Kilmarnock F.C. 5–1 Eintracht Frankfurt
football match
Kilmarnock vs Eintracht Frankfurt was a football match played on 22 September 1964. The match was played at Rugby Park in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire and was the second leg of the 1964–65 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round tie.
Having lost the first leg 3–0, Kilmarnock came back from 1–0 down on the night and won the match 5–1 to progress to the second round 5–4 on aggregate.
Background
Eintracht had previous experience in European competitions. A Frankfurt XI, made up of players from the city, competed in the inaugural Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1955–58 before Eintracht qualified for the European Cup following their only German football championship win in 1959. The following season they would take part in the European Cup final at Hampden Park in Glasgow when they lost 7–3 to Real Madrid. On their road to the final, the Germans eliminated Scottish champions Rangers 12–4 on aggregate in the semi-finals.
Despite having finished runners-up in the Scottish First Division four times in the previous five seasons, Kilmarnock had never played a European tie before 1964 as they had instead been selected by the Scottish Football Association to represent Scotland in the annual New York International Tournament.
On 2 September 1964, the two sides met for the first leg of their Inter-Cities Fairs Cup tie at the Waldstadion in Frankfurt. The score was level at half time.
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