# 1961–62 Eintracht Frankfurt season

The 1961–62 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 62nd season in the club's football history. In Oberliga Süd the club played in the Oberliga Süd, then one of many top tiers of German football. It was the club's 17th season in the Oberliga Süd. Eintracht finished the league as runners-up. In the German Championship Qualifiers the Eagles finished as 2nd.

## Matches
### Legend

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Oberliga Süd
#### League fixtures and results
#### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 30 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 70 | 30 | +40 | 43 | Qualification to German championship |
| 2 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 81 | 37 | +44 | 43 | Qualification to German championship |
| 3 | Bayern Munich | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 67 | 55 | +12 | 40 | |
| 4 | Kickers Offenbach | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 65 | 50 | +15 | 37 | |
| 5 | VfB Stuttgart | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 66 | 53 | +13 | 34 | |
| 6 | Bayern Hof | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 55 | 56 | −1 | 32 | |
| 7 | 1860 Munich | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 64 | 57 | +7 | 30 | |
| 8 | SSV Reutlingen | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 57 | 51 | +6 | 29 | |
| 9 | Karlsruher SC | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 47 | 44 | +3 | 28 | |
| 10 | VfR Mannheim | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 47 | 59 | −12 | 28 | |
| 11 | BC Augsburg | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 55 | 63 | −8 | 26 | |
| 12 | SpVgg Fürth | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 31 | 39 | −8 | 24 | |
| 13 | Schwaben Augsburg | 30 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 43 | 78 | −35 | 23 | |
| 14 | Schweinfurt 05 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 39 | 63 | −24 | 22 | |
| 15 | FSV Frankfurt | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 35 | 65 | −30 | 21 | Relegation to 2. Oberliga Süd |
| 16 | SV Waldhof | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 39 | 61 | −22 | 20 | Relegation to 2. Oberliga Süd |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Bundesliga

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | D | W | L | L | L | W | W | L | W |
| Position | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |

### German football championship
#### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | 1. FC Köln | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | +13 | 6 | Qualified to final |
| 2 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 4 | |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 2 | |
| 4 | FK Pirmasens | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 24 | −20 | 0 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Bundesliga

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Ground | H | H | A |
| Result | L | W | W |
| Position | 4 | 2 | 2 |

### DFB-Pokal / SFV-Pokal
#### SFV-Pokal
## Squad
### Squad and statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Oberliga | Oberliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | German Championship round | German Championship round |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | GER | Egon Loy | 36 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | GK | GER | Wolfgang Zscherlich | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | GER | Hermann Höfer | 37 | 3 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | GER | Eberhard Schymik | 26 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | GER | Peter Büttner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | GER | Hans-Walter Eigenbrodt | 33 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | GER | Ludwig Landerer | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | GER | Friedel Lutz | 22 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | GER | Dieter Stinka | 34 | 8 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | GER | Hans Weilbächer | 31 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| | FW | GER | Alfred Horn | 23 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | GER | Richard Kress | 37 | 7 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| | FW | GER | Ernst Kreuz | 24 | 8 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | GER | Dieter Lindner | 24 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| | FW | GER | Erich Meier | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | GER | Lothar Schämer | 35 | 28 | 30 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | GER | Wolfgang Solz | 10 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | GER | Erwin Stein | 37 | 30 | 29 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 6 |

### Transfers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | GER | Peter Büttner (from Eintracht Frankfurt Academy) |
| — | FW | GER | Alfred Horn (from Bayern Hof) |
| — | MF | GER | Ludwig Landerer (from TSG Ulm 1846) |
| — | GK | GER | Wolfgang Zscherlich (from Eintracht Frankfurt academy) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | GER | Hans-Günter Kirchhof (to FSV Frankfurt) |
| — | FW | GER | Alfred Pfaff (retired) |

## Sources

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