# 1988–89 Eintracht Frankfurt season

The 1988–89 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 89th season in the club's football history. In 1988–89 the club played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 26th 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 |
| 14 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 36 | 54 | −18 | 26 | |
| 15 | VfL Bochum | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 37 | 57 | −20 | 26 | |
| 16 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 30 | 53 | −23 | 26 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 17 | Stuttgarter Kickers (R) | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 41 | 68 | −27 | 26 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
| 18 | Hannover 96 (R) | 34 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 36 | 71 | −35 | 19 | 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: 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 | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | D | W | L | L | L | D | L | D | L | W | D | W | D | L | L | D | D | L | W | L | L | W | D | D | L | W | D |
| Position | 18 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |

### Indoor soccer tournaments
#### Stuttgart
#### DFB-Hallenpokal in Dortmund
## Squad
### Squad and statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB- Supercup | DFB- Supercup | DFB- Pokal | DFB- Pokal | Relegation play-offs | Relegation play-offs | European Cup Winners' Cup | European Cup Winners' Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | FRG | Hans-Jürgen Gundelach | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | FRG | Uli Stein | 46 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Manfred Binz | 46 | 4 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| | DF | FRG | Charly Körbel | 45 | 3 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Björn Pistauer | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Dietmar Rompel | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Dietmar Roth | 45 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Dieter Schlindwein | 20 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Stefan Studer | 33 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| | MF | FRG | Dirk Bakalorz | 28 | 6 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| | MF | POL | Jarosław Biernat | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | FRG | Uwe Bindewald | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | FRG | Heinz Gründel | 32 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | FRG | Maximilian Heidenreich | 17 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | FRG | Dirk Heitkamp | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Peter Hobday | 23 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | FRG | Thomas Klepper | 32 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | FRG | Michael Kostner | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | FRG | Thomas Lasser | 16 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | FRG | Frank Schulz | 23 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| | MF | FRG | Ralf Sievers | 37 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| | FW | NOR | Jørn Andersen | 32 | 7 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| | FW | FRG | Ralf Balzis | 19 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| | FW | FRG | Dieter Eckstein | 27 | 6 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | POL | Janusz Turowski | 36 | 7 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |

### Transfers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | NOR | Jørn Andersen (from 1. FC Nürnberg) |
| — | MF | FRG | Dirk Bakalorz (from Borussia Mönchengladbach) |
| — | MF | POL | Jarosław Biernat (loan return from Union Solingen) |
| — | DF | FRG | Uwe Bindewald (from Eintracht Frankfurt Amateure) |
| — | FW | FRG | Dieter Eckstein (from 1. FC Nürnberg) |
| — | MF | FRG | Heinz Gründel (from Hamburger SV) |
| — | MF | FRG | Maximilian Heidenreich (loaned from Hannover 96, previously loaned to TSV 1860 Munich) |
| — | MF | ENG | Peter Hobday (from Hannover 96) |
| — | MF | FRG | Thomas Lasser (from Eintracht Frankfurt Amateure) |
| — | DF | FRG | Björn Pistauer (from Eintracht Frankfurt Amateure) |
| — | DF | FRG | Dietmar Rompel (from Kickers Offenbach) |
| — | MF | FRG | Stefan Studer (from FC St. Pauli) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | HUN | Lajos Détári (to Olympiacos ) |
| — | GK | FRG | Thomas Ernst (to Eintracht Frankfurt Amateure) |
| — | FW | FRG | Holger Friz (to Viktoria Aschaffenburg) |
| — | FW | FRG | Ralf Haub (to Viktoria Aschaffenburg) |
| — | DF | FRG | Armin Kraaz (to Rot-Weiss Frankfurt) |
| — | MF | FRG | Uwe Müller (to FC Admira Wacker) |
| — | DF | FRG | Volker Münn (to VfL Marburg) |
| — | FW | POL | Włodzimierz Smolarek (to Feyenoord) |
| — | DF | FRG | Klaus Theiss (to Viktoria Aschaffenburg) |