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1961–62 Eintracht Frankfurt season

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Eintracht Frankfurt
1961–62 season
ChairmanRudolf Gramlich
ManagerPaul Oßwald
Oberliga Süd2nd / Runners-up
DFB-Pokal / South German Cup1st round / Quarter-finals (qualification for DFB-Pokal)
German football championship2nd / Runners-up
Top goalscorerLeague: Lothar Schämer (26)
All: Erwin Stein (30)
Highest home attendance71,000 15 April 1962 v 1. FC Nürnberg (league)
Lowest home attendance9,000 7 January 1962 v SV Waldhof (league)
Average home league attendance18,933

The 1961–62 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 62nd 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 17th season in the Oberliga Süd. Eintracht finished the league as runners-up. In the German Championship Qualifiers the Eagles finished as 2nd.

Matches

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Legend

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendlies

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22 July 1961 (1961-07-22) Bayern Hof Germany 1–5 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Hof, West Germany
  • Stark 75'
Report
Stadium: Stadion Grüne Au
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Kandelbinder
23 July 1961 (1961-07-23) 1. FC Haßfurt Germany 3–3 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Haßfurt, West Germany
  • Bayer 16'
  • Kreh (64.)(80.)
Report
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Scheuring
1 August 1961 (1961-08-01) Rot-Weiss Frankfurt Germany 1–8 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Frankfurt, West Germany
  • Becker 58'
Report
Stadium: Stadion am Brentanobad
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Berg
22 August 1961 (1961-08-22) Standard de Liège Belgium 0–2 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Liège, Belgium
Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Piavier
19 September 1961 (1961-09-19) SV Wiesbaden Germany 1–6 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Wiesbaden, West Germany
  • Erber 19'
Report
Stadium: Stadion an der Berliner Straße
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Schreiner
4 October 1961 (1961-10-04) SL Benfica Portugal 2–3 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Lisbon, Portugal
Report
Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 35,000
17 October 1961 (1961-10-17) Rangers Scotland 2–3 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Glasgow, Scotland
19:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 104,679
Referee: Davidson
19 October 1961 (1961-10-19) Sheffield United England 3–1 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt England
19:30 BST
Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Leafe
19 May 1962 (1962-05-19) Malaya Federation of Malaya 2–4 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Kuala Lumpur, Malaya
Report
Stadium: Stadium Merdeka
Attendance: 10,000
21 May 1962 (1962-05-21) Bangkok XI Thailand 1–6 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
Report
23 May 1962 (1962-05-23) Hong Kong XI Hong Kong 1–5 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Hong Kong
Report
26 May 1962 (1962-05-26) Hong Kong XI Hong Kong 3–7 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Hong Kong
Report Attendance: 5,000
6 June 1962 (1962-06-06) Winnipeg XI Canada 1–6 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Winnipeg, Canada
Report Attendance: 6,500
12 June 1962 (1962-06-12) DAFB (German-American soccer association) United States 1–4 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt New York City, United States
  • Erbach 60'
Report
Stadium: Eintracht Oval
Attendance: 2,500
20 June 1962 (1962-06-20) SG Büdingen Germany 0–7 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Büdingen, West Germany
Report
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Gehwal

