1959–60 Eintracht Frankfurt season

The 1959–60 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 60th season in the club's football history. In 1959–60 the club played in the Oberliga Süd, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 15th season in the Oberliga Süd.

Eintracht Frankfurt
1959–60 season
ChairmanRudolf Gramlich
ManagerPaul Oßwald
Oberliga Süd3rd
DFB-Pokal / SFV-PokalFinal (58–59)[a]
DFB-Pokal / SFV-PokalSemi-final[b]
European CupRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague: Stein (24)
All: Stein (43)
Highest home attendance38,000 27 December 1959 v Karlsruher SC (league)
Lowest home attendance3,500 5 December 1959 v SSV Reutlingen 05 (league)
Average home league attendance14,467

Matches edit

Legend edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendlies edit

4 August 1959 (1959-08-04) Moldova Kishinev   5–1   Eintracht Frankfurt Kishinev, Soviet Union
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(Report)
9 August 1959 (1959-08-09) Admiral Leningrad   2–3   Eintracht Frankfurt Leningrad, Soviet Union
  • Kislov  
  • Chapovizki  
(Report)
Attendance: 30,000
6 August 1959 (1959-08-06) Helsinki XI   0–2   Eintracht Frankfurt Helsinki, Finland
(Report)
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
19 August 1959 (1959-08-19) Eintracht Frankfurt   1–0   Fortuna Düsseldorf Korbach, West Germany
(Report) Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Böttcher
8 September 1959 (1959-09-08) Eintracht Frankfurt   5–1   Standard Liège Frankfurt, Germany
20:00 CEST
(Report)
  • Piters   76'
Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Dietrich
3 October 1959 (1959-10-03) Servette FC   2–3   Eintracht Frankfurt Geneva, Switzerland
(Report)
Stadium: Stade des Charmilles
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Domeniconi
7 October 1959 (1959-10-07) TuS Neuendorf   4–4   Eintracht Frankfurt Koblenz, West Germany
  • Klein   27'
  • Weiand   39', 89'
  • Stupp   82'
(Report)
Stadium: Stadion Oberwerth
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Dietz
11 May 1960 (1960-05-11) Eintracht Frankfurt   4–0   RC Strasbourg Frankfurt, West Germany
20:00 CEST
(Report) Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Eisemann
28 May 1960 (1960-05-28) FC St. Pauli   3–2   Eintracht Frankfurt Hamburg, West Germany
  • Krüger   20'
  • Haecks   75'
  • Krafczyk   89'
(Report)
Stadium: Volksparkstadion
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Sturm
4 June 1960 (1960-06-04) ARA La Gantoise   2–2   Eintracht Frankfurt
  • Willems   38'
  • Goyvaerts   62'
(Report)
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Willems
14 June 1960 (1960-06-14) Eintracht Frankfurt   2–4   Santos FC Frankfurt, West Germany
20:00 CEST Stein   22', 24' (Report)
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Handwerker
18 June 1960 (1960-06-18) Sportfreunde Herdorf   2–6   Eintracht Frankfurt Herdorf, West Germany
  • Krämer   5'
  • Grünebach   25'
(Report)
Attendance: 7,000
19 June 1960 (1960-06-19) Hamborn 07   3–5   Eintracht Frankfurt
  • Carel   71'
  • Rinas   73'
  • Poll   80'
(Report)
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Plänker

