1960–61 Eintracht Frankfurt season

Eintracht Frankfurt
1960–61 season
Chairman	Rudolf Gramlich
Manager	Paul Oßwald
Oberliga Süd	2nd / Runners-Up
German Championship Qualifiers	2nd / Runners-Up
SFV-Pokal	Final (59–60)
SFV-Pokal	Quarterfinals (60–61 ; qualification for DFB-Pokal)
Top goalscorer	League: Erwin Stein (23); All: Erwin Stein (30)
Highest home attendance	25,000 2 October 1927 v FSV Frankfurt (league)
Lowest home attendance	2,000 11 December 1927 v VfR Offenbach (league)
	← 1959–60 1961–62 →

The 1960–61 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 61st season in the club's football history. In Oberliga Süd the club played in the Oberliga Süd, then one of many top tiers of German football. It was the club's 16th season in the Oberliga Süd. In the German Championship Qualifiers finished as 3rd.

Matches[edit]

Legend[edit]

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Friendlies[edit]

23 July 1960 (1960-07-23)	SV Darmstadt 98	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Ober-Ramstadt, West Germany
	Ley 79' (pen.)	Report	Solz 51'	Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Eisemann

30 July 1960 (1960-07-30)	Schalke 04	0–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Gelsenkirchen, West Germany
		Report	Stein 16', 20' Schämer 22'	Stadium: Glückauf-Kampfbahn Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Wortmann

3 August 1960 (1960-08-03)	Eintracht Frankfurt	5–6	DAFB (German-American soccer association) XI	Berlin, West Germany
	Stein 4' Kreuz 7' Kress 22' Schämer 24' (pen.), 28'	Report	Vollmer 17' (pen.) Hate 59', 73' Fister 76', 77' Loske 90'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Tschenscher

6 August 1960 (1960-08-06)	Mainz 05	1–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany
	Rother 34'	Report	Schämer 41' Stein 75'	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Spinnler

10 August 1960 (1960-08-10)	FV Horas	0–12	Eintracht Frankfurt	Fulda, West Germany
		Report	Kraft 20', 28', 63', 82' Kreuz 31', 40', 79', 85', 87' Solz 61', 70' Kress 81'	Stadium: Sportplatz am Aschenberg Attendance: 3,000

27 August 1960 (1960-08-27) Trofeo Ramón de Carranza semi-final	Athletic Club	2–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Cádiz, Spain
	Merodio 23' Arieta 40'	Report	Pfaff 33'	Stadium: Estadio Ramón de Carranza Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Contreras

28 August 1960 (1960-08-28) Trofeo Ramón de Carranza 3rd place play-off	Stade de Reims	4–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Cádiz, Spain
	Vincent 27', 66' Rustichelli 57' Piantoni 88'	Report	Pfaff 34'	Stadium: Estadio Ramón de Carranza

16 November 1960 (1960-11-16)	Tasmania Berlin	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Berlin, West Germany
	Schlichting 58'	Report	Solz 35'	Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Schubeck

22 November 1960 (1960-11-22)	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–1	Dynamo Kyiv	Frankfurt, West Germany
20:00 CET	Schämer 41' Weilbächer 62' Solz 82'	Report	Kanevskyi 59'	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Sparing

29 March 1961 (1961-03-29)	Eintracht Frankfurt	6–2	Schalke 04	Frankfurt, West Germany
20:00 CET	Lindner 1', 60' Stein 43', 54' Lutz 67' (pen.) Meier 84'	Report	Klodt 17' Soya 90'	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Handwerker

10 May 1961 (1961-05-10)	Grasshopper Club Zürich	2–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Zürich, Switzerland
	Burger 78', 80'	Report	Kreuz 40'	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Schicker

Oberliga Süd[edit]

League fixtures and results[edit]

14 August 1960 (1960-08-14) 1	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–0	1860 Munich	Frankfurt, West Germany
	Kress 8' Schämer 58'	Report		Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Moers

21 August 1960 (1960-08-21) 2	Kickers Offenbach	2–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:00 CET	Praxl 45', 50'	Report	Stein 22'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Eisemann

4 September 1960 (1960-09-04) 4	Karlsruher SC	5–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Karlsruhe, West Germany
	Nedoschil 40', 50', 87' Herrmann Reitgaßl 67'	Report	Schämer 70' Kress 85'	Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Fischer

11 September 1960 (1960-09-11) 5	Jahn Regensburg	1–4	Eintracht Frankfurt	Regensburg, West Germany
	Schmidt 85'	Report	Kress 8' Stein 69' Schämer 78' Schymik 84'	Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Ommerborn

