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

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Legend

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendlies

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1 August 1953 (1953-08-01) Maingau XI   1–6   Eintracht Frankfurt Hochheim am Main, West Germany
  • Olbert   51'
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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
Attendance: 2,800
Referee: Horn
11 October 1953 (1953-10-11) Schwarz-Weiß Essen   1–3   Eintracht Frankfurt Essen, West Germany
  • Zaro   56'
Report
Stadium: Uhlenkrugstadion
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Heckel
11 April 1954 (1954-04-11) Eintracht Frankfurt   1–1   Flamengo Frankfurt, West Germany
  • Zezinho   60'
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Meißner
18 April 1954 (1954-04-18) Eintracht Frankfurt   2–1   First Vienna Kirchhain, West Germany
Report
  • Groß   25'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Sparring
19 April 1954 (1954-04-19) Arminia Bielefeld / VfB Bielefeld XI   0–6   Eintracht Frankfurt Paderborn, West Germany
Report
Attendance: 8,000
29 May 1954 (1954-05-29) FSV Frankfurt   0–3   Eintracht Frankfurt Frankfurt, West Germany
Report
Stadium: Stadion am Bornheimer Hang
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Tschenscher
17 June 1954 (1954-06-17) FV Horas   2–8   Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany
  • Völler   19' 
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Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Wildfang
19 June 1954 (1954-06-19) ATS Kulmbach   0–5   Eintracht Frankfurt Kulmbach, West Germany
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Attendance: 2,500
20 June 1954 (1954-06-20) TSV 04 Schwabach   2–3   Eintracht Frankfurt Schwabach, West Germany
  • Dreyer
  • Trabinger
Report
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Strobel
26 June 1954 (1954-06-26) Freiburger FC   0–3   Eintracht Frankfurt
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Referee: Hesse
27 June 1954 (1954-06-27) Homburg XI   2–7   Eintracht Frankfurt Homburg, Saar Protectorate
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  • Clemens  
Attendance: 3,000
30 June 1954 (1954-06-30) SG Kelkheim   0–4   Eintracht Frankfurt Kelkheim, West Germany
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Oberliga

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League table

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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

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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
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

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultDLWWWWWLWDWDWWDWDWWLLLWLWDWDDW
Position743222222221111111111212222222
Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League fixtures and results

