2002–03 Eintracht Frankfurt season

The 2002–03 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 103rd season in the club's football history. In 2002–03 the club played in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football. It was the club's 4th season in the 2. Bundesliga. The season ended for Eintracht with promotion to the Bundesliga after finishing 3rd in the 2. Bundesliga.

Eintracht Frankfurt
2002-03 season
ChairmanVolker Sparmann
ManagerWilli Reimann
2. Bundesliga3rd
DFB-Pokal2nd Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Ervin Skela (10)
All: Ervin Skela (11)
Highest home attendance25,500 25 May 2003 v SSV Reutlingen (league)
Lowest home attendance10,000 27 October 2002 v LR Ahlen (league)
Average home league attendance15,765

Friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

10 July 2002 (2002-07-10) Rödermark XI 2–4 Eintracht Frankfurt Rödermark, Germany
18:30 CEST Fäth  35'
Grimm  88'
(Report) Jones  3'
Guié-Mien  12'
Kryszałowicz  32'
Skela  71'
Stadium: Sportanlage Frankfurter Straße
Attendance: 900
Referee: Grieben
14 July 2002 (2002-07-14) VfB Aßlar 1–4 Eintracht Frankfurt Haiger, Germany
15:00 CEST Hassler  64' (Report) Weißenfeldt  4'
Kryszałowicz  71'
Streit  73'
Diakité  87'
Stadium: Stadion auf den Haarwasen
Attendance: 600
Referee: Deimann
17 July 2002 (2002-07-17) SV Erzhausen 0–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Erzhausen, Germany
(Report) Guié-Mien  25'
Kryszałowicz  38'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Ballweg
20 July 2002 (2002-07-20) Racing Strasbourg 2–3 Eintracht Frankfurt Haguenau, France
18:00 CEST Ljuboja  9'
Bertin  46' (pen.)
(Report) Guié-Mien  36' (pen.)
Kryszałowicz  39'
Attendance: 3,000
24 July 2002 (2002-07-24) Westerburg / Willmenrod / Gemünden XI 0–22 Eintracht Frankfurt Gemünden, Germany
19:00 CEST (Report) Hengemühle
Diakité
Skela
Toppmöller
Tsoumou-Madza
Cimen
Streit
Vivian
Stadium: Sportplatz Gemünden
Attendance: 1,500
28 July 2002 (2002-07-28) Rot-Weiß Walldorf 0–8 Eintracht Frankfurt
(Report) Tsoumou-Madza  5'
Montero  32'
Skela  48'
Guié-Mien  56'
Branco  62' (pen.)
Diakité  70'
Hengemühle  85'
Toppmöller  87'
Attendance: 2,000
27 August 2002 (2002-08-27) FC Oberursel 2–2 Eintracht Frankfurt
18:30 CEST Oteng-Mensa  33'
Sauer  42'
(Report) Diakité  17'
Skela  74'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Stieler
22 October 2002 (2002-10-22) Usinger TSG 0–7 Eintracht Frankfurt Usingen, Germany
(Report) Toppmöller
Streit
Skela
Attendance: 650
14 January 2003 (2003-01-14) CF Gandía 1–3 Eintracht Frankfurt Oliva, Spain
16:00 CEST Miguel  16' (pen.) (Report) Tsoumou-Madza  14'
Hengemühle  51'
Diakité  82' (pen.)
Attendance: 20
19 January 2003 (2003-01-19) SV Bernbach 0–7 Eintracht Frankfurt Freigericht, Germany
14:30 CEST Kryszałowicz  23', 41'
Beierle  32'
Tsoumou-Madza  38'
Speranza  46'
Toppmöller  67'
Hengemühle  76' (pen.)
Attendance: 2,000
2 February 2003 (2003-02-02) VfR 09 Meerholz / Gelnhausen XI 1–12 Eintracht Frankfurt Gelnhausen, Germany
18:30 CEST San José  17' (Report) Vivian  8', 49'
Toppmöller  20'
Hengemühle  31', 39', 51', 65'
Wenczel  41', 43'
Speranza  75'
Diakité  79'
Branco  82' (pen.)
Attendance: 500
29 March 2003 (2003-03-29) VfR Lich 1–6 Eintracht Frankfurt Lich, Germany
Schwarzer  36' (Report) Jones  20', 75'
Beierle  25'
Toppmöller  30', 45'
Hengemühle  78'
Attendance: 1,500

