reserve team
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of
Eintracht Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankfurt e.V. () is a professional sports club based in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. It is best known for its football club, which was founded on 8 March 1899. The team is currently playing in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the Germa ...
. Formerly known as ''Eintracht Frankfurt Amateure'' (Amateurs) until 2005 the team played as U23 (Under 23) to emphasize the character of the team as a link between youth academy and pro team.
The traditional home ground was the
Riederwaldstadion
Riederwaldstadion is a stadium in Seckbach district of Frankfurt am Main in Germany. It was home pitch for Eintracht Frankfurt U23 until 2008, when Eintracht Frankfurt U23 moved.
The stadium was destroyed during World War II
World W ...
but for safety purposes the team was forced to play at Bornheimer Hang. The ground was actually renovated for local rival
FSV Frankfurt
Fußballsportverein Frankfurt 1899 e.V., commonly known as simply FSV Frankfurt, is a German association football club based in the Bornheim district of Frankfurt am Main, Hesse and founded in 1899. FSV Frankfurt also fielded a rather successfu ...
but since their unexpected promotion to the 2. Bundesliga and the stricter home ground requirements FSV used to play at Eintracht's actual stadium while the ''SGE'' reserves play at their home. From 2009 to 2014 both teams, FSV and Eintracht U23 played at Bornheimer Hang.
Since its re-establishment, the team plays at Sportpark Dreieich.
The squad was frequently supported by Ultras Frankfurt, especially when playing derby matches against
Darmstadt
Darmstadt () is a city in the States of Germany, state of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Frankfurt Rhine Main Area, Rhine-Main-Area (Frankfurt Metropolitan Region). Darmstadt has around 160,000 inhabitants, making it th ...
and
Kassel
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, both home and away.
History
Eintracht Frankfurt Amateure first played at highest level in Hesse when it earned promotion to the
Amateurliga Hessen
The Hessenliga (until 2008 ''Oberliga Hessen'') is the highest football league in the state of Hesse and the Hessian football league system. It is one of fourteen Oberligas in German football, the fifth tier of the German football league system. ...
in 1969, winning the league in its first attempt in 1969–70. The team played in this league, renamed to Amateur-Oberliga Hessen in 1978, for the next 26 seasons, with three runners-up finishes in 1978, 1983 and 1995 as its best results after the 1970 championship. The last of those three allowed the club promotion to the Regionalliga Süd, newly formed the year before. The team lasted for only one season before dropping back to what was now the Oberliga Hessen but won promotion again in 2002. Again it played in the Regionalliga for only one season but in 2008 it qualified for the new
Regionalliga Südwest
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, where it played for six seasons until 2014.
In April 2014, the club board of Eintracht Frankfurt decided to withdraw the U23 team from league operations, as was
FSV Frankfurt II
The FSV Frankfurt II was a German association football club from the town of Frankfurt, Hesse. It was the reserve team of FSV Frankfurt.
Until 2005 the team played as FSV Frankfurt Amateure during the times the senior side played in professional ...
and Bayer 04 Leverkusen II, after a ruling by the ''DFL'' allowed all Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga clubs to freely choose whether or not to operate an under-23 reserve team. Previous to that such teams had been compulsory.
On 14 February 2022 Eintracht Frankfurt applied to have a reserves team to be re-admitted to the 5th tier
Hessenliga
The Hessenliga (until 2008 ''Oberliga Hessen'') is the highest football league in the state of Hesse and the Hessian football league system. It is one of fourteen Oberligas in German football, the fifth tier of the German football league system. ...
for the 2022–23 season.
On 21 February the Hessian Football Association approved the incorporation of the Eintracht reserves team into the Hessenliga. The team will play at the Hahn Air Sportpark in
Dreieich
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.
Current squad
Famous players
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Marcos Álvarez
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Honours Club
;Cracovia
* Polish Super Cup: 2020
2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to ...
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Abassin Alikhil
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(represented
Afghanistan
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while being signed at Eintracht Frankfurt U23)
* Ali Amiri (represented
Afghanistan
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while being signed at Eintracht Frankfurt U23)
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Zubayr Amiri
Zubayr Amiri (Dari: زبیر امیري; born 2 May 1990) is an Afghan professional footballer who plays for SC Hessen Dreieich and the Afghanistan national team. Amiri operates in midfield, and can also play in a more attacking role; conside ...
(represented
Afghanistan
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while being signed at Eintracht Frankfurt U23)
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Mimoun Azaouagh
Mimoun Azaouagh (born 17 November 1982) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Career
Azaouagh started his career with the youth teams of FSV Frankfurt and Eintracht Frankfurt. In 1999, he moved to Mainz 05. In t ...
