1926–27 Eintracht Frankfurt season

The 1926–27 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 27th season in the club's football history.

Eintracht Frankfurt

1926–27 season
Chairman	Fritz Steffan / Heinrich Berger (1926–1927) Horst Rebenschütz (1927)
Manager	Walter Dietrich / Friedel Egly (player-managers)
Bezirksliga Main	2nd / Runners-Up
South German Runners-Up Championship round	3rd
South German Cup	3rd Round
Top goalscorer	League: Karl Döpfer (9) All: Karl Döpfer (12)
Highest home attendance	15,000 26 December 1926 v FSV Frankfurt (league)
Lowest home attendance	2,000 19 September 1926 v Viktoria Aschaffenburg (league)
Average home league attendance	5,556

In 1926–27 the club played in the Bezirksliga Main, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 4th season in the Bezirksliga Main. The season ended up with Eintracht finishing the Bezirksliga Main as runners-up. In the South German Runners-Up Championship round finished as 3rd.

Matches

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendlies

25 July 1926	Würzburger Kickers	2–8	Eintracht Frankfurt	Würzburg, Germany
	55' (o.g.)  87' (pen.)	Report	Kellerhoff  2' Pfeiffer  25' Weber  80' Dietrich	Referee: Schneider

31 July 1926	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–2	VfL Neu-Isenburg	Frankfurt, Germany
	Kellerhoff Dietrich	Report	Eck	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion

8 August 1926	VfB Stuttgart	3–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Stuttgart, Germany
	Vallendor Gerlinger	Report	Dietrich Pfeiffer  60'	Stadium: VfB-Platz auf dem Cannstadter Wasen Referee: Niederberger

22 August 1926	Phönix Ludwigshafen	0–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Edenkoben, Germany
		Report	Kellerhoff	Referee: Albrecht

28 August 1926	1860 Munich	0–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Munich, Germany
		Report	Schaller	Stadium: Sportplatz an der Grünwalder Straße Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Meßberger

29 August 1926	Ulmer FV 94	1–5	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany
		Report

16 January 1927	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–2	VfR Mannheim	Germany
	Stroh  32'	Report	Fleischmann  36'	Referee: Carow

23 January 1927	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–4	Stuttgarter Kickers	Frankfurt, Germany
	Dietrich Klüh	Report	Lieb Ludwig During  o.g.' Welz Keßler	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Referee: Birk

30 January 1927	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–5	SpVgg Fürth	Frankfurt, Germany
	Dietrich Stroh Kaufmann	Report	Ascherl  5' Franz Seiderer  25' Franz	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 10,000

6 February 1927	Eintracht Frankfurt	5–3	Red Star Olympique	Frankfurt, Germany
	Dietrich Kaufmann Stroh Egly  pen.'	Report	Domergue	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 4,000

15 April 1927	1. SV Solingen-Gräfrath 03	4–6	Eintracht Frankfurt	Solingen, Germany
		Report	pen.' Dietrich Pfeiffer  pen.'

17 April 1927	Essener SC Preußen	0–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany
		Report	55'	Attendance: 1,000

18 April 1927	Alemannia Dortmund	2–6	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany
		Report

24 April 1927	Eintracht Frankfurt / FSV Frankfurt / Rot-Weiss Frankfurt XI	1–3	Peñarol	Frankfurt, Germany
	Dietrich  35'	Report	Pérez Ruotta  pen.'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Bauwens

7 May 1927	Fortuna Leipzig	5–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Leipzig, Germany
		Report

8 May 1927	Guts Muts Dresden	2–5	Eintracht Frankfurt	Dresden, Germany
		Report	Döpfer Stamm Kellerhoff

15 May 1927	Kurhessen Kassel	2–5	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany

21 May 1927	Union Krefeld	1–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Krefeld, Germany
		Report	10'

22 May 1927	Düren XI	2–7	Eintracht Frankfurt	Düren, Germany
		Report	Kellerhoff

26 May 1927	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–4	Blauw-Wit Amsterdam	Frankfurt, Germany
		Report		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Haseneier

29 May 1927	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–3	Freiburger FC	Frankfurt, Germany
		Report		Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Referee: Massing

4 June 1927	Eintracht Frankfurt	7–2	VfB Leipzig	Frankfurt, Germany
	Ehmer	Report		Referee: Böhres

12 June 1927	Wormatia Worms	6–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Worms, Germany
	L Müller  10' 25' 48' Völker		11' Ehmer  38' (pen.)	Referee: Gehring

