1959–60 Eintracht Frankfurt season

Eintracht Frankfurt
1959–60 season
Chairman	Rudolf Gramlich
Manager	Paul Oßwald
Oberliga Süd	3rd
DFB-Pokal / SFV-Pokal	Final (58–59)[note 1]
DFB-Pokal / SFV-Pokal	Semi-final[note 2]
European Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Stein (24); All: Stein (43)
Highest home attendance	38,000 27 December 1959 v Karlsruher SC (league)
Lowest home attendance	3,500 5 December 1959 v SSV Reutlingen 05 (league)
Average home league attendance	14,467

The 1959–60 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 60th season in the club's football history. In 1959–60 the club played in the Oberliga Süd, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 15th season in the Oberliga Süd.

Matches

Legend

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Friendlies

4 August 1959 (1959-08-04)	Moldova Kishinev	5–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Kishinev, Soviet Union
		(Report)	Weilbächer

6 August 1959 (1959-08-06)	Arsenal Kiev	0–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Kiev, Soviet Union
		(Report)	Kress

9 August 1959 (1959-08-09)	Admiral Leningrad	2–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Leningrad, Soviet Union
	Kislov Chapovizki	(Report)	Stein 32' Pfaff	Attendance: 30,000

6 August 1959 (1959-08-06)	Helsinki XI	0–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Helsinki, Finland
		(Report)	Stinka Stein 70'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium

19 August 1959 (1959-08-19)	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Korbach, West Germany
	Pfaff 71'	(Report)		Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Böttcher

8 September 1959 (1959-09-08)	Eintracht Frankfurt	5–1	Standard Liège	Frankfurt, Germany
20:00 CEST	Meier 16' Bäumler or Weilbächer 27' Pfaff 39' Lindner 69' Solz 88'	(Report)	Piters 76'	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Dietrich

3 October 1959 (1959-10-03)	Servette FC	2–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Geneva, Switzerland
	Fatton 38' Makay 44'	(Report)	Kress 37' Stein 39' Bäumler 72'	Stadium: Stade des Charmilles Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Domeniconi

7 October 1959 (1959-10-07)	TuS Neuendorf	4–4	Eintracht Frankfurt	Koblenz, West Germany
	Klein 27' Weiand 39', 89' Stupp 82'	(Report)	Stein 28' Solz 29' Lindner 32', 75'	Stadium: Stadion Oberwerth Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Dietz

11 May 1960 (1960-05-11)	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–0	RC Strasbourg	Frankfurt, West Germany
20:00 CEST	Stinka 34' Meier 45' Kress 53' Lindner 80'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Eisemann

28 May 1960 (1960-05-28)	FC St. Pauli	3–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Hamburg, West Germany
	Krüger 20' Haecks 75' Krafczyk 89'	(Report)	Kress 60' Lindner 65'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Sturm

4 June 1960 (1960-06-04)	ARA La Gantoise	2–2	Eintracht Frankfurt
	Willems 38' Goyvaerts 62'	(Report)	Kress 20' Pfaff 35'	Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Willems

14 June 1960 (1960-06-14)	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–4	Santos FC	Frankfurt, West Germany
20:00 CEST	Stein 22', 24'	(Report)	Zito 35', 71' Pelé 63' Mengálvio 79'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Handwerker

18 June 1960 (1960-06-18)	Sportfreunde Herdorf	2–6	Eintracht Frankfurt	Herdorf, West Germany
	Krämer 5' Grünebach 25'	(Report)	Meier 6' Schämer 20', 62' Stein 37', 72' Pfaff 80'	Attendance: 7,000

19 June 1960 (1960-06-19)	Hamborn 07	3–5	Eintracht Frankfurt
	Carel 71' Rinas 73' Poll 80'	(Report)	Schämer 7' Stein 12', 18', 27' Pfaff 23'	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Plänker

Oberliga

League fixtures and results

22 August 1959 (1959-08-22) 1	Eintracht Frankfurt	5–3	SpVgg Fürth	Frankfurt, Germany
17:30 CEST	Bäumler 34' Lindner 36' Stein 40', 65' Kress 46'	(Report)	Stumptner 22' Landleiter 24' Appis 51'	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Fritz

