1937–38 Eintracht Frankfurt season

The 1937–38 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 38th season in the club's football history.

Eintracht Frankfurt

1937–38 season
Chairman	Hans Söhngen
Manager	Paul Oßwald
Gauliga Südwest/Mainhessen	1st / Champions
German Championship round	2nd / Runners-Up
Tschammerpokal	1st Round
Top goalscorer	League: Albert Wirsching (25) All: Albert Wirsching (30)
Highest home attendance	18,000 3 October 1937 v FSV Frankfurt (league)
Lowest home attendance	2,000 30 January 1938 v 1. FC Kaiserslautern (league)

In 1937–38 the club played in the Gauliga Südwest/Mainhessen, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 5th season in the Gauliga Südwest/Mainhessen. The season ended up with Eintracht finishing as champions in the Gauliga Südwest/Mainhessen. In the German Championship round finished as runners-up.

Matches

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendlies

Schwaben Augsburg v Eintracht Frankfurt

15 August 1937 (1937-08-15)	Schwaben Augsburg	3–4	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany
		Report

Schweinfurt 05 v Eintracht Frankfurt

22 August 1937 (1937-08-22)	Schweinfurt 05	2–4	Eintracht Frankfurt	Schweinfurt, Germany
		Report		Attendance: 5,000

Eintracht Frankfurt v Fortuna Düsseldorf

5 September 1937 (1937-09-05) Inauguration match for the new Riederwaldstadion stand	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–5	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Frankfurt, Germany
	Arheilger 50'	Report	Schubart 5' Zwolanowski Kobierski	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 10,000

SpVgg Leipzig v Eintracht Frankfurt

10 October 1937 (1937-10-10)	SpVgg Leipzig	4–6	Eintracht Frankfurt	Leipzig, Germany
	Klus	Report

Eintracht Braunschweig v Eintracht Frankfurt

14 November 1937 (1937-11-14)	Eintracht Braunschweig	3–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany
	Ender	Report	A Schmitt 60'	Referee: Meyer

SpVgg Fürth v Eintracht Frankfurt

21 November 1937 (1937-11-21)	SpVgg Fürth	3–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Fürth, Germany
	Fiederer 14', 88' Popp 76'	Report	Feix 13' (o.g.) Wirsching 21', 78'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Reichel

FSV Frankfurt v Eintracht Frankfurt

28 November 1937 (1937-11-28)	FSV Frankfurt	0–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany
		Report	Arheilger Ehmer

SA-Gruppe Westmark v Eintracht Frankfurt

5 December 1937 (1937-12-05)	SA-Gruppe Westmark	3–7	Eintracht Frankfurt	Koblenz, Germany
		Report	A Schmitt Wirsching Arheilger Linken

Eintracht Frankfurt v BSG IG Farben

6 March 1938 (1938-03-06)	Eintracht Frankfurt	6–0	BSG IG Farben	Frankfurt, Germany
	Ehmer 19', 57' Arheilger 29' Möbs 47' S Hemmerich	Report		Stadium: Riederwaldstadion

Eintracht Frankfurt v Union Niederrad

7 April 1938 (1938-04-07)	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–1	Union Niederrad	Frankfurt, Germany
	Möbs 75' Röll	Report	Seibert 40' (pen.)	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 1,500

Berliner SV 92 v Eintracht Frankfurt

17 April 1938 (1938-04-17)	Berliner SV 92	4–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Berlin, Germany
	Ballendat Hewerer Kurzke	Report		Stadium: Poststadion Attendance: 8,000

Hertha BSC v Eintracht Frankfurt

18 April 1938 (1938-04-18)	Hertha BSC	4–5	Eintracht Frankfurt	Berlin, Germany
	Schulz 6' Dreher Schneider	Report	A Schmitt 20', 35' Wirsching Linken	Stadium: Sportplatz am Gesundbrunnen Attendance: 8,000

Eintracht Frankfurt v 1. FC Pforzheim

19 June 1938 (1938-06-19)	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	1. FC Pforzheim	Frankfurt, Germany
	Wirsching Arheilger	Report	Wenz 83'	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 1,000

Eintracht Frankfurt v Hertha BSC

4 June 1938 (1938-06-04)	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–2	Hertha BSC	Frankfurt, Germany
	A Schmitt Wirsching	Report	Schulze Wilhelm	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 2,000

Hannover 96 v Eintracht Frankfurt

12 June 1938 (1938-06-12)	Hannover 96	4–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Hanover, Germany
	Meng Malecki	Report	A Schmitt pen.'