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Matthias Becker
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Manfred Binz
Manfred Binz (22 September 1965) is a German former professional footballer who played as a defender. He is the assistant manager of SC Hessen Dreieich.
Club career
Binz was born in Frankfurt. In his active career the sweeper won the DFB-Pokal ...
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Rudolf Bommer
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Playing career
Born in Aschaffenburg, Bommer played 417 games between 1976 and 1996 for Fortuna Düsseldorf, Bay ...
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Ronny Borchers
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Club career
Between 1975 and 1987, he played for Eintracht Frankfurt, Arminia Bielefeld and Waldhof Mannheim in the Bundesliga. However, he celebrated th ...
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Erol Bulut
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Daniyel Cimen
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Ralf Fährmann
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Club career
Fährmann made his professional debut for Schalke 04 on 13 September 2008 in 3–3 draw away ...
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Danny Galm
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Career
Having previously played for VfB Stuttgart II, Eintracht Frankfurt II, and Energie Cottbus, he joined ...
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Baldo di Gregorio
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Matthias Hagner
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References
External links
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1974 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Giessen
German fo ...
Petar Hubchev
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Jermaine Jones
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Born in Germany to an American father and German mother, he came up through the German club system and represe ...
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Sebastian Jung
Sebastian Alexander Jung (born 22 June 1990) is a German professional footballer who plays as a right back for Karlsruher SC in the 2. Bundesliga.
Club career
Jung played his first Bundesliga match for Eintracht Frankfurt, and first fully profe ...
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Jürgen Klopp
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Klopp spent most of his playing c ...
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Kevin Kraus
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Career
Kraus passed through the youth teams of Eintracht Frankfurt and in 2011 got a roster spot in ...
Markus Neumayr
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Club career
Born in Hösbach, Neumayr started his football career playing for local clubs ...
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Oka Nikolov
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Afghanistan
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Albert Streit
Albert Streit (born Albert Ursachi 28 March 1980 in Bucharest) is a Romanian-German former professional footballer.
Career
Streit signed a three-year contract with Eintracht Frankfurt following the relegation of his previous team, 1. FC Köl ...
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Faton Toski
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Club career
Ear ...
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Cenk Tosun
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After making one Bundesliga appearance for Eintracht Frankfurt, he transferred to Gaziantepspor i ...
Lars Weißenfeldt
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Bernhard Lippert
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Lippert worked between 1994 and 1997 as manager of the Eintracht Frankfurt reserve team, Eintracht ...
Petar Hubchev
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Oscar Corrochano
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Coaching career
From 2006 to 2012, he was manager of several youth teams of Eintracht Frankfurt. On 15 June 2012, Corroch ...
*2012–2014:
Alexander Schur
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Arguably his most ...
*2022–:
Kristjan Glibo
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Honours
The club's honours:
League
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Oberliga Hessen
The Hessenliga (until 2008 ''Oberliga Hessen'') is the highest football league in the state of Hesse and the Hessian football league system. It is one of fourteen Oberligas in German football, the fifth tier of the German football league system. ...
Landesliga Hessen-Süd
The Landesliga ( en, Football State League) is a tier of football in some states of the German football league system.
In Bavaria, Saxony, Thuringia, Bremen, Lower Saxony and Hamburg, the Landesligas are set right below the Oberliga and therefo ...
** Champions: 1969
Cup
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Hesse Cup
The Hesse Cup (German: ''Hessenpokal'') is one of the 21 regional cup competitions of German football. The winner of the competition gains entry to the first round of the German Cup.
History
The Cup was established in 1945, after the end of the S ...
** Winners: 1969
Recent seasons
The recent season-by-season performance of the club:Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv Historical German domestic league tablesFussball.de - Ergebnisse Tables and results of all German football leagues
* With the introduction of the
Regionalliga
The Regionalliga () is the fourth tier in the German football league system. Until 1974, it was the second tier in Germany. In 1994, it was introduced as the third tier. Upon the creation of the new nationwide 3. Liga in 2008, it became the four ...
s in 1994 and the 3. Liga in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier. In 2012, the number of Regionalligas was increased from three to five with all Regionalliga Süd clubs except the Bavarian ones entering the new
Regionalliga Südwest
The Regionalliga Südwest ( en, Regional League Southwest) is the fourth tier of the German football league system in the states of Hesse, Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland. It is one of five leagues at this level, together wit ...