2008–09 Eintracht Frankfurt Season
Eintracht Frankfurt started the 2008–09 season competing in the Bundesliga and the DFB-Pokal The DFB-Pokal (), also known as the German Cup in English language, English, is a German knockout Association football, football cup competition held annually by the German Football Association (DFB). Sixty-four teams participate in the competiti .... Players First-team squad :''Squad at end of season'' Left club during season Eintracht Frankfurt II Transfers In: Out: Results Results for Eintracht Frankfurt for season 2008–09. NOTE: scores are written Eintracht first NOTE: fixtures marked with a * are not scheduled yet definitely Key: *BL = Bundesliga *GC = German Cup (DFB-Pokal) *F = Friendly match *IT = Indoor tournament Notes Sources * Official English Eintracht website 2008–09 Eintracht Frankfurt season at Fussballdaten.de {{DEFAULTSORT:2008-09 Eintracht Frankfurt season 2008–09 German football clubs 2008 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Eintracht Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankfurt e.V. () is a German professional sports club based in Frankfurt, Hesse. It is best known for its football club, which was founded on 8 March 1899. The club currently plays in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German football league system. Eintracht have won the List of German football champions, German championship once, the DFB-Pokal five times, the UEFA Europa League twice and finished as runner-up in the UEFA Champions League, European Cup once. The team was one of the founding members of the Bundesliga at its inception and has spent a total of 56 seasons in the top division, thus making them the seventh longest participating club in the highest tier of the league. The club has 150,000 members, and thus is the third largest club on this level in Germany. Since 1925 their stadium has been the Waldstadion (Frankfurt), Waldstadion, which is currently named Deutsche Bank Park for sponsorship reasons. Eintracht Frankfurt have either won or drawn more than ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nikola Petković (footballer, Born 1986)
Nikola Petković ( sr-Cyrl, Никола Петковић, ; born 28 March 1986) is a retired footballer who played as a centre-back. Born in Serbia, he most recently represented China internationally. Club career Petković began his career with FK Vojvodina with which he played excellently in the 2006–07 Serbian SuperLiga season. Foreign clubs became interested in his services and he subsequently signed for Gençlerbirliği S.K., where he got less playing time and was loaned to two different clubs. In the summer of 2009, he signed with Eintracht Frankfurt, but again only managed to play on an infrequent basis and was loaned out to FC Tom Tomsk and Al-Ahli (Jeddah) before coming to sign for Red Star Belgrade in 2011. Red Star Belgrade Petković signed a two-year contract with Red Star Belgrade on the last day of the summer 2011 transfer window. Sydney FC On 19 September 2013, Sydney FC announced that they had completed their squad for the 2013/14 season by signing Petković o ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alexander Meier
Alexander Meier (born 17 January 1983) is a German former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or forward. He was the 2014–15 Bundesliga top scorer with 19 goals in 26 games. Career Early career Meier began his professional career with FC St. Pauli in 2002. In the 2001–02 season, Meier appeared on matchdays 32 and 33. In the 2002–03 season, he became a regular fixture appearing in 23 league matches (scoring seven goals) and two cup matches. He signed his first professional contract on 10 April 2003. He moved to local rivals Hamburger SV in 2003; signing a three–year contract. Borussia Mönchengladbach also inquired about Meier. In his only season, he made four league appearances for the first team and six appearances for the reserve team. Eintracht Frankfurt 2004–2009 Meier signed for Eintracht Frankfurt on 1 July 2004, and made his debut for the club in a 2. Bundesliga match against Alemannia Aachen, which finished in a 1–1 draw with h ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Markus Steinhöfer
Markus Steinhöfer (born 7 March 1986) is a German former professional footballer who played as a right-back. Club career Youth football Steinhöfer began his early football with local amateur club DSC Weißenburg. Via TSV Roth he then joined the youth division of 1. FC Nürnberg. In 2002 he joined the B-Juniors (later U-17) in the youth department of Bayern Munich. A year later he advanced to their A-Junioren (later U-19) and was part of the team that won the final in the A-Junioren-Bundesliga 2003–04. At the same time, as of February 2004, he made his first appearances for the FC Bayern München Amateure in the third-tier Regionalliga Süd, winning the championship title in that division at the end of the season. The following season he was regular starter in the team. He played with the team for two seasons and was then loaned to Red Bull Salzburg. Red Bull Salzburg In summer 2006 he joined Austrian Bundesliga team Red Bull Salzburg under head coach Giovanni Trapatton ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ümit Korkmaz
Ümit Korkmaz (; born 17 September 1985) is a retired Austrian footballer who played as a winger. He is currently the manager of Ostbahn XI. Korkmaz has played for football clubs in Germany and Turkey, as well as Austria. He also represented the Austria national football team at UEFA Euro 2008. Club career Korkmaz was signed by a fifth division club at the age of 18. He was soon discovered by scouts of Rapid Wien and transferred to the club. Brought through the ranks of Rapid Wien, Korkmaz played two seasons with the side. In June 2008, Korkmaz agreed to join German Bundesliga side Eintracht Frankfurt. He signed a four-year contract that runs until 30 June 2012. In January 2011, Eintracht Frankfurt loaned Korkmaz, who had not had many chances to play for the club that season, to 2. Bundesliga club VfL Bochum. On 12 December 2013, it was announced that he had annulled his contract with FC Ingolstadt 04 and would subsequently join Çaykur Rizespor. Korkmaz signed with Firs ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda
FC DAC 1904 is a Slovak professional association football, football club based in Dunajská Streda which competes in the Slovak First Football League. In the 2007–08 season, they were the west group champions of the Slovak Third League. In the 2008–09 season, after merging with FC Senec, they entered the Slovak First Football League, top division. The club is strongly supported by the Hungarian minority in Slovakia. History The first organized sports club in Dunajská Streda (then Dunaszerdahely, Hungary), the Dunaszerdahelyi Atlétikai Club (Dunajská Streda Athletic Club (DAC)), was founded in 1904. At the time, football was a popular sport. The club survived both world wars and continued to 1953 when the team won the Bratislava district one A grade premiership. In 1968 and 1969, the team advanced in the Western Division of the third league before returning to the regional competition. In the 1977 to 1978 season, the team again entered the third league coming sixth. In the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Léonard Kweuke
