1927–28 Eintracht Frankfurt season

The 1927–28 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 28th season in the club's football history.

Eintracht Frankfurt
1927–28 season
ChairmanEgon Graf von Beroldingen
ManagerWalter Dietrich / Friedel Egly (player-managers until September 1927)
Gustav Wieser (signed October 1927)
Bezirksliga Main-Hessen (Main division)1st / Champions
South German Championship round2nd / Runners-Up
German Championship knockout stageRound of 16
Domestic cup competitionNot established yet
Top goalscorerLeague: Karl Ehmer (34)
All: Karl Ehmer (40)
Highest home attendance25,000 2 October 1927 v FSV Frankfurt (league)
Lowest home attendance2,000 11 December 1927 v VfR Offenbach (league)

In 1927–28 the club played in the Bezirksliga Main-Hessen, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 1st season in the Bezirksliga Main-Hessen. The league was founded with the clubs of the north-eastern part of the Bezirksliga Rheinhessen-Saar merging with those of the Bezirksliga Main (Main division).

The season ended up with Eintracht winning the Bezirksliga Main-Hessen (Main division). In the South German Championship round finished as runners-up but were eliminated in the round of 16 of the German Championship knockout stage.

Matches

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendlies
26 December 1927 (1927-12-26) Eintracht Frankfurt 6–0 Vienna Cricket and Football-ClubFrankfurt, Germany
  • Kellerhoff  30'
  • Schaller  38'
  • Dietrich  57'
  • Döpfer  65' (pen.)
  • Ehmer  70', 80'
 Report Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Uhrig
4 March 1928 (1928-03-04) Würzburger FV 2–2Eintracht FrankfurtWürzburg, Germany
 Report
  • Willner  (o.g.)
  • Döpfer
Stadium: Stadion an der Frankfurter Straße
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Maul
9 April 1928 (1928-04-09) Eintracht Frankfurt 2–2 Tennis Borussia BerlinGermany
 Report
  • Hoffmann
  • Raue
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Fritz
9 May 1928 (1928-05-09) Eintracht Frankfurt 1–2 West Ham UnitedFrankfurt, Germany
  • Kissinger
Report
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Weingärtner
12 May 1928 (1928-05-12) ABTS/Komet Bremen 1–6 Eintracht FrankfurtGermany
13 May 1928 (1928-05-13) Altona 93 2–4 Eintracht FrankfurtAltona, Germany
 Report
  • Kissinger
  • Schaller
  • Ehmer
17 May 1928 (1928-05-17) Eintracht Frankfurt 4–0 Modena FCFrankfurt, Germany
 Report Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Haseneier
2 June 1928 (1928-06-02) VfR Mannheim 1–1 Eintracht FrankfurtMannheim, Germany
  • Langenstein
Report
Referee: Albrecht
3 June 1928 (1928-06-03) SpVgg Griesheim 02 4–3 Eintracht FrankfurtGermany
10 June 1928 (1928-06-10) VfL Neu-Isenburg 0–5 Eintracht FrankfurtNeu-Isenburg, Germany
Report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Freiländer
24 June 1928 (1928-06-24) Rot-Weiss Frankfurt 1–4 Eintracht FrankfurtFrankfurt, Germany
 Report
Stadium: Platz an der Festhalle
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Herbst
30 June 1928 (1928-06-30) Hanauer FC 93 2–1 Eintracht FrankfurtHanau, Germany
 Report

Bezirksliga Main-Hessen (Main division)