1. FC Pforzheim v Eintracht Frankfurt

19 June 1938 (1938-06-19)	1. FC Pforzheim	4–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Pforzheim, Germany
	Rau 35' (pen.) Ehmer o.g.' Fischer	Report	Wirsching

Gauliga Südwest/Mainhessen

Main article: 1937–38 Gauliga Gauliga Südwest/Mainhessen

League fixtures and results

FK Pirmasens v Eintracht Frankfurt

12 September 1937 (1937-09-12) 1	FK Pirmasens	1–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Pirmasens, Germany
	Wagner 16'	Report	A Schmitt pen.' S Hemmerich 76'	Referee: Dinger

Eintracht Frankfurt v Kickers Offenbach

19 September 1937 (1937-09-19) 2	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	Kickers Offenbach	Germany
	Wirsching 84'	Report		Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Becker

Opel Rüsselsheim v Eintracht Frankfurt

26 September 1937 (1937-09-26) 3	Opel Rüsselsheim	0–4	Eintracht Frankfurt	Rüsselsheim, Germany
		Report	Wirsching A Schmitt Röll	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Walter

Eintracht Frankfurt v FSV Frankfurt

3 October 1937 (1937-10-03) 4	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–2	FSV Frankfurt	Frankfurt, Germany
	Wirsching 11', 35'	Report	Schuchardt 35' Armbruster 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Hermann

Eintracht Frankfurt v Wormatia Worms

17 October 1937 (1937-10-17) 5	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–0	Wormatia Worms	Frankfurt, Germany
	Wirsching Heyl	Report		Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Unversehrt

SV Wiesbaden v Eintracht Frankfurt

24 October 1937 (1937-10-24) 6	SV Wiesbaden	0–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Wiesbaden, Germany
		Report	Wirsching 60'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Welsch

Eintracht Frankfurt v Borussia Neunkirchen

7 November 1937 (1937-11-07) 7	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	Borussia Neunkirchen	Frankfurt, Germany
	Wirsching 51'	Report	Fuhrmann 11'	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Heß

Eintracht Frankfurt v FV Saarbrücken

12 December 1937 (1937-12-12) 8	Eintracht Frankfurt	5–3	FV Saarbrücken	Frankfurt, Germany
	Arheilger Linken A Schmitt Röll Wirsching	Report	Resch Sold pen.'	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Unverfehrt

Eintracht Frankfurt v FK Pirmasens

19 December 1937 (1937-12-19) 9	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–0	FK Pirmasens	Frankfurt, Germany
	Arheilger Wirsching	Report		Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Bühler

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Eintracht Frankfurt

26 December 1937 (1937-12-26) 10	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Kaiserslautern, Germany
	Brill	Report	Arheilger 5' Wirsching Gramlich	Stadium: Betzenberg Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Becker

Kickers Offenbach v Eintracht Frankfurt

2 January 1938 (1938-01-02) 11	Kickers Offenbach	4–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bieber, Germany
	Staab 60', 69', 80' Simon 87'	Report	Röll 16' A Schmitt 41'	Stadium: Stadion am Bieberer Berg Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Heß

FSV Frankfurt v Eintracht Frankfurt

16 January 1938 (1938-01-16) 12	FSV Frankfurt	2–6	Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt, Germany
	Schuchardt 12' Armbruster Heldmann	Report	Röll 88' Wirsching 65', 78' Arheilger 79', 81'	Stadium: Stadion am Bornheimer Hang Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Flächsenhar

