1931–32 Eintracht Frankfurt season

Eintracht Frankfurt
1931–32 season
Chairman	Egon Graf von Beroldingen
Manager	Paul Oßwald
Bezirksliga Main-Hessen	1st / Champions
South German Championship round	1st / Champions
German Championship knockout stage	Runners-up
Domestic cup competition	Not established yet
Top goalscorer	League: Karl Ehmer (34); All: Karl Ehmer (55)
Highest home attendance	20,000 on two occasions v FSV Frankfurt (Bezirksliga and South German Championship round)
Lowest home attendance	1,500 6 September 1931 v Germania Bieber (Bezirksliga and South German Championship round)
Average home league attendance	6,618
	← 1930–31 1932–33 →

The 1931–32 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 32nd season in the club's football history. In 1931–32 the club played in the Bezirksliga Main-Hessen, then one of many top tiers of German football. It was the club's 5th season in the Bezirksliga Main-Hessen.

The season ended up with Eintracht winning the South German championship for the second time, but later losing to Bayern Munich in the final match.

Matches[edit]

Legend[edit]

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Friendlies[edit]

2 August 1931 (1931-08-02)	Eintracht Frankfurt	6–2	Stuttgarter Kickers
	Ehmer Möbs	(Report)		Referee: Schmidt

27 September 1931 (1931-09-27)	Union Niederrad	3–5	Eintracht Frankfurt
		(Report)

18 November 1931 (1931-11-18)	Berliner SV 92	1–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Berlin, Germany
		(Report)	Schaller 30' Ehmer	Stadium: Preußenplatz Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Röhrbein

28 February 1932 (1932-02-28)	SV Kassel / CSC 03 Kassel XI	2–7	Eintracht Frankfurt	Kassel, Germany
	Engelhardt	(Report)	Ehmer Dietrich	Attendance: 5,000

26 March 1932 (1932-03-26)	Minerva 93 Berlin	1–4	Eintracht Frankfurt	Berlin, Germany
	Elsholz	(Report)	Dietrich Ehmer 24' Möbs	Attendance: 12,000

27 March 1932 (1932-03-27)	Tennis Borussia Berlin	1–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Berlin, Germany
	Thönnissen 89'	(Report)	Ehmer 52', 85'	Attendance: 8,500

18 June 1932 (1932-06-18)	Hammer SpVg	0–3	Eintracht Frankfurt
		(Report)	Ehmer	Attendance: 8,000

19 June 1932 (1932-06-19)	Schwarz-Weiß Essen	2–7	Eintracht Frankfurt	Essen, Germany
	Hullisch Pörtgen	(Report)	Trumpler 9' Möbs Kron pen' Schaller	Stadium: Uhlenkrugstadion Attendance: 6,000

25 June 1932 (1932-06-25)	SV Wiesbaden	0–2	Eintracht Frankfurt
		(Report)	Trumpler 22' Sottong 84'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Bohn

26 June 1932 (1932-06-26)	Union Niederrad	1–4	Eintracht Frankfurt
	6'	(Report)	Kron Schaller Sottong	Referee: Hannewald

2 July 1932 (1932-07-02)	FSV Frankfurt	3–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt, Germany
		(Report)		Stadium: Stadion am Bornheimer Hang Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Schlosser

Bezirksliga Main-Hessen[edit]

League fixtures and results[edit]

9 August 1931 (1931-08-09) 1	SpVgg Griesheim 02	1–6	Eintracht Frankfurt
	pen'	(Report)	Leis Kron Ehmer Möbs	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Bremser

16 August 1931 (1931-08-16) 2	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	VfL Germania 1894	Frankfurt, Germany
	Möbs 5'	(Report)		Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Oswalt

23 August 1931 (1931-08-23) 3	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	Rot-Weiss Frankfurt	Frankfurt, Germany
	Möbs 35'	(Report)	Rutz 60' (pen.)	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Glaser

30 August 1931 (1931-08-30) 4	FC Hanau 93	2–3	Eintracht Frankfurt
		(Report)	Möbs Ehmer	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Kotz

6 September 1931 (1931-09-06) 5	Eintracht Frankfurt	6–1	Germania Bieber
	Schaller 12' Möbs Ehmer	(Report)	Leis o.g.'	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Götzl

13 September 1931 (1931-09-13) 6	Eintracht Frankfurt	5–2	FSV Heusenstamm	Frankfurt, Germany
	Bauer o.g.' Leis pen.' Ehmer pen.'	(Report)	Wiedemann	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Uhl

4 October 1931 (1931-10-04) 7	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	FSV Frankfurt	Frankfurt, Germany
	Dietrich 89'	(Report)	Wühler 90'	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Gabler

11 October 1931 (1931-10-11) 8	VfL Neu-Isenburg	1–3	Eintracht Frankfurt
	Dietz 40'	(Report)	Ehmer 30' Trumpler 57' Kellerhoff 82'	Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Iserloh

