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)[note 1]
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Oberliga

League fixtures and results

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10 May 1959 (1959-05-10) 30	VfR Mannheim	1–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Mannheim, West 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

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification	SGE	KOE	FKP	SVW
1	Eintracht Frankfurt	6	6	0	0	26	11	2.364	12	Advance to final	—	2–1	3–2	4–2
2	1. FC Köln	6	2	1	3	10	14	0.714	5		2–4	—	3–2	2–2
3	FK Pirmasens	6	2	0	4	16	18	0.889	4		2–6	4–0	—	4–1
4	Werder Bremen	6	1	1	4	12	21	0.571	3		2–7	0–2	5–2	—

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

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

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

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

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

13 June 1959 (1959-06-13) 5	FK Pirmasens	2–6	Eintracht Frankfurt	Ludwigshafen, West 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

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

Final

28 June 195915:00 CET

Eintracht Frankfurt	5–3 (a.e.t.)	Kickers Offenbach
Sztáni 1', 108' Feigenspan 14', 92' (pen.), 119'	Report	Kraus 8' Preisendörfer 23' Gast 110'

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 75,000

Referee: Erich Asmussen (Flensburg)

DFB-Pokal / SFV-Pokal

^{[note 1]}

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

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

12 April 1959 (1959-04-12) 3rd Round	Karlsruher SC	0–8	Eintracht Frankfurt	Karlsruhe, West 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
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	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