Paul Oßwald

Paul Oßwald

Paul Oßwald (right) with Herbert Binkert
Personal information
Date of birth	(1905-02-04)4 February 1905
Place of birth	Germany
Date of death	10 November 1993(1993-11-10) (aged 88)
Place of death	Frankfurt, Germany
Playing position	Manager
Youth career
1918–?	VfL Saalfeld
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Minerva 93 Berlin
Teams managed
1928–1933	Eintracht Frankfurt
1933–1935	FSV Mainz 05
1935–1938	Eintracht Frankfurt
1938–1941	VfR Frankenthal
1946–1958	Kickers Offenbach
1958–1964	Eintracht Frankfurt
1968–1969	Kickers Offenbach
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Paul Oßwald (4 February 1905 – 10 November 1993) was a German former football player and manager. As manager of Eintracht Frankfurt he won the German championship in 1959.

Paul Oßwald began as a youth player at local club VfL Saalfeld/Thüringen. At Minerva 93 Berlin he played as a senior player in the midfield. He graduated at the German sport academy and took the examination as a sports teacher. The then German national manager Otto Nerz discovered his ability for team leading and managing and connected him to Eintracht Frankfurt in 1928.

With Eintracht Frankfurt the young manager won the Southern Germany championship in 1930 and 1932, each one after Eintracht won the district championship of Main/Hessen. In 1930 his team left SpVgg Fürth back on the second position – in 1931 the Franks secured the title – and in 1932 Frankfurt reclaimed the title and won the final match in the South against Bayern Munich with 2–0. Three times in a row Paul Oßwald led the Eagles to the final round of the German championship . In 1930 Eintracht lost to Holstein Kiel and in 1931 to Hamburger SV. In 1932, at the third try, the squad headed by the German internationals Rudolf Gramlich, Hugo Mantel, Franz Schütz and Hans Stubb succeeded against Allenstein, Tennis Borussia Berlin and FC Schalke 04 and subsequently reached the final match. On 2 June 1932 they had to face the runner-up of the South, Bayern Munich, in Nuremberg an. Bayern's internationals – Ludwig Goldbrunner, Sigmund Haringer, Konrad Heidkamp and Oskar Rohr – turned the table of the Southern Germany's final fixture and won 2–0 the German championship. After a break from 1933 until 1935 – Oßwald assisted Reichstrainer Otto Nerz at the 1934 FIFA World Cup in Italy, and managed FSV Mainz 05 and the Gauauswahl Südwest (South Western XI). As manager of the Gauauswahl Südwest he won against Bavaria XI on 29 July 1934 in Nuremberg with 5–3. In 1935–36 he led the South Western squad to the finals against Saxonia. In 1935 he overtook again the management at SGE and stayed until 1938. In the 1937–38 season Eintracht won the championship of the Gauliga Südwest and let Borussia Neunkirchen, Wormatia Worms and Kickers Offenbach behind. In the group matches of the final round to the German championship the Eagles did not advance due to the worse goal difference. After the season Paul Oßwald was appointed to the head of the municipal office for sports Frankenthal and had to abandon his at occupation at Frankfurt. Until 1941 he managed VfR Frankenthal as well.