1952–53 Eintracht Frankfurt season

Eintracht Frankfurt
1952–53 season
Chairman
Manager
Oberliga Süd	1st / Champions
DFB-Pokal / SFV-Pokal	Quarter-Final (SFV-Pokal)
Top goalscorer	League: (12); All: (13)
Highest home attendance	40,000 8 March 1953 v 1. FC Nürnberg (league)
Lowest home attendance	5,000 30 November 1952 v 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 (league)
Average home league attendance	16,400
	← 1953–54 →

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.

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[]

Legend[]

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Friendlies[]

2 August 1952 (1952-08-02)	Alemannia Aachen	4–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	show
	Derwall 2', 60' Willi Kraus 81', 86'	(Report)		Attendance: 7,000

3 August 1952 (1952-08-03)		0–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	showFrankfurt, West Germany
		(Report)	38' Mayer 88' (o.g.)	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Schmitt

9 August 1952 (1952-08-09)		2–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	showRheydt, West Germany
	Alexius 36', 56'	(Report)	10'	Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Palmer

10 August 1952 (1952-08-10)		3–6	Eintracht Frankfurt	showNeuwied, West Germany
	Wagenknecht 72' Fergen 78' Böhm 79'	(Report)	8' 70' 50' 61' Pfaff 66' (pen.)

13 August 1952 (1952-08-13)	Rödelheimer FC 02	0–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	showFrankfurt, West Germany
		(Report)	Pfaff 60' Schieth 89'	Stadium: Rebstöcker Weg

17 August 1952 (1952-08-17)	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–4	Egypt	showFrankfurt, West Germany
	Schieth 29'	(Report)	Elfar 33' Hamza 51' El-Hamouly 55', 88'	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Fink

5 October 1952 (1952-10-05)	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	TuS Neuendorf	showFrankfurt, West Germany
	29' 72'	(Report)	Gauchel 9'	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Bernbeck

9 November 1952 (1952-11-09)	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	Werder Bremen	showFrankfurt, West Germany
	15' (pen.) 29'	(Report)	Preuße 37'	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Kühn

19 December 1952 (1952-12-19)	Cairo Army XI	1–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	showCairo, Egypt
	del Din 42'	(Report)	Schieth 38' 40'	Attendance: 15,000

21 December 1952 (1952-12-21)	Alexandria XI	0–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	showEgypt
		(Report)	8' Pfaff 55'	Attendance: 15,000

26 December 1952 (1952-12-26)	Cairo XI	2–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	showCairo, Egypt
	Alea 28' Alfar 90' (pen.)	(Report)	31' Pfaff 38'	Attendance: 20,000

28 December 1952 (1952-12-28)	Port Said XI	0–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	showPort Said, Egypt
		(Report)

28 June 1953 (1953-06-28)	TuS Neuendorf	3–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	showKoblenz, West Germany
	Gauchel 19' Schmutzler 28' Boden 63'	(Report)	Weilbächer 13'	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Dietz

Oberliga[]

League fixtures and results[]

24 August 1952 (1952-08-24) 1	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–1	SpVgg Fürth	showFrankfurt, West Germany
	Schieth 8', 31' 60' 66'	(Report)	Mai 23'	Attendance: 12,000

31 August 1952 (1952-08-31) 2	Bayern Munich	3–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	showMunich, West Germany
	Bauer 19' Mayer 78' Seemann 85'	(Report)	58'	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Eberle

7 September 1952 (1952-09-07) 3	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–0	SV Waldhof	showFrankfurt, West Germany
	20' 28', 42'	(Report)		Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Loch

14 September 1952 (1952-09-14) 4	BC Augsburg	1–5	Eintracht Frankfurt	show
	Bachl 16'	(Report)	Müller 18' (o.g.) 60' Heilig 64' Schieth 68' 85'	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Reinhardt

21 September 1952 (1952-09-21) 5	Eintracht Frankfurt	5–3	TSG Ulm 1846	showFrankfurt, West Germany
	53', 68' Heilig 58' Pfaff 72', 87'	(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	showFrankfurt, West Germany
	Ruppel 60'	(Report)	13', 88' 86'	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Schmetzer

12 October 1952 (1952-10-12) 7	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–4	Viktoria Aschaffenburg	showFrankfurt, West Germany
	Pfaff 31', 33' 70' 87'	(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	showStuttgart, West Germany
	Schumacher 71'	(Report)	Heilig 43' 61'	Stadium: Kickers-Stadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Meißner

25 October 1952 (1952-10-25) 9	VfR Mannheim	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	showMannheim, West Germany
	Langlotz 51'	(Report)	78'	Stadium: Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Ruhmann

2 November 1952 (1952-11-02) 10	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	TSV 1860 München	showFrankfurt, West Germany
	87'	(Report)		Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Kühn

16 November 1952 (1952-11-16) 11	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	Kickers Offenbach	showFrankfurt, West Germany
14:30 CEST	34'	(Report)		Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Reinhardt

23 November 1952 (1952-11-23) 12	1. FC Nürnberg	2–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	showNuremberg, West Germany
	Morlock 15' Glomb 51'	(Report)	7' 85'	Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Schmetzer

30 November 1952 (1952-11-30) 13	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	1. FC Schweinfurt 05	showFrankfurt, West Germany
	Schieth 85'	(Report)	Burkhardt 73'	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Fiershauser

7 December 1952 (1952-12-07) 14	Karlsruher SC	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	showKarlsruhe, West Germany
	Beck 41'	(Report)	30'	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Meißner

31 December 1952 (1952-12-31) 15	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	VfB Stuttgart	showFrankfurt, West Germany
	19'	(Report)		Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Jakobi

