1931–32 Eintracht Frankfurt season

Eintracht Frankfurt
1931–32 season
Chairman	Egon Graf von Beroldingen
Manager	Paul Oßwald
Bezirksliga Main-Hessen	1st / Champions
South German Championship round	1st / Champions
German Championship knockout stage	Runners-up
Domestic cup competition	Not established yet
Top goalscorer	League: Karl Ehmer (34); All: Karl Ehmer (55)
Highest home attendance	20,000 on two occasions v FSV Frankfurt (Bezirksliga and South German Championship round)
Lowest home attendance	1,500 6 September 1931 v Germania Bieber (Bezirksliga and South German Championship round)
Average home league attendance	6,618

The 1931–32 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 32nd season in the club's football history. In 1931–32 the club played in the Bezirksliga Main-Hessen, then one of many top tiers of German football. It was the club's 5th season in the Bezirksliga Main-Hessen.

The season ended up with Eintracht winning the South German championship for the second time, but later losing to Bayern Munich in the final match.

Matches

Legend

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Friendlies

2 August 1931 (1931-08-02)	Eintracht Frankfurt	6–2	Stuttgarter Kickers
	Ehmer Möbs	(Report)		Referee: Schmidt

27 September 1931 (1931-09-27)	Union Niederrad	3–5	Eintracht Frankfurt
		(Report)

18 November 1931 (1931-11-18)	Berliner SV 92	1–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Berlin, Germany
		(Report)	Schaller 30' Ehmer	Stadium: Preußenplatz Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Röhrbein

28 February 1932 (1932-02-28)	SV Kassel / CSC 03 Kassel XI	2–7	Eintracht Frankfurt	Kassel, Germany
	Engelhardt	(Report)	Ehmer Dietrich	Attendance: 5,000

26 March 1932 (1932-03-26)	Minerva 93 Berlin	1–4	Eintracht Frankfurt	Berlin, Germany
	Elsholz	(Report)	Dietrich Ehmer 24' Möbs	Attendance: 12,000

27 March 1932 (1932-03-27)	Tennis Borussia Berlin	1–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Berlin, Germany
	Thönnissen 89'	(Report)	Ehmer 52', 85'	Attendance: 8,500

18 June 1932 (1932-06-18)	Hammer SpVg	0–3	Eintracht Frankfurt
		(Report)	Ehmer	Attendance: 8,000

19 June 1932 (1932-06-19)	Schwarz-Weiß Essen	2–7	Eintracht Frankfurt	Essen, Germany
	Hullisch Pörtgen	(Report)	Trumpler 9' Möbs Kron pen' Schaller	Stadium: Uhlenkrugstadion Attendance: 6,000

25 June 1932 (1932-06-25)	SV Wiesbaden	0–2	Eintracht Frankfurt
		(Report)	Trumpler 22' Sottong 84'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Bohn

26 June 1932 (1932-06-26)	Union Niederrad	1–4	Eintracht Frankfurt
	6'	(Report)	Kron Schaller Sottong	Referee: Hannewald

2 July 1932 (1932-07-02)	FSV Frankfurt	3–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt, Germany
		(Report)		Stadium: Stadion am Bornheimer Hang Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Schlosser

Bezirksliga Main-Hessen

League fixtures and results

9 August 1931 (1931-08-09) 1	SpVgg Griesheim 02	1–6	Eintracht Frankfurt
	pen'	(Report)	Leis Kron Ehmer Möbs	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Bremser

16 August 1931 (1931-08-16) 2	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	VfL Germania 1894	Frankfurt, Germany
	Möbs 5'	(Report)		Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Oswalt

23 August 1931 (1931-08-23) 3	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	Rot-Weiss Frankfurt	Frankfurt, Germany
	Möbs 35'	(Report)	Rutz 60' (pen.)	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Glaser

30 August 1931 (1931-08-30) 4	FC Hanau 93	2–3	Eintracht Frankfurt
		(Report)	Möbs Ehmer	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Kotz

6 September 1931 (1931-09-06) 5	Eintracht Frankfurt	6–1	Germania Bieber
	Schaller 12' Möbs Ehmer	(Report)	Leis o.g.'	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Götzl

13 September 1931 (1931-09-13) 6	Eintracht Frankfurt	5–2	FSV Heusenstamm	Frankfurt, Germany
	Bauer o.g.' Leis pen.' Ehmer pen.'	(Report)	Wiedemann	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Uhl

4 October 1931 (1931-10-04) 7	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	FSV Frankfurt	Frankfurt, Germany
	Dietrich 89'	(Report)	Wühler 90'	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Gabler

11 October 1931 (1931-10-11) 8	VfL Neu-Isenburg	1–3	Eintracht Frankfurt
	Dietz 40'	(Report)	Ehmer 30' Trumpler 57' Kellerhoff 82'	Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Iserloh

