1927–28 Eintracht Frankfurt season

Eintracht Frankfurt 1927–28 football season

Eintracht Frankfurt
1927–28 season
Chairman	Egon Graf von Beroldingen
Manager	Walter Dietrich / Friedel Egly (player-managers until September 1927) Gustav Wieser (signed October 1927)
Bezirksliga Main-Hessen (Main division)	1st / Champions
South German Championship round	2nd / Runners-Up
German Championship knockout stage	Round of 16
Domestic cup competition	Not established yet
Top goalscorer	League: Karl Ehmer (34) All: Karl Ehmer (40)
Highest home attendance	25,000 2 October 1927 v FSV Frankfurt (league)
Lowest home attendance	2,000 11 December 1927 v VfR Offenbach (league)
← 1926–27 1928–29 →

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

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

Legend

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Friendlies

Eintracht Frankfurt

Vienna Cricket and Football-Club

26 December 1927 (1927-12-26)	Eintracht Frankfurt	6–0	Vienna Cricket and Football-Club	Frankfurt, Germany
	Kellerhoff 30' Schaller 38' Dietrich 57' Döpfer 65' (pen.) Ehmer 70', 80'	Report		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Uhrig

Würzburger FV

v Eintracht Frankfurt

4 March 1928 (1928-03-04)	Würzburger FV	2–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Würzburg, Germany
	Müller 5' Stauß	Report	Willner (o.g.) Döpfer	Stadium: Stadion an der Frankfurter Straße Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Maul

Eintracht Frankfurt

Tennis Borussia Berlin

9 April 1928 (1928-04-09)	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–2	Tennis Borussia Berlin	Germany
	Kellerhoff Dietrich	Report	Hoffmann Raue	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Fritz

Eintracht Frankfurt

West Ham United

9 May 1928 (1928-05-09)	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–2	West Ham United	Frankfurt, Germany
	Kissinger	Report		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Weingärtner

ABTS/Komet Bremen

Eintracht Frankfurt

12 May 1928 (1928-05-12)	ABTS/Komet Bremen	1–6	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany

Altona 93

Eintracht Frankfurt

13 May 1928 (1928-05-13)	Altona 93	2–4	Eintracht Frankfurt	Altona, Germany
	Warnecke Jäger	Report	Kissinger Schaller Ehmer

Eintracht Frankfurt

Modena FC

17 May 1928 (1928-05-17)	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–0	Modena FC	Frankfurt, Germany
	Kissinger Ehmer Dietrich	Report		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Haseneier

VfR Mannheim

Eintracht Frankfurt

2 June 1928 (1928-06-02)	VfR Mannheim	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Mannheim, Germany
	Langenstein	Report	(o.g.)	Referee: Albrecht

SpVgg Griesheim 02

Eintracht Frankfurt

3 June 1928 (1928-06-03)	SpVgg Griesheim 02	4–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany

VfL Neu-Isenburg

Eintracht Frankfurt

10 June 1928 (1928-06-10)	VfL Neu-Isenburg	0–5	Eintracht Frankfurt	Neu-Isenburg, Germany
		Report	Ehmer	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Freiländer

Rot-Weiss Frankfurt

Eintracht Frankfurt

24 June 1928 (1928-06-24)	Rot-Weiss Frankfurt	1–4	Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt, Germany
		Report		Stadium: Platz an der Festhalle Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Herbst

Hanauer FC 93

Eintracht Frankfurt

30 June 1928 (1928-06-30)	Hanauer FC 93	2–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Hanau, Germany
		Report	Ehmer

Bezirksliga Main-Hessen (Main division)

League fixtures and results

Eintracht Frankfurt v Kickers Offenbach

31 July 1927 (1927-07-31) 1	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–0	Kickers Offenbach	Germany
	Stamm 9' Schaller 57'	Report		Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Klaiber

SpVgg Fechenheim v Eintracht Frankfurt

7 August 1927 (1927-08-07) 2	SpVgg Fechenheim	1–9	Eintracht Frankfurt	Fechenheim, Germany
	Kuntzig 55'	Report	Ehmer 15', 68', 78' Schaller 47', 60', 79' Biehler 56', 77' Döpfer 86'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Blendl

Sport 1860 Hanau v Eintracht Frankfurt

14 August 1927 (1927-08-14) 3	Sport 1860 Hanau	1–6	Eintracht Frankfurt	Hanau, Germany
		Report	Ehmer Dietrich Kellerhoff	Attendance: 1,200

