1953–54 Eintracht Frankfurt season

Eintracht Frankfurt
1953–54 season
Chairman	Anton Keller
Manager	Kurt Windmann
Oberliga Süd	2nd / Eliminated in championship group 1
Top goalscorer	League: Richard Kress (17) All: Richard Kress (17)
Highest home attendance	35,000 on three occasions (league)
Lowest home attendance	6,000 30 November 1952 v BC Augsburg (league)
Average home league attendance	17,733
← 1952–53 1954–55 →

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.

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.

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Matches

Legend

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Friendlies

1 August 1953 (1953-08-01)	Maingau XI	1–6	Eintracht Frankfurt	Hochheim am Main, West Germany
	Olbert 51'	Report	Gonschorek 14', 32' Weilbächer 19' Heilig 45' Kress 47' Schreiber 67' (o.g.)	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Rossel

2 August 1953 (1953-08-02)	Bayern Hof	2–2	Eintracht Frankfurt
	Hüttner 38' Thielhorn 55'	Report	Pfaff 69' (pen.) Weilbächer 80'	Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Fiedler

16 August 1953 (1953-08-16)	TSG Ulm 1846	2–1	Eintracht Frankfurt
	Schoy 34' Sick 72'	Report	Remlein 57'	Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Horn

11 October 1953 (1953-10-11)	Schwarz-Weiß Essen	1–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Essen, West Germany
	Zaro 56'	Report	Kress 5', 51' Dziwoki 47'	Stadium: Uhlenkrugstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Heckel

11 April 1954 (1954-04-11)	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	Flamengo	Frankfurt, West Germany
	Kress 86'		Zezinho 60'	Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Meißner

18 April 1954 (1954-04-18)	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	First Vienna	Kirchhain, West Germany
	Kress 52' Höfer 61'	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	Remlein 36' Höfer 38' Reichert 50' Kress 51', 62' Gonschorek 68'	Attendance: 8,000

29 May 1954 (1954-05-29)	FSV Frankfurt	0–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt, West Germany
		Report	Reichert 17' Dziwoki 40' Bayer 87'	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'	Report	Kress Weilbächer 35' Bayer 50' Geiger Reichert	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Wildfang

19 June 1954 (1954-06-19)	ATS Kulmbach	0–5	Eintracht Frankfurt	Kulmbach, West Germany
		Report	Bayer 35' Geiger 37' Weilbächer	Attendance: 2,500

20 June 1954 (1954-06-20)	TSV 04 Schwabach	2–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Schwabach, West Germany
	Dreyer Trabinger	Report	Höfer 30' (pen.) Hesse 49' Bayer 55'	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Strobel

26 June 1954 (1954-06-26)	Freiburger FC	0–3	Eintracht Frankfurt
		Report	Höfer Heilig 51' Bayer 88'	Referee: Hesse

27 June 1954 (1954-06-27)	Homburg XI	2–7	Eintracht Frankfurt	Homburg, Saar Protectorate
	Clemens		Gonschorek Bayer Kress Höfer Weilbächer Kudrass	Attendance: 3,000

30 June 1954 (1954-06-30)	SG Kelkheim	0–4	Eintracht Frankfurt	Kelkheim, West Germany
		Report	Kress 11' Kirchheim 49' Ebeling (58)

Oberliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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	Qualification to German championship
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


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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	D	D	W
Position	7	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Source:^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League fixtures and results

9 August 1953 (1953-08-09) 1	Viktoria Aschaffenburg	2–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	West Germany
	Schultz 37', 45'	Report	Kress 16', 33'	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Schmetzer

23 August 1953 (1953-08-23) 2	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–1	SV Waldhof	Frankfurt, West Germany
	Kress 13', 17' Pfaff 21' Heilig 31'	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	Weilbächer 6' Kress 12' Pfaff 67' Dziwoki 77'	Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Eisenmann

5 September 1953 (1953-09-05) 4	Eintracht Frankfurt	7–0	Stuttgarter Kickers	Frankfurt, West Germany
	Pfaff 22', 35', 78' Dziwoki 42', 48' Geier 59' Weilbächer 73'	Report		Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Ruhmann

13 September 1953 (1953-09-13) 5	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–0	Hessen Kassel	Frankfurt, West Germany
	Kress 6' Dziwoki 88'	Report		Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Heuß