Indoor soccer tournaments

Nürnberg

6 January 2002 (2002-01-06) First match Eintracht Frankfurt 1–2 VfB Stuttgart Nuremberg, Germany
Schur  3' (Report) Amanatidis  2', 6' Stadium: Arena Nürnberg
6 January 2002 (2002-01-06) Second match Eintracht Frankfurt 4–4 TSV München 1860 Nuremberg, Germany
Kryszałowicz  9', 16'
Bürger  11'
Diakité  14'
(Report) Wiesinger  6'
Borimirov  16'
Pürk  17'
Meyer  20'
Stadium: Arena Nürnberg

Bielefeld

8 January 2002 (2002-01-08) First match Arminia Bielefeld 2–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Bielefeld, Germany
Wichniarek  16'
Cha  18'
(Report) Kryszałowicz  1' Stadium: Seidenstickerhalle
8 January 2002 (2002-01-08) Second match VfL Osnabrück 3–4 Eintracht Frankfurt Bielefeld, Germany
Schütte  5', 14'
Menga  10'
(Report) Diakité  3'
Kryszałowicz  13', 20'
Skela  20'
Stadium: Seidenstickerhalle
8 January 2002 (2002-01-08) Semi-final match Werder Bremen 4–4
(4–3 p)
Eintracht Frankfurt Bielefeld, Germany
Mamoum  4'
Borowski  12', 17'
Klasnić  13'
(Report) Kryszałowicz  1', 14'
Speranza  6'
Vivian  10'
Stadium: Seidenstickerhalle
Penalties
8 January 2002 (2002-01-08) 3rd place playoff VfL Osnabrück 3–5 Eintracht Frankfurt Bielefeld, Germany
Menga  6', 20'
Tammen  16'
(Report) Skela  3'
Wenczel  7'
Speranza  15'
Bürger  18'
Montero  20'
Stadium: Seidenstickerhalle

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 SC Freiburg (C, P) 34 20 7 7 58 32 +26 67 Promotion to Bundesliga
2 1. FC Köln (P) 34 18 11 5 63 45 +18 65
3 Eintracht Frankfurt (P) 34 17 11 6 59 33 +26 62
4 Mainz 05 34 19 5 10 64 39 +25 62
5 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 34 15 12 7 52 48 +4 57
Source: Bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
34 17 11 6 59 33  +26 62 10 5 2 34 16  +18 7 6 4 25 17  +8
Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH
ResultWWWLLWWLDWWDDWWWLDDWDDWWDLDWDDLWWW
Position1123633562233222222334323343435433
Source: kicker.de
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

