1920–21 Eintracht Frankfurt season

Eintracht Frankfurt
1920–21 season
Chairman	Wilhelm Schöndube
Manager	Unknown
Kreisliga Nordmain	1st / Eliminated in the South German championship round (Northern section)
South German Cup	1st Round
Top goalscorer	League: Péter Szabó (8); All: Paul Imke and ; Péter Szabó (9)
	← 1919–20 1921–22 →

The 1920–21 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 21st season in the club's football history. It was the first full season under the name Eintracht after merging of Frankfurter FV and the gymnastics club Frankfurter Turngemeinde von 1861.

In 1920–21 the club played in the Kreisliga Nordmain, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 2nd season in the Kreisliga Nordmain.

The season ended up with Eintracht winning Kreisliga Nordmain for the second time in a row. In the northern section of the South German championship group Eintracht didn't qualify for the championship knockout stage.

Matches[edit]

Legend[edit]

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Friendlies[edit]

1 August 1920 (1920-08-01)	Kickers Offenbach	2–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany
		Report	Imke

11 August 1920

Eintracht Frankfurt

0–0

Helvetia Frankfurt

Germany

15 August 1920 (1920-08-15)	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	MTV München 1879	Germany

21 August 1920 (1920-08-21)	Ring Dresden	0–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany

22 August 1920 (1920-08-22)	Eintracht Leipzig	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany

29 August 1920 (1920-08-29)	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	FV Neu-Isenburg	Germany

1 September 1920 (1920-09-01) Sportplatz an der Rossegerstraße farewell match	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	Malmö FF	Frankfurt, Germany
	Neureuther Schönfeld	Report		Stadium: Sportplatz an der Rossegerstraße Attendance: 5,000

5 September 1920 (1920-09-05) Riederwaldstadion inauguration match	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	Freiburger FC	Frankfurt, Germany
				Stadium: Riederwaldstadion

25 December 1920 (1920-12-25)	1. FC Pforzheim	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Pforzheim, Germany
	Kreß	Report	Szabó 18'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Köhler

26 December 1920 (1920-12-26)	Sportfreunde Stuttgart	2–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany

1 January 1921 (1921-01-01)	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	Nordstern Basel	Germany

25 March 1921 (1921-03-25)	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–2	Kölner BC 01	Germany

28 March 1921 (1921-03-28)	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–1	Essener SV 1899	Germany

1 May 1921 (1921-05-01)	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–1	Phönix Karlsruhe	Germany

7 May 1921 (1921-05-07)	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	Borussia Neunkirchen	Frankfurt, Germany
	Böttcher	Report		Referee: Rettelbach
Note: Tournament to celebrate the 60 years anniversary of the gymnastics section of Eintracht Frankfurt

8 May 1921 (1921-05-08)	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–6	Wacker München	Frankfurt, Germany
	Köster	Report
Note: Tournament to celebrate the 60 years anniversary of the gymnastics section of Eintracht Frankfurt

13 May 1921 (1921-05-13)	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	Blauw-Wit Amsterdam	Germany
	Imke Neureuther	Report		Referee: Ter Horst

Kreisliga Nordmain[edit]

League fixtures and results[edit]

12 September 1920 (1920-09-12) 1	FG 02 Seckbach	0–4	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany

19 September 1920 (1920-09-19) 2	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–1	VfL Germania 1894	Frankfurt, Germany
				Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 8,000

26 September 1920 (1920-09-26) Since Helvetia's player Wunderlich was capped for the international match Germany v Austria in Vienna the league match was played as a friendly and rescheduled for 20 February 1921.	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	Helvetia Frankfurt	Germany
				Attendance: 5,000

3 October 1920 (1920-10-03) 3	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	Viktoria Aschaffenburg	Germany
				Attendance: 5,000

10 October 1920 (1920-10-10) 4	VfR 01 Frankfurt	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany

17 October 1920 (1920-10-17) 5	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	Germania Rückingen	Germany

24 October 1920 (1920-10-24) 6	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	FSV Frankfurt	Germany

31 October 1920 (1920-10-31) 7	Frankfurter FV Sportfreunde 04	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany

7 November 1920 (1920-11-07) 8	Hanauer FC 93	1–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany

14 November 1920 (1920-11-14) 9	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–1	Viktoria 94 Hanau	Germany

5 December 1920 (1920-12-05) 10	Germania Rückingen	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Rückingen, Germany
				Referee: Meier
Note: Match abandoned after 75 minutes when home supporters invaded the pitch after a sending-off. The match was valued 2-0 in favour for Eintracht Frankfurt in an armchair decision.

12 December 1920 (1920-12-12) 11	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	FG 02 Seckbach	Germany

19 December 1920 (1920-12-19) 12	Helvetia Frankfurt	2–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany

2 January 1921 (1921-01-02) 13	Viktoria Aschaffenburg	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany

9 January 1921 (1921-01-09) 14	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–0	VfR 01 Frankfurt	Germany

16 January 1921 (1921-01-16) 15	VfL Germania 1894	5–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt, Germany
	Schnürle 15' 60' Schneider	Report	Böttcher	Stadium: Sportplatz Sandhöfer Wiesen Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Brenner

23 January 1921 (1921-01-23) 16	FSV Frankfurt	0–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany
		Report	Imke	Referee: Albrecht

30 January 1921 (1921-01-30) 17	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–1	Frankfurter FV Sportfreunde 04	Germany
	Imke	Report	Schildger	Referee: Rettelbach