Oberliga edit

League fixtures and results edit

22 August 1959 (1959-08-22) 1 Eintracht Frankfurt 5–3 SpVgg Fürth Frankfurt, Germany
17:30 CEST
(Report)
  • Stumptner   22'
  • Landleiter   24'
  • Appis   51'
Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Fritz
30 August 1959 (1959-08-30) 2 VfB Stuttgart 2–3 Eintracht Frankfurt Stuttgart, West Germany
(Report)
Stadium: Neckarstadion
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Meißner
13 September 1959 (1959-09-13) 3 TSV 1860 München 4–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Munich, West Germany
  • Feigenspan   21', 48'
  • Kölbl   44'
  • Fallisch   49'
(Report)
Stadium: Grünwalder Stadion
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Fierhauser
19 September 1959 (1959-09-19) 4 Eintracht Frankfurt 11–0 Bayern Hof Frankfurt, Germany
17:30 CEST
(Report) Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Klein
27 September 1959 (1959-09-27) 5 FSV Frankfurt 2–4 Eintracht Frankfurt Frankfurt, West Germany
15:00 CEST Hofmann   15', 87' (Report) Stein   19', 49', 54', 74' Stadium: Stadion am Bornheimer Hang
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Rodenhausen
11 October 1959 (1959-10-11) 6 Eintracht Frankfurt 6–2 Stuttgarter Kickers Frankfurt, Germany
15:00 CEST
(Report)
  • Lettl   21'
  • Hanek   46'
Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Ott
18 October 1959 (1959-10-18) 7 1. FC Nürnberg 3–3 Eintracht Frankfurt Nuremberg, West Germany
  • Strehl   34'
  • Schweinberger   48'
  • Dirrigl   51'
(Report)
Stadium: Sportpark Zerzabelshof
Attendance: 47,000
Referee: Jakobi
25 October 1959 (1959-10-25) 8 Eintracht Frankfurt 0–2 FC Bayern Munich Frankfurt, West Germany
15:00 CEST (Report)
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Kreitlein
1 November 1959 (1959-11-01) 9 Kickers Offenbach 2–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Offenbach, West Germany
14:30 CEST
(Report)
Stadium: Bieberer Berg
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Handwerker
15 November 1959 (1959-11-15) 10 Eintracht Frankfurt 5–0 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 Frankfurt, West Germany
15:00 CEST
(Report) Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Scheffer
21 November 1959 (1959-11-21) 11 VfR Mannheim 1–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Mannheim, West Germany
14:30 CEST Hoffmann   25' (Report)
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Eckel
28 November 1959 (1959-11-28) 12 Eintracht Frankfurt 3–2 Viktoria Aschaffenburg Frankfurt, West Germany
14:30 CEST
(Report)
  • Wille   52'
  • Buchwalter   67'
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Treiber
5 December 1959 (1959-12-05) 13 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–2 SSV Reutlingen 05 Frankfurt, West Germany
14:30 CEST
(Report)
  • Sattler   28'
  • Gernhardt   61'
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Riegg
13 December 1959 (1959-12-13) 14 TSG Ulm 1846 0–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Ulm, West Germany
(Report)
Stadium: Donaustadion
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Meißner
27 December 1959 (1959-12-27) 15 Eintracht Frankfurt 4–1 Karlsruher SC Frankfurt, West Germany
14:00 CEST
  • Stinka   26'
  • Solz   40'
  • Dieter Lindner   49', 68'
(Report)
  • Wischnowski   58'
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Fischer
3 January 1960 (1960-01-03) 16 SpVgg Fürth 4–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Fürth, West Germany
14:30 CEST
  • Gettinger   56'
  • Gottinger   65'
  • Heidner   70'
  • Schmidt   84'
(Report) Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Jedele
9 January 1960 (1960-01-09) 17 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–4 VfB Stuttgart Frankfurt, West Germany
14:30 CEST
(Report)
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Meißner
17 January 1960 (1960-01-17) 18 Karlsruher SC 2–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Karlsruhe, West Germany
(Report)
Stadium: Wildparkstadion
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Dusch
24 January 1960 (1960-01-24) 19 Eintracht Frankfurt 3–2 TSV 1860 München Frankfurt, Germany
  • Kölbl   16'
  • Lihl   78'
Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Deuschel
31 January 1960 (1960-01-31) 20 Bayern Hof 1–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Hof, West Germany
14:30 CEST
  • Horn   81'
(Report) Stadium: Stadion Grüne Au
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Handwerker
7 February 1960 (1960-02-07) 21 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–1 FSV Frankfurt Frankfurt, Germany
14:30 CEST
(Report)
  • Hofmann   37'
Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Eisemann
14 February 1960 (1960-02-14) 22 Stuttgarter Kickers 0–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Stuttgart, West Germany
14:30 CEST (Report)
Stadium: Neckarstadion
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Kandelbinder
21 February 1960 (1960-02-21) 23 Eintracht Frankfurt 3–1 1. FC Nürnberg Frankfurt, Germany
14:30 CEST
(Report)
  • Albrecht   81'
Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Jakobi
6 March 1960 (1960-03-06) 24 FC Bayern Munich 3–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Munich, West Germany
16:30 CEST
  • Sieber   32'
  • Grosser   37'
  • Huber   61'
(Report) Stadium: Grünwalder Stadion
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Deuschel
13 March 1960 (1960-03-13) 25 Eintracht Frankfurt 3–2 Kickers Offenbach Frankfurt, Germany
15:00 CEST
(Report)
Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Ott
27 March 1960 (1960-03-27) 26 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 4–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Schweinfurt, West Germany
  • Wendrich   17'
  • Schweighöfer   27' (76)
  • Grübert   39'
(Report)
Stadium: Willy-Sachs-Stadion
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Hubbuch
3 April 1960 (1960-04-03) 27 Eintracht Frankfurt 4–0 VfR Mannheim Frankfurt, Germany
15:00 CEST
(Report) Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Scheuring
9 April 1960 (1960-04-09) 28 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–1 TSG Ulm 1846 Frankfurt, Germany
17:00 CEST
(Report)
  • Ruoff   28'
Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Reil
24 April 1960 (1960-04-24) 29 Viktoria Aschaffenburg 4–4 Eintracht Frankfurt Aschaffenburg
  • Hitzel   29'
  • Wille   49'
  • Buchwalter   54'
  • Kreuz   73'
(Report)
Stadium: Stadion am Schönbusch
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Kreitlein
30 April 1960 (1960-04-30) 30 SSV Reutlingen 05 2–3 Eintracht Frankfurt Schwenningen, West Germany
  • Dulz   17'
  • Sattler   47'
(Report)
Stadium: Gustav-Strom-Stadion
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Scheffler

