1937–38 Eintracht Frankfurt season

Eintracht Frankfurt 1937–38 football season
Eintracht Frankfurt
1937–38 season
ChairmanHans Söhngen
ManagerPaul Oßwald
Gauliga Südwest/Mainhessen1st / Champions
German Championship round2nd / Runners-Up
Tschammerpokal1st Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Albert Wirsching (25)
All: Albert Wirsching (30)
Highest home attendance18,000 3 October 1937 v FSV Frankfurt (league)
Lowest home attendance2,000 30 January 1938 v 1. FC Kaiserslautern (league)
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The 1937–38 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 38th season in the club's football history.

In 1937–38 the club played in the Gauliga Südwest/Mainhessen, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 5th season in the Gauliga Südwest/Mainhessen. The season ended up with Eintracht finishing as champions in the Gauliga Südwest/Mainhessen. In the German Championship round finished as runners-up.

Matches

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendlies

Schwaben Augsburg Germany v Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
15 August 1937 (1937-08-15) Schwaben Augsburg Germany 3–4 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Germany
 Report
Schweinfurt 05 Germany v Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
22 August 1937 (1937-08-22) Schweinfurt 05 Germany 2–4 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Schweinfurt, Germany
 Report
Attendance: 5,000
Eintracht Frankfurt Germany v Germany Fortuna Düsseldorf
5 September 1937 (1937-09-05) Inauguration match for the new Riederwaldstadion stand Eintracht Frankfurt Germany 1–5 Germany Fortuna Düsseldorf Frankfurt, Germany
  • Arheilger 50'
 Report
Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 10,000
SpVgg Leipzig Germany v Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
10 October 1937 (1937-10-10) SpVgg Leipzig Germany 4–6 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Leipzig, Germany
  • Klus
Report
Eintracht Braunschweig Germany v Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
14 November 1937 (1937-11-14) Eintracht Braunschweig Germany 3–2 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Germany
  • Ender
Report
  • A Schmitt 60'
 Referee: Meyer
SpVgg Fürth Germany v Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
21 November 1937 (1937-11-21) SpVgg Fürth Germany 3–3 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Fürth, Germany
  • Fiederer 14', 88'
  • Popp 76'
 Report
Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Reichel
FSV Frankfurt Germany v Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
28 November 1937 (1937-11-28) FSV Frankfurt Germany 0–2 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Germany
Report
SA-Gruppe Westmark Germany v Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
5 December 1937 (1937-12-05) SA-Gruppe Westmark Germany 3–7 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Koblenz, Germany
 Report
Eintracht Frankfurt Germany v Germany BSG IG Farben
6 March 1938 (1938-03-06) Eintracht Frankfurt Germany 6–0 Germany BSG IG Farben Frankfurt, Germany
  • Ehmer 19', 57'
  • Arheilger 29'
  • Möbs 47'
  • S Hemmerich
Report Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Eintracht Frankfurt Germany v Germany Union Niederrad
7 April 1938 (1938-04-07) Eintracht Frankfurt Germany 3–1 Germany Union Niederrad Frankfurt, Germany
 Report
  • Seibert 40' (pen.)
 Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 1,500
Berliner SV 92 Germany v Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
17 April 1938 (1938-04-17) Berliner SV 92 Germany 4–0 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Berlin, Germany
  • Ballendat
  • Hewerer
  • Kurzke
Report Stadium: Poststadion
Attendance: 8,000
Hertha BSC Germany v Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
18 April 1938 (1938-04-18) Hertha BSC Germany 4–5 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Berlin, Germany
  • Schulz 6'
  • Dreher
  • Schneider
Report
Stadium: Sportplatz am Gesundbrunnen
Attendance: 8,000
Eintracht Frankfurt Germany v Germany 1. FC Pforzheim
19 June 1938 (1938-06-19) Eintracht Frankfurt Germany 2–1 Germany 1. FC Pforzheim Frankfurt, Germany
 Report
  • Wenz 83'
 Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 1,000
Eintracht Frankfurt Germany v Germany Hertha BSC
4 June 1938 (1938-06-04) Eintracht Frankfurt Germany 2–2 Germany Hertha BSC Frankfurt, Germany
 Report
  • Schulze
  • Wilhelm
Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 2,000
Hannover 96 Germany v Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
12 June 1938 (1938-06-12) Hannover 96 Germany 4–1 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Hanover, Germany
 Report
  • A Schmitt pen.'
1. FC Pforzheim Germany v Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
19 June 1938 (1938-06-19) 1. FC Pforzheim Germany 4–1 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Pforzheim, Germany
  • Rau 35' (pen.)
  • Ehmer o.g.'
  • Fischer
Report