Leony Léonard Kweuke (born 12 July 1987) is a retired Cameroonian footballer. Career On 18 December 2008, Kweuke's club DAC Dunajská Streda loaned him to Eintracht Frankfurt to play in the German Bundesliga. For the 2009–10 season, he was loaned to Energie Cottbus. On 10 June 2010, DAC announced his return after two years in Germany, but he was sold to Sparta Prague. Kweuke was banned by the league in May 2013 after receiving a red card in a Czech Cup match against Mladá Boleslav. The dismissal was for a tackle which broke the leg of defender Radek Dosoudil in two places. The ban, to last for 12 matches, was the longest-ever punishment issued by the Czech league. International goals :''Scores and results list Cameroon's goal tally first.'' Honours Club * Czech Republic Football Supercup: 2010 *Czech First League Runner-up: 2010–2011, 2011–12, 2012–13 Individual *Czech First League Foreign footballer of the season by the readers of "iDNES.cz": 2010–2011 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bosnia And Herzegovina National Football Team
The Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team (; ; ) represents Bosnia and Herzegovina in men's international Association football, football competitions, and is governed by the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Until 1992 Bosnian independence referendum, 1992, Bosnians, Bosnian footballers played for Yugoslavia national football team, Yugoslavia. Bosnia and Herzegovina achieved their best result when they reached the 2014 FIFA World Cup as winners of their 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group G, qualifying group. They were eliminated after narrow 2014 FIFA World Cup Group F, group stage losses to Argentina national football team, Argentina and Nigeria national football team, Nigeria and a win over Iran national football team, Iran. The national team has never taken part in a UEFA European Championship. The team's highest FIFA World Rankings, FIFA World Ranking was 13th, achieved in August 2013. History Bosnia and Herzegovina have seen a stea ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bosnia And Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe. Situated on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula, it borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to the north and southwest, with a coast on the Adriatic Sea in the south. Bosnia (region), Bosnia has a moderate continental climate with hot summers and cold, snowy winters. Its geography is largely mountainous, particularly in the central and eastern regions, which are dominated by the Dinaric Alps. Herzegovina, the smaller, southern region, has a Mediterranean climate and is mostly mountainous. Sarajevo is the capital and the largest city. The area has been inhabited since at least the Upper Paleolithic, with permanent human settlement traced to the Neolithic cultures of Butmir culture, Butmir, Kakanj culture, Kakanj, and Vučedol culture, Vučedol. After the arrival of the first Proto-Indo-Europeans, Indo-Europeans, the area was populated ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hamburg
Hamburg (, ; ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,. is the List of cities in Germany by population, second-largest city in Germany after Berlin and List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 7th-largest in the European Union with a population of over 1.9 million. The Hamburg Metropolitan Region has a population of over 5.1 million and is the List of EU metropolitan areas by GDP, eighth-largest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union. At the southern tip of the Jutland Peninsula, Hamburg stands on the branching River Elbe at the head of a estuary to the North Sea, on the mouth of the Alster and Bille (Elbe), Bille. Hamburg is one of Germany's three city-states alongside Berlin and Bremen (state), Bremen, and is surrounded by Schleswig-Holstein to the north and Lower Saxony to the south. The Port of Hamburg is Germany's largest and Europe's List of busiest ports in Europe, third-largest, after Port of Rotterdam, Rotterda ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Zlatan Bajramović
Zlatan Bajramović (; born 12 August 1979) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player who played as a defensive midfielder. He is currently both the assistant head coach of 2. Bundesliga club Karlsruher SC and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. Club career Bajramović spent all of his playing career in the country of his birth, Germany. After starting his career at FC St. Pauli, he moved to SC Freiburg in 2002, then in 2005 to Schalke 04. On 30 July 2008, Bajramović joined Eintracht Frankfurt. After numerous injuries, he retired from professional football in 2011. International career Bajramović made his debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina in a March 2002 friendly game against Macedonia and has earned a total of 35 caps, scoring three goals. His final international was a November 2009 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Portugal. Personal life Bajramović's family is from Vitez, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Honours Player SC Freiburg * 2. Bundesliga ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Benjamin Köhler
Benjamin Köhler (born 4 August 1980) is a German former professional footballer. Köhler, who is left-footed, could play flexibly on all offensive positions but often found himself on the left wing. Career After getting just one appearance with Hertha BSC he had a one-year loan stint with Duisburg; he finally moved to Regionalliga side Rot-Weiss Essen where he scored 13 goals. After that season, Eintracht Frankfurt scouted and finally signed him. In the promotion season he netted seven goals in 29 games. In the next season he had as many games while scoring three goals, one of which was among the goal of the week choices. On 7 February 2015, his Union Berlin team-mates held a tribute to him in support after his diagnosis of stomach cancer after the seventh minute of the game, a 2–1 defeat of VfL Bochum Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft, commonly referred to as VfL Bochum (), is a Football in Germany, German professional association football club ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |