:00 CEST		(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Florian Meyer

20 April 1998 (1998-04-20) 27	KFC Uerdingen 05	0–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	showKrefeld, Germany
19:30 CEST		(Report)	Westerthaler 79'	Stadium: Grotenburg-Stadion Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Schößling

26 April 1998 (1998-04-26) 28	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	SV Meppen	showFrankfurt, Germany
15:00 CEST	Westerthaler 37'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Margenberg

3 May 1998 (1998-05-03) 29	SpVgg Unterhaching	1–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	showUnterhaching, Germany
15:00 CEST	Rraklli 59' (pen.)	(Report)	Sobotzik 52' Weber 88'	Stadium: Sportpark Unterhaching Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Lange

10 May 1998 (1998-05-10) 30	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	showFrankfurt, Germany
15:00 CEST	Flick 84'	(Report)	78'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Kammerer

18 May 1998 (1998-05-18) 31	FC St. Pauli	2–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	showHamburg, Germany
19:30 CEST	Marin 45' Mason 84'	(Report)		Stadium: Wilhelm-Koch-Stadion Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Keßler

25 May 1998 (1998-05-25) 32	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–2	Mainz 05	showFrankfurt, Germany
19:30 CEST	Weber 10' Westerthaler 38'	(Report)	Hock 62' Neustädter 65'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Weiner

3 June 1998 (1998-06-03) 33	FSV Zwickau	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	showZwickau, Germany
19:00 CEST	Pinder 42'	(Report)	Wolf 40'	Stadium: Westsachsenstadion Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Frey

7 June 1998 (1998-06-07) 34	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–2	Fortuna Köln	showFrankfurt, Germany
15:00 CEST	Sobotzik 55', 59' Gebhardt 70' Bindewald 80' (pen.)	(Report)	Majstorović 49' Younga-Mouhani 54', 90'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 41,500 Referee: Florian Meyer

DFB-Pokal[]

16 August 1997 (1997-08-16) 1st Round	VfL Halle 1896	0–4	Eintracht Frankfurt	showHalle, Germany
15:30 CEST		(Report)	Janßen 24' Güntensperger 33' (pen.) Sobotzik 48' (pen.), 71'	Stadium: Stadion am Zoo Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Wendorf

23 September 1997 (1997-09-23) 2nd Round	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–0	Werder Bremen	showFrankfurt, Germany
19:30 CEST	Sobotzik 19' (pen.) Janßen 36' Weber 64'	(Report)	Schierenbeck 58'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 35,086 Referee: Fandel

2 December 1997 (1997-12-02) Round of 16	MSV Duisburg	1–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	showDuisburg, Germany
	Salou 83'	(Report)		Stadium: Wedaustadion Attendance: 9,000

Squad[]

Squad and statistics[]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		2. Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Oka Nikolov	37	0	34	0	3	0
2	MF		Sascha Amstätter	3	0	3	0	0	0
3	DF		Dirk Wolf	29	3	26	3	3	0
4	MF		Thorsten Flick	8	1	8	1	0	0
5	DF		Petar Hubchev	34	2	32	2	2	0
6	MF		Thomas Zampach	36	1	33	1	3	0
7	FW		Thomas Epp	35	4	32	4	3	0
8	DF		Ralf Weber	33	10	30	9	3	1
9	FW		Urs Güntensperger	16	5	15	4	1	1
10	MF		Thomas Sobotzik	35	13	32	10	3	3
11	MF		Marco Gebhardt	34	2	31	2	3	0
13	FW		Sead Mehić	19	0	16	0	3	0
14	FW		Hakan Cengiz	12	0	11	0	1	0
16	MF		Olaf Janßen	13	3	11	1	2	2
18	DF		Alexander Kutschera	37	1	34	1	3	0
19	MF		Antônio da Silva	1	0	0	0	1	0
20	DF		Uwe Bindewald	37	1	34	1	3	0
21	MF			7	0	6	0	1	0
22	DF		Burhanettin Kaymak	7	0	7	0	0	0
23	GK		Sven Schmitt	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF		Alexander Schur	34	2	31	2	3	0
27	MF		Edi Martini	1	0	1	0	0	0
30	FW		Christoph Westerthaler	16	5	16	5	0	0
31	MF			2	0	1	0	1	0
32	MF		Ansgar Brinkmann	17	3	17	3	0	0
33	FW			7	0	7	0	0	0

Transfers[]

Summer[]

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	MF	GER	Sascha Amstätter (from FSV Frankfurt)
3	MF	GER	Dirk Wolf (from Borussia Mönchengladbach)
6	MF	GER	Thomas Zampach (from SV Wehen)
7	MF	GER	Thomas Epp (from Waldhof Mannheim)
10	MF	GER	Thomas Sobotzik (from FC St. Pauli)
11	MF	GER	Marco Gebhardt (from SC Verl)
13	MF	BIH	Sead Mehić (from KSV Klein-Karben)
14	MF	TUR	Hakan Cengiz (from VfL Herzlake)
15	MF	ALB	(from KF Lushnja)
19	MF	BRA	Antônio da Silva (to Sportfreunde Eisbachtal)
21	MF	GER	(from FSV Frankfurt)
22	DF	TUR	Burhanettin Kaymak (from Eintracht Frankfurt II)
27	MF	ALB	Edi Martini (from Vllaznia Shkodër)
31	MF	GER	(from Eintracht Frankfurt II)
32	MF	GER	Ansgar Brinkmann (from BV Cloppenburg)
33	MF	LBR	(from Waldhof Mannheim)

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
4	DF	GER	Dietmar Roth (to FSV Frankfurt)
6	DF	GER	Mirko Dickhaut (to VfL Bochum)
7	MF	GER	Matthias Becker (to VfB Stuttgart)
8	MF	GER	Rudolf Bommer (retired)
10	MF	GER	Maurizio Gaudino (to FC Basel)
11	FW	SWE	Johnny Ekström (to IFK Göteborg)
12	MF	GER	René Beuchel (to FSV Zwickau)
14	DF	ITA	Marco Rossi (to Piacenza FC)
19	MF	GER	(to SV Wehen)
20	DF	SCG	Zvezdan Pejović (to unknown)
21	MF	SCG	Slobodan Komljenović (to MSV Duisburg)
27	MF	GER	Carsten Hennig (to FSV Frankfurt)
31	MF	GER	(to FSV Frankfurt)
32	MF	GER	Patrick Glöckner (loaned to Stuttgarter Kickers)

Winter[]

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
30	MF	AUT	Christoph Westerthaler (from APOEL)

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	FW	TUR	Hakan Cengiz (to Waldhof Mannheim)

Notes[]

References[]

Sources[]

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

External links[]

Official English Eintracht website Archived 2017-10-02 at the Wayback Machine
German archive site
1997–98 Bundesliga season at Fussballdaten.de (in German)