2002–03 Eintracht Frankfurt season

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

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.

Results

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Friendlies

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  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
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

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Nürnberg

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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

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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

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  Win   Draw   Loss

2. Bundesliga

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League table
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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) Champions; (P) Promoted
Results summary
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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
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
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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 Yellow card 70' Yellow-red card
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 Yellow card 78' Yellow-red card
(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 Yellow card 75' Yellow-red card
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 Yellow card 90' Yellow-red card
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 Yellow card 70' Yellow-red card
(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
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 Yellow card 87' Yellow-red card
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 25,500
Referee: Hartmut Strampe

DFB-Pokal

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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

Players

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First-team squad

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Squad at end of season[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK North Macedonia MKD Oka Nikolov[notes 1]
2 DF Germany GER Sven Günther
3 MF Germany GER Henning Bürger
4 DF Germany GER Andree Wiedener
5 DF Germany GER Jens Keller
6 FW Germany GER David Montero
7 MF Albania ALB Ervin Skela
8 DF Germany GER Michael Wenczel
9 FW Poland POL Paweł Kryszałowicz
10 MF Germany GER Dino Toppmöller
11 MF Germany GER Jermaine Jones[notes 2]
12 DF Brazil BRA Matheus Vivian
13 DF Germany GER Uwe Bindewald
14 FW Brazil BRA Franciel Hengemühle
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF Cameroon CMR Serge Branco
17 MF Germany GER Daniyel Cimen
18 DF Germany GER Baldo di Gregorio
19 MF Germany GER Albert Streit[notes 3]
20 FW Germany GER Markus Beierle
21 DF Germany GER Lars Weißenfeldt
22 GK Germany GER Sven Schmitt
23 DF Republic of the Congo CGO Jean-Clotaire Tsoumou-Madza
24 MF Germany GER Alexander Schur
26 FW Germany GER Bakary Diakité[notes 4]
27 MF Germany GER Giovanni Speranza[notes 5]
29 DF Croatia CRO Vladimir Maljković
30 GK Germany GER Andreas Menger

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF Republic of the Congo CGO Rolf-Christel Guié-Mien (to Freiburg)
No. Pos. Nation Player
DF Germany GER Christoph Preuß (on loan to Bayer Leverkusen)

Eintracht Frankfurt II

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
25 MF Serbia and Montenegro SCG Nikola Jovanovic
DF Cameroon CMR Jean-Paul Ndeki
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Germany GER Peter Deißenberger
MF Nigeria NGA Stephen Famewo

Under-19s

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK Germany GER Jan Zimmermann
DF Germany GER Alexander Huber[notes 6]
No. Pos. Nation Player
DF Germany GER Christopher Reinhard
DF Germany GER Marco Russ

Under-17s

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF Germany GER Mounir Chaftar
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Germany GER Faton Toski[notes 7]

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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No. Pos Nat Player Total 2. Bundesliga DFB-Pokal
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK North Macedonia MKD Oka Nikolov 36 0 34 0 2 0
2 DF Germany GER Sven Günther 14 0 14 0 0 0
3 MF Germany GER Henning Bürger 34 0 32 0 2 0
4 DF Germany GER Andree Wiedener 25 1 23 1 2 0
5 DF Germany GER Jens Keller 35 3 33 3 2 0
6 MF Spain ESP David Montero 31 3 29 3 2 0
7 MF Albania ALB Ervin Skela 35 11 33 10 2 1
8 DF Germany GER Michael Wenczel 1 0 1 0 0 0
9 FW Poland POL Paweł Kryszałowicz 25 3 23 3 2 0
10 MF Germany GER Dino Toppmöller 16 3 16 3 0 0
11 FW Germany GER Jermaine Jones 18 7 17 6 1 1
12 DF Brazil BRA Matheus Vivian 2 0 2 0 0 0
13 DF Germany GER Uwe Bindewald 34 1 32 1 2 0
14 FW Brazil BRA Franciel Hengemühle 1 0 1 0 0 0
15 MF Republic of the Congo CGO Rolf-Christel Guié-Mien 18 10 16 9 2 1
16 MF Cameroon CMR Serge Branco 19 1 17 1 2 0
17 DF Germany GER Daniyel Cimen 4 0 4 0 0 0
19 MF Germany GER Albert Streit 34 1 32 1 2 0
20 FW Germany GER Markus Beierle 15 6 15 6 0 0
21 MF Germany GER Lars Weißenfeldt 10 0 10 0 0 0
23 DF Republic of the Congo CGO Jean-Clotaire Tsoumou-Madza 36 3 34 3 2 0
24 MF Germany GER Alexander Schur 33 4 31 4 2 0
26 MF Germany GER Bakary Diakité 16 3 16 3 0 0
30 GK Germany GER Andreas Menger 0 0 0 0 0 0

Transfers

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Summer

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Winter

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Notes

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  1. ^ Nikolov was born in Erbach im Odenwald, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Macedonia (now North Macedonia) internationally and made his international debut for Macedonia in September 1998.
  2. ^ Jones was born in Frankfurt, West Germany (now Germany), and represented Germany at U-20, U-21 and B level before making his international debut for Germany in 2008, but also qualified to represent the United States internationally through his father and made his international debut for the United States in October 2010.
  3. ^ Streit was born in Bucharest, Romania, but was raised in Germany and represented Germany at U-16, U-17, U-18 and B level.
  4. ^ Diakité was born in Frankfurt, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Mali internationally and made his international debut for Mali in 2008.
  5. ^ Speranza was born in Giessen, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Italy internationally and represented Italy in futsal.
  6. ^ Huber was born in Leninabad, Tajik SSR, Soviet Union (now Khujand, Tajikistan), but was raised in Germany from the age of 4 and represented Germany at U-20 and B level before making his international debut for Tajikistan in June 2017.
  7. ^ Toski was born in Gjilan, SFR Yugoslavia (now Kosovo, but then part of Serbia and Montenegro), but was raised in Germany and represented Germany at U-19 level before making his international debut for Kosovo in March 2014.

References

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  1. ^ "FootballSquads - Eintracht Frankfurt - 2002/03".

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