"European Cup, European Cup this year" resounded from the grandstand, "Eintracht Frauen International" was read on a banner on the back straight, in front of which the Eintracht players Laura Freigang, Lara Prasnikar and Barbara Dunst jumped happily.

A few meters further everyone lay in each other's arms, players and coaching staff.

Red confetti erupted from the celebrating throng of fans who kept singing "Oh Eintracht Frankfurt".

"I'm speechless," said captain Tanja Pawollek over the stadium loudspeakers.

“You pushed us incredibly.

We couldn't have done it without you," she thanked the fans.

The soccer players from Eintracht Frankfurt had previously won their last game of the season against Werder Bremen 4-0 and achieved their dream goal.

Next season they will play in the Champions League against the best in Europe.

The Frankfurt audience has been waiting for this for seven seasons.

When the club last competed in the queen class, it was still called 1. FFC Frankfurt.

In order to reach the Champions League, Frankfurt had to oust Turbine Potsdam from third place on the home stretch of the season.

Both teams went into the last matchday with 43 points, but the goal difference, which was nine goals worse, spoke against Eintracht.

Because Frankfurt won against Werder and Turbine Potsdam lost 5-0 at Bayern Munich, who were second in the championship at the same time, Eintracht will go on a European tour next season.

concord dominant

Those responsible for Eintracht had hoped that there would be a record attendance at the end of the season.

And they got it.

4520 spectators were in the stadium at Brentanobad on this early summer day.

The men's coach Oliver Glasner and sports director Markus Krösche also came to support the eagle bearers.

You saw how the game went right from the start, especially in the direction of the Werder goal.

Bremen tried to keep the distance between them as small as possible and quickly took the joy out of short passes from Frankfurt in midfield.

Frankfurt's answer: many long balls over the Bremen defense to where there was room.

This first came about in the eleventh minute when Lara Prasnikar put the ball through to Nicole Anyomi.

The German national player had a lot of time to sort herself out and deliberately pushed the ball into the goal from almost eleven meters to make it 1-0.

Sjoeke Nüsken could then have increased to 2:0 several times.

She, too, was served with fine passes by Lara Prasnikar, but failed twice from close range by Werder goalkeeper Anneke Borbe.

In addition, Nüsken maneuvered two corner balls with his head over and next to the goal.

It was thanks to Merle Frohms that the midfielder's lack of accuracy didn't take its toll.

In her last game in the Eintracht jersey (she is returning to Wolfsburg after two years on the Main), the goalkeeper had little to do.

When challenged, she parried safely.

After almost an hour, everyone could be sure that the Champions League dream would come true.

First, Laura Freigang scored in the 58th minute with a powerful instep into the bottom left corner of the goal to make it 2-0.

Six minutes later, Sjoeke Nüsken broke her personal spell.

She pushed an exemplary Frankfurt counterattack into the orphaned Werder goal.

Laura Freigang finished the game in the 87th minute with her twelfth goal of the season.

She ended the season as Frankfurt's top scorer.

Great days are ahead of the team.

They will also be in Seville on Wednesday as the men play Glasgow Rangers for the Europa League title.

In the coming season, two Eintracht teams could start in the Champions League.