1952–53 Eintracht Frankfurt season

Eintracht Frankfurt 1952–53 football season
Eintracht Frankfurt
1952–53 season
ChairmanAnton Keller
ManagerKurt Windmann
Oberliga Süd1st / Champions
DFB-Pokal / SFV-PokalQuarter-final (SFV-Pokal)
Top goalscorerLeague: Erich Dziwoki (12)
All: Erich Dziwoki (13)
Highest home attendance40,000 8 March 1953 v 1. FC Nürnberg (league)
Lowest home attendance5,000 30 November 1952 v 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 (league)
Average home league attendance16,400
← 1951–52

The 1952–53 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 53rd season in the club's football history. In 1952–53 the club played in the Oberliga Süd, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 8th season in the Oberliga Süd.

The season ended up with Eintracht winning Oberliga Süd for the first time, later losing to Holstein Kiel in the quarter-final in the run for the German championship knockout stage.

Matches

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendlies

Alemannia Aachen West Germany v West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
2 August 1952 (1952-08-02) Alemannia Aachen West Germany 4–0 West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
  • Derwall 2', 60'
  • Willi Kraus 81', 86'
 (Report) Attendance: 7,000
SpVgg Griesheim 02 West Germany v West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
3 August 1952 (1952-08-03) SpVgg Griesheim 02 West Germany 0–3 West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Frankfurt, West Germany
(Report)
  • Dokter 38'
  • Dziwoki
  • Mayer 88' (o.g.)
 Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Schmitt
Rheydter SpV West Germany v West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
9 August 1952 (1952-08-09) Rheydter SpV West Germany 2–1 West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Rheydt, West Germany
  • Alexius 36', 56'
 (Report)
  • Ebeling 10'
 Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Palmer
VfL Neuwied West Germany v West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
10 August 1952 (1952-08-10) VfL Neuwied West Germany 3–6 West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Neuwied, West Germany
  • Wagenknecht 72'
  • Fergen 78'
  • Böhm 79'
 (Report)
  • Jänisch 8' 70'
  • Dokter 50'
  • Ebeling 61'
  • Pfaff 66' (pen.)
Rödelheimer FC 02 West Germany v West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
13 August 1952 (1952-08-13) Rödelheimer FC 02 West Germany 0–2 West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Frankfurt, West Germany
(Report)
Stadium: Rebstöcker Weg
Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany v Egypt Egypt
17 August 1952 (1952-08-17) Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany 1–4 Egypt Egypt Frankfurt, West Germany
 (Report)
Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Fink
Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany v West Germany TuS Neuendorf
5 October 1952 (1952-10-05) Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany 2–1 West Germany TuS Neuendorf Frankfurt, West Germany
  • Hesse 29'
  • Ebeling 72'
 (Report) Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Bernbeck
Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany v West Germany Werder Bremen
9 November 1952 (1952-11-09) Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany 2–1 West Germany Werder Bremen Frankfurt, West Germany
  • Ebeling 15' (pen.)
  • Dziwoki 29'
 (Report)
  • Preuße 37'
 Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Kühn
Cairo Army XI Egypt v West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
19 December 1952 (1952-12-19) Cairo Army XI Egypt 1–2 West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Cairo, Egypt
  • del Din 42'
 (Report)
Attendance: 15,000
Alexandria XI Egypt v West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
21 December 1952 (1952-12-21) Alexandria XI Egypt 0–2 West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Egypt
(Report)
Attendance: 15,000
Cairo XI Egypt v West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
26 December 1952 (1952-12-26) Cairo XI Egypt 2–2 West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Cairo, Egypt
  • Alea 28'
  • Alfar 90' (pen.)
 (Report)
Attendance: 20,000
Port Said XI Egypt v West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
28 December 1952 (1952-12-28) Port Said XI Egypt 0–0 West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Port Said, Egypt
(Report)
TuS Neuendorf West Germany v West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
28 June 1953 (1953-06-28) TuS Neuendorf West Germany 3–1 West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Koblenz, West Germany
  • Gauchel 19'
  • Schmutzler 28'
  • Boden 63'
 (Report) Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Dietz

