1997–98 Eintracht Frankfurt season

Eintracht Frankfurt
1997-98 season
Chairman	Rolf Heller
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)	SV Groß-Bieberau	2–9	Eintracht Frankfurt	Groß-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	Frankfurt, 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	Ried, 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	Würzburg, Germany
	Šmejkal 62'	(Report)	Güntensperger 26' Levy 74' Cengiz 76'	Stadium: Dallenbergstadion Attendance: 3,500

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

19 July 1997 (1997-07-19)	FSV Frankfurt	2–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt, Germany
17:00 CEST	Böhnke 2' Guht 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	Bad 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)	TSV Großen-Linden	0–9	Eintracht Frankfurt	Linden
18:00 CEST		(Report)	Wolf 8' da Silva 11' Sobotzik 20', 35' Levy 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	Nidderau, 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' Levy 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	Frankfurt, Germany
20:15 CEST	Cengiz 11', 67'	(Report)	Calderón 15' Protti 26', 87'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 2,500

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

17 January 1998 (1998-01-17)	Eintracht Frankfurt	12–0	Rot-Weiss Frankfurt	Frankfurt, Germany
	Sawieh 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	Oberursel, Germany
		(Report)	Sobotzik 21', 28', 41' Schur 43' Sawieh 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	Belek, Turkey
	N’Diaye Messine	(Report)	Epp Sobotzik Martini

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

4 February 1998 (1998-02-04)	SV Bernbach	1–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Freigericht, 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	Frankfurt, 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	Bad 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
	Kilić 4' Kremer 42'	(Report)	Mehic 39' Gusić (guest player) 44', 82' Amstätter 67' Levy 85'	Attendance: 400 Referee: Lekić

27 May 1998 (1998-05-27)	FC Kalbach	0–17	Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt, 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)	SV Nieder-Wöllstadt	0–17	Eintracht Frankfurt	Nieder-Wöllstadt, 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	Dortmund, Germany
	Wolters Hirsch	(Report)	Gebhardt	Stadium: Westfalenhalle

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

3 January 1998 (1998-01-03) Third match	Borussia Dortmund	4–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Dortmund, 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	Frankfurt, Germany
		(Report)		Stadium: Ballsporthalle Attendance: 3,800

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

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

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

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

Competitions

Win Draw Loss

2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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) Champions; (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	Frankfurt, 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	Bochum, 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	Frankfurt, Germany
15:00 CEST	Janßen 35'	(Report)	Malchow 16'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Byernetzki

22 August 1997 (1997-08-22) 4	Energie Cottbus	0–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Cottbus, 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	Frankfurt, 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	Freiburg, 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	Frankfurt, Germany
19:00 CEST	Weber 30', 77' Hubchev 40'	(Report)	Heidrich 65' Kujat 75'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Wack

28 September 1997 (1997-09-28) 8	FC Carl Zeiss Jena	2–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Jena, 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	Gütersloh, Germany
15:00 CEST	Meyer 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	Frankfurt, 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	Meppen, Germany
19:00 CEST	Ukrow 65'	(Report)	Sobotzik 53'	Stadium: Emslandstadion Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Friedrichs

31 October 1997 (1997-10-31) 12	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	SpVgg Unterhaching	Frankfurt, 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	Fürth, Germany
14:30 CEST	Kerbr 53' Weigl 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	Frankfurt, 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	Mainz, 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	Frankfurt, 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	Cologne, 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	Düsseldorf, 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	Frankfurt, 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	Stuttgart, Germany
15:30 CEST	Malchow 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	Frankfurt, 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	Nuremberg, 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	Frankfurt, 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	Leipzig, 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	Frankfurt, 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	Frankfurt, 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	Krefeld, 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	Frankfurt, 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	Unterhaching, 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	Frankfurt, Germany
15:00 CEST	Flick 84'	(Report)	Weigl 78'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Kammerer

18 May 1998 (1998-05-18) 31	FC St. Pauli	2–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Hamburg, 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	Frankfurt, 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	Zwickau, 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	Frankfurt, 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	Halle, 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	Frankfurt, 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	Duisburg, 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	MKD	Oka Nikolov	37	0	34	0	3	0
2	MF	GER	Sascha Amstätter	3	0	3	0	0	0
3	DF	GER	Dirk Wolf	29	3	26	3	3	0
4	MF	GER	Thorsten Flick	8	1	8	1	0	0
5	DF	BUL	Petar Hubchev	34	2	32	2	2	0
6	MF	GER	Thomas Zampach	36	1	33	1	3	0
7	FW	GER	Thomas Epp	35	4	32	4	3	0
8	DF	GER	Ralf Weber	33	10	30	9	3	1
9	FW	SUI	Urs Güntensperger	16	5	15	4	1	1
10	MF	GER	Thomas Sobotzik	35	13	32	10	3	3
11	MF	GER	Marco Gebhardt	34	2	31	2	3	0
13	FW	BIH	Sead Mehić	19	0	16	0	3	0
14	FW	TUR	Hakan Cengiz	12	0	11	0	1	0
16	MF	GER	Olaf Janßen	13	3	11	1	2	2
18	DF	GER	Alexander Kutschera	37	1	34	1	3	0
19	MF	BRA	Antônio da Silva	1	0	0	0	1	0
20	DF	GER	Uwe Bindewald	37	1	34	1	3	0
21	MF	GER	Renato Levy	7	0	6	0	1	0
22	DF	TUR	Burhanettin Kaymak	7	0	7	0	0	0
23	GK	GER	Sven Schmitt	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF	GER	Alexander Schur	34	2	31	2	3	0
27	MF	ALB	Edi Martini	1	0	1	0	0	0
30	FW	AUT	Christoph Westerthaler	16	5	16	5	0	0
31	MF	GER	Alexander Lorenz	2	0	1	0	1	0
32	MF	GER	Ansgar Brinkmann	17	3	17	3	0	0
33	FW	LBR	Jonathan Sawieh	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	Adrian Dashi (from KF Lushnja)
19	MF	BRA	Antônio da Silva (to Sportfreunde Eisbachtal)
21	MF	GER	Renato Levy (from FSV Frankfurt)
22	DF	TUR	Burhanettin Kaymak (from Eintracht Frankfurt II)
27	MF	ALB	Edi Martini (from Vllaznia Shkodër)
31	MF	GER	Alexander Lorenz (from Eintracht Frankfurt II)
32	MF	GER	Ansgar Brinkmann (from BV Cloppenburg)
33	MF	LBR	Jonathan Sawieh (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	Michael König (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	Michael Guht (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. Die Werkstatt. 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)