1927–28 Eintracht Frankfurt season

The 1927–28 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 28th season in the club's football history.

Eintracht Frankfurt
1927–28 season
ChairmanEgon Graf von Beroldingen
ManagerWalter Dietrich / Friedel Egly (player-managers until September 1927)
Gustav Wieser (signed October 1927)
Bezirksliga Main-Hessen (Main division)1st / Champions
South German Championship round2nd / Runners-Up
German Championship knockout stageRound of 16
Domestic cup competitionNot established yet
Top goalscorerLeague: Karl Ehmer (34)
All: Karl Ehmer (40)
Highest home attendance25,000 2 October 1927 v FSV Frankfurt (league)
Lowest home attendance2,000 11 December 1927 v VfR Offenbach (league)

In 1927–28 the club played in the Bezirksliga Main-Hessen, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 1st season in the Bezirksliga Main-Hessen. The league was founded with the clubs of the north-eastern part of the Bezirksliga Rheinhessen-Saar merging with those of the Bezirksliga Main (Main division).

The season ended up with Eintracht winning the Bezirksliga Main-Hessen (Main division). In the South German Championship round finished as runners-up but were eliminated in the round of 16 of the German Championship knockout stage.

Matches edit

Legend edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendlies edit

26 December 1927 (1927-12-26) Eintracht Frankfurt   6–0   Vienna Cricket and Football-Club Frankfurt, Germany
Report Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Uhrig
4 March 1928 (1928-03-04) Würzburger FV   2–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Würzburg, Germany
Report
Stadium: Stadion an der Frankfurter Straße
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Maul
9 April 1928 (1928-04-09) Eintracht Frankfurt   2–2   Tennis Borussia Berlin Germany
Report
  • Hoffmann  
  • Raue  
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Fritz
9 May 1928 (1928-05-09) Eintracht Frankfurt   1–2   West Ham United Frankfurt, Germany
  • Kissinger  
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Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Weingärtner
12 May 1928 (1928-05-12) ABTS/Komet Bremen   1–6   Eintracht Frankfurt Germany
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13 May 1928 (1928-05-13) Altona 93   2–4   Eintracht Frankfurt Altona, Germany
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17 May 1928 (1928-05-17) Eintracht Frankfurt   4–0   Modena FC Frankfurt, Germany
Report Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Haseneier
2 June 1928 (1928-06-02) VfR Mannheim   1–1   Eintracht Frankfurt Mannheim, Germany
  • Langenstein  
Report
Referee: Albrecht
3 June 1928 (1928-06-03) SpVgg Griesheim 02   4–3   Eintracht Frankfurt Germany
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10 June 1928 (1928-06-10) VfL Neu-Isenburg   0–5   Eintracht Frankfurt Neu-Isenburg, Germany
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Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Freiländer
24 June 1928 (1928-06-24) Rot-Weiss Frankfurt   1–4   Eintracht Frankfurt Frankfurt, Germany
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Stadium: Platz an der Festhalle
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Herbst
30 June 1928 (1928-06-30) Hanauer FC 93   2–1   Eintracht Frankfurt Hanau, Germany
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Bezirksliga Main-Hessen (Main division) edit

