1987–88 Eintracht Frankfurt season

Eintracht Frankfurt
1987-88 season
Chairman	Klaus Gramlich
Manager	Karl-Heinz Feldkamp
Bundesliga	9th
DFB-Pokal	Winner
Top goalscorer	League: Lajos Détári (11); All: Lajos Détári (14)
Highest home attendance	51,000 19 March 1988 v Bayern Munich (league)
Lowest home attendance	9,000 (on two occasions)(league)
Average home league attendance	21,294
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1986–87 1988–89 →

The 1987–88 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 88th season in the club's football history. In 1987–88 the club played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 25th season in the Bundesliga.

The season ended up with Eintracht winning the DFB-Pokal for the fourth time.

Matches

Legend

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Friendlies

12 July 1987 (1987-07-12)	TG 1907 Leun	0–12	Eintracht Frankfurt
17:00 CEST		(Report)	Heitkamp 18' (pen.), 29', 70' (pen.) Balzis 39', 48' Détári 53' (pen.), 55' (pen.), 81', 86' Turowski 61', 78' Schulz 66'	Referee: Mahr

14 July 1987 (1987-07-14)	SV Geinsheim	1–6	Eintracht Frankfurt
	Riegel 23'	(Report)	Friz 21', 42', 88' Kitzmann 50' Klepper 61' Smolarek 86'	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Heiliger

16 July 1987 (1987-07-16)	TSV Sulzbach	0–7	Eintracht Frankfurt	Weinheim, West Germany
		(Report)	Heitkamp 25' Möller 30' Smolarek 38' Schulz 40' Haub 53' Friz 66' Biernat 70'	Stadium: Sepp-Herberger-Stadion Attendance: 1,000

18 July 1987 (1987-07-18)	FC St. Gallen	0–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	St. Gallen, Switzerland
		(Report)		Stadium: Espenmoos-Stadion Attendance: 1,300

21 July 1987 (1987-07-21)	Grasshopper Club Zürich	3–3 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Eintracht Frankfurt	Kriens, Switzerland
20:30 CEST	Egli 3' Gren 54' Koller 64'	(Report)	Balzis 1' Turowski 74' Haub 84'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Röthlisberger

23 July 1987 (1987-07-23)	SC Kriens	1–4	Eintracht Frankfurt	Kriens, Switzerland
	Möller 75'	(Report)	Sievers 6' Münn 25' Balzis 35' Biernat 79'	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Mumentaler

24 July 1987 (1987-07-24)	FC Sarnen	1–17	Eintracht Frankfurt	Sarnen, Switzerland
		(Report)	Balzis Friz Möller Turowski Klepper Münn Müller Détári Kitzmann	Attendance: 800

25 July 1987 (1987-07-25)	FC Aarau	1–5	Eintracht Frankfurt	Aarau, Switzerland
	Herberth 79'	(Report)	Smolarek 19' Schulz 53', 86' (pen. ) Détári 61' Körbel 68'	Attendance: 1,800

27 July 1987 (1987-07-27)	Bad Homburg , West Germany
19:00 CEST	Henninger 69' Cakici 81'	(Report)		Stadium: Sportplatz an der Sandelmühle Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Hartmann

11 August 1987 (1987-08-11)	VfB Unterliederbach	0–6	Eintracht Frankfurt
19:00 CEST		(Report)	Haub 7', 86' Körbel 40' Möller 47', 66' Kraaz 87'	Attendance: 1,400

22 August 1987 (1987-08-22)	TSG Backnang	3–9	Eintracht Frankfurt	Backnang, West Germany
	Peuckert 4' Roger 70' Bohmwetsch 78'	(Report)	Détári 7', 10' (pen.), 26' (pen.), 52' Müller 30' Schulz 34' Balzis 67' Turowski 79' Kostner 87'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Kleiber

7 September 1987 (1987-09-07)	Bundeswehr XI	4–9	Eintracht Frankfurt	Mainz, West Germany
	Balzis 34', 71' Schlosser 49', 80'	(Report)	Turowski 13' Heitkamp 16', 17', 52', 83' Friz 29' Kostner 54' Biernat 69' Kitzmann 78'	Stadium: Rasenplatz der Kurmainz-Kaserne Attendance: 300 Referee: Haupt