6 February 1921 (1921-02-06) 18	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	Hanauer FC 93	Germany
	Mölders	Report		Referee: Werner

13 February 1921 (1921-02-13) 19	Viktoria 94 Hanau	0–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany
		Report	Dornbusch	Referee: Witte

20 February 1921 (1921-02-20) 20	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	Helvetia Frankfurt	Frankfurt, Germany
	Köster	Report	Maier 40'	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Brucker

League table[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Eintracht Frankfurt	20	12	5	3	31	18	+13	29	Qualification to South German championship
2	VfL Germania 1894	20	11	6	3	46	20	+26	28
3	Viktoria Aschaffenburg	20	10	4	6	30	22	+8	24
4	VfR 01 Frankfurt	20	10	4	6	29	24	+5	24
5	Helvetia Frankfurt	20	8	6	6	24	20	+4	22
6	Viktoria 94 Hanau	20	9	3	8	29	27	+2	21
7	Germania Rückingen	20	6	4	10	22	27	−5	16
8	FSV Frankfurt	20	4	8	8	20	26	−6	16
9	Hanauer FC 93	20	5	5	10	28	32	−4	15
10	Frankfurter FV Sportfreunde 04	20	6	3	11	24	30	−6	15
11	FG 02 Seckbach	20	3	4	13	12	49	−37	10

Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
20	12	5	3	31	18	+13	29	7	2	1	17	6	+11	5	3	2	14	12	+2

Source: Bundesliga

Results by round[edit]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	L	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	D
Position	3	2	5	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1

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

South German championship round (Northern section)[edit]

Fixtures and results[edit]

6 March 1921 (1921-03-06) 1	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–0	SV Waldhof	Frankfurt, Germany
15:00 CEST	J Köster Szabó 50'	Report		Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Rossi

20 March 1921 (1921-03-20) 2	1. FC Nürnberg	7–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Nürnberg, Germany
	Bös	Report	Imke Böttcher	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Tusch

3 April 1921 (1921-04-03) 3	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–0	Kickers Offenbach	Frankfurt, Germany
	Dornbusch 1' Imke J Köster	Report		Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Rettelbach

10 April 1921 (1921-04-10) 4	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–1	1. FC Nürnberg	Frankfurt, Germany
		Report	Popp	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Niederberger

17 April 1921 (1921-04-17) 5	SV Waldhof	2–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany
	Höger	Report		Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Dämmermann

24 April 1921 (1921-04-24) 6	Kickers Offenbach	3–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany
		Report	Neureuther	Referee: Albrecht

Table[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1. FC Nürnberg	6	5	1	0	20	4	+16	11
SV Waldhof	6	3	1	2	11	9	+2	7
Eintracht Frankfurt	6	2	0	4	10	13	−3	4
Kickers Offenbach	6	1	0	5	6	21	−15	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

South German Cup DFB-Pokal / SFV-Pokal[edit]

21 February 1921 (1921-02-21) 1st Round	KV Mühlheim	3–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Mühlheim, Germany
	Spahn 30' Müller 55' Lotz		Dill	Stadium: Sportplatz an der Roten Warte Referee: Bachmann
Note: Since the first team played the replay match v Helvetia Frankfurt, Eintracht played the cup match with the reserve team

Squad[edit]

Squad and statistics[edit]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Kreisliga^{[note 1]}		South German Championship round
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	GER	Wilhelm Gmelin	11	0	5	0	6	0
	GK	GER	Robert Steiger	15	0	15	0	0	0
	DF	GER	Paul Brandt	21	0	16	0	5	0
	DF	GER	Willi Pfeiffer	21	0	15	0	6	0
	MF	GER	Fritz Becker	5	0	5	0	0	0
	MF	GER	Karl Jockel	22	2	16	2	6	0
	MF	GER	Heiner Roth	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	GER	Emil Schneider	19	0	13	0	6	0
	FW	GER	Karl Schönfeld	15	0	9	0	6	0
	FW	GER	John Böttcher	22	2	16	1	6	1
	FW	GER	Friedrich Dill	3	0	2	0	1	0
	FW	GER	Jakob Dornbusch	11	3	7	1	4	2
	FW	GER	Paul Imke	17	9	11	7	6	2
	FW	GER	J Köster	17	3	12	1	5	2
	FW	GER	Heinz Mölders	14	2	13	2	1	0
	FW	GER	Ferdinand Neureuther	8	7	6	5	2	2
	FW	HUN	Péter Szabó	21	9	15	8	6	1

Transfers[edit]

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	GER	John Böttcher (from unknown)
—	FW	GER	Heinz Mölders (from unknown)
—	FW	GER	Friedrich Dill (from Eintracht Frankfurt II)
—	FW	GER	J Köster (from Hannover 96)
—	GK	GER	Robert Steiger (from FSV Frankfurt)
—	FW	HUN	Péter Szabó (from 1. FC Nürnberg)

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	GER	Philipp Hohmann (to unknown)
—	FW	GER	Karl Reußwig (to unknown)

Notes[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c Eintracht's league records lack of 4 goals and 43 appearances

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 (in German)

[Unsufficient_records-1] Eintracht's league records lack of 4 goals and 43 appearances

[note 1]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
20	12	5	3	31	18	+13	29	7	2	1	17	6	+11	5	3	2	14	12	+2

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
20	12	5	3	31	18	+13	29	7	2	1	17	6	+11	5	3	2	14	12	+2