1963–64 Eintracht Frankfurt season

Eintracht Frankfurt
1963–64 season
Chairman	Rudolf Gramlich
Manager	Paul Oßwald (resigned on 22 April 1964); Ivica Horvat
Bundesliga	3rd
DFB-Pokal	Final
Top goalscorer	League: Wilhelm Huberts (19); All: Wilhelm Huberts (23)
Highest home attendance	55,000 7 September 1963 v 1. FC Nürnberg (league)
Lowest home attendance	10,500 14 December 1963 v Karlsruher SC (league)
Average home league attendance	26,767
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1962–63 1964–65 →

The 1963–64 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 64th season in the club's football history. In 1963–64 the club played in the Bundesliga, the newly found top tier of German football. It was the club's 1st season in the Bundesliga.

The season ended up with Eintracht reaching the German cup final for the first time, losing to TSV 1860 München.

Matches

Legend

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Friendlies

20 July 1963 (1963-07-20)	FSV Frankfurt	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt
	Späth 47'	(Report)	Schämer 79'	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Eisemann

27 July 1963 (1963-07-27)	Borussia Fulda	0–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Fulda, West Germany
		(Report)	Schämer 28', 70'	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Laudenbach

28 July 1963 (1963-07-28)	Würzburger FV	2–9	Eintracht Frankfurt
	Ott 63' Nütz 71'	(Report)	Kraus 1', 20', 25', 60' Lindner 3' Trimhold 41', 50' Huberts 51' Schämer 87'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Krämer

3 August 1963 (1963-08-03)	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–5	NK Rijeka	Frankfurt, West Germany
	Huberts 42' Kress 55' Stein 67'	(Report)	Naumović 14' Vranković 20' Nevlica 36', 48' Lukarić 80'	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Wenzel

10 August 1963 (1963-08-10)	VfB Unterliederbach	0–4	Eintracht Frankfurt	Unterliederbach, West Germany
		(Report)	Lindner 35' Stein	Stadium: VfB-Platz Attendance: 3,000

13 August 1963 (1963-08-13)	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	Manchester United	Frankfurt, West Germany
	Schämer 52'	(Report)	Cantwell 40' Crerand 48'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Handwerker

17 August 1963 (1963-08-17)	FC Dornbirn	1–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Dornbirn, Austria
	Sadi 12'	(Report)	Huberts 58' Kraus 75'	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Pamminger

18 August 1963 (1963-08-18)	SV Innsbruck	0–10	Eintracht Frankfurt
		(Report)	Trimhold 10', 23', 36' Solz 26' Huberts 41' Schämer 46' (pen.), 49' Kraus 57', 85' 76' (o.g.)	Attendance: 3,000

3 September 1963 (1963-09-03)	FC 07 Bensheim	1–11	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bensheim, West Germany
	Sauter	(Report)	Friedrich Solz Schämer Weilbächer Betz Stein Herbert	Attendance: 5,000

26 September 1963 (1963-09-26)	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–2	Racing Strasbourg	Frankfurt, West Germany
	Solz 46' Schämer 53' Trimhold 89'	(Report)	Farías 27', 72'	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Sparing

29 September 1963 (1963-09-29)	Union Niederrad	0–6	Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt, West Germany
		(Report)	Kress 33', 52' Weilbächer 62', 74', 88' 83' Solz	Stadium: Unionplatz Attendance: 500 Referee: Otto

16 October 1963 (1963-10-16)	Eintracht Frankfurt	12–0	Los Angeles Kickers	Frankfurt, West Germany
	Trimhold 3' Stein 6', 9', 38' Huberts 19' (pen.) Kress 25' Lindner 36' Schröder 64', 67' Friedrich 65' Schämer 69', 75'	(Report)		Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Rodenhausen

28 December 1963 (1963-12-28)	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–1	Boca Juniors	Frankfurt, West Germany
		(Report)	Sanfilippo 11'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Ott

25 March 1964 (1964-03-25)	Wiener SC	2–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Vienna, Austria
	Hof 50' Hamerl 90'	(Report)	Huberts 3'	Stadium: Hohe Warte Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Wlachojanis

26 March 1964 (1964-03-26)	Grazer AK	2–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Graz, Austria
	Steßl 18', 85'	(Report)	Stein 37' Trimhold 39'	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Haberfellner