Oberliga

League fixtures and results

Eintracht Frankfurt v SpVgg Fürth
24 August 1952 (1952-08-24) 1 Eintracht Frankfurt 4–1 SpVgg Fürth Frankfurt, West Germany
  • Schieth 8', 31'
  • Ebeling 60'
  • Dziwoki 66'
 (Report)
Attendance: 12,000
Bayern Munich v Eintracht Frankfurt
31 August 1952 (1952-08-31) 2 Bayern Munich 3–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Munich, West Germany
  • Bauer 19'
  • Mayer 78'
  • Seemann 85'
 (Report)
  • Jänisch 58'
 Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Eberle
Eintracht Frankfurt v SV Waldhof
7 September 1952 (1952-09-07) 3 Eintracht Frankfurt 3–0 SV Waldhof Frankfurt, West Germany
  • Dokter 20'
  • Dziwoki 28', 42'
 (Report) Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Loch
BC Augsburg v Eintracht Frankfurt
14 September 1952 (1952-09-14) 4 BC Augsburg 1–5 Eintracht Frankfurt
  • Bachl 16'
 (Report)
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Reinhardt
Eintracht Frankfurt v TSG Ulm 1846
21 September 1952 (1952-09-21) 5 Eintracht Frankfurt 5–3 TSG Ulm 1846 Frankfurt, West Germany
 (Report)
  • Schlumberger 15'
  • Elzner 32'
  • Gauß 75'
 Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Kandelbinder
FSV Frankfurt v Eintracht Frankfurt
28 September 1952 (1952-09-28) 6 FSV Frankfurt 1–3 Eintracht Frankfurt Frankfurt, West Germany
  • Ruppel 60'
 (Report)
  • Dziwoki 13', 88'
  • Dokter 86'
 Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Schmetzer
Eintracht Frankfurt v Viktoria Aschaffenburg
12 October 1952 (1952-10-12) 7 Eintracht Frankfurt 4–4 Viktoria Aschaffenburg Frankfurt, West Germany
  • Pfaff 31', 33'
  • Dziwoki 70'
  • Ebeling 87'
 (Report)
  • Schiele 14'
  • Budion 32'
  • Staab 45'
  • Jekat 65'
 Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Jakobi
Stuttgarter Kickers v Eintracht Frankfurt
19 October 1952 (1952-10-19) 8 Stuttgarter Kickers 1–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Stuttgart, West Germany
  • Schumacher 71'
 (Report)
Stadium: Kickers-Stadion
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Meißner
VfR Mannheim v Eintracht Frankfurt
25 October 1952 (1952-10-25) 9 VfR Mannheim 1–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Mannheim, West Germany
  • Langlotz 51'
 (Report)
  • Dziwoki 78'
 Stadium: Stadion an den Brauereien
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Ruhmann
Eintracht Frankfurt v TSV 1860 München
2 November 1952 (1952-11-02) 10 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–0 TSV 1860 München Frankfurt, West Germany
  • Dokter 87'
 (Report) Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Kühn
Eintracht Frankfurt v Kickers Offenbach
16 November 1952 (1952-11-16) 11 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–0 Kickers Offenbach Frankfurt, West Germany
14:30 CEST
  • Hesse 34'
 (Report) Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Reinhardt
1. FC Nürnberg v Eintracht Frankfurt
23 November 1952 (1952-11-23) 12 1. FC Nürnberg 2–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Nuremberg, West Germany
 (Report)
  • Hesse 7'
  • Dziwoki 85'
 Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Schmetzer
Eintracht Frankfurt v 1. FC Schweinfurt 05
30 November 1952 (1952-11-30) 13 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–1 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 Frankfurt, West Germany
 (Report)
  • Burkhardt 73'
 Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Fiershauser
Karlsruher SC v Eintracht Frankfurt
7 December 1952 (1952-12-07) 14 Karlsruher SC 1–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Karlsruhe, West Germany
  • Beck 41'
 (Report)
  • Dziwoki 30'
 Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Meißner
Eintracht Frankfurt v VfB Stuttgart
31 December 1952 (1952-12-31) 15 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–0 VfB Stuttgart Frankfurt, West Germany