13 September 1987 (1987-09-13)	Niddatal XI	2–19	Eintracht Frankfurt	Niddatal, West Germany
16:30 CEST	Guijarro 40' Mücke 86'	(Report)	Friz 10', 54', 64', 66' Heitkamp 18', 27', 29', 42', 84' Turowski 23', 35', 50', 52', 59' Haub 25', 56' Münn 72' Kitzmann 74' Kraaz 88'	Stadium: Sportplatz Bönstadt Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Kost

19 September 1987 (1987-09-19)	East Hesse XI	0–13	Eintracht Frankfurt	Schlüchtern, West Germany
16:00 CEST		(Report)	Friz 2', 5', 59', 81' Schlindwein 4' Turowski 8' Roth 10' Haub 11' Heitkamp 15' (pen.) Kraaz 17' (pen.) Karger 20' Münn 30' Biernat 31'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Stoss

22 September 1987 (1987-09-22)	Herborn , West Germany
16:30 CEST		(Report)	Turowski 26', 41', 77' Schulz 39' Friz 50' Heitkamp 72'	Stadium: Rehberg-Stadion Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Kreft

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18 October 1987 (1987-10-18)	FSV Steinbach	1–7	Eintracht Frankfurt
	Ziegelmeier	(Report)	Münn Sievers Haub Schlindwein Turowski Détári	Attendance: 800

1 November 1987 (1987-11-01)	FSV Frankfurt	1–4	Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt, West Germany
14:00 CEST	Bär 79'	(Report)	Turowski 56', 58', 75' Möller 65'	Stadium: Stadion am Bornheimer Hang Attendance: 900 Referee: Wujanz

17 November 1987 (1987-11-17)	1. FC Sulzbach	2–12	Eintracht Frankfurt	Sulzbach, West Germany
19:00 CEST	Köhler 56' Löschhorn 81'	(Report)	Smolarek 4' Heitkamp 7', 15', 27', 49', 65', 80' Schulz 22' Zorn 23' (o.g.) Kraaz 31' Klepper 52' Kostner 75'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Altvater

8 January 1988 (1988-01-08) Stuttgart indoor football tournament (preliminary round)	VfB Stuttgart	2–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Stuttgart, West Germany
	Walter	(Report)	Détári	Stadium: Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle Attendance: 7,000

8 January 1988 (1988-01-08) Stuttgart indoor football tournament (preliminary round)	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–4	1. FC Nürnberg	Stuttgart, West Germany
	Smolarek Détári	(Report)	Grahammer	Stadium: Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle Attendance: 7,000

8 January 1988 (1988-01-08) Stuttgart indoor football tournament (preliminary round)	Eintracht Frankfurt	5–1	Atlético Mineiro	Stuttgart, West Germany
	Smolarek	(Report)		Stadium: Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle Attendance: 7,000

15 January 1988 (1988-01-15) Frankfurt indoor football tournament (preliminary round)	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–0	1. FC Köln	Frankfurt, West Germany
	Détári Smolarek	(Report)		Stadium: Eissporthalle Attendance: 6,000

15 January 1988 (1988-01-15) Frankfurt indoor football tournament (preliminary round)	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–2	Kickers Offenbach	Frankfurt, West Germany
	Roth Détári Smolarek	(Report)	Baier Thiel	Stadium: Eissporthalle Attendance: 6,000

15 January 1988 (1988-01-15) Frankfurt indoor football tournament (preliminary round)	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–3	FSV Frankfurt	Frankfurt, West Germany
		(Report)		Stadium: Eissporthalle Attendance: 6,000

16 January 1988 (1988-01-16) Frankfurt indoor football tournament (preliminary round)	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–0	Werder Bremen	Frankfurt, West Germany
	Smolarek Binz Balzis	(Report)		Stadium: Eissporthalle Attendance: 7,000

