1961–62 Eintracht Frankfurt season

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.

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

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   1–5   Eintracht Frankfurt Hof, West Germany
  • Stark   75'
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Stadium: Stadion Grüne Au
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Kandelbinder
23 July 1961 (1961-07-23) 1. FC Haßfurt   3–3   Eintracht Frankfurt Haßfurt, West Germany
  • Bayer   16'
  • Kreh (64.)(80.)
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Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Scheuring
1 August 1961 (1961-08-01) Rot-Weiss Frankfurt   1–8   Eintracht Frankfurt Frankfurt, West Germany
  • Becker   58'
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Stadium: Stadion am Brentanobad
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Berg
22 August 1961 (1961-08-22) Standard de Liège   0–2   Eintracht Frankfurt Liège, Belgium
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Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Piavier
19 September 1961 (1961-09-19) SV Wiesbaden   1–6   Eintracht Frankfurt Wiesbaden, West Germany
  • Erber   19'
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Stadium: Stadion an der Berliner Straße
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Schreiner
4 October 1961 (1961-10-04) SL Benfica   2–3   Eintracht Frankfurt Lisbon, Portugal
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Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 35,000
17 October 1961 (1961-10-17) Rangers   2–3   Eintracht Frankfurt Glasgow, Scotland
19:30 BST
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Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 104,679
Referee: Davidson
19 October 1961 (1961-10-19) Sheffield United   3–1   Eintracht Frankfurt England
19:30 BST
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Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Leafe
19 May 1962 (1962-05-19) Malaya   2–4   Eintracht Frankfurt Kuala Lumpur, Malaya
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Stadium: Stadium Merdeka
Attendance: 10,000
21 May 1962 (1962-05-21) Bangkok XI   1–6   Eintracht Frankfurt
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23 May 1962 (1962-05-23) Hong Kong XI   1–5   Eintracht Frankfurt Hong Kong
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26 May 1962 (1962-05-26) Hong Kong XI   3–7   Eintracht Frankfurt Hong Kong
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Attendance: 5,000
30 May 1962 (1962-05-30) San Francisco XI   2–3   Eintracht Frankfurt San Francisco, United States
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Attendance: 8,000
2 June 1962 (1962-06-02) Sheffield United   4–1   Eintracht Frankfurt Vancouver, Canada
Report Attendance: 18,000
6 June 1962 (1962-06-06) Winnipeg XI   1–6   Eintracht Frankfurt Winnipeg, Canada
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Attendance: 6,500
9 June 1962 (1962-06-09) Sheffield United   4–0   Eintracht Frankfurt Toronto, Canada
Report Attendance: 12,000
12 June 1962 (1962-06-12) DAFB (German-American soccer association)   1–4   Eintracht Frankfurt New York City, United States
  • Erbach   60'
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Stadium: Eintracht Oval
Attendance: 2,500
20 June 1962 (1962-06-20) SG Büdingen   0–7   Eintracht Frankfurt Büdingen, West Germany
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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
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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
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  • 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'
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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
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  • 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
  • Späth   4'
  • Haller   43' (pen.)
  • Hochstätter I   72'
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Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Hubbuch
10 September 1961 (1961-09-10) 6 FSV Frankfurt 0–5 Eintracht Frankfurt Frankfurt, West Germany
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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'
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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
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Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Schneider
15 October 1961 (1961-10-15) 10 VfB Stuttgart 0–3 Eintracht Frankfurt Stuttgart, West Germany
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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'
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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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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Stadium: Städtisches Stadion
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Tschenscher
10 December 1961 (1961-12-10) 16 Eintracht Frankfurt 4–2 1860 Munich Frankfurt, West Germany
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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'
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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'
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Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Reil
10 February 1962 (1962-02-10) 23 Eintracht Frankfurt 3–1 Karlsruher SC Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CEST
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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
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  • 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
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  • 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'
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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
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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
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Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Ott
28 April 1962 (1962-04-28) 2 Eintracht Frankfurt 8–1 FK Pirmasens Stuttgart, West Germany
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Stadium: Neckarstadion
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Treichel
5 May 1962 (1962-05-05) 3 Hamburger SV 1–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Hamburg, West Germany
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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
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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'
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Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Wenzel
18 March 1962 (1962-03-18) 2nd Round SV Wiesbaden 0–5 Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany
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  • 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
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  • 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   GER Egon Loy 36 0 30 0 3 0 3 0
GK   GER Wolfgang Zscherlich 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
DF   GER Hermann Höfer 37 3 29 3 5 0 3 0
DF   GER Eberhard Schymik 26 2 20 2 3 0 3 0
MF   GER Peter Büttner 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
MF   GER Hans-Walter Eigenbrodt 33 0 26 0 4 0 3 0
MF   GER Ludwig Landerer 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0
MF   GER Friedel Lutz 22 2 20 2 2 0 0 0
MF   GER Dieter Stinka 34 8 27 6 4 2 3 0
MF   GER Hans Weilbächer 31 2 23 1 5 0 3 1
FW   GER Alfred Horn 23 5 18 3 3 2 2 0
FW   GER Richard Kress 37 7 30 4 4 1 3 2
FW   GER Ernst Kreuz 24 8 22 8 2 0 0 0
FW   GER Dieter Lindner 24 12 18 9 3 1 3 2
FW   GER Erich Meier 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
FW   GER Lothar Schämer 35 28 30 26 3 2 2 0
FW   GER Wolfgang Solz 10 1 7 1 2 0 1 0
FW   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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