1953–54 Eintracht Frankfurt season

The 1953–54 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 54th season in the club's football history. In 1953–54 the club played in the Oberliga Süd, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 9th season in the Oberliga Süd.

Eintracht Frankfurt
1953–54 season
ChairmanAnton Keller
ManagerKurt Windmann
Oberliga Süd2nd / Eliminated in championship group 1
Top goalscorerLeague: Richard Kress (17)
All: Richard Kress (17)
Highest home attendance35,000 on three occasions (league)
Lowest home attendance6,000 30 November 1952 v BC Augsburg (league)
Average home league attendance17,733

The season ended up with Eintracht finishing in the Oberliga Süd as runners-up. In the German championship round the Eagles didn't qualify for the final match.

Matches

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendlies

1 August 1953 (1953-08-01) Maingau XI West Germany 1–6 West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Hochheim am Main, West Germany
  • Olbert 51'
Report
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Rossel
2 August 1953 (1953-08-02) Bayern Hof West Germany 2–2 West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
  • Hüttner 38'
  • Thielhorn 55'
Report
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Fiedler
16 August 1953 (1953-08-16) TSG Ulm 1846 West Germany 2–1 West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
  • Schoy 34'
  • Sick 72'
Report
  • Remlein 57'
Attendance: 2,800
Referee: Horn
11 October 1953 (1953-10-11) Schwarz-Weiß Essen West Germany 1–3 West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Essen, West Germany
  • Zaro 56'
Report
  • Kress 5', 51'
  • Dziwoki 47'
Stadium: Uhlenkrugstadion
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Heckel
11 April 1954 (1954-04-11) Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany 1–1 Brazil Flamengo Frankfurt, West Germany
  • Zezinho 60'
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Meißner
18 April 1954 (1954-04-18) Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany 2–1 Austria First Vienna Kirchhain, West Germany
Report
  • Groß 25'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Sparring
19 April 1954 (1954-04-19) Arminia Bielefeld / VfB Bielefeld XI West Germany 0–6 West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Paderborn, West Germany
Report
  • Remlein 36'
  • Höfer 38'
  • Reichert 50'
  • Kress 51', 62'
  • Gonschorek 68'
Attendance: 8,000
29 May 1954 (1954-05-29) FSV Frankfurt West Germany 0–3 West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Frankfurt, West Germany
Report
  • Reichert 17'
  • Dziwoki 40'
  • Bayer 87'
Stadium: Stadion am Bornheimer Hang
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Tschenscher
17 June 1954 (1954-06-17) FV Horas West Germany 2–8 West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany
  • Völler 19'
Report
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Wildfang
19 June 1954 (1954-06-19) ATS Kulmbach West Germany 0–5 West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Kulmbach, West Germany
Report
Attendance: 2,500
20 June 1954 (1954-06-20) TSV 04 Schwabach West Germany 2–3 West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Schwabach, West Germany
  • Dreyer
  • Trabinger
Report
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Strobel
26 June 1954 (1954-06-26) Freiburger FC West Germany 0–3 West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
Report
Referee: Hesse
27 June 1954 (1954-06-27) Homburg XI West Germany 2–7 West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Homburg, Saar Protectorate
  • Clemens
Attendance: 3,000
30 June 1954 (1954-06-30) SG Kelkheim West Germany 0–4 West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Kelkheim, West Germany
Report
  • Kress 11'
  • Kirchheim 49'
  • Ebeling (58)

Oberliga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 VfB Stuttgart 30 18 7 5 64 39 +25 43 Qualification to German championship
2 Eintracht Frankfurt 30 17 8 5 70 31 +39 42
3 Kickers Offenbach 30 16 9 5 70 38 +32 41
4 1. FC Nürnberg 30 15 8 7 71 44 +27 38
5 Karlsruher SC 30 14 7 9 61 53 +8 35
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points;

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
30 17 8 5 70 31  +39 42 12 2 1 43 11  +32 5 6 4 27 20  +7

Source: Bundesliga

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultDLWWWWWLWDWDWWDWDWWLLLWLWDWDDW
Position743222222221111111111212222222
Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League fixtures and results

