On 18 May 2022, Eintracht Frankfurt won the UEFA Europa League. At the Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan in Seville, SGE beat Rangers 5–4 on penalties after the match had finished 1–1 following 120 minutes. It was the club’s greatest triumph since the UEFA Cup win of 1980, and it catapulted Eintracht back onto Europe’s football map.
Goalkeeper Kevin Trapp became the hero of the night, while Rafael Santos Borre scored the decisive penalty.