30 August 1959 (1959-08-30) 2	VfB Stuttgart	2–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Stuttgart, West Germany
	Geiger 14' Praxl 52'	(Report)	Stein 13', 16' Pfaff 66'	Stadium: Neckarstadion Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Meißner

13 September 1959 (1959-09-13) 3	TSV 1860 München	4–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Munich, West Germany
	Feigenspan 21', 48' Kölbl 44' Fallisch 49'	(Report)	Bäumler 61', 83'	Stadium: Grünwalder Stadion Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Fierhauser

19 September 1959 (1959-09-19) 4	Eintracht Frankfurt	11–0	Bayern Hof	Frankfurt, Germany
17:30 CEST	Bäumler 31', 54', 56' Stein 40', 44' Lindner 41', 71', 86' Kress 63' Pfaff 69', 81'	(Report)		Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Klein

27 September 1959 (1959-09-27) 5	FSV Frankfurt	2–4	Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:00 CEST	Hofmann 15', 87'	(Report)	Stein 19', 49', 54', 74'	Stadium: Stadion am Bornheimer Hang Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Rodenhausen

11 October 1959 (1959-10-11) 6	Eintracht Frankfurt	6–2	Stuttgarter Kickers	Frankfurt, Germany
15:00 CEST	Stein 26', 39', 76' Lindner 37', 85' Kress 68'	(Report)	Lettl 21' Hanek 46'	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Ott

18 October 1959 (1959-10-18) 7	1. FC Nürnberg	3–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Nuremberg, West Germany
	Strehl 34' Schweinberger 48' Dirrigl 51'	(Report)	Pfaff 9', 53' Lindner 62'	Stadium: Sportpark Zerzabelshof Attendance: 47,000 Referee: Jakobi

25 October 1959 (1959-10-25) 8	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–2	FC Bayern Munich	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:00 CEST		(Report)	Kuhnert 7' Lutz 72' (o.g.)	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Kreitlein

1 November 1959 (1959-11-01) 9	Kickers Offenbach	2–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Offenbach, West Germany
14:30 CEST	Kraus 74' (pen.) Nuber 78'	(Report)	Bäumler 60'	Stadium: Bieberer Berg Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Handwerker

15 November 1959 (1959-11-15) 10	Eintracht Frankfurt	5–0	1. FC Schweinfurt 05	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:00 CEST	Lindner 9' Bäumler 44' (pen.) Pfaff 58' Meier 86' Stein 87'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Scheffer

21 November 1959 (1959-11-21) 11	VfR Mannheim	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Mannheim, West Germany
14:30 CEST	Hoffmann 25'	(Report)	Lindner 55'	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Eckel

28 November 1959 (1959-11-28) 12	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–2	Viktoria Aschaffenburg	Frankfurt, West Germany
14:30 CEST	Stein 2' Bäumler 22' Pfaff 35'	(Report)	Wille 52' Buchwalter 67'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Treiber

5 December 1959 (1959-12-05) 13	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–2	SSV Reutlingen 05	Frankfurt, West Germany
14:30 CEST	Lindner 6' Bäumler 8'	(Report)	Sattler 28' Gernhardt 61'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Riegg

13 December 1959 (1959-12-13) 14	TSG Ulm 1846	0–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Ulm, West Germany
		(Report)	Solz 10'	Stadium: Donaustadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Meißner

27 December 1959 (1959-12-27) 15	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–1	Karlsruher SC	Frankfurt, West Germany
14:00 CEST	Stinka 26' Solz 40' Dieter Lindner 49', 68'	(Report)	Wischnowski 58'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Fischer

3 January 1960 (1960-01-03) 16	SpVgg Fürth	4–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Fürth, West Germany
14:30 CEST	Gettinger 56' Gottinger 65' Heidner 70' Schmidt 84'	(Report)		Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Jedele

9 January 1960 (1960-01-09) 17	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–4	VfB Stuttgart	Frankfurt, West Germany
14:30 CEST	Stein 49' Pfaff 69'	(Report)	Waldner 3' Geiger 21', 24', 58'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Meißner