Eintracht Frankfurt v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

30 January 1938 (1938-01-30) 13	Eintracht Frankfurt	7–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Frankfurt, Germany
	Wirsching 14' 77' Linken 29' Röll A Schmitt 82' (pen.) Arheilger 89'	Report	Maier 40'	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Walter

Wormatia Worms v Eintracht Frankfurt

6 February 1938 (1938-02-06) 14	Wormatia Worms	2–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Worms, Germany
	Eckert 35' Busam 61'	Report		Stadium: Wormatia-Stadion Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Weingärtner

Eintracht Frankfurt v SV Wiesbaden

13 February 1938 (1938-02-13) 15	Eintracht Frankfurt	5–2	SV Wiesbaden	Frankfurt, Germany
	Arheilger Röll 84' Wirsching 47'	Report	Schulmeyer 39' Fuchs pen.'	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Best

Eintracht Frankfurt v Opel Rüsselsheim

13 March 1938 (1938-03-13) 16	Eintracht Frankfurt	8–1	Opel Rüsselsheim	Frankfurt, Germany
	Röll 4' 42' Linken 10' Wirsching 35' 62' Arheilger	Report	Herberich	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Multer

Borussia Neunkirchen v Eintracht Frankfurt

20 March 1938 (1938-03-20) 17	Borussia Neunkirchen	3–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Neunkirchen, Germany
	Petri 40' Kiefer 52' Leibenguth 61'	Report		Stadium: Ellenfeld Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Groß

FV Saarbrücken v Eintracht Frankfurt

27 March 1938 (1938-03-27) 18	FV Saarbrücken	2–4	Eintracht Frankfurt	Saarbrücken, Germany
	Benzmüller 4', 63'	Report	Wirsching 31', 88' Linken 41', 83'	Stadium: Ludwigsparkstadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Hermann

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Eintracht Frankfurt	18	13	2	3	58	25	+33	28	Qualification to Qualifier to the championship
2	Borussia Neunkirchen	18	11	5	2	40	19	+21	27
3	Wormatia Worms	18	9	4	5	41	32	+9	22
4	Kickers Offenbach	18	8	5	5	47	27	+20	21
5	FSV Frankfurt	18	7	3	8	33	33	0	17
6	FK Pirmasens	18	6	4	8	27	28	−1	16
7	SV Wiesbaden	18	6	4	8	30	37	−7	16
8	FV Saarbrücken	18	5	2	11	33	48	−15	12
9	1. FC Kaiserslautern	18	3	6	9	24	49	−25	12	Relegation to the second tier
10	Opel Rüsselsheim	18	2	5	11	16	51	−35	9

Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
18	13	2	3	58	25	+33	28	7	2	0	36	10	+26	6	0	3	22	15	+7

Source: Bundesliga

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A
Result	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	W
Position	3	3	1	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1

Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

German championship round (Group 1)

Main article: 1938 German football championship

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification		HSV	SGE	SSC	YBI
1	Hamburger SV	6	5	0	1	21	5	4.200	10	Advance to semi-finals		—	5–0	2–0	3–1
2	Eintracht Frankfurt	6	5	0	1	24	13	1.846	10			3–2	—	5–0	5–0
3	Stettiner SC	6	2	0	4	12	18	0.667	4			1–3	5–6	—	1–0
4	Yorck Boyen Insterburg	6	0	0	6	4	25	0.160	0			0–6	1–5	2–5	—

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio.

Yorck Boyen Insterburg v Eintracht Frankfurt

3 April 1938 (1938-04-03) 1	Yorck Boyen Insterburg	1–5	Eintracht Frankfurt	Insterburg, Germany
	Schulz 29'	Report	A Schmitt 17', 47', 50' Wirsching 36' Groß 75'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Peters

Stettiner SC v Eintracht Frankfurt

15 April 1938 (1938-04-15) 2	Stettiner SC	5–6	Eintracht Frankfurt	Stettin, Germany
	Bonsack 27' Schmoll 50' Palinski 65', 73' Liedtke 67'	Report	A Schmitt 7', 62' Röll 43', 56' Wirsching 54' Linken 60'	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Jaehnichen