Gauliga Südwest/Mainhessen

League fixtures and results

FK Pirmasens v Eintracht Frankfurt
12 September 1937 (1937-09-12) 1 FK Pirmasens 1–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Pirmasens, Germany
  • Wagner 16'
 Report
  • A Schmitt pen.'
  • S Hemmerich 76'
 Referee: Dinger
Eintracht Frankfurt v Kickers Offenbach
19 September 1937 (1937-09-19) 2 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–0 Kickers Offenbach Germany
Report Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Becker
Opel Rüsselsheim v Eintracht Frankfurt
26 September 1937 (1937-09-26) 3 Opel Rüsselsheim 0–4 Eintracht Frankfurt Rüsselsheim, Germany
Report
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Walter
Eintracht Frankfurt v FSV Frankfurt
3 October 1937 (1937-10-03) 4 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–2 FSV Frankfurt Frankfurt, Germany
 Report
  • Schuchardt 35'
  • Armbruster 84' (pen.)
 Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Hermann
Eintracht Frankfurt v Wormatia Worms
17 October 1937 (1937-10-17) 5 Eintracht Frankfurt 4–0 Wormatia Worms Frankfurt, Germany
 Report Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Unversehrt
SV Wiesbaden v Eintracht Frankfurt
24 October 1937 (1937-10-24) 6 SV Wiesbaden 0–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Wiesbaden, Germany
Report Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Welsch
Eintracht Frankfurt v Borussia Neunkirchen
7 November 1937 (1937-11-07) 7 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–1 Borussia Neunkirchen Frankfurt, Germany
Report
  • Fuhrmann 11'
 Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Heß
Eintracht Frankfurt v FV Saarbrücken
12 December 1937 (1937-12-12) 8 Eintracht Frankfurt 5–3 FV Saarbrücken Frankfurt, Germany
 Report
Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Unverfehrt
Eintracht Frankfurt v FK Pirmasens
19 December 1937 (1937-12-19) 9 Eintracht Frankfurt 3–0 FK Pirmasens Frankfurt, Germany
 Report Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Bühler
1. FC Kaiserslautern v Eintracht Frankfurt
26 December 1937 (1937-12-26) 10 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1–3 Eintracht Frankfurt Kaiserslautern, Germany
  • Brill
Report
Stadium: Betzenberg
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Becker
Kickers Offenbach v Eintracht Frankfurt
2 January 1938 (1938-01-02) 11 Kickers Offenbach 4–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Bieber, Germany
  • Staab 60', 69', 80'
  • Simon 87'
 Report
  • Röll 16'
  • A Schmitt 41'
 Stadium: Stadion am Bieberer Berg
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Heß
FSV Frankfurt v Eintracht Frankfurt
16 January 1938 (1938-01-16) 12 FSV Frankfurt 2–6 Eintracht Frankfurt Frankfurt, Germany
  • Schuchardt 12'
  • Armbruster Red card
  • Heldmann
Report
  • Röll 88'
  • Wirsching 65', 78'
  • Arheilger 79', 81'
 Stadium: Stadion am Bornheimer Hang
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Flächsenhar
Eintracht Frankfurt v 1. FC Kaiserslautern
30 January 1938 (1938-01-30) 13 Eintracht Frankfurt 7–1 1. FC Kaiserslautern Frankfurt, Germany
  • Wirsching 14' 77'
  • Linken 29'
  • Röll
  • A Schmitt 82' (pen.)
  • Arheilger 89'
 Report Maier 40' Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Walter
Wormatia Worms v Eintracht Frankfurt
6 February 1938 (1938-02-06) 14 Wormatia Worms 2–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Worms, Germany
  • Eckert 35'
  • Busam 61'
 Report Stadium: Wormatia-Stadion
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Weingärtner
Eintracht Frankfurt v SV Wiesbaden
13 February 1938 (1938-02-13) 15 Eintracht Frankfurt 5–2 SV Wiesbaden Frankfurt, Germany
 Report
  • Schulmeyer 39'
  • Fuchs pen.'
 Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Best
Eintracht Frankfurt v Opel Rüsselsheim
13 March 1938 (1938-03-13) 16 Eintracht Frankfurt 8–1 Opel Rüsselsheim Frankfurt, Germany
  • Röll 4' 42'
  • Linken 10'
  • Wirsching 35' 62'
  • Arheilger
Report
  • Herberich
Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Multer
Borussia Neunkirchen v Eintracht Frankfurt
20 March 1938 (1938-03-20) 17 Borussia Neunkirchen 3–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Neunkirchen, Germany
 Report Stadium: Ellenfeld
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Groß
FV Saarbrücken v Eintracht Frankfurt
27 March 1938 (1938-03-27) 18 FV Saarbrücken 2–4 Eintracht Frankfurt Saarbrücken, Germany
  • Benzmüller 4', 63'
 Report
Stadium: Ludwigsparkstadion
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Hermann

