Eintracht Frankfurt (women) facts for kids
| Founded | 1973, as SG Praunheim | |||
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| Ground | Stadion am Brentanobad | |||
| Capacity | 5,200 | |||
| President | Mathias Beck | |||
| Sporting director | Katharina Kiel | |||
| Head coach | Niko Arnautis | |||
| League | Frauen-Bundesliga | |||
| 2024–25 | 3rd of 12 | |||
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Eintracht Frankfurt is a famous German women's association football club. It is based in the city of Frankfurt. Their main team plays in the top German league, the Frauen-Bundesliga.
For many years, from 1998 to 2020, the club was known as 1. FFC Frankfurt. Eintracht Frankfurt has won many important titles. They have won the German women's football championship seven times. They also won the German Cup nine times. On top of that, they have won the UEFA Women's Champions League four times. Only one other club, Lyon, has won more European titles. The team plays their home games at the Stadion am Brentanobad. Their biggest rivals are 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam.
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Club History and Success
The club started as SG Praunheim in 1973. This was when they first created a women's football team. Even though they didn't play in the national championship or cup at first, they joined the new Bundesliga in 1990. In the early 1990s, Praunheim slowly got better each season.
Building a Professional Team
A big change happened in the 1993–94 season. Monika Staab, a former captain, became the coach. Siegfried Dietrich joined as manager and investor. Together, they created the first professional club for women's football in Germany. This helped the team become very strong.
In 1995–96, the club reached the playoffs for the German championship for the first time. They lost the final game 0–1 to TSV Siegen. After that, they stayed among the top teams in Germany. However, they didn't win any titles for a while. They were often behind their local rival, FSV Frankfurt.
Becoming 1. FFC Frankfurt
On January 1, 1999, the women's team left SG Praunheim. They formed their own club called 1. FFC Frankfurt. This new club found success right away. They won both the German Cup and the championship in their very first season.
In 1999–2000, they won their second German Cup. But they lost the championship to FCR Duisburg. From 2000 to 2003, the club won three "doubles" in a row. A "double" means winning both the league championship and the main cup in the same season. They also became the best team in Europe. They won the first-ever UEFA Women's Cup in 2002.
In 2003–04, Turbine Potsdam became a strong rival. Potsdam won their own "double," leaving Frankfurt without a trophy that year. This was after Frankfurt had won ten titles in five years!
European Triumphs and Challenges
After their first European win, other clubs won the UEFA Women's Cup for a few years. Umeå from Sweden beat Frankfurt 8–0 in the 2004 final.
In 2006, Frankfurt met Turbine Potsdam in the 2006 UEFA Women's Cup final. Frankfurt won the first game 4–0. They then won the second game 3–2, securing their second European title. A record crowd of 13,100 people watched the second game. Even German Chancellor Angela Merkel was there!
After losing three cup finals to Potsdam, Frankfurt won another "double" in 2006–07. But they were knocked out of the UEFA Women's Cup by Kolbotn from Norway. In the 2007–08 season, they won their second "treble." A "treble" means winning the league, the main cup, and the European title in one season. The final game against Umeå had 27,640 fans. This was a new record for a women's club football game in Europe at the time.
Changes and New Beginnings
The club's performance dropped in the 2008–09 season. They finished fourth in the league, which was their lowest finish since the Bundesliga started. They also didn't reach the DFB-Pokal Frauen final.
In 2019, the club announced a plan to join the men's football club, Eintracht Frankfurt. This merger happened in June 2020. From July 1, 2020, the women's team became part of Eintracht Frankfurt. Now, the club has five women's teams playing at different levels.
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Home Stadium
Eintracht Frankfurt plays its home games at the Stadion am Brentanobad. This stadium is in the Rödelheim area of Frankfurt. They share it with the men's team of Rot-Weiss Frankfurt. The city of Frankfurt owns the stadium. It can hold 5,200 people, with 1,100 covered seats. In recent years, Eintracht has had the highest average attendance in the Bundesliga. More than 1,000 fans usually come to their games.
Sometimes, Eintracht plays bigger games at the Commerzbank-Arena. This is the home stadium of the men's Eintracht Frankfurt team. The 2006 UEFA Women's Cup final between Frankfurt and Potsdam had 13,100 fans. This is still a record for European club football matches.
Club Rivalries
A strong rivalry grew between Eintracht Frankfurt (when they were 1. FFC Frankfurt) and 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam. Potsdam is a former champion from East Germany. This rivalry became very important in the early 2000s. It showed up in the German Cup and the European Cup.
These two clubs had different ways of building their teams. Frankfurt liked to buy players from Germany and other countries. Potsdam focused on training young players from their own club. This difference, along with some players moving between the clubs, made the rivalry even stronger.
This rivalry helped make the Bundesliga more exciting. It also helped the German women's national team become very successful. For a while, people worried that these two rich clubs would dominate the league too much. But then, new strong teams like VfL Wolfsburg and FC Bayern München became top competitors. By the end of the 2010s, Wolfsburg and Bayern had become the main rivals in German women's football.
Team Players
First-team squad
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Youth and Reserve Teams
The Eintracht Frankfurt women's football section has five teams. They play at different levels of the German women's football league system. Besides the main team, there is a reserve team called Eintracht II. This team plays in the 2. Frauen-Bundesliga. There are also three youth teams to help develop new players.
Before the merger in 2020, Eintracht already had its own women's football section. It had three teams: two senior teams and one youth team. After the merger, these senior teams became youth teams. All three continue to play in the third to fifth levels of German football.
Club Honours and Awards
Eintracht Frankfurt (and formerly 1. FFC Frankfurt) has won many important titles:
- Frauen-Bundesliga (German League Championship)
- Winners: 7 times (1998–99, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2007–08) (a record!)
- DFB-Pokal Frauen (German Cup)
- Winners: 9 times (1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2010–11, 2013–14)
- UEFA Women's Cup / UEFA Women's Champions League (European Championship)
- Winners: 4 times (2001–02, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2014–15)
- DFB-Hallenpokal (Indoor German Cup)
- Winners: 7 times (1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2012)
- Regionalliga Süd
- Winners: 2018
- Hessenliga
- Winners: 2012, 2017
- Hesse Cup
- Winners: 2013, 2019
See also
In Spanish: Eintracht Fráncfort (femenino) para niños
