1960–61 Eintracht Frankfurt season

Eintracht Frankfurt
1960–61 season
ChairmanRudolf Gramlich
ManagerPaul Oßwald
Oberliga Süd2nd / Runners-Up
German Championship Qualifiers2nd / Runners-Up
SFV-PokalFinal (59–60)
SFV-PokalQuarterfinals (60–61 ; qualification for DFB-Pokal)
Top goalscorerLeague: Erwin Stein (23)
All: Erwin Stein (30)
Highest home attendance25,000 2 October 1927 v FSV Frankfurt (league)
Lowest home attendance2,000 11 December 1927 v VfR Offenbach (league)

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

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendlies

23 July 1960 (1960-07-23) SV Darmstadt 98 Germany 1–1 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Ober-Ramstadt, West Germany
  • Ley 79' (pen.)
Report
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Eisemann
30 July 1960 (1960-07-30) Schalke 04 Germany 0–3 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Gelsenkirchen, West Germany
Report
Stadium: Glückauf-Kampfbahn
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Wortmann
3 August 1960 (1960-08-03) Eintracht Frankfurt Germany 5–6 United States DAFB (German-American soccer association) XI Berlin, West Germany
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 Germany 1–2 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Germany
  • Rother 34'
Report
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Spinnler
10 August 1960 (1960-08-10) FV Horas Germany 0–12 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Fulda, West Germany
Report
Stadium: Sportplatz am Aschenberg
Attendance: 3,000
27 August 1960 (1960-08-27) Trofeo Ramón de Carranza semi-final Athletic Club Spain 2–1 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Cádiz, Spain
Report
Stadium: Estadio Ramón de Carranza
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Contreras
16 November 1960 (1960-11-16) Tasmania Berlin Germany 1–1 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Berlin, West Germany
  • Schlichting 58'
Report
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Schubeck
22 November 1960 (1960-11-22) Eintracht Frankfurt Germany 3–1 Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv Frankfurt, West Germany
20:00 CET Report Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Sparing
29 March 1961 (1961-03-29) Eintracht Frankfurt Germany 6–2 Germany Schalke 04 Frankfurt, West Germany
20:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Handwerker
10 May 1961 (1961-05-10) Grasshopper Club Zürich Switzerland 2–1 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Zürich, Switzerland
Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Schicker

Oberliga Süd

League fixtures and results

14 August 1960 (1960-08-14) 1 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–0 1860 Munich Frankfurt, West Germany
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
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Eisemann
4 September 1960 (1960-09-04) 4 Karlsruher SC 5–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Karlsruhe, West Germany
Report
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
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Ommerborn
18 September 1960 (1960-09-18) 6 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–1 FSV Frankfurt Frankfurt, West Germany
15:00 CET
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
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
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
Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Jakobi
15 October 1960 (1960-10-15) 10 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–0 Schweinfurt 05 Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CET
Report Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Deuschel
30 October 1960 (1960-10-30) 11 VfB Stuttgart 1–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Stuttgart, West Germany
Report
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Handwerker
5 November 1960 (1960-11-05) 12 Eintracht Frankfurt 3–2 SV Waldhof Frankfurt, West Germany
14:30 CET
Report
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
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
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Ott
11 December 1960 (1960-12-11) 16 1860 Munich 3–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Munich, West Germany
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
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 Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Tschenscher
8 January 1961 (1961-01-08) 18 1. FC Nürnberg 2–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Nuremberg, West Germany
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
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
Report Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Schmitt
5 February 1961 (1961-02-05) 22 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–2 SpVgg Fürth Frankfurt, West Germany
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
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Deuschel
26 February 1961 (1961-02-26) 24 Eintracht Frankfurt 6–0 Bayern Munich Frankfurt, West Germany
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
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
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
Report
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
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
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Kreitlein
29 April 1961 (1961-04-29) 30 Eintracht Frankfurt 3–2 VfR Mannheim Frankfurt, West Germany
17:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Sailer

League table

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
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
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 18 5 7 78 38  +40 59 11 2 2 49 14  +35 7 3 5 29 24  +5

Source: Bundesliga

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH
ResultWLLLWDWWLWWWDLWLWLWWWDWWWWDWDW
Position1713887575434444444434433222222
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

6 May 1961 (1961-05-06) 1 Eintracht Frankfurt 5–0 Borussia Neunkirchen Ludwigshafen, West Germany
17:30 CET
Report Stadium: Südweststadion
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Ternieden

German Championship Qualifiers

League fixtures and results

20 May 1961 (1961-05-20) 1 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–1 1. FC Saarbrücken Frankfurt, West Germany
17:30 CET
Report
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
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
Report
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
Report
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
Report
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
Report
Stadium: Ludwigsparkstadion
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Seekamp

League table

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

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

Round123456
GroundHAAHHA
ResultDWLWLW
Position213131
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

1959–60

[note 1]

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

1960–61

23 October 1960 (1960-10-23) 1st Round VfB Friedberg 0–6 Eintracht Frankfurt West Germany
Report
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Schreiner
19 November 1960 (1960-11-19) 2nd Round Hünfelder SV 0–6 Eintracht Frankfurt Hünfeld, West Germany
Report
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
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
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

Squad and statistics

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

Transfers

Notes

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

Sources

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

See also