18 October 1931 (1931-10-18) 9	Kickers Offenbach	2–5	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bieber, Germany
	Stein (Elfmeter) pen.' Meid	(Report)	Ehmer Möbs	Stadium: Stadion am Bieberer Berg Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Dölker

25 October 1931 (1931-10-25) 10	Union Niederrad	0–1	Eintracht Frankfurt
		(Report)	Gramlich 5'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Becker

1 November 1931 (1931-11-01) 11	Eintracht Frankfurt	9–0	SpVgg Griesheim 02	Frankfurt, Germany
	Schaller Möbs Ehmer Gramlich	(Report)		Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Neuweiler

8 November 1931 (1931-11-08) 12	VfL Germania 1894	1–7	Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt, Germany
	Steudle	(Report)	Fritz Schaller August Möbs Karl Ehmer Walter Dietrich Bernhard Kellerhoff	Stadium: Sportplatz Sandhöfer Wiesen Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Keßler

15 November 1931 (1931-11-15) 13	Rot-Weiss Frankfurt	2–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt, Germany
	Engel Rutz 80'	(Report)	Ehmer	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Kratzenberg

29 November 1931 (1931-11-29) 14	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–0	FC Hanau 93	Frankfurt, Germany
	Möbs Ehmer	(Report)		Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Schlosser

6 December 1931 (1931-12-06) 15	Germania Bieber	0–4	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bieber, Germany
		(Report)	Möbs 20' Ehmer 28', 57', 74'	Stadium: Sportplatz am Waldhof Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Walter

13 December 1931 (1931-12-13) 16	FSV Heusenstamm	0–6	Eintracht Frankfurt
		(Report)	Möbs Kellerhoff	Attendance: 800 Referee: Scheel

25 December 1931 (1931-12-25) 17	FSV Frankfurt	0–6	Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt, Germany
		(Report)	Möbs Ehmer Trumpler Schaller	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Maul

1 January 1932 (1932-01-01) 18	Eintracht Frankfurt	9–2	VfL Neu-Isenburg	Frankfurt, Germany
	Ehmer 1' Kellerhoff Schaller	(Report)		Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Keller

3 January 1932 (1932-01-03) 19	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–2	Union Niederrad	Frankfurt, Germany
	Ehmer Trumpler Pfeiffer	(Report)	Leichter	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Müller

10 January 1932 (1932-01-10) 20	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–0	Kickers Offenbach	Frankfurt, Germany
		(Report)	Maid	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Bremser

League table[edit]

Position	Team	Played	Goals	Points
01.	Eintracht Frankfurt (C)	20	81-18	35-05
02.	FSV Frankfurt	20	50-30	28-12
03.	Rot-Weiss Frankfurt	20	58-30	25-15
04.	Union Niederrad	20	69-39	25-15
05.	Kickers Offenbach	20	40-31	25-15
06.	VfL Neu-Isenburg (P)	20	42-46	18-22
07.	Germania Bieber	20	36-52	16-24
08.	FC Hanau 93	20	35-56	16-24
09.	FSV Heusenstamm (P)	20	23-51	14-26
10.	SpVgg Griesheim 02 (P)	20	33-59	12-28
11.	VfL Germania 1894 (P)	20	25-80	06-34

	Qualification for the 1932 German football championship round
	Relegated to the second tier
(C)	1930–31 Bezirksliga Main-Hessen champions
(P)	Promoted from the second tier

South German Championship round, North West division[edit]

Fixtures and results[edit]

20 December 1931 (1931-12-20) 1	Mainz 05	1–4	Eintracht Frankfurt
	Posselmann 75'	(Report)	Schaller 4' Möbs 19' (pen.), 52', 60'	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Götzl

17 January 1932 (1932-01-17) 2	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–0	SV Waldhof	Frankfurt, Germany
	Ehmer 15', 20', 78'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Unverferth

24 January 1932 (1932-01-24) 3	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–3	FV Saarbrücken	Frankfurt, Germany
	Ehmer Schaller 84'	(Report)	Schmidt Benzmüller	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Schneider

31 January 1932 (1932-01-31) 4	FK Pirmasens	1–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Pirmasens, Germany
	Hergert 50' (pen.)	(Report)	Ehmer 14', 83'	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Fritz

7 February 1932 (1932-02-07) 5	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–2	Wormatia Worms	Frankfurt, Germany
	Möbs 30' 67' Ehmer 64'	(Report)	Winkler 59', 86'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Glaser

14 February 1932 (1932-02-14) 6	VfL Neckarau	2–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Mannheim, Germany
	Zellner 52' Zeilfelder 88'	(Report)		Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Fuchs

21 February 1932 (1932-02-21) 7	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	FSV Frankfurt	Frankfurt, Germany
	Karl Ehmer 29'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Sackenreuther