11 August 2002 (2002-08-11) 1 Eintracht Frankfurt 4–0 FC St. Pauli Frankfurt
15:00 CEST Stanislawski  22' (o.g.)
Guié-Mien  83'
Skela  88'
Streit  89'
(Report) Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Christian Wack
19 August 2002 (2002-08-19) 2 SC Freiburg 0–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Freiburg
20:15 CEST (Report) Keller  67'
Guié-Mien  90'
Stadium: Dreisamstadion
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Jürgen Aust
23 August 2002 (2002-08-23) 3 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–0 SpVgg Greuther Fürth Frankfurt
19:00 CEST Jones  26'
Guié-Mien  87'
(Report) Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Walz
10 September 2002 (2002-09-10) 4 1. FC Köln 3–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Cologne
19:00 CEST Lottner  13'
Keller  71' (o.g.)
Scherz  75'
(Report) Bindewald  45'
Kryszałowicz  49'
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 28,500
Referee: Florian Meyer
15 September 2002 (2002-09-15) 5 Eintracht Frankfurt 0–2 Wacker Burghausen Frankfurt
15:00 CEST (Report) Frühbeis  30'
Younga-Mouhani  68'
Younga-Mouhani  70' 
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 13,500
Referee: Mathias Anklam
23 September 2002 (2002-09-23) 6 Karlsruher SC 0–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Karlsruhe
20:15 CEST (Report) Guié-Mien  44', 76' Stadium: Wildparkstadion
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Michael Weiner
29 September 2002 (2002-09-29) 7 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–1 MSV Duisburg Frankfurt
15:00 CEST Guié-Mien  17'
Skela  90'
(Report) Ebbers  24' Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Herbert Fandel
6 October 2002 (2002-10-06) 8 Alemannia Aachen 1–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Aachen
15:00 CEST Ivanović  42' (Report) Stadium: Tivoli
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Hans Voss
18 October 2002 (2002-10-18) 9 Eintracht Trier 2–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Trier
19:00 CEST Guié-Mien  8'
Tsoumou-Madza  76'
Streit  78' 
(Report) Braham  36'
Winkler  41'
Stadium: Moselstadion
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Hellmut Krug
27 October 2002 (2002-10-27) 10 Eintracht Frankfurt 4–1 LR Ahlen Frankfurt
15:00 CEST Tsoumou-Madza  12'
Guié-Mien  15'
Montero  25'
Branco  42'
(Report) Bamba  31' Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Peter Gagelmann
1 November 2002 (2002-11-01) 11 VfB Lübeck 1–3 Eintracht Frankfurt Lübeck
19:00 CEST Bärwolf  70' (Report) Kryszałowicz  4'
Wiedener  16'
Guié-Mien  46'
Stadium: Stadion an der Lohmühle
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Peter Sippel
8 November 2002 (2002-11-08) 12 Eintracht Frankfurt 0–0 Eintracht Braunschweig Frankfurt
19:00 CEST (Report) Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Markus Weber
15 November 2002 (2002-11-15) 13 1. FC Union Berlin 1–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Berlin
19:00 CEST Kryszałowicz  45' (Report) Vidolov  52'
Sandmann  75' 
Stadium: Stadion an der Alten Försterei
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Frank
22 November 2002 (2002-11-22) 14 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–0 Mainz 05 Frankfurt
19:00 CEST Schur  18' (Report) Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Jürgen Jansen
29 November 2002 (2002-11-29) 15 Waldhof Mannheim 0–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Mannheim
19:00 CEST (Report) Montero  72' Stadium: Carl-Benz-Stadion
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
8 December 2002 (2002-12-08) 16 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–0 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen Frankfurt
15:00 CEST Skela  87' (Report) Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Mike Pickel
15 December 2002 (2002-12-15) 17 SSV Reutlingen 1–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Reutlingen
15:00 CEST Ogungbure  67' (Report) Stadium: Stadion an der Kreuzeiche
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Günter Perl
24 January 2003 (2003-01-24) 18 FC St. Pauli 1–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Hamburg
19:00 CEST Skela  36' (Report) Gerber  90' Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Michael Weiner
31 January 2003 (2003-01-31) 19 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–1 SC Freiburg Frankfurt
19:00 CEST Skela  66' (Report) Coulibaly  79' Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 17,500
Referee: Hellmut Krug
9 February 2003 (2003-02-09) 20 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 0–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Fürth
15:00 CEST (Report) Toppmöller  87'
Bindewald  90' 
Stadium: Playmobil-Stadion
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Babak Rafati
17 February 2003 (2003-02-17) 21 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–1 1. FC Köln Frankfurt
20:15 CEST Beierle  2'
Schur  70' 
(Report) Kioyo  58' Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Markus Merk
23 February 2003 (2003-02-23) 22 Wacker Burghausen 3–3 Eintracht Frankfurt Burghausen
15:00 CEST Örüm  10'
Tavčar  37'
Oslislo  54'
(Report) Skela  33'
Tavčar  60' (o.g.)
Montero  73'
Stadium: Wacker-Arena
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Torsten Koop
28 February 2003 (2003-02-28) 23 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–1 Karlsruher SC Frankfurt
19:00 CEST Diakité  16'
Beierle  45'
(Report) Eggimann  58' Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
10 March 2003 (2003-03-10) 24 MSV Duisburg 0–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Duisburg
20:15 CEST (Report) Tsoumou-Madza  34'
Keller  53'
Stadium: Wedaustadion
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Florian Meyer
16 March 2003 (2003-03-16) 25 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–1 Alemannia Aachen Frankfurt
15:00 CEST Skela  30' (Report) Rosin  35' Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Herbert Fandel
21 March 2003 (2003-03-21) 26 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–3 Eintracht Trier Frankfurt
19:00 CEST Beierle  15'
Jones  71'
(Report) Labak  24' (pen.)
Peković  82'
Lösch  88'
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 15,500
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer
6 March 2003 (2003-03-06) 27 LR Ahlen 1–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Ahlen
15:00 CEST Mikolajczak  54' (Report) Beierle  79' Stadium: Wersestadion
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Thomas Frank
13 April 2003 (2003-04-13) 28 Eintracht Frankfurt 3–1 VfB Lübeck Frankfurt
15:00 CEST Jones  10'
Skela  57' (pen.)
Beierle  66'
(Report) Scharping  37' Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 14,500
Referee: Hermann Albrecht
20 April 2003 (2003-04-20) 29 Eintracht Braunschweig 0–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Braunschweig
15:00 CEST (Report) Jones  64'  Stadium: Stadion an der Hamburger Straße
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Dirk Margenberg
25 April 2003 (2003-04-25) 30 Eintracht Frankfurt 0–0 1. FC Union Berlin Frankfurt
19:00 CEST (Report) Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Stephan Kammerer
5 May 2003 (2003-05-05) 31 Mainz 05 3–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Mainz
20:15 CEST Babatz  37'
Beierle  67' (o.g.)
Auer  89'
(Report) Beierle  30'
Schur  74'
Stadium: Bruchwegstadion
Attendance: 18,500
Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack
9 May 2003 (2003-05-09) 32 Eintracht Frankfurt 4–1 Waldhof Mannheim Frankfurt
19:00 CEST Jones  40', 90'
Keller  75'
Skela  82' (pen.)
(Report) Kern  78' Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 15,500
Referee: Felix Brych
18 May 2003 (2003-05-18) 33 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 0–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Oberhausen
15:00 CEST (Report) Toppmöller  11', 19' Stadium: Niederrheinstadion
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Peter Gagelmann
25 May 2003 (2003-05-25) 34 Eintracht Frankfurt 6–3 SSV Reutlingen Frankfurt, Germany
15:00 CEST Jones  5'
Schur  23', 90'
Skela  38'
Diakité  83', 90'
(Report) Frommer  6'
Gambo  53'
Würll  56'
Rehm  87' 
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 25,500
Referee: Hartmut Strampe

