# 1977–78 Eintracht Frankfurt season

The 1977–78 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 78th season in the club's football history. In 1977–78 the club played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 15th season in the Bundesliga.

## 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 |
| 5 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 49 | 36 | +13 | 39 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 6 | MSV Duisburg | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 62 | 59 | +3 | 37 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 7 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 16 | 4 | 14 | 59 | 52 | +7 | 36 | |
| 8 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 34 | 16 | 4 | 14 | 64 | 63 | +1 | 36 | |
| 9 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 47 | 52 | −5 | 34 | |
* 1 2 As 1. FC Köln also won the DFB-Pokal, the Cup Winners' Cup spot was given to runners-up Fortuna Düsseldorf, while Düsseldorf's original UEFA Cup was transferred to MSV Duisburg.

#### 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 | 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 | L | W | W | W | L | L | W | L | D | L | W | D | D | W | D | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | L | W |
| Position | 2 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 |

### Intertoto Cup
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Inter Bratislava | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 11 | +7 | 9 |
| 2 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 7 |
| 3 | SSW Innsbruck | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | Zürich | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 16 | −12 | 2 |

### UEFA Cup
## Squad
### Squad and statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup | Intertoto Cup | Intertoto Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | FRG | Heinz-Josef Koitka | 50 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | GK | GDR | Jürgen Pahl | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | FRG | Günter Wienhold | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Charly Körbel | 42 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Peter Krobbach | 21 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Helmut Müller | 19 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Willi Neuberger | 51 | 4 | 34 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| | DF | FRG | Peter Reichel | 42 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Gerd Simons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Lothar Skala | 17 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | YUG | Dragoslav Stepanović | 41 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Gert Trinklein | 23 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Roland Weidle | 44 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | MF | FRG | Jürgen Grabowski | 50 | 14 | 34 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | FRG | Wolfgang Kraus | 27 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | GDR | Norbert Nachtweih | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | FRG | Bernd Nickel | 51 | 16 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| | MF | FRG | Wolfgang Trapp | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | FRG | Hans-Dieter Wacker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | FRG | Klaus Beverungen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | FRG | Egon Bihn | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | FRG | Ronny Borchers | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | FRG | Bernd Hölzenbein | 51 | 27 | 34 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| | FW | FRG | Rüdiger Wenzel | 48 | 23 | 34 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 |

### Transfers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | GDR | Norbert Nachtweih (from Hallescher FC Chemie, after expiration of FIFA ban following a defection) |
| — | GK | GDR | Jürgen Pahl (from Hallescher FC Chemie, after expiration of FIFA ban following a defection) |
| — | DF | FRG | Lothar Skala (from Kickers Offenbach) |
| — | MF | FRG | Wolfgang Trapp (from Eintracht Frankfurt academy) |
| — | MF | FRG | Hans-Dieter Wacker (from Eintracht Frankfurt academy) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | FRG | Klaus Beverungen (to FC St. Pauli) |
| — | DF | FRG | Rainer Dörr (to FC Augsburg) |

## Sources

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