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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Oberliga

League fixtures and results

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification	FCK	SGE	KOE	KSV
1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	6	5	1	0	16	7	2.286	11	Advance to final	—	5–1	2–2	2–1
2	Eintracht Frankfurt	6	3	1	2	8	7	1.143	7		0–1	—	2–0	4–1
3	1. FC Köln	6	1	3	2	8	10	0.800	5		1–2	0–0	—	3–2
4	Holstein Kiel	6	0	1	5	8	16	0.500	1		2–4	0–1	2–2	—

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio.

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

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

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

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

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

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

DFB-Pokal / SFV-Pokal

14 June 1953 (1953-06-14) Quarter-final	Stuttgarter Kickers	3–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Stuttgart, West 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
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	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		Klaus 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	Klaus 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