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Eintracht Frankfurt 18 13 2 3 58 25 +33 28 Qualification to Qualifier to the championship
2 Borussia Neunkirchen 18 11 5 2 40 19 +21 27
3 Wormatia Worms 18 9 4 5 41 32 +9 22
4 Kickers Offenbach 18 8 5 5 47 27 +20 21
5 FSV Frankfurt 18 7 3 8 33 33 0 17
6 FK Pirmasens 18 6 4 8 27 28 −1 16
7 SV Wiesbaden 18 6 4 8 30 37 −7 16
8 FV Saarbrücken 18 5 2 11 33 48 −15 12
9 1. FC Kaiserslautern 18 3 6 9 24 49 −25 12 Relegation to the second tier
10 Opel Rüsselsheim 18 2 5 11 16 51 −35 9
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
18 13 2 3 58 25  +33 28 7 2 0 36 10  +26 6 0 3 22 15  +7

Source: Bundesliga

Results by round

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

German championship round (Group 1)

Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification HSV SGE SSC YBI
1 Hamburger SV 6 5 0 1 21 5 4.200 10 Advance to semi-finals — 5–0 2–0 3–1
2 Eintracht Frankfurt 6 5 0 1 24 13 1.846 10 3–2 — 5–0 5–0
3 Stettiner SC 6 2 0 4 12 18 0.667 4 1–3 5–6 — 1–0
4 Yorck Boyen Insterburg 6 0 0 6 4 25 0.160 0 0–6 1–5 2–5 —
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio.
Yorck Boyen Insterburg v Eintracht Frankfurt
3 April 1938 (1938-04-03) 1 Yorck Boyen Insterburg 1–5 Eintracht Frankfurt Insterburg, Germany
  • Schulz 29'
 Report
  • A Schmitt 17', 47', 50'
  • Wirsching 36'
  • Groß 75'
 Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Peters
Stettiner SC v Eintracht Frankfurt
15 April 1938 (1938-04-15) 2 Stettiner SC 5–6 Eintracht Frankfurt Stettin, Germany
  • Bonsack 27'
  • Schmoll 50'
  • Palinski 65', 73'
  • Liedtke 67'
 Report
  • A Schmitt 7', 62'
  • Röll 43', 56'
  • Wirsching 54'
  • Linken 60'
 Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Jaehnichen
Hamburger SV v Eintracht Frankfurt
24 April 1938 (1938-04-24) 3 Hamburger SV 5–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Hamburg, Germany
  • Carstens 10', 41'
  • F Dörfel 36'
  • Noack 47'
  • Höffmann
Report Stadium: Stadion Hoheluft
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Broden
Eintracht Frankfurt v Stettiner SC
30 April 1938 (1938-04-30) 4 Eintracht Frankfurt 5–0 Stettiner SC Frankfurt, Germany
  • A Schmitt 12', 71' (pen.)
  • Röll 47', 69'
  • Arheilger 75'
 Report Stadium: Riederwaldstadion
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Pfeiffer
Eintracht Frankfurt v Yorck Boyen Insterburg
8 May 1938 (1938-05-08) 5 Eintracht Frankfurt 5–0 Yorck Boyen Insterburg Frankfurt, Germany
 Report Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Markert
Eintracht Frankfurt v Hamburger SV
22 May 1938 (1938-05-22) 6 Eintracht Frankfurt 3–2 Hamburger SV Frankfurt, Germany
 Report
  • Carstens 16'
  • Höffmann 66'
 Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Stöckmann