  • Ebeling 19'
 (Report) Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Jakobi
SpVgg Fürth v Eintracht Frankfurt
4 January 1953 (1953-01-04) 16 SpVgg Fürth 3–0 Eintracht Frankfurt
(Report) Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Kühne
Eintracht Frankfurt v Bayern Munich
11 January 1953 (1953-01-11) 17 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–1 Bayern Munich Frankfurt, West Germany
 (Report)
  • Bauer 5'
 Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Stoll
SV Waldhof v Eintracht Frankfurt
18 January 1953 (1953-01-18) 18 SV Waldhof 5–2 Eintracht Frankfurt
  • Gärtner 7'
  • Lipponer 20' (pen.)
  • Heim 27'
  • Cornelius 45', 80'
 (Report)
  • Ebeling 38'
  • Schwan 88'
 Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Meißner
Eintracht Frankfurt v BC Augsburg
25 January 1953 (1953-01-25) 19 Eintracht Frankfurt 3–1 BC Augsburg Frankfurt, West Germany
 (Report)
  • Biesinger 75'
 Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Tischler
TSG Ulm 1846 v Eintracht Frankfurt
1 February 1953 (1953-02-01) 20 TSG Ulm 1846 3–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Ulm, West Germany
  • Ruoff 35'
  • Elzner 80', 82'
 (Report)
Stadium: Donaustadion
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Lehmann
Eintracht Frankfurt v FSV Frankfurt
8 February 1953 (1953-02-08) 21 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–1 FSV Frankfurt Frankfurt, West Germany
  • Jänisch 29'
 (Report) Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Reinhardt
Viktoria Aschaffenburg v Eintracht Frankfurt
15 February 1953 (1953-02-15) 22 Viktoria Aschaffenburg 1–2 Eintracht Frankfurt
  • Schmitt 90'
 (Report)
  • Pfaff 40' (pen.)
  • Dziwoki 61'
 Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Jakobi
Eintracht Frankfurt v Stuttgarter Kickers
22 February 1953 (1953-02-22) 23 Eintracht Frankfurt 3–1 Stuttgarter Kickers Frankfurt, West Germany
 (Report)
  • Dreher 70'
 Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Winkler
Eintracht Frankfurt v VfR Mannheim
1 March 1953 (1953-03-01) 24 Eintracht Frankfurt 4–0 VfR Mannheim Frankfurt, West Germany
  • Jänisch 25', 43'
  • Ebeling 41', 58'
 (Report) Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Loch
Eintracht Frankfurt v 1. FC Nürnberg
8 March 1953 (1953-03-08) 25 Eintracht Frankfurt 4–0 1. FC Nürnberg Frankfurt, West Germany
  • Ebeling 53', 68'
  • Pfaff 79'
  • Dziwoki 87'
 (Report) Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Baumgart
TSV 1860 München v Eintracht Frankfurt
15 March 1953 (1953-03-15) 26 TSV 1860 München 1–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Munich, West Germany
  • Mondschein 42'
 (Report)
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Reinhardt
Kickers Offenbach v Eintracht Frankfurt
29 March 1953 (1953-03-29) 27 Kickers Offenbach 2–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Offenbach, West Germany
 (Report) Stadium: Stadion am Bieberer Berg
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Eberle
1. FC Schweinfurt 05 v Eintracht Frankfurt
12 April 1953 (1953-04-12) 28 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 3–0 Eintracht Frankfurt
  • Burkhardt 28'
  • Lang 40'
  • Aumeier 46'
 (Report) Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Jakobi
Eintracht Frankfurt v Karlsruher SC
18 April 1953 (1953-04-18) 29 Eintracht Frankfurt 4–1 Karlsruher SC Frankfurt, West Germany
 (Report)
  • Kunkel 67'
 Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Kandelbinder
VfB Stuttgart v Eintracht Frankfurt
26 April 1953 (1953-04-26) 30 VfB Stuttgart 7–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Stuttgart, West Germany
  • Blessing 3'
  • Krieger 7'
  • Baitinger 8', 40', 50', 83'
  • Waldner 37'
 (Report) Stadium: Neckarstadion
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Meißner

