# 2000–01 Eintracht Frankfurt season

The 2000–01 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 101st season in the club's football history. In 2000–01 the club played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 99th season in the first tier.

## Results
### Friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

### Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

#### Bundesliga
##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 14 | Energie Cottbus | 34 | 12 | 3 | 19 | 38 | 52 | −14 | 39 | |
| 15 | VfB Stuttgart | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 42 | 49 | −7 | 38 | |
| 16 | SpVgg Unterhaching (R) | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 35 | 59 | −24 | 35 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
| 17 | Eintracht Frankfurt (R) | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 41 | 68 | −27 | 35 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
| 18 | VfL Bochum (R) | 34 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 30 | 67 | −37 | 27 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Competitive matches

##### 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 | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | L | L | W | D | D | L | L | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | D | L | L | D | D | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | W |
| Position | 3 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 |

##### Matches
#### DFB-Pokal
## Players
### First-team squad

    Squad at end of season
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 | MKD | Oka Nikolov |
| 2 | DF | GER | Torsten Kracht |
| 3 | MF | GER | Marco Gebhardt |
| 4 | DF | GER | Jens Rasiejewski |
| 5 | DF | BUL | Petar Hubchev |
| 6 | MF | GER | Markus Lösch |
| 7 | MF | POL | Thomas Sobotzik |
| 8 | MF | GER | Ralf Weber |
| 9 | FW | NOR | Jan Åge Fjørtoft |
| 10 | MF | GER | Horst Heldt |
| 11 | MF | GER | Albert Streit |
| 12 | GK | GER | Dirk Heinen |
| 14 | FW | POL | Paweł Kryszałowicz |
| 15 | MF | CGO | Rolf-Christel Guié-Mien |
| 16 | DF | CMR | Serge Branco |
| 17 | FW | GER | Thomas Reichenberger |
| 18 | DF | GER | Alexander Kutschera |
| 19 | MF | AUT | Gerd Wimmer |
| 20 | DF | GER | Uwe Bindewald |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | FW | CHN | Yang Chen |
| 22 | FW | GER | Ralf Schmitt |
| 23 | GK | GER | Sven Schmitt |
| 24 | MF | GER | Alexander Schur |
| 25 | MF | GER | Frank Gerster |
| 26 | FW | MKD | Saša Ćirić |
| 27 | GK | GER | Christian Marggraf |
| 28 | DF | GER | Karel Rada |
| 29 | MF | GER | Stefan Zinnow |
| 30 | DF | GER | Thomas Zampach |
| 31 | MF | GER | Peter Deißenberger |
| 32 | DF | GER | Giuseppe Gemiti |
| 33 | MF | GER | Michael Mutzel |
| 34 | DF | GER | Christoph Preuß |
| 35 | MF | GER | Alexander Rosen |
| 37 | MF | GER | Jermaine Jones |
| 38 | DF | CRO | Vladimir Maljković |
| 40 | DF | NOR | Tommy Berntsen |
| — | GK | GER | Andreas Menger |

### Left club during season

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 |
| 11 | FW | TOG | Bachirou Salou (on loan to Hansa Rostock) |
| 13 | DF | TUR | Erol Bulut (on loan to Adanaspor) |
| 14 | DF | GER | Uwe Schneider (to VfR Aalen) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | MF | GER | Olaf Janßen (retired) |
| 27 | DF | HUN | János Hrutka (to Ferencváros) |
| 36 | MF | GER | Patrick Falk (to Eintracht Braunschweig) |

### Eintracht Frankfurt II

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 |
| 39 | DF | CMR | Jean-Paul Ndeki |

### Under-19s

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 |
| — | GK | GER | Daniel Haas |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | NGA | Stephen Famewo |

### Under-17s

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 |
| — | GK | GER | Jan Zimmermann |
| — | DF | GER | Baldo di Gregorio |
| — | DF | GER | Christopher Reinhard |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | GER | Marco Russ |
| — | MF | GER | Daniyel Cimen |