League table edit

Position Team Played Goals Points
01. Karlsruher SC 30 78-39 45-15
02. Kickers Offenbach 30 75-45 39-21
03. Eintracht Frankfurt (C) 30 81-57 37-23
04. TSV 1860 München 30 65-56 35-25
05. FC Bayern Munich 30 81-55 34-26[c]
06. 1. FC Nürnberg 30 73-54 34-26
07. VfB Stuttgart 30 66-57 33-27
08. SSV Reutlingen 05 30 55-57 31-29
09. FSV Frankfurt 30 59-53 28-32
10. VfR Mannheim 30 55-52 27-33
11. SpVgg Fürth 30 48:59 26:34
12. 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 30 48-64 25-35
13. Bayern Hof (P) 30 45-84 25-35
14. TSG Ulm 1846 30 39-64 21-39
15. Viktoria Aschaffenburg 30 43-73 21-39
16. Stuttgarter Kickers (P) 30 38-80 15-45
Participation at the 1960 German football championship round
Participation at the qualification to the 1960 German football championship round
Relegated to 1960–61 2. Oberliga Süd
(C) 1958–59 Oberliga Süd champions
(P) Promoted from 1958–59 2. Oberliga Süd

DFB-Pokal / SFV-Pokal edit

1958–59 edit

[a]

25 July 1959 (1959-07-25) Quarter-finals Kickers Offenbach 1–3 Eintracht Frankfurt Frankfurt, West Germany
18:00 CEST
(Report)
Stadium: Waldstadion[d]
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Jakobi
1 August 1959 (1959-08-01) Semi-finals VfB Stuttgart 2–2 (a.e.t.) Eintracht Frankfurt Stuttgart, West Germany
  • Weise   30'
  • Blessing   43'
(Report)
Stadium: Neckarstadion
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Handwerker
16 August 1959 (1959-08-16) Semi-finals Eintracht Frankfurt 5–0 VfB Stuttgart Frankfurt, West Germany
15:00 CEST
(Report) Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Hubbuch
6 September 1959 (1959-09-06) Final VfR Mannheim 1–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Karlsruhe, West Germany
(Report) Stadium: Wildparkstadion
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Kandlbinder

1959–60 edit

[b]

19 December 1959 (1959-12-19) 1st Round Rödelheimer FC 0–8 Eintracht Frankfurt
(Report)
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Wenzel
28 February 1960 (1960-02-28) 2nd Round SV Darmstadt 98 2–3 Eintracht Frankfurt
  • Mühlbach   20'
  • Ley   78'
(Report)
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Rosenhausen
20 March 1960 (1960-03-20) 3rd Round Freiburger FC 2–3 Eintracht Frankfurt
  • Lebefromm   7'
  • Burgert   16'
(Report)
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Fischer
24 May 1960 (1960-05-24) Quarter-finals Eintracht Frankfurt[e] 4–1 SpVgg Fürth Frankfurt, Germany
(Report)
  • Schneider   57'
Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 7,000
11 June 1960 (1960-06-11) Semi-finals Eintracht Frankfurt 4–2 FSV Frankfurt Frankfurt, West Germany
(Report)
  • Straub   37'
  • Niebel   66' (pen.)
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Meißner

European Cup edit

3 September 1959 (1959-09-03) Preliminary round Eintracht Frankfurt   (w/o)[f]   KuPS
8 September 1959 (1959-09-08) Preliminary round KuPS   (w/o)   Eintracht Frankfurt
4 November 1959 (1959-11-04) 2nd Round BSC Young Boys   1–4   Eintracht Frankfurt Bern, Switzerland
(Report)
Stadium: Wankdorfstadion
Attendance: 33,322
Referee: Zariquiegui
25 November 1959 (1959-11-25) 2nd Round Eintracht Frankfurt   1–1   BSC Young Boys Frankfurt, West Germany
20:00
(Report)
  • Schneider   89'
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 30,800
Referee: Pérez
3 March 1960 (1960-03-03) Quarter-finals Eintracht Frankfurt   2–1   Wiener Sport-Club Frankfurt, West Germany
20:00 CEST
(Report)
  • Skerlan   48'
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 32,867
Referee: Quinard
16 March 1960 (1960-03-16) Quarter-finals Wiener Sport-Club   1–1   Eintracht Frankfurt Vienna, Austria
(Report)
Stadium: Praterstadion
Attendance: 47,423
Referee: Huber
13 April 1960 (1960-04-13) Semi-finals Eintracht Frankfurt   6–1   Rangers Frankfurt, West Germany
20:00 CEST
(Report)
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 75,069
Referee: Lindberg
5 May 1960 (1960-05-05) Semi-finals Rangers   3–6   Eintracht Frankfurt Glasgow, Scotland
19:30 WET
(Report)
Stadium: Ibrox Park
Attendance: 68,578
Referee: Lööw

