| 2002-03 season | |||
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| Chairman | Volker Sparmann | ||
| Manager | Willi Reimann | ||
| 2. Bundesliga | 3rd (promoted) | ||
| DFB-Pokal | Second round | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Ervin Skela (10) All: Ervin Skela (11) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 25,500 (25 May, vs SSV Reutlingen) | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 10,000 (27 October, vs LR Ahlen) | ||
| Average home league attendance | 15,765 | ||
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The 2002–03 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 103rd season in the club's football history. In 2002–03 the club played in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football. It was the club's 4th season in the 2. Bundesliga. The season ended for Eintracht with promotion to the Bundesliga after finishing 3rd in the 2. Bundesliga.
Results
Friendlies
Win Draw Loss
| 10 July 2002 | Rödermark XI | 2–4 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Rödermark, Germany |
| 18:30 CEST | Fäth Grimm |
(Report) | Jones Guié-Mien Kryszałowicz Skela |
Stadium: Sportanlage Frankfurter Straße Attendance: 900 Referee: Grieben |
| 14 July 2002 | VfB Aßlar | 1–4 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Haiger, Germany |
| 15:00 CEST | Hassler |
(Report) | Weißenfeldt Kryszałowicz Streit Diakité |
Stadium: Stadion auf den Haarwasen Attendance: 600 Referee: Deimann |
| 17 July 2002 | SV Erzhausen | 0–2 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Erzhausen, Germany |
| (Report) | Guié-Mien Kryszałowicz |
Attendance: 500 Referee: Ballweg |
| 20 July 2002 | Racing Strasbourg | 2–3 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Haguenau, France |
| 18:00 CEST | Ljuboja Bertin |
(Report) | Guié-Mien Kryszałowicz |
Attendance: 3,000 |
| 24 July 2002 | Westerburg / Willmenrod / Gemünden XI | 0–22 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Gemünden, Germany |
| 19:00 CEST | (Report) | Hengemühle Diakité Skela Toppmöller Tsoumou-Madza Cimen Streit Vivian |
Stadium: Sportplatz Gemünden Attendance: 1,500 |
| 28 July 2002 | Rot-Weiß Walldorf | 0–8 | Eintracht Frankfurt | |
| (Report) | Tsoumou-Madza Montero Skela Guié-Mien Branco Diakité Hengemühle Toppmöller |
Attendance: 2,000 |
| 31 July 2002 | Gießen XI | 1–8 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Fernwald, Germany |
| (Report) | Jones Hengemühle Guié-Mien Wiedener Wenczel Tsoumou-Madza |
Attendance: 600 |
| 27 August 2002 | FC Oberursel | 2–2 | Eintracht Frankfurt | |
| 18:30 CEST | Oteng-Mensa Sauer |
(Report) | Diakité Skela |
Attendance: 500 Referee: Stieler |
| 22 October 2002 | Usinger TSG | 0–7 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Usingen, Germany |
| (Report) | Toppmöller Streit Skela |
Attendance: 650 |
| 14 January 2003 | CF Gandía | 1–3 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Oliva, Spain |
| 16:00 CEST | Miguel |
(Report) | Tsoumou-Madza Hengemühle Diakité |
Attendance: 20 |
| 19 January 2003 | SV Bernbach | 0–7 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Freigericht, Germany |
| 14:30 CEST | Kryszałowicz Beierle Tsoumou-Madza Speranza Toppmöller Hengemühle |
Attendance: 2,000 |
| 2 February 2003 | VfR 09 Meerholz / Gelnhausen XI | 1–12 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Gelnhausen, Germany |
| 18:30 CEST | San José |
(Report) | Vivian Toppmöller Hengemühle Wenczel Speranza Diakité Branco |
Attendance: 500 |
| 29 March 2003 | VfR Lich | 1–6 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Lich, Germany |
| Schwarzer |
(Report) | Jones Beierle Toppmöller Hengemühle |
Attendance: 1,500 |
Indoor soccer tournaments
Nürnberg
| 6 January 2002 First match | Eintracht Frankfurt | 1–2 | VfB Stuttgart | Nuremberg, Germany |
| Schur |
(Report) | Amanatidis |
Stadium: Arena Nürnberg |
| 6 January 2002 Second match | Eintracht Frankfurt | 4–4 | TSV München 1860 | Nuremberg, Germany |
| Kryszałowicz Bürger Diakité |
(Report) | Wiesinger Borimirov Pürk Meyer |
Stadium: Arena Nürnberg |
Bielefeld
| 8 January 2002 First match | Arminia Bielefeld | 2–1 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Bielefeld, Germany |
| Wichniarek Cha |
(Report) | Kryszałowicz |
Stadium: Seidenstickerhalle |
| 8 January 2002 Second match | VfL Osnabrück | 3–4 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Bielefeld, Germany |
| Schütte Menga |
(Report) | Diakité Kryszałowicz Skela |
Stadium: Seidenstickerhalle |
| 8 January 2002 Semi-final match | Werder Bremen | 4–4 (4–3 p) | Eintracht Frankfurt | Bielefeld, Germany |
| Mamoum Borowski Klasnić |
(Report) | Kryszałowicz Speranza Vivian |
Stadium: Seidenstickerhalle | |
| Penalties | ||||
| 8 January 2002 3rd place playoff | VfL Osnabrück | 3–5 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Bielefeld, Germany |