Oberliga Süd

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League fixtures and results

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6 August 1961 (1961-08-06) 1 1860 Munich 1–6 Eintracht Frankfurt Munich, West Germany
Report
Stadium: Städtisches Stadion an der Grünwalder Straße
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Handwerker
13 August 1961 (1961-08-13) 2 Eintracht Frankfurt 5–4 Kickers Offenbach Frankfurt, West Germany
15:00 CEST
Report
  • Lotz 21'
  • Gast 41', 58'
  • Kraus 44'
Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Kreitlein
20 August 1961 (1961-08-20) 3 SV Waldhof 1–3 Eintracht Frankfurt Mannheim, West Germany
  • Diehl 52'
Report
Stadium: Stadion am Alsenweg
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Meißner
27 August 1961 (1961-08-27) 4 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–2 SSV Reutlingen Frankfurt, West Germany
15:00 CEST
Report
  • Scheurer 46'
  • Dulz 83'
Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Kandelbinder
3 September 1961 (1961-09-03) 5 BC Augsburg 2–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Augsburg, West Germany
Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Hubbuch
10 September 1961 (1961-09-10) 6 FSV Frankfurt 0–5 Eintracht Frankfurt Frankfurt, West Germany
Report
Stadium: Stadion am Bornheimer Hang
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Tschenscher
16 September 1961 (1961-09-16) 7 Eintracht Frankfurt 9–0 VfR Mannheim Frankfurt, West Germany
16:30 CEST
Report Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Freimuth
24 September 1961 (1961-09-24) 8 Karlsruher SC 1–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Karlsruhe, West Germany
15:00 CEST
  • Witlatschil 32'
Report
Stadium: Wildparkstadion
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Dusch
1 October 1961 (1961-10-01) 9 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–2 Bayern Munich Frankfurt, West Germany
15:00 CEST
Report
Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Schneider
15 October 1961 (1961-10-15) 10 VfB Stuttgart 0–3 Eintracht Frankfurt Stuttgart, West Germany
Report
Stadium: Neckarstadion
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Jakobi
29 October 1961 (1961-10-29) 11 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–0 SpVgg Fürth Frankfurt, West Germany
15:00 CEST
Report Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Klein
5 November 1961 (1961-11-05) 12 Bayern Hof 1–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Hof, West Germany
  • Greim 88'
Report
Stadium: Stadion Grüne Au
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Treiber
11 November 1961 (1961-11-11) 13 Eintracht Frankfurt 5–1 Schwaben Augsburg Frankfurt, West Germany
14:30 CEST
Report
  • Metzger 46'
Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Handwerker
19 November 1961 (1961-11-19) 14 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–1 Schweinfurt 05 Frankfurt, West Germany
14:30 CEST Report
  • Kupfer 36'
Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Hubbuch
26 November 1961 (1961-11-26) 15 1. FC Nürnberg 0–3 Eintracht Frankfurt Nuremberg, West Germany
Report
Stadium: Städtisches Stadion
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Tschenscher
10 December 1961 (1961-12-10) 16 Eintracht Frankfurt 4–2 1860 Munich Frankfurt, West Germany
Report Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Neumeier
17 December 1961 (1961-12-17) 17 Kickers Offenbach 1–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Offenbach, West Germany
14:15 CEST
Report Stadium: Stadion am Bieberer Berg
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Kreitlein
7 January 1962 (1962-01-07) 18 Eintracht Frankfurt 3–0 SV Waldhof Frankfurt, West Germany
14:15 CEST
Report Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Ommerborn
14 January 1962 (1962-01-14) 19 SSV Reutlingen 4–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Reutlingen, West Germany
  • Wodarzik 21'
  • Fritschi 46'
  • Scheurer 59', 77'
Report
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Fischer
21 January 1962 (1962-01-21) 20 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–0 BC Augsburg Frankfurt, West Germany
14:15 CEST
Report Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Seiler
27 January 1962 (1962-01-27) 21 Eintracht Frankfurt 4–0 FSV Frankfurt Frankfurt, West Germany
14:30 CEST
Report Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Jakobi
4 February 1962 (1962-02-04) 22 VfR Mannheim 1–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Mannheim, West Germany
  • Sauter 14'
Report
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Reil
10 February 1962 (1962-02-10) 23 Eintracht Frankfurt 3–1 Karlsruher SC Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CEST
Report
Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Eckel
18 February 1962 (1962-02-18) 24 Bayern Munich 2–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Munich, West Germany
Report Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Tschenscher
25 February 1962 (1962-02-25) 25 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–2 VfB Stuttgart Frankfurt, West Germany
14:30 CEST
Report
  • Höller 65'
  • Neupert 89'
Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Mors
11 March 1962 (1962-03-11) 26 SpVgg Fürth 1–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Fürth, West Germany
Report Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Treiber
24 March 1962 (1962-03-24) 27 Eintracht Frankfurt 5–2 Bayern Hof Frankfurt, West Germany
16:30 CEST
Report
  • Greim 35'
  • Winterstein 67'
Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Fritz
1 April 1962 (1962-04-01) 28 Schwaben Augsburg 1–4 Eintracht Frankfurt Augsburg, West Germany
  • Georg Lechner 53'
Report
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Kreitlein
8 April 1962 (1962-04-08) 29 Schweinfurt 05 3–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Schweinfurt, West Germany
  • Schweighöfer 25', 65'
  • Kupfer 69'
Report Stadium: Willy-Sachs-Stadion
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Neumeier
15 April 1962 (1962-04-15) 30 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–1 1. FC Nürnberg Frankfurt, West Germany
15:00 CEST
Report Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 71,000
Referee: Tschenscher


League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 1. FC Nürnberg 30 20 3 7 70 30 +40 43 Qualification to German championship
2 Eintracht Frankfurt 30 19 5 6 81 37 +44 43
3 Bayern Munich 30 17 6 7 67 55 +12 40
4 Kickers Offenbach 30 16 5 9 65 50 +15 37
5 VfB Stuttgart 30 13 8 9 66 53 +13 34
6 Bayern Hof 30 12 8 10 55 56 −1 32
7 1860 Munich 30 11 8 11 64 57 +7 30
8 SSV Reutlingen 30 12 5 13 57 51 +6 29
9 Karlsruher SC 30 8 12 10 47 44 +3 28
10 VfR Mannheim 30 9 10 11 47 59 −12 28
11 BC Augsburg 30 9 8 13 55 63 −8 26
12 SpVgg Fürth 30 6 12 12 31 39 −8 24
13 Schwaben Augsburg 30 10 3 17 43 78 −35 23
14 Schweinfurt 05 30 9 4 17 39 63 −24 22
15 FSV Frankfurt 30 7 7 16 35 65 −30 21 Relegation to 2. Oberliga Süd
16 SV Waldhof 30 6 8 16 39 61 −22 20
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points;