16 January 1988 (1988-01-16) Frankfurt indoor football tournament (preliminary round)	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–2	Rot-Weiss Frankfurt	Frankfurt, West Germany
	Binz Détári Smolarek	(Report)	Peukert Schlichting	Stadium: Eissporthalle Attendance: 7,000

16 January 1988 (1988-01-16) Frankfurt indoor football tournament (Semi-Finals)	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–0	FSV Frankfurt	Frankfurt, West Germany
	Balzis Détári	(Report)		Stadium: Eissporthalle Attendance: 7,000

16 January 1988 (1988-01-16) Frankfurt indoor football tournament (Finals)	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–1	Werder Bremen	Frankfurt, West Germany
		(Report)	Burgsmüller	Stadium: Eissporthalle Attendance: 7,000

17 January 1988 (1988-01-17) Heuchelheim indoor football tournament	VfL Marburg	0–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Heuchelheim, West Germany
		(Report)	Müller	Attendance: 1,500

17 January 1988 (1988-01-17) Heuchelheim indoor football tournament	ASV Gießen	0–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Heuchelheim, West Germany
		(Report)	Heitkamp Müller	Attendance: 1,500

17 January 1988 (1988-01-17) Heuchelheim indoor football tournament	SKG Rodheim	1–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Heuchelheim, West Germany
	Schulz	(Report)		Attendance: 1,500

17 January 1988 (1988-01-17) Heuchelheim indoor football tournament	TSF Heuchelheim	1–7	Eintracht Frankfurt	Heuchelheim, West Germany
		(Report)	Schulz Müller Klepper Smolarek	Attendance: 1,500

19 January 1988 (1988-01-19)	SpVgg Neu-Isenburg	0–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Neu-Isenburg, West Germany
18:30 CEST		(Report)		Attendance: 500 Referee: Rodríguez

VfR Mannheim

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22 January 1988 (1988-01-22) Mannheim indoor football tournament (preliminary round)	VfR Mannheim	0–4	Eintracht Frankfurt	Mannheim, West Germany
		(Report)		Stadium: Eisstadion am Friedrichspark Attendance: 6,000

22 January 1988 (1988-01-22) Mannheim indoor football tournament (preliminary round)	1. FC Kaiserslautern	3–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Mannheim, West Germany
		(Report)		Stadium: Eisstadion am Friedrichspark Attendance: 6,000

22 January 1988 (1988-01-22) Mannheim indoor football tournament (preliminary round)	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	Hamburger SV	Mannheim, West Germany
	Smolarek	(Report)		Stadium: Eisstadion am Friedrichspark Attendance: 6,000

23 January 1988 (1988-01-23) Mannheim indoor football tournament (Semi-Finals)	SV Waldhof Mannheim	2–4	Eintracht Frankfurt	Mannheim, West Germany
		(Report)	Détári	Stadium: Eisstadion am Friedrichspark Attendance: 6,000

23 January 1988 (1988-01-23) Mannheim indoor football tournament (Finals)	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–7	Werder Bremen	Mannheim, West Germany
	Körbel Binz Détári	(Report)	Votava Meier Schaaf Burgsmüller	Stadium: Eisstadion am Friedrichspark Attendance: 6,000

24 January 1988 (1988-01-24) Münster indoor football tournament (preliminary round)	Münster XI	2–7	Eintracht Frankfurt	Münster, West Germany
		(Report)	Détári Haub Sievers Müller Kostner	Stadium: Halle Münsterland Attendance: 3,500

24 January 1988 (1988-01-24) Münster indoor football tournament (preliminary round)	VfL Bochum	3–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Münster, West Germany
	Woelk Riedmann	(Report)	Détári Smolarek Stein	Stadium: Halle Münsterland Attendance: 3,500

24 January 1988 (1988-01-24) Münster indoor football tournament (Semi-Finals)	VfL Osnabrück	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Eintracht Frankfurt	Münster, West Germany
	Melchies	(Report)	Smolarek	Stadium: Halle Münsterland Attendance: 3,500

