1980–81 Eintracht Frankfurt season

Eintracht Frankfurt
1980-81 season
Chairman	Achaz von Thümen
Manager	Lothar Buchmann
Bundesliga	5th
DFB-Pokal	Winner
UEFA Cup	3rd Round
Top goalscorer	League: Bernd Hölzenbein (11); All: Cha Bum-kun (16)
Highest home attendance	59,000 29 November 1980 v Bayern Munich (league)
Lowest home attendance	8,000 13 December 1980 v Fortuna Düsseldorf (league)
Average home league attendance	21,500
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1979–80 1981–82 →

The 1980–81 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 81st season in the club's football history. In 1980–81 the club played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 18th season in the Bundesliga.

The season ended up with Eintracht winning the DFB-Pokal for the third time.

Matches

Legend

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Friendlies

19 July 1980 (1980-07-19)	Schlüchtern XI	0–11	Eintracht Frankfurt	Sinntal, West Germany
14:30 CEST		(Report)	Cha Bum-kun 14' 76' Schaub 26' 45' Nickel 41' 68' Lorant 53' (pen.) 61' 73' (o.g.) Lottermann 90'	Attendance: 1,500

22 July 1980 (1980-07-22)	SSV Eintracht Überherrn	0–6	Eintracht Frankfurt	Überherrn, West Germany
		(Report)	Hölzenbein 18' Cha Bum-kun 24', 33', 82' Nachtweih 58' Lorant 84'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Treib

23 July 1980 (1980-07-23)	TV Ebern	0–12	Eintracht Frankfurt	Ebern, West Germany
		(Report)	Neuberger 11' Cha Bum-kun 20' Nachtweih 32', 38', 79', 83' Lorant 43' Nickel 45' Körbel 48' Lottermann 74'	Attendance: 4,000

26 July 1980 (1980-07-26) Baden-Pokal (Semi-Final)	Karlsruher SC	2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	Eintracht Frankfurt	Offenburg, West Germany
	Fanz 66' Günther 82'	(Report)	Hölzenbein 4' Nachtweih 5'	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Truttenbach
	Penalties
	Struth Trenkel Groß Becker Harforth		Nickel Schaub Nachtweih Sziedat

27 July 1980 (1980-07-27) Baden-Pokal (3rd place play-off)	Offenburger FV	2–6	Eintracht Frankfurt	Offenburg, West Germany
	Hertweck 16', 70'	(Report)	Cha Bum-kun 6' Nickel 26', 62', 76' Borchers 55' Lottermann 66'	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Schnurr

29 July 1980 (1980-07-29)	FC Luzern	0–4	Eintracht Frankfurt	Luzern, Switzerland
		(Report)	Rahmen 4' (o.g.) Gruber 26' Cha Bum-kun 44' Schaub 59'	Attendance: 1,100

1 August 1980 (1980-08-01) Edi Naegeli memorial tournament (Semi-Final)	FC Zürich	1–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Zürich, Switzerland
16:30 CEST	Seiler 79'	(Report)	Pezzey 31' Körbel 61' Lottermann 88'	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Heinis

2 August 1980 (1980-08-02) Edi Naegeli memorial tournament (Final)	Grasshopper Club Zürich	1–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Zürich, Switzerland
20:30 CEST	Pfister 18'	(Report)	Cha Bum-kun 15', 54'	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Renggli

6 August 1980 (1980-08-06)	SV Hattersheim	0–8	Eintracht Frankfurt
		(Report)	Borchers 32' Schaub 88' Hinz o.g.' Blättel 72' Cha Bum-kun 63'	Attendance: 4,500

7 August 1980 (1980-08-07)	VfL Oberbieber	0–15	Eintracht Frankfurt	Neuwied, West Germany
		(Report)	Hölzenbein Cha Bum-kun Lottermann Gruber Schaub Borchers Pezzey Körbel	Attendance: 2,000

