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

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendlies
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)
  • Dokter  38'
  • Dziwoki
  • Mayer  88' (o.g.)
 Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Schmitt
9 August 1952 (1952-08-09) Rheydter SpV 2–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Rheydt, West Germany
  • Alexius  36', 56'
 (Report)
  • Ebeling  10'
 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)
  • Jänisch  8' 70'
  • Dokter  50'
  • Ebeling  61'
  • Pfaff  66' (pen.)
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
  • Hesse  29'
  • Ebeling  72'
 (Report)
Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Bernbeck
9 November 1952 (1952-11-09) Eintracht Frankfurt 2–1 Werder Bremen Frankfurt, West Germany
  • Ebeling  15' (pen.)
  • Dziwoki  29'
 (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)
  • Ebeling  31'
  • Pfaff  38'
 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
Main article: 1952–53 Oberliga

League fixtures and results
24 August 1952 (1952-08-24) 1 Eintracht Frankfurt 4–1 SpVgg Fürth Frankfurt, West Germany
  • Schieth  8', 31'
  • Ebeling  60'
  • Dziwoki  66'
 (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)
  • Jänisch  58'
 Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Eberle
7 September 1952 (1952-09-07) 3 Eintracht Frankfurt 3–0 SV Waldhof Frankfurt, West Germany
  • Dokter  20'
  • Dziwoki  28', 42'
 (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)
  • Dziwoki  13', 88'
  • Dokter  86'
 Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Schmetzer
12 October 1952 (1952-10-12) 7 Eintracht Frankfurt 4–4 Viktoria Aschaffenburg Frankfurt, West Germany
  • Pfaff  31', 33'
  • Dziwoki  70'
  • Ebeling  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 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)
  • Dziwoki  78'
 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
  • Dokter  87'
 (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
  • Hesse  34'
 (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)
  • Hesse  7'
  • Dziwoki  85'
 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)
  • Dziwoki  30'
 Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Meißner
31 December 1952 (1952-12-31) 15 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–0 VfB Stuttgart Frankfurt, West Germany
  • Ebeling  19'
 (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
  • Pfaff  34'
  • Jänisch  57'
 (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)
  • Ebeling  38'
  • Schwan  88'
 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
  • Jänisch  29'
 (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
  • Jänisch  25', 43'
  • Ebeling  41', 58'
 (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
  • Ebeling  53', 68'
  • Pfaff  79'
  • Dziwoki  87'
 (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
PositionTeamPlayedGoalsPoints
01.Eintracht Frankfurt3062-4939-21
02.VfB Stuttgart (C)3069-3338-22
03.SpVgg Fürth3065-4535-25
04.Karlsruher SC3068-5234-26
05.1. FC Schweinfurt 053040-5132-28
06.Kickers Offenbach3061-5330-30
07.FC Bayern Munich3059:5630:30
08.1. FC Nürnberg3067-6129-31
09.SV Waldhof3056-6229-31
10.BC Augsburg (P)3059-6128-32
11.FSV Frankfurt3038-4428-32
12.Viktoria Aschaffenburg3059-7428-32
13.VfR Mannheim3046-5927-33
14.Stuttgarter Kickers3065-6926-34
15.TSV 1860 München3046-5824-36
16.TSG Ulm 1846 (P)3041-7421-39
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
Main article: 1953 German football championship
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
  • Dziwoki  1'
  • Hesse  39'
 (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
  • Wenzel  10', 18'
  • O Walter  12', 19', 86'
 (Report)
Stadium: Südweststadion
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Ternieden
31 May 1953 (1953-05-31) 5 Eintracht Frankfurt 4–1 Holstein Kiel Frankfurt, West Germany
  • Hesse  13', 57'
  • Pfaff  65'
  • Schwan  76'
 (Report)
  • Maier  31'
 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
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

Squad and statistics
No. Pos Nat Player TotalOberligaChampionship roundDFB-Pokal/SFV-Pokal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Helmut Henig 3603006000
GK Alexander Rothuber 10000010
DF Adolf Bechtold 3703006010
DF Heinz Kaster 2011712010
DF Ernst Kudrass 3502806010
MF Werner Heilig 3643046000
MF Klaus Jäckel 10000010
MF Karlheinz Kirchheim 30200010
MF Kurt Krömmelbein 2902206010
MF Hans Wloka 3112605100
FW Horst Bayer 10000010
FW Heinz Dokter 2252250000
FW Erich Dziwoki 271321126100
FW Erich Ebeling 311024106010
FW Erich Geier 30300000
FW Hermann Hesse 1761036310
FW Joachim Jänisch 1351250010
FW Alfred Pfaff 331127106100
FW Friedel Reichert 20200000
FW Hubert Schieth 261122104100
FW Egon Schwan 32211100

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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