Club ProfileAnnex

Steckbrief – Facts, figures and milestones

Eintracht Frankfurt — formerly also known as Sportgemeinde Eintracht or SGE for short — is one of the great traditional clubs in German football. The club colours are red, black and white. The crest features the Frankfurt Eagle (in red and white).

The playing kit is traditionally black-red or black-white. The professionals' home matches are played at the Commerzbank-Arena, formerly known as the Waldstadion, located in the Frankfurt city forest in Sachsenhausen-Süd. The arena holds 51,500 spectators and served as a venue at both World Cups held in Germany in 1974 and 2006.

Eintracht Frankfurt have more than 80,000 members (as of December 2019), placing them ninth among Germany's largest sports clubs by membership. The "profit-oriented" professional football corporation was established on July 1, 2000. Shareholders include the registered Eintracht Frankfurt association (67.88%), the Freunde des Adlers GmbH (18.55%) and additional stakeholders.

Since September 1, 2015, the AG has been led by a three-person executive board. This board is supervised by a nine-member supervisory council including representatives of the owner (the club), the City of Frankfurt and the State of Hesse.