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 1–6 Eintracht FrankfurtHochheim am Main, West Germany
  • Olbert  51'
 Report
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Rossel
2 August 1953 (1953-08-02) Bayern Hof 2–2 Eintracht Frankfurt
  • Hüttner  38'
  • Thielhorn  55'
 Report
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Fiedler
16 August 1953 (1953-08-16) TSG Ulm 1846 2–1 Eintracht Frankfurt
  • Schoy  34'
  • Sick  72'
 Report
  • Remlein  57'
 Attendance: 2,800
Referee: Horn
11 October 1953 (1953-10-11) Schwarz-Weiß Essen 1–3 Eintracht FrankfurtEssen, 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 1–1 FlamengoFrankfurt, West Germany
  • Zezinho  60'
 Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Meißner
18 April 1954 (1954-04-18) Eintracht Frankfurt 2–1 First ViennaKirchhain, West Germany
 Report
  • Groß  25'
 Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Sparring
19 April 1954 (1954-04-19) Arminia Bielefeld / VfB Bielefeld XI 0–6 Eintracht FrankfurtPaderborn, 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 0–3 Eintracht FrankfurtFrankfurt, 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 2–8 Eintracht FrankfurtWest Germany
  • Völler  19'
 Report
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Wildfang
19 June 1954 (1954-06-19) ATS Kulmbach 0–5 Eintracht FrankfurtKulmbach, West Germany
Report
Attendance: 2,500
20 June 1954 (1954-06-20) TSV 04 Schwabach 2–3 Eintracht FrankfurtSchwabach, West Germany
  • Dreyer
  • Trabinger
 Report
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Strobel
26 June 1954 (1954-06-26) Freiburger FC 0–3 Eintracht Frankfurt
Report
Referee: Hesse
27 June 1954 (1954-06-27) Homburg XI 2–7 Eintracht FrankfurtHomburg, Saar Protectorate
  • Clemens
Attendance: 3,000
30 June 1954 (1954-06-30) SG Kelkheim 0–4 Eintracht FrankfurtKelkheim, West Germany
Report
  • Kress  11'
  • Kirchheim  49'
  • Ebeling  (58)

