1958–59 Eintracht Frankfurt season

Eintracht Frankfurt

1958–59 season
Chairman	Rudolf Gramlich
Manager	Paul Oßwald
Oberliga Süd	1st / Champions
DFB-Pokal / SFV-Pokal	Final (SFV-Pokal)
Top goalscorer	League: Eckehard Feigenspan (21) All: Eckehard Feigenspan (36)
Highest home attendance	50,000 during two occasions(league)
Lowest home attendance	4,000 13 December 1958 v VfR Mannheim (league)
Average home league attendance	17,333
← 1957–58 1959–60 →

The 1958–59 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 59th season in the club's football history. In 1958–59 the club played in the Oberliga Süd, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 14th season in the Oberliga Süd.

The season ended up with Eintracht winning the German championship for the first time, beating their local rivals Kickers Offenbach in the final match.

Matches

Legend

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Friendlies

SpVgg Neu-Isenburg v Eintracht Frankfurt

27 July 1958 (1958-07-27)	SpVgg Neu-Isenburg	1–4	Eintracht Frankfurt
	Krapf  81'	(Report)	Dieter Lindner  8' Meier  11', 20' Höfer  62' (pen.)	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Schreiner

Union Böckingen v Eintracht Frankfurt

2 August 1958 (1958-08-02)	Union Böckingen	3–3	Eintracht Frankfurt
	Dietz  4', 78' Freudenberger  30'	(Report)	Bäumler  23' Kress  28' Lindner  57'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Huber

SV Waldhof v Eintracht Frankfurt

3 August 1958 (1958-08-03)	SV Waldhof	2–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Hornberg, Germany
	Straub Lebefromm  75'	(Report)	Meier Bäumler	Attendance: 3,000

SC Preußen Frankfurt v Eintracht Frankfurt

6 August 1958 (1958-08-06)	SC Preußen Frankfurt	3–7	Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt, Germany
	Kraus  11', 88' Wischnewski  79'	(Report)	Feigenspan  5', 37', 42' Pfaff  18' Bäumler  33' Kress  67', 69'	Stadium: Sportplatz am Dachsberg Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Heise

Eintracht Frankfurt v TuS Bremerhaven 93

10 August 1958 (1958-08-10)	Eintracht Frankfurt	9–0	TuS Bremerhaven 93	Frankfurt, Germany
	Feigenspan  5', 66' Meier  36', 48', 81', 87' Stinka  74', 78' Pfaff  84'	(Report)		Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Birr

SV Wiesbaden v Eintracht Frankfurt

27 September 1958 (1958-09-27)	SV Wiesbaden	1–4	Eintracht Frankfurt
	Dingler  61'	(Report)	Meier  28' Sztáni  35' Weilbächer  53' Dieter Lindner  74'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Lunkenbein

Eintracht Frankfurt v Tennis Borussia Berlin

7 October 1958 (1958-10-07)	Eintracht Frankfurt	7–2	Tennis Borussia Berlin	Frankfurt, Germany
19:30 CEST	Weilbächer  20', 78' Bäumler  24', 73' Feigenspan  36', 69' Höfer  70' (pen.)	(Report)	Seeger  35' Eder  50'	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Fürchtenicht

Borussia Neunkirchen v Eintracht Frankfurt

19 July 1958 (1958-07-19)	Borussia Neunkirchen	0–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Neunkirchen, Germany
		(Report)	Sztáni  13'	Stadium: Ellenfeldstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Carle

Eintracht Frankfurt v FC La Chaux-de-Fonds

4 January 1959 (1959-01-04)	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–0	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds
	Bäumler  3' Pfaff  32', 72', 87'	(Report)		Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Gathof

Viktoria 89 Berlin v Eintracht Frankfurt

27 March 1959 (1959-03-27)	Viktoria 89 Berlin	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Berlin, Germany
	Schultz  57'	(Report)	Schymik  1'	Attendance: 12,000

Tennis Borussia Berlin v Eintracht Frankfurt

30 March 1959 (1959-03-30)	Tennis Borussia Berlin	0–6	Eintracht Frankfurt	Berlin, Germany
		(Report)	Dieter Lindner Pfaff Sztáni Kress Weilbächer	Attendance: 8,000