18 October 1931 (1931-10-18) 9	Kickers Offenbach	2–5	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bieber, Germany
	Stein (Elfmeter) pen.' Meid	(Report)	Ehmer Möbs	Stadium: Stadion am Bieberer Berg Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Dölker

25 October 1931 (1931-10-25) 10	Union Niederrad	0–1	Eintracht Frankfurt
		(Report)	Gramlich 5'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Becker

1 November 1931 (1931-11-01) 11	Eintracht Frankfurt	9–0	SpVgg Griesheim 02	Frankfurt, Germany
	Schaller Möbs Ehmer Gramlich	(Report)		Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Neuweiler

8 November 1931 (1931-11-08) 12	VfL Germania 1894	1–7	Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt, Germany
	Steudle	(Report)	Fritz Schaller August Möbs Karl Ehmer Walter Dietrich Bernhard Kellerhoff	Stadium: Sportplatz Sandhöfer Wiesen Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Keßler

15 November 1931 (1931-11-15) 13	Rot-Weiss Frankfurt	2–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt, Germany
	Engel Rutz 80'	(Report)	Ehmer	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Kratzenberg

29 November 1931 (1931-11-29) 14	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–0	FC Hanau 93	Frankfurt, Germany
	Möbs Ehmer	(Report)		Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Schlosser

6 December 1931 (1931-12-06) 15	Germania Bieber	0–4	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bieber, Germany
		(Report)	Möbs 20' Ehmer 28', 57', 74'	Stadium: Sportplatz am Waldhof Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Walter

13 December 1931 (1931-12-13) 16	FSV Heusenstamm	0–6	Eintracht Frankfurt
		(Report)	Möbs Kellerhoff	Attendance: 800 Referee: Scheel

25 December 1931 (1931-12-25) 17	FSV Frankfurt	0–6	Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt, Germany
		(Report)	Möbs Ehmer Trumpler Schaller	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Maul

1 January 1932 (1932-01-01) 18	Eintracht Frankfurt	9–2	VfL Neu-Isenburg	Frankfurt, Germany
	Ehmer 1' Kellerhoff Schaller	(Report)		Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Keller

3 January 1932 (1932-01-03) 19	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–2	Union Niederrad	Frankfurt, Germany
	Ehmer Trumpler Pfeiffer	(Report)	Leichter	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Müller

10 January 1932 (1932-01-10) 20	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–0	Kickers Offenbach	Frankfurt, Germany
		(Report)	Maid	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Bremser

League table

Position	Team	Played	Goals	Points
01.	Eintracht Frankfurt (C)	20	81-18	35-05
02.	FSV Frankfurt	20	50-30	28-12
03.	Rot-Weiss Frankfurt	20	58-30	25-15
04.	Union Niederrad	20	69-39	25-15
05.	Kickers Offenbach	20	40-31	25-15
06.	VfL Neu-Isenburg (P)	20	42-46	18-22
07.	Germania Bieber	20	36-52	16-24
08.	FC Hanau 93	20	35-56	16-24
09.	FSV Heusenstamm (P)	20	23-51	14-26
10.	SpVgg Griesheim 02 (P)	20	33-59	12-28
11.	VfL Germania 1894 (P)	20	25-80	06-34

	Qualification for the 1932 German football championship round
	Relegated to the second tier
(C)	1930–31 Bezirksliga Main-Hessen champions
(P)	Promoted from the second tier

South German Championship round, North West division

Fixtures and results

20 December 1931 (1931-12-20) 1	Mainz 05	1–4	Eintracht Frankfurt
	Posselmann 75'	(Report)	Schaller 4' Möbs 19' (pen.), 52', 60'	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Götzl

17 January 1932 (1932-01-17) 2	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–0	SV Waldhof	Frankfurt, Germany
	Ehmer 15', 20', 78'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Unverferth

24 January 1932 (1932-01-24) 3	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–3	FV Saarbrücken	Frankfurt, Germany
	Ehmer Schaller 84'	(Report)	Schmidt Benzmüller	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Schneider

31 January 1932 (1932-01-31) 4	FK Pirmasens	1–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Pirmasens, Germany
	Hergert 50' (pen.)	(Report)	Ehmer 14', 83'	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Fritz

7 February 1932 (1932-02-07) 5	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–2	Wormatia Worms	Frankfurt, Germany
	Möbs 30' 67' Ehmer 64'	(Report)	Winkler 59', 86'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Glaser

14 February 1932 (1932-02-14) 6	VfL Neckarau	2–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Mannheim, Germany
	Zellner 52' Zeilfelder 88'	(Report)		Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Fuchs