17 January 1960 (1960-01-17) 18	Karlsruher SC	2–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Karlsruhe, West Germany
	Lindner 18'	(Report)	Herrmann 30' Wischnowski 46'	Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Dusch

24 January 1960 (1960-01-24) 19	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–2	TSV 1860 München	Frankfurt, Germany
	Pfaff 14' Solz 24' Kress 31'		Kölbl 16' Lihl 78'	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Deuschel

31 January 1960 (1960-01-31) 20	Bayern Hof	1–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Hof, West Germany
14:30 CEST	Horn 81'	(Report)		Stadium: Stadion Grüne Au Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Handwerker

7 February 1960 (1960-02-07) 21	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	FSV Frankfurt	Frankfurt, Germany
14:30 CEST	Weilbächer 70', 81'	(Report)	Hofmann 37'	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Eisemann

14 February 1960 (1960-02-14) 22	Stuttgarter Kickers	0–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Stuttgart, West Germany
14:30 CEST		(Report)	Lindner 73' Kress 88'	Stadium: Neckarstadion Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Kandelbinder

21 February 1960 (1960-02-21) 23	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–1	1. FC Nürnberg	Frankfurt, Germany
14:30 CEST	Lindner 7', 33' Pfaff 14'	(Report)	Albrecht 81'	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Jakobi

6 March 1960 (1960-03-06) 24	FC Bayern Munich	3–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Munich, West Germany
16:30 CEST	Sieber 32' Grosser 37' Huber 61'	(Report)		Stadium: Grünwalder Stadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Deuschel

13 March 1960 (1960-03-13) 25	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–2	Kickers Offenbach	Frankfurt, Germany
15:00 CEST	Weilbächer 40' Meier 68' Stein 85'	(Report)	Kaufhold 45' Nuber 70'	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Ott

27 March 1960 (1960-03-27) 26	1. FC Schweinfurt 05	4–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Schweinfurt, West Germany
	Wendrich 17' Schweighöfer 27' (76) Grübert 39'	(Report)	Meier 33' Schymik 74'	Stadium: Willy-Sachs-Stadion Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Hubbuch

3 April 1960 (1960-04-03) 27	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–0	VfR Mannheim	Frankfurt, Germany
15:00 CEST	Stein 28', 87' Pfaff 36' Kress 83'	(Report)		Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Scheuring

9 April 1960 (1960-04-09) 28	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	TSG Ulm 1846	Frankfurt, Germany
17:00 CEST	Stein 7'	(Report)	Ruoff 28'	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Reil

24 April 1960 (1960-04-24) 29	Viktoria Aschaffenburg	4–4	Eintracht Frankfurt	Aschaffenburg
	Hitzel 29' Wille 49' Buchwalter 54' Kreuz 73'	(Report)	Stein 35', 53' Meier 48' Kress 82'	Stadium: Stadion am Schönbusch Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Kreitlein

30 April 1960 (1960-04-30) 30	SSV Reutlingen 05	2–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Schwenningen, West Germany
	Dulz 17' Sattler 47'	(Report)	Pfaff 24' Stein 52', 85'	Stadium: Gustav-Strom-Stadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Scheffler

League table

Position	Team	Played	Goals	Points
01.	Karlsruher SC	30	78-39	45-15
02.	Kickers Offenbach	30	75-45	39-21
03.	Eintracht Frankfurt (C)	30	81-57	37-23
04.	TSV 1860 München	30	65-56	35-25
05.	FC Bayern Munich	30	81-55	34-26^{[note 3]}
06.	1. FC Nürnberg	30	73-54	34-26
07.	VfB Stuttgart	30	66-57	33-27
08.	SSV Reutlingen 05	30	55-57	31-29
09.	FSV Frankfurt	30	59-53	28-32
10.	VfR Mannheim	30	55-52	27-33
11.	SpVgg Fürth	30	48:59	26:34
12.	1. FC Schweinfurt 05	30	48-64	25-35
13.	Bayern Hof (P)	30	45-84	25-35
14.	TSG Ulm 1846	30	39-64	21-39
15.	Viktoria Aschaffenburg	30	43-73	21-39
16.	Stuttgarter Kickers (P)	30	38-80	15-45

