Eintracht approach Bordeaux rematch
Sunday, September 8, 2013
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Eintracht Frankfurt will look to put an end to FC Girondins de Bordeaux's good recent form against German sides when the teams meet for the first time in 18 years in Group F.
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Eintracht Frankfurt will look to gain belated revenge for a heavy loss in France when they meet FC Girondins de Bordeaux for a second time, in their opening UEFA Europa League Group F game.
Previous meetings
• Slavoljub Muslin's Bordeaux beat Karl-Heinz Körbel's Eintracht 3-0 in the one-legged 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup round of 16 in the sides' only previous meeting.
• The teams in France on 29 July 1995 were:
Bordeaux: Huard, Croci (Varešanović 71), Lizarazu, Prunier, Dogon, Lucas, Zidane, Dutuel (De Blasiis 64), Tholot, Witschge (Histilloles 74), Dugarry.
Eintracht: Köpke, Bindewald, Weber, Tskhadadze, Binz, Komljenović (Aničić 57), Falkenmayer (Beuchel 46), Schupp, Rauffmann (Ekström 74), Okocha, Sbordone.
Match background
• Including that meeting with Bordeaux, Eintracht have played five European games against French opposition with the record W2 D1 L2 (W2 D0 L0 at home).
• Bordeaux's 25 games against Bundesliga opposition have ended W14 D2 L9 (W5 D1 L6 in Germany). They have not lost in four meetings with German sides going back to 1996.
• Back in Europe for the first time since failing to make it through the 2006/07 UEFA Cup group stage, Eintracht are unbeaten in five continental fixtures – three draws followed by two wins.
• After getting through the group stage, Bordeaux made it to last season's UEFA Europa League round of 16. They have nonetheless won just once in their last seven European away games, 2-1 at Club Brugge KV in last season's group stage.
Team facts
• Bordeaux's Serbian defender Vujadin Savić spent 18 months on loan at SG Dynamo Dresden from 2012 to 2013.
Coach information
• Hired in May 2011, Armin Veh led Eintracht to promotion in his first season in charge and into Europe as sixth-placed finishers in his second. As a midfielder, he was in the VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach side that lost to Eintracht in the 1980 UEFA Cup final, before a broken leg ended his career. As a coach, he won the 2006/07 German title at VfB Stuttgart prior to less successful spells with VfL Wolfsburg and Hamburger SV.
• Francis Gillot led Bordeaux to the UEFA Europa League round of 16 and their fourth French Cup in 2012/13, his second season in charge since joining from FC Sochaux-Montbéliard. A solid defender for RC Lens and RC Strasbourg, he started his coaching career with Lens where his frankness, faith in young players and attacking style proved popular, and was then in charge of Sochaux from 2008 to 2011.
