1920–21 Eintracht Frankfurt season

Eintracht Frankfurt
1920–21 season
Chairman
Manager	Unknown
	1st / Eliminated in the South German championship round (Northern section)
South German Cup	1st Round
Top goalscorer	League: Péter Szabó (8); All: Paul Imke and ; Péter Szabó (9)
	← 1921–22 →

The 1920–21 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 21st season in the club's football history. It was the first full season under the name Eintracht after merging of Frankfurter FV and the gymnastics club Frankfurter Turngemeinde von 1861.

In the club played in the Kreisliga Nordmain, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 2nd season in the Kreisliga Nordmain.

The season ended up with Eintracht winning Kreisliga Nordmain for the second time in a row. In the northern section of the South German championship group Eintracht didn't qualify for the championship knockout stage.

Matches[]

Legend[]

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Friendlies[]

1 August 1920 (1920-08-01)	Kickers Offenbach	2–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	showGermany
		Report	Imke

11 August 1920

Eintracht Frankfurt

0–0

Helvetia Frankfurt

Germany

15 August 1920 (1920-08-15)	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1		showGermany

21 August 1920 (1920-08-21)		0–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	showGermany

22 August 1920 (1920-08-22)		1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	showGermany

29 August 1920 (1920-08-29)	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	FV Neu-Isenburg	showGermany

1 September 1920 (1920-09-01) Sportplatz an der Rossegerstraße farewell match	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	Malmö FF	showFrankfurt, Germany
		Report		Stadium: Sportplatz an der Rossegerstraße Attendance: 5,000

5 September 1920 (1920-09-05) Riederwaldstadion inauguration match	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	Freiburger FC	showFrankfurt, Germany
				Stadium: Riederwaldstadion

25 December 1920 (1920-12-25)	1. FC Pforzheim	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	showPforzheim, Germany
	Kreß	Report	Szabó 18'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Köhler

26 December 1920 (1920-12-26)	Sportfreunde Stuttgart	2–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	showGermany

1 January 1921 (1921-01-01)	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	Nordstern Basel	showGermany

25 March 1921 (1921-03-25)	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–2	Kölner BC 01	showGermany

28 March 1921 (1921-03-28)	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–1		showGermany

1 May 1921 (1921-05-01)	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–1	Phönix Karlsruhe	showGermany

7 May 1921 (1921-05-07)	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	Borussia Neunkirchen	showFrankfurt, Germany
		Report		Referee: Rettelbach
Note: Tournament to celebrate the 60 years anniversary of the gymnastics section of Eintracht Frankfurt

8 May 1921 (1921-05-08)	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–6	Wacker München	showFrankfurt, Germany
	Köster	Report
Note: Tournament to celebrate the 60 years anniversary of the gymnastics section of Eintracht Frankfurt

13 May 1921 (1921-05-13)	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	Blauw-Wit Amsterdam	showGermany
	Imke	Report		Referee: Ter Horst

Kreisliga Nordmain[]

League fixtures and results[]

12 September 1920 (1920-09-12) 1		0–4	Eintracht Frankfurt	showGermany

19 September 1920 (1920-09-19) 2	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–1	VfL Germania 1894	showFrankfurt, Germany
				Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 8,000

26 September 1920 (1920-09-26) Since Helvetia's player Wunderlich was capped for the international match Germany v Austria in Vienna the league match was played as a friendly and rescheduled for 20 February 1921.	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	Helvetia Frankfurt	showGermany
				Attendance: 5,000

3 October 1920 (1920-10-03) 3	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	Viktoria Aschaffenburg	showGermany
				Attendance: 5,000

10 October 1920 (1920-10-10) 4	VfR 01 Frankfurt	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	showGermany

17 October 1920 (1920-10-17) 5	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0		showGermany

24 October 1920 (1920-10-24) 6	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	FSV Frankfurt	showGermany

31 October 1920 (1920-10-31) 7		1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	showGermany

7 November 1920 (1920-11-07) 8	Hanauer FC 93	1–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	showGermany

14 November 1920 (1920-11-14) 9	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–1	Viktoria 94 Hanau	showGermany

5 December 1920 (1920-12-05) 10	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	showRückingen, Germany
			Referee: Meier
Note: Match abandoned after 75 minutes when home supporters invaded the pitch after a sending-off. The match was valued 2-0 in favour for Eintracht Frankfurt in an armchair decision.

