Eintracht Frankfurt Rugby
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| Full name | Sportgemeinde Eintracht Frankfurt von 1899 e.V. |
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| Union | German Rugby Federation |
| Founded | 1899 (club) 1923 (rugby department) |
| Location | Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
| Ground(s) | Sportplatz Philipp-Holzmann-Schule |
| Chairman | Marko Deichman |
| League(s) | 2. Rugby-Bundesliga (II) |
| 2015–16 | 2. Rugby-Bundesliga West, 6th |
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The Eintracht Frankfurt Rugby is a German rugby union club from Frankfurt am Main, currently playing in the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga, the second tier of rugby in Germany. It is part of a larger club, the Eintracht Frankfurt, which also offers other sports like association football, table tennis and basketball.
The team has twice appeared in the German rugby union championship final, in 1940 and 1965, but lost on both occasions. It was also a founding member of the Rugby-Bundesliga in 1971.
Formed in 1923, the team, for the most part of its history, stood and stands in the shadow of local rival SC 1880 Frankfurt. In 1931, Julius Fischer became the first Eintracht player to appear for the German national rugby team.
The clubs rugby department achieved its first national success in 1940, when it reached the German championship final, losing 6-19 to FV 1897 Linden. It made a second finals appearance in 1965, this time losing 12-17 to TSV Victoria Linden.
In 1971, Eintracht became a founding member of the southern division of the Rugby-Bundesliga.
The club did not survive in the Rugby-Bundesliga however, eventually being relegated to the tier-three Rugby-Regionalliga Hesse, where it plays today. In the early 2000s, the team took part in the promotion round to the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga South/West but did not succeed in achieving promotion to this level, instead remaining a top of the table side in the Regionalliga. It has won the local Hesse championship more than ten times since 1955.
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