24 January 1988 (1988-01-24) Münster indoor football tournament (3rd place play-off)	VfL Bochum	5–6	Eintracht Frankfurt	Münster, West Germany
	Woelk Reekers Legat	(Report)	Heitkamp Schulz Smolarek Balzis o.g.'	Stadium: Halle Münsterland Attendance: 3,500

29 January 1988 (1988-01-29) German indoor football final tournament (preliminary round)	Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin	Frankfurt, West Germany
	Détári Smolarek	(Report)	Wielga	Stadium: Festhalle Attendance: 1,361

29 January 1988 (1988-01-29) German indoor football final tournament (preliminary round)	Eintracht Frankfurt	6–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Frankfurt, West Germany
	Détári Sievers Haub Smolarek Schulz	(Report)	Wojtowicz	Stadium: Festhalle Attendance: 1,361

30 January 1988 (1988-01-30) German indoor football final tournament (Semi-Finals)	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–4 (a.e.t.)	VfL Osnabrück	Frankfurt, West Germany
	Smolarek Binz Körbel Détári	(Report)	Jaschke Helmer Zeravica Linz Wallenhorst	Stadium: Festhalle Attendance: 1,361

30 January 1988 (1988-01-30) German indoor football final tournament (Finals)	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–5	Bayer Uerdingen	Frankfurt, West Germany
	Détári Körbel Smolarek	(Report)	Klinger Prytz Fach Witeczek	Stadium: Festhalle Attendance: 1,361

2 February 1988 (1988-02-02)	FV Bad Vilbel	1–10	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bad Vilbel, West Germany
	Pross 44'	(Report)	Haub 13' Balzis 28', 42', 72' Friz 50' Turowski 51', 57' Kraaz 63' Heitkamp 66', 78'	Attendance: 800 Referee: Wujanz

10 February 1988 (1988-02-10)	Stade Lavallois	0–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Saint-Jean-de-Monts, France
		(Report)	Turowski 58', 67', 85'	Attendance: 600

Bundesliga

League fixtures and results

1 August 1987 (1987-08-01) 1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Kaiserslautern, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Kohr 16', 45'	(Report)	Schulz 71' Turowski 73'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Wiesel

7 August 1987 (1987-08-07) 2	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–1	VfL Bochum	Frankfurt, West Germany
20:00 CEST		(Report)	Leifeld 54'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Matheis

14 August 1987 (1987-08-14) 3	Bayer Uerdingen	3–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Krefeld, West Germany
20:00 CEST	Mathy 61', 68' Prytz 77'	(Report)		Stadium: Grotenburg-Stadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Föckler

19 August 1987 (1987-08-19) 4	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–2	VfB Stuttgart	Frankfurt, West Germany
20:00 CEST		(Report)	Fritz Walter 66', 76'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Pauly

25 August 1987 (1987-08-25) 5	Bayer Leverkusen	1–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Leverkusen, West Germany
19:30 CEST	Buncol 4'	(Report)	Möller 55', 76' Smolarek 80'	Stadium: Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Bruch

1 September 1987 (1987-09-01) 6	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–0	Borussia Dortmund	Frankfurt, West Germany
20:00 CEST		(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Zimmermann

5 September 1987 (1987-09-05) 7	Bayern Munich	3–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Munich, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Nachtweih 44' Augenthaler 54' Wohlfarth 62'	(Report)	Smolarek 2' Schulz 37'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Neuner

11 September 1987 (1987-09-11) 8	Eintracht Frankfurt	5–1	Waldhof Mannheim	Frankfurt, West Germany
20:00 CEST	Möller 12' Klepper 25' Balzis 56' Smolarek 58' Körbel 84'	(Report)	Bockenfeld 69'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Assenmacher

17 September 1987 (1987-09-17) 9	FC Homburg	5–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Homburg, West Germany
18:00 CEST	Keim 47' Westerbeek 52' Kruszyński 55' Blättel 59', 67'	(Report)	Détári 43' Smolarek 80'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Kautschor

26 September 1987 (1987-09-26) 10	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–1	1. FC Nürnberg	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Smolarek 26' Schulz 84' Binz 88'	(Report)	Eckstein 33'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Broska

