# 2020–21 Eintracht Frankfurt season

The 2020–21 season was the 121st season in the existence of Eintracht Frankfurt and the club's ninth consecutive season in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, Eintracht Frankfurt participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal. The season covered the period from 7 August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 22 January 2021
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GER | Kevin Trapp |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Evan Ndicka |
| 3 | MF | AUT | Stefan Ilsanker |
| 7 | MF | AUS | Ajdin Hrustic |
| 8 | MF | SUI | Djibril Sow |
| 9 | FW | SRB | Luka Jović (on loan from Real Madrid) |
| 10 | MF | SRB | Filip Kostić |
| 11 | MF | SUI | Steven Zuber |
| 13 | DF | AUT | Martin Hinteregger (vice-captain) |
| 15 | MF | JPN | Daichi Kamada |
| 17 | MF | GER | Sebastian Rode |
| 18 | DF | FRA | Almamy Touré |
| 20 | MF | JPN | Makoto Hasebe (captain) |
| 21 | FW | GER | Ragnar Ache |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | DF | USA | Timothy Chandler |
| 23 | GK | GER | Markus Schubert (on loan from Schalke 04) |
| 25 | DF | GER | Erik Durm |
| 27 | MF | MAR | Aymen Barkok |
| 30 | DF | NED | Jetro Willems |
| 31 | DF | GER | Fynn Otto |
| 32 | MF | GER | Amin Younes (on loan from Napoli) |
| 33 | FW | POR | André Silva |
| 34 | FW | ANG | Jabez Makanda |
| 35 | DF | BRA | Tuta |
| 36 | MF | AUT | Lukas Fahrnberger |
| 38 | DF | GER | Yannick Brugger |
| 40 | GK | GER | Elias Bördner |
* ↑ Touré was born in Bamako, Mali, but also qualified to represent France internationally and represented France at U-21 level.
* ↑ Chandler was born in Frankfurt, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent the United States internationally through his father and made his international debut for the United States in March 2011.
* ↑ Barkok was born in Frankfurt, Germany, and represented Germany at U-16, U-17 and U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Morocco internationally and made his international debut for Morocco in October 2020.

### Players out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | FW | SRB | Dejan Joveljić (at Wolfsberger AC until 30 June 2021) |
| 24 | DF | GER | Danny da Costa (at Mainz 05 until 30 June 2021) |
| 26 | MF | GER | Nils Stendera (at Lokomotive Leipzig until 30 June 2021) |
| 28 | MF | GER | Dominik Kohr (at Mainz 05 until 30 June 2021) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 32 | GK | DEN | Frederik Rønnow (at Schalke 04 until 30 June 2021) |
| 39 | FW | POR | Gonçalo Paciência (at Schalke 04 until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | URU | Rodrigo Zalazar (at FC St. Pauli until 30 June 2021) |
* ↑ Joveljić was born in Bijeljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, but also qualified to represent Serbia internationally and represented Serbia at U-16, U-17, U-18, U-19 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Serbia in June 2021.
* ↑ Zalazar was born in Albacete, Spain, but also qualified to represent Uruguay internationally through his father and represented Uruguay at U-20 level.

