1920–21 Eintracht Frankfurt season

The 1920–21 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 21st season in the club's football history. It was the first full season under the name Eintracht after merging of Frankfurter FV and the gymnastics club Frankfurter Turngemeinde von 1861.

Eintracht Frankfurt
1920–21 season
ChairmanWilhelm Schöndube
ManagerUnknown
Kreisliga Nordmain1st / Eliminated in the South German championship round (Northern section)
South German Cup1st Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Péter Szabó (8)[note 1]
All: Paul Imke and
Péter Szabó (9)[note 1]

In 1920–21 the club played in the Kreisliga Nordmain, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 2nd season in the Kreisliga Nordmain.

The season ended up with Eintracht winning Kreisliga Nordmain for the second time in a row. In the northern section of the South German championship group Eintracht didn't qualify for the championship knockout stage.

Matches

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Legend

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendlies

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1 August 1920 (1920-08-01) Kickers Offenbach   2–1   Eintracht Frankfurt Germany
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15 August 1920 (1920-08-15) Eintracht Frankfurt   1–1   MTV München 1879 Germany
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21 August 1920 (1920-08-21) Ring Dresden   0–1   Eintracht Frankfurt Germany
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22 August 1920 (1920-08-22) Eintracht Leipzig   1–1   Eintracht Frankfurt Germany
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29 August 1920 (1920-08-29) Eintracht Frankfurt   1–0   FV Neu-Isenburg Germany
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1 September 1920 (1920-09-01) Sportplatz an der Rossegerstraße farewell match Eintracht Frankfurt   2–1   Malmö FF Frankfurt, Germany
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Stadium: Sportplatz an der Rossegerstraße
Attendance: 5,000
5 September 1920 (1920-09-05) Riederwaldstadion inauguration match Eintracht Frankfurt   1–1   Freiburger FC Frankfurt, Germany
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Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
25 December 1920 (1920-12-25) 1. FC Pforzheim   1–1   Eintracht Frankfurt Pforzheim, Germany
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Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Köhler
26 December 1920 (1920-12-26) Sportfreunde Stuttgart   2–1   Eintracht Frankfurt Germany
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1 January 1921 (1921-01-01) Eintracht Frankfurt   1–1   Nordstern Basel Germany
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25 March 1921 (1921-03-25) Eintracht Frankfurt   4–2   Kölner BC 01 Germany
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28 March 1921 (1921-03-28) Eintracht Frankfurt   3–1   Essener SV 1899 Germany
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1 May 1921 (1921-05-01) Eintracht Frankfurt   3–1   Phönix Karlsruhe Germany
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7 May 1921 (1921-05-07) Eintracht Frankfurt   1–0   Borussia Neunkirchen Frankfurt, Germany
Report Referee: Rettelbach
Note: Tournament to celebrate the 60 years anniversary of the gymnastics section of Eintracht Frankfurt
8 May 1921 (1921-05-08) Eintracht Frankfurt   1–6   Wacker München Frankfurt, Germany
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Note: Tournament to celebrate the 60 years anniversary of the gymnastics section of Eintracht Frankfurt
13 May 1921 (1921-05-13) Eintracht Frankfurt   2–1   Blauw-Wit Amsterdam Germany
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Referee: Ter Horst

Kreisliga Nordmain

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League fixtures and results

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12 September 1920 (1920-09-12) 1 FG 02 Seckbach 0–4 Eintracht Frankfurt Germany
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19 September 1920 (1920-09-19) 2 Eintracht Frankfurt 3–1 VfL Germania 1894 Frankfurt, Germany
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Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 8,000
26 September 1920 (1920-09-26) Since Helvetia's player Wunderlich was capped for the international match Germany v Austria in Vienna the league match was played as a friendly and rescheduled for 20 February 1921. Eintracht Frankfurt 1–0 Helvetia Frankfurt Germany
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Attendance: 5,000
3 October 1920 (1920-10-03) 3 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–0 Viktoria Aschaffenburg Germany
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Attendance: 5,000
10 October 1920 (1920-10-10) 4 VfR 01 Frankfurt 1–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Germany
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17 October 1920 (1920-10-17) 5 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–0 Germania Rückingen Germany
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24 October 1920 (1920-10-24) 6 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–1 FSV Frankfurt Germany
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7 November 1920 (1920-11-07) 8 Hanauer FC 93 1–3 Eintracht Frankfurt Germany
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14 November 1920 (1920-11-14) 9 Eintracht Frankfurt 0–1 Viktoria 94 Hanau Germany
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5 December 1920 (1920-12-05) 10 Germania Rückingen 1–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Rückingen, Germany
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Referee: Meier
Note: Match abandoned after 75 minutes when home supporters invaded the pitch after a sending-off. The match was valued 2-0 in favour for Eintracht Frankfurt in an armchair decision.
12 December 1920 (1920-12-12) 11 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–1 FG 02 Seckbach Germany
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19 December 1920 (1920-12-19) 12 Helvetia Frankfurt 2–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Germany
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2 January 1921 (1921-01-02) 13 Viktoria Aschaffenburg 1–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Germany
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9 January 1921 (1921-01-09) 14 Eintracht Frankfurt 4–0 VfR 01 Frankfurt Germany
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16 January 1921 (1921-01-16) 15 VfL Germania 1894 5–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Frankfurt, Germany
  • Schnürle   15'   60' 
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Report Stadium: Sportplatz Sandhöfer Wiesen
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Brenner
23 January 1921 (1921-01-23) 16 FSV Frankfurt 0–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Germany
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Referee: Albrecht
30 January 1921 (1921-01-30) 17 Eintracht Frankfurt 3–1 Frankfurter FV Sportfreunde 04 Germany
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Referee: Rettelbach
6 February 1921 (1921-02-06) 18 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–0 Hanauer FC 93 Germany
Report Referee: Werner
13 February 1921 (1921-02-13) 19 Viktoria 94 Hanau 0–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Germany
Report Referee: Witte
20 February 1921 (1921-02-20) 20 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–1 Helvetia Frankfurt Frankfurt, Germany
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  • Maier   40'
Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Brucker