Oberliga

Main article: 1958–59 Oberliga

League fixtures and results

Kickers Offenbach v Eintracht Frankfurt

17 August 1958 (1958-08-17) 1	Kickers Offenbach	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Offenbach, Germany
13:00 CEST	Nuber  34' (pen.)	(Report)	Sztáni  13'	Stadium: Bieberer Berg Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Kandelbinder

Eintracht Frankfurt v SpVgg Fürth

24 August 1958 (1958-08-24) 2	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–1	SpVgg Fürth	Frankfurt, Germany
15:00 CEST		(Report)	Bucklisch  15'	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Neumeyer

VfB Stuttgart v Eintracht Frankfurt

31 August 1958 (1958-08-31) 3	VfB Stuttgart	0–4	Eintracht Frankfurt	Stuttgart, Germany
		(Report)	Meier  12' Feigenspan  35' Kress  39', 50'	Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Fischer

Eintracht Frankfurt v TSV 1860 München

7 September 1958 (1958-09-07) 4	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–0	TSV 1860 München	Frankfurt, Germany
	Höfer  12', 86' (pen.) Meier  24'	(Report)		Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Stemmler

Karlsruher SC v Eintracht Frankfurt

14 September 1958 (1958-09-14) 5	Karlsruher SC	2–4	Eintracht Frankfurt	Karlsruhe, Germany
15:00 CEST	Witlatschil  55' Herrmann  83'	(Report)	Dieter Lindner  56' Meier  62', 65' Feigenspan  81'	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Meißner

Eintracht Frankfurt v FSV Frankfurt

21 September 1958 (1958-09-21) 6	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–1	FSV Frankfurt	Frankfurt, Germany
15:00 CEST	Pfaff  32', 55' Meier  44' Weilbächer  78'	(Report)	Schmeißer  79'	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Treiber

1. FC Nürnberg v Eintracht Frankfurt

5 October 1958 (1958-10-05) 7	1. FC Nürnberg	4–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Nuremberg, Germany
	Zenger  20' Müller  48' Schmid  76' Morlock  85'	(Report)	Feigenspan  17'  30' Sztáni  61'	Stadium: Sportpark Zerzabelshof Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Handwerker

Eintracht Frankfurt v SSV Reutlingen 05

12 October 1958 (1958-10-12) 8	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–0	SSV Reutlingen 05	Frankfurt, Germany
15:00 CEST	Fritschi  59' (o.g.) Sztáni  69'	(Report)		Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Reil

FC Bayern Munich v Eintracht Frankfurt

19 October 1958 (1958-10-19) 9	FC Bayern Munich	4–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Munich, Germany
	Siedl  15', 34', 51' Jobst  55'	(Report)	Dieter Lindner  59'	Stadium: Grünwalder Stadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Merz

Eintracht Frankfurt v Viktoria Aschaffenburg

1 November 1958 (1958-11-01) 10	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–1	Viktoria Aschaffenburg	Frankfurt, Germany
15:00 CEST	Meier  31', 59' Feigenspan  65' Schmitt  70' (o.g.)	(Report)	Buchwalder  10'	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Klein

Eintracht Frankfurt v TSG Ulm 1846

9 November 1958 (1958-11-09) 11	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–0	TSG Ulm 1846	Frankfurt, Germany
14:30 CEST	Feigenspan  66', 69'			Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Freimut

SV Waldhof v Eintracht Frankfurt

16 November 1958 (1958-11-16) 12	SV Waldhof	1–4	Eintracht Frankfurt
	Cornelius  77'	(Report)	Pfaff  22' Preis  64' (o.g.) Feigenspan  79' Bäumler  88'	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Dusch

Eintracht Frankfurt v 1. FC Schweinfurt 05

30 November 1958 (1958-11-30) 13	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–0	1. FC Schweinfurt 05	Frankfurt, Germany
14:30 CEST	Feigenspan  1' Kress  50', 85'	(Report)		Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Ritter

BC Augsburg v Eintracht Frankfurt

7 December 1958 (1958-12-07) 14	BC Augsburg	1–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Augsburg, Germany
	Biesinger  36' (pen.)	(Report)	Bäumler  71' Sztáni  73' Feigenspan  87'	Stadium: Rosenaustadion Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Fierhauser

