Eintracht Frankfurt II is the reserve team of Eintracht Frankfurt. 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 but for safety purposes the team was forced to play at Bornheimer Hang. The ground was actually renovated for local rival FSV Frankfurt 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 and Kassel, both home and away.
History Eintracht Frankfurt Amateure first played at highest level in Hesse when it earned promotion to the Amateurliga Hessen 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, 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 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.Eintracht Frankfurt meldet U23-Team ab weltfussball.de, published: 6 April 2014, accessed: 22 May 2014
On 14 February 2022 Eintracht Frankfurt applied to have a reserves team to be re-admitted to the 5th tier Hessenliga for the 2022–23 season.Application for new reserve team eintracht.de, published: 14 February 2022, accessed: 14 February 2022
On 21 February the Hessian Football Association approved the incorporation of the Eintracht reserves team into the Hessenliga.HFV incorporates reserve team into Hesse league eintracht.de, published: 21 February 2022, accessed: 21 February 2022 The team will play at the Hahn Air Sportpark in Dreieich.
The team winning the league in its first attempt in 2022–23.
Current squad
Out on loan
Famous players
Marcos Álvarez Abassin Alikhil (represented Afghanistan while being signed at Eintracht Frankfurt U23) Ali Amiri (represented Afghanistan while being signed at Eintracht Frankfurt U23) Zubayr Amiri (represented Afghanistan while being signed at Eintracht Frankfurt U23) Mimoun Azaouagh Matthias Becker Manfred Binz Rudi Bommer Ronny Borchers Erol Bulut Mounir Chaftar Daniyel Cimen Christian Demirtaş Ralf Fährmann Danny Galm Baldo di Gregorio Giuseppe Gemiti Daniel Gunkel Matthias Hagner Marcel Heller Martin Hess Petar Hubchev Jermaine Jones Sebastian Jung Jürgen Klopp Kevin Kraus Benjamin Lense Krešo Ljubičić Jean-Paul Ndeki Markus Neumayr Oka Nikolov Christoph Preuß Peter Reichel Christopher Reinhard Marco Russ Milad Salem (represented Afghanistan while being signed at Eintracht Frankfurt U23) Antônio da Silva Markus Steinhöfer Albert Streit Faton Toski Cenk Tosun Juvhel Tsoumou Angelo Vaccaro Lars Weißenfeldt Jan Zimmermann Zia Shaoul
Managers The recent managers of the club:Eintracht Frankfurt II .:. Trainer von A-Z Weltfussball.de, accessed: 23 December 2011 2000–2005: Bernhard Lippert 2005: Armin Kraaz 2006–2007: Petar Hubchev 2007–2010: Frank Leicht 2010–2012: Oscar Corrochano 2012–2014: Alexander Schur 2022–2024: Kristjan Glibo 2024–: Dennis Schmitt
Honours The club's honours:
League Oberliga Hessen / Hesse Championship Champions: 1970, 2002, 2023, 2026 Runners-up: 1978, 1983, 1995 Landesliga Hessen-Süd Champions: 1969
Cup Hesse Cup 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 Season Division Tier Position2002–03Regionalliga Süd III 18↓ 2003–04Oberliga Hessen IV102004–05Oberliga Hessen122005–06Oberliga Hessen112006–07Oberliga Hessen52007–08Oberliga Hessen 4↑ 2008–09Regionalliga Süd32009–10Regionalliga Süd82010–11Regionalliga Süd62011–12Regionalliga Süd3 2012–13Regionalliga Südwest152013–14Regionalliga Südwest122022–23Hessenliga V 1↑2023–24Regionalliga Südwest IV62024–25Regionalliga Südwest 16↓2025–26Hessenliga V 1↑2026–27Regionalliga Südwest IV With the introduction of the Regionalligas 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.
Key ↑ Promoted ↓ Relegated
References
External links Official club website Eintracht Frankfurt II at Weltfussball.de
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