He moved to rivals Kickers Offenbach for the 1948–49, winning Oberliga Süd in his first season. In the next season he and his team finished as third. For Kickers Offenbach he competed in 1948–49 and in 1949–50 four final round matches for the German championship. The third place play-off on 9 July 1949 at Stadion Oberwerth in Koblenz was lost 2–1 after extra time to 1. FC Kaiserslautern, just like the final match in the next season against VfB Stuttgart that was lost with the same result on 25 June 1950 at Olympiastadion in Berlin.
