1998–99 Eintracht Frankfurt season
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The 1998–99 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 99th season in the club's football history. In 1998–99 the club played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 97th season in the first tier and the club's first season back in the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 1997–1998 season.
1998–99 season | |||
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Chairman | Rolf Heller | ||
Manager | Horst Ehrmantraut (resigned 8 December 1998) Bernhard Lippert (caretaker from 8 December until 19 December 1998) Reinhold Fanz (appointed 22 December 1998, resigned 18 April 1999) Jörg Berger (appointed 19 April 1999) | ||
Bundesliga | 15th | ||
DFB-Pokal | Second round | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Yang Chen (8) All: Yang Chen (9) | ||
Highest home attendance | 58,500 (vs Bayern Munich, 31 October) | ||
Lowest home attendance | 17,000 (vs MSV Duisburg, 19 December) | ||
Average home league attendance | 23,647 | ||
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The season ended in one of the most exciting final matchdays in Bundesliga history when Eintracht secured their Bundesliga spot on day 34.
Prior to the last match far behind Eintracht won three matches in a row. Eintracht hosted reigning champions Kaiserslautern, who were contending for a Champions League spot, on the last matchday. The match ended 5-1 and sent Nürnberg down to the 2. Bundesliga on goal difference. The ultimate goal was scored by Jan Åge Fjørtoft, who scored one of the most famous Bundesliga goals in the 89th minute when performing a step-over right in front of Lautern's goalkeeper Andreas Reinke before marking Eintracht's fifth goal.[1]