Viktoria Aschaffenburg v Eintracht Frankfurt

21 August 1927 (1927-08-21) 4	Viktoria Aschaffenburg	0–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Aschaffenburg, Germany
	Heeg	Report	Schaller Ehmer	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Schmidt

Eintracht Frankfurt v VfL Germania 1894

27 August 1927 (1927-08-27) 5	Eintracht Frankfurt	5–1	VfL Germania 1894	Frankfurt, Germany
	Stamm 14' Döpfer 28' Ehmer 39', 77' Goldammer 88'	Report	Meisinger 61'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Freiländer

Viktoria 94 Hanau v Eintracht Frankfurt

4 September 1927 (1927-09-04) 6	Viktoria 94 Hanau	1–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Hanau, Germany
	Wilhelm Schömber Müller	Report	Dietrich Ehmer Kellerhoff	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Pulscher

Eintracht Frankfurt v Hanauer FC 93

11 September 1927 (1927-09-11) 7	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–0	Hanauer FC 93	Frankfurt, Germany
	Ehmer pen.'	Report	Rothard	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Behr

Eintracht Frankfurt v Rot-Weiss Frankfurt

18 September 1927 (1927-09-18) 8	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	Rot-Weiss Frankfurt	Frankfurt, Germany
	Ehmer pen.' Dietrich 83'	Report	Maier	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Welte

VfR Offenbach v Eintracht Frankfurt

25 September 1927 (1927-09-25) 9	VfR Offenbach	1–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Offenbach, Germany
		Report	Schaller Ehmer Kaufmann	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Jünger

Eintracht Frankfurt v FSV Frankfurt

2 October 1927 (1927-10-02) 10	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	FSV Frankfurt	Frankfurt, Germany
	Ehmer 27'	Report	Strehlke 40'	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Fritz

Union Niederrad v Eintracht Frankfurt

9 October 1927 (1927-10-09) 11	Union Niederrad	0–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt, Germany
		Report	Döpfer Ehmer pen.'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Gimper

Kickers Offenbach v Eintracht Frankfurt

16 October 1927 (1927-10-16) 12	Kickers Offenbach	1–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany
	pen.'	Report	Kellerhoff 3' Schaller 43' Wigidahl (o.g.)	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Bühler

Eintracht Frankfurt v Union Niederrad

23 October 1927 (1927-10-23) 13	Eintracht Frankfurt	5–1	Union Niederrad	Frankfurt, Germany
	Dietrich Döpfer Kellerhoff Ehmer	Report	Wissenbach	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Uhl

FSV Frankfurt v Eintracht Frankfurt

30 October 1927 (1927-10-30) 14	FSV Frankfurt	0–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt, Germany
		Report	Ehmer 40' Schaller	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Maul

Rot-Weiss Frankfurt v Eintracht Frankfurt

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

VfL Germania 1894 v Eintracht Frankfurt

13 November 1927 (1927-11-13) 16	VfL Germania 1894	1–5	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany
	Vetter	Report	Ehmer 7' Schaller Dietrich	Attendance: 2,000

Eintracht Frankfurt v Viktoria Aschaffenburg

20 November 1927 (1927-11-20) 17	Eintracht Frankfurt	5–0	Viktoria Aschaffenburg	Frankfurt, Germany
	Dietrich Döpfer Ehmer	Report		Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Schuan

Eintracht Frankfurt v SpVgg Fechenheim

27 November 1927 (1927-11-27) 18	Eintracht Frankfurt	10–1	SpVgg Fechenheim	Frankfurt, Germany
	Schaller 3' Dietrich Ehmer Kellerhoff Goldammer Döpfer	Report	Sohl 10'	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Dröll

Eintracht Frankfurt v Viktoria 94 Hanau

4 December 1927 (1927-12-04) 19	Eintracht Frankfurt	7–0	Viktoria 94 Hanau	Frankfurt, Germany
	Döpfer Dietrich Ehmer Schaller Kellerhoff	Report		Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Lukassowitz

Eintracht Frankfurt v VfR Offenbach

11 December 1927 (1927-12-11) 20	Eintracht Frankfurt	6–0	VfR Offenbach	Germany
	Döpfer Dietrich pen.' Ehmer	Report		Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Müller

Hanauer FC 93 v Eintracht Frankfurt

18 December 1927 (1927-12-18) 21	Hanauer FC 93	1–4	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany
	Dorn	Report	Schaller Döpfer Ehmer	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Becker

Eintracht Frankfurt v Sport 1860 Hanau

25 December 1927 (1927-12-25) 22	Eintracht Frankfurt	6–0	Sport 1860 Hanau	Germany
	Ehmer Döpfer Kellerhoff	Report		Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Flügel