## 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 |
| 1 | GK | MKD | Oka Nikolov | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | GER | Torsten Kracht | 33 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | GER | Marco Gebhardt | 18 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GER | Jens Rasiejewski | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | BUL | Petar Hubchev | 19 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | GER | Markus Lösch | 16 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | GER | Thomas Sobotzik | 22 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | GER | Ralf Weber | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | NOR | Jan Åge Fjørtoft | 15 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | GER | Horst Heldt | 35 | 5 | 34 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | TOG | Bachirou Salou | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | GER | Dirk Heinen | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | TUR | Erol Bulut | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | GER | Uwe Schneider | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | POL | Paweł Kryszałowicz | 18 | 7 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | CGO | Rolf-Christel Guié-Mien | 26 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | GER | Olaf Janßen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | CMR | Serge Branco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | GER | Thomas Reichenberger | 26 | 6 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | GER | Alexander Kutschera | 22 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | AUT | Gerd Wimmer | 24 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | GER | Uwe Bindewald | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | CHN | Yang Chen | 15 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | GER | Ralf Schmitt | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | GER | Sven Schmitt | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | GER | Alexander Schur | 25 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | MKD | Saša Ćirić | 9 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | HUN | János Hrutka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | CZE | Karel Rada | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | GER | Stefan Zinnow | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | GER | Thomas Zampach | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | GER | Peter Deißenberger | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | GER | Giuseppe Gemiti | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | GER | Michael Mutzel | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | GER | Christoph Preuß | 22 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | GER | Alexander Rosen | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | GER | Patrick Falk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | GER | Jermaine Jones | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | CRO | Vladimir Maljković | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | NOR | Tommy Berntsen | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | GER | Albert Streit | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Transfers
#### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | MF | TUR | Erol Bulut (loan return from Trabzonspor) |
| 14 | FW | POL | Paweł Kryszałowicz (from Amica Wronki) |
| 16 | MF | GER | Olaf Janßen (loan return from AC Bellinzona) |
| 16 | MF | CMR | Serge Branco (from Eintracht Braunschweig) |
| 19 | MF | AUT | Gerd Wimmer (from Rapid Wien) |
| 22 | MF | GER | Ralf Schmitt (from FV Speyer) |
| 26 | FW | MKD | Saša Ćirić (from Tennis Borussia Berlin) |
| 27 | MF | HUN | János Hrutka (from Kaiserslautern) |
| 28 | DF | CZE | Karel Rada (from Slavia Praha) |
| 31 | MF | GER | Peter Deißenberger (from Würzburger FV) |
| 32 | MF | GER | Giuseppe Gemiti (from Eintracht Frankfurt II) |
| 34 | MF | GER | Christoph Preuß (from Eintracht Frankfurt II) |
| 35 | MF | GER | Alexander Rosen (loan return from FC Augsburg) |
| 38 | DF | CRO | Vladimir Maljković (from Eintracht Frankfurt II) |
| 41 | MF | GER | Albert Streit (from Eintracht Frankfurt II) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 11 | FW | TOG | Bachirou Salou (to Hansa Rostock) |
| 14 | DF | GER | Uwe Schneider (to VfR Aalen) |
| 25 | MF | GER | Alexander Rosen (loaned to VfL Osnabrück) |
| 27 | DF | GER | Janos Hrutka (to Ferencváros) |
| 36 | MF | GER | Patrick Falk (to Eintracht Braunschweig) |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Tommy Berntsen (from Lillestrøm SK) |
| 13 | GK | GER | Andreas Menger (from MSV Duisburg) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | MF | NOR | Jan Åge Fjørtoft (to Stabæk IF) |
| 16 | MF | GER | Olaf Janßen (retired) |
| 17 | MF | TUR | Erol Bulut (loaned to Adanaspor) |
| 30 | MF | GER | Thomas Zampach (retired) |