	Participation at the 1960 German football championship round
	Participation at the qualification to the 1960 German football championship round
	Relegated to 1960–61 2. Oberliga Süd
(C)	1958–59 Oberliga Süd champions
(P)	Promoted from 1958–59 2. Oberliga Süd

DFB-Pokal / SFV-Pokal

1958–59

^{[note 1]}

25 July 1959 (1959-07-25) Quarter-finals	Kickers Offenbach	1–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt, West Germany
18:00 CEST	Nuber 66'	(Report)	Pfaff 42', 75' Kress 54'	Stadium: Waldstadion^{[note 4]} Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Jakobi

1 August 1959 (1959-08-01) Semi-finals	VfB Stuttgart	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Eintracht Frankfurt	Stuttgart, West Germany
	Weise 30' Blessing 43'	(Report)	Stein 77' Kress 85'	Stadium: Neckarstadion Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Handwerker

16 August 1959 (1959-08-16) Semi-finals	Eintracht Frankfurt	5–0	VfB Stuttgart	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:00 CEST	Stein 15', 41', 81' Bäumler 38' Pfaff 56'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Hubbuch

6 September 1959 (1959-09-06) Final	VfR Mannheim	1–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Karlsruhe, West Germany
	Loy 13' (o.g.)	(Report)		Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Kandlbinder

1959–60

^{[note 2]}

19 December 1959 (1959-12-19) 1st Round	Rödelheimer FC	0–8	Eintracht Frankfurt
		(Report)	Stein 15', 22', 32', 57' Bäumler 30', 45' Kress 59' Meier 83'	Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Wenzel

28 February 1960 (1960-02-28) 2nd Round	SV Darmstadt 98	2–3	Eintracht Frankfurt
	Mühlbach 20' Ley 78'	(Report)	Kress 60' Bäumler 63' Pfaff 73'	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Rosenhausen

20 March 1960 (1960-03-20) 3rd Round	Freiburger FC	2–3	Eintracht Frankfurt
	Lebefromm 7' Burgert 16'	(Report)	Weilbächer 57' Solz 81' Stein 90'	Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Fischer

24 May 1960 (1960-05-24) Quarter-finals	Eintracht Frankfurt^{[note 5]}	4–1	SpVgg Fürth	Frankfurt, Germany
	Stein 5', 81' Lindner 13' Kress 77'	(Report)	Schneider 57'	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 7,000

11 June 1960 (1960-06-11) Semi-finals	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–2	FSV Frankfurt	Frankfurt, West Germany
	Stein 12', 18', 64' Meier 78'	(Report)	Straub 37' Niebel 66' (pen.)	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Meißner

European Cup

3 September 1959 (1959-09-03) Preliminary round	Eintracht Frankfurt	(w/o)^{[note 6]}	KuPS

8 September 1959 (1959-09-08) Preliminary round	KuPS	(w/o)	Eintracht Frankfurt

4 November 1959 (1959-11-04) 2nd Round	BSC Young Boys	1–4	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bern, Switzerland
	Eugen Meier 24'	(Report)	Weilbächer 4' Stein 70' Bäumler 78' (pen.) Erich Meier 83'	Stadium: Wankdorfstadion Attendance: 33,322 Referee: Zariquiegui

25 November 1959 (1959-11-25) 2nd Round	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	BSC Young Boys	Frankfurt, West Germany
20:00	Bäumler 68' (pen.)	(Report)	Schneider 89'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 30,800 Referee: Pérez

3 March 1960 (1960-03-03) Quarter-finals	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	Wiener Sport-Club	Frankfurt, West Germany
20:00 CEST	Lindner 17' Meier 59'	(Report)	Skerlan 48'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 32,867 Referee: Quinard

16 March 1960 (1960-03-16) Quarter-finals	Wiener Sport-Club	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Vienna, Austria
	Hof 3'	(Report)	Stein 60'	Stadium: Praterstadion Attendance: 47,423 Referee: Huber

