Frankfurt Match Chelsea And Villarreal Record By Winning Europa League Unbeaten

Eintracht Frankfurt are the third team, after Chelsea and Villarreal, in Europa League history to win it without losing once in European competition all season.

Eintracht Frankfurt were crowned Europa League champions on Wednesday night after capping off a superb campaign with a penalty-shootout win over Rangers.

The final was Frankfurt's 13th match in the Europa League this season. They won seven of those and drew six, including the final, which ended 1-1 before penalties.

Frankfurt are the third team in Europa League history to win the tournament without losing once in European competition all season.

0 – Eintracht Frankfurt are the third club to start the season in the Europa League group stage and end up lifting the trophy without losing once. Previously only Villarreal in 2020-21 and Chelsea in 2018-19 had done so. Invincibles. #UELfinal pic.twitter.com/7BdgkAJGue

— OptaFranz (@OptaFranz) May 18, 2022

Chelsea were the first team to achieve this feat in the 2018/19 season when they drew three games and won 12, including a 4-1 victory over Arsenal in the final.

Villarreal followed suit in the 2020/21 campaign. Like Chelsea, they won 12 games and drew three.

One of Villarreal's three draws came in the final before they beat Manchester United on penalties.

Frankfurt were actually behind after 90 minutes in one of their games this season, but they scored in the final minute of extra time against Real Betis to secure a 1-1 draw in the match and a 3-2 win on aggregate in the round of 16.

13/13 - Eintracht Frankfurt scored in all 13 of their UEFA Europa League games this season. Since the rebrand of the competition in 2009, they’re just the second side to score in every single game from the group stages to the final after Chelsea in 2018-19. Euphoria. #UELfinal pic.twitter.com/G0qIrjsCSl

— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) May 18, 2022

Frankfurt's Europa League Results This Season

Frankfurt 1-1 Fenerbahce
Antwerp 0-1 Frankfurt
Frankfurt 3-1 Olympiakos
Olympiakos 1-2 Frankfurt
Frankfurt 2-2 Royal Antwerp
Fenerbahce 1-1 Frankfurt
Real Betis 1-2 Frankfurt
Frankfurt 1-1 Real Betis (AET)
Frankfurt 1-1 Barcelona
Barcelona 2-3 Frankfurt
West Ham 1-2 Frankfurt
Frankfurt 1-0 West Ham
Frankfurt 1-1 Rangers (5-4 on pens)

A shot of the scoreboard at Seville's Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadium after 90 minutes in the 2022 UEFA Europa League final between Frankfurt and Rangers :: IMAGO/Revierfoto