1931–32 Eintracht Frankfurt season

The 1931–32 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 32nd season in the club's football history. In 1931–32 the club played in the Bezirksliga Main-Hessen, then one of many top tiers of German football. It was the club's 5th season in the Bezirksliga Main-Hessen.

Eintracht Frankfurt
1931–32 season
ChairmanEgon Graf von Beroldingen
ManagerPaul Oßwald
Bezirksliga Main-Hessen1st / Champions
South German Championship round1st / Champions
German Championship knockout stageRunners-up
Domestic cup competitionNot established yet
Top goalscorerLeague: Karl Ehmer (34)
All: Karl Ehmer (55)
Highest home attendance20,000 on two occasions v FSV Frankfurt (Bezirksliga and South German Championship round)
Lowest home attendance1,500 6 September 1931 v Germania Bieber (Bezirksliga and South German Championship round)
Average home league attendance6,618

The season ended up with Eintracht winning the South German championship for the second time, but later losing to Bayern Munich in the final match.

Matches edit

Legend edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendlies edit

2 August 1931 (1931-08-02) Eintracht Frankfurt 6–2 Stuttgarter Kickers
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  • Möbs   
(Report)
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Referee: Schmidt
27 September 1931 (1931-09-27) Union Niederrad 3–5 Eintracht Frankfurt
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18 November 1931 (1931-11-18) Berliner SV 92 1–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Berlin, Germany
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(Report)
Stadium: Preußenplatz
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Röhrbein
28 February 1932 (1932-02-28) SV Kassel / CSC 03 Kassel XI 2–7 Eintracht Frankfurt Kassel, Germany
  • Engelhardt   
(Report)
Attendance: 5,000
26 March 1932 (1932-03-26) Minerva 93 Berlin 1–4 Eintracht Frankfurt Berlin, Germany
  • Elsholz  
(Report)
Attendance: 12,000
27 March 1932 (1932-03-27) Tennis Borussia Berlin 1–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Berlin, Germany
  • Thönnissen   89'
(Report)
Attendance: 8,500
18 June 1932 (1932-06-18) Hammer SpVg 0–3 Eintracht Frankfurt
(Report)
Attendance: 8,000
19 June 1932 (1932-06-19) Schwarz-Weiß Essen 2–7 Eintracht Frankfurt Essen, Germany
  • Hullisch  
  • Pörtgen  
(Report)
Stadium: Uhlenkrugstadion
Attendance: 6,000
25 June 1932 (1932-06-25) SV Wiesbaden 0–2 Eintracht Frankfurt
(Report)
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Bohn
26 June 1932 (1932-06-26) Union Niederrad 1–4 Eintracht Frankfurt
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(Report)
Referee: Hannewald
2 July 1932 (1932-07-02) FSV Frankfurt 3–3 Eintracht Frankfurt Frankfurt, Germany
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(Report)
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Stadium: Stadion am Bornheimer Hang
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Schlosser