9 August 1980 (1980-08-09)	Rapid Wien	2–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Vienna, Austria
	Keglevits 4' Veselý 76'	(Report)	Gruber 83'	Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Matthias

10 August 1980 (1980-08-10)	FVgg Kastel	1–6	Eintracht Frankfurt	Mainz-Kastel, West Germany
	Konrad 56'	(Report)	Cha Bum-kun 7', 53' Pezzey 21', 30' Blättel 60', 82'	Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Birlenbach

26 August 1980 (1980-08-26)	Rödermark XI	1–12	Eintracht Frankfurt	Rödermark, West Germany
18:30 CEST	Witzel 53'	(Report)	Lorant 7', 63' (pen.), 76' Nachtweih 19' Hönnscheidt 24', 60', 81' Lottermann 27' Hölzenbein 34' Schaub 51' Blättel 79', 83'	Stadium: Sportplatz der Turngemeinde Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Baierer

9 September 1980 (1980-09-09)	1. FC Eschborn	1–11	Eintracht Frankfurt
	Henrich 75' (pen.)	(Report)	Hölzenbein 7', 18' Nachtweih 16', 22' Trapp 36' Borchers 43' Blättel 50' Schaub 52', 58' Hönnscheidt 68', 87'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Kohn

7 October 1980 (1980-10-07)	Belgium	4–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Brussels, Belgium
	Vandenbergh 40', 69' Mommens 60' Ceulemans 89'	(Report)	Nachtweih 45' Lottermann 72'	Stadium: Stade du Heysel Attendance: 3,000

8 October 1980 (1980-10-08)	SKV Büttelborn	0–7	Eintracht Frankfurt
		(Report)	Hölzenbein 7', 18' Nachtweih 15' Borchers 28' Hönnscheidt 38' Lorant 47' (pen.), 67'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Knierim

11 October 1980 (1980-10-11)	SKG Frankfurt	0–8	Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt, West Germany
		(Report)	Nachtweih 6', 87' Pezzey 10' Trapp 42' Neuberger 57' Hönnscheidt 72' Gruber 82' Hölzenbein 89'	Stadium: Sportplatz an der Hahnstraße Attendance: 800 Referee: Storck

28 October 1980 (1980-10-28)	Al-Masry SC	2–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Port Said, Egypt
	Gamal Gouda 14' Salah 82'	(Report)	Lorant 26' (pen.)	Attendance: 6,000

12 November 1980 (1980-11-12)	Eintracht Frankfurt	6–4	West Germany 1974 World Cup Team	Frankfurt, West Germany
20:00 CEST	Nickel 12' Karger 19', 24', 30' Hölzenbein 48', 67'	(Report)	Grabowski 5' Hölzenbein 42' Heynckes 74', 75'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Eschweiler

3 January 1981 (1981-01-03)	AS Cannes	0–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Cannes, France
		(Report)	Pezzey 75'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Benali

4 January 1981 (1981-01-04)	OGC Nice	6–5 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Eintracht Frankfurt	Cannes, France
	Bravo 67' Gentili 76'	(Report)	Werner Lorant (10.) Bernd Nickel (45.)	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Benali
	Penalties
	Struth Trenkel Groß Becker Harforth		Pezzey Trapp Körbel Lorant Nickel

9 January 1981 (1981-01-09)	FC Nantes	3–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Lorient, France
	Rampillon 15', 71' Bibard 82'	(Report)	Cha Bum-kun 36' Nachtweih 42'	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Femenia

24 January 1981 (1981-01-24)	Eintracht Frankfurt	5–0	Eintracht Frankfurt Amateure	Frankfurt, West Germany
10:30 CEST	Borchers 36' Nickel 39' Mintgen 44' (o.g.) Pezzey 49' Cha Bum-kun 62'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 150

21 April 1981 (1981-04-21)	Viktoria Sindlingen	0–5	Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt, West Germany
		(Report)	Hölzenbein 25' Borchers 27' Nickel 31' Cha Bum-kun 37', 53'	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Willbuck

11 May 1981 (1981-05-11)	Rheingau XI	1–8	Eintracht Frankfurt	Geisenheim, West Germany
	Harry Schmid (20.)	(Report)	Borchers 28' Cha Bum-kun 43', 72' Pezzey 61' Lorant 63' Blättel 70' Nickel 77' Lottermann 89'	Stadium: Rheingau-Stadion Attendance: 3,800 Referee: Birlenbach

12 May 1981 (1981-05-12)	FV 09 Eschersheim	1–9	Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt, West Germany
19:00 CEST	Jovanovski 16'	(Report)	Nachtweih 15', 87' Caspary 21' Lottermann 31', 82', 90' Lorant 62' Künast 85', 88'	Stadium: Sportplatz Berkersheimer Weg Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Schneider

17 May 1981 (1981-05-17)	Walldorf XI	1–9	Eintracht Frankfurt
	Kornhuber 81'	(Report)	Trapp 3', 26' Lottermann 37' Lorant 38' Nachtweih 58' Pezzey 63' Cha Bum-kun 76', 78', 80'	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Nischwitz

21 May 1981 (1981-05-21)	SG Sossenheim	0–20	Eintracht Frankfurt
18:45 CEST		(Report)	Cha Bum-kun Nickel Pezzey Plattek Lottermann Caspary Zick Trapp	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Dork

24 May 1981 (1981-05-24)	South China AA	0–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Hong Kong, United Kingdom
		(Report)	Blättel 48'	Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Wang

31 May 1981 (1981-05-31)	VfB Schrecksbach	2–7	Eintracht Frankfurt
		(Report)	Nachtweih Künast Nickel Blättel Trapp Borchers Cha Bum-kun	Attendance: 2,000

1 June 1981 (1981-06-01)	SV Zeilsheim	1–14	Eintracht Frankfurt
	Feigl 14'	(Report)	Nickel 1', 56', 68', 71', 79', 87' Zick 24' Borchers 36' Körbel 37' Nachtweih 43' Lorant 53', 82' Caspery 54', 72'	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Dörk

9 June 1981 (1981-06-09)	Oberursel XI	2–13	Eintracht Frankfurt	Oberursel, West Germany
		(Report)	Borchers Nickel Nachtweih Pezzey Neuberger Falkenmayer Funk pen' Künast Caspary	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Gebauer

14 June 1981 (1981-06-14)	TSV Ostheim	2–8	Eintracht Frankfurt	Ostheim, West Germany
	Gramm (38.) Matthias Helm (79.)	(Report)	Nickel 5', 68' Trapp 36' Borchers 43' Blättel 47' Lorant 51', 67' 89' (o.g.)	Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Trenk

Bundesliga

League fixtures and results

16 August 1980 (1980-08-16) 1	Schalke 04	1–4	Eintracht Frankfurt	Gelsenkirchen, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Džoni 31'	(Report)	Nachtweih 28' Lorant 32' Hölzenbein 43' Borchers 77'	Stadium: Parkstadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Horstmann

19 August 1980 (1980-08-19) 2	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–0	Arminia Bielefeld	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Cha Bum-kun 19', 29'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Föckler

23 August 1980 (1980-08-23) 3	Bayer Leverkusen	3–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Leverkusen, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Økland 23' Herzog 60' Demuth 84' (pen.)	(Report)	Nickel 77' Nachtweih 87'	Stadium: Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Ohmsen

3 September 1980 (1980-09-03) 4	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	VfB Stuttgart	Frankfurt, West Germany
20:00 CEST	Lottermann 36' Schaub 51'	(Report)	Klotz 90'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Risse

6 September 1980 (1980-09-06) 5	Hamburger SV	3–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Hamburg, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Kaltz 17' (pen.) Reimann 45' Hrubesch 73'	(Report)	Lorant 27'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Ahlenfelder