1 May 1964 (1964-05-01)	1. FC Kaiserslautern	3–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Biebesheim, West Germany
	Wrenger 70', 82' Mangold 90'	(Report)	Friedrich 62' Schämer 73', 86'	Stadium: Rheinstadion Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Rodenhausen

13 May 1964 (1964-05-13)	Eintracht Frankfurt	5–2	FC Grenchen	Frankfurt, West Germany
	Huberts 23', 27', 63', 89' Kraus 61'	(Report)	Dubios 39' Kominek 48'	Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 1,700 Referee: Spindler

28 May 1964 (1964-05-28)	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–2	Ludwigshafener SC	Großheubach, West Germany
	Kraus 9' Trimhold 45'	(Report)	Link 22' Buchert 24'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Müller

6 June 1964 (1964-06-06)	Eintracht Frankfurt	5–0	Hong Kong XI	Frankfurt, West Germany
	Kraus 1', 14' Stein 5', 30', 44'	(Report)		Stadium: Riederwaldstadion Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Rodenhausen

17 June 1964 (1964-06-17)	Bloemfontein XI	3–6	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bloemfontein, South Africa
	5' 50' 59'	(Report)	Stein 23' Trimhold 30' Friedrich 40', 58', 60' Herbert 66'	Attendance: 4,000

22 June 1964 (1964-06-22)	Western Cape XI	1–4	Eintracht Frankfurt	Cape Town, South Africa
	Thornley 70'	(Report)	Huberts 37' (pen.), 71' Kraus 75' Trimhold 87'	Attendance: 15,000

24 June 1964 (1964-06-24)	Addington FC	0–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Durban, South Africa
		(Report)	Huberts 32' Kraus 44'	Attendance: 12,000

27 June 1964 (1964-06-27)	Highlands Park	1–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Johannesburg, South Africa
	68'	(Report)	Stein 1' Kraus 45'	Attendance: 20,000

29 June 1964 (1964-06-29)	Arcadia United	0–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Pretoria, South Africa
		(Report)	Huberts 62' Stinka 88'	Attendance: 8,000

4 July 1964 (1964-07-04)	South-West Africa XI	0–8	Eintracht Frankfurt	Windhoek, South-West Africa
		(Report)	Kraus 30' Huberts 42', 84' Stein 59', 68', 86' Schröder 65' Trimhold 83'	Attendance: 3,500

Bundesliga

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
30	16	7	7	65	41	+24	55	10	3	2	43	20	+23	6	4	5	22	21	+1

Source: Competitive matches

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A
Result	D	L	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	L	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W
Position	7	13	14	15	14	14	13	13	12	10	11	11	8	7	8	7	8	10	8	7	7	6	6	5	4	3	3	3	3	3

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

League fixtures and results

24 August 1963 (1963-08-24) 1	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Frankfurt, West Germany
17:00 CEST	Schämer 40' (pen.)	(Report)	Neumann 38' (pen.)	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Malka

31 August 1963 (1963-08-31) 2	Meidericher SV	3–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Duisburg, West Germany
17:00 CEST	Rahn 7' Heidemann 43' Krämer 57'	(Report)	Trimhold 62'	Stadium: Wedaustadion Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Spiewak

7 September 1963 (1963-09-07) 3	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–3	1. FC Nürnberg	Frankfurt, West Germany
16:30	Stein 8' Huberts 82' (pen.)	(Report)	Müller 14', 77' Morlock 46'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Handwerker

14 September 1963 (1963-09-14) 4	Hamburger SV	3–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Hamburg, West Germany
16:30 CEST	Seeler 3', 53' Dörfel 58'	(Report)		Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Weyland

21 September 1963 (1963-09-21) 5	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–0	Eintracht Braunschweig	Frankfurt, West Germany
16:30 CEST	Trimhold 7' Solz 29', 86'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Ott

5 October 1963 (1963-10-05) 6	Borussia Dortmund	3–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Dortmund, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Emmerich 10' Redder 30' Konietzka 37'	(Report)		Stadium: Stadion Rote Erde Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Zimmermann

12 October 1963 (1963-10-12) 7	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	1. FC Köln	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Huberts 16' Trimhold 32'	(Report)	Müller 42'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Fritz

19 October 1963 (1963-10-19) 8	VfB Stuttgart	0–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Stuttgart, West Germany
15:30 CEST		(Report)		Stadium: Neckarstadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Niemeyer