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 6 | DF | Simon Falette | Fenerbahçe | Loan return | 1 July 2020 |
| 7 | FW | Dejan Joveljić | Anderlecht | Loan return | 1 July 2020 |
| 21 | FW | Ragnar Ache | Sparta Rotterdam | €2.0 million | 1 July 2020 |
| 27 | MF | Aymen Barkok | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Loan return | 1 July 2020 |
| 30 | DF | Jetro Willems | Newcastle United | Loan return | 1 July 2020 |
| 31 | DF | Fynn Otto | Academy | Free | 1 July 2020 |
| 35 | DF | Tuta | KV Kortrijk | Loan return | 1 July 2020 |
| 34 | FW | Jabez Makanda | Academy | Free | 1 July 2020 |
| 36 | MF | Lukas Fahrnberger | Academy | Free | 1 July 2020 |
| 38 | DF | Yannick Brugger | Academy | Free | 1 July 2020 |
| | MF | Rodrigo Zalazar | Korona Kielce | Loan return | 1 July 2020 |
| 11 | MF | Steven Zuber | 1899 Hoffenheim | €3.0 million | 4 August 2020 |
| 33 | FW | André Silva | Milan | €9.0 million | 10 September 2020 |
| 7 | MF | Ajdin Hrustic | Groningen | €1.0 million | 28 September 2020 |
| 23 | GK | Markus Schubert | Schalke 04 | Loan | 30 September 2020 |
| 32 | MF | Amin Younes | Napoli | Loan | 3 October 2020 |
| 9 | FW | Luka Jović | Real Madrid | Loan | 14 January 2021 |
| 40 | GK | Elias Bördner | Academy | Free | 18 February 2021 |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| 5 | MF | Gelson Fernandes | Retirement | Free | 1 July 2020 |
| 6 | MF | Jonathan de Guzmán | OFI | Free transfer | 1 July 2020 |
| 23 | DF | Marco Russ | Retirement | Free | 1 July 2020 |
| 11 | MF | Mijat Gaćinović | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | €3.0 million | 4 August 2020 |
| 38 | MF | Patrick Finger | Olympia Biebesheim | Free transfer | 5 August 2020 |
| 16 | MF | Lucas Torró | CA Osasuna | €2.0 million | 6 August 2020 |
| | MF | Rodrigo Zalazar | FC St. Pauli | Loan | 6 August 2020 |
| 7 | FW | Dejan Joveljić | Wolfsberger AC | Loan | 26 August 2020 |
| 26 | MF | Nils Stendera | Lok Leipzig | Loan | 10 September 2020 |
| 30 | MF | Şahverdi Çetin | MKE Ankaragücü | Free transfer | 10 September 2020 |
| 4 | FW | Ante Rebić | Milan | €5.0 million | 12 September 2020 |
| 39 | FW | Gonçalo Paciência | FC Schalke 04 | Loan €2.0 million | 15 September 2020 |
| 32 | FW | Frederik Rønnow | FC Schalke 04 | Loan | 30 September 2020 |
| 29 | GK | Felix Wiedwald | FC Emmen | Free transfer | 5 October 2020 |
| 6 | DF | Simon Falette | Hannover 96 | Free transfer | 5 October 2020 |
| 9 | FW | Bas Dost | Club Brugge | €4.0 million | 24 December 2020 |
| 42 | MF | Marijan Ćavar | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | Free transfer | 14 January 2021 |
| 19 | DF | David Abraham | Hurácan de Chabás | Free transfer | 18 January 2021 |
| 28 | MF | Dominik Kohr | Mainz 05 | Loan | 18 January 2021 |
| 24 | DF | Danny da Costa | Mainz 05 | Loan | 22 January 2021 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Bundesliga | 19 September 2020 | 22 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 34 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 69 | 53 | +16 | 047.06 |
| DFB-Pokal | 12 September 2020 | 12 January 2021 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 72 | 58 | +14 | 047.22 |
Last updated: 22 May 2021 Source: Soccerway

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 75 | 46 | +29 | 64 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 4 | VfL Wolfsburg | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 61 | 37 | +24 | 61 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 5 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 69 | 53 | +16 | 60 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 6 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 53 | 39 | +14 | 52 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 7 | Union Berlin | 34 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 50 | 43 | +7 | 50 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round |
* 1 2 Since the winners of the 2020–21 DFB-Pokal, Borussia Dortmund, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League play-off round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 22 May 2021. Source: DFB

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | W | D | L | D | D | D | D | D | L | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | D | W | W | W | L | W | L | D | L | W |
| Position | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 7 August 2020.

