2005–06 Eintracht Frankfurt season

Eintracht Frankfurt
2005–06 season
Chairman	Heribert Bruchhagen
Manager	Friedhelm Funkel
Bundesliga	14th
DFB-Pokal	Final
Top goalscorer	League: Ioannis Amanatidis (12); All: Ioannis Amanatidis (15)
Highest home attendance	50,000 on four occasions (league)
Lowest home attendance	26,000 on two occasions (league)
Average home league attendance	41,918
	← 2004–05 2006–07 →

The 2005–06 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 106th season in the club's football history. In 2005–06 the club played in the Bundesliga, the first tier of German football. It was the club's 101st season in the first tier.

Results

Legend

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Friendlies

6 July 2005 (2005-07-06)	Zillertal XI	0–10	Eintracht Frankfurt	Zell am Ziller, Austria
18:00 CEST		(Report)	van Lent 13', 19' Vasoski 29' Meier 30' Lexa 37' Cha 48' Stroh-Engel 55', 85' Weissenberger 60' Köhler 69'	Stadium: Parkstadion Zell/Ziller Attendance: 500

10 July 2005 (2005-07-10)	FC Augsburg	0–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Augsburg, Germany
18:00 CEST		(Report)	Wiedener 25'	Stadium: Rosenaustadion Attendance: 1,500

14 July 2005 (2005-07-14)	Viktoria Urberach	1–12	Eintracht Frankfurt	Rödermark, Germany
18:45 CEST	Grimm 57'	(Report)	Huggel 4' van Lent 21', 28', 38' Meier 24', 36', 44' Köhler 40' Preuß 59' Lenze 63' Weissenberger 74' (pen.) Cha 89'	Stadium: Viktoria-Sportplatz Attendance: 3,500

17 July 2005 (2005-07-17)	Eintracht Wetzlar	0–12	Eintracht Frankfurt	Wetzlar, Germany
18:30 CEST		(Report)	Weissenberger 25' (pen.) Copado 29' Köhler 30', 77', 88' Cha 41' Preuß 44' van Lent 53', 55' Lexa 65' Meier 70' (pen.) Ochs 78'	Stadium: Stadion Wetzlar Attendance: 3,200

20 July 2005 (2005-07-20)	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	Beşiktaş	Kempten, Germany
19:00 CEST	van Lent 29'	(Report)	Souleymane Youla 81'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Fleischer

23 July 2005 (2005-07-23)	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	Crystal Palace	Füssen, Germany
18:30 CEST	van Lent 76'	(Report)	Hudson 50'	Attendance: 1,000

24 July 2005 (2005-07-24)	Allgäu XI	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Oberstdorf, Germany
18:30 CEST	Wörgötter 44'	(Report)	Copado 9'	Attendance: 1,500

27 July 2005 (2005-07-27)	Odenwald XI	1–6	Eintracht Frankfurt	Erbach, Germany
17:30 CEST	Leifermann 90' (pen.)	(Report)	Cha 9' Copado 29', 85' Chaftar 53' Jones 66' Cimen 73'	Stadium: Sportpark Erbach Attendance: 2,500

30 July 2005 (2005-07-30)	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–0	Karlsruher SC	Eschborn, Germany
16:00 CEST	Cha 12' Preuß 71'	(Report)		Stadium: Heinrich-Graf Sportanlage Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Wagner

2 August 2005 (2005-08-02)	TuS Dehrn	0–21	Eintracht Frankfurt	Runkel, Germany
18:30 CEST		(Report)	Jones 7' Copado 11' (32) Meier 16', 33' van Lent 27' Lexa 35', 42' Huggel 44' Lenze 48', 73', 78' Cha 50' Weissenberger 51' (pen.) Köhler 58', 59', 84' Preuß 62' Ochs 65' Wiedener 80'	Stadium: Sportplatz an der Lahnbrücke Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Horn

2 September 2005 (2005-09-02)	SC Paderborn	0–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Paderborn, Germany
18:30 CEST		(Report)		Stadium: Hermann Löns Stadium Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Guido Winkmann

6 September 2005 (2005-09-06)	Rot-Weiß Walldorf	1–6	Eintracht Frankfurt	Mörfelden-Walldorf, Germany
18:30 CEST	Doukas 3'	(Report)	Copado 18' Amanatidis 20' Vasoski 41' Stroh-Engel 59' van Lent 81' Cha 87'	Stadium: Sportplatz Okrifteler Straße Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Öztürk

7 October 2005 (2005-10-07)	Jahn Regensburg	1–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Regensburg, Germany
19:00 CEST	Alder 56' (pen.)	(Report)	Meier 24' Husterer 76'	Stadium: Jahnstadion Attendance: 500 Referee: Maier

9 January 2006 (2006-01-09)	SC Freiburg	0–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Albufeira, Portugal
16:00 CEST		(Report)	Cha 22' Köhler 24'

14 May 2006 (2006-05-14)	Standard Liège	1–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Portimão, Portugal
18:30 CEST	Sarr 2'	(Report)

21 January 2006 (2006-01-21)	TuS Koblenz	2–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Neunkirchen, Germany
	Džaka 6' (pen.) Guščinas 32'	(Report)	Cha 53'	Stadium: Ellenfeldstadion Attendance: 60

16 May 2006 (2006-05-16)	TSV Heusenstamm	0–7	Eintracht Frankfurt	Heusenstamm, Germany
		(Report)	Stroh-Engel 4', 79' Köhler 18', 22' Copado 28' Toski 59' Huggel 69'	Stadium: Sportgelände Alte Linde Attendance: 1,500

15 May 2014 (2014-05-15)	SKG Stockstadt	2–9	Eintracht Frankfurt	Stockstadt, Germany
18:30 CEST	Raffa 26' Heldmann 68'	(Report)	Pröll 37', 45', 55', 87' Copado 49' Huggel 50', 53' Rehmer 77' Copado 90'	Stadium: SKG Sportgelände Attendance: 2,700 Referee: Schröder

20 May 2006 (2006-05-20)	SG Oberhöchstadt	0–4	Eintracht Frankfurt	Kronberg im Taunus, Germany
16:00 CEST		(Report)	Pröll 11' Rehmer 15', 18' Weissenberger 20' Aborted due to heavy rain after 22 minutes	Stadium: Sportplatz Altkönigstraße Attendance: 1,400

25 May 2006 (2006-05-25)	East Hesse XI	6–9	Eintracht Frankfurt	Fulda, Germany
14:00 CEST	Hammerl 19' Göhringer 47' Hilfenhaus 52' Aschenbrücker 60', 81' Romeis 86'	(Report)	Fießer 9', 49' Puljiz 10' Köhler 33' Pröll 44' Copado 57' Nikolov 63' (pen.), 90' Kühn 73'	Stadium: Haimbacher Sportplatz Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Möller

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
12	Hannover 96	34	7	17	10	43	47	−4	38
13	Arminia Bielefeld	34	10	7	17	32	47	−15	37
14	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	9	9	16	42	51	−9	36	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round^[a]
15	VfL Wolfsburg	34	7	13	14	33	55	−22	34
16	1. FC Kaiserslautern (R)	34	8	9	17	47	71	−24	33	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga

Source: kicker.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ As DFB Cup 2005-06 winners Bayern Munich qualified for the 2006–07 UEFA Champions League, the 2006–07 UEFA Cup place for domestic cup winners was awarded to finalists Eintracht Frankfurt.

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	D	L	L	D	W	D	D	L
Position	16	18	12	15	15	15	17	18	16	13	14	12	12	13	10	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14

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

Matches

7 August 2005 (2005-08-07) 1	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–4	Bayer Leverkusen	Frankfurt, Germany
17:30 CEST	Vasoski 7'	(Report)	Berbatov 24' Voronin 48' Schneider 56' Krzynówek 59'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Florian Meyer

13 August 2005 (2005-08-13) 2	Hertha BSC	2–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Berlin, Germany
15:30 CEST	Schröder 53' van Lent 78' (o.g.)	(Report)		Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Markus Schmidt

27 August 2005 (2005-08-27) 3	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	1. FC Nürnberg	Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST	Jones 68'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

10 September 2005 (2005-09-10) 4	Hannover 96	2–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Hanover, Germany
15:30 CEST	Štajner 32' Yankov 63'	(Report)		Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Markus Merk

17 September 2005 (2005-09-17) 5	Hamburger SV	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Hamburg, Germany
15:30 CEST	Van Buyten 85'	(Report)	Cha 90'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 48,500 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

20 September 2005 (2005-09-20) 6	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–1	Bayern Munich	Frankfurt, Germany
20:00 CEST		(Report)	Guerrero 72'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Knut Kircher

24 September 2005 (2005-09-24) 7	VfL Wolfsburg	1–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Wolfsburg, Germany
15:30 CEST	Klimowicz 35'	(Report)		Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Drees

1 October 2005 (2005-10-01) 8	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–1	Schalke 04	Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST		(Report)	Larsen 64'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

16 October 2005 (2005-10-16) 9	MSV Duisburg	0–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Duisburg, Germany
17:30 CEST		(Report)	Meier 26'	Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 24,500 Referee: Markus Schmidt

22 October 2005 (2005-10-22) 10	Eintracht Frankfurt	6–3	1. FC Köln	Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST	Amanatidis 2' Rehmer 8' Chris 28' Köhler 35' Meier 78' Cha 89'	(Report)	Streit 5' Podolski 54' (pen.) Alpay 90'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Herbert Fandel

29 October 2005 (2005-10-29) 11	Werder Bremen	4–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bremen, Germany
15:30 CEST	Frings 29' Borowski 52', 90' Klose 61'	(Report)	Amanatidis 19'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Knut Kircher

5 November 2005 (2005-11-05) 12	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–0	Arminia Bielefeld	Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST	Copado 35' Meier 49', 55'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 33,500 Referee: Michael Weiner

19 November 2005 (2005-11-19) 13	Mainz 05	2–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Mainz, Germany
15:30 CEST	Noveski 70' Ruman 90'	(Report)	Noveski 3' (o.g.), 6' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadion am Bruchweg Attendance: 20,500 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

27 November 2005 (2005-11-27) 14	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	VfB Stuttgart	Frankfurt, Germany
17:30 CEST	Amanatidis 19'	(Report)	Ljuboja 63'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 41,500 Referee: Babak Rafati

10 December 2005 (2005-12-10) 16	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–0	Borussia Dortmund	Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST	Copado 9' Amanatidis 84'	(Report)	Rosický 73'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Peter Gagelmann

14 December 2005 (2005-12-14) 15	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Kaiserslautern, Germany
17:30 CEST	Seitz 85'	(Report)	Weissenberger 50' Copado 58'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Florian Meyer

17 December 2005 (2005-12-17) 17	Borussia Mönchengladbach	4–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Mönchengladbach, Germany
15:30 CEST	Jansen 45' Neuville 77', 82' Svěrkoš 88'	(Report)	Copado 16', 21' Chris 90'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 47,500 Referee: Markus Merk

28 January 2006 (2006-01-28) 18	Bayer Leverkusen	2–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Leverkusen, Germany
18:30 CEST	Freier 67' Butt 74' (pen.)	(Report)	Ioannis Amanatidis 42'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Herbert Fandel

4 February 2006 (2006-02-04) 19	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	Hertha BSC	Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST	Jones 59'	(Report)	Boateng 20'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Michael Weiner

8 February 2006 (2006-02-08) 20	1. FC Nürnberg	0–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Nuremberg, Germany
20:00 CEST		(Report)	Amanatidis 44'	Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Markus Merk

11 February 2006 (2006-02-11) 21	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–1	Hannover 96	Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST		(Report)	Yankov 78'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Markus Schmidt

19 February 2006 (2006-02-19) 22	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–2	Hamburger SV	Frankfurt, Germany
17:30 CEST	Meier 42'	(Report)	Trochowski 20' Van Buyten 52'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 47,500 Referee: Fleischer

25 February 2006 (2006-02-25) 23	Bayern Munich	5–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Munich, Germany
15:30 CEST	Guerrero 21', 42' Ballack 32', 62' Pizarro 85'	(Report)	Preuß 31' Meier 84'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 69,000 Referee: Peter Gagelmann

5 March 2006 (2006-03-05) 24	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST	Amanatidis 65'	(Report)	Hanke 58'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