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9 August 1953 (1953-08-09) 1 Viktoria Aschaffenburg 2–2 Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany
  • Schultz   37', 45'
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Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Schmetzer
23 August 1953 (1953-08-23) 2 Eintracht Frankfurt 4–1 SV Waldhof Frankfurt, West Germany
Report
  • Herbold   80'
Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Jakob
30 August 1953 (1953-08-30) 3 BC Augsburg 2–4 Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany
  • Schuller   13' (pen.)
  • Bachl   86'
Report
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Eisenmann
5 September 1953 (1953-09-05) 4 Eintracht Frankfurt 7–0 Stuttgarter Kickers Frankfurt, West Germany
Report Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Ruhmann
13 September 1953 (1953-09-13) 5 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–0 Hessen Kassel Frankfurt, West Germany
Report Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Heuß
19 September 1953 (1953-09-19) 6 FSV Frankfurt 0–6 Eintracht Frankfurt Frankfurt, West Germany
Stadium: Stadion am Bornheimer Hang
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Jakobi
27 September 1953 (1953-09-27) 7 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–1 Kickers Offenbach Frankfurt, West Germany
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Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Kandelbinder
4 October 1953 (1953-10-04) 8 VfB Stuttgart 1–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Stuttgart, West Germany
  • Baitinger   6'
Report Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena (Stuttgart)Neckarstadion
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Meißner
18 October 1953 (1953-10-18) 9 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–1 Karlsruher SC Frankfurt, West Germany
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  • Rau   69'
Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Albert
25 October 1953 (1953-10-25) 10 VfR Mannheim 2–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Mannheim, West Germany
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  • Langlotz   62', 68'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Ruhmann
1 November 1953 (1953-11-01) 11 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–1 SpVgg Fürth Frankfurt, West Germany
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  • Appis   81'
Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Schmelzer
8 November 1953 (1953-11-08) 12 Bayern Munich 0–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Munich, West Germany
Report Stadium: Grünwalder Stadion
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Tschenscher
15 November 1953 (1953-11-15) 13 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–0 Schweinfurt 05 Frankfurt, West Germany
Report Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Ketsch
29 November 1953 (1953-11-29) 14 1. FC Nürnberg 0–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Nuremberg, West Germany
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Stadium: Zabo
Attendance: 29,000
Referee: Jakobi
6 December 1953 (1953-12-06) 15 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–1 Jahn Regensburg West Germany
Report
  • Hubeny   56'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Krämer
19 December 1953 (1953-12-19) 16 Eintracht Frankfurt 3–0 Viktoria Aschaffenburg West Germany
Report Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Eberle
27 December 1953 (1953-12-27) 17 SV Waldhof 1–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Mannheim, West Germany
  • Rube   70'
Report
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Meißner
3 January 1954 (1954-01-03) 18 Eintracht Frankfurt 3–0 BC Augsburg Frankfurt, West Germany
Report Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Baumgartner
10 January 1954 (1954-01-10) 19 Stuttgarter Kickers 1–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Stuttgart, West Germany
  • Ritter   85'
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Stadium: Waldau-Stadion
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Handwerker
17 January 1954 (1954-01-17) 20 Hessen Kassel 1–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Kassel, West Germany
  • Dinger   60'
Report Stadium: Auestadion
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Dusch
24 January 1954 (1954-01-24) 21 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–2 FSV Frankfurt Frankfurt, West Germany
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  • Popović   16', 37'
Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Jakobi
31 January 1954 (1954-01-31) 22 Kickers Offenbach 2–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Offenbach, West Germany
  • Kircher   62'
  • Schreiner   70'
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Stadium: Stadion am Bieberer Berg
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Meißner
7 February 1954 (1954-02-07) 23 Eintracht Frankfurt 5–0 VfB Stuttgart Frankfurt, West Germany
Report Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Schmetzer
14 February 1954 (1954-02-14) 24 Karlsruher SC 5–2 Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany
  • Traub   5', 49'
  • Rastetter   51'
  • Kunkel   57', 89'
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Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Horn
21 February 1954 (1954-02-21) 25 Eintracht Frankfurt 4–2 VfR Mannheim Frankfurt, West Germany
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Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Ruhmann
27 February 1954 (1954-02-27) 26 SpVgg Fürth 1–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Fürth, West Germany
  • Engelhardt   87'
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Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Eisenmann
7 March 1954 (1954-03-07) 27 Eintracht Frankfurt 3–0 Bayern Munich Frankfurt, West Germany
Report Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Handwerker
14 March 1954 (1954-03-14) 28 Schweinfurt 05 2–2 Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany
  • Rath   33'
  • Geyer   64'
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Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Jacobi
20 March 1954 (1954-03-20) 29 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–2 1. FC Nürnberg Frankfurt, West Germany
Report
  • Winterstein   43'
  • Herbolsheimer   69'
Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Freimuth
4 April 1954 (1954-04-04) 30 Jahn Regensburg 0–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Regensburg, West Germany
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Stadium: Jahnstadion
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Jakobi

Championship round

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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) 1 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Cologne, West Germany
Report Stadium: Müngersdorfer Stadion
Attendance: 47,000
Referee: Ternieden
8 May 1954 (1954-05-08) 2 1. FC Köln 3–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Ludwigshafen, West Germany
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Stadium: Südweststadion
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Eix

Squad

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Squad and statistics

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Oberliga Championship round
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   FRG Helmut Henig 31 0 29 0 2 0
GK   FRG Alexander Rothuber 1 0 1 0 0 0
DF   FRG Adolf Bechtold 31 0 29 0 2 0
DF   FRG Karlheinz Greiner 1 0 1 0 0 0
DF   FRG Hermann Hesse 1 0 1 0 0 0
DF   FRG Heinz Kaster 1 0 1 0 0 0
DF   FRG Ernst Kudrass 30 0 28 0 2 0
MF   FRG Werner Heilig 31 6 29 5 2 1
MF   FRG Kurt Krömmelbein 6 0 6 0 0 0
MF   FRG Alfons Remlein 29 2 27 2 2 0
MF   FRG Hans Wloka 30 1 28 1 2 0
FW   FRG Erich Dziwoki 32 16 30 16 2 0
FW   FRG Erich Ebeling 10 2 10 2 0 0
FW   FRG Erich Geier 11 2 11 2 0 0
FW   FRG Erich Gonschorek 4 3 4 3 0 0
FW   FRG Hermann Höfer 3 1 1 1 2 0
FW   FRG Richard Kress 32 17 30 17 2 0
FW   FRG Alfred Pfaff 30 9 28 9 2 0
FW   FRG Friedel Reichert 6 1 6 1 0 0
FW   FRG Hans Weilbächer 32 10 30 9 2 1

Transfers

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See also

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Notes

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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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