Oberliga
Main article: 1953–54 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) 1Viktoria Aschaffenburg2–2Eintracht FrankfurtWest Germany
  • Schultz  37', 45'
 Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Schmetzer
23 August 1953 (1953-08-23) 2Eintracht Frankfurt4–1SV WaldhofFrankfurt, West Germany
 Report
  • Herbold  80'
 Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Jakob
30 August 1953 (1953-08-30) 3BC Augsburg2–4Eintracht FrankfurtWest Germany
  • Schuller  13' (pen.)
  • Bachl  86'
 Report
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Eisenmann
5 September 1953 (1953-09-05) 4Eintracht Frankfurt7–0Stuttgarter KickersFrankfurt, West Germany
 Report Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Ruhmann
13 September 1953 (1953-09-13) 5Eintracht Frankfurt2–0Hessen KasselFrankfurt, West Germany
 Report Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Heuß
19 September 1953 (1953-09-19) 6FSV Frankfurt0–6Eintracht FrankfurtFrankfurt, West Germany
 Stadium: Stadion am Bornheimer Hang
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Jakobi
27 September 1953 (1953-09-27) 7Eintracht Frankfurt2–1Kickers OffenbachFrankfurt, West Germany
 Report
Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Kandelbinder
4 October 1953 (1953-10-04) 8VfB Stuttgart1–0Eintracht FrankfurtStuttgart, West Germany
  • Baitinger  6'
 Report Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena (Stuttgart)Neckarstadion
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Meißner
18 October 1953 (1953-10-18) 9Eintracht Frankfurt2–1Karlsruher SCFrankfurt, West Germany
 Report
  • Rau  69'
 Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Albert
25 October 1953 (1953-10-25) 10VfR Mannheim2–2Eintracht FrankfurtMannheim, West Germany
 Report
  • Langlotz  62', 68'
 Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Ruhmann
1 November 1953 (1953-11-01) 11Eintracht Frankfurt2–1SpVgg FürthFrankfurt, West Germany
  • Dziwoki  54'
  • Kress  73'
 Report
  • Appis  81'
 Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Schmelzer
8 November 1953 (1953-11-08) 12Bayern Munich0–0Eintracht FrankfurtMunich, West Germany
Report Stadium: Grünwalder Stadion
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Tschenscher
15 November 1953 (1953-11-15) 13Eintracht Frankfurt2–0Schweinfurt 05Frankfurt, West Germany
 Report Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Ketsch
29 November 1953 (1953-11-29) 141. FC Nürnberg0–2Eintracht FrankfurtNuremberg, West Germany
Report
  • Kress  44'
  • Dziwoki  47'
 Stadium: Zabo
Attendance: 29,000
Referee: Jakobi
6 December 1953 (1953-12-06) 15Eintracht Frankfurt1–1Jahn RegensburgWest Germany
 Report
  • Hubeny  56'
 Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Krämer
19 December 1953 (1953-12-19) 16Eintracht Frankfurt3–0Viktoria AschaffenburgWest Germany
 Report Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Eberle
27 December 1953 (1953-12-27) 17SV Waldhof1–1Eintracht FrankfurtMannheim, West Germany
  • Rube  70'
 Report
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Meißner
3 January 1954 (1954-01-03) 18Eintracht Frankfurt3–0BC AugsburgFrankfurt, West Germany
  • Ebeling  15', 81'
  • Dziwoki  47'
 Report Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Baumgartner
10 January 1954 (1954-01-10) 19Stuttgarter Kickers1–2Eintracht FrankfurtStuttgart, West Germany
  • Ritter  85'
 Report
Stadium: Waldau-Stadion
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Handwerker
17 January 1954 (1954-01-17) 20Hessen Kassel1–0Eintracht FrankfurtKassel, West Germany
  • Dinger  60'
 Report Stadium: Auestadion
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Dusch
24 January 1954 (1954-01-24) 21Eintracht Frankfurt1–2FSV FrankfurtFrankfurt, West Germany
 Report
  • Popović  16', 37'
 Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Jakobi
31 January 1954 (1954-01-31) 22Kickers Offenbach2–1Eintracht FrankfurtOffenbach, West Germany
  • Kircher  62'
  • Schreiner  70'
 Report
Stadium: Stadion am Bieberer Berg
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Meißner
7 February 1954 (1954-02-07) 23Eintracht Frankfurt5–0VfB StuttgartFrankfurt, West Germany
 Report Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Schmetzer
14 February 1954 (1954-02-14) 24Karlsruher SC5–2Eintracht FrankfurtWest 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) 25Eintracht Frankfurt4–2VfR MannheimFrankfurt, West Germany
 Report
Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Ruhmann
27 February 1954 (1954-02-27) 26SpVgg Fürth1–1Eintracht FrankfurtFürth, West Germany
  • Engelhardt  87'
 Report
Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Eisenmann
7 March 1954 (1954-03-07) 27Eintracht Frankfurt3–0Bayern MunichFrankfurt, West Germany
  • Gonschorek  45', 62', 88'
 Report Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Handwerker
14 March 1954 (1954-03-14) 28Schweinfurt 052–2Eintracht FrankfurtWest Germany
  • Rath  33'
  • Geyer  64'
 Report
  • Dziwoki  35', 48'
 Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Jacobi
20 March 1954 (1954-03-20) 29Eintracht Frankfurt2–21. FC NürnbergFrankfurt, West Germany
 Report
  • Winterstein  43'
  • Herbolsheimer  69'
 Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Freimuth
4 April 1954 (1954-04-04) 30Jahn Regensburg0–2Eintracht FrankfurtRegensburg, West Germany
Report
Stadium: Jahnstadion
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Jakobi

Championship round
Main article: 1954 German football championship
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) 11. FC Kaiserslautern1–0Eintracht FrankfurtCologne, West Germany
 Report Stadium: Müngersdorfer Stadion
Attendance: 47,000
Referee: Ternieden
8 May 1954 (1954-05-08) 21. FC Köln3–2Eintracht FrankfurtLudwigshafen, West Germany
 Report
Stadium: Südweststadion
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Eix

Squad

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

Transfers

Summer

Winter

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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