Eintracht Frankfurt v VfR Mannheim

13 December 1958 (1958-12-13) 15	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–1	VfR Mannheim	Frankfurt, Germany
15:00 CEST	Feigenspan  65' Weilbächer  69' (pen.) Bäumler  83'	(Report)	Langlotz  52'	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Scheuring

Eintracht Frankfurt v Kickers Offenbach

11 January 1959 (1959-01-11) 16	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–2	Kickers Offenbach	Frankfurt, Germany
14:30 CEST	Nazarenus  4' (o.g.) Pfaff  81'	(Report)	Nuber  15', 43'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Kandelbinder

SpVgg Fürth v Eintracht Frankfurt

18 January 1959 (1959-01-18) 17	SpVgg Fürth	0–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Fürth, Germany
		(Report)	Dieter Lindner  15' Kress  45' Weilbächer  54'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Treiber

Eintracht Frankfurt v VfB Stuttgart

25 January 1959 (1959-01-25) 18	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–2	VfB Stuttgart	Frankfurt, Germany
	Feigenspan  5', 58'	(Report)	Weise  22' Eigenbrodt  32' (o.g.)	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Fischer

TSV 1860 München v Eintracht Frankfurt

1 February 1959 (1959-02-01) 19	TSV 1860 München	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Munich, Germany
	Börstler  6'	(Report)	Dieter Lindner  87'	Stadium: Grünwalder Stadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Handwerker

Eintracht Frankfurt v Karlsruher SC

15 February 1959 (1959-02-15) 20	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–0	Karlsruher SC	Frankfurt, Germany
14:30 CEST	Feigenspan  28' Sztáni  42'	(Report)		Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Meißner

FSV Frankfurt v Eintracht Frankfurt

22 February 1959 (1959-02-22) 21	FSV Frankfurt	1–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt, Germany
14:30 CEST	Buchenau  70' (pen.)	(Report)	Pfaff  59' Feigenspan  81'	Stadium: Sportplatz Bornheimer Hang Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Sparring

Eintracht Frankfurt v 1. FC Nürnberg

1 March 1959 (1959-03-01) 22	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	1. FC Nürnberg	Frankfurt, Germany
15:00 CEST	Feigenspan  23'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Karle

SSV Reutlingen 05 v Eintracht Frankfurt

8 March 1959 (1959-03-08) 23	SSV Reutlingen 05	0–4	Eintracht Frankfurt	Reutlingen, Germany
		(Report)	Pfaff  23' Sztáni  55' Feigenspan  83', 90'	Stadium: Stadion an der Kreuzeiche Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Ommerborn

Eintracht Frankfurt v FC Bayern Munich

14 March 1959 (1959-03-14) 24	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–0	FC Bayern Munich	Frankfurt, Germany
16:30 CEST		(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Handwerker

Viktoria Aschaffenburg v Eintracht Frankfurt

22 March 1959 (1959-03-22) 25	Viktoria Aschaffenburg	0–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Aschaffenburg, Germany
		(Report)	Feigenspan  62'	Stadium: Stadion am Schönbusch Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Hubbuch

TSG Ulm 1846 v Eintracht Frankfurt

12 April 1959 (1959-04-12) 26	TSG Ulm 1846	0–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Ulm, Germany
		(Report)	Dieter Lindner  81'	Stadium: Donaustadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Jakobi

Eintracht Frankfurt v SV Waldhof

19 April 1959 (1959-04-19) 27	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	SV Waldhof	Frankfurt, Germany
15:00 CEST	Pfaff  23' Feigenspan  55'	(Report)	Lebefromm  48'	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Scheuring

1. FC Schweinfurt 05 v Eintracht Frankfurt

26 April 1959 (1959-04-26) 28	1. FC Schweinfurt 05	0–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Schweinfurt, Germany
		(Report)	Sztáni  15' Pfaff  55'	Stadium: Willy-Sachs-Stadion Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Fierhauser