League fixtures and results edit

31 July 1927 (1927-07-31) 1 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–0 Kickers Offenbach Germany
Report Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Klaiber
7 August 1927 (1927-08-07) 2 SpVgg Fechenheim 1–9 Eintracht Frankfurt Fechenheim, Germany
  • Kuntzig   55'
Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Blendl
14 August 1927 (1927-08-14) 3 Sport 1860 Hanau 1–6 Eintracht Frankfurt Hanau, Germany
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Report
Attendance: 1,200
21 August 1927 (1927-08-21) 4 Viktoria Aschaffenburg 0–3 Eintracht Frankfurt Aschaffenburg, Germany
  • Heeg  
Report
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Schmidt
27 August 1927 (1927-08-27) 5 Eintracht Frankfurt 5–1 VfL Germania 1894 Frankfurt, Germany
Report
  • Meisinger   61'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Freiländer
4 September 1927 (1927-09-04) 6 Viktoria 94 Hanau 1–3 Eintracht Frankfurt Hanau, Germany
  • Wilhelm  
  • Schömber  
  • Müller  
Report Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Pulscher
11 September 1927 (1927-09-11) 7 Eintracht Frankfurt 3–0 Hanauer FC 93 Frankfurt, Germany
Report
  • Rothard  
Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Behr
18 September 1927 (1927-09-18) 8 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–1 Rot-Weiss Frankfurt Frankfurt, Germany
Report
  • Maier  
Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Welte
25 September 1927 (1927-09-25) 9 VfR Offenbach 1–3 Eintracht Frankfurt Offenbach, Germany
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Report
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Jünger
2 October 1927 (1927-10-02) 10 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–1 FSV Frankfurt Frankfurt, Germany
Report
  • Strehlke   40'
Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Fritz
9 October 1927 (1927-10-09) 11 Union Niederrad 0–3 Eintracht Frankfurt Frankfurt, Germany
Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Gimper
16 October 1927 (1927-10-16) 12 Kickers Offenbach 1–3 Eintracht Frankfurt Germany
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Report
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Bühler
23 October 1927 (1927-10-23) 13 Eintracht Frankfurt 5–1 Union Niederrad Frankfurt, Germany
Report
  • Wissenbach  
Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Uhl
30 October 1927 (1927-10-30) 14 FSV Frankfurt 0–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Frankfurt, Germany
Report
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Maul
6 November 1927 (1927-11-06) 15 Rot-Weiss Frankfurt 1–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Frankfurt, Germany
  • Jost   58'
Report Stadium: Platz an der Festhalle
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Müller
13 November 1927 (1927-11-13) 16 VfL Germania 1894 1–5 Eintracht Frankfurt Germany
  • Vetter  
Report
Attendance: 2,000
20 November 1927 (1927-11-20) 17 Eintracht Frankfurt 5–0 Viktoria Aschaffenburg Frankfurt, Germany
Report Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Schuan
27 November 1927 (1927-11-27) 18 Eintracht Frankfurt 10–1 SpVgg Fechenheim Frankfurt, Germany
Report
  • Sohl   10'
Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Dröll
4 December 1927 (1927-12-04) 19 Eintracht Frankfurt 7–0 Viktoria 94 Hanau Frankfurt, Germany
Report Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Lukassowitz
11 December 1927 (1927-12-11) 20 Eintracht Frankfurt 6–0 VfR Offenbach Germany
Report Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Müller
18 December 1927 (1927-12-18) 21 Hanauer FC 93 1–4 Eintracht Frankfurt Germany
  • Dorn  
Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Becker
25 December 1927 (1927-12-25) 22 Eintracht Frankfurt 6–0 Sport 1860 Hanau Germany
Report Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Flügel

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Eintracht Frankfurt 22 20 1 1 93 13 +80 41 Qualification to Qualifier to the championship
2 FSV Frankfurt 22 17 2 3 87 25 +62 36
3 Rot-Weiss Frankfurt 22 13 4 5 53 29 +24 30
4 Union Niederrad 22 11 4 7 55 40 +15 26
5 Hanauer FC 93 22 10 2 10 48 46 +2 22
6 Viktoria Aschaffenburg 22 9 3 10 53 57 −4 21
7 Kickers Offenbach 22 7 6 9 32 42 −10 20
8 SpVgg Fechenheim 22 9 2 11 60 82 −22 20
9 Sport 1860 Hanau 22 7 3 12 41 80 −39 17
10 Viktoria 94 Hanau 22 4 4 14 37 74 −37 12
11 VfR Offenbach 22 3 4 15 29 81 −52 10 Relegation to the second tier
12 VfL Germania 1894 22 3 3 16 41 60 −19 9
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
22 20 1 1 93 13  +80 41 10 1 0 52 5  +47 10 0 1 41 8  +33

Source: Bundesliga

Results by round edit

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
GroundHAAAHAHHAHAAHAAAHHHHAH
ResultWWWWWWWWWDWWWWLWWWWWWW
Position4111111111111111111111
Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