13 September 1980 (1980-09-13) 6	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	1860 Munich	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Pezzey 87' Hölzenbein 88'	(Report)	Năstase 67'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Schmoock

20 September 1980 (1980-09-20) 7	VfL Bochum	2–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bochum, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Gross 50' Abel 57' (pen.)	(Report)		Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Retzmann

27 September 1980 (1980-09-27) 8	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	MSV Duisburg	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Nachtweih 45' Hölzenbein 86' (pen.)	(Report)	Kempe 37'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Schmidhuber

15 October 1980 (1980-10-15) 9	1. FC Nürnberg	1–4	Eintracht Frankfurt	Nuremberg, West Germany
20:00 CEST	Heck 66'	(Report)	Hölzenbein 37', 84' Lottermann 57', 70'	Stadium: Städtisches Stadion Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Hennig

18 October 1980 (1980-10-18) 10	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Pezzey 46' Lottermann 53' Cha Bum-kun 56'	(Report)	Geye 3' Neues 82'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 37,000 Referee: Stäglich

25 October 1980 (1980-10-25) 11	1. FC Köln	5–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Cologne, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Gerber 9' Woodcock 11' Littbarski 44' Botteron 53', 75'	(Report)		Stadium: Müngersdorfer Stadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Redelfs

1 November 1980 (1980-11-01) 12	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–3	Karlsruher SC	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Pezzey 78', 90' Hölzenbein 80'	(Report)	Krauth 44', 60' Schüler 89'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Ross

8 November 1980 (1980-11-08) 13	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Borchers 41' Lottermann 46'	(Report)	Nielsen 54'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Hontheim

15 November 1980 (1980-11-15) 14	Bayer Uerdingen	4–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Krefeld, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Hofmann 5' Raschid 6' (pen.), 87' Zimmer 49'	(Report)	Neuberger 20'	Stadium: Grotenburg-Stadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Roth

29 November 1980 (1980-11-29) 15	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–0	Bayern Munich	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CEST		(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 59,000 Referee: Walz

6 December 1980 (1980-12-06) 16	Borussia Dortmund	2–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Dortmund, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Burgsmüller 20' Abramczik 48'	(Report)	Bernd Hölzenbein 80'	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Luca

13 December 1980 (1980-12-13) 17	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Pezzey 70' Hölzenbein 81' (pen)	(Report)	K Allofs 52', 89'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Gabor

27 January 1981 (1981-01-27) 18	Eintracht Frankfurt	5–0	Schalke 04	Frankfurt, West Germany
20:00 CEST	Nickel 19' Lorant 42' (pen.), 72' (pen.) Cha Bum-kun 84' Nachtweih 89'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Kasperowski

3 February 1981 (1981-02-03) 19	Arminia Bielefeld	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bielefeld, West Germany
20:00 CEST	Schock 76'	(Report)	Nickel 4'	Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Linn

7 February 1981 (1981-02-07) 20	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–0	Bayer Leverkusen	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Nickel 20', 23'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Niebergall

14 February 1981 (1981-02-14) 21	VfB Stuttgart	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Stuttgart, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Allgöwer 19'	(Report)	Lottermann 53'	Stadium: Neckarstadion Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Pauly

21 February 1981 (1981-02-21) 22	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	Hamburger SV	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Hölzenbein 47'	(Report)	Kaltz 83' (pen.)	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Assenmacher

7 March 1981 (1981-03-07) 23	1860 Munich	0–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Munich, West Germany
15:30 CEST		(Report)	Nickel 41', 65'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Stäglich

14 March 1981 (1981-03-14) 24	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–2	VfL Bochum	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Cha Bum-kun 5' Pezzey 34'	(Report)	Pinkall 27', 46'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Horstmann

21 March 1981 (1981-03-21) 25	MSV Duisburg	0–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Duisburg, West Germany
15:30 CEST		(Report)		Stadium: Wedaustadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Föckler