3 October 1987 (1987-10-03) 11	Borussia Mönchengladbach	3–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Mönchengladbach, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Hochstätter 19' Bakalorz 35' Dreßen 74'	(Report)	Schulz 16'	Stadium: Bökelbergstadion Attendance: 11,500 Referee: Matheis

10 October 1987 (1987-10-10) 12	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–0	Hamburger SV	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Schulz 15' Balzis 49' Kraaz 70'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Werner

17 October 1987 (1987-10-17) 13	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	1. FC Köln	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Olsen 18' (o.g.)	(Report)	Görtz 46'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Kriegelstein

30 October 1987 (1987-10-30) 14	Werder Bremen	2–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bremen, West Germany
20:00 CEST	Votava 44' Schlindwein 45' (o.g.)	(Report)		Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Kruse

7 November 1987 (1987-11-07) 15	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–0	FC Schalke 04	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Möller 2' Balzis 60'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Strigel

14 November 1987 (1987-11-14) 16	Hannover 96	1–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Hanover, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Grillemeier 25' (pen.)	(Report)	Détári 17' (pen.) Smolarek 58'	Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Weber

21 November 1987 (1987-11-21) 17	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–0	Karlsruher SC	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Körbel 35' Détári 35' Schulz 76' Smolarek 83' (pen.)	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 16,500 Referee: Schmidhuber

28 November 1987 (1987-11-28) 18	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CEST		(Report)	Hartmann 52' Lutz 72'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Ahlenfelder

5 December 1987 (1987-12-05) 19	VfL Bochum	1–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bochum, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Kempe 52'	(Report)		Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Osmers

20 February 1988 (1988-02-20) 20	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–1	Bayer Uerdingen	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Smolarek 50' Turowski 52' Détári 84'	(Report)	Fach 57'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Wiesel

5 March 1988 (1988-03-05) 22	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Klepper 14' Détári 25', 80'	(Report)	Falkenmayer 37' Tita 40'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Tritschler

12 March 1988 (1988-03-12) 23	Borussia Dortmund	3–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Dortmund, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Helmer 46' Hupe 78' Mill 90'	(Report)	Schulz 35'	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Barnick

15 March 1988 (1988-03-15) 21	VfB Stuttgart	1–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Stuttgart, West Germany
20:00 CEST	Schütterle 68'	(Report)		Stadium: Neckarstadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Kautschor

19 March 1988 (1988-03-19) 24	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	Bayern Munich	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Turowski 71'	(Report)	Matthäus 73' (pen.)	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 51,000 Referee: Pauly

23 March 1988 (1988-03-23) 25	Waldhof Mannheim	2–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Ludwigshafen, West Germany
20:00 CEST	Roscher 72' Lux 88'	(Report)	Turowski 31' Détári 46'	Stadium: Südweststadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Kruse

26 March 1988 (1988-03-26) 26	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–2	FC Homburg	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Détári 61'	(Report)	Freiler 8', 47'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Broska

9 April 1988 (1988-04-09) 27	1. FC Nürnberg	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Nuremberg, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Brunner 55'	(Report)	Smolarek 51'	Stadium: Städtisches Stadion Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Strigel

16 April 1988 (1988-04-16) 28	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Binz 33' Turowski 69'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Bruch

23 April 1988 (1988-04-23) 29	Hamburger SV	2–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Hamburg, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Kastl 12', 66'	(Report)	Schlindwein 73' Balzis 83'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Ahlenfelder

30 April 1988 (1988-04-30) 30	1. FC Köln	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Cologne, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Littbarski 65'	(Report)	Détári 23'	Stadium: Müngersdorfer Stadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Werner

3 May 1988 (1988-05-03) 31	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–1	Werder Bremen	Frankfurt, West Germany
20:00 CEST		(Report)	Riedle 70'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Kautschor

7 May 1988 (1988-05-07) 32	FC Schalke 04	0–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Gelsenkirchen, West Germany
15:30 CEST		(Report)		Stadium: Parkstadion Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Osmers