League table

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	Relegation to the second tier

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
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

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

South German championship round

League fixtures and results

Eintracht Frankfurt v Bayern Munich

1 January 1928 (1928-01-01) 1	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–2	Bayern Munich	Frankfurt, Germany
	Ehmer	Report	Hutsteiner 6' Haringer 85'	Attendance: 15,000

Stuttgarter Kickers v Eintracht Frankfurt

8 January 1928 (1928-01-08) 2	Stuttgarter Kickers	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Stuttgart, Germany
	Maneval	Report	Kissinger 12'	Stadium: Kickers-Platz Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Gröschel

Eintracht Frankfurt v Karlsruher FV

15 January 1928 (1928-01-15) 3	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–1	Karlsruher FV	Germany
	Döpfer Goldammer Schaller Kübert	Report	Quasten	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Maul

Eintracht Frankfurt v FV Saarbrücken

5 February 1928 (1928-02-05) 4	Eintracht Frankfurt	5–1	FV Saarbrücken	Frankfurt, Germany
	Döpfer Kissinger Dietrich Schütz	Report	Schmidt	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Schliefer

SV Waldhof v Eintracht Frankfurt

12 February 1928 (1928-02-12) 5	SV Waldhof	2–7	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany
	Decker 20' Brückl	Report	Kissinger 21' Schaller Dietrich Döpfer	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Sackenreuther

SpVgg Fürth v Eintracht Frankfurt

19 February 1928 (1928-02-19) 6	SpVgg Fürth	1–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Fürth, Germany
	Franz 59'	Report	Kissinger 35' Kellerhoff 56'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Fritz

Eintracht Frankfurt v Wormatia Worms

26 February 1928 (1928-02-26) 7	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–3	Wormatia Worms	Frankfurt, Germany
	Kissinger 13' Döpfer 18' Schaller 58'	Report	Müller 45' (pen.) Wolf 59', 69'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: List

Bayern Munich v Eintracht Frankfurt

11 March 1928 (1928-03-11) 8	Bayern Munich	2–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Munich, Germany
	Welker Haringer	Report	Kissinger 5' Schaller 7'	Stadium: Stadion an der Grünwalderstraße Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Speidel

Eintracht Frankfurt v Stuttgarter Kickers

18 March 1928 (1928-03-18) 9	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–0	Stuttgarter Kickers	Frankfurt, Germany
		Report		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Maul

Karlsruher FV v Eintracht Frankfurt

25 March 1928 (1928-03-25) 10	Karlsruher FV	1–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Karlsruhe, Germany
	Quasten	Report	Ehmer Dietrich	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Fritz

Eintracht Frankfurt v SpVgg Fürth

1 April 1928 (1928-04-01) 11	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–3	SpVgg Fürth	Frankfurt, Germany
	Döpfer 46' pen.'	Report	Frank 28' Rupprecht 70'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Müller

Wormatia Worms v Eintracht Frankfurt

15 April 1928 (1928-04-15) 12	Wormatia Worms	0–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany
		Report	Schaller 47'	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Seelmacher

FV Saarbrücken v Eintracht Frankfurt

22 April 1928 (1928-04-22) 13	FV Saarbrücken	2–4	Eintracht Frankfurt	Saarbrücken, Germany
	Komes 15' Kraus	Report	Ehmer 3' (pen.) Kellerhoff 27', 75'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Bachmann

Eintracht Frankfurt v SV Waldhof

29 April 1928 (1928-04-29) 14	Eintracht Frankfurt	5–4	SV Waldhof	Frankfurt, Germany
	Schaller pen.' Dietrich Ehmer	Report	pen.' Brückl Skutlarek	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Schmitt

League table

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	Qualification to Qualifier to the championship
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


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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	L	W	W	W
Position	8	6	3	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2

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

German championship knockout stage

League fixtures and results

SpVgg Sülz 07 v Eintracht Frankfurt

8 July 1928 (1928-07-08) Round of 16	SpVgg Sülz 07	3–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Cologne, Germany
	Swatosch 20', 80' Zarges 38'	Report	Ehmer 43'	Stadium: Müngersdorfer Stadion Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Schulz

Squad

Squad and statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bezirksliga		South German Championship round		German Championship knockout stage
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	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

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	GER	Karl Ehmer (from EFC Kronberg)
—	FW	GER	H Kissinger (from ASV Nürnberg)
—	MF	GER	Fritz Mauruschat (from VfL Germania 1894)
—	FW	GER	Heinrich Stamm (from Eintracht Frankfurt academy)

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	GER	Karl Schönfeld (to unknown)

Notes

^ 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