# 1979–80 Eintracht Frankfurt season

The 1979–80 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 80th season in the club's football history. In 1974–75 the club played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 17th season in the Bundesliga.
The season ended up with Eintracht winning the UEFA Cup for the first time.

## Matches
### Legend

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 61 | 60 | +1 | 36 | |
| 8 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 40 | 51 | −11 | 33 | |
| 9 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 15 | 2 | 17 | 65 | 61 | +4 | 32 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 10 | VfL Bochum | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 41 | 44 | −3 | 32 | |
| 11 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 62 | 72 | −10 | 32 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
* ↑ Eintracht Frankfurt won the 1979–80 UEFA Cup and thereby automatically qualified as defending champions.

### UEFA Cup
#### Final
##### First leg

| Borussia Mönchengladbach | Eintracht Frankfurt |
| GK | 1 | Wolfgang Kneib |
| RB | 2 | Frank Schäffer |
| CB | 3 | Winfried Schäfer |
| CB | 4 | Wilfried Hannes |
| LB | 5 | Norbert Ringels |
| CM | 6 | Lothar Matthäus |
| CM | 8 | Christian Kulik (c) |
| CM | 10 | Carsten Nielsen | 66' |
| RF | 7 | Karl Del'Haye | 72' |
| CF | 9 | Harald Nickel |
| LF | 11 | Ewald Lienen |
| Substitutes: ||
| FW | 12 | Steen Thychosen | 66' |
| MF | 13 | Ralf Bödeker | 72' |
| Manager: ||
| Jupp Heynckes ||
| GK | 1 | Jürgen Pahl |
| RB | 3 | Willi Neuberger |
| CB | 5 | Bruno Pezzey |
| CB | 4 | Charly Körbel |
| LB | 2 | Horst Ehrmantraut |
| CM | 6 | Werner Lorant |
| CM | 9 | Ronny Borchers |
| CM | 10 | Bernd Nickel |
| RF | 11 | Cha Bum-kun |
| CF | 8 | Harald Karger | 81' |
| LF | 7 | Bernd Hölzenbein (c) | 79' |
| Substitutes: ||
| MF | 12 | Norbert Nachtweih | 79' |
| MF | 13 | Wolfgang Trapp | 81' |
| Manager: ||
| Friedel Rausch ||

##### Second leg

| Eintracht Frankfurt | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
| GK | 1 | Jürgen Pahl |
| RB | 3 | Willi Neuberger |
| CB | 5 | Bruno Pezzey |
| CB | 4 | Charly Körbel |
| LB | 2 | Horst Ehrmantraut |
| CM | 6 | Werner Lorant |
| CM | 10 | Bernd Nickel |
| CM | 9 | Ronny Borchers |
| RF | 11 | Cha Bum-kun |
| CF | 8 | Norbert Nachtweih | 77' |
| LF | 7 | Bernd Hölzenbein (c) |
| Substitutes: ||
| CF | 15 | Fred Schaub | 77' |
| Manager: ||
| Friedel Rausch ||
| GK | 1 | Wolfgang Kneib |
| RB | 2 | Jürgen Fleer |
| CB | 4 | Wilfried Hannes |
| CB | 3 | Winfried Schäfer |
| LB | 5 | Norbert Ringels |
| CM | 6 | Lothar Matthäus | 86' |
| CM | 8 | Christian Kulik (c) |
| CM | 10 | Carsten Nielsen | 68' |
| RF | 7 | Ralf Bödeker |
| CF | 9 | Harald Nickel |
| LF | 11 | Ewald Lienen |
| Substitutes: ||
| FW | 12 | Karl Del'Haye | 68' |
| FW | 13 | Steen Thychosen | 86' |
| Manager: ||
| Jupp Heynckes ||
3–3 on aggregate. Eintracht Frankfurt won on away goals.

## Squad
### Squad and statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | FRG | Klaus Funk | 36 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| | GK | FRG | Jürgen Pahl | 14 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Horst Ehrmantraut | 18 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Rigobert Gruber | 14 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Charly Körbel | 48 | 4 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Helmut Müller | 37 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| | DF | FRG | Willi Neuberger | 47 | 2 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| | DF | AUT | Bruno Pezzey | 28 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 2 |
| | DF | FRG | Wolfgang Trapp | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Claus-Peter Zick | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | FRG | Michael Blättel | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | FRG | Jürgen Grabowski | 36 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| | MF | FRG | Werner Lorant | 40 | 4 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 2 |
| | MF | FRG | Stefan Lottermann | 32 | 5 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| | MF | FRG | Norbert Nachtweih | 47 | 8 | 32 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| | MF | FRG | Bernd Nickel | 36 | 11 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
| | FW | FRG | Ronny Borchers | 41 | 6 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| | FW | KOR | Cha Bum-kun | 46 | 15 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 3 |
| | FW | FRG | Bernd Hölzenbein | 42 | 19 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3 |
| | FW | FRG | Harald Karger | 37 | 15 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 5 |
| | FW | FRG | Michael Künast | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | FRG | Christian Peukert | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | FRG | Fred Schaub | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |