1952–53 Eintracht Frankfurt season

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.

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

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 edit

Legend edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendlies edit

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

Oberliga edit

League fixtures and results edit

24 August 1952 (1952-08-24) 1 Eintracht Frankfurt 4–1 SpVgg Fürth Frankfurt, West Germany
(Report)
Attendance: 12,000
31 August 1952 (1952-08-31) 2 Bayern Munich 3–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Munich, West Germany
  • Bauer   19'
  • Mayer   78'
  • Seemann   85'
(Report)
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Eberle
7 September 1952 (1952-09-07) 3 Eintracht Frankfurt 3–0 SV Waldhof Frankfurt, West Germany
(Report) Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Loch
14 September 1952 (1952-09-14) 4 BC Augsburg 1–5 Eintracht Frankfurt
  • Bachl   16'
(Report)
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Reinhardt
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
28 September 1952 (1952-09-28) 6 FSV Frankfurt 1–3 Eintracht Frankfurt Frankfurt, West Germany
  • Ruppel   60'
(Report)
Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Schmetzer
12 October 1952 (1952-10-12) 7 Eintracht Frankfurt 4–4 Viktoria Aschaffenburg Frankfurt, West Germany
(Report)
  • Schiele   14'
  • Budion   32'
  • Staab   45'
  • Jekat   65'
Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Jakobi
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
25 October 1952 (1952-10-25) 9 VfR Mannheim 1–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Mannheim, West Germany
  • Langlotz   51'
(Report)
Stadium: Stadion an den Brauereien
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Ruhmann
2 November 1952 (1952-11-02) 10 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–0 TSV 1860 München Frankfurt, West Germany
(Report) Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Kühn
16 November 1952 (1952-11-16) 11 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–0 Kickers Offenbach Frankfurt, West Germany
14:30 CEST
(Report) Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Reinhardt
23 November 1952 (1952-11-23) 12 1. FC Nürnberg 2–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Nuremberg, West Germany
(Report)
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Schmetzer
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
7 December 1952 (1952-12-07) 14 Karlsruher SC 1–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Karlsruhe, West Germany
(Report)
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Meißner
31 December 1952 (1952-12-31) 15 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–0 VfB Stuttgart Frankfurt, West Germany
(Report) Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Jakobi
4 January 1953 (1953-01-04) 16 SpVgg Fürth 3–0 Eintracht Frankfurt
  • Schade   22', 44'
  • Brenzke   73'
(Report) Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Kühne
11 January 1953 (1953-01-11) 17 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–1 Bayern Munich Frankfurt, West Germany
(Report)
Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Stoll
18 January 1953 (1953-01-18) 18 SV Waldhof 5–2 Eintracht Frankfurt
  • Gärtner   7'
  • Lipponer   20' (pen.)
  • Heim   27'
  • Cornelius   45', 80'
(Report)
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Meißner
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
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
8 February 1953 (1953-02-08) 21 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–1 FSV Frankfurt Frankfurt, West Germany
(Report)
Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Reinhardt
15 February 1953 (1953-02-15) 22 Viktoria Aschaffenburg 1–2 Eintracht Frankfurt
  • Schmitt   90'
(Report)
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Jakobi
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
1 March 1953 (1953-03-01) 24 Eintracht Frankfurt 4–0 VfR Mannheim Frankfurt, West Germany
(Report) Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Loch
8 March 1953 (1953-03-08) 25 Eintracht Frankfurt 4–0 1. FC Nürnberg Frankfurt, West Germany
(Report) Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Baumgart
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
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
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
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
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 edit

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 edit

Pos Team 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.
3 May 1953 (1953-05-03) 1 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–0 1. FC Köln Frankfurt, West Germany
(Report) Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Herden
10 May 1953 (1953-05-10) 2 Holstein Kiel 0–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Kiel, West Germany
(Report)
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Ternieden
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
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
31 May 1953 (1953-05-31) 5 Eintracht Frankfurt 4–1 Holstein Kiel Frankfurt, West Germany
(Report)
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Wershoven
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 edit

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 edit

Squad and statistics edit

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

Transfers edit

See also edit

Notes edit

Sources edit

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

External links edit