4 January 1953 (1953-01-04) 16	SpVgg Fürth	3–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	show
	Schade 22', 44' Brenzke 73'	(Report)		Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Kühne

11 January 1953 (1953-01-11) 17	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	Bayern Munich	showFrankfurt, West Germany
	Pfaff 34' 57'	(Report)	Bauer 5'	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Stoll

18 January 1953 (1953-01-18) 18	SV Waldhof	5–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	show
	Gärtner 7' Lipponer 20' (pen.) Heim 27' Cornelius 45', 80'	(Report)	38' 88'	Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Meißner

25 January 1953 (1953-01-25) 19	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–1	BC Augsburg	showFrankfurt, West Germany
	Schieth 40' 80', 86'	(Report)	Biesinger 75'	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Tischler

1 February 1953 (1953-02-01) 20	TSG Ulm 1846	3–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	showUlm, West Germany
	Ruoff 35' Elzner 80', 82'	(Report)	Pfaff 57'	Stadium: Donaustadion Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Lehmann

8 February 1953 (1953-02-08) 21	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	FSV Frankfurt	showFrankfurt, West Germany
	29'	(Report)	Herrmann 24'	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Reinhardt

15 February 1953 (1953-02-15) 22	Viktoria Aschaffenburg	1–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	show
	Schmitt 90'	(Report)	Pfaff 40' (pen.) 61'	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Jakobi

22 February 1953 (1953-02-22) 23	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–1	Stuttgarter Kickers	showFrankfurt, West Germany
	Pfaff 39' Schieth 48', 75'	(Report)	Dreher 70'	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Winkler

1 March 1953 (1953-03-01) 24	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–0	VfR Mannheim	showFrankfurt, West Germany
	25', 43' 41', 58'	(Report)		Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Loch

8 March 1953 (1953-03-08) 25	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–0	1. FC Nürnberg	showFrankfurt, West Germany
	53', 68' Pfaff 79' 87'	(Report)		Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Baumgart

15 March 1953 (1953-03-15) 26	TSV 1860 München	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	showMunich, West Germany
	Mondschein 42'	(Report)	Heilig 80'	Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Reinhardt

29 March 1953 (1953-03-29) 27	Kickers Offenbach	2–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	showOffenbach, West Germany
	Kraus 43' Baas 62' (pen.)	(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	show
	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	showFrankfurt, West Germany
	Pfaff 2' Schieth 53', 75', 77'	(Report)	Kunkel 67'	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Kandelbinder

26 April 1953 (1953-04-26) 30	VfB Stuttgart	7–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	showStuttgart, West Germany
	Blessing 3' Krieger 7' Baitinger 8', 40', 50', 83' Waldner 37'	(Report)		Stadium: Neckarstadion Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Meißner

League table[]

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
(C)
(P)	Promoted from

Championship round[]

Pos	Team v t	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	showFrankfurt, West Germany
	1' 39'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Herden

10 May 1953 (1953-05-10) 2	Holstein Kiel	0–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	showKiel, West Germany
		(Report)	Schieth 87'	Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Ternieden

17 May 1953 (1953-05-17) 3	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	showFrankfurt, West Germany
15:00 CEST		(Report)	O Walter 64'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 68,000 Referee: Nettekoven

24 March 1953 (1953-03-24) 4	1. FC Kaiserslautern	5–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	showLudwigshafen, West Germany
	10', 18' O Walter 12', 19', 86'	(Report)	Wloka 89'	Stadium: Südweststadion Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Ternieden

31 May 1953 (1953-05-31) 5	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–1	Holstein Kiel	showFrankfurt, West Germany
	13', 57' Pfaff 65' 76'	(Report)	31'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Wershoven

7 June 1953 (1953-06-07) 6	1. FC Köln	0–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	showCologne, West Germany
		(Report)		Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Zimmermann

DFB-Pokal / SFV-Pokal[]

14 June 1953 (1953-06-14) Quarter-final	Stuttgarter Kickers	3–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	showStuttgart, West Germany
	Dreher	(Report)		Stadium: Kickers-Stadion Attendance: 5,000

Squad[]

Squad and statistics[]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total				Championship round		DFB-Pokal/SFV-Pokal
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK			36	0	30	0	6	0	0	0
	GK			1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF		Adolf Bechtold	37	0	30	0	6	0	1	0
	DF			20	1	17	1	2	0	1	0
	DF		Ernst Kudrass	35	0	28	0	6	0	1	0
	MF		Werner Heilig	36	4	30	4	6	0	0	0
	MF			1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF			3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
	MF			29	0	22	0	6	0	1	0
	MF		Hans Wloka	31	1	26	0	5	1	0	0
	FW			1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW			22	5	22	5	0	0	0	0
	FW			27	13	21	12	6	1	0	0
	FW			31	10	24	10	6	0	1	0
	FW			3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
	FW			17	6	10	3	6	3	1	0
	FW			13	5	12	5	0	0	1	0
	FW		Alfred Pfaff	33	11	27	10	6	1	0	0
	FW			2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Hubert Schieth	26	11	22	10	4	1	0	0
	FW			3	2	2	1	1	1	0	0

Transfers[]

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	FRG	(from Eintracht Frankfurt Academy)
—	FW	FRG	(from )
—	FW	FRG	(from Alemannia Aachen)
—	FW	FRG	(from Hamburger SV)
—	MF	FRG	(from Eintracht Frankfurt Academy)

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	FRG	(to Hanau 93)
—	FW	FRG	Alfred Kraus (retired)
—	MF	FRG	(to Alemannia Aachen)
—	FW	FRG	(to Göttingen 05)

Notes[]

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
1952–53 Oberliga Süd season at Fussballdaten.de (in German)