# 1976–77 Eintracht Frankfurt season

The 1976–77 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 77th season in the club's football history. In 1976–77 the club played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 14th season in the Bundesliga.

## Matches
### Legend

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Bundesliga
#### League fixtures and results
#### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach (C) | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 58 | 34 | +24 | 44 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 77 | 52 | +25 | 43 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 34 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 56 | 38 | +18 | 43 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 86 | 57 | +29 | 42 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | 1. FC Köln | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 83 | 61 | +22 | 40 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 6 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 67 | 56 | +11 | 38 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 7 | Bayern Munich | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 74 | 65 | +9 | 37 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 8 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 73 | 64 | +9 | 34 | |
| 9 | MSV Duisburg | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 60 | 51 | +9 | 34 | |
| 10 | Hertha BSC | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 55 | 54 | +1 | 34 | |
| 11 | Werder Bremen | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 51 | 59 | −8 | 33 | |
| 12 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 52 | 54 | −2 | 31 | |
| 13 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 53 | 59 | −6 | 29 | |
| 14 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 43 | 55 | −12 | 29 | |
| 15 | VfL Bochum | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 47 | 62 | −15 | 29 | |
| 16 | Karlsruher SC (R) | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 53 | 75 | −22 | 28 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
| 17 | Tennis Borussia Berlin (R) | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 47 | 85 | −38 | 22 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
| 18 | Rot-Weiss Essen (R) | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 49 | 103 | −54 | 22 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
* 1 2 As 1. FC Köln qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup, their UEFA Cup spot was transferred to Bayern Munich.
* ↑ Hamburger SV won the 1976–77 European Cup Winners' Cup and thereby automatically qualified as defending champions.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Bundesliga

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | D | W | W | W |
| Position | 16 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

### DFB-Pokal
## Squad
### Squad and statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | FRG | Heinz-Josef Koitka | 37 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | GK | FRG | Günter Wienhold | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Rainer Dörr | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Charly Körbel | 36 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Peter Krobbach | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Helmut Müller | 18 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| | DF | FRG | Willi Neuberger | 39 | 5 | 33 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| | DF | FRG | Peter Reichel | 35 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| | DF | FRG | Gerd Simons | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Gert Trinklein | 34 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| | DF | FRG | Roland Weidle | 37 | 4 | 31 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| | MF | FRG | Klaus Beverungen | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | FRG | Jürgen Grabowski | 40 | 10 | 34 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| | MF | FRG | Wolfgang Kraus | 35 | 10 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 0 |
| | MF | FRG | Bernd Nickel | 39 | 15 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 4 |
| | MF | YUG | Dragoslav Stepanović | 25 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| | FW | FRG | Egon Bihn | 12 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | FW | FRG | Ronny Borchers | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | FRG | Bernd Hölzenbein | 35 | 28 | 30 | 26 | 5 | 2 |
| | FW | FRG | Wilfried Stradt | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | FRG | Rüdiger Wenzel | 39 | 23 | 34 | 20 | 5 | 3 |

### Transfers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | FRG | Egon Bihr (from Kickers Offenbach) |
| — | DF | FRG | Rainer Dörr (from Eintracht Frankfurt Amateurs) |
| — | MF | YUG | Dragoslav Stepanović (from Red Star Belgrade) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | FRG | Peter Kunter (retired) |
| — | FW | FRG | Bernd Lorenz (to BSC Young Boys) |
| — | FW | FRG | Wilfried Stradt (to Tennis Borussia Berlin) |

## Sources

* Matheja, Ulrich (2011). Unsere Eintracht - Eintracht Frankfurt - Die Chronik. Die Werkstatt. ISBN 978-3-89533-750-5.