26 October 1963 (1963-10-26) 9	Hertha BSC	1–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Berlin, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Faeder 38'	(Report)	Huberts 53', 60' Solz 85'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 23,500 Referee: Schulenburg

9 November 1963 (1963-11-09) 10	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–2	FC Schalke 04	Frankfurt, West Germany
17:30 CEST	Kress 45' Solz 55' Trimhold 58' Huberts 72'	(Report)	Berz 7' Herrmann 74'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Mathieu

16 November 1963 (1963-11-16) 11	Werder Bremen	4–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bremen, West Germany
17:00 CEST	Meyer 5', 44', 78' Schütz 48'	(Report)	Stein 19'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Schömich

23 November 1963 (1963-11-23) 12	Eintracht Frankfurt	5–2	TSV 1860 München	Frankfurt, West Germany
17:00 CEST	Kraus 11' Horn 18' Stein 57', 62' Kress 71'	(Report)	Kraus 14' Stemmer 69' (pen.)	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Tschenscher

30 November 1963 (1963-11-30) 13	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–0	Preußen Münster	Frankfurt, West Germany
17:00 CEST	Solz 73' Bockisch 80' (o.g.) Horn 83'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Deuschel

7 December 1963 (1963-12-07) 14	1. FC Saarbrücken	0–4	Eintracht Frankfurt	Saarbrücken, West Germany
18:30 CEST		(Report)	Solz 4', 72', 88' Trimhold 30'	Stadium: Ludwigsparkstadion Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Schmidt

14 December 1963 (1963-12-14) 15	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–3	Karlsruher SC	Frankfurt, West Germany
14:15 CEST		(Report)	Geisert 33' Madl 53' Kentschke 73'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Fischer

11 January 1964 (1964-01-11) 16	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Kaiserslautern, West Germany
14:30 CEST	Reitgaßl 13'	(Report)	Stein 40'	Stadium: Betzenbergstadion Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Weyland

25 January 1964 (1964-01-25) 17	1. FC Nürnberg	1–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Nuremberg
14:30 CEST	Dachlauer 12'	(Report)		Stadium: Städtisches Stadion Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Jacobi

8 February 1964 (1964-02-08) 18	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–2	Meidericher SV	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Lindner 32' Stein 82'	(Report)	Krämer 2' Lotz 65'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Schulenburg

15 February 1964 (1964-02-15) 19	Eintracht Braunschweig	0–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Braunschweig, West Germany
15:30 CEST		(Report)	Huberts 28' (pen.), 50' Solz 35'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Treichel

22 February 1964 (1964-02-22) 20	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	Borussia Dortmund	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Huberts 26' Solz 72'	(Report)	Konietzka 70'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Regely

29 February 1964 (1964-02-29) 21	1. FC Köln	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Cologne, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Müller 0' Benthaus 12'	(Report)	Huberts 81'	Stadium: Kölner Stadion Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Lutz

7 March 1964 (1964-03-07) 22	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–2	VfB Stuttgart	Frankfurt, West Germany
16:30 CEST	Schämer 21', 38' Horn 49'	(Report)	Eisele 24' Höller 85'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 20,500 Referee: Reil

14 March 1964 (1964-03-14) 23	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–0	Hertha BSC	Frankfurt, West Germany
16:30 CEST	Rühl 49' (o.g.) Huberts 56', 64' Solz 84'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Gusenburger

21 March 1964 (1964-03-21) 24	FC Schalke 04	1–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Gelsenkirchen, West Germany
16:30 CEST	Karnhof 89'	(Report)	Schämer 48' Huberts 81'	Stadium: Glückauf-Kampfbahn Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Ott

30 March 1964 (1964-03-30) 25	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–2	Hamburger SV	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Huberts 41' Lindner 83'	(Report)	Seeler 44', 54'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Mathieu

4 April 1964 (1964-04-04) 26	Eintracht Frankfurt	7–0	Werder Bremen	Frankfurt, West Germany
15:30 CEST	Huberts 4', 55' (86), pen.' (87) Stein 8', 54', 66'	(Report)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Thier

11 April 1964 (1964-04-11) 27	TSV 1860 München	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Munich, West Germany
17:00 CEST	Grosser 53'	(Report)	Kraus 50'	Stadium: Städtisches Stadion an der Grünwalder Straße Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Handwerker

