Eintracht Frankfurt played their very first official match in competitive European football on 11 November 1959. This was a European Cup first-round game against BSC Young Boys of Switzerland. The match ended in a 4–1 away victory for the Eintracht. However, a Frankfurt XI took part already earlier in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup with several Eintracht players in the squad. Requirements had it that the best players from the eligible teams Eintracht Frankfurt, FSV Frankfurt, Kickers Offenbach and SpVgg 03 Neu-Isenburg were picked to form a representative inter-city side.

Summary

The club's first ever match against European opponents was a friendly match against Swedish side Malmö FF in 1920 when the Scanians visited Germany.

In season 1959–60, Eintracht took part in the European Cup. In this season, they became the first German club to reach a European final, eventually losing 7–3 to Real Madrid.

In the 1966–67 season, the club played in the Intertoto Cup which they finally won, facing Inter Bratislava in the final. Plus in the same season, Eintracht played in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and reached the semi-finals. In 1967, the Eagles won the Cup of the Alps, a tournament then composed of Italian, Swiss and German teams.

Frankfurt's first appearance in the renamed UEFA Cup was in 1972, the first step in the Cup Winners' Cup stage was made in 1974.

In the 1979–80 edition of the UEFA Cup, Eintracht reached the finals. The first leg was lost at fellow West German club Borussia Mönchengladbach, but the second leg was decided by the send on striker Fred Schaub in the 81st minute and secured the Mainhattan club the first major European title.

In the 1980s, the club struggled to participate regularly in European competitions.

Between the beginning to the mid-1990s the Eagles re-established themselves as a powerhouse in Europe and advanced far in the UEFA Cup regularly with players such as Uwe Bein, Jay-Jay Okocha, Uli Stein, Ralf Weber and Tony Yeboah on the books.

Despite reaching the 1994–95 UEFA Cup quarter-finals, Eintracht bounced between the first two tiers for almost ten years after the relegation from the Bundesliga in the 1995–96 campaign.

Since 2005, they were part of the first Bundesliga again and immediately qualified for the UEFA Cup due to the participation in the DFB Cup final against Bayern Munich who were already qualified for the Champions League. In the following UEFA Cup campaign, Eintracht reached the group stage and seemed to be likely to advance to the next round but conceded two goals at Fenerbahçe after being up 2–0 what meant that Eintracht had to defer to the Istanbul club.

In 2013, Eintracht played at Bordeaux with 12,000 fans from Frankfurt and about 8,000 Bordeaux supporters. Eintracht were eliminated in the round of 32 after drawing twice with Porto.

In 2018, the qualification for the Europa League group stage was achieved by winning the DFB Cup for the first time in thirty years. In the 2018–19 Europa League, Luka Jović with his ten goals aided Eintracht to reach the semi-finals of the competition, only losing on penalties to the eventual champions, Chelsea.

On 14 April 2022, over 20,000 fans travelled as Eintracht defeated Barcelona 3–2 at the Camp Nou and 4–3 on aggregate in the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League to qualify for the semi-finals. On 18 May 2022, Eintracht secured the Europa League title after winning 5–4 on penalties (1–1 after extra time) against Rangers in the final.

On 10 August 2022, Eintracht played in their first Super Cup final against 2021–22 UEFA Champions Winners Real Madrid in Helsinki. They lost the game 2–0.

Overall record

Accurate as of 28 January 2026

CompetitionPlayedWonDrewLostGFGAGDWin% Legend: GF = Goals For. GA = Goals Against. GD = Goal Difference.

