1973–74 Eintracht Frankfurt season

Eintracht Frankfurt
1973–74 season
Chairman	Achaz von Thümen
Manager	Dietrich Weise
Bundesliga	4th
DFB-Pokal	Winner
Top goalscorer	League: Bernd Hölzenbein (12); All: Bernd Hölzenbein (17)
Highest home attendance	62,000 16 March 1974 v Bayern Munich (league)
Lowest home attendance	8,000 4 May 1974 v Werder Bremen (league)
Average home league attendance	25,882
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1972–73 1974–75 →

The 1973–74 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 74th season in the club's football history. In 1973–74 the club played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 11th season in the Bundesliga.

The season ended up with Eintracht winning the German cup for the first time.^{[note 1]}

Matches[edit]

Legend[edit]

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Friendlies[edit]

21 July 1973 (1973-07-21)	Friedrichsdorf XI	2–11	Eintracht Frankfurt	Friedrichsdorf, West Germany
		(Report)	Krauth Grabowski Kalb Hölzenbein Rohrbach H Müller Trinklein	Attendance: 1,000

22 July 1973 (1973-07-22)	VfL Marburg	0–7	Eintracht Frankfurt
		(Report)		Attendance: 2,000

27 July 1973 (1973-07-27)	FSV Frankfurt	1–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt, West Germany
	Stahl 73'	(Report)		Stadium: Stadion am Bornheimer Hang Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Röder

29 July 1973 (1973-07-29)	SV Darmstadt 98	0–5	Eintracht Frankfurt	Darmstadt, West Germany
		(Report)	Rohrbach 7', 44' Hölzenbein 14', 32' Grabowski 38'	Stadium: Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Eichhorn

31 July 1973 (1973-07-31)	SpVgg Bad Homburg	1–6	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bad Homburg, West Germany
	Diehl	(Report)	Grabowski 30' (pen.) 53' Weidle 37' Rohrbach 79' Krauth 80'	Stadium: Sportplatz Sandelmühle Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Klein

4 August 1973 (1973-08-04) Semi-Finals (Trofeo Ciudad de La Línea de la Concepción)	Real Betis	0–0 (4–2 p)	Eintracht Frankfurt	La Línea de la Concepción, Spain
		(Report)		Stadium: Estadio Municipal Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Martínez Banegas
	Penalties
			Grabowski Weidle Kliemann Nickel

5 August 1973 (1973-08-05) Third place play-off (Trofeo Ciudad de La Línea de la Concepción)	CD Málaga	0–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	La Línea de la Concepción, Spain
		(Report)	Rohrbach 20' Hölzenbein 79'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Soto Montesinos

7 August 1973 (1973-08-07)	Cádiz CF	0–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Cádiz, Spain
		(Report)	Rohrbach 62' Hölzenbein 85'	Attendance: 20,000

28 August 1973 (1973-08-28)	SV Sandhausen	3–2	Eintracht Frankfurt
	Frey 42' Engelhardt 67', 68'	(Report)	Parits 35' Hölzenbein 52'	Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Webersdorfer

12 September 1973 (1973-09-12)	SSV Dillenburg	0–7	Eintracht Frankfurt	Dillenburg, West Germany
		(Report)	Nickel 10' Rohrbach Parits Kliemann	Attendance: 3,100 Referee: Nix

16 September 1973 (1973-09-16)	Racing Strasbourg	2–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	France
		(Report)	Nickel	Attendance: 2,000

18 September 1973 (1973-09-18)	SpVgg Griesheim 02	3–10	Eintracht Frankfurt
		(Report)	Kliemann Kraus Nickel Grabowski Rohrbach Weidle	Attendance: 1,500

26 September 1973 (1973-09-26)	Eintracht Frankfurt / Kickers Offenbach XI	5–2	AC Milan	Frankfurt, West Germany
	Grabowski Kliemann 8' Semlitsch Held	(Report)	Chiarugi Tresoldi	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Tschenscher

30 September 1973 (1973-09-30)	FC Augsburg	0–5	Eintracht Frankfurt
		(Report)	Parits Steinhäusler o.g.' Weidle Andree Brandmair o.g.'	Attendance: 2,000

9 October 1973 (1973-10-09)	FC Dossenheim	1–11	Eintracht Frankfurt	Dossenheim, West Germany
	Jakob	(Report)	Krauth Nickel H Müller Kalb Weidle Uwe Kliemann Körbel	Stadium: Jahnstadion Attendance: 2,000

12 October 1973 (1973-10-12)	Stuttgarter Kickers	2–2	Eintracht Frankfurt
	Scheuring 35' Holock 69'	(Report)	Kliemann 72' Trinklein 90'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Joos