Eintracht Frankfurt v BC Augsburg

3 May 1959 (1959-05-03) 29	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–0	BC Augsburg	Frankfurt, Germany
	Pfaff  1' Sztáni  35' Schymik  74' Kress  80'	(Report)		Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Moers

VfR Mannheim v Eintracht Frankfurt

10 May 1959 (1959-05-10) 30	VfR Mannheim	1–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Mannheim, Germany
	Meyer  53'	(Report)	Feigenspan  20' Sztáni  35', 81'	Stadium: Stadion an den Brauereien Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Meißner

League table

Position	Team	Played	Goals	Points
01.	Eintracht Frankfurt	30	71-25	49-11
02.	Kickers Offenbach	30	73-31	47-13
03.	1. FC Nürnberg	30	80-38	43-17
04.	FC Bayern Munich	30	79-49	39-21
05.	VfB Stuttgart	30	61-49	30-30
06.	TSV 1860 München	30	61-57	30-30
07.	SpVgg Fürth	30	47:45	30:30
08.	VfR Mannheim	30	65-71	29-31
09.	Karlsruher SC (C)	30	73-69	28-32
10.	1. FC Schweinfurt 05	30	47-59	25-35
11.	FSV Frankfurt	30	49-69	24-36
12.	SSV Reutlingen 05	30	44-71	24-36
13.	TSG Ulm 1846 (P)	30	39-57	22-38
14.	Viktoria Aschaffenburg	30	43-69	22-38
15.	BC Augsburg	30	53-85	20-40
16.	SV Waldhof (P)	30	43-84	18-42

	Participation at the 1959 German football championship round
	Relegated to 1959–60 2. Oberliga Süd
(C)	1957–58 Oberliga Süd champions
(P)	Promoted from 1957–58 2. Oberliga

Championship round

Main article: 1959 German football championship

Championship round fixtures and results

Werder Bremen v Eintracht Frankfurt

16 May 1959 (1959-05-16) 1	Werder Bremen	2–7	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bremen, Germany
	Schütz  34', 65'	(Report)	Kress  10' Feigenspan  14', 23', 89' Pfaff  80' Stinka  55' Schymik  88'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Baumgärtel

Eintracht Frankfurt v FK Pirmasens

23 May 1959 (1959-05-23) 2	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–2	FK Pirmasens	Frankfurt, Germany
18:00 CEST	Feigenspan  41' Sztáni  56', 62'	(Report)	Kapitulski  37', 58'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 81,000 Referee: Schulenburg

Eintracht Frankfurt v 1. FC Köln

30 May 1959 (1959-05-30) 3	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	1. FC Köln	Frankfurt, Germany
18:00 CEST	Kress  13' Feigenspan  33'	(Report)	Dörner  75' (pen.)	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Treichel

1. FC Köln v Eintracht Frankfurt

7 June 1959 (1959-06-07) 4	1. FC Köln	2–4	Eintracht Frankfurt	Cologne, Germany
	Fendel  19' Röhrig  72'	(Report)	Dieter Lindner  3' Kress  27' Feigenspan  64' Meier  75'	Stadium: Müngersdorfer Stadion Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Dusch

FK Pirmasens v Eintracht Frankfurt

13 June 1959 (1959-06-13) 5	FK Pirmasens	2–6	Eintracht Frankfurt	Ludwigshafen, Germany
18:00 CEST	Kapitulski  59' (pen.) Lutz  o.g.' (78)	(Report)	Kress  2', 80' Feigenspan  4', 22' (pen.) Sztáni  19' Dieter Lindner  72'	Stadium: Südweststadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Malka

Eintracht Frankfurt v Werder Bremen

20 June 1959 (1959-06-20) 6	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–2	Werder Bremen	Frankfurt, Germany
18:00 CEST	Sztáni  23', 51' Pfaff  43' Feigenspan  89'	(Report)	Schütz  35' Wilmovius  39'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Thier

Table

Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Eintracht Frankfurt	6	6	0	0	26	11	15	12
1. FC Köln	6	2	1	3	10	14	-4	5
FK Pirmasens	6	2	0	4	16	18	-2	4
Werder Bremen	6	1	1	4	12	21	-9	3