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Eintracht Frankfurt 20 12 5 3 31 18 +13 29 Qualification to South German championship
2 VfL Germania 1894 20 11 6 3 46 20 +26 28
3 Viktoria Aschaffenburg 20 10 4 6 30 22 +8 24
4 VfR 01 Frankfurt 20 10 4 6 29 24 +5 24
5 Helvetia Frankfurt 20 8 6 6 24 20 +4 22
6 Viktoria 94 Hanau 20 9 3 8 29 27 +2 21
7 Germania Rückingen 20 6 4 10 22 27 −5 16
8 FSV Frankfurt 20 4 8 8 20 26 −6 16
9 Hanauer FC 93 20 5 5 10 28 32 −4 15
10 Frankfurter FV Sportfreunde 04 20 6 3 11 24 30 −6 15
11 FG 02 Seckbach 20 3 4 13 12 49 −37 10
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
20 12 5 3 31 18  +13 29 7 2 1 17 6  +11 5 3 2 14 12  +2

Source: Bundesliga

Results by round

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920
GroundAHHAHHAAHAHAAHAAHHAH
ResultWWWDWDDWLWWLDWLWWWWD
Position32512122111111112111
Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

South German championship round (Northern section)

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Fixtures and results

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6 March 1921 (1921-03-06) 1 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–0 SV Waldhof Frankfurt, Germany
15:00 CEST
Report Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Rossi
20 March 1921 (1921-03-20) 2 1. FC Nürnberg 7–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Nürnberg, Germany
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Report Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Tusch
3 April 1921 (1921-04-03) 3 Eintracht Frankfurt 4–0 Kickers Offenbach Frankfurt, Germany
Report Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Rettelbach
10 April 1921 (1921-04-10) 4 Eintracht Frankfurt 0–1 1. FC Nürnberg Frankfurt, Germany
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Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Niederberger
17 April 1921 (1921-04-17) 5 SV Waldhof 2–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Germany
Report Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Dämmermann
24 April 1921 (1921-04-24) 6 Kickers Offenbach 3–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Germany
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Report Referee: Albrecht

Table

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1. FC Nürnberg 6 5 1 0 20 4 +16 11
SV Waldhof 6 3 1 2 11 9 +2 7
Eintracht Frankfurt 6 2 0 4 10 13 −3 4
Kickers Offenbach 6 1 0 5 6 21 −15 2
Source: [citation needed]

South German Cup DFB-Pokal / SFV-Pokal

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21 February 1921 (1921-02-21) 1st Round KV Mühlheim 3–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Mühlheim, Germany
  • Spahn   30'
  • Müller   55'
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Stadium: Sportplatz an der Roten Warte
Referee: Bachmann
Note: Since the first team played the replay match v Helvetia Frankfurt, Eintracht played the cup match with the reserve team

Squad

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Squad and statistics

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Kreisliga[note 1] South German
Championship round
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   GER Wilhelm Gmelin 11 0 5 0 6 0
GK   GER Robert Steiger 15 0 15 0 0 0
DF   GER Paul Brandt 21 0 16 0 5 0
DF   GER Willi Pfeiffer 21 0 15 0 6 0
MF   GER Fritz Becker 5 0 5 0 0 0
MF   GER Karl Jockel 22 2 16 2 6 0
MF   GER Heiner Roth 1 0 1 0 0 0
MF   GER Emil Schneider 19 0 13 0 6 0
FW   GER Karl Schönfeld 15 0 9 0 6 0
FW   GER John Böttcher 22 2 16 1 6 1
FW   GER Friedrich Dill 3 0 2 0 1 0
FW   GER Jakob Dornbusch 11 3 7 1 4 2
FW   GER Paul Imke 17 9 11 7 6 2
FW   GER J Köster 17 3 12 1 5 2
FW   GER Heinz Mölders 14 2 13 2 1 0
FW   GER Ferdinand Neureuther 8 7 6 5 2 2
FW   HUN Péter Szabó 21 9 15 8 6 1

Transfers

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Eintracht's league records lack of 4 goals and 43 appearances

See also

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Sources

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