Of football gods & goals of the century: Frankfurt visits Gais - VIDEO

The history 1899 ... Frankfurter Eintracht was born. The exact day it was founded is March 8, 1899 - at that time the club was still called “Frankfurt Football Club Victoria of 1899”. 1963 ... Eintracht Frankfurt took part in the new Bundesliga for the first time as one of the founding members. The Hessians played continuously in the upper house of football for over 30 years before they had to move into league two for the first time in 1996. To date, Frankfurt has been relegated three more times - the club has been first class again since 2012. 2005 ... Frankfurter Eintracht's home stadium, the Commerzbank Arena, was modernized for the 2006 World Cup. With a capacity of 51.500 spectators, the arena is one of the ten largest football stadiums in Germany.

The successes 1 time… Frankfurter Eintracht became German champions in 1959. At that time it was still in the “Oberliga Süd”, a predecessor of the German Bundesliga. 1 time… Eintracht Frankfurt won an international title. In 1980, the Hessians were crowned UEFA Cup winners with a final victory over Borussia Mönchengladbach. 20 years earlier, the club was on the verge of winning the European Cup, but lost out in the final against Real Madrid. 4 time… Eintracht conquered the DFB Cup. The Frankfurt team won the German Cup in 1974, 1975, 1981 and 1988 - this year they qualified again for the final in Berlin, but had to give way to Borussia Dortmund.

The training camp in South Tyrol

8 days… Frankfurt Eintracht has been sweating for a long time in Gais. The Bundesliga club has been in South Tyrol since Monday and will return to Germany on August 1st. 2 games… completed Eintracht Frankfurt as part of his stay in South Tyrol. Both times it is against an Italian first division team: on July 27th there will be a duel with Sassuolo, on July 30th newly promoted Benevento Calcio awaits. 29 players… has called up coach Niko Kovac for the training camp in Gais. Prominent newcomers such as Holland's national player Jetro Willems are there, while long-term injuries such as "football god" Alex Meier did not make the trip across the Brenner Pass. Many… Training sessions await the Eintracht stars in Pustertal. If there are no friendly games on the program, Niko Kovac asks his boys to come onto the pitch twice a day to train.

Curiosities & more

Jay Jay Okocha… scored a goal for the history books in the 1993/94 Bundesliga season wearing a Frankfurt Eintracht jersey. The Nigerian offensive man devastated the entire Karlsruher SC backline with a slalom run for eternity, before he also out-danced goalkeeper Oliver Kahn and netted the net. To this day, Okocha's goal is one of the most famous in the entire history of the Bundesliga.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/6WU-KA1D79E

The Frankfurt fan scene… is one of the best that football Germany has to offer. The powerful voice not only creates goosebumps at Eintracht's home games, but is also unique away from home. Would you like an example? In November 2013 On a Thursday evening (!) over 12.000 Frankfurt fans (!!) traveled to France (!!!) to support their team in the Europa League game against Bordeaux. Alex Meier... has long been a legend in Frankfurt. The beefy striker, who is entering his 13th season with Eintracht this year, is one of the club's figureheads and has been dubbed the "football god" by fans for some time. It is not uncommon for the entire stadium to sing when the fans sing one of the iconic Alex Meier songs.

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Of football gods & goals of the century: Frankfurt visits Gais - VIDEO

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