12 March 2006 (2006-03-12) 25	Schalke 04	2–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
17:30 CEST	Larsen 52' Sand 90'	(Report)		Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,500 Referee: Knut Kircher

18 March 2006 (2006-03-18) 26	Eintracht Frankfurt	5–2	MSV Duisburg	Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST	Amanatidis 1', 13', 57' Köhler 11' Copado 79' (pen.)	(Report)	Bodzek 25' Lavrič 32'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Markus Merk

25 March 2006 (2006-03-25) 27	1. FC Köln	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Cologne, Germany
20:00 CEST	Springer 2' Szabics 45'	(Report)	Rehmer 16'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Florian Meyer

1 April 2006 (2006-04-01) 28	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–1	Werder Bremen	Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST		(Report)	Klose 70' (pen.)	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 48,600 Referee: Herbert Fandel

8 April 2006 (2006-04-08) 29	Arminia Bielefeld	1–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bielefeld, Germany
15:30 CEST	Westermann 68'	(Report)		Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Peter Gagelmann

15 April 2006 (2006-04-15) 30	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–0	Mainz 05	Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST		(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Knut Kircher

22 April 2006 (2006-04-22) 31	VfB Stuttgart	0–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Stuttgart, Germany
15:30 CEST		(Report)	Meier 59' Amanatidis 61' (pen.)	Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Attendance: 56,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

3 May 2006 (2006-05-03) 32	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST	Köhler 50' Amanatidis 70'	(Report)	Reinert 17' Ziemer 83'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

6 May 2006 (2006-05-06) 33	Borussia Dortmund	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Dortmund, Germany
15:30 CEST	Gambino 87'	(Report)	Cha 54'	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Florian Meyer

13 May 2006 (2006-05-13) 34	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST		(Report)	Neuville 56' Rafael 90'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 49,500 Referee: Fleischer

DFB-Pokal

19 August 2005 (2005-08-19) First round	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	1–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Oberhausen, Germany
19:00 CEST	Gatarić 77'	(Report)	Huggel 36' Amanatidis 52'	Stadium: Niederrheinstadion Attendance: 3,800 Referee: Kuhl

25 October 2005 (2005-10-25) Second round	Eintracht Frankfurt	6–0	Schalke 04	Frankfurt, Germany
19:30 CEST	Meier 28', 68' Huggel 30' Spycher 64' Copado 79' Ochs 85'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Felix Brych

21 December 2005 (2005-12-21) Third round	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–1 p)	1. FC Nürnberg	Frankfurt, Germany
19:00 CEST	Copado 35' (pen.) Spycher 98'	(Report)	Kießling 43'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 39,000 Referee: Herbert Fandel
	Penalties
	Köhler Copado Preuß Huggel		Pinola Saenko Banović

25 January 2006 (2006-01-25) Quarterfinals	TSV 1860 München	1–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Munich, Germany
19:00 CEST	Reisinger 11'	(Report)	Copado 21' Amanatidis 77' Meier 90'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

11 April 2006 (2006-04-11) Semifinals	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	Arminia Bielefeld	Frankfurt, Germany
20:30 CEST	Amanatidis 16'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Markus Merk

Final

29 April 2006

20:00 CEST

Eintracht Frankfurt	0–1	Bayern Munich
	Report	Pizarro 59'

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 74,349

Referee: Herbert Fandel (Kyllburg)

Indoor soccer tournaments

Rheinland Cup

2 January 2006 (2006-01-02) 1st Match	Fortuna Düsseldorf	2–5	Eintracht Frankfurt	Cologne, Germany
	Abelski 5' Feinbier 15'	(Report)	Preuß 1', 17' Köhler 2' Stroh-Engel 8', 12'	Stadium: Kölnarena Attendance: 15,000

2 January 2006 (2006-01-02) 2nd Match	1. FC Köln	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Cologne, Germany
	Lell 6'	(Report)	Chris 16'	Stadium: Kölnarena Attendance: 15,000

2 January 2006 (2006-01-02) Semi-final	MSV Duisburg	1–4	Eintracht Frankfurt	Cologne, Germany
	Rademacher 5'	(Report)	Köhler 1' Stroh-Engel 2', 12', 19'	Stadium: Kölnarena Attendance: 15,000