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
30 19 5 6 81 37  +44 43 11 3 1 48 18  +30 8 2 5 33 19  +14

Source: Bundesliga

Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAH
ResultWWWDDWWWDWWWWDWWLWLWWDWLLLWWLW
Position331222222221111111111222222122
Updated to match(es) played on 1 January 2021. Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

German football championship

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League fixtures and results

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21 April 1962 (1962-04-21) 1 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–3 1. FC Köln Frankfurt, West Germany
17:30 CEST
Report
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Ott
28 April 1962 (1962-04-28) 2 Eintracht Frankfurt 8–1 FK Pirmasens Stuttgart, West Germany
Report Stadium: Neckarstadion
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Treichel
5 May 1962 (1962-05-05) 3 Hamburger SV 1–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Hamburg, West Germany
Report Stadium: Volksparkstadion
Attendance: 61,000
Referee: Schörnich

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 1. FC Köln 3 3 0 0 14 1 +13 6 Qualified to final
2 Eintracht Frankfurt 3 2 0 1 11 5 +6 4
3 Hamburger SV 3 1 0 2 7 6 +1 2
4 FK Pirmasens 3 0 0 3 4 24 −20 0
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points;

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
3 2 0 1 11 5  +6 4 1 0 1 9 4  +5 1 0 0 2 1  +1

Source: Bundesliga

Results by round

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Round123
GroundHHA
ResultLWW
Position422
Updated to match(es) played on 1 January 2021. Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

DFB-Pokal / SFV-Pokal

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DFB-Pokal

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28 July 1961 (1961-07-28) 1st Round Eintracht Frankfurt 2–3 (a.e.t.) 1. FC Köln Frankfurt, West Germany
20:00 CEST
Report
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Deuschel

SFV-Pokal

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23 December 1961 (1961-12-23) 1st Round VfR 07 Limburg 3–5 (a.e.t.) Eintracht Frankfurt Limburg, West Germany
  • Becker 8', 13', 39'
Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Wenzel
18 March 1962 (1962-03-18) 2nd Round SV Wiesbaden 0–5 Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany
Report
  • Stein 1', 10', 42', 51'
  • Stierstorfer 11' (o.g.)
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Handwerker
9 May 1962 (1962-05-09) 3rd Round Eintracht Frankfurt 3–2 SpVgg Neu-Isenburg Frankfurt, West Germany
20:00 CEST
Report
  • Kranz 40'
  • E Schneider 44'
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Sparing
13 May 1962 (1962-05-13) Quarter-finals Eintracht Frankfurt 2–0 SV Waldhof Frankfurt, West Germany
Report Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 2,500
Note: The tournament didn't continue after the quarter-finals since it already counted as qualification for the DFB-Pokal

Squad

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Squad and statistics

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Oberliga DFB-Pokal German
Championship
round
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Germany GER Egon Loy 36 0 30 0 3 0 3 0
GK Germany GER Wolfgang Zscherlich 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
DF Germany GER Hermann Höfer 37 3 29 3 5 0 3 0
DF Germany GER Eberhard Schymik 26 2 20 2 3 0 3 0
MF Germany GER Peter Büttner 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
MF Germany GER Hans-Walter Eigenbrodt 33 0 26 0 4 0 3 0
MF Germany GER Ludwig Landerer 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0
MF Germany GER Friedel Lutz 22 2 20 2 2 0 0 0
MF Germany GER Dieter Stinka 34 8 27 6 4 2 3 0
MF Germany GER Hans Weilbächer 31 2 23 1 5 0 3 1
FW Germany GER Alfred Horn 23 5 18 3 3 2 2 0
FW Germany GER Richard Kress 37 7 30 4 4 1 3 2
FW Germany GER Ernst Kreuz 24 8 22 8 2 0 0 0
FW Germany GER Dieter Lindner 24 12 18 9 3 1 3 2
FW Germany GER Erich Meier 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
FW Germany GER Lothar Schämer 35 28 30 26 3 2 2 0
FW Germany GER Wolfgang Solz 10 1 7 1 2 0 1 0
FW Germany GER Erwin Stein 37 30 29 16 5 8 3 6

Transfers

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Sources

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

See also

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