21 November 1973 (1973-11-21)	Freiburger FC	3–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Freiburg, West Germany
	Westermann 30', 69' Dries 49'	(Report)	Krauth 16' Rohrbach 82'	Stadium: Möslestadion Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Wiedemer

25 November 1973 (1973-11-25)	Mainz 05	2–8	Eintracht Frankfurt
	Scheller 11' (pen.), 85' (pen.)	(Report)	Krauth 4' Hölzenbein 8' Kalb 34' (pen.) Reichel 44' Rohrbach 48', 90' Trinklein 59' Göttmann 67'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Nickel

12 December 1973

Eintracht Frankfurt

0–0

West Germany youth XI

30 December 1973 (1973-12-30)	DJK Gütersloh	0–6	Eintracht Frankfurt
		(Report)	Parits 4', 48', 76' Hölzenbein 63' Kliemann 85' Krauth 89'	Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Waltert

21 January 1974 (1974-01-21)	Eintracht Frankfurt (combined XI)	4–3	Hesse XI
	Krauth 6' Rainer Göttmann 45' Rauch 76' Kraus 78'	(Report)	Schwab 33', 36' H Müller 58'	Referee: Guth

19 February 1974 (1974-02-19)	TuS Neuendorf	2–5	Eintracht Frankfurt	Koblenz, West Germany
	Keil 36' Rath 83' (pen.)	(Report)	Rohrbach 14' Nickel 41' Krauth 48' Parits 70' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion Oberwerth Attendance: 1,700 Referee: Hontheim

23 February 1974 (1974-02-23)	1. FC Saarbrücken	3–3	Eintracht Frankfurt
	Hähnchen 38' Thelen 88', 90'	(Report)	Rohrbach 7' Nickel 61' Kalb 63'	Attendance: 3,500

2 April 1974 (1974-04-02)	SV Wiesbaden	3–6	Eintracht Frankfurt
	Dymalla Stengel Freudenberg	(Report)	Kliemann Parits Hölzenbein Rohrbach Grabowski	Attendance: 3,500

28 April 1974 (1974-04-28)	TSV Nördlingen	1–10	Eintracht Frankfurt
		(Report)	Krauth Nickel Weidle Hölzenbein Grabowski Rohrbach

30 April 1974 (1974-04-30)	BSV Weißenthurm	0–6	Eintracht Frankfurt
		(Report)		Attendance: 2,000

7 May 1974 (1974-05-07)	TV Oberndorf	0–20	Eintracht Frankfurt
		(Report)	Kraus Hölzenbein Nickel Rohrbach Kliemann Kalb Körbel Weidle H Müller o.g.' o.g.'

22 May 1974 (1974-05-22) Semi-finals (Trofeo Ciudad de Zaragoza)	FK Partizan	0–0 (4–5 p)	Eintracht Frankfurt	Zaragoza, Spain
	Živaljević 24' Bošković 40'	(Report)	Kalb 47' (pen.) Andree 70'	Attendance: 15,000

23 May 1974 (1974-05-23) Final match (Trofeo Ciudad de Zaragoza)	Real Zaragoza	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Eintracht Frankfurt
	García Castany 95' (pen.)	(Report)		Attendance: 30,000

26 May 1974 (1974-05-26)	Zamalek	2–5	Eintracht Frankfurt
		(Report)	Krauth Kalb Körbel Rohrbach Nickel	Attendance: 20,000

31 May 1974 (1974-05-31)	Zamalek / Ismaily XI	1–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Damanhur, Egypt
		(Report)		Attendance: 25,000

2 June 1974 (1974-06-02)	Zamalek / El-Olympi XI	0–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Cairo, Egypt
		(Report)		Stadium: Cairo International Stadium

Bundesliga[edit]

League fixtures and results[edit]

11 August 1973 (1973-08-11) 1	1. FC Köln	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Cologne, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Löhr 68' (pen.)	(Report)	Weber 71' (o.g.)	Stadium: Müngersdorfer Stadion Attendance: 16,000

18 August 1973 (1973-08-18) 2	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–0	MSV Duisburg	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Grabowski 48' Reichel 50' Weidle 63'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Biwersi

21 August 1973 (1973-08-21) 3	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–4	Eintracht Frankfurt	Kaiserslautern, West Germany
20:00	Sandberg 21'	(Report)	Weidle 48' Grabowski 74' Kalb 77' (pen.) Reichel 88'	Stadium: Betzenbergstadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Eschweiler