2 January 2006 (2006-01-02) Final	Alemannia Aachen	1–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Cologne, Germany
	Rauw 11'	(Report)	Russ 7' Huggel 8', 13'	Stadium: Kölnarena Attendance: 15,000

Cup der Öffentlichen Versicherungen

4 January 2006 (2006-01-04) 1st Match	Arminia Bielefeld	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Oldenburg, Germany
	Rau 7'	(Report)	Stroh-Engel 1'	Stadium: Weser-Ems-Halle Attendance: 4,500

4 January 2006 (2006-01-04) 2nd Match	VfL Wolfsburg	0–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Oldenburg, Germany
		(Report)	Cha 3' Preuß 16'	Stadium: Weser-Ems-Halle Attendance: 4,500

4 January 2006 (2006-01-04) Semi-final	VfL Oldenburg	2–4	Eintracht Frankfurt	Oldenburg, Germany
	12' Epp 18'	(Report)	van Lent 8', 20' Köhler 12' Cha (13.) 13'	Stadium: Weser-Ems-Halle Attendance: 4,500

4 January 2006 (2006-01-04) Final	Arminia Bielefeld	1–4	Eintracht Frankfurt	Oldenburg, Germany
	Christian Wieczorek (8.)	(Report)	Daniyel Cimen (6.), 1:1, 2:1 Arie van Lent (21.), 3:1 Du-Ri Cha (23.), 4:1 Dominik Stroh-Engel (24.)	Stadium: Weser-Ems-Halle Attendance: 4,500

Frankfurt Cup

5 January 2006 (2006-01-05) 1st Match	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–2	Kickers Offenbach	Frankfurt, Germany
	Frommer Russ 20'	(Report)		Stadium: Fraport Arena Attendance: 5,000

5 January 2006 (2006-01-05) 2nd Match	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	Sportfreunde Siegen	Frankfurt, Germany
	Huggel 17'	(Report)		Stadium: Fraport Arena Attendance: 5,000

5 January 2006 (2006-01-05) Semi-final	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1 (4–3 p)	LR Ahlen	Frankfurt, Germany
	Huggel 18'	(Report)		Stadium: Fraport Arena Attendance: 5,000

5 January 2006 (2006-01-05) Final	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–2 (1–3 p)	Sportfreunde Siegen	Frankfurt, Germany
	Russ Köhler	(Report)		Stadium: Fraport Arena Attendance: 5,000

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

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	DF	GER	Patrick Ochs
4	DF	GER	Christoph Preuß
5	DF	MKD	Aleksandar Vasoski
7	MF	GER	Benjamin Köhler
8	MF	AUT	Stefan Lexa
10	MF	AUT	Markus Weissenberger
11	MF	KOR	Cha Du-ri^{[notes 2]}
13	MF	GER	Jermaine Jones^{[notes 3]}
14	MF	GER	Alexander Meier
15	DF	CRO	Jurica Puljiz
16	DF	SUI	Christoph Spycher
17	MF	GER	Daniyel Cimen


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	FW	GRE	Ioannis Amanatidis
20	FW	GER	Francisco Copado
21	GK	GER	Markus Pröll
22	DF	GER	Christopher Reinhard
23	DF	GER	Marco Russ
24	MF	GER	Alexander Schur
26	FW	GER	Dominik Stroh-Engel
28	GK	GER	Jan Zimmermann
29	DF	BRA	Chris
30	MF	SUI	Benjamin Huggel
31	DF	GER	Mounir Chaftar
33	DF	GER	Marko Rehmer
34	GK	GER	Robert Cue

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
3	DF	GER	Andree Wiedener (retired)
6	MF	GER	Christian Lenze (to Erzgebirge Aue)
9	FW	NED	Arie van Lent (to Rot-Weiss Essen)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
12	DF	GER	Markus Husterer (on loan from Bayern Munich II)
25	DF	GER	Alexander Huber^{[notes 4]} (on loan to 1899 Hoffenheim)
26	FW	GER	Nico Frommer (to Unterhaching)

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
—	GK	GER	Pablo Álvarez
—	GK	GER	Nils Holzhauser
—	DF	GER	Timothy Chandler^{[notes 5]}
—	DF	GER	Sebastian Jung
—	MF	GER	Marcel Titsch-Rivero


