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5 reasons Eintracht Frankfurt will qualify for the 2025/26 UEFA Champions League

Eintracht Frankfurt are tantalisingly close to joining Bayern Munich, Bayer Leverkusen and another to-be-determined Bundesliga club in next season's UEFA Champions League. bundesliga.com explains why Dino Toppmöller's swashbuckling ensemble will get the job done...

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1) It's in their hands

Starting with the obvious, Frankfurt are third going into the final matchday of the season with a two-point cushion on fifth. Having drawn with St. Pauli on Matchday 33, their final-day trip to fourth-in-the-table Freiburg has not been rendered entirely academic, however they can still get the job done depending on how Dortmund fare against Kiel or by simply avoiding a loss against Freiburg.

Even if the Eagles lose in Freiburg and Dortmund pick up three points, that doesn't inherently mean Eintracht can't finish in the top-four, as have a +3 goal difference cushion over fifth-place BVB.

2) The best Frankfurt yet?

Eintracht's 4-0 win against fellow top-four hopefuls RB Leipzig on Matchday 31 was the club's record-equalling 16th in a single Bundesliga campaign. One more triumph will wrap up the outright record, whilst seeing them equal their highest-ever tally, drawing level with Adi Hütter's class of 2020/21, who finished fifth on 60 points. Indeed, Toppmöller's Eagles are poised to become the first to land inside the top four in 32 years.

Watch: Eintracht Frankfurt 4-0 RB Leipzig - highlights

3) Goal brokers

It's fitting that Frankfurt is Germany's financial capital because Eintracht are filthy rich when it comes to the most precious commodity in football: goals. Only leaders Bayern Munich (95; 2.88), holders Bayer Leverkusen (70; 2.12) and on-form Borussia Dortmund (68; 2.06) have fared better than the 2021/22 UEFA Europa League winners (65; 1.97) for total goals and goals per game this season, but it's Frankfurt who have the best spread of different scorers with 17.

Had they not been denied by the woodwork some 13 times across 33 games, Toppmöller's free-scoring charges would have an even healthier balance sheet (their goal difference is currently +20).

4) Main men

Hugo Ekitiké's a leading candidate for star performer, the former Paris Saint-Germain forward having scored a career-best 15 goals in his first full season of Bundesliga football. The Frenchman functioned brilliantly alongside Omar Marmoush in the early part of 2024/25 and has flourished further still in the wake of the Egyptian's January move to Manchester City, but it's taken more than one man to give the Eagles wings.

Drawing on Toppmöller's tactical nous, Kevin Trapp's long-celebrated heroics, the tenacious Robin Koch, the engine of Ellyes Skhiri, Mario Götze's evergreen displays and the lively contributions of youngsters such as Nathaniel Brown, Can Uzun and Jean-Mattéo Bahoya, Eintracht are a team in the truest sense of the word; one tailor-made for the European continent's top stage.

5) The Frankfurt faithful

There have been more highs than lows, but fans don't just sing when they're winning in these parts. Eintracht's army of supporters are some of the most dedicated, passionate and loyal in the business, and a huge motivating factor behind the club's success this and in previous seasons.

Home or away, rain or shine - there is always a heartfelt refrain or majestic Tifo to lift the spirits and inspire magnificent nights like the recent Leipzig win or growing volume of European escapades down the years. The 2025/26 Champions League will certainly be a better place for them!

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