13 April 1960 (1960-04-13) Semi-finals	Eintracht Frankfurt	6–1	Rangers	Frankfurt, West Germany
20:00 CEST	Stinka 28' Pfaff 52', 55' Lindner 73', 84' Stein 87'	(Report)	Caldow 29' (pen.)	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 75,069 Referee: Lindberg

5 May 1960 (1960-05-05) Semi-finals	Rangers	3–6	Eintracht Frankfurt	Glasgow, Scotland
19:30 WET	McMillan 12', 53' Wilson 73'	(Report)	Lindner 8' Pfaff 20', 88' Kress 27' Meier 67', 69'	Stadium: Ibrox Park Attendance: 68,578 Referee: Lööw

Final match

18 May 196019:30 BST

Real Madrid	7–3	Eintracht Frankfurt
Di Stéfano 27', 30', 73' Puskás 45+1', 56' (pen.), 60', 71'	Report	Kress 18' Stein 72', 75'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 127,621

Referee: Jack Mowat (Scotland)

Real Madrid

Eintracht Frankfurt


GK	1	Rogelio Domínguez
RB	2	Marquitos
CD	5	José Santamaría
LB	3	Pachín
MF	4	José María Vidal
MF	6	José María Zárraga (c)
RW	7	Canário
FW	8	Luis del Sol
FW	9	Alfredo Di Stéfano
FW	10	Ferenc Puskás
LW	11	Francisco Gento
Manager:
Miguel Muñoz


GK	1	Egon Loy
DF	2	Friedel Lutz
DF	3	Hermann Höfer
MF	4	Hans Weilbächer (c)
DF	5	Hans-Walter Eigenbrodt
MF	6	Dieter Stinka
FW	7	Richard Kress
FW	8	Dieter Lindner
FW	9	Erwin Stein
FW	10	Alfred Pfaff
FW	11	Erich Meier
Manager:
Paul Oßwald

Squad

Squad and statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Oberliga		DFB-Pokal/SFV-Pokal		European Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Hans-Günter Kirchhof	4	0	3	0	1	0	0	0
	GK		Egon Loy	42	0	27	0	8	0	7	0
	DF		Hans-Walter Eigenbrodt	25	0	15	0	6	0	4	0
	DF		Hermann Höfer	36	0	22	0	7	0	7	0
	DF		Fritz Kübert	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	DF		Eberhard Schymik	30	1	21	1	5	0	4	0
	MF		Adolf Bechtold	14	0	11	0	2	0	1	0
	MF		Willi Herbert	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	MF		Friedel Lutz	42	0	28	0	8	0	6	0
	MF		Severin Sorger	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Dieter Stinka	42	2	28	1	7	0	7	1
	MF		Hans Weilbächer	44	5	29	3	8	1	7	1
	FW		Erich Bäumler	25	16	19	10	4	4	2	2
	FW		Richard Kress	39	14	24	7	9	5	6	2
	FW		Dieter Lindner	44	21	29	16	8	1	7	4
	FW		Erich Meier	26	10	14	4	6	2	6	4
	FW		Alfred Pfaff	40	20	25	12	8	4	7	4
	FW		Wolfgang Solz	11	4	9	3	2	1	0	0
	FW		Erwin Stein	37	43	24	24	7	14	6	5
	FW		István Sztáni	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Transfers

Summer

In:

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Willi Herbert (from Eintracht Frankfurt Academy)
		GK	Fritz Kübert (from Eintracht Frankfurt Academy)
		GK	Wolfgang Solz (from Eintracht Frankfurt Academy)
		GK	Hans-Günter Kirchhof (from Waldhof Mannheim)
		GK	Severin Sorger (from TuS Neuendorf)
		GK	Erwin Stein (from SpVgg Griesheim 02)

Out:

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Helmut Abraham (to Borussia Neunkirchen)
		FW	Eckehard Feigenspan (to TSV 1860 Munich)
		GK	Helmut Henig (retired)
		FW	István Sztáni (to Standard Liège)

Winter