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	GER	Faton Toski^{[notes 6]}
—	MF	GER	Richard Weil
—	MF	CRO	Krešo Ljubičić^{[notes 7]}
—	FW	GER	Cenk Tosun^{[notes 8]}

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	MKD	Oka Nikolov	36	0	30	0	6	0
2	DF	GER	Patrick Ochs	32	1	28	0	4	1
3	DF	GER	Andree Wiedener	4	0	1	0	3	0
4	MF	GER	Christoph Preuß	27	1	23	1	4	0
5	DF	MKD	Aleksandar Vasoski	39	1	33	1	6	0
7	MF	GER	Benjamin Köhler	34	3	29	3	5	0
8	MF	AUT	Stefan Lexa	16	0	13	0	3	0
9	FW	NED	Arie van Lent	12	0	11	0	1	0
10	MF	AUT	Markus Weissenberger	19	1	14	1	5	0
11	MF	KOR	Du-Ri Cha	30	3	27	3	3	0
13	MF	USA	Jermaine Jones	24	2	20	2	4	0
14	MF	GER	Alexander Meier	38	10	33	7	5	3
16	DF	SUI	Christoph Spycher	27	1	24	0	3	1
17	MF	GER	Daniyel Cimen	15	0	12	0	3	0
18	FW	GRE	Ioannis Amanatidis	37	15	32	12	5	3
20	MF	ESP	Francisco Copado	29	9	24	6	5	3
21	GK	GER	Markus Pröll	2	0	2	0	0	0
22	DF	GER	Christopher Reinhard	7	0	7	0	0	0
23	DF	GER	Marco Russ	11	0	9	0	2	0
24	MF	GER	Alexander Schur	2	0	2	0	0	0
26	DF	GER	Dominik Stroh-Engel	3	0	3	0	0	0
28	GK	GER	Jan Zimmermann	2	0	2	0	0	0
29	DF	BRA	Chris	26	2	22	2	4	0
30	MF	SUI	Benjamin Huggel	34	2	28	0	6	2
31	DF	GER	Mounir Chaftar	1	0	1	0	0	0
33	DF	GER	Marko Rehmer	28	2	25	2	3	0

Transfers

Transferred in

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer Window	Contract ends	Transfer fee
4	Midfield	Christoph Preuß	23	Yes	VfL Bochum	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2009	€500,000
11	Midfield	Du-Ri Cha	24	No	Bayer Leverkusen (Cha was previously loaned from Leverkusen to Eintracht)	Free transfer	Summer	30 June 2006	Free
13	Midfield	Jermaine Jones	23	Yes	Bayer Leverkusen (Jones was previously loaned from Leverkusen to Eintracht)	Free transfer	Summer	30 June 2007	Free
14	Midfield	Alexander Meier	22	Yes	Hamburger SV (Meier was previously loaned from Hamburg to Eintracht)	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2008	€650,000
16	Defender	Christoph Spycher	27	No	Grasshopper Club Zürich	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2007	€275,000
18	Striker	Ioannis Amanatidis	23	Yes	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2008	€1.8 Million
20	Midfield	Francisco Copado	30	Yes	SpVgg Unterhaching	Free transfer	Summer	30 June 2008	Free
26	Striker	Dominik Stroh-Engel	19	Yes	SC Waldgirmes	Free transfer	Summer	30 June 2008	Free
27	Striker	Nico Frommer	27	Yes	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	Loan return	Summer	30 June 2006	Free
28	Goalkeeper	Jan Zimmermann	20	Yes	Eintracht Frankfurt II	Promoted	Summer	30 June 2014	Free
30	Midfield	Benjamin Huggel	27	No	FC Basel	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2008	€800,000
31	Defender	Mounir Chaftar	19	Yes	Eintracht Frankfurt U19	Promoted	Summer	30 June 2008	Free
33	Defender	Marko Rehmer	33	Yes	Hertha BSC	Free transfer	Summer	30 June 2006	Free