28 March 1981 (1981-03-28) 26	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–0	1. FC Nürnberg	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Pezzey 14' Cha Bum-kun 15', 64'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Retzmann

11 April 1981 (1981-04-11) 28	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–0	1. FC Köln	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Pezzey 42' Nachtweih 45' Hölzenbein 61', 65' (pen.)	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Roth

14 April 1981 (1981-04-14) 27	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Kaiserslautern, West Germany
20:00 CEST	Hofeditz 78' Briegel 85' (pen.)	(Report)		Stadium: Betzenbergstadion Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Waltert

18 April 1981 (1981-04-18) 29	Karlsruher SC	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Karlsruhe, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Bold 70'	(Report)	Nickel 18'	Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Ahlenfelder

8 May 1981 (1981-05-08) 30	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Mönchengladbach, West Germany
20:00 CEST	Loontiens 51' Bruns 74'	(Report)	Nachtweih 28' Pezzey 31'	Stadium: Bökelbergstadion Attendance: 15,500 Referee: Redelfs

16 May 1981 (1981-05-16) 31	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–2	Bayer Uerdingen	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Gruber 6' Lorant 73' (pen.)	(Report)	Hofmann 24', 86'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Horeis

30 May 1981 (1981-05-30) 32	Bayern Munich	7–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Munich, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Kraus 54' Breitner 60' (pen.), 64', 85' Rummenigge 77' (pen.), 80' Hoeneß 90'	(Report)	Borchers 81' Cha Bum-kun 86'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Eschweiler

6 June 1981 (1981-06-06) 33	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–4	Borussia Dortmund	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CEST		(Report)	Schneider 12' Eðvaldsson 14' Abramczik 17' Wagner 31'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Ross

13 June 1981 (1981-06-13) 34	Fortuna Düsseldorf	2–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Düsseldorf, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Nachtweih 2' Pezzey 48'	(Report)	Schmitz 18', 58'	Stadium: Rheinstadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Linn

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	VfB Stuttgart	34	19	8	7	70	44	+26	46	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round^[a]
4	1. FC Kaiserslautern	34	17	10	7	60	37	+23	44	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round^[a]
5	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	13	12	9	61	57	+4	38	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
6	Borussia Mönchengladbach	34	15	7	12	68	64	+4	37	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round^[a]
7	Borussia Dortmund	34	13	9	12	69	59	+10	35

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

^ ^a ^b As Eintracht Frankfurt qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup, their UEFA Cup spot was transferred to Mönchengladbach.

DFB-Pokal

30 August 1980 (1980-08-30) 1st Round	VfB Gaggenau	0–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Gaggenau, West Germany
15:30 CEST		(Report)	Hölzenbein 14' Hönnscheidt 44' Lorant 49'	Stadium: Traischbachstadion Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Schraivogel

22 October 1980 (1980-10-22) 2nd Round	Eintracht Frankfurt	6–0	VfB Friedrichshafen	Frankfurt, West Germany
	Nachtweih 31' Lottermann 31', 73' Cha Bum-kun 41', 79' Blättel 86'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Dölfel

22 November 1980 (1980-11-22) 3rd Round	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–0	SSV Ulm 1846	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Hölzenbein 22' (pen.) Lottermann 54' Borchers 73'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Aulenbacher

31 January 1981 (1981-01-31) 4th Round	VfB Oldenburg	4–5	Eintracht Frankfurt	Oldenburg, West Germany
	Peter Darsow 27' (pen.) Wilfried Klinge 38' Wilfried Osterkamp 75' Reinhold Specht 89'	(Report)	Lorant 8', 37' Cha Bum-kun 34', 62' Pezzey 54'	Stadium: Marschweg-Stadion Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Eschweiler

28 February 1981 (1981-02-28) Quarter-finals	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	VfB Stuttgart	Frankfurt, West Germany
	Trapp 67' Pezzey 90'	(Report)	Allgöwer 32'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Hennig