| Menga Tammen |
(Report) | Skela Wenczel Speranza Bürger Montero |
Stadium: Seidenstickerhalle |
Competitions
Win Draw Loss
2. Bundesliga
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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| 1 | SC Freiburg (C, P) | 34 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 58 | 32 | +26 | 67 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 2 | 1. FC Köln (P) | 34 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 63 | 45 | +18 | 65 | |
| 3 | Eintracht Frankfurt (P) | 34 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 59 | 33 | +26 | 62 | |
| 4 | Mainz 05 | 34 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 64 | 39 | +25 | 62 | |
| 5 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 52 | 48 | +4 | 57 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 34 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 59 | 33 | +26 | 62 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 16 | +18 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 17 | +8 |
Source: Competitive matches
Matches
| 11 August 2002 1 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 4–0 | FC St. Pauli | Frankfurt |
| 15:00 CEST | Stanislawski Guié-Mien Skela Streit |
(Report) | Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Christian Wack |
| 19 August 2002 2 | SC Freiburg | 0–2 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Freiburg |
| 20:15 CEST | (Report) | Keller Guié-Mien |
Stadium: Dreisamstadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Jürgen Aust |
| 23 August 2002 3 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 2–0 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | Frankfurt |
| 19:00 CEST | Jones Guié-Mien |
(Report) | Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Walz |
| 10 September 2002 4 | 1. FC Köln | 3–2 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Cologne |
| 19:00 CEST | Lottner Keller Scherz |
(Report) | Bindewald Kryszałowicz |
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 28,500 Referee: Florian Meyer |
| 15 September 2002 5 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 0–2 | Wacker Burghausen | Frankfurt |
| 15:00 CEST | (Report) | Frühbeis Younga-Mouhani Younga-Mouhani |
Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 13,500 Referee: Mathias Anklam |
| 23 September 2002 6 | Karlsruher SC | 0–2 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Karlsruhe |
| 20:15 CEST | (Report) | Guié-Mien |
Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Michael Weiner |
| 29 September 2002 7 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 2–1 | MSV Duisburg | Frankfurt |
| 15:00 CEST | Guié-Mien Skela |
(Report) | Ebbers |
Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Herbert Fandel |
| 6 October 2002 8 | Alemannia Aachen | 1–0 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Aachen |
| 15:00 CEST | Ivanović |
(Report) | Stadium: Tivoli Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Hans Voss |
| 18 October 2002 9 | Eintracht Trier | 2–2 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Trier |
| 19:00 CEST | Guié-Mien Tsoumou-Madza Streit |
(Report) | Braham Winkler |
Stadium: Moselstadion Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Hellmut Krug |
| 27 October 2002 10 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 4–1 | LR Ahlen | Frankfurt |
| 15:00 CEST | Tsoumou-Madza Guié-Mien Montero Branco |
(Report) | Bamba |
Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Peter Gagelmann |
| 1 November 2002 11 | VfB Lübeck | 1–3 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Lübeck |
| 19:00 CEST | Bärwolf |
(Report) | Kryszałowicz Wiedener Guié-Mien |
Stadium: Stadion an der Lohmühle Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Peter Sippel |
| 8 November 2002 12 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 0–0 | Eintracht Braunschweig | Frankfurt |
| 19:00 CEST | (Report) | Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Markus Weber |
| 15 November 2002 13 | 1. FC Union Berlin | 1–1 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Berlin |
| 19:00 CEST | Kryszałowicz |
(Report) | Vidolov Sandmann |
Stadium: Stadion an der Alten Försterei Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Frank |
| 22 November 2002 14 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 1–0 | Mainz 05 | Frankfurt |
| 19:00 CEST | Schur |
(Report) | Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Jürgen Jansen |
| 29 November 2002 15 | Waldhof Mannheim | 0–1 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Mannheim |
| 19:00 CEST | (Report) | Montero |
Stadium: Carl-Benz-Stadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Manuel Gräfe |