18 September 1960 (1960-09-18) 6	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	FSV Frankfurt	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:00 CET	Lutz 48' (pen.)	Report	Schlagowski 84'	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Eckel

24 September 1960 (1960-09-24) 7	SpVgg Fürth	1–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Fürth, West Germany
	Schmidt 24'	Report	Stein 10', 50' Groß 60' (o.g.)	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Treiber

1 October 1960 (1960-10-01) 8	Eintracht Frankfurt	6–1	SSV Reutlingen	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CET	Stein 42', 46', 82' Kress 68' Lindner 86' Weilbächer 89'	Report	Scheurer 40'	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Meißner

9 October 1960 (1960-10-09) 9	Bayern Munich	4–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Munich, West Germany
	Sieber 20', 43' Grosser 80', 84'	Report	Schymik 10' Stein 54'	Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Jakobi

15 October 1960 (1960-10-15) 10	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–0	Schweinfurt 05	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CET	Schymik 82' Krämer 87' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Deuschel

30 October 1960 (1960-10-30) 11	VfB Stuttgart	1–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Stuttgart, West Germany
	Geiger 35'	Report	Schymik 53' Stinka 88'	Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Handwerker

5 November 1960 (1960-11-05) 12	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–2	SV Waldhof	Frankfurt, West Germany
14:30 CET	Lindner 51', 82' Kress 65'	Report	Gutperle 24' Kraft 25'	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Scheuring

13 November 1960 (1960-11-13) 13	Ulm 1846	0–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Ulm, West Germany
		Report		Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Kandelbinder

27 November 1960 (1960-11-27) 14	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–1	Bayern Hof	Frankfurt, West Germany
14:30 CET		Report	Horn 14'	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Glatthaar

4 December 1960 (1960-12-04) 15	VfR Mannheim	1–4	Eintracht Frankfurt	Mannheim, West Germany
	Bast 85'	Report	Stein 63' Kreuz 75', 76' (pen.) Schämer 86'	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Ott

11 December 1960 (1960-12-11) 16	1860 Munich	3–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Munich, West Germany
	Fallisch 14' Feigenspan 54' Brunnenmeier 89'	Report		Stadium: Grünwalder Stadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Kreitlein

18 December 1960 (1960-12-18) 17	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–0	Kickers Offenbach	Frankfurt, West Germany
14:00 CET	Lindner 14' Solz 89'	Report		Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Handwerker

26 December 1960 (1960-12-26) 3	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–2	1. FC Nürnberg	Frankfurt, West Germany
		Report	Morlock 24' Flachenecker 57'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Tschenscher

8 January 1961 (1961-01-08) 18	1. FC Nürnberg	2–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Nuremberg, West Germany
	Strehl 21' Albrecht 47'	Report		Stadium: Zabo Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Jakobi

15 January 1961 (1961-01-15) 19	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–2	Karlsruher SC	Frankfurt, West Germany
14:15 CET	Solz 15' Kress 34' Stinka 56' Stein 79'	Report	Nedoschil 13' Späth 24'	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Kandelbinder

21 January 1961 (1961-01-21) 20	Eintracht Frankfurt	11–0	Jahn Regensburg	Frankfurt, West Germany
14:30 CET	Stinka 9', 21', 54' (pen.) Stein 24', 44', 88' Kress 48', 85' Schämer 68' Weilbächer 73' Solz 76'	Report		Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Schmitt

5 February 1961 (1961-02-05) 22	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–2	SpVgg Fürth	Frankfurt, West Germany
	Kress 59', 61'	Report	Appis 3' Schneider 40'	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Fritz

19 February 1961 (1961-02-19) 23	SSV Reutlingen	0–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Reutlingen, West Germany
		Report	Stinka 40' (pen.) Schämer 58' Stein 79'	Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Deuschel

26 February 1961 (1961-02-26) 24	Eintracht Frankfurt	6–0	Bayern Munich	Frankfurt, West Germany
	Lindner 5' Stein 14', 54' Kress 70', 84' Schämer 86'	Report		Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Dusch

5 March 1961 (1961-03-05) 21	FSV Frankfurt	2–4	Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:00 CET	Hofmann 24' Geiger 46'	Report	Stein 6' Stinka 13' (pen.) Schämer 24' Lutz 56' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion am Bornheimer Hang Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Handwerker

12 March 1961 (1961-03-12) 25	Schweinfurt 05	1–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Schweinfurt, West Germany
	Lindner 24'	Report	Solz 17' Stinka 43' Stein 49'	Stadium: Willy-Sachs-Stadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Siebert