UEFA competitions Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate 1959–60 European Cup Preliminary Round KuPSKuPS withdrewInitially, Kuopion Palloseura planned to move their home match to Schwenningen, West Germany, to generate more income. That plan was rejected by UEFA, so KuPS withdrew and Eintracht Frankfurt advanced in a walkover. First Round Young Boys 1–1 4–1 5–2 Quarter-Final Wiener SC 2–1 1–1 3–2 Semi-Final Rangers 6–1 6–3 12–4 Final Real Madrid3–71972–73UEFA CupFirst Round Liverpool 0–0 0–2 0–21974–75Cup Winners' CupFirst Round Monaco 3–0 2–2 5–2Second Round Dynamo Kyiv 2–3 1–2 3–51975–76Cup Winners' CupFirst Round Coleraine 5–1 6–2 11–3Second Round Atlético Madrid 1–0 2–1 3–1Quarter-Final Sturm Graz 1–0 2–0 3–0Semi-Final West Ham United 2–1 1–3 3–41977–78UEFA CupFirst Round Sliema Wanderers 5–0 0–0 5–0Second Round Zürich 4–3 3–0 7–3Third Round Bayern Munich 4–0 2–1 6–1Quarter-Final Grasshoppers 3–2 0–1 3–3 (a)1979–80UEFA CupFirst Round Aberdeen 1–0 1–1 2–1Second Round Dinamo București 3–0 (a.e.t.) 0–2 3–2Third Round Feyenoord 4–1 0–1 4–2Quarter-Final Zbrojovka Brno 4–1 2–3 6–4Semi-Final Bayern Munich 5–1 (a.e.t.) 0–2 5–3Final Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–0 2–3 3–3 (a)1980–81UEFA CupFirst Round Shakhtar Donetsk 3–0 0–1 3–1Second Round Utrecht 3–1 1–2 4–3Third Round Sochaux 4–2 0–2 4–4 (a)1981–82Cup Winners' CupFirst Round PAOK 2–0 0–2 2–2, 5–4 (p)Second Round SKA Rostov 2–0 0–1 2–1Quarter-Final Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 0–2 2–31988–89Cup Winners' CupFirst Round Grasshoppers 1–0 0–0 1–0Second Round Sakaryaspor 3–1 3–0 6–1Quarter-Final KV Mechelen 0–0 0–1 0–1 1990–91 UEFA CupFirst Round Brøndby 4–1 0–5 4–61991–92UEFA CupFirst Round Spora Luxembourg 6–1 5–0 11–1Second Round Gent 0–1 0–0 0–11992–93UEFA CupFirst Round Widzew Łódź 9–0 2–2 11–2Second Round Galatasaray 0–0 0–1 0–11993–94UEFA CupFirst Round Dynamo Moscow 1–2 6–0 7–2Second Round Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2–0 0–1 2–1Third Round Deportivo La Coruña 1–0 1–0 2–0Quarter-Final Austria Salzburg 1–0 0–1 1–1, 4–5 (p)1994–95UEFA CupFirst Round Olimpija Ljubljana 2–0 1–1 3–1Second Round Rapid București 5–0 1–2 6–2Third Round Napoli 1–0 1–0 2–0Quarter-Final Juventus 1–1 0–3 1–4 1995 Intertoto Cup Group 12 Spartak Plovdiv 4–0 2nd Iraklis 5–1 FK Panerys Vilnius 4–0 Vorwärts Steyr 1–2 Second Round Effectively the last 16 teams Bordeaux 0–3 0–3 2006–07 UEFA Cup First Round Brøndby 4–0 2–2 6–2 Group A Palermo 1–2 5th Celta Vigo 1–1 Newcastle United 0–0 Fenerbahçe 2–2 2013–14 UEFA Europa League Play-off Round Qarabağ 2–1 2–0 4–1 Group F Bordeaux 3–0 1–0 1st APOEL 2–0 3–0 Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–0 2–4 Round of 32 Porto 3–3 2–2 5–5 (a)2018–19UEFA Europa League Group H Marseille 4–0 2–1 1st Lazio 4–1 2–1 Apollon Limassol 2–0 3–2 Round of 32 Shakhtar Donetsk 4–1 2–2 6–3 Round of 16 Internazionale 0–0 1–0 1–0 Quarter-Final Benfica 2–0 2–4 4–4 (a) Semi-Final Chelsea 1–1 1–1 2–2, 3–4 (p) 2019–20 UEFA Europa League Second Qualifying Round Flora 2–1 2–1 4–2 Third Qualifying Round Vaduz 1–0 5–0 6–0 Play-off Round Strasbourg 3–0 0–1 3–1 Group F Arsenal 0–3 2–1 2nd Standard Liège 2–1 1–2 Vitória de Guimarães 2–3 1–0 Round of 32 Red Bull Salzburg 4–1 2–2 6–3 Round of 16 Basel 0–3 0–1 0–4 2021–22 UEFA Europa League Group D Fenerbahçe 1–1 1–1 1st Antwerp 1–1 1–0 Olympiacos 3–1 2–1 Round of 16 Real Betis 1–1 2–1 3–2 Quarter-Final Barcelona 1–1 3–2 4–3 Semi-Final West Ham United 1–0 2–1 3–1 Final Rangers 1–1 (N) 2022–23 UEFA Super Cup Final Real Madrid 0–2 (N) UEFA Champions League Group D Sporting CP 0–3 2–1 2nd Marseille 2–1 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur 0–0 2–3 Round of 16 Napoli 0–2 0–3 0–5 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League Play-off Round Levski Sofia 2–0 1–1 3–1 Group G Aberdeen 2–1 0–2 2nd PAOK 1–2 1–2 HJK 6–0 1–0 Knockout Round Play-off Union Saint-Gilloise 1–2 2–2 3–4 2024–25 UEFA Europa League League Phase Viktoria Plzeň 3–3 5th Beşiktaş 3–1 RFS 1–0 Slavia Prague 1–0 Midtjylland 2–1 Lyon 2–3 Ferencváros 2–0 Roma 0–2 Round of 16 Ajax 4–1 2–1 6–2 Quarter-Final Tottenham Hotspur 0–1 1–1 1–2 2025–26 UEFA Champions League League Phase Galatasaray 5–1 33rd Atlético Madrid 1–5 Liverpool 1–5 Napoli 0–0 Atalanta 0–3 Barcelona 1–2 Qarabağ 2–3 Tottenham Hotspur 0–2