League fixtures and results
31 July 1927 (1927-07-31) 1Eintracht Frankfurt2–0Kickers OffenbachGermany
  • Stamm  9'
  • Schaller  57'
 Report Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Klaiber
7 August 1927 (1927-08-07) 2SpVgg Fechenheim1–9Eintracht FrankfurtFechenheim, Germany
  • Kuntzig  55'
 Report
  • Ehmer  15', 68', 78'
  • Schaller  47', 60', 79'
  • Biehler  56', 77'
  • Döpfer  86'
 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Blendl
14 August 1927 (1927-08-14) 3Sport 1860 Hanau1–6Eintracht FrankfurtHanau, Germany
 Report
Attendance: 1,200
21 August 1927 (1927-08-21) 4Viktoria Aschaffenburg0–3Eintracht FrankfurtAschaffenburg, Germany
  • Heeg
Report
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Schmidt
27 August 1927 (1927-08-27) 5Eintracht Frankfurt5–1VfL Germania 1894Frankfurt, Germany
  • Stamm  14'
  • Döpfer  28'
  • Ehmer  39', 77'
  • Goldammer  88'
 Report
  • Meisinger  61'
 Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Freiländer
4 September 1927 (1927-09-04) 6Viktoria 94 Hanau1–3Eintracht FrankfurtHanau, Germany
  • Wilhelm
  • Schömber
  • Müller
Report
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Pulscher
11 September 1927 (1927-09-11) 7Eintracht Frankfurt3–0Hanauer FC 93Frankfurt, Germany
 Report
  • Rothard
Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Behr
18 September 1927 (1927-09-18) 8Eintracht Frankfurt2–1Rot-Weiss FrankfurtFrankfurt, Germany
 Report
  • Maier
Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Welte
25 September 1927 (1927-09-25) 9VfR Offenbach1–3Eintracht FrankfurtOffenbach, Germany
 Report
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Jünger
2 October 1927 (1927-10-02) 10Eintracht Frankfurt1–1FSV FrankfurtFrankfurt, Germany
 Report
  • Strehlke  40'
 Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Fritz
9 October 1927 (1927-10-09) 11Union Niederrad0–3Eintracht FrankfurtFrankfurt, Germany
Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Gimper
16 October 1927 (1927-10-16) 12Kickers Offenbach1–3Eintracht FrankfurtGermany
  •  pen.'
 Report
  • Kellerhoff  3'
  • Schaller  43'
  • Wigidahl  (o.g.)
 Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Bühler
23 October 1927 (1927-10-23) 13Eintracht Frankfurt5–1Union NiederradFrankfurt, Germany
 Report
  • Wissenbach
Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Uhl
30 October 1927 (1927-10-30) 14FSV Frankfurt0–2Eintracht FrankfurtFrankfurt, Germany
Report
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Maul
6 November 1927 (1927-11-06) 15Rot-Weiss Frankfurt1–0Eintracht FrankfurtFrankfurt, Germany
  • Jost  58'
 Report Stadium: Platz an der Festhalle
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Müller
13 November 1927 (1927-11-13) 16VfL Germania 18941–5Eintracht FrankfurtGermany
  • Vetter
Report
Attendance: 2,000
20 November 1927 (1927-11-20) 17Eintracht Frankfurt5–0Viktoria AschaffenburgFrankfurt, Germany
 Report Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Schuan
27 November 1927 (1927-11-27) 18Eintracht Frankfurt10–1SpVgg FechenheimFrankfurt, Germany
 Report
  • Sohl  10'
 Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Dröll
4 December 1927 (1927-12-04) 19Eintracht Frankfurt7–0Viktoria 94 HanauFrankfurt, Germany
 Report Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Lukassowitz
11 December 1927 (1927-12-11) 20Eintracht Frankfurt6–0VfR OffenbachGermany
 Report Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Müller
18 December 1927 (1927-12-18) 21Hanauer FC 931–4Eintracht FrankfurtGermany
  • Dorn
Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Becker
25 December 1927 (1927-12-25) 22Eintracht Frankfurt6–0Sport 1860 HanauGermany
  • Ehmer
  • Döpfer
  • Kellerhoff
Report Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Flügel

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Eintracht Frankfurt 22 20 1 1 93 13 +80 41 Qualification to Qualifier to the championship
2 FSV Frankfurt 22 17 2 3 87 25 +62 36
3 Rot-Weiss Frankfurt 22 13 4 5 53 29 +24 30
4 Union Niederrad 22 11 4 7 55 40 +15 26
5 Hanauer FC 93 22 10 2 10 48 46 +2 22
6 Viktoria Aschaffenburg 22 9 3 10 53 57 −4 21
7 Kickers Offenbach 22 7 6 9 32 42 −10 20
8 SpVgg Fechenheim 22 9 2 11 60 82 −22 20
9 Sport 1860 Hanau 22 7 3 12 41 80 −39 17
10 Viktoria 94 Hanau 22 4 4 14 37 74 −37 12
11 VfR Offenbach 22 3 4 15 29 81 −52 10 Relegation to the second tier
12 VfL Germania 1894 22 3 3 16 41 60 −19 9
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
22 20 1 1 93 13  +80 41 10 1 0 52 5  +47 10 0 1 41 8  +33

Source: Bundesliga

Results by round
Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
GroundHAAAHAHHAHAAHAAAHHHHAH
ResultWWWWWWWWWDWWWWLWWWWWWW
Position4111111111111111111111
Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

