All information accurate as of August 15th, 2026.
Club Name: Eintracht Frankfurt
Founded: 1899
Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park - 59,500 capacity
Nickname: SGE, Die Adler (The Eagles)
Titles: DFB-Pokal x5, UEFA Cup/Europa League x2
Head Coach: Adi Hütter
Captain: Robin Koch
Mascot: Attila (a real live golden eagle)
Goal Song: Franz Von Suppé - Leichte Kavallerie
2025/26 Season: 8th
Opening Fixture: Union Berlin (A)
Returning for his second spell in charge, Austrian coach Adi Hütter has a lot of mess to clear up from last season. When Dino Toppmöller was dismissed in January after a relatively successful two-and-a-half seasons, a huge risk was taken to bring in Albert Riera from Slovenian side Celje. After alienating several key players, and the club’s executives, Riera was dismissed by failing to qualify for Europe on the final matchday.
Having been sacked only twice in his eight managerial appointments prior to this, Hütter has an incredibly strong record and will no doubt improve the team. Having been linked to many managerial vacancies in the Premier League since being dismissed from Monaco last October, he instead chose to wait out the season and return to Germany. Although he did not win any trophies with Eintracht in his first spell, he won Bundesliga Coach of the Season in two of the three seasons he spent at the club. They would go on to win the Europa League under fellow countryman Oliver Glasner the season after he left, largely with the squad that Hütter built.
Known for their extremely passionate fanbase even by German standards, which borders on hooliganism in many regards, Hütter’s job this season is just to bring the European football back for the fans and then see what they can build from there. Fleixble in his formation choices, Hütter generally favours a 4-2-3-1, although as Eintracht manager he tended to play three centre-backs, and it wouldn’t surprise me if he opted for the latter given how long the club has set up that way.
Perhaps due to the projected decrease in available funds due to the lack of European football, Eintracht have invested sensibly in low-cost incomings this summer. They arguably have the best Sporting Director in Germany right now with Markus Krösche (rumours of Bayern München’s interest in him have consistently appeared in recent years), and he is not one to take unnecessary risks, and always negotiates good deals on outgoing players.
The highest value signing is that of Noël Aséko from Bayern, the midfielder costing €12m after a strong showing with Hannover 96 in the 2. Bundesliga last term. At just 20, he has plenty of room to grow and is likely to play for Germany in the next year or two, having broken into the U-21s already. He will be competing with a lot of midfielders for minutes, though, not least the new €9m man Raphael Onyedika, the Nigerian international that became one of the top midfielders in Belgium over the last four seasons while with Club Brugge. More of a holding midfielder than Aséko, Onyedika fits the profile needed to shore up Eintracht defensively, as they conceded 65 goals in the league in 2025/26, which was the third worst behind only 1. FC Heidenheim and VfL Wolfsburg, who were both relegated.
2. Bundesliga top scorer last term, Noel Futkeu, joins from Greuther Fürth for €1.3m, although he will compete with Younes Ebnoutalib as a backup option for the nailed-on starter, Jonathan Burkardt. The last transfer worth mentioning is that of Japanese 20-year-old Keita Kosugi, who joins after breaking through at Swedish side Djurgårdens IF. Kosugi signed his contract back in December but remained in Sweden until July.
Leaving SGE this summer was Germany’s starting left-back at the World Cup, Nathaniel Brown. The 23-year-old moves to Bayern for €55m, making him a record transfer between two German clubs, and a significant loss for Eintracht. Four other outgoings to note are centre-back Aurèle Amenda to Coventry for €18m, Rasmus Kristensen to Midtjylland for €6m, Junior Dina Ebimbe to Schalke for €800k, and Mahmoud Dahoud, whose contract was not extended.
I would expect more outgoings as the squad is quite bloated, particularly in central midfield and up front with five central strikers to choose from for one spot - Michy Batshuayi and Elye Wahi are the likely candidates to leave.
Can Uzun is Eintracht’s most talented player and one that is constantly being talked about as one of the next big signings by an elite European club. After breaking through at 1. FC Nürnberg, scoring 19 goals in all competitions as an 18-year-old attacking midfielder, Eintracht swooped to secure his services in the summer of 2024. Although he was more of a rotational option in his first Bundesliga season, he truly stepped up in 2025/26 despite a couple of injury issues, recording ten goals and five assists in all competitions in just 28 appearances. He featured in the World Cup for Turkey, although it was a bitterly disappointing showing all-round for the nation.
Still only 20 until November, Uzun has the opportunity to really begin leading this team on the pitch under Hütter before the inevitable big money move. However, it would be remiss of me to not mention Jonathan Burkardt, who scored 13 Bundesliga goals in 1,340 minutes during his first season at the club. A calf injury kept him out between November and February, but as long as there aren’t any major injuries, Burkardt is likely to reach 20 goals in the Bundesliga this season and establish himself in Jürgen Klopp’s plans for the national team.
This one is harder to predict as we don’t know for sure what the formation will be, which really influences what type of midfielders and wingers Hütter chooses. But I also think that it will change a lot throughout the season, and with the immense squad depth available to Die Adler, I’m not going to get too bogged down with predicting this one.
Quite a punchy one from me here but I’m going for 4th. The squad is deep and without European football to contend with this time, they can truly focus on building a solid league campaign. Questions marks remain around the goalkeeping situation, as neither Michael Zetterer nor Kauã Santos have impressed, but there are plenty of goals in this team and they have a Head Coach whose reputation precedes him.
Prediction Table (so far...)
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2 - Borussia Dortmund
3 - Bayer Leverkusen
4 - Eintracht Frankfurt
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8 - Union Berlin
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11 - Mainz
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15 - Borussia Mönchengladbach
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17 - Köln
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