25 August 1973 (1973-08-25) 4	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–3	VfB Stuttgart	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Nickel 68' Weidle 76' Hölzenbein 82', 84'	(Report)	Brenninger 59' Entenmann 61' Ettmayer 66'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Hennig

31 August 1973 (1973-08-31) 5	VfL Bochum	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bochum, West Germany
20:00 CEST	Walitza 51'	(Report)	Körbel 76'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Meuser

8 September 1973 (1973-09-08) 6	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	Hamburger SV	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Nickel 78'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Bonacker

22 September 1973 (1973-09-22) 8	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Rohrbach 47'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Schulenburg

29 September 1973 (1973-09-29) 9	Bayern Munich	2–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Munich, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Dürnberger 31', 32'	(Report)	Nickel 34' Hölzenbein 49'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 74,500 Referee: Dr Siepe

6 October 1973 (1973-10-06) 10	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–2	Fortuna Köln	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Hölzenbein 66' Trinklein 73' Nickel 77' Kalb 87' (pen.)	(Report)	Kucharski 6', 62'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Gabor

16 October 1973 (1973-10-16) 11	Rot-Weiss Essen	6–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt, West Germany
20:00 CEST	Fürhoff 16' Lippens 31' de Vlugt 45', 50' Kunter 76' (o.g.) Weiss 78'	(Report)	Grabowski 19' Senger 31' (o.g.) Bernd Hölzenbein 90'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Roth

20 October 1973 (1973-10-20) 12	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–0	Hertha BSC	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Nickel 42', 82'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Hillebrand

23 October 1973 (1973-10-23) 7	Kickers Offenbach	5–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Offenbach, West Germany
20:00 CEST	Schäfer 9' Semlitsch 38' Ritschel 45' (pen.) Skala 46' Kostedde 76'	(Report)	Andree 36' Nickel 84'	Stadium: Bieberer Berg Attendance: 31,500 Referee: Redelfs

27 October 1973 (1973-10-27) 13	Wuppertaler SV	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Wuppertal, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Cremer 37'	(Report)	Grabowski 8'	Stadium: Stadion am Zoo Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Schäfer

3 November 1973 (1973-11-03) 14	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	Schalke 04	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Hölzenbein 54', 88'	(Report)	Kremers 58'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Biwersi

10 November 1973 (1973-11-10) 15	Werder Bremen	1–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bremen, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Weist 50'	(Report)	Hölzenbein 9', 59'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Kindervater

3 November 1973 (1973-11-03) 16	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	Hannover 96	Frankfurt, West Germany
20:00 CEST	Parits 25'	(Report)	Anders 20'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Dittmer

8 December 1973 (1973-12-08) 17	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Düsseldorf, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Brei 33'	(Report)		Stadium: Rheinstadion Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Meuser

5 January 1974 (1974-01-05) 18	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	1. FC Köln	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CEST	H Müller 32' Grabowski 78'	(Report)	D Müller 30'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 31,000 Referee: Ohmsen

12 January 1974 (1974-01-12) 19	MSV Duisburg	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Duisburg, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Bücker 90'	(Report)	Kliemann 32'	Stadium: Wedaustadion Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Basedow

19 January 1974 (1974-01-19) 20	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Kliemann 2' Rohrbach 13', 63'	(Report)	Toppmöller 85'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Kindervater

26 January 1974 (1974-01-26) 21	VfB Stuttgart	3–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Stuttgart, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Ettmayer 38' Coordes 40' Ohlicher 75'	(Report)	Kliemann 90'	Stadium: Neckarstadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Overberg

2 February 1974 (1974-02-02) 22	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–1	VfL Bochum	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Körbel 15' Grabowski 58' (pen.) Kalb 64'	(Report)	Balte 60' (pen.)	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Quindeau

9 February 1974 (1974-02-09) 23	Hamburger SV	4–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Hamburg, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Volkert 30', 60' Heese 78' Hönig 81'	(Report)	Rohrbach 40', 65'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Hillebrand

2 March 1974 (1974-03-02) 24	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–2	Kickers Offenbach	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Kliemann 16' Grabowski 88' (pen.)	(Report)	Ritschel 53' Hickersberger 86'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Hennig

9 March 1974 (1974-03-09) 25	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Mönchengladbach, West Germany
15:30 CEST		(Report)		Stadium: Bökelbergstadion Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Lutz

16 March 1974 (1974-03-16) 26	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	Bayern Munich	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Grabowski 18' (pen.)	(Report)	G Müller 79'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 62,000 Referee: Weyland

23 March 1974 (1974-03-23) 27	Fortuna Köln	3–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Cologne, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Wesseler 35' Otters 39' Glock 83'	(Report)	Hölzenbein 54', 63'	Stadium: Müngersdorfer Stadion Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Quindeau