South German championship round
Main article: 1928 German football championship

League fixtures and results
1 January 1928 (1928-01-01) 1Eintracht Frankfurt0–2Bayern MunichFrankfurt, Germany
 Report
Attendance: 15,000
8 January 1928 (1928-01-08) 2Stuttgarter Kickers1–1Eintracht FrankfurtStuttgart, Germany
 Report
  • Kissinger  12'
 Stadium: Kickers-Platz
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Gröschel
15 January 1928 (1928-01-15) 3Eintracht Frankfurt4–1Karlsruher FVGermany
  • Döpfer
  • Goldammer
  • Schaller
  • Kübert
Report
  • Quasten
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Maul
5 February 1928 (1928-02-05) 4Eintracht Frankfurt5–1FV SaarbrückenFrankfurt, Germany
 Report
  • Schmidt
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Schliefer
12 February 1928 (1928-02-12) 5SV Waldhof2–7Eintracht FrankfurtGermany
  • Decker  20'
  • Brückl
Report
  • Kissinger  21'
  • Schaller
  • Dietrich
  • Döpfer
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Sackenreuther
19 February 1928 (1928-02-19) 6SpVgg Fürth1–2Eintracht FrankfurtFürth, Germany
  • Franz  59'
 Report
  • Kissinger  35'
  • Kellerhoff  56'
 Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Fritz
26 February 1928 (1928-02-26) 7Eintracht Frankfurt4–3Wormatia WormsFrankfurt, Germany
  • Kissinger  13'
  • Döpfer  18'
  • Schaller  58'
 Report
  • Müller  45' (pen.)
  • Wolf  59', 69'
 Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: List
11 March 1928 (1928-03-11) 8Bayern Munich2–2Eintracht FrankfurtMunich, Germany
 Report
  • Kissinger  5'
  • Schaller  7'
 Stadium: Stadion an der Grünwalderstraße
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Speidel
18 March 1928 (1928-03-18) 9Eintracht Frankfurt0–0Stuttgarter KickersFrankfurt, Germany
Report Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Maul
25 March 1928 (1928-03-25) 10Karlsruher FV1–2Eintracht FrankfurtKarlsruhe, Germany
  • Quasten
Report
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Fritz
1 April 1928 (1928-04-01) 11Eintracht Frankfurt2–3SpVgg FürthFrankfurt, Germany
  • Döpfer  46' pen.'
 Report
  • Frank  28'
  • Rupprecht  70'
 Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Müller
15 April 1928 (1928-04-15) 12Wormatia Worms0–1Eintracht FrankfurtGermany
Report
  • Schaller  47'
 Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Seelmacher
22 April 1928 (1928-04-22) 13FV Saarbrücken2–4Eintracht FrankfurtSaarbrücken, Germany
  • Komes  15'
  • Kraus
Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Bachmann
29 April 1928 (1928-04-29) 14Eintracht Frankfurt5–4SV WaldhofFrankfurt, Germany
 Report
  •  pen.'
  • Brückl
  • Skutlarek
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Schmitt

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Bayern Munich 14 10 4 0 41 17 +24 24 Qualification to Qualifier to the championship
2 Eintracht Frankfurt 14 9 3 2 39 23 +16 21
3 SpVgg Fürth 14 8 4 2 37 15 +22 20
4 Karlsruher FV 14 5 2 7 34 29 +5 12
5 Stuttgarter Kickers 14 3 5 6 25 30 −5 11
6 Wormatia Worms 14 4 3 7 28 37 −9 11
7 SV Waldhof 14 3 3 8 33 42 −9 9
8 FV Saarbrücken 14 2 0 12 19 63 −44 4
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
14 9 3 2 39 23  +16 21 4 1 2 19 12  +7 5 2 0 20 11  +9

Source: Bundesliga

Results by round
Round1234567891011121314
GroundHAHHAAHAHAHAAH
ResultLDWWWWWDDWLWWW
Position86344222223222
Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

German championship knockout stage
Main article: 1928 German football championship

League fixtures and results
8 July 1928 (1928-07-08) Round of 16SpVgg Sülz 073–1Eintracht FrankfurtCologne, Germany
 Report
Stadium: Müngersdorfer Stadion
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Schulz

Squad

Squad and statistics
No. Pos Nat Player TotalBezirksligaSouth German Championship roundGerman Championship knockout stage
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Willy Trump 37022014010
DF Friedel Egly 2302201000
DF Rudi Kirchheim 1400013010
DF Franz Schütz 36122014100
MF Hans Bechtold 10001000
MF Bruno Goldammer 33320212110
MF Fritz Kübert 35122012110
MF Fritz Mauruschat[note 1] 1100010010
MF James Müller 2612114010
FW Karl Biehler 12120000
FW Walter Dietrich 3619211414510
FW Karl Döpfer 3322191514700
FW Karl Ehmer 294022346511
FW Kaufmann 61610000
FW Bernhard Kellerhoff 331019813210
FW H Kissinger 1480013810
FW Fritz Schaller 3223191412910
FW Heinrich Stamm 62521000
FW Georg Stroh 10100000

Transfers

See also

Notes
  1. Originally, the family name was Maurischat. By mistake a registrar in Berlin registered the name as "Mauruschat". When marrying in Frankfurt it would have taken too much time to correct the typing error and therefore Fritz formally kept the name Mauruschat

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