18 April 1964 (1964-04-18) 28	Preußen Münster	1–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Münster, West Germany
17:00 CEST	Lulka 26'	(Report)	Solz 13', 87' Trimhold 38'	Stadium: Preußenstadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Ott

25 April 1964 (1964-04-25) 29	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–1	1. FC Saarbrücken	Frankfurt, West Germany
17:00 CEST	Solz 7' Kraus 42', 43'	(Report)	Krafczyk 35'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Weyland

9 May 1964 (1964-05-09) 30	Karlsruher SC	1–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Karlsruhe, West Germany
17:00 CEST	Kahn 86'	(Report)	Schämer 40' Huberts 78'	Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Niemeyer

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	1. FC Köln (C)	30	17	11	2	78	40	1.950	45	Qualification to European Cup preliminary round
2	Meidericher SV	30	13	13	4	60	36	1.667	39
3	Eintracht Frankfurt	30	16	7	7	65	41	1.585	39	Qualification to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
4	Borussia Dortmund	30	14	5	11	73	57	1.281	33
5	VfB Stuttgart	30	13	7	10	48	40	1.200	33

Source: www.dfb.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average.
(C) Champions

DFB-Pokal

8 April 1964 (1964-04-08) 1st Round	VfL Wolfsburg	0–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Wolfsburg, West Germany
17:00		(Report)	Huberts 36' Schämer 63'	Stadium: VfL-Stadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Epping

22 April 1964 (1964-04-22) 2nd Round	Eintracht Frankfurt	6–1	Hessen Kassel	Frankfurt, West Germany
19:30	Kraus 9' Huberts 15' Solz 58', 61', 83' Eigenbrodt 89'	(Report)	Burjan 74'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Jacobi

20 May 1964 (1964-05-20) Quarter-finals	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	FC Schalke 04	Frankfurt, West Germany
20:00	Huberts 44', 78'	(Report)	Gerhardt 77'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Regely

3 June 1964 (1964-06-03) Semi-finals	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–1	Hertha BSC	Frankfurt, West Germany
20:00	Trimhold 44' Stinka 56' Schämer 77'	(Report)	Rehhagel 73' (pen.)	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Fritz

Final

13 June 1964

16:00 CET

Eintracht Frankfurt	0–2	1860 Munich
	Report	Kohlars 43' Brunnenmeier 63'

Neckarstadion, Stuttgart

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Johannes Malka (Herten)

Squad

Squad and statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	FRG	Karl Eisenhöfer	3	0	2	0	1	0
	GK	FRG	Egon Loy	32	0	28	0	4	0
	DF	FRG	Hans-Walter Eigenbrodt	17	1	15	0	2	1
	DF	FRG	Willi Herbert	6	0	6	0	0	0
	DF	FRG	Hermann Höfer	34	0	29	0	5	0
	DF	FRG	Richard Weber	5	0	4	0	1	0
	DF	FRG	Josef Weilbächer	2	0	2	0	0	0
	MF	FRG	Jürgen Friedrich	2	0	2	0	0	0
	MF	FRG	Alfred Horn	21	3	20	3	1	0
	MF	FRG	Ludwig Landerer	18	0	13	0	5	0
	MF	FRG	Dieter Lindner	34	2	29	2	5	0
	MF	FRG	Friedel Lutz	23	0	21	0	2	0
	MF	FRG	Eberhard Schymik	1	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	FRG	Dieter Stinka	18	1	14	0	4	1
	MF	FRG	Horst Trimhold	29	7	24	6	5	1
	FW	AUT	Wilhelm Huberts	34	23	29	19	5	4
	FW	FRG	Helmut Kraus	19	5	15	4	4	1
	FW	FRG	Richard Kress	17	2	17	2	0	0
	FW	FRG	Lothar Schämer	19	7	14	5	5	2
	FW	FRG	Wolfgang Solz	29	17	27	14	2	3
	FW	FRG	Erwin Stein	22	9	19	9	3	0

Transfers

Transferred in

Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from
Midfielder	Horst Trimhold	22	Yes	Schwarz-Weiß Essen
Forward	Helmut Kraus	24	Yes	Schweinfurt 05
Forward	Wilhelm Huberts	25	Yes	AS Roma

Transferred out

Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to
Forward	Dieter Kraft	23	Yes	Wormatia Worms
Defender	Adolf Bechtold	37	Yes	Retired

References

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
1963–64 Bundesliga season at Fussballdaten.de (in German)