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	Runner-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

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

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendlies

Eintracht Frankfurt v Stuttgarter Kickers

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

Union Niederrad v Eintracht Frankfurt

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

Berliner SV 92 v Eintracht Frankfurt

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

SV Kassel / CSC 03 Kassel XI v Eintracht Frankfurt

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

Minerva 93 Berlin v Eintracht Frankfurt

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

Tennis Borussia Berlin v Eintracht Frankfurt

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

Hammer SpVg v Eintracht Frankfurt

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

Schwarz-Weiß Essen v Eintracht Frankfurt

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

SV Wiesbaden v Eintracht Frankfurt

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

Union Niederrad v Eintracht Frankfurt

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

FSV Frankfurt v Eintracht Frankfurt

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

Main article: 1931–32 Bezirksliga Main-Hessen

League fixtures and results

SpVgg Griesheim 02 v Eintracht Frankfurt

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

Eintracht Frankfurt v VfL Germania 1894

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

Eintracht Frankfurt v Rot-Weiss Frankfurt

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

FC Hanau 93 v Eintracht Frankfurt

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

Eintracht Frankfurt v Germania Bieber

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

Eintracht Frankfurt v FSV Heusenstamm

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

Eintracht Frankfurt v FSV Frankfurt

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

VfL Neu-Isenburg v Eintracht Frankfurt

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

Kickers Offenbach v Eintracht Frankfurt

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

Union Niederrad v Eintracht Frankfurt

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

Eintracht Frankfurt v SpVgg Griesheim 02

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

VfL Germania 1894 v Eintracht Frankfurt

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

Rot-Weiss Frankfurt v Eintracht Frankfurt

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

Eintracht Frankfurt v FC Hanau 93

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

Germania Bieber v Eintracht Frankfurt

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

FSV Heusenstamm v Eintracht Frankfurt

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

FSV Frankfurt v Eintracht Frankfurt

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

Eintracht Frankfurt v VfL Neu-Isenburg

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

Eintracht Frankfurt v Union Niederrad

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

Eintracht Frankfurt v Kickers Offenbach

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

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

Main article: 1932 German football championship

Fixtures and results

Mainz 05 v Eintracht Frankfurt

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

Eintracht Frankfurt v SV Waldhof

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

Eintracht Frankfurt v FV Saarbrücken

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

FK Pirmasens v Eintracht Frankfurt

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

Eintracht Frankfurt v Wormatia Worms

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

VfL Neckarau v Eintracht Frankfurt

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

Eintracht Frankfurt v FSV Frankfurt

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

FV Saarbrücken v Eintracht Frankfurt

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

SV Waldhof v Eintracht Frankfurt

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

Eintracht Frankfurt v Mainz 05

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

FSV Frankfurt v Eintracht Frankfurt

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

Eintracht Frankfurt v VfL Neckarau

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

Wormatia Worms v Eintracht Frankfurt

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

Eintracht Frankfurt v FK Pirmasens

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

Eintracht Frankfurt v Bayern Munich

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

Hindenburg Allenstein v Eintracht Frankfurt

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

Eintracht Frankfurt v Tennis Borussia Berlin

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

Eintracht Frankfurt v Schalke 04

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

Date	Match			Result	Stadium	Attendance
12 June 1932	FC Bayern Munich	–	Eintracht Frankfurt	2-0 (1–0)	Nuremberg, Städtisches Stadion	55,000

Teams

FC Bayern Munich: 1 Josef Lechler 2 Conny Heidkamp 3 Sigmund Haringer 4 Ludwig Goldbrunner 5 Josef Breindl 6 Ernst Nagelschmitz 7 Hans Schmid 8 Hans Welker 9 Oskar Rohr 36' 10 Franz Krumm 75' 11 Josef Bergmaier Manager: Richard Kohn

Eintracht Frankfurt: 1 Ludwig Schmitt 2 Franz Schütz 3 Hans Stubb 4 August Möbs 5 Hugo Mantel 6 Bernhard Leis 7 Rudi Gramlich 8 Theodor Trumpler 9 Fritz Schaller 10 Karl Ehmer 11 Walter Dietrich Manager: Paul Oßwald

Squad

Squad and statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League		South German championship round		All German championship round
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	GER	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	GER	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

Summer

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)

Winter

In:

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Out:

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

See also

• 1932 German football championship

External links

• Official English Eintracht website
• German archive site