4 April 1981 (1981-04-04) Semi-finals	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	Hertha BSC	Frankfurt, West Germany
	Cha Bum-kun 30'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Heitmann

Final

2 May 1981

16:00 CEST

Eintracht Frankfurt	3–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern
Neuberger 38' Borchers 40' Cha 64'	Report	Geye 90'

Neckarstadion, Stuttgart

Attendance: 71,000

Referee: Horst Joos (Stuttgart)

UEFA Cup

17 September 1980 (1980-09-17) 1st Round	Shakhtar Donetsk	1–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Donetsk, Soviet Union
	Starukhin 22' (pen.)	(Report)		Stadium: Shakhtar Stadium Attendance: 46,000 Referee: Courtney

1 October 1980 (1980-10-01) 1st Round	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–0	Shakhtar Donetsk	Frankfurt, West Germany
	Hölzenbein 4' Cha Bum-kun 38', 70'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Garcia Carrion

22 October 1980 (1980-10-22) 2nd Round	FC Utrecht	2–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Utrecht, Netherlands
	Carbo 59' de Kruyk 90' (pen.)	(Report)	Borchers 32'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Galler

5 November 1980 (1980-11-05) 2nd Round	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–1	FC Utrecht	Frankfurt, West Germany
	Karger 52' Nachtweih 58' Pezzey 74'	(Report)	Neuberger 48' (o.g.)	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Krnach

26 November 1980 (1980-11-26) 3rd Round	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–2	FC Sochaux	Frankfurt, West Germany
20:00 CEST	Neuberger 2' Borchers 43' Hölzenbein 52' Nachtweih 61'	(Report)	Genghini 72' Ruty 88'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Dotchev

10 December 1980 (1980-12-10) 3rd Round	FC Sochaux	2–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Montbéliard, France
	Genghini 17' Revelli 44'	(Report)		Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 12,000 Referee: van Langenhove

Squad

Squad and statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal		UEFA Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	FRG	Klaus Funk	14	0	9	0	1	0	4	0
	GK	FRG	Joachim Jüriens	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	GDR	Jürgen Pahl	32	0	23	0	6	0	3	0
	DF	FRG	Rigobert Gruber	12	1	9	1	2	0	1	0
	DF	FRG	Charly Körbel	43	0	30	0	7	0	6	0
	DF	FRG	Willi Neuberger	47	3	34	1	7	1	6	1
	DF	AUT	Bruno Pezzey	43	13	31	10	7	2	5	1
	DF	FRG	Michael Sziedat	39	0	27	0	6	0	6	0
	DF	FRG	Wolfgang Trapp	23	1	19	0	2	1	2	0
	DF	FRG	Claus-Peter Zick	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	FRG	Michael Blättel	16	1	12	0	2	1	2	0
	MF	FRG	Ralf Falkenmayer	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	FRG	Bernd Hölzenbein	40	15	27	11	7	2	6	2
	MF	FRG	Werner Lorant	44	8	32	5	6	3	6	0
	MF	FRG	Stefan Lottermann	42	9	32	6	5	3	5	0
	MF	GDR	Norbert Nachtweih	42	10	30	7	7	1	5	2
	MF	FRG	Bernd Nickel	33	8	23	8	6	0	4	0
	FW	FRG	Ronny Borchers	45	7	34	3	5	2	6	2
	FW	KOR	Cha Bum-kun	38	16	27	8	6	6	5	2
	FW	FRG	Norbert Hönnscheidt	7	1	5	0	1	1	1	0
	FW	FRG	Harald Karger	4	1	3	0	0	0	1	1
	FW	FRG	Michael Künast	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	FRG	Fred Schaub	8	1	5	1	2	0	1	0

Notes

References

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
1980–81 Bundesliga season at Fussballdaten.de (in German)

[table_note_res_UC10.26761720109154-1] As Eintracht Frankfurt qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup, their UEFA Cup spot was transferred to Mönchengladbach.

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