6 March 1932 (1932-03-06) 8	FV Saarbrücken	0–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Saarbrücken, Germany
		(Report)		Stadium: Ludwigsparkstadion Attendance: 3,500

13 March 1932 (1932-03-13) 9	SV Waldhof	2–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Mannheim, Germany
	Weidinger	(Report)	Schaller Ehmer pen'	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Müller

20 March 1932 (1932-03-20) 10	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	Mainz 05
	Ehmer 4' Schaller 27'	(Report)	Engel 2'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Engel

3 April 1932 (1932-04-03) 11	FSV Frankfurt	2–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt, Germany
	Knapp 4' Sadtler 18'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Maul

10 April 1932 (1932-04-10) 12	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–1	VfL Neckarau	Frankfurt, Germany
	Ehmer 8', 17' (pen.) Dietrich 58'	(Report)	Schmitt 44'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Wacker

17 April 1932 (1932-04-17) 13	Wormatia Worms	5–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Worms
	Winkler 15' 24' Müller	(Report)	Ehmer 4' Leis pen.' Dietrich	Stadium: Wormatia-Stadion Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Götzl

24 April 1932 (1932-04-24) 14	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	FK Pirmasens	Frankfurt, Germany
	Leis 39'	(Report)		Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Unverferth

Position	Team	Played	Goals	Points
01.	Eintracht Frankfurt	14	29-20	20-08
02.	FSV Frankfurt	14	31-17	19-09
03.	Wormatia Worms	14	36-25	17-11
04.	VfL Neckarau	14	28-26	16-12
05.	FV Saarbrücken	14	28-34	12-16
06.	FK Pirmasens	14	23-34	10-18
07.	SV Waldhof	14	27-31	09-19
08.	Mainz 05	14	20-35	09-19

Qualification for the 1932 German football championship round

South German Championship final match[edit]

1 May 1932 (1932-05-01)	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–0	Bayern Munich	Stuttgart, Germany
	Dietrich 5', 35'	(Report)		Stadium: Platz des VfB Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Glöckler

German Championship knockout stage[edit]

8 May 1932 (1932-05-08) Round of 16	Hindenburg Allenstein	0–6	Eintracht Frankfurt	Königsberg, Germany
		(Report)	Ehmer 1', 24', 35', 53' Dietrich 49'	Stadium: VfB-Platz Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Dawzinsky

22 May 1932 (1932-05-22) Quarter-final	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–1	Tennis Borussia Berlin	Frankfurt, Germany
	Ehmer 8' Schaller 46' Stubb 88' (pen.)	(Report)	Handschuhmacher 41'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Dondelinger

29 May 1932 (1932-05-29) Semi-final	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	Schalke 04	Dresden, Germany
	Ehmer 9', 65'	(Report)	Rothardt 35'	Stadium: Stadion am Ostragehege des Dresdner SC Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Flachowski

Final[edit]

12 June 1932

Bayern Munich	2–0	Eintracht Frankfurt
Rohr 36' (pen.) Krumm 75'	Report

Städtisches Stadion, Nuremberg

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Alfred Birlem (Berlin)

Squad[edit]

Squad and statistics[edit]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League		South German championship round		All German championship round
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Pfister	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
	GK	GER	Ludwig Schmitt	35	0	20	0	11	0	4	0
	DF	GER	Willi Pfeiffer	21	1	14	1	7	0	0	0
	DF	GER	Franz Schütz	28	0	16	0	8	0	4	0
	DF	GER	Hans Stubb	24	1	9	0	11	0	4	1
	MF	GER	Rudolf Gramlich	33	2	17	2	12	0	4	0
	MF	GER	Bernhard Leis	37	3	19	1	14	2	4	0
	MF	GER	Hugo Mantel	21	0	8	0	9	0	4	0
	MF	GER	Franz Sobanski	8	0	1	0	6	0	1	0
	FW	GER	Heinz Berger	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SUI	Walter Dietrich	36	8	19	2	13	4	4	2
	FW	GER	Karl Ehmer	38	55	19	34	15	14	4	7
	FW	GER	Walter Gerth	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	FW		Kampschmieder	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	GER	Bernhard Kellerhoff	30	5	18	5	12	0	0	0
	FW	GER	Joseph Kron	19	1	12	1	7	0	0	0
	FW	GER	August Möbs	35	28	19	22	12	6	4	0
	FW	GER	Fritz Schaller	31	13	18	8	10	4	3	1
	FW	GER	Theodor Trumpler	26	4	10	4	12	0	4	0

Transfers[edit]

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	GER	Heinz Berger (from Eintracht Frankfurt Academy)
—	FW	GER	Walter Gerth (from unknown)
—	GK	GER	Pfister (from unknown)
—	MF	GER	Franz Sobanski (from Berliner SV 92)

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	GER	Bruno Goldammer (retired)

Notes[edit]

Sources[edit]

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

External links[edit]

Official English Eintracht website Archived 2 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine
German archive site