League table

Position Team Played Goals Points
01. Eintracht Frankfurt 30 62-49 39-21
02. VfB Stuttgart (C) 30 69-33 38-22
03. SpVgg Fürth 30 65-45 35-25
04. Karlsruher SC 30 68-52 34-26
05. 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 30 40-51 32-28
06. Kickers Offenbach 30 61-53 30-30
07. FC Bayern Munich 30 59:56 30:30
08. 1. FC Nürnberg 30 67-61 29-31
09. SV Waldhof 30 56-62 29-31
10. BC Augsburg (P) 30 59-61 28-32
11. FSV Frankfurt 30 38-44 28-32
12. Viktoria Aschaffenburg 30 59-74 28-32
13. VfR Mannheim 30 46-59 27-33
14. Stuttgarter Kickers 30 65-69 26-34
15. TSV 1860 München 30 46-58 24-36
16. TSG Ulm 1846 (P) 30 41-74 21-39
Participation at the 1953 German football championship round
Relegated to 1953–54 2. Oberliga Süd
(C) 1951–52 Oberliga Süd champions
(P) Promoted from 1951–52 2. Oberliga

Championship round

Pos Team
  • v
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 Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification FCK SGE KOE KSV
1 1. FC Kaiserslautern 6 5 1 0 16 7 2.286 11 Advance to final — 5–1 2–2 2–1
2 Eintracht Frankfurt 6 3 1 2 8 7 1.143 7 0–1 — 2–0 4–1
3 1. FC Köln 6 1 3 2 8 10 0.800 5 1–2 0–0 — 3–2
4 Holstein Kiel 6 0 1 5 8 16 0.500 1 2–4 0–1 2–2 —
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio.
Eintracht Frankfurt v 1. FC Köln
3 May 1953 (1953-05-03) 1 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–0 1. FC Köln Frankfurt, West Germany
  • Dziwoki 1'
  • Hesse 39'
 (Report) Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Herden
Holstein Kiel v Eintracht Frankfurt
10 May 1953 (1953-05-10) 2 Holstein Kiel 0–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Kiel, West Germany
(Report)
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Ternieden
Eintracht Frankfurt v 1. FC Kaiserslautern
17 May 1953 (1953-05-17) 3 Eintracht Frankfurt 0–1 1. FC Kaiserslautern Frankfurt, West Germany
15:00 CEST (Report) Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 68,000
Referee: Nettekoven
1. FC Kaiserslautern v Eintracht Frankfurt
24 March 1953 (1953-03-24) 4 1. FC Kaiserslautern 5–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Ludwigshafen, West Germany
 (Report)
Stadium: Südweststadion
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Ternieden
Eintracht Frankfurt v Holstein Kiel
31 May 1953 (1953-05-31) 5 Eintracht Frankfurt 4–1 Holstein Kiel Frankfurt, West Germany
  • Hesse 13', 57'
  • Pfaff 65'
  • Schwan 76'
 (Report)
  • Maier 31'
 Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Wershoven
1. FC Köln v Eintracht Frankfurt
7 June 1953 (1953-06-07) 6 1. FC Köln 0–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Cologne, West Germany
(Report) Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Zimmermann

DFB-Pokal / SFV-Pokal

Stuttgarter Kickers v Eintracht Frankfurt
14 June 1953 (1953-06-14) Quarter-final Stuttgarter Kickers 3–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Stuttgart, West Germany
  • Dreher
(Report) Stadium: Kickers-Stadion
Attendance: 5,000

Squad

Squad and statistics

No. Pos Nat Player Total Oberliga Championship round DFB-Pokal/SFV-Pokal
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK West Germany FRG Helmut Henig 36 0 30 0 6 0 0 0
GK West Germany FRG Alexander Rothuber 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF West Germany FRG Adolf Bechtold 37 0 30 0 6 0 1 0
DF West Germany FRG Heinz Kaster 20 1 17 1 2 0 1 0
DF West Germany FRG Ernst Kudrass 35 0 28 0 6 0 1 0
MF West Germany FRG Werner Heilig 36 4 30 4 6 0 0 0
MF West Germany FRG Klaus Jäckel 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF West Germany FRG Karlheinz Kirchheim 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
MF West Germany FRG Kurt Krömmelbein 29 0 22 0 6 0 1 0
MF West Germany FRG Hans Wloka 31 1 26 0 5 1 0 0
FW West Germany FRG Horst Bayer 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
FW West Germany FRG Heinz Dokter 22 5 22 5 0 0 0 0
FW West Germany FRG Erich Dziwoki 27 13 21 12 6 1 0 0
FW West Germany FRG Erich Ebeling 31 10 24 10 6 0 1 0
FW West Germany FRG Erich Geier 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
FW West Germany FRG Hermann Hesse 17 6 10 3 6 3 1 0
FW West Germany FRG Joachim Jänisch 13 5 12 5 0 0 1 0
FW West Germany FRG Alfred Pfaff 33 11 27 10 6 1 0 0
FW West Germany FRG Friedel Reichert 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
FW West Germany FRG Hubert Schieth 26 11 22 10 4 1 0 0
FW West Germany FRG Egon Schwan 3 2 2 1 1 1 0 0

Transfers

In:

No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW West Germany FRG Horst Bayer (from Eintracht Frankfurt Academy)
— FW West Germany FRG Heinz Dokter (from Rheydter SV)
— FW West Germany FRG Erich Dziwoki (from Alemannia Aachen)
— FW West Germany FRG Erich Ebeling (from Hamburger SV)
— MF West Germany FRG Klaus Jäckel (from Eintracht Frankfurt Academy)

Out:

No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW West Germany FRG Ludwig Kolb (to Hanau 93)
— FW West Germany FRG Alfred Kraus (retired)
— MF West Germany FRG Willi Kraus (to Alemannia Aachen)
— FW West Germany FRG Otto Tempel (to Göttingen 05)

See also

Notes

Sources

  • Matheja, Ulrich (2011). Unsere Eintracht - Eintracht Frankfurt - Die Chronik. Die Werkstatt. ISBN 978-3-89533-750-5.

External links

  • Official English Eintracht website Archived 2 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine
  • German archive site
  • 1952–53 Oberliga Süd season at Fussballdaten.de (in German)
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