DFB-Pokal

1 September 2002 (2002-09-01) 1st Round Rot-Weiß Erfurt 2–3 (a.e.t.) Eintracht Frankfurt Erfurt, Germany
15:00 CEST Džihić  52'
Okić  85'
(Report) Guié-Mien  17'
Jones  68'
Skela  118'
Stadium: Steigerwaldstadion
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Weiner
5 November 2002 (2002-11-05) 2nd Round Hansa Rostock 1–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Rostock, Germany
19:00 CEST Meggle  90' (Report) Stadium: Ostseestadion
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Scheppe

Squad

Squad and statistics

No. Pos Nat Player Total2. BundesligaDFB-Pokal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Oka Nikolov 36034020
2 DF Sven Günther 14014000
3 MF Henning Bürger 34032020
4 DF Andree Wiedener 25123120
5 DF Jens Keller 35333320
6 MF David Montero 31329320
7 MF Ervin Skela 3511331021
8 DF Michael Wenczel 101000
9 FW Paweł Kryszałowicz 25323320
10 MF Dino Toppmöller 16316300
11 FW Jermaine Jones 18717611
12 DF Matheus Vivian 202000
13 DF Uwe Bindewald 34132120
14 FW Franciel Hengemühle 101000
15 MF Rolf-Christel Guié-Mien 181016921
16 MF Serge Branco 19117120
17 DF Daniyel Cimen 404000
19 MF Albert Streit 34132120
20 FW Markus Beierle 15615600
21 MF Lars Weißenfeldt 10010000
23 DF Jean-Clotaire Tsoumou-Madza 36334320
24 MF Alexander Schur 33431420
26 MF Bakary Diakité 16316300
30 GK Andreas Menger 000000

Summer

Winter

Notes

    References

      Sources

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