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Eintracht Frankfurt

August 2, 2007
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Frankfurt punched above their usual weight last season and will attempt to do so again after signing two internationally known midfielders: Japan's Junichi Inamoto and Iran's Mehdi Mahdavikia.

But although Inamoto has played for Arsenal and Galatasary, he failed to score a single goal for either team, and Mahdavikia looked over-the-hill last season for Hamburg. Adding to Frankfurt's problems are pre-season injuries to the entire back four.

If ever-ambitious Frankfurt get off to a poor start, things could quickly spiral out of control. But at least it will happen in front of a full house -- the team has already sold a club record 26,000 season tickets.

Chairman Heribert Bruchhagen said Frankfurt's goal this season is merely to improve. Even that will be difficult to achieve.

Coach: Friedhelm Funkel

Acquisitions: Junichi Inamoto (Galatasaray Istanbul), Kreso Ljubicic (Frankfurt amateurs), Mehdi Mahdavikia (Hamburg), Aaron Galindo (Grasshoppers Zürich)

Departures: Jermaine Jones (Schalke 04), Marko Rehmer (retired), Christopher Reinhard (Karlsruhe), Danyel Cimen (Kickers Offenbach), Benjamin Huggel (Basel)

Mannschaftsfoto Eintracht Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankfurt 2007-08 team photo taken in Frankfurt on July 16. Back row (left to right): Franco Lionti, Physiotherapist Thomas Kühn, Aleksandar Vasoski, Chris, Marco Russ, Alexander Meier, Sotirios Kyrgiakos, Faton Toski, Mounir Chaftar, Michael Fink and Junichi Inamoto. Middle row (left to right): Team leader Rainer Falkenhain, Team doctor Dr. Christoph Seeger, Physiotherapist Björn Reindl, Patrick Ochs, Ioannis Amanatidis, Christoph Preuss, Albert Streit, Rehabilitation coach Michael Farbacher, Goalkeeper coach Andreas Menger, Assistant coach Armin Reutershahn and Head coach Freidhelm Funkel. Front row (left to right): Markus Weissenberger, Benjamin Köhler, Kreso Ljubicic, Markus Pröll, Oka Nikolov, Jan Zimmermann, Michael Thurk, Marcel Heller and Christoph Spycher.Image: picture alliance / dpa