# 2017–18 Eintracht Frankfurt season

The 2017–18 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 119th season in the football club's history and the 6th consecutive and 49th overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2012. In addition to the domestic league, Eintracht Frankfurt also were participating in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. This was the 93rd season for Frankfurt in the Commerzbank-Arena, located in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.
The season ended with Eintracht winning the DFB-Pokal for the fifth time.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 13 March 2018
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 | FIN | Lukáš Hrádecký |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Simon Falette |
| 4 | MF | CRO | Ante Rebić (on loan from Fiorentina) |
| 5 | MF | SUI | Gelson Fernandes |
| 6 | MF | NED | Jonathan de Guzmán |
| 7 | MF | GER | Danny Blum |
| 8 | FW | SRB | Luka Jović (on loan from Benfica) |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Sébastien Haller |
| 10 | MF | MEX | Marco Fabián |
| 11 | MF | SRB | Mijat Gaćinović |
| 13 | DF | MEX | Carlos Salcedo (on loan from Guadalajara) |
| 14 | FW | GER | Alexander Meier (captain) |
| 15 | DF | NED | Jetro Willems |
| 17 | MF | GHA | Kevin-Prince Boateng |
| 19 | DF | ARG | David Abraham |
| 20 | MF | JPN | Makoto Hasebe |
| 21 | MF | GER | Marc Stendera |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | DF | USA | Timothy Chandler |
| 23 | DF | GER | Marco Russ |
| 24 | DF | GER | Danny da Costa |
| 26 | DF | GER | Deji-Ousman Beyreuther |
| 27 | MF | GER | Marius Wolf |
| 28 | MF | GER | Aymen Barkok |
| 30 | MF | GER | Şahverdi Çetin |
| 31 | FW | SWE | Branimir Hrgota |
| 32 | MF | CMR | Nelson Mandela Mbouhom |
| 33 | DF | ISR | Taleb Tawatha |
| 34 | GK | GER | Leon Bätge |
| 35 | DF | GER | Noel Knothe |
| 37 | GK | GER | Jan Zimmermann |
| 38 | FW | AZE | Renat Dadaşov |
| 39 | MF | ESP | Omar Mascarell |
| 40 | MF | JPN | Daichi Kamada |
| 42 | MF | BIH | Marijan Ćavar |

### Transfers
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer Window | Contract ends | Transfer fee |
| 3 | Defender | Simon Falette | 25 | Yes | FC Metz | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2021 | €2.7 million |
| 4 | Striker | Ante Rebić | 23 | Yes | Fiorentina | Loan | Summer | 30 June 2018 | €500,000 |
| 5 | Midfielder | Gelson Fernandes | 30 | Yes | Stade Rennais | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2019 | €350,000 |
| 6 | Midfielder | Jonathan de Guzmán | 29 | Yes | Napoli, was previously on loan to ChievoVerona | Free transfer | Summer | 30 June 2020 | — |
| 8 | Striker | Luka Jović | 19 | No | SL Benfica | Loan | Summer | 30 June 2019 | €200,000 |
| 9 | Striker | Sébastien Haller | 23 | Yes | FC Utrecht | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2021 | €7.0 million |
| 13 | Defender | Carlos Salcedo | 23 | No | Guadalajara | Loan | Summer | 30 June 2018 | €450,000 |
| 15 | Defender | Jetro Willems | 23 | Yes | PSV | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2021 | €5.0 million |
| 17 | Midfielder | Kevin-Prince Boateng | 30 | Yes | UD Las Palmas | Free transfer | Summer | 30 June 2020 | — |
| 24 | Defender | Danny da Costa | 23 | Yes | Bayer Leverkusen | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2021 | €1.0 million |
| 26 | Defender | Deji Beyreuther | 18 | Yes | Eintracht Frankfurt U19 | Academy | Summer | 30 June 2021 | Free |
| 27 | Forward | Marius Wolf | 22 | Yes | Hannover 96 | Loan | Summer | 30 June 2018 | Undisclosed |
| 32 | Striker | Nelson Mandela Mbouhom | 18 | No | Eintracht Frankfurt U19 | Academy | Summer | 30 June 2019 | Free |
| 35 | Defender | Noel Knothe | 18 | Yes | Eintracht Frankfurt U19 | Academy | Summer | 30 June 2020 | Free |
| 37 | Goalkeeper | Jan Zimmermann | 32 | Yes | 1860 Munich | Free transfer | Summer | 30 June 2019 | — |
| 38 | Striker | Renat Dadaşov | 18 | Yes | Eintracht Frankfurt U19 | Academy | Summer | 30 June 2022 | Free |
| 40 | Midfielder | Daichi Kamada | 20 | No | Sagan Tosu | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2021 | €1.6 million |
| 42 | Midfielder | Marijan Ćavar | 19 | Yes | Zrinjski Mostar | Transfer | Winter | 30 June 2021 | €200,000 |