12 December 1920 (1920-12-12) 11	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1		showGermany

19 December 1920 (1920-12-19) 12	Helvetia Frankfurt	2–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	showGermany

2 January 1921 (1921-01-02) 13	Viktoria Aschaffenburg	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	showGermany

9 January 1921 (1921-01-09) 14	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–0	VfR 01 Frankfurt	showGermany

16 January 1921 (1921-01-16) 15	VfL Germania 1894	5–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	showFrankfurt, Germany
	Schnürle 15' 60' Schneider	Report		Stadium: Sportplatz Sandhöfer Wiesen Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Brenner

23 January 1921 (1921-01-23) 16	FSV Frankfurt	0–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	showGermany
		Report	Imke	Referee: Albrecht

30 January 1921 (1921-01-30) 17	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–1		showGermany
	Imke	Report	Schildger	Referee: Rettelbach

6 February 1921 (1921-02-06) 18	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	Hanauer FC 93	showGermany
		Report		Referee: Werner

13 February 1921 (1921-02-13) 19	Viktoria 94 Hanau	0–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	showGermany
		Report		Referee: Witte

20 February 1921 (1921-02-20) 20	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	Helvetia Frankfurt	showFrankfurt, Germany
	Köster	Report	Maier 40'	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Brucker

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Eintracht Frankfurt	20	12	5	3	31	18	+13	29	Qualification to South German championship
2	VfL Germania 1894	20	11	6	3	46	20	+26	28
3	Viktoria Aschaffenburg	20	10	4	6	30	22	+8	24
4	VfR 01 Frankfurt	20	10	4	6	29	24	+5	24
5	Helvetia Frankfurt	20	8	6	6	24	20	+4	22
6	Viktoria 94 Hanau	20	9	3	8	29	27	+2	21
7		20	6	4	10	22	27	−5	16
8	FSV Frankfurt	20	4	8	8	20	26	−6	16
9	Hanauer FC 93	20	5	5	10	28	32	−4	15
10		20	6	3	11	24	30	−6	15
11		20	3	4	13	12	49	−37	10

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
20	12	5	3	31	18	+13	29	7	2	1	17	6	+11	5	3	2	14	12	+2

Source: Bundesliga

Results by round[]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	L	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	D
Position	3	2	5	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1

Source:^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

South German championship round (Northern section)[]

Fixtures and results[]

6 March 1921 (1921-03-06) 1	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–0	SV Waldhof	showFrankfurt, Germany
15:00 CEST	J Köster Szabó 50'	Report		Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Rossi

20 March 1921 (1921-03-20) 2	1. FC Nürnberg	7–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	showNürnberg, Germany
	Bös	Report	Imke	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Tusch

3 April 1921 (1921-04-03) 3	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–0	Kickers Offenbach	showFrankfurt, Germany
	1' Imke J Köster	Report		Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Rettelbach

10 April 1921 (1921-04-10) 4	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–1	1. FC Nürnberg	showFrankfurt, Germany
		Report	Popp	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Niederberger

17 April 1921 (1921-04-17) 5	SV Waldhof	2–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	showGermany
	Höger	Report		Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Dämmermann

24 April 1921 (1921-04-24) 6	Kickers Offenbach	3–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	showGermany
		Report		Referee: Albrecht

Table[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1. FC Nürnberg	6	5	1	0	20	4	+16	11
SV Waldhof	6	3	1	2	11	9	+2	7
Eintracht Frankfurt	6	2	0	4	10	13	−3	4
Kickers Offenbach	6	1	0	5	6	21	−15	2

Source:^{[citation needed]}

South German Cup DFB-Pokal / SFV-Pokal[]

21 February 1921 (1921-02-21) 1st Round		3–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	showMühlheim, Germany
	Spahn 30' Müller 55' Lotz			Stadium: Sportplatz an der Roten Warte Referee: Bachmann
Note: Since the first team played the replay match v Helvetia Frankfurt, Eintracht played the cup match with the reserve team

Squad[]

Squad and statistics[]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		^{[note 1]}		South German Championship round
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Wilhelm Gmelin	11	0	5	0	6	0
	GK			15	0	15	0	0	0
	DF			21	0	16	0	5	0
	DF		Willi Pfeiffer	21	0	15	0	6	0
	MF		Fritz Becker	5	0	5	0	0	0
	MF			22	2	16	2	6	0
	MF			1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF			19	0	13	0	6	0
	FW			15	0	9	0	6	0
	FW			22	2	16	1	6	1
	FW			3	0	2	0	1	0
	FW			11	3	7	1	4	2
	FW		Paul Imke	17	9	11	7	6	2
	FW		J Köster	17	3	12	1	5	2
	FW			14	2	13	2	1	0
	FW			8	7	6	5	2	2
	FW		Péter Szabó	21	9	15	8	6	1

Transfers[]

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	GER	(from unknown)
—	FW	GER	(from unknown)
—	FW	GER	(from Eintracht Frankfurt II)
—	FW	GER	J Köster (from Hannover 96)
—	GK	GER	(from FSV Frankfurt)
—	FW	HUN	Péter Szabó (from 1. FC Nürnberg)

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	GER	(to unknown)
—	FW	GER	(to unknown)

Notes[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Eintracht's league records lack of 4 goals and 43 appearances

Sources[]

Matheja, Ulrich (2011). Unsere Eintracht - Eintracht Frankfurt - Die Chronik. . 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)

[Unsufficient_records-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Eintracht's league records lack of 4 goals and 43 appearances

[note 1]