18 June 1927	Eintracht Frankfurt	10–1	SG Hoechst	Germany

25 June 1927	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–4	FSV Frankfurt	Frankfurt, Germany
	Pfeiffer	Report	Brück  48', 65' Wjyk  70', 72'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Schneider

29 June 1927	Rödelheimer FC	0–7	Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt, Germany
		Report	Ehmer Dietrich Döpfer

League fixtures and results

5 September 1926 1	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–1	Hanauer FC 93	Frankfurt, Germany
	Pfeiffer Dietrich Kellerhoff	Report	Schäfer	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Hussel

12 September 1926 2	SpVgg 03 Neu-Isenburg	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Neu-Isenburg, Germany
	Feldbusch	Report	Döpfer  75'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Boeres

19 September 1926 3	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	Viktoria Aschaffenburg	Germany
	Schaller Döpfer	Report	Eckert	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Freiländer

26 September 1926 4	VfL Germania 1894	1–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt, Germany
	Hiller	Report	Schaller Dietrich  pen.'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Gerling

3 October 1926 5	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	Union Niederrad	Frankfurt, Germany
	Egly Schaller	Report	Rosenberger	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 2,500 Referee: List

10 October 1926 6	Viktoria 94 Hanau	0–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Hanau, Germany
	Neidhardt Fiedler	Report	Egly Kellerhoff Kübert	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Morczinczyk

17 October 1926 7	FSV Frankfurt	3–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt, Germany
	Gattermann Strehlke Bretteville	Report	Döpfer  pen.' Schaller	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Maul

24 October 1926 8	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	Rot-Weiss Frankfurt	Frankfurt, Germany
	Egly Döpfer	Report	K. Etsch	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Bohn

31 October 1926 9	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–0	Kickers Offenbach	Frankfurt, Germany
	Döpfer  72' Franz Schütz  77'	Report		Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Mossmann

14 November 1926 10	Hanauer FC 93	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Hanau, Germany
	Klingler  44'	Report	Goldammer	Stadium: Platz an der Schönen Aussicht Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Ullmann

21 November 1926 11	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–0	SpVgg 03 Neu-Isenburg	Frankfurt, Germany
	Stroh Schaller  86'	Report		Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Herl

28 November 1926 12	Viktoria Aschaffenburg	2–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Aschaffenburg, Germany
	Münstermann	Report	Egly  pen.'	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Gottmann

5 December 1926 13	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	VfL Germania 1894	Frankfurt, Germany
	Goldammer  pen.' Döpfer	Report	Tumm	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Müller

12 December 1926 14	Union Niederrad	3–4	Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt, Germany
	Merkel  pen.'  pen.'	Report	Stroh Dietrich Döpfer	Referee: Lämmermann

19 December 1926 15	Eintracht Frankfurt	7–0	Viktoria 94 Hanau	Frankfurt, Germany
	Stroh Kellerhoff Döpfer Kaufmann Dietrich	Report		Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Uhl

26 December 1926 16	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–1	FSV Frankfurt	Frankfurt, Germany
		Report	Wyk  80'	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Sauer

2 January 1927 17	Rot-Weiss Frankfurt	2–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt, Germany
	Koos Tümpfel	Report	Döpfer Franz Schütz Stroh	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Müller

9 January 1927 18	Kickers Offenbach	0–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Offenbach, Germany
		Report	Kaufmann  68' Stroh	Stadium: Stadion am Bieberer Berg Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Plendl

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	FSV Frankfurt	18	14	3	1	62	18	+44	31	Qualification to Qualifier to the championship
2	Eintracht Frankfurt	18	13	2	3	41	19	+22	28
3	Kickers Offenbach	18	8	4	6	29	26	+3	20
4	Rot-Weiss Frankfurt	18	7	5	6	29	22	+7	19
5	SpVgg 03 Neu-Isenburg	18	8	2	8	34	31	+3	18
6	Hanauer FC 93	18	5	6	7	26	31	−5	16
7	VfL Germania 1894	18	5	5	8	25	32	−7	15
8	Union Niederrad	18	7	0	11	46	48	−2	14
9	Viktoria Aschaffenburg	18	5	1	12	31	58	−27	11
10	Viktoria 94 Hanau	18	2	4	12	13	51	−38	8