Transferred out

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer Window	Transfer fee
3	Defender	Andree Wiedener	35	Yes	Retired	Termination of contract	Winter	Free
4	Defender	Torben Hoffmann	30	Yes	TSV 1860 München	Free transfer	Summer	Free
5	Defender	Jens Keller	34	Yes	Retired	End of contract	Summer	Free
6	Midfielder	Christian Lenze	28	Yes	Erzgebirge Aue	Free transfer	Summer	Free
9	Striker	Arie van Lent	35	Yes	Rot-Weiss Essen	Free transfer	Winter	Free
12	Defender	Markus Husterer	22	Yes	Bayern Munich II	Loan end	Winter	Free
18	Striker	Nico Frommer	27	Yes	SpVgg Unterhaching	Free transfer	Summer	Free
19	Midfielder	Mehmet Dragusha	27	No	SC Paderborn	Free transfer	Summer	Free
20	Striker	Markus Beierle	33	Yes	SV Darmstadt 98	Free transfer	Summer	Free
25	Defender	Alexander Huber	20	Yes	TSG Hoffenheim	Loan	Winter	Free
30	Goalkeeper	Andreas Menger	32	Yes	Retired	End of contract	Summer	Free

Notes

^ Nikolov was born in Erbach im Odenwald, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Macedonia (now North Macedonia) internationally and made his international debut for Macedonia in September 1998.
^ Cha was born in Frankfurt, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent South Korea internationally through his father and made his debut for South Korea in 2001.
^ Jones was born in Frankfurt, West Germany (now Germany), and represented Germany at U-20, U-21 and B level before making his international debut for Germany in 2008, but also qualified to represent the United States through his father and made his international debut for the United States in October 2010.
^ Huber was born in Leninabad, Tajik SSR, Soviet Union (now Khujand, Tajikistan), but was raised in Germany from the age of 4 and represented Germany at U-20 and B level before making his international debut for Tajikistan in June 2017.
^ Chandler was born in Frankfurt, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent the United States internationally through his father and made his international debut for the United States in March 2011.
^ Toski was born in Gjilan, SFR Yugoslavia (now Kosovo), but was raised in Germany and represented Germany at U-19 level before making his international debut for Kosovo in March 2014.
^ Ljubičić was born in Hanau, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Croatia internationally and represented Croatia at U-17, U-18, U-19, U-20 and U-21 level.
^ Tosun was born in Wetzlar, Germany, and represented Germany at U-16, U-18, U-19 and U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and represented Turkey at U-21 and B level before making his international debut for Turkey in October 2013.

References

^ "FootballSquads - Eintracht Frankfurt - 2005/06".

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
Eintracht-Archiv.de
2005–06 Eintracht Frankfurt season at Fussballdaten.de (in German)

[table_note_res_UC1b0.15317186394388-1] As DFB Cup 2005-06 winners Bayern Munich qualified for the 2006–07 UEFA Champions League, the 2006–07 UEFA Cup place for domestic cup winners was awarded to finalists Eintracht Frankfurt.

[3] Nikolov was born in Erbach im Odenwald, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Macedonia (now North Macedonia) internationally and made his international debut for Macedonia in September 1998.

[4] Cha was born in Frankfurt, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent South Korea internationally through his father and made his debut for South Korea in 2001.

[5] Jones was born in Frankfurt, West Germany (now Germany), and represented Germany at U-20, U-21 and B level before making his international debut for Germany in 2008, but also qualified to represent the United States through his father and made his international debut for the United States in October 2010.

[6] Huber was born in Leninabad, Tajik SSR, Soviet Union (now Khujand, Tajikistan), but was raised in Germany from the age of 4 and represented Germany at U-20 and B level before making his international debut for Tajikistan in June 2017.

[7] Chandler was born in Frankfurt, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent the United States internationally through his father and made his international debut for the United States in March 2011.

[8] Toski was born in Gjilan, SFR Yugoslavia (now Kosovo), but was raised in Germany and represented Germany at U-19 level before making his international debut for Kosovo in March 2014.

[9] Ljubičić was born in Hanau, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Croatia internationally and represented Croatia at U-17, U-18, U-19, U-20 and U-21 level.

[10] Tosun was born in Wetzlar, Germany, and represented Germany at U-16, U-18, U-19 and U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and represented Turkey at U-21 and B level before making his international debut for Turkey in October 2013.

[2] "FootballSquads - Eintracht Frankfurt - 2005/06".

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