1952–53 Eintracht Frankfurt season

Eintracht Frankfurt

1952–53 season
Chairman	Anton Keller
Manager	Kurt Windmann
Oberliga Süd	1st / Champions
DFB-Pokal / SFV-Pokal	Quarter-Final (SFV-Pokal)
Top goalscorer	League: Erich Dziwoki (12) All: Erich Dziwoki (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
← 1951–52 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

Alemannia Aachen v Eintracht Frankfurt

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

SpVgg Griesheim 02 v Eintracht Frankfurt

3 August 1952 (1952-08-03)	SpVgg Griesheim 02	0–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt, Germany
		(Report)	Dokter  38' Dziwoki Mayer  88' (o.g.)	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Schmitt

Rheydter SpV v Eintracht Frankfurt

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

VfL Neuwied v Eintracht Frankfurt

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

Rödelheimer FC 02 v Eintracht Frankfurt

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

Eintracht Frankfurt v Egypt

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

Eintracht Frankfurt v TuS Neuendorf

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

Eintracht Frankfurt v Werder Bremen

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

Cairo Army XI v Eintracht Frankfurt

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

Alexandria XI v Eintracht Frankfurt

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

Cairo XI v Eintracht Frankfurt

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

Port Said XI v Eintracht Frankfurt

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

TuS Neuendorf v Eintracht Frankfurt

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

Oberliga

Main article: 1952–53 Oberliga

League fixtures and results

Eintracht Frankfurt v SpVgg Fürth

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

Bayern Munich v Eintracht Frankfurt

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

Eintracht Frankfurt v SV Waldhof

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

BC Augsburg v Eintracht Frankfurt

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

Eintracht Frankfurt v TSG Ulm 1846

21 September 1952 (1952-09-21) 5	Eintracht Frankfurt	5–3	TSG Ulm 1846	Frankfurt, Germany
	Dokter  53', 68' Heilig  58' Pfaff  72', 87'	(Report)	Schlumberger  15' Elzner  32' Gauß  75'	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Kandelbinder

FSV Frankfurt v Eintracht Frankfurt

28 September 1952 (1952-09-28) 6	FSV Frankfurt	1–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt, Germany
	Ruppel  60'	(Report)	Dziwoki  13', 88' Dokter  86'	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Schmetzer

Eintracht Frankfurt v Viktoria Aschaffenburg

12 October 1952 (1952-10-12) 7	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–4	Viktoria Aschaffenburg	Frankfurt, Germany
	Pfaff  31', 33' Dziwoki  70' Ebeling  87'	(Report)	Schiele  14' Budion  32' Staab  45' Jekat  65'	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Jakobi

Stuttgarter Kickers v Eintracht Frankfurt

19 October 1952 (1952-10-19) 8	Stuttgarter Kickers	1–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Stuttgart, Germany
	Schumacher  71'	(Report)	Heilig  43' Hesse  61'	Stadium: Kickers-Stadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Meißner

VfR Mannheim v Eintracht Frankfurt

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

Eintracht Frankfurt v TSV 1860 München

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

Eintracht Frankfurt v Kickers Offenbach

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

1. FC Nürnberg v Eintracht Frankfurt

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

Eintracht Frankfurt v 1. FC Schweinfurt 05

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

Karlsruher SC v Eintracht Frankfurt

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

Eintracht Frankfurt v VfB Stuttgart

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

SpVgg Fürth v Eintracht Frankfurt

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

Eintracht Frankfurt v Bayern Munich

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

SV Waldhof v Eintracht Frankfurt

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

Eintracht Frankfurt v BC Augsburg

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

TSG Ulm 1846 v Eintracht Frankfurt

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

Eintracht Frankfurt v FSV Frankfurt

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

Viktoria Aschaffenburg v Eintracht Frankfurt

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

Eintracht Frankfurt v Stuttgarter Kickers

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

Eintracht Frankfurt v VfR Mannheim

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

Eintracht Frankfurt v 1. FC Nürnberg

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

TSV 1860 München v Eintracht Frankfurt

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

Kickers Offenbach v Eintracht Frankfurt

29 March 1953 (1953-03-29) 27	Kickers Offenbach	2–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Offenbach, Germany
	Kraus  43' Baas  62' (pen.)	(Report)		Stadium: Stadion am Bieberer Berg Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Eberle

1. FC Schweinfurt 05 v Eintracht Frankfurt

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

Eintracht Frankfurt v Karlsruher SC

18 April 1953 (1953-04-18) 29	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–1	Karlsruher SC	Frankfurt, Germany
	Pfaff  2' Schieth  53', 75', 77'	(Report)	Kunkel  67'	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Kandelbinder

VfB Stuttgart v Eintracht Frankfurt

26 April 1953 (1953-04-26) 30	VfB Stuttgart	7–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Stuttgart, 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 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

Championship round fixtures and results

Eintracht Frankfurt v 1. FC Köln

3 May 1953 (1953-05-03) 1	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–0	1. FC Köln	Frankfurt, Germany
	Dziwoki  1' Hesse  39'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Herden

Holstein Kiel v Eintracht Frankfurt

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

Eintracht Frankfurt v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

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

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Eintracht Frankfurt

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

Eintracht Frankfurt v Holstein Kiel

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

1. FC Köln v Eintracht Frankfurt

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

Table

Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
1. FC Kaiserslautern	6	5	1	0	16	7	9	11
Eintracht Frankfurt	6	3	1	2	8	7	1	7
1. FC Köln	6	1	3	2	8	10	-2	5
Holstein Kiel	6	0	1	5	8	16	-8	1

DFB-Pokal / SFV-Pokal

Stuttgarter Kickers v Eintracht Frankfurt

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

Squad

Squad and statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Oberliga		Championship round		DFB-Pokal/SFV-Pokal
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Helmut Henig	36	0	30	0	6	0	0	0
	GK		Alexander Rothuber	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF		Adolf Bechtold	37	0	30	0	6	0	1	0
	DF		Heinz Kaster	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		Jäckel	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF		Karlheinz Kirchheim	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
	MF		Kurt Krömmelbein	29	0	22	0	6	0	1	0
	MF		Hans Wloka	31	1	26	0	5	1	0	0
	FW		Horst Bayer	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW		Heinz Dokter	22	5	22	5	0	0	0	0
	FW		Erich Dziwoki	27	13	21	12	6	1	0	0
	FW		Erich Ebeling	31	10	24	10	6	0	1	0
	FW		Erich Geier	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Hermann Hesse	17	6	10	3	6	3	1	0
	FW		Joachim Jänisch	13	5	12	5	0	0	1	0
	FW		Alfred Pfaff	33	11	27	10	6	1	0	0
	FW		Friedel Reichert	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Hubert Schieth	26	11	22	10	4	1	0	0
	FW		Egon Schwan	3	2	2	1	1	1	0	0

Transfers

Summer

In:

No. Position Player FW Horst Bayer (from Eintracht Frankfurt Academy) FW Heinz Dokter (from Rheydter SV) FW Erich Dziwoki (from Alemannia Aachen) FW Erich Ebeling (from Hamburger SV) MF Jäckel (from Eintracht Frankfurt Academy)

Out:

No. Position Player FW Ludwig Kolb (to Hanau 93) FW Alfred Kraus (retired) MF Willi Kraus (to Alemannia Aachen) FW Otto Tempel (to Göttingen 05)

Winter

In:

No. Position Player

Out:

No. Position Player

See also

• 1953 German football championship

External links

• Official English Eintracht website
• German archive site
• 1952–53 Oberliga Süd season at Fussballdaten.de (German)