### DFB-Pokal
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | GER | Kevin Trapp | 35 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | GER | Markus Schubert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | GER | Elias Bördner | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | FRA | Evan Ndicka | 25 | 3 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | AUT | Martin Hinteregger | 31 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | FRA | Almamy Touré | 18 | 1 | 8+9 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | USA | Timothy Chandler | 15 | 1 | 3+10 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | GER | Erik Durm | 21 | 1 | 18+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | NED | Jetro Willems | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | GER | Fynn Otto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | BRA | Tuta | 19 | 0 | 16+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | GER | Yannick Brugger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 3 | MF | AUT | Stefan Ilsanker | 29 | 1 | 17+10 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | AUS | Ajdin Hrustic | 12 | 1 | 1+10 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SUI | Djibril Sow | 29 | 0 | 25+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SRB | Filip Kostić | 30 | 4 | 29+1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SUI | Steven Zuber | 22 | 0 | 6+14 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | JPN | Daichi Kamada | 34 | 5 | 28+4 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | GER | Sebastian Rode | 29 | 1 | 19+8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | JPN | Makoto Hasebe | 29 | 0 | 26+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | MAR | Aymen Barkok | 27 | 2 | 9+16 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | GER | Amin Younes | 27 | 4 | 16+10 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 36 | MF | AUT | Lukas Fahrnberger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | SRB | Luka Jović | 18 | 4 | 8+10 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | GER | Ragnar Ache | 7 | 1 | 0+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | POR | André Silva | 34 | 29 | 32 | 28 | 2 | 1 |
| 34 | FW | ANG | Jabez Makanda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 4 | FW | CRO | Ante Rebić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | GUI | Simon Falette | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | SRB | Dejan Joveljić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | NED | Bas Dost | 12 | 5 | 9+2 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | DF | ARG | David Abraham | 15 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | GER | Danny da Costa | 7 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | GER | Nils Stendera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | GER | Dominik Kohr | 9 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 29 | GK | GER | Felix Wiedwald | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | DEN | Frederik Rønnow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | POR | Gonçalo Paciência | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | BIH | Marijan Ćavar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 22 May 2021 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | 33 | FW | | André Silva | 28 | 1 | 29 |
| 2 | 9 | FW | | Bas Dost | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 15 | MF | | Daichi Kamada | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 9 | FW | | Luka Jović | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 10 | MF | | Filip Kostić | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 32 | MF | | Amin Younes | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 2 | DF | | Evan Ndicka | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 13 | DF | | Martin Hinteregger | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 27 | MF | | Aymen Barkok | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 3 | MF | | Stefan Ilsanker | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 7 | MF | | Ajdin Hrustic | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 17 | MF | | Sebastian Rode | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 18 | DF | | Almamy Touré | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 19 | DF | | David Abraham | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 21 | FW | | Ragnar Ache | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 22 | DF | | Timothy Chandler | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 25 | DF | | Erik Durm | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 69 | 3 | 72 |

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Kevin Trapp | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 4 | 0 | 4 |

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Total | Total | Total |
| Totals ||||
| 1 | GK | | Kevin Trapp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Evan Ndicka | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | | Stefan Ilsanker | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | Simon Falette | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | | Dejan Joveljić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Ajdin Hrustic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Djibril Sow | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Bas Dost | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Luka Jović | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Filip Kostić | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | Steven Zuber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | | Martin Hinteregger | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | | Daichi Kamada | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Sebastian Rode | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | | Almamy Touré | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | | David Abraham | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | | Makoto Hasebe | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | | Ragnar Ache | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | | Timothy Chandler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | | Markus Schubert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | | Danny da Costa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | | Erik Durm | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | | Nils Stendera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | | Aymen Barkok | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | | Dominik Kohr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | GK | | Felix Wiedwald | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | | Jetro Willems | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | | Fynn Otto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | | Frederik Rønnow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | | Amin Younes | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | | André Silva | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | | Tuta | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | | Gonçalo Paciência | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | | Elias Bördner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | | Marijan Ćavar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 77 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 1 | 0 |