Hamburger SV v Eintracht Frankfurt

24 April 1938 (1938-04-24) 3	Hamburger SV	5–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Hamburg, Germany
	Carstens 10', 41' F Dörfel 36' Noack 47' Höffmann	Report		Stadium: Stadion Hoheluft Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Broden

Eintracht Frankfurt v Stettiner SC

30 April 1938 (1938-04-30) 4	Eintracht Frankfurt	5–0	Stettiner SC	Frankfurt, Germany
	A Schmitt 12', 71' (pen.) Röll 47', 69' Arheilger 75'	Report		Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Pfeiffer

Eintracht Frankfurt v Yorck Boyen Insterburg

8 May 1938 (1938-05-08) 5	Eintracht Frankfurt	5–0	Yorck Boyen Insterburg	Frankfurt, Germany
	Möbs 29' Linken Arheilger 36' Wirsching 49', 61'	Report		Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Markert

Eintracht Frankfurt v Hamburger SV

22 May 1938 (1938-05-22) 6	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–2	Hamburger SV	Frankfurt, Germany
	Röll 4' Wirsching 69' A Schmitt 85'	Report	Carstens 16' Höffmann 66'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Stöckmann

Tschammerpokal

Main article: 1937 Tschammerpokal

SpVgg Sülz 07 v Eintracht Frankfurt

29 August 1937 (1937-08-29) 1st Round	SpVgg Sülz 07	2–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Cologne, Germany
	Siegfried 4' Schmaus 21'	Report		Stadium: Müngersdorfer Stadion Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Schwarz

Squad

Squad and statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Gauliga		German Championship round		Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	[[|Germany]]	Fritz Gorka	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		Alois Peutler	15	0	11	0	4	0	0	0
	GK	[[|Germany]]	Ludwig Schmitt	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
	DF	[[|Germany]]	Karl Ehmer	9	1	7	0	1	1	1	0
	DF	[[|Germany]]	Friedrich Groß	21	1	14	0	6	1	1	0
	DF	[[|Germany]]	Hans Stubb	19	0	15	0	4	0	0	0
	MF	[[|Germany]]	Karl Becker	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	[[|Germany]]	Gottfried Fürbeth	21	0	18	0	2	0	1	0
	MF	[[|Germany]]	Rudolf Gramlich	22	1	17	1	4	0	1	0
	MF	[[|Germany]]	Hermann Lindemann	24	0	18	0	6	0	0	0
	MF	[[|Germany]]	Walter Zipp	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
	FW		Emil Arheilger	17	14	11	11	6	3	0	0
	FW		Willi Grein	6	0	5	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	[[|Germany]]	Anton Hemmerich	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	[[|Germany]]	Stefan Hemmerich	6	1	5	1	0	0	1	0
	FW	[[|Germany]]	Georg Heyl	5	1	4	1	0	0	1	0
	FW		Franz Knapp	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	[[|Germany]]	Fritz Linken	17	4	11	3	6	1	0	0
	FW	[[|Germany]]	August Möbs	6	1	1	0	5	1	0	0
	FW	[[|Germany]]	Karl Röll	22	16	17	11	5	5	0	0
	FW	[[|Germany]]	Adam Schmitt	24	12	18	5	5	7	1	0
	FW	[[|Germany]]	Albert Wirsching	25	30	18	25	6	5	1	0

Transfers

In:

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW		Emil Arheilger (from Darmstadt)
—	MF	[[|Germany]]	Karl Becker (from Eintracht Frankfurt reserves)
—	FW	[[|Germany]]	Fritz Linken (from unknown)
—	GK	[[|Germany]]	Alois Peutler (from unknown)

Out:

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW		Bisswurm (to unknown)
—	FW		Walter Mechling (to unknown)
—	MF		Paul Hermann (to Swabia)
—	FW	[[|Germany]]	Karl Lanz (to SV 1920 Groß-Karben)
—	FW	[[|Germany]]	Karl Monz (to unknown)

See also

• 1938 German football championship

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 (in German)