14 May 1988 (1988-05-14) 33	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–3	Hannover 96	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Détári 5', 84' Friz 22'	(Report)	Reich 51', 87' Grillemeier 69'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Föckler

21 May 1988 (1988-05-21) 34	Karlsruher SC	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Karlsruhe, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Glesius 88'	(Report)	Schulz 17'	Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Krug

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Borussia Mönchengladbach	34	14	5	15	55	53	+2	33
8	Bayer Leverkusen	34	10	12	12	53	60	−7	32	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round^[a]
9	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	10	11	13	51	50	+1	31	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
10	Hannover 96	34	12	7	15	59	60	−1	31
11	Bayer 05 Uerdingen	34	11	9	14	59	61	−2	31

Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ Bayer Leverkusen won the UEFA Cup and thereby automatically qualified as title holders.

DFB-Pokal

28 August 1987 (1987-08-28) 1st Round	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–2	FC Schalke 04	Frankfurt, West Germany
20:00 CEST	Möller 16' Schulz 29' Balzis 72'	(Report)	Thon 43', 63'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 17,300 Referee: Mierswa

24 October 1987 (1987-10-24) 2nd Round	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–0	SSV Ulm 1846	Frankfurt, West Germany
	Turowski 43', 85' Smolarek 62'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 4,126 Referee: Brehm

24 November 1987 (1987-11-24) 3rd Round	Fortuna Düsseldorf	0–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Düsseldorf, West Germany
15:30 CEST		(Report)	Détári 77' (pen.)	Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Zimmermann

8 March 1988 (1988-03-08) Quarter-finals	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–2	Bayer Uerdingen	Frankfurt, West Germany
	Détári 22' Sievers 33' Binz 55' Smolarek 64'	(Report)	Münn 10' (o.g.) W Funkel 39'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Gabor

13 April 1988 (1988-04-13) Semi-finals	Werder Bremen	0–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bremen, West Germany
		(Report)	Schulz 45'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Pauly

Final

28 May 1988

18:00 CEST

Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	VfL Bochum
Détári 81'	Report

Olympiastadion, West Berlin

Attendance: 76,000

Referee: Wilfried Heitmann (Drentwede)

Squad

Squad and statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	FRG	Thomas Ernst	1	0	1	0	0	0
	GK	FRG	Hans-Jürgen Gundelach	16	0	14	0	2	0
	GK	FRG	Uli Stein	24	0	20	0	4	0
	DF	FRG	Manfred Binz	40	3	34	2	6	1
	DF	FRG	Thomas Klepper	30	2	25	2	5	0
	DF	FRG	Charly Körbel	39	2	33	2	6	0
	DF	FRG	Michael Kostner	11	0	10	0	1	0
	DF	FRG	Armin Kraaz	22	1	19	1	3	0
	DF	FRG	Volker Münn	10	0	8	0	2	0
	DF	FRG	Dietmar Roth	33	0	27	0	6	0
	DF	FRG	Dieter Schlindwein	22	1	18	1	4	0
	MF	HUN	Lajos Détári	39	14	33	11	6	3
	MF	FRG	Dirk Heitkamp	16	0	15	0	1	0
	MF	FRG	Andreas Möller	14	5	12	4	2	1
	MF	FRG	Uwe Müller	18	0	16	0	2	0
	MF	FRG	Frank Schulz	37	10	32	8	5	2
	MF	FRG	Ralf Sievers	36	1	31	0	5	1
	FW	FRG	Ralf Balzis	25	5	21	4	4	1
	FW	FRG	Holger Friz	7	1	6	1	1	0
	FW	FRG	Ralf Haub	6	0	5	0	1	0
	FW	FRG	Dieter Kitzmann	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	POL	Włodzimierz Smolarek	39	11	33	9	6	2
	FW	POL	Janusz Turowski	27	7	23	5	4	2

Notes

References

Sources

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

External links

Official English Eintracht website Archived 2 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine
German archive site
1987–88 Bundesliga season at Fussballdaten.de (in German)

[table_note_res_UC10.63495174452427-1] Bayer Leverkusen won the UEFA Cup and thereby automatically qualified as title holders.

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