21 February 1932 (1932-02-21) 7	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	FSV Frankfurt	Frankfurt, Germany
	Karl Ehmer 29'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Sackenreuther

6 March 1932 (1932-03-06) 8	FV Saarbrücken	0–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Saarbrücken, Germany
		(Report)		Stadium: Ludwigsparkstadion Attendance: 3,500

13 March 1932 (1932-03-13) 9	SV Waldhof	2–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Mannheim, Germany
	Weidinger	(Report)	Schaller Ehmer pen'	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Müller

20 March 1932 (1932-03-20) 10	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	Mainz 05
	Ehmer 4' Schaller 27'	(Report)	Engel 2'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Engel

3 April 1932 (1932-04-03) 11	FSV Frankfurt	2–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt, Germany
	Knapp 4' Sadtler 18'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Maul

10 April 1932 (1932-04-10) 12	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–1	VfL Neckarau	Frankfurt, Germany
	Ehmer 8', 17' (pen.) Dietrich 58'	(Report)	Schmitt 44'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Wacker

17 April 1932 (1932-04-17) 13	Wormatia Worms	5–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Worms
	Winkler 15' 24' Müller	(Report)	Ehmer 4' Leis pen.' Dietrich	Stadium: Wormatia-Stadion Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Götzl

24 April 1932 (1932-04-24) 14	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	FK Pirmasens	Frankfurt, Germany
	Leis 39'	(Report)		Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Unverferth

Position	Team	Played	Goals	Points
01.	Eintracht Frankfurt	14	29-20	20-08
02.	FSV Frankfurt	14	31-17	19-09
03.	Wormatia Worms	14	36-25	17-11
04.	VfL Neckarau	14	28-26	16-12
05.	FV Saarbrücken	14	28-34	12-16
06.	FK Pirmasens	14	23-34	10-18
07.	SV Waldhof	14	27-31	09-19
08.	Mainz 05	14	20-35	09-19

Qualification for the 1932 German football championship round

South German Championship final match

1 May 1932 (1932-05-01)	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–0	Bayern Munich	Stuttgart, Germany
	Dietrich 5', 35'	(Report)		Stadium: Platz des VfB Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Glöckler

German Championship knockout stage

8 May 1932 (1932-05-08) Round of 16	Hindenburg Allenstein	0–6	Eintracht Frankfurt	Königsberg, Germany
		(Report)	Ehmer 1', 24', 35', 53' Dietrich 49'	Stadium: VfB-Platz Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Dawzinsky

22 May 1932 (1932-05-22) Quarter-final	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–1	Tennis Borussia Berlin	Frankfurt, Germany
	Ehmer 8' Schaller 46' Stubb 88' (pen.)	(Report)	Handschuhmacher 41'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Dondelinger

29 May 1932 (1932-05-29) Semi-final	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	Schalke 04	Dresden, Germany
	Ehmer 9', 65'	(Report)	Rothardt 35'	Stadium: Stadion am Ostragehege des Dresdner SC Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Flachowski

Final

12 June 1932

Bayern Munich	2–0	Eintracht Frankfurt
Rohr 36' (pen.) Krumm 75'	Report

Städtisches Stadion, Nuremberg

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Alfred Birlem (Berlin)

Squad

Squad and statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League		South German championship round		All German championship round
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Pfister	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
	GK		Ludwig Schmitt	35	0	20	0	11	0	4	0
	DF		Willi Pfeiffer	21	1	14	1	7	0	0	0
	DF		Franz Schütz	28	0	16	0	8	0	4	0
	DF		Hans Stubb	24	1	9	0	11	0	4	1
	MF		Rudolf Gramlich	33	2	17	2	12	0	4	0
	MF		Bernhard Leis	37	3	19	1	14	2	4	0
	MF		Hugo Mantel	21	0	8	0	9	0	4	0
	MF		Franz Sobanski	8	0	1	0	6	0	1	0
	FW		Heinz Berger	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Walter Dietrich	36	8	19	2	13	4	4	2
	FW		Karl Ehmer	38	55	19	34	15	14	4	7
	FW		Walter Gerth	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	FW		Kampschmieder	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	FW		Bernhard Kellerhoff	30	5	18	5	12	0	0	0
	FW		Joseph Kron	19	1	12	1	7	0	0	0
	FW		August Möbs	35	28	19	22	12	6	4	0
	FW		Fritz Schaller	31	13	18	8	10	4	3	1
	FW		Theodor Trumpler	26	4	10	4	12	0	4	0

Transfers

Summer

In:

No.		Position	Player
		FW	Heinz Berger (from Eintracht Frankfurt Academy)
		FW	Walter Gerth (from unknown)
		GK	Pfister (from unknown)
		MF	Franz Sobanski (from Berliner SV 92)

Out:

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Bruno Goldammer (retired)

Winter