South German championship round edit

League fixtures and results edit

1 January 1928 (1928-01-01) 1 Eintracht Frankfurt 0–2 Bayern Munich Frankfurt, Germany
Report
Attendance: 15,000
8 January 1928 (1928-01-08) 2 Stuttgarter Kickers 1–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Stuttgart, Germany
Report
  • Kissinger   12'
Stadium: Kickers-Platz
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Gröschel
15 January 1928 (1928-01-15) 3 Eintracht Frankfurt 4–1 Karlsruher FV Germany
Report
  • Quasten  
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Maul
5 February 1928 (1928-02-05) 4 Eintracht Frankfurt 5–1 FV Saarbrücken Frankfurt, Germany
Report
  • Schmidt  
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Schliefer
12 February 1928 (1928-02-12) 5 SV Waldhof 2–7 Eintracht Frankfurt Germany
  • Decker   20'
  • Brückl  
Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Sackenreuther
19 February 1928 (1928-02-19) 6 SpVgg Fürth 1–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Fürth, Germany
  • Franz   59'
Report
Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Fritz
26 February 1928 (1928-02-26) 7 Eintracht Frankfurt 4–3 Wormatia Worms Frankfurt, Germany
Report
  • Müller   45' (pen.)
  • Wolf   59', 69'
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: List
11 March 1928 (1928-03-11) 8 Bayern Munich 2–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Munich, Germany
Report
Stadium: Stadion an der Grünwalderstraße
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Speidel
18 March 1928 (1928-03-18) 9 Eintracht Frankfurt 0–0 Stuttgarter Kickers Frankfurt, Germany
Report Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Maul
25 March 1928 (1928-03-25) 10 Karlsruher FV 1–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Karlsruhe, Germany
  • Quasten  
Report Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Fritz
1 April 1928 (1928-04-01) 11 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–3 SpVgg Fürth Frankfurt, Germany
Report
  • Frank   28' 
  • Rupprecht   70'
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Müller
15 April 1928 (1928-04-15) 12 Wormatia Worms 0–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Germany
Report
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Seelmacher
22 April 1928 (1928-04-22) 13 FV Saarbrücken 2–4 Eintracht Frankfurt Saarbrücken, Germany
  • Komes   15'
  • Kraus  
Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Bachmann
29 April 1928 (1928-04-29) 14 Eintracht Frankfurt 5–4 SV Waldhof Frankfurt, Germany
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  • Brückl   
  • Skutlarek  
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Schmitt

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Bayern Munich 14 10 4 0 41 17 +24 24 Qualification to Qualifier to the championship
2 Eintracht Frankfurt 14 9 3 2 39 23 +16 21
3 SpVgg Fürth 14 8 4 2 37 15 +22 20
4 Karlsruher FV 14 5 2 7 34 29 +5 12
5 Stuttgarter Kickers 14 3 5 6 25 30 −5 11
6 Wormatia Worms 14 4 3 7 28 37 −9 11
7 SV Waldhof 14 3 3 8 33 42 −9 9
8 FV Saarbrücken 14 2 0 12 19 63 −44 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
14 9 3 2 39 23  +16 21 4 1 2 19 12  +7 5 2 0 20 11  +9

Source: Bundesliga

Results by round edit

Round1234567891011121314
GroundHAHHAAHAHAHAAH
ResultLDWWWWWDDWLWWW
Position86344222223222
Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

German championship knockout stage edit

League fixtures and results edit

8 July 1928 (1928-07-08) Round of 16 SpVgg Sülz 07 3–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Cologne, Germany
Report
Stadium: Müngersdorfer Stadion
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Schulz

Squad edit

Squad and statistics edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total Bezirksliga South German Championship round German Championship knockout stage
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   GER Willy Trump 37 0 22 0 14 0 1 0
DF    Friedel Egly 23 0 22 0 1 0 0 0
DF   GER Rudi Kirchheim 14 0 0 0 13 0 1 0
DF   GER Franz Schütz 36 1 22 0 14 1 0 0
MF   GER Hans Bechtold 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
MF   GER Bruno Goldammer 33 3 20 2 12 1 1 0
MF   GER Fritz Kübert 35 1 22 0 12 1 1 0
MF   GER Fritz Mauruschat[note 1] 11 0 0 0 10 0 1 0
MF    James Müller 26 1 21 1 4 0 1 0
FW    Karl Biehler 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0
FW   SUI Walter Dietrich 36 19 21 14 14 5 1 0
FW   GER Karl Döpfer 33 22 19 15 14 7 0 0
FW   GER Karl Ehmer 29 40 22 34 6 5 1 1
FW    Kaufmann 6 1 6 1 0 0 0 0
FW   GER Bernhard Kellerhoff 33 10 19 8 13 2 1 0
FW   GER H Kissinger 14 8 0 0 13 8 1 0
FW   GER Fritz Schaller 32 23 19 14 12 9 1 0
FW   GER Heinrich Stamm 6 2 5 2 1 0 0 0
FW   GER Georg Stroh 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Transfers edit

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Originally, the family name was Maurischat. By mistake a registrar in Berlin registered the name as "Mauruschat". When marrying in Frankfurt it would have taken too much time to correct the typing error and therefore Fritz formally kept the name Mauruschat

Sources edit

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

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