18 March 1961 (1961-03-18) 26	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–1	VfB Stuttgart	Frankfurt, West Germany
16:30 CET	Stein 23' Stinka 28' Weilbächer 38' Solz 77'	Report	Geiger 84'	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Hubbuch

9 April 1961 (1961-04-09) 27	SV Waldhof	0–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Mannheim, West Germany
		Report		Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Kandelbinder

16 April 1961 (1961-04-16) 28	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–0	Ulm 1846	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:00 CET	Meier 34' Stein 44' Lindner 58'	Report		Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Beetz

22 April 1961 (1961-04-22) 29	Bayern Hof	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Hof, West Germany
	Friedrich 81'	Report	Stein 71'	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Kreitlein

29 April 1961 (1961-04-29) 30	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–2	VfR Mannheim	Frankfurt, West Germany
17:00 CET	Lindner 6' Stein 43', 55'	Report	Arnold 53' Schmidt 74'	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Sailer

League table[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	1. FC Nürnberg	30	23	2	5	96	30	+66	48	Qualification to Qualifier to the championship
2	Eintracht Frankfurt	30	18	5	7	78	38	+40	41	Qualification to Qualifier to the championship
3	Karlsruher SC	30	17	4	9	75	51	+24	38
4	Kickers Offenbach	30	16	4	10	57	46	+11	36
5	SSV Reutlingen	30	15	2	13	65	55	+10	32
6	1860 Munich	30	14	4	12	61	66	−5	32
7	VfB Stuttgart	30	14	2	14	57	53	+4	30
8	Bayern Munich	30	12	6	12	57	54	+3	30
9	VfR Mannheim	30	13	3	14	53	51	+2	29
10	Bayern Hof	30	9	9	12	41	60	−19	27
11	SpVgg Fürth	30	11	4	15	40	47	−7	26
12	FSV Frankfurt	30	9	8	13	45	59	−14	26
13	SV Waldhof	30	10	5	15	47	56	−9	25
14	Schweinfurt 05	30	9	7	14	42	54	−12	25
15	Ulm 1846	30	9	6	15	48	62	−14	24	Relegation to the second tier
16	Jahn Regensburg	30	3	5	22	27	107	−80	11	Relegation to the second tier

Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points;

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	18	5	7	78	38	+40	59	11	2	2	49	14	+35	7	3	5	29	24	+5

Source: Bundesliga

Results by round[edit]

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	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	L	L	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W
Position	1	7	13	8	8	7	5	7	5	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on December 2020. Source: http://www.eintracht-archiv.de/1960.html
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

German Championship Pre-qualifiers[edit]

6 May 1961 (1961-05-06) 1	Eintracht Frankfurt	5–0	Borussia Neunkirchen	Ludwigshafen, West Germany
17:30 CET	Kreuz 38', 42' Stein 48' Lindner 78' Kress 78'	Report		Stadium: Südweststadion Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Ternieden

German Championship Qualifiers[edit]

League fixtures and results[edit]

20 May 1961 (1961-05-20) 1	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	1. FC Saarbrücken	Frankfurt, West Germany
17:30 CET	Diehl 37' (o.g.)	Report	Vollmar 59'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Zimmermann

27 May 1961 (1961-05-27) 2	Borussia Dortmund	0–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Dortmund, West Germany
17:30 CET		Report	Meier 15'	Stadium: Stadion Rote Erde Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Sturm

3 June 1961 (1961-06-03) 3	Hamburger SV	2–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Hamburg, West Germany
	Stürmer 62' Seeler 72'	Report	Meier 5'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 71,000 Referee: Malka

10 June 1961 (1961-06-10) 4	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–2	Hamburger SV	Frankfurt, West Germany
17:30 CET	Stein 24' Meier 63', 75' Solz 73'	Report	Stürmer 38' Seeler 43'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Thier

14 June 1961 (1961-06-14) 5	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–2	Borussia Dortmund	Frankfurt, West Germany
18:30 CET	Stein 19'	Report	Schmidt 32' Peters 73'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 68,000 Referee: Dusch

18 June 1961 (1961-06-18) 6	1. FC Saarbrücken	2–5	Eintracht Frankfurt	Saarbrücken, West Germany
15:00 CET	Thiel 56' Vollmar 69'	Report	Kreuz 7' Stein 47' Meier 60' Lutz 85' Lindner 87'	Stadium: Ludwigsparkstadion Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Seekamp

League table[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Borussia Dortmund	6	3	1	2	19	12	+7	7	Qualification to Qualifier to the championship
2	Eintracht Frankfurt	6	3	1	2	13	9	+4	7
3	Hamburger SV	6	3	0	3	14	19	−5	6
4	1. FC Saarbrücken	6	1	2	3	11	17	−6	4

Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points;

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
6	3	1	2	13	9	+4	7	1	1	1	6	5	+1	2	0	1	7	4	+3

Source: Bundesliga

Results by round[edit]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6
Ground	H	A	A	H	H	A
Result	D	W	L	W	L	W
Position	2	1	3	1	3	1

Updated to match(es) played on 31 December 2020. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

DFB-Pokal / SFV-Pokal[edit]

1959–60[edit]

^{[note 1]}

30 July 1960 (1960-07-30) Final	Karlsruher SC	2–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Mannheim, West Germany
	Wischnowsky 30' Heinz Ruppenstein	Report	Weilbächer 80'	Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Fischer

1960–61[edit]

23 October 1960 (1960-10-23) 1st Round	VfB Friedberg	0–6	Eintracht Frankfurt	West Germany
		Report	Stein 13', 35', 86' Solz 18' Kreuz 43' Kraft 44'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Schreiner

19 November 1960 (1960-11-19) 2nd Round	Hünfelder SV	0–6	Eintracht Frankfurt	Hünfeld, West Germany
		Report	Schämer 31', 42' Lindner 52' Kreuz 61' Weilbächer 78', 86'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Clasen

11 February 1961 (1961-02-11) Round of 16	Hessen Kassel	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Eintracht Frankfurt	Kassel, West Germany
		Report	Kress 102'	Stadium: Auestadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Kreitlein

25 March 1961 (1961-03-25) Quarter-finals	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–0	1. FC Pforzheim	Frankfurt, West Germany
	Weilbächer 4' Lindner 46' Stinka 60' Schymik 78'	Report		Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Reil
Note: The tournament didn't continue after the quarter-finals since it already counted as qualification for the DFB-Pokal

Squad[edit]

Squad and statistics[edit]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Oberliga		South German Cup		German Championship round
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	GER	Egon Loy	42	0	30	0	5	0	7	0
	DF	GER	Willi Herbert	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	GER	Hermann Höfer	42	0	30	0	5	0	7	0
	DF	GER	Fritz Kübert	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
	DF	GER	Friedel Lutz	37	3	28	2	2	0	7	1
	DF	GER	Dieter Stinka	30	10	19	9	4	1	7	0
	MF	GER	Hans-Walter Eigenbrodt	23	0	16	0	4	0	3	0
	MF	GER	Eberhard Schymik	38	5	30	4	4	1	4	0
	MF	GER	Hans Weilbächer	42	7	30	3	5	4	7	0
	FW	GER	Dieter Kraft	4	1	3	0	1	1	0	0
	FW	GER	Richard Kress	36	14	28	12	2	1	6	1
	FW	GER	Ernst Kreuz	22	7	14	2	3	2	5	3
	FW	GER	Dieter Lindner	30	11	20	7	4	2	6	2
	FW	GER	Erich Meier	7	6	2	1	0	0	5	5
	FW	GER	Alfred Pfaff	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	GER	Lothar Schämer	30	10	24	8	4	2	2	0
	FW	GER	Wolfgang Solz	31	7	23	5	4	1	4	1
	FW	GER	Erwin Stein	40	30	28	23	5	3	7	4

Transfers[edit]

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	GER	Dieter Kraft (from SV Offenthal)
—	FW	GER	Ernst Kreuz (from Viktoria Aschaffenburg)
—	FW	GER	Lothar Schämer (from SV Erzhausen)

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	GER	Erich Bäumler (to Mainz 05)
—	MF	GER	Adolf Bechtold (to Eintracht Frankfurt II)
—	MF	GER	Severin Sorger (to SV Niederlahnstein)

Notes[edit]

^ The 1959–60 cup competition was continued in the 1960-61 season.

Sources[edit]

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

External links[edit]

Official English Eintracht website

[Cup_(59–60)-1] The 1959–60 cup competition was continued in the 1960-61 season.

[note 1]

Matches[edit]

Legend[edit]

Friendlies[edit]

Oberliga Süd[edit]

League fixtures and results[edit]

League table[edit]

Results summary[edit]

Results by round[edit]

German Championship Pre-qualifiers[edit]

German Championship Qualifiers[edit]

League fixtures and results[edit]

League table[edit]

Results summary[edit]

Results by round[edit]

DFB-Pokal / SFV-Pokal[edit]

1959–60[edit]

1960–61[edit]

Squad[edit]

Squad and statistics[edit]

Transfers[edit]

Notes[edit]

Sources[edit]

See also[edit]

External links[edit]