| 8 December 2002 16 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 1–0 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | Frankfurt |
| 15:00 CEST | Skela |
(Report) | Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Mike Pickel |
| 15 December 2002 17 | SSV Reutlingen | 1–0 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Reutlingen |
| 15:00 CEST | Ogungbure |
(Report) | Stadium: Stadion an der Kreuzeiche Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Günter Perl |
| 24 January 2003 18 | FC St. Pauli | 1–1 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Hamburg |
| 19:00 CEST | Skela |
(Report) | Gerber |
Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Michael Weiner |
| 31 January 2003 19 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 1–1 | SC Freiburg | Frankfurt |
| 19:00 CEST | Skela |
(Report) | Coulibaly |
Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 17,500 Referee: Hellmut Krug |
| 9 February 2003 20 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 0–1 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Fürth |
| 15:00 CEST | (Report) | Toppmöller Bindewald |
Stadium: Playmobil-Stadion Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Babak Rafati |
| 17 February 2003 21 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 1–1 | 1. FC Köln | Frankfurt |
| 20:15 CEST | Beierle Schur |
(Report) | Kioyo |
Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 11,500 Referee: Markus Merk |
| 23 February 2003 22 | Wacker Burghausen | 3–3 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Burghausen |
| 15:00 CEST | Örüm Tavčar Oslislo |
(Report) | Skela Tavčar Montero |
Stadium: Wacker-Arena Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Torsten Koop |
| 28 February 2003 23 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 2–1 | Karlsruher SC | Frankfurt |
| 19:00 CEST | Diakité Beierle |
(Report) | Eggimann |
Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 11,500 Referee: Wolfgang Stark |
| 10 March 2003 24 | MSV Duisburg | 0–2 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Duisburg |
| 20:15 CEST | (Report) | Tsoumou-Madza Keller |
Stadium: Wedaustadion Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Florian Meyer |
| 16 March 2003 25 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 1–1 | Alemannia Aachen | Frankfurt |
| 15:00 CEST | Skela |
(Report) | Rosin |
Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Herbert Fandel |
| 21 March 2003 26 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 2–3 | Eintracht Trier | Frankfurt |
| 19:00 CEST | Beierle Jones |
(Report) | Labak Peković Lösch |
Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 15,500 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer |
| 6 March 2003 27 | LR Ahlen | 1–1 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Ahlen |
| 15:00 CEST | Mikolajczak |
(Report) | Beierle |
Stadium: Wersestadion Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Thomas Frank |
| 13 April 2003 28 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 3–1 | VfB Lübeck | Frankfurt |
| 15:00 CEST | Jones Skela Beierle |
(Report) | Scharping |
Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 14,500 Referee: Hermann Albrecht |
| 20 April 2003 29 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 0–0 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Braunschweig |
| 15:00 CEST | (Report) | Jones |
Stadium: Stadion an der Hamburger Straße Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Dirk Margenberg |
| 25 April 2003 30 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 0–0 | 1. FC Union Berlin | Frankfurt |
| 19:00 CEST | (Report) | Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Stephan Kammerer |
| 5 May 2003 31 | Mainz 05 | 3–2 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Mainz |
| 20:15 CEST | Babatz Beierle Auer |
(Report) | Beierle Schur |
Stadium: Bruchwegstadion Attendance: 18,500 Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack |
| 9 May 2003 32 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 4–1 | Waldhof Mannheim | Frankfurt |
| 19:00 CEST | Jones Keller Skela |
(Report) | Kern |
Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 15,500 Referee: Felix Brych |
| 18 May 2003 33 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 0–2 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Oberhausen |
| 15:00 CEST | (Report) | Toppmöller |
Stadium: Niederrheinstadion Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Peter Gagelmann |
| 25 May 2003 34 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 6–3 | SSV Reutlingen | Frankfurt, Germany |
| 15:00 CEST | Jones Schur Skela Diakité |
(Report) | Frommer Gambo Würll Rehm |
Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 25,500 Referee: Hartmut Strampe |
DFB-Pokal
| 1 September 2002 1st Round | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | Eintracht Frankfurt | Erfurt, Germany |