Bezirksliga Main-Hessen edit

League fixtures and results edit

9 August 1931 (1931-08-09) 1 SpVgg Griesheim 02 1–6 Eintracht Frankfurt
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(Report)
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Bremser
16 August 1931 (1931-08-16) 2 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–0 VfL Germania 1894 Frankfurt, Germany
(Report) Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Oswalt
23 August 1931 (1931-08-23) 3 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–1 Rot-Weiss Frankfurt Frankfurt, Germany
(Report)
Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Glaser
30 August 1931 (1931-08-30) 4 FC Hanau 93 2–3 Eintracht Frankfurt
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(Report)
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Kotz
6 September 1931 (1931-09-06) 5 Eintracht Frankfurt 6–1 Germania Bieber
(Report)
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Götzl
13 September 1931 (1931-09-13) 6 Eintracht Frankfurt 5–2 FSV Heusenstamm Frankfurt, Germany
  • Bauer   o.g.'
  • Leis  pen.'
  • Ehmer    pen.' 
(Report)
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Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Uhl
4 October 1931 (1931-10-04) 7 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–1 FSV Frankfurt Frankfurt, Germany
(Report)
  • Wühler   90'
Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Gabler
11 October 1931 (1931-10-11) 8 VfL Neu-Isenburg 1–3 Eintracht Frankfurt
  • Dietz   40'
(Report)
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Iserloh
18 October 1931 (1931-10-18) 9 Kickers Offenbach 2–5 Eintracht Frankfurt Bieber, Germany
  • Stein (Elfmeter)  pen.'
  • Meid  
(Report)
Stadium: Stadion am Bieberer Berg
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Dölker
25 October 1931 (1931-10-25) 10 Union Niederrad 0–1 Eintracht Frankfurt
(Report)
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Becker
1 November 1931 (1931-11-01) 11 Eintracht Frankfurt 9–0 SpVgg Griesheim 02 Frankfurt, Germany
(Report) Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Neuweiler
8 November 1931 (1931-11-08) 12 VfL Germania 1894 1–7 Eintracht Frankfurt Frankfurt, Germany
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(Report)
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Stadium: Sportplatz Sandhöfer Wiesen
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Keßler
15 November 1931 (1931-11-15) 13 Rot-Weiss Frankfurt 2–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Frankfurt, Germany
  • Engel  
  • Rutz   80'
(Report)
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Kratzenberg
29 November 1931 (1931-11-29) 14 Eintracht Frankfurt 4–0 FC Hanau 93 Frankfurt, Germany
(Report) Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Schlosser
6 December 1931 (1931-12-06) 15 Germania Bieber 0–4 Eintracht Frankfurt Bieber, Germany
(Report)
Stadium: Sportplatz am Waldhof
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Walter
13 December 1931 (1931-12-13) 16 FSV Heusenstamm 0–6 Eintracht Frankfurt
(Report)
Attendance: 800
Referee: Scheel
25 December 1931 (1931-12-25) 17 FSV Frankfurt 0–6 Eintracht Frankfurt Frankfurt, Germany
(Report)
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Maul
1 January 1932 (1932-01-01) 18 Eintracht Frankfurt 9–2 VfL Neu-Isenburg Frankfurt, Germany
(Report)
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Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Keller
3 January 1932 (1932-01-03) 19 Eintracht Frankfurt 3–2 Union Niederrad Frankfurt, Germany
(Report)
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Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Müller
10 January 1932 (1932-01-10) 20 Eintracht Frankfurt 0–0 Kickers Offenbach Frankfurt, Germany
(Report)
  • Maid  
Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Bremser

League table edit

Position Team Played Goals Points
01. Eintracht Frankfurt (C) 20 81-18 35-05
02. FSV Frankfurt 20 50-30 28-12
03. Rot-Weiss Frankfurt 20 58-30 25-15
04. Union Niederrad 20 69-39 25-15
05. Kickers Offenbach 20 40-31 25-15
06. VfL Neu-Isenburg (P) 20 42-46 18-22
07. Germania Bieber 20 36-52 16-24
08. FC Hanau 93 20 35-56 16-24
09. FSV Heusenstamm (P) 20 23-51 14-26
10. SpVgg Griesheim 02 (P) 20 33-59 12-28
11. VfL Germania 1894 (P) 20 25-80 06-34
Qualification for the 1932 German football championship round
Relegated to the second tier
(C) 1930–31 Bezirksliga Main-Hessen champions
(P) Promoted from the second tier

South German Championship round, North West division edit

Fixtures and results edit

20 December 1931 (1931-12-20) 1 Mainz 05 1–4 Eintracht Frankfurt
  • Posselmann   75'
(Report)
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Götzl
17 January 1932 (1932-01-17) 2 Eintracht Frankfurt 3–0 SV Waldhof Frankfurt, Germany
(Report) Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Unverferth
24 January 1932 (1932-01-24) 3 Eintracht Frankfurt 3–3 FV Saarbrücken Frankfurt, Germany
(Report)
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Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Schneider
31 January 1932 (1932-01-31) 4 FK Pirmasens 1–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Pirmasens, Germany
  • Hergert   50' (pen.)
(Report)
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Fritz
7 February 1932 (1932-02-07) 5 Eintracht Frankfurt 4–2 Wormatia Worms Frankfurt, Germany
(Report)
  • Winkler   59', 86'
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Glaser
14 February 1932 (1932-02-14) 6 VfL Neckarau 2–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Mannheim, Germany
  • Zellner   52'
  • Zeilfelder   88'
(Report) Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Fuchs
21 February 1932 (1932-02-21) 7 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–0 FSV Frankfurt Frankfurt, Germany
  • Karl Ehmer   29'
(Report) Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Sackenreuther
6 March 1932 (1932-03-06) 8 FV Saarbrücken 0–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Saarbrücken, Germany
(Report) Stadium: Ludwigsparkstadion
Attendance: 3,500
13 March 1932 (1932-03-13) 9 SV Waldhof 2–3 Eintracht Frankfurt Mannheim, Germany
  • Weidinger   
(Report)
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Müller
20 March 1932 (1932-03-20) 10 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–1 Mainz 05
(Report)
  • Engel   2'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Engel
3 April 1932 (1932-04-03) 11 FSV Frankfurt 2–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Frankfurt, Germany
  • Knapp   4'
  • Sadtler   18'
(Report) Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Maul
10 April 1932 (1932-04-10) 12 Eintracht Frankfurt 3–1 VfL Neckarau Frankfurt, Germany
(Report)
  • Schmitt   44'
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Wacker
17 April 1932 (1932-04-17) 13 Wormatia Worms 5–3 Eintracht Frankfurt Worms
  • Winkler   15'  24'  
  • Müller  
(Report)
Stadium: Wormatia-Stadion
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Götzl
24 April 1932 (1932-04-24) 14 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–0 FK Pirmasens Frankfurt, Germany
(Report) Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Unverferth
Position Team Played Goals Points
01. Eintracht Frankfurt 14 29-20 20-08
02. FSV Frankfurt 14 31-17 19-09
03. Wormatia Worms 14 36-25 17-11
04. VfL Neckarau 14 28-26 16-12
05. FV Saarbrücken 14 28-34 12-16
06. FK Pirmasens 14 23-34 10-18
07. SV Waldhof 14 27-31 09-19
08. Mainz 05 14 20-35 09-19
Qualification for the 1932 German football championship round

South German Championship final match edit

1 May 1932 (1932-05-01) Eintracht Frankfurt 2–0 Bayern Munich Stuttgart, Germany
(Report) Stadium: Platz des VfB
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Glöckler

German Championship knockout stage edit

8 May 1932 (1932-05-08) Round of 16 Hindenburg Allenstein 0–6 Eintracht Frankfurt Königsberg, Germany
(Report)
Stadium: VfB-Platz
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Dawzinsky
22 May 1932 (1932-05-22) Quarter-final Eintracht Frankfurt 3–1 Tennis Borussia Berlin Frankfurt, Germany
(Report)
  • Handschuhmacher   41'
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Dondelinger
29 May 1932 (1932-05-29) Semi-final Eintracht Frankfurt 2–1 Schalke 04 Dresden, Germany
(Report)
Stadium: Stadion am Ostragehege des Dresdner SC
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Flachowski

Final edit

Bayern Munich2–0Eintracht Frankfurt
Report
Attendance: 55,000

Squad edit

Squad and statistics edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total League South German championship round All German championship round
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK    Pfister 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
GK   GER Ludwig Schmitt 35 0 20 0 11 0 4 0
DF   GER Willi Pfeiffer 21 1 14 1 7 0 0 0
DF   GER Franz Schütz 28 0 16 0 8 0 4 0
DF   GER Hans Stubb 24 1 9 0 11 0 4 1
MF   GER Rudolf Gramlich 33 2 17 2 12 0 4 0
MF   GER Bernhard Leis 37 3 19 1 14 2 4 0
MF   GER Hugo Mantel 21 0 8 0 9 0 4 0
MF   GER Franz Sobanski 8 0 1 0 6 0 1 0
FW   GER Heinz Berger 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
FW   SUI Walter Dietrich 36 8 19 2 13 4 4 2
FW   GER Karl Ehmer 38 55 19 34 15 14 4 7
FW   GER Walter Gerth 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
FW    Kampschmieder 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
FW   GER Bernhard Kellerhoff 30 5 18 5 12 0 0 0
FW   GER Joseph Kron 19 1 12 1 7 0 0 0
FW   GER August Möbs 35 28 19 22 12 6 4 0
FW   GER Fritz Schaller 31 13 18 8 10 4 3 1
FW   GER Theodor Trumpler 26 4 10 4 12 0 4 0

Transfers edit

Notes edit


See also edit

Sources edit

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

External links edit