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	36	24	+12	41	8	0	1	23	6	+17	5	2	2	13	18	−5

Source: Bundesliga

Results by round

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

Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

South German Runners-Up Championship round

League fixtures and results

13 February 1927 1	1860 Munich	3–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Munich, Germany
	Wendl  15' Faubel Stiglbauer	Report	Dietrich	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Müller

20 February 1927 2	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	FV Saarbrücken	Frankfurt, Germany
	Egly  pen.'	Report	Kessler	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Bohnenberger

27 February 1927 3	Karlsruher FV	2–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Karlsruhe, Germany
	Quasten  pen.' Vogel  65'	Report	Weber Egly	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Helmschroth

13 March 1927 4	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–2	VfR Mannheim	Frankfurt, Germany
	Dietrich  35'	Report	Fleischmann  25' Berk  55'	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Maul

20 March 1927 5	VfR Mannheim	2–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany
	Hoßfelder	Report	Kellerhoff	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Bachmann

27 March 1927 6	FV Saarbrücken	1–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Saarbrücken, Germany
		Report	Kellerhoff  22' Schaller	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Löhr-Reus

3 April 1927 7	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	1860 Munich	Frankfurt, Germany
	Döpfer  10' 55'	Report	Franz Schütz  83' (o.g.)	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Beutel

10 April 1927 8	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–2	Karlsruher FV	Frankfurt, Germany
	Döpfer  pen.' Kaufmann	Report	Würzburger Huber  88'	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Seelmacher

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	1860 Munich	8	5	1	2	20	8	+12	11	Qualification to Qualifier to the championship
2	Karlsruher FV	8	3	4	1	15	12	+3	10
3	Eintracht Frankfurt	8	2	4	2	14	14	0	8
4	VfR Mannheim	8	3	1	4	16	20	−4	7
5	FV Saarbrücken	8	1	2	5	9	20	−11	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
8	2	4	2	15	13	+2	8	1	3	0	7	6	+1	1	1	2	8	7	+1

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:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

South German Cup

1 May 1927 3rd Round	FK Pirmasens	3–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Pirmasens, Germany
	Kolb  6' Brödel	Report	Pfeiffer	Referee: Hofsäß
Note: Byes for Round 1 and 2

Squad

Squad and statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bezirksliga		South German Championship round		German Championship knockout stage
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Hermann Judisch	6	0	3	0	2	0	1	0
	GK		Willy Trump	21	0	15	0	6	0	0	0
	DF		Rudi Kirchheim	5	0	4	0	1	0	0	0
	DF		Willi Pfeiffer	22	3	14	1	7	0	1	2
	DF		Franz Schütz	26	2	17	2	8	0	1	0
	MF		Hans Bechtold	5	0	0	0	4	0	1	0
	MF		Friedel Egly	25	6	16	4	8	2	1	0
	MF		Bruno Goldammer	16	2	14	2	2	0	0	0
	MF		Fritz Kübert	15	0	11	0	4	0	0	0
	MF		James Müller	21	0	18	0	3	0	0	0
	MF		Karl Schönfeld	9	0	3	0	5	0	1	0
	FW		Karl Biehler	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	FW		Willy Bierling	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Walter Dietrich	21	8	13	5	7	3	1	0
	FW		Karl Döpfer	25	12	17	9	7	3	1	0
	FW		Kaufmann	14	4	8	3	5	1	1	0
	FW		Bernhard Kellerhoff	23	5	15	3	7	2	1	0
	FW		Fritz Schaller	14	7	10	5	3	2	1	0
	FW		Georg Stroh	18	7	14	7	4	0	0	0
	FW		Friedrich Weber	9	1	5	0	4	1	0	0

Transfers

In: No. Pos. Nation Player — FW   Karl Biehler (from unknown) — FW   Kaufmann (from unknown) — FW  GER Georg Stroh (from unknown) — MF  GER Bruno Goldammer (from Helvetia Frankfurt) — GK  GER Hermann Judisch (from Helvetia Frankfurt) — FW  GER Bernhard Kellerhoff (from Schwarz-Weiß Essen)

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  GER Bäuerle (to unknown) — FW   Adolf Block (to unknown) — FW  HUN József Károly (to unknown) — FW  GER Österling (to unknown) — DF  GER Michael Grünerwald (emigrated to the United States)

See also

• 1927 German football championship

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)