Final match edit

Real Madrid  7–3  Eintracht Frankfurt
Report
Attendance: 127,621
Referee: Jack Mowat (Scotland)
 
 
 
 
 
Real Madrid
 
 
 
 
 
 
Eintracht Frankfurt
GK 1   Rogelio Domínguez
RB 2   Marquitos
LB 3   Pachín
RH 4   José María Vidal
CB 5  [g] José Santamaría
LH 6   José María Zárraga (c)
OR 7   Canário
IR 8   Luis del Sol
CF 9  [h] Alfredo Di Stéfano
IL 10   Ferenc Puskás
OL 11   Paco Gento
Manager:
  Miguel Muñoz
 
GK 1   Egon Loy
RB 2   Friedel Lutz
LB 3   Hermann Höfer
RH 4   Hans Weilbächer (c)
CB 5   Hans-Walter Eigenbrodt
LH 6   Dieter Stinka
OR 7   Richard Kress
IR 8   Dieter Lindner
CF 9   Erwin Stein
IL 10   Alfred Pfaff
OL 11   Erich Meier
Manager:
  Paul Oßwald

Squad edit

Squad and statistics edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total Oberliga DFB-Pokal/SFV-Pokal European Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   FRG Hans-Günter Kirchhof 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 0
GK   FRG Egon Loy 42 0 27 0 8 0 7 0
DF   FRG Hans-Walter Eigenbrodt 25 0 15 0 6 0 4 0
DF   FRG Hermann Höfer 36 0 22 0 7 0 7 0
DF   FRG Fritz Kübert 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
DF   FRG Eberhard Schymik 30 1 21 1 5 0 4 0
MF   FRG Adolf Bechtold 14 0 11 0 2 0 1 0
MF   FRG Willi Herbert 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
MF   FRG Friedel Lutz 42 0 28 0 8 0 6 0
MF   FRG Severin Sorger 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
MF   FRG Dieter Stinka 42 2 28 1 7 0 7 1
MF   FRG Hans Weilbächer 44 5 29 3 8 1 7 1
FW   FRG Erich Bäumler 25 16 19 10 4 4 2 2
FW   FRG Richard Kress 39 14 24 7 9 5 6 2
FW   FRG Dieter Lindner 44 21 29 16 8 1 7 4
FW   FRG Erich Meier 26 10 14 4 6 2 6 4
FW   FRG Alfred Pfaff 40 20 25 12 8 4 7 4
FW   FRG Wolfgang Solz 11 4 9 3 2 1 0 0
FW   FRG Erwin Stein 37 43 24 24 7 14 6 5
FW   HUN István Sztáni 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Transfers edit

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b The 1958–59 cup competition was continued in the 1959-60 season due to the club's participation in the 1959 championship round.
  2. ^ a b The 1959–60 cup competition was continued in the 1960-61 season due to the club's participation in the 1960 European Cup final.
  3. ^ Due to a violation against the contract regulations Bayern were punished with a 4 point deduction. The deducation is considered in this table.
  4. ^ The match was moved to the Waldstadion due to safety reasons.
  5. ^ Eintracht bought Fürth's right to play at home for 16,000 DM.
  6. ^ Initially, Kuopion Palloseura planned to move their home match to Schwenningen, West Germany, to generate more income. That plan was rejected by UEFA, so KuPS withdrew and Eintracht Frankfurt walkover.
  7. ^ Although Santamaría had amassed 20 caps for his native Uruguay from 1952 to 1957, he had been representing Spain in international play since 1958.[1]
  8. ^ Di Stéfano, a native Argentine, had represented both Argentina and Colombia earlier in his international career; however, he became a naturalised citizen of Spain in 1956, and began playing for the Spanish national team in 1957.[2][3]

References edit

  1. ^ "Los 11 jugadores nacidos fuera de España con más partidos". 5 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Los 11 jugadores nacidos fuera de España con más partidos". 5 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Alfredo di Stéfano: A god of the stadium | Inside UEFA". 7 July 2014.

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