Tschammerpokal

SpVgg Sülz 07 v Eintracht Frankfurt
29 August 1937 (1937-08-29) 1st Round SpVgg Sülz 07 2–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Cologne, Germany
  • Siegfried 4'
  • Schmaus 21'
 Report Stadium: Müngersdorfer Stadion
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Schwarz

Squad

Squad and statistics

No. Pos Nat Player Total Gauliga German Championship round Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Nazi Germany [[|Germany]] Fritz Gorka 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0
GK   Alois Peutler 15 0 11 0 4 0 0 0
GK Nazi Germany [[|Germany]] Ludwig Schmitt 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
DF Nazi Germany [[|Germany]] Karl Ehmer 9 1 7 0 1 1 1 0
DF Nazi Germany [[|Germany]] Friedrich Groß 21 1 14 0 6 1 1 0
DF Nazi Germany [[|Germany]] Hans Stubb 19 0 15 0 4 0 0 0
MF Nazi Germany [[|Germany]] Karl Becker 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
MF Nazi Germany [[|Germany]] Gottfried Fürbeth 21 0 18 0 2 0 1 0
MF Nazi Germany [[|Germany]] Rudolf Gramlich 22 1 17 1 4 0 1 0
MF Nazi Germany [[|Germany]] Hermann Lindemann 24 0 18 0 6 0 0 0
MF Nazi Germany [[|Germany]] Walter Zipp 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
FW   Emil Arheilger 17 14 11 11 6 3 0 0
FW   Willi Grein 6 0 5 0 0 0 1 0
FW Nazi Germany [[|Germany]] Anton Hemmerich 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
FW Nazi Germany [[|Germany]] Stefan Hemmerich 6 1 5 1 0 0 1 0
FW Nazi Germany [[|Germany]] Georg Heyl 5 1 4 1 0 0 1 0
FW   Franz Knapp 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
FW Nazi Germany [[|Germany]] Fritz Linken 17 4 11 3 6 1 0 0
FW Nazi Germany [[|Germany]] August Möbs 6 1 1 0 5 1 0 0
FW Nazi Germany [[|Germany]] Karl Röll 22 16 17 11 5 5 0 0
FW Nazi Germany [[|Germany]] Adam Schmitt 24 12 18 5 5 7 1 0
FW Nazi Germany [[|Germany]] Albert Wirsching 25 30 18 25 6 5 1 0

Transfers

In:

No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW   Emil Arheilger (from Darmstadt)
— MF Nazi Germany [[|Germany]] Karl Becker (from Eintracht Frankfurt reserves)
— FW Nazi Germany [[|Germany]] Fritz Linken (from unknown)
— GK Nazi Germany [[|Germany]] Alois Peutler (from unknown)

Out:

No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW   Bisswurm (to unknown)
— FW   Walter Mechling (to unknown)
— MF   Paul Hermann (to Swabia)
— FW Nazi Germany [[|Germany]] Karl Lanz (to SV 1920 Groß-Karben)
— FW Nazi Germany [[|Germany]] Karl Monz (to unknown)

See also

Notes

Sources

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

External links

  • Official English Eintracht website Archived 2 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine
  • German archive site (in German)
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