9 August 1953 (1953-08-09) 1 Viktoria Aschaffenburg 2–2 Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany
  • Schultz 37', 45'
Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Schmetzer
23 August 1953 (1953-08-23) 2 Eintracht Frankfurt 4–1 SV Waldhof Frankfurt, West Germany
Report
  • Herbold 80'
Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Jakob
30 August 1953 (1953-08-30) 3 BC Augsburg 2–4 Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany
  • Schuller 13' (pen.)
  • Bachl 86'
Report
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Eisenmann
5 September 1953 (1953-09-05) 4 Eintracht Frankfurt 7–0 Stuttgarter Kickers Frankfurt, West Germany
Report Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Ruhmann
13 September 1953 (1953-09-13) 5 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–0 Hessen Kassel Frankfurt, West Germany
Report Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Heuß
19 September 1953 (1953-09-19) 6 FSV Frankfurt 0–6 Eintracht Frankfurt Frankfurt, West Germany
Stadium: Stadion am Bornheimer Hang
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Jakobi
27 September 1953 (1953-09-27) 7 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–1 Kickers Offenbach Frankfurt, West Germany
Report
Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Kandelbinder
4 October 1953 (1953-10-04) 8 VfB Stuttgart 1–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Stuttgart, West Germany
  • Baitinger 6'
Report Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena (Stuttgart)Neckarstadion
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Meißner
18 October 1953 (1953-10-18) 9 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–1 Karlsruher SC Frankfurt, West Germany
Report
  • Rau 69'
Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Albert
25 October 1953 (1953-10-25) 10 VfR Mannheim 2–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Mannheim, West Germany
Report
  • Langlotz 62', 68'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Ruhmann
1 November 1953 (1953-11-01) 11 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–1 SpVgg Fürth Frankfurt, West Germany
Report
  • Appis 81'
Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Schmelzer
8 November 1953 (1953-11-08) 12 Bayern Munich 0–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Munich, West Germany
Report Stadium: Grünwalder Stadion
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Tschenscher
15 November 1953 (1953-11-15) 13 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–0 Schweinfurt 05 Frankfurt, West Germany
Report Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Ketsch
29 November 1953 (1953-11-29) 14 1. FC Nürnberg 0–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Nuremberg, West Germany
Report
Stadium: Zabo
Attendance: 29,000
Referee: Jakobi
6 December 1953 (1953-12-06) 15 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–1 Jahn Regensburg West Germany
Report
  • Hubeny 56'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Krämer
19 December 1953 (1953-12-19) 16 Eintracht Frankfurt 3–0 Viktoria Aschaffenburg West Germany
Report Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Eberle
27 December 1953 (1953-12-27) 17 SV Waldhof 1–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Mannheim, West Germany
  • Rube 70'
Report
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Meißner
3 January 1954 (1954-01-03) 18 Eintracht Frankfurt 3–0 BC Augsburg Frankfurt, West Germany
  • Ebeling 15', 81'
  • Dziwoki 47'
Report Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Baumgartner
10 January 1954 (1954-01-10) 19 Stuttgarter Kickers 1–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Stuttgart, West Germany
  • Ritter 85'
Report
Stadium: Waldau-Stadion
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Handwerker
17 January 1954 (1954-01-17) 20 Hessen Kassel 1–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Kassel, West Germany
  • Dinger 60'
Report Stadium: Auestadion
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Dusch
24 January 1954 (1954-01-24) 21 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–2 FSV Frankfurt Frankfurt, West Germany
Report
  • Popović 16', 37'
Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Jakobi
31 January 1954 (1954-01-31) 22 Kickers Offenbach 2–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Offenbach, West Germany
  • Kircher 62'
  • Schreiner 70'
Report
Stadium: Stadion am Bieberer Berg
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Meißner
7 February 1954 (1954-02-07) 23 Eintracht Frankfurt 5–0 VfB Stuttgart Frankfurt, West Germany
Report Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Schmetzer
14 February 1954 (1954-02-14) 24 Karlsruher SC 5–2 Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany
  • Traub 5', 49'
  • Rastetter 51'
  • Kunkel 57', 89'
Report
  • Reichert 7'
  • Remlein 88' (pen.)
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Horn
21 February 1954 (1954-02-21) 25 Eintracht Frankfurt 4–2 VfR Mannheim Frankfurt, West Germany
Report
Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Ruhmann
27 February 1954 (1954-02-27) 26 SpVgg Fürth 1–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Fürth, West Germany
  • Engelhardt 87'
Report
Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Eisenmann
7 March 1954 (1954-03-07) 27 Eintracht Frankfurt 3–0 Bayern Munich Frankfurt, West Germany
  • Gonschorek 45', 62', 88'
Report Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Handwerker
14 March 1954 (1954-03-14) 28 Schweinfurt 05 2–2 Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany
  • Rath 33'
  • Geyer 64'
Report
  • Dziwoki 35', 48'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Jacobi
20 March 1954 (1954-03-20) 29 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–2 1. FC Nürnberg Frankfurt, West Germany
Report
  • Winterstein 43'
  • Herbolsheimer 69'
Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Freimuth
4 April 1954 (1954-04-04) 30 Jahn Regensburg 0–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Regensburg, West Germany
Report
Stadium: Jahnstadion
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Jakobi

Championship round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification FCK KOE SGE
1 1. FC Kaiserslautern 2 2 0 0 5 3 1.667 4 Advance to final 4–3 1–0
2 1. FC Köln 2 1 0 1 6 6 1.000 2 3–2
3 Eintracht Frankfurt 2 0 0 2 2 4 0.500 0
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio.
2 May 1954 (1954-05-02) 1 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Cologne, West Germany
Report Stadium: Müngersdorfer Stadion
Attendance: 47,000
Referee: Ternieden
8 May 1954 (1954-05-08) 2 1. FC Köln 3–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Ludwigshafen, West Germany
Report Stadium: Südweststadion
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Eix

Squad

Squad and statistics

No. Pos Nat Player TotalOberligaChampionship round
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK West Germany FRG Helmut Henig 31029020
GK West Germany FRG Alexander Rothuber 101000
DF West Germany FRG Adolf Bechtold 31029020
DF West Germany FRG Karlheinz Greiner 101000
DF West Germany FRG Hermann Hesse 101000
DF West Germany FRG Heinz Kaster 101000
DF West Germany FRG Ernst Kudrass 30028020
MF West Germany FRG Werner Heilig 31629521
MF West Germany FRG Kurt Krömmelbein 606000
MF West Germany FRG Alfons Remlein 29227220
MF West Germany FRG Hans Wloka 30128120
FW West Germany FRG Erich Dziwoki 3216301620
FW West Germany FRG Erich Ebeling 10210200
FW West Germany FRG Erich Geier 11211200
FW West Germany FRG Erich Gonschorek 434300
FW West Germany FRG Hermann Höfer 311120
FW West Germany FRG Richard Kress 3217301720
FW West Germany FRG Alfred Pfaff 30928920
FW West Germany FRG Friedel Reichert 616100
FW West Germany FRG Hans Weilbächer 321030921

Transfers

See also

Notes

    Sources

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