Eintracht Frankfurt II

Full name	Eintracht Frankfurt II
Nickname(s)	Amas (Amateurs), U23, Die Adler (Eagles), SGE (Sportgemeinschaft Eintracht)
Founded	1899 2022 (2022)
Dissolved	2014
Ground	Sportpark Dreieich, Dreieich
Capacity	2,530
Chairman	Peter Fischer
Manager	Kristjan Glibo
League	Hessenliga
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Eintracht Frankfurt II is the reserve team of Eintracht Frankfurt. Formerly known as Eintracht Frankfurt Amateure (Amateurs) until 2005 the team played as U23 (Under 23) to emphasize the character of the team as a link between youth academy and pro team.

The traditional home ground was the Riederwaldstadion but for safety purposes the team was forced to play at Bornheimer Hang. The ground was actually renovated for local rival FSV Frankfurt but since their unexpected promotion to the 2. Bundesliga and the stricter home ground requirements FSV used to play at Eintracht's actual stadium while the SGE reserves play at their home. From 2009 to 2014 both teams, FSV and Eintracht U23 played at Bornheimer Hang.

Since its re-establishment, the team plays at Sportpark Dreieich.

The squad was frequently supported by Ultras Frankfurt, especially when playing derby matches against Darmstadt and Kassel, both home and away.

History

Eintracht Frankfurt Amateure first played at highest level in Hesse when it earned promotion to the Amateurliga Hessen in 1969, winning the league in its first attempt in 1969–70. The team played in this league, renamed to Amateur-Oberliga Hessen in 1978, for the next 26 seasons, with three runners-up finishes in 1978, 1983 and 1995 as its best results after the 1970 championship. The last of those three allowed the club promotion to the Regionalliga Süd, newly formed the year before. The team lasted for only one season before dropping back to what was now the Oberliga Hessen but won promotion again in 2002. Again it played in the Regionalliga for only one season but in 2008 it qualified for the new Regionalliga Südwest, where it played for six seasons until 2014.^[1]

In April 2014, the club board of Eintracht Frankfurt decided to withdraw the U23 team from league operations, as was FSV Frankfurt II and Bayer 04 Leverkusen II, after a ruling by the DFL allowed all Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga clubs to freely choose whether or not to operate an under-23 reserve team. Previous to that such teams had been compulsory.^[2]

On 14 February 2022 Eintracht Frankfurt applied to have a reserves team to be re-admitted to the 5th tier Hessenliga for the 2022–23 season.^[3]

On 21 February the Hessian Football Association approved the incorporation of the Eintracht reserves team into the Hessenliga. ^[4] The team will play at the Hahn Air Sportpark in Dreieich.

The team winning the league in its first attempt in 2022–23.

Current squad

As of 29 August 2023^[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  GER Elias Baum 3 DF  GER Louis Kolbe 4 DF  GER Dario Gebuhr 5 DF  GER Fynn Otto 6 MF  GER Harpreet Ghotra 7 MF  COD Phinees Bonianga 8 MF  CRO Daniel Dejanović 9 FW  ESP Nacho Ferri 10 MF  GER Mehdi Loune 11 DF  GER Maximilian Brauburger 12 GK  GER Yurij Obert 17 MF  GER Marc Wachs 18 FW  GER Daniel Starodid 19 DF  GER Ben-Luca Fisher

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 DF  CRO Dominik Crljenec 21 FW  GER Robin Rosenberger 22 MF  GER Dritan Maqkaj 23 DF  GER Max Hauswirth 25 FW  GER Noel Futkeu 26 MF  GER Nino Cassaniti 27 MF  GER Max Müller 29 DF  COD Arthur Inaka 30 MF  GER Jakob Bookjans 31 GK  GER Maximilian Krapf 34 DF  COL Davis Bautista — GK  GER Elias Derwein — GK  GER Luke Gauer — DF  GER Hüseyin Bakırsu

Famous players

Managers

The recent managers of the club:^[6]

• 2000–2005: Bernhard Lippert
• 2005: Armin Kraaz
• 2006–2007: Petar Hubchev
• 2007–2010: Frank Leicht
• 2010–2012: Oscar Corrochano
• 2012–2014: Alexander Schur
• 2022–: Kristjan Glibo

Honours

The club's honours:

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:^[1][7]

• With the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 and the 3. Liga in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier. In 2012, the number of Regionalligas was increased from three to five with all Regionalliga Süd clubs except the Bavarian ones entering the new Regionalliga Südwest.

References

External links

• Official club website (in German)
• Eintracht Frankfurt II at Weltfussball.de (in German)