Final match

Main article: 1959_German_football_championship § Final

Date	Match			Result	Stadium	Attendance
28 June 1959	Eintracht Frankfurt	–	Kickers Offenbach	5–3 aet (2–2, 2–2)	Berlin, Olympiastadion	75,000

Eintracht Frankfurt: 1 Egon Loy 2 Hans Weilbächer 3 Friedel Lutz 4 Hermann Höfer 5 Hans-Walter Eigenbrodt 6 István Sztáni  1'  108' 7 Dieter Stinka 8 Dieter Lindner 9 Eckehard Feigenspan  14'  92' (pen)  119' 10 Alfred Pfaff 11 Kress Manager: Paul Oßwald

Kickers Offenbach: 1 Walter Zimmermann 2 Karl Waldmann 3 Alfred Schultheis 4 Hermann Nuber 5 Ernst Wade 6 Heinz Lichtl 7 Gerhard Kaufhold 8 Helmut Preisendörfer  23' 9 Berti Kraus  8' 10 Willi Keim 11 Siegfried Gast  110' Manager: Bogdan Cuvaj

DFB-Pokal / SFV-Pokal

VfL Marburg v Eintracht Frankfurt

28 December 1958 (1958-12-28) 1st Round	VfL Marburg	1–8	Eintracht Frankfurt
	Runkel  76'	(Report)	Feigenspan  4' Dieter Lindner  25', 86', 89' Pfaff  37', 55' Weilbächer  51' Bäumler  75'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Rosenkranz

Hessen Kassel v Eintracht Frankfurt

7 February 1959 (1959-02-07) 2nd Round	Hessen Kassel	2–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Kassel, Germany
	Müller  9', 63'	(Report)	Bäumler  4' Weilbächer  18' Sztáni  71'	Stadium: Auestadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Webner

Karlsruher SC v Eintracht Frankfurt

12 April 1959 (1959-04-12) 3rd Round	Karlsruher SC	0–8	Eintracht Frankfurt	Karlsruhe, Germany
		(Report)	Pfaff  8' Feigenspan  16', 58' Dieter Lindner  17', 73' Sztáni  41', 42' Kress  54'	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Kandelbinder

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 Abraham	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	GK		Helmut Henig	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		Egon Loy	31	0	22	0	7	0	2	0
	DF		Adolf Bechtold	8	0	6	0	0	0	2	0
	DF		Hermann Höfer	39	2	30	2	7	0	2	0
	DF		Friedel Lutz	28	0	25	0	3	0	0	0
	MF		Hans-Walter Eigenbrodt	12	0	5	0	5	0	2	0
	MF		Ivica Horvat	31	0	26	0	3	0	2	0
	MF		Eberhard Schymik	29	2	24	1	2	1	3	0
	MF		Dieter Stinka	17	1	10	0	6	1	1	0
	MF		Hans Weilbächer	35	5	28	3	5	0	2	2
	FW		Erich Bäumler	12	5	9	3	1	0	2	2
	FW		Eckehard Feigenspan	36	36	27	21	7	12	2	3
	FW		Richard Kress	32	12	23	6	7	5	2	1
	FW		Dieter Lindner	25	10	22	5	3	5	0	0
	FW		Erich Meier	15	8	13	7	2	1	0	0
	FW		Alfred Pfaff	33	14	27	9	4	2	2	3
	FW		István Sztáni	27	13	25	10	2	3	0	0

Transfers

Summer

In:

No. Position Player GK Helmut Abraham (from SG Dietzenbach) GK Helmut Henig (from Eintracht Frankfurt II) MF Dieter Stinka (from 1. FC Gelnhausen)

Out:

No. Position Player FW Helmut Geiger (to FSV Frankfurt) MF János Hanek (to Stuttgarter Kickers) DF Hermann Hesse (to VfR Groß-Gerau) GK Karlheinz Lindner (to VfB Friedberg) FW Tibor Lőrincz (to Altona 93) FW Hermann-Josef Wehner (to Phönix Ludwigshafen)

Winter

In:

No. Position Player

Out:

No. Position Player

See also

• 1959 German football championship

External links

• Official English Eintracht website
• German archive site
• 1958–59 Oberliga Süd season at Fussballdaten.de (German)