#### Out

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer Window | Transfer fee |
| 3 | Defender | Guillermo Varela | 24 | Yes | Manchester United | Loan return | Summer | Free |
| 5 | Defender | Jesús Vallejo | 20 | Yes | Real Madrid | Loan return | Summer | Free |
| 6 | Defender | Bastian Oczipka | 28 | Yes | Schalke 04 | Transfer | Summer | €4.5 million |
| 9 | Striker | Haris Seferovic | 25 | Yes | SL Benfica | End of contract | Summer | Free |
| 13 | Goalkeeper | Heinz Lindner | 26 | Yes | Grasshopper Club Zürich | End of contract | Summer | Free |
| 15 | Defender | Michael Hector | 25 | Yes | Chelsea | Loan return | Summer | Free |
| 17 | Midfielder | Ante Rebić | 23 | Yes | Fiorentina | Loan return | Summer | Free |
| 30 | Striker | Shani Tarashaj | 22 | No | Everton | Loan return | Summer | Free |
| 36 | Defender | Furkan Zorba | 19 | Yes | VfL Osnabrück | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| 18 | Midfielder | Max Besuschkow | 20 | Yes | Holstein Kiel | Loan | Winter | Undisclosed |
| 25 | Midfielder | Slobodan Medojević | 27 | No | Darmstadt 98 | Released | Winter | Free |
| 29 | Defender | Anderson Ordóñez | 23 | No | LDU de Quito | Loan | Winter | Undisclosed |
| 2 | Defender | Yanni Regäsel | 22 | Yes | Free agent | Contract terminated by mutual consent | Winter | Free |

## Friendly matches

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### 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 | 20 August 2017 | 12 May 2018 | Matchday 1 | 8th | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 45 | 45 | +0 | 041.18 |
| DFB-Pokal | 12 August 2017 | 19 May 2018 | First round | Winners | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | +14 | 100.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 61 | 47 | +14 | 050.00 |
Last updated: 21 May 2018 Source: Competitions

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | RB Leipzig | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 57 | 53 | +4 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 7 | VfB Stuttgart | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 51 | |
| 8 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 49 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 9 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 47 | 52 | −5 | 47 | |
| 10 | Hertha BSC | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 43 | 46 | −3 | 43 | |
* ↑ Eintracht Frankfurt qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2017–18 DFB-Pokal.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 21 May 2018. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | D | D | W | D | L | W | L | W | D | D | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | D | L | L | L | W | L |
| Position | 9 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 |

#### Matches
### 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 | FIN | Lukáš Hrádecký | 40 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 34 | GK | GER | Leon Bätge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | GK | GER | Jan Zimmermann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | FRA | Simon Falette | 28 | 1 | 25+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | MEX | Carlos Salcedo | 24 | 0 | 17+3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | NED | Jetro Willems | 29 | 0 | 19+4 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ARG | David Abraham | 30 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | USA | Timothy Chandler | 25 | 3 | 22+2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | GER | Marco Russ | 25 | 1 | 12+7 | 1 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | GER | Danny da Costa | 21 | 1 | 13+4 | 1 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | GER | Deji Beyreuther | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | ISR | Taleb Tawatha | 15 | 0 | 4+9 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | GER | Noel Knothe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 5 | MF | SUI | Gelson Fernandes | 22 | 0 | 12+7 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | NED | Jonathan de Guzmán | 19 | 0 | 12+4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | MEX | Marco Fabián | 9 | 1 | 3+4 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SRB | Mijat Gaćinović | 33 | 4 | 22+7 | 1 | 2+2 | 2+1 |
| 17 | MF | GHA | Kevin-Prince Boateng | 36 | 6 | 27+4 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | JPN | Makoto Hasebe | 29 | 0 | 23+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | GER | Marc Stendera | 9 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | GER | Aymen Barkok | 10 | 0 | 2+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | ESP | Omar Mascarell | 12 | 2 | 8+1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 40 | MF | JPN | Daichi Kamada | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | BIH | Marijan Ćavar | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 4 | FW | CRO | Ante Rebić | 28 | 9 | 21+4 | 5+1 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | FW | GER | Danny Blum | 3 | 2 | 0+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | SRB | Luka Jović | 27 | 9 | 9+13 | 4+4 | 2+3 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Sébastien Haller | 36 | 13 | 26+5 | 7+2 | 4+1 | 4 |
| 14 | FW | GER | Alexander Meier | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0+1 |
| 27 | FW | GER | Marius Wolf | 34 | 6 | 27+1 | 5 | 5+1 | 1 |
| 31 | FW | SWE | Branimir Hrgota | 8 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | CMR | Nelson Mandela Mbouhom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | FW | AZE | Renat Dadaşov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | GER | Yanni Regäsel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | GER | Max Besuschkow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | SRB | Slobodan Medojević | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ECU | Anderson Ordóñez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 19 May Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Sébastien Haller | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| 2 | 8 | FW | | Luka Jović | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 4 | FW | | Ante Rebić | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | 17 | MF | | Kevin-Prince Boateng | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | 27 | FW | | Marius Wolf | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | 11 | MF | | Mijat Gaćinović | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | 22 | DF | | Timothy Chandler | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 7 | FW | | Danny Blum | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 39 | MF | | Omar Mascarell | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 3 | DF | | Simon Falette | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 10 | MF | | Marco Fabián | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 14 | FW | | Alexander Meier | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 23 | DF | | Marco Russ | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 24 | DF | | Danny da Costa | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 43 | 16 | 59 |
Last updated: 19 May 2018

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Lukáš Hrádecký | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 7 | 4 | 11 |
Last updated: 19 May 2018

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Total | Total | Total |
| Totals ||||
| 1 | GK | | Lukáš Hrádecký | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Simon Falette | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | FW | | Ante Rebić | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | | Gelson Fernandes | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Jonathan de Guzmán | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | | Luka Jović | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Sébastien Haller | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | Mijat Gaćinović | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | | Carlos Salcedo | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | Jetro Willems | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Kevin-Prince Boateng | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | | David Abraham | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | | Makoto Hasebe | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | | Marc Stendera | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | | Timothy Chandler | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | | Marco Russ | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | | Danny da Costa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | | Marius Wolf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | | Aymen Barkok | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | | Branimir Hrgota | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | | Taleb Tawatha | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | | Omar Mascarell | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 72 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 82 | 0 | 4 |
Last updated: 19 May 2018