| 15:00 CEST | Džihić Okić |
(Report) | Guié-Mien Jones Skela |
Stadium: Steigerwaldstadion Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Weiner |
| 5 November 2002 2nd Round | Hansa Rostock | 1–0 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Rostock, Germany |
| 19:00 CEST | Meggle |
(Report) | Stadium: Ostseestadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Scheppe |
Players
First-team squad
- Squad at end of season[1]
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Left club during season
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Eintracht Frankfurt II
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Under-19s
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Under-17s
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Statistics
Appearances and goals
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | 2. Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | |||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| 1 | GK | Oka Nikolov | 36 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2 | DF | Sven Günther | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | MF | Henning Bürger | 34 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 4 | DF | Andree Wiedener | 25 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 5 | DF | Jens Keller | 35 | 3 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| 6 | MF | David Montero | 31 | 3 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| 7 | MF | Ervin Skela | 35 | 11 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
| 8 | DF | Michael Wenczel | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | FW | Paweł Kryszałowicz | 25 | 3 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| 10 | MF | Dino Toppmöller | 16 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | FW | Jermaine Jones | 18 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | |
| 12 | DF | Matheus Vivian | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | DF | Uwe Bindewald | 34 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 14 | FW | Franciel Hengemühle | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | MF | 18 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 16 | MF | Serge Branco | 19 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 17 | DF | Daniyel Cimen | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | MF | Albert Streit | 34 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 20 | FW | Markus Beierle | 15 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| 21 | MF | Lars Weißenfeldt | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 23 | DF | Jean-Clotaire Tsoumou-Madza | 36 | 3 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| 24 | MF | Alexander Schur | 33 | 4 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
| 26 | MF | Bakary Diakité | 16 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 30 | GK | Andreas Menger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Transfers
Summer
Winter
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Notes
- ↑ Nikolov was born in Erbach im Odenwald, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Macedonia (now North Macedonia) internationally and made his international debut for Macedonia in September 1998.
- ↑ Jones was born in Frankfurt, West Germany (now Germany), and represented Germany at U-20, U-21 and B level before making his international debut for Germany in 2008, but also qualified to represent the United States internationally through his father and made his international debut for the United States in October 2010.
- ↑ Streit was born in Bucharest, Romania, but was raised in Germany and represented Germany at U-16, U-17, U-18 and B level.
- ↑ Diakité was born in Frankfurt, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Mali internationally and made his international debut for Mali in 2008.
- ↑ Speranza was born in Giessen, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Italy internationally and represented Italy in futsal.
- ↑ Huber was born in Leninabad, Tajik SSR, Soviet Union (now Khujand, Tajikistan), but was raised in Germany from the age of 4 and represented Germany at U-20 and B level before making his international debut for Tajikistan in June 2017.
- ↑ Toski was born in Gjilan, SFR Yugoslavia (now Kosovo, but then part of Serbia and Montenegro), but was raised in Germany and represented Germany at U-19 level before making his international debut for Kosovo in March 2014.
References
Sources
- Matheja, Ulrich (2011). Unsere Eintracht - Eintracht Frankfurt - Die Chronik. Die Werkstatt. ISBN 978-3-89533-750-5.
External links
- Official English Eintracht website Archived 2017-10-02 at the Wayback Machine
- German archive site
- 2002–03 Bundesliga season at Fussballdaten.de (in German)