30 March 1974 (1974-03-30) 28	Eintracht Frankfurt	6–0	Rot-Weiss Essen	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Nickel 8', 57' Kalb 19', 58' Rohrbach 64' Parits 90'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Picker

6 April 1974 (1974-04-06) 29	Hertha BSC	2–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Berlin, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Brück 40' Grau 72'	(Report)	Trinklein 31'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Eschweiler

20 April 1974 (1974-04-20) 30	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	Wuppertaler SV	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Nickel 36'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Basedow

23 April 1974 (1974-04-23) 31	Schalke 04	3–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Gelsenkirchen, West Germany
20:00 CEST	Scheer 8' Abramczik 88' Sobieray 90'	(Report)	Hölzenbein 73'	Stadium: Parkstadion Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Ohmsen

4 May 1974 (1974-05-04) 32	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	Werder Bremen	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Kliemann 58'	(Report)	Ohling 78'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Engel

11 May 1974 (1974-05-11) 33	Hannover 96	0–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Hanover, West Germany
15:30 CEST		(Report)		Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Weyland

18 May 1974 (1974-05-18) 34	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Krauth 63' Grabowski 66'	(Report)	Köhnen 29'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Nickel

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	34	21	6	7	93	52	+41	48	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Fortuna Düsseldorf	34	16	9	9	61	47	+14	41	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	15	11	8	63	50	+13	41	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
5	1. FC Köln	34	16	7	11	69	56	+13	39	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
6	1. FC Kaiserslautern	34	15	8	11	80	69	+11	38

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

DFB-Pokal[edit]

^{[note 1]}

2 December 1973 (1973-12-02) 1st Round	Tennis Borussia Berlin	1–8	Eintracht Frankfurt	Berlin, West Germany
	Hoffmann 60'	(Report)	Parits 19', 63' Weidle 25', 42' Grabowski 40', 84' Rohrbach 68' Krauth 85'	Stadium: Mommsenstadion Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Eggers

15 December 1973 (1973-12-15) 2nd Round	Hessen Kassel	2–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Kassel, West Germany
	Martin 46', 86'	(Report)	Hölzenbein 43' Parits 60', 91'	Stadium: Auestadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Haselberger

16 February 1974 (1974-02-16) Quarter-finals	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–3 (a.e.t.)	1. FC Köln	Frankfurt, West Germany
	Hölzenbein 25', 93', 108' Rohrbach 61'	(Report)	Overath 69', 99' Flohe 73'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Horstmann

13 April 1974 (1974-04-13) Semi-finals	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–2	Bayern Munich	Frankfurt, West Germany
	Hölzenbein 49' Rohrbach 68' Kalb 90' (pen.)	(Report)	Hoeneß 60' Breitner 62' (pen.)	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 62,000 Referee: Aldinger

Squad[edit]

Squad and statistics[edit]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	FRG	Peter Kunter	18	0	17	0	1	0
	GK	FRG	Günter Wienhold	20	0	17	0	3	0
	DF	FRG	Hans-Joachim Andree	18	1	17	1	1	0
	DF	FRG	Uwe Kliemann	38	5	34	5	4	0
	DF	FRG	Helmut Müller	19	1	16	1	3	0
	DF	FRG	Peter Reichel	36	2	32	2	4	0
	DF	FRG	Gert Trinklein	33	2	30	2	3	0
	MF	FRG	Bernd Hölzenbein	37	17	33	12	4	5
	MF	FRG	Jürgen Kalb	30	6	27	5	3	1
	MF	FRG	Charly Körbel	38	2	34	2	4	0
	MF	FRG	Wolfgang Kraus	29	0	28	0	1	0
	MF	FRG	Bernd Nickel	23	10	21	10	2	0
	FW	FRG	Jürgen Grabowski	36	11	32	9	4	2
	FW	FRG	Raimund Krauth	10	2	9	1	1	1
	FW	AUT	Thomas Parits	20	6	17	2	3	4
	FW	FRG	Thomas Rohrbach	32	9	28	6	4	3
	FW	FRG	Roland Weidle	35	4	31	3	4	1

Notes[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c The cup final was held in the 1974-75 season because of the 1974 World Cup in Germany.

References[edit]

Sources[edit]

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

External links[edit]

Official English Eintracht website Archived 2 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine
German archive site
1973–74 Bundesliga season at Fussballdaten.de (in German)

[Cup-1] The cup final was held in the 1974-75 season because of the 1974 World Cup in Germany.

[note 1]