# 1952–53 Eintracht Frankfurt season

The 1952–53 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 53rd season in the club's football history. In 1952–53 the club played in the Oberliga Süd, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 8th season in the Oberliga Süd.
The season ended up with Eintracht winning Oberliga Süd for the first time, later losing to Holstein Kiel in the quarter-final in the run for the German championship knockout stage.

## Matches
### Legend

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

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

| Position | Team | Played | Goals | Points |
| 01. | Eintracht Frankfurt | 30 | 62-49 | 39-21 |
| 02. | VfB Stuttgart (C) | 30 | 69-33 | 38-22 |
| 03. | SpVgg Fürth | 30 | 65-45 | 35-25 |
| 04. | Karlsruher SC | 30 | 68-52 | 34-26 |
| 05. | 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 | 30 | 40-51 | 32-28 |
| 06. | Kickers Offenbach | 30 | 61-53 | 30-30 |
| 07. | FC Bayern Munich | 30 | 59:56 | 30:30 |
| 08. | 1. FC Nürnberg | 30 | 67-61 | 29-31 |
| 09. | SV Waldhof | 30 | 56-62 | 29-31 |
| 10. | BC Augsburg (P) | 30 | 59-61 | 28-32 |
| 11. | FSV Frankfurt | 30 | 38-44 | 28-32 |
| 12. | Viktoria Aschaffenburg | 30 | 59-74 | 28-32 |
| 13. | VfR Mannheim | 30 | 46-59 | 27-33 |
| 14. | Stuttgarter Kickers | 30 | 65-69 | 26-34 |
| 15. | TSV 1860 München | 30 | 46-58 | 24-36 |
| 16. | TSG Ulm 1846 (P) | 30 | 41-74 | 21-39 |
| | Participation at the 1953 German football championship round |
| | Relegated to 1953–54 2. Oberliga Süd |
| (C) | 1951–52 Oberliga Süd champions |
| (P) | Promoted from 1951–52 2. Oberliga |

### Championship round

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification | FCK | SGE | KOE | KSV |
| 1 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 2.286 | 11 | Advance to final | — | 5–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1.143 | 7 | | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 4–1 |
| 3 | 1. FC Köln | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0.800 | 5 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | — | 3–2 |
| 4 | Holstein Kiel | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 0.500 | 1 | | 2–4 | 0–1 | 2–2 | — |

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

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Oberliga | Oberliga | Championship round | Championship round | DFB-Pokal/SFV-Pokal | DFB-Pokal/SFV-Pokal |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | FRG | Helmut Henig | 36 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | FRG | Alexander Rothuber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Adolf Bechtold | 37 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Heinz Kaster | 20 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Ernst Kudrass | 35 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | FRG | Werner Heilig | 36 | 4 | 30 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | FRG | Klaus Jäckel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | FRG | Karlheinz Kirchheim | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | FRG | Kurt Krömmelbein | 29 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | FRG | Hans Wloka | 31 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | FRG | Horst Bayer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | FRG | Heinz Dokter | 22 | 5 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | FRG | Erich Dziwoki | 27 | 13 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | FRG | Erich Ebeling | 31 | 10 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | FRG | Erich Geier | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | FRG | Hermann Hesse | 17 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | FRG | Joachim Jänisch | 13 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | FRG | Alfred Pfaff | 33 | 11 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | FRG | Friedel Reichert | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | FRG | Hubert Schieth | 26 | 11 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | FRG | Egon Schwan | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |

### Transfers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | FRG | Horst Bayer (from Eintracht Frankfurt Academy) |
| — | FW | FRG | Heinz Dokter (from Rheydter SV) |
| — | FW | FRG | Erich Dziwoki (from Alemannia Aachen) |
| — | FW | FRG | Erich Ebeling (from Hamburger SV) |
| — | MF | FRG | Klaus Jäckel (from Eintracht Frankfurt Academy) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | FRG | Ludwig Kolb (to Hanau 93) |
| — | FW | FRG | Alfred Kraus (retired) |
| — | MF | FRG | Willi Kraus (to Alemannia Aachen) |
| — | FW | FRG | Otto Tempel (to Göttingen 05) |