Non-UEFA competitions Season Competition Round Opposition Home Away Aggregate 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs CupA Frankfurt XI took part in the competition with Eintracht mostly contributing several players to the squad. The results of this competition are included in the statistics Group D London XI 1–0 2–3 2nd Group D Basel XI 5–1 2–6 1964–65 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup First Round Kilmarnock 3–0 1–5 4–5 1965–66 Intertoto Cup Group A3 La Chaux-de-Fonds 4–0 2–3 3rd IFK Norrköping 1–2 0–1 PSV Eindhoven 4–2 0–3 1966–67 Intertoto Cup Group A1 La Chaux-de-Fonds 3–1 4–2 1st Feyenoord 2–0 4–1 Lanerossi Vicenza 1–5 1–0 Quarter-Final IFK Norrköping 3–1 1–2 4–3 Semi-Final Zagłębie Sosnowiec 6–1 1–4 7–5 Final Inter Bratislava 1–1 3–2 4–31966–67Inter-Cities Fairs CupFirst Round Drumcondra 6–1 2–0 8–1Second Round Hvidovre 5–1 2–2 7–3Third Round Ferencváros 4–1 1–2 5–3Quarter-Final Burnley 1–1 2–1 3–2Semi-Final Dinamo Zagreb 3–0 0–4 3–4 1967–68Inter-Cities Fairs CupFirst Round Nottingham Forest 0–1 0–4 0–5 1968–69Inter-Cities Fairs CupFirst Round Wacker Innsbruck 3–0 2–2 5–2 Second Round Juventus 1–0 0–0 1–0 Third Round Athletic Bilbao 1–1 0–1 1–2

Clubs played Eintracht Frankfurt have played against clubs from 37 countries (clubs classed by the country they were in when the game was played). Eintracht have played 103 different clubs in Europe. CountryClubsSturm Graz, Wacker Innsbruck, Austria Salzburg, Vorwärts Steyr, Wiener SCQarabağAntwerp, Gent, Standard Liège, KV Mechelen, Union Saint-GilloiseSpartak Plovdiv, Levski SofiaAPOEL, Apollon LimassolSlavia Prague, Viktoria PlzeňZbrojovka Brno (now ), Inter Bratislava (now )Brøndby, Hvidovre, MidtjyllandArsenal, Burnley, Chelsea, Liverpool, London XI, Newcastle United,Nottingham Forest, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham UnitedFloraHJKBordeaux, Lyon, Marseille, Monaco, Strasbourg (West)Borussia Mönchengladbach, Bayern MunichIraklis, Olympiacos, PAOKFerencvárosDrumcondraMaccabi Tel AvivAtalanta, Internazionale, Juventus, Lazio, Napoli, Palermo, Roma, Lanerossi VicenzaRFSVaduzPanerys VilniusSpora LuxembourgSliema WanderersAjax, PSV Eindhoven, Feyenoord, UtrechtColeraineWidzew Łódź, Zagłębie SosnowiecBenfica, Porto, Sporting CP, Vitória de GuimarãesDinamo București, Rapid BucureștiDynamo MoscowAberdeen, Kilmarnock, RangersOlimpija LjubljanaShakhtar Donetsk (now ), Dynamo Kyiv (now ),SKA Rostov (now )Barcelona, Real Betis, Athletic Bilbao, Deportivo La Coruña, Atlético Madrid, Real Madrid, Celta VigoIFK NorrköpingBasel, Basel XI, Young Boys, FC Biel-Bienne,La Chaux-de-Fonds, Lausanne-Sport, Zürich, GrasshoppersBeşiktaş, Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray, SakaryasporDnipro Dnipropetrovsk, Shakhtar DonetskDinamo Zagreb (now )

Record by country of opposition

CountryPldWDLWin % Austria1163255 Azerbaijan320166.67 Belgium1024420 Bulgaria320066.67 Cyprus4400100 Czech Republic211050 Czechoslovakia421150 Denmark531160 England25771128 Estonia2200100 Finland2200100 France1491464.29 Germany (West)640266.67 Greece740357.14 Hungary320166.67 Ireland2200100 Israel210150 Italy24115845.83 Latvia1100100 Liechtenstein2200100 Lithuania1100100 Luxembourg2200100 Malta211050 Netherlands1070370 Northern Ireland2200100 Poland421150 Portugal832337.5 Romania420250 Russia210150 Scotland952255.56 Slovenia211050 Spain1564540 Sweden310233.33 Switzerland20132565 Turkey944144.44 Ukraine421150 USSR620433.33 Yugoslavia210150 Totals 235 124 42 69 52.77 Pld – Played; W – Won; D – Drawn; L – Lost

Record players Key SC = UEFA Super Cup, EC / CL = European Cup / Champions League, EL / UC = Europa League / UEFA Cup, CWC = Cup Winners' Cup, UIC = Intertoto Cup, UECL = UEFA Europa Conference League

Values include qualifying matches

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