19 September 1953 (1953-09-19) 6	FSV Frankfurt	0–6	Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt, West Germany
			Weilbächer 14', 73' Dziwoki 27', 48' Kress 36' Geier 49'	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
	Weilbächer 31' Dziwoki 61'	Report	Kraus 46'	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
	Dziwoki 2' Kress 68'	Report	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
	Dziwoki 49' Weilbächer 52'	Report	Langlotz 62', 68'	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ruhmann

1 November 1953 (1953-11-01) 11	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	SpVgg Fürth	Frankfurt, West Germany
	Dziwoki 54' Kress 73'	Report	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
	Kress 46' Schmitt 87' (o.g.)	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
		Report	Kress 44' Dziwoki 47'	Stadium: Zabo Attendance: 29,000 Referee: Jakobi

6 December 1953 (1953-12-06) 15	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	Jahn Regensburg	West Germany
	Pfaff 2'	Report	Hubeny 56'	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Krämer

19 December 1953 (1953-12-19) 16	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–0	Viktoria Aschaffenburg	West Germany
	Heilig 7' Kress 48' Pfaff 84' (pen.)	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	Heilig 83'	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Meißner

3 January 1954 (1954-01-03) 18	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–0	BC Augsburg	Frankfurt, West Germany
	Ebeling 15', 81' Dziwoki 47'	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'	Report	Heilig 30' Kress 70'	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
	Weilbächer 53'	Report	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'	Report	Kress 55'	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
	Weilbächer 18', 56' Dziwoki 43' Remlein 59' (pen.) Pfaff 61'	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'	Report	Reichert 7' Remlein 88' (pen.)	Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Horn

21 February 1954 (1954-02-21) 25	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–2	VfR Mannheim	Frankfurt, West Germany
	Kress 8', 49' Heilig 20' Dziwoki 89'	Report	de la Vigne 9', 62'	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'	Report	Pfaff 72'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Eisenmann

7 March 1954 (1954-03-07) 27	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–0	Bayern Munich	Frankfurt, West Germany
	Gonschorek 45', 62', 88'	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'	Report	Dziwoki 35', 48'	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Jacobi

20 March 1954 (1954-03-20) 29	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–2	1. FC Nürnberg	Frankfurt, West Germany
	Baumann 9' (o.g.) Wloka 85'	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
		Report	Kress 48' Höfer 65'	Stadium: Jahnstadion Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Jakobi

Championship round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification	FCK	KOE	SGE
1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2	2	0	5	3	1.667	4	Advance to final	—	4–3	1–0
2	1. FC Köln	2	1	1	6	6	1.000	2		—	—	3–2
3	Eintracht Frankfurt	2	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
	F Walter 82'	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
	Stollenwerk 31', 39' Dörner 50'	Report	Heilig 25' Weilbächer 55'	Stadium: Südweststadion Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Eix

Squad

Squad and statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Oberliga		Championship round
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	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

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	FRG	Erich Gonschorek (from FSV Frankfurt)
—	DF	FRG	Karlheinz Greiner (from Eintracht Frankfurt Amateurs)
—	FW	FRG	Hermann Höfer (from Eintracht Frankfurt Amateurs)
—	FW	FRG	Richard Kress (from FV Horas)
—	MF	FRG	Alfons Remlein (from TSG Ulm 1846)
—	FW	FRG	Hans Weilbächer (from Eintracht Frankfurt Amateurs)

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	FRG	Horst Bayer (to Eintracht Frankfurt Amateurs)
—	FW	FRG	Heinz Dokter (to SpVgg Herten)
—	MF	FRG	Klaus Jäckel (to Eintracht Frankfurt Amateurs)
—	FW	FRG	Joachim Jänisch (to Rot-Weiss Essen)
—	MF	FRG	Karlheinz Kirchheim (to Eintracht Frankfurt Amateurs)
—	FW	FRG	Hubert Schieth (to Schwarz-Weiß Essen)
—	FW	FRG	Egon Schwan (to SpVgg Herten)

Notes

Sources

Matheja, Ulrich (2011). Unsere Eintracht - Eintracht Frankfurt - Die Chronik. Die Werkstatt. ISBN 978-3-89533-750-5.

External links

Official English Eintracht website Archived 2 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine
German archive site
1953–54 Oberliga Süd season at Fussballdaten.de (in German)

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West Germany

League competitions

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DFB-Pokal

Related to national teams

West Germany	1954 FIFA World Cup (Final) (Qualifying Group 1) Sepp Herberger

Team seasons
Oberliga	Eintracht Frankfurt Hannover 96

East Germany

League competitions	DDR-Oberliga
Cup competitions	FDGB-Pokal

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