1961-62 Austrian football championship

The **1961-62 Austrian football championship**   was organized by the Austrian Football Association. The regional leagues East (Vienna, Lower Austria, Burgenland), Central (Upper Austria, Styria, Carinthia) and West (Salzburg, Tyrol, Vorarlberg) served as the 2nd tier for the State League A. The leagues of the federal state associations served as the third level.

FK Austria Wien was able to defend its championship title and achieved the 7th title in the club’s history. Salzburger AK 1914, 1. SC Wiener Neustadtand  Kapfenberger SV were relegated.  SC Wacker Wien,  SK Austria Klagenfurt and  SV Austria Salzburg were promoted for the 1962-63 season.

An regulation adopted by the Austrian Football Association (ÖFB) before the start of the championship restricted the use of foreign players. They were not allowed to play in the current season when they were  registered after 1 April.

## Final table

Table mode (in case of equal points): 1st criterion goal quotient.
|Pl.|Name|M|W|D|L|P|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1.|**FK Austria Wien**|26|19|4|3|42|
|2.|**LASK**|26|16|6|4|38|
|3.|**Admira Energie**|26|16|4|6|36|
|4.|**Wiener Sport-Club**|26|12|8|6|32|
|5.|**SK Rapid Wien**|26|12|7|7|31|
|6.|**Wiener AC**|26|11|5|10|27|
|7.|**Grazer AK**|26|10|7|9|27|
|8.|**SVS Linz**|26|10|6|10|26|
|9.|**1. Simmeringer SC**|26|7|10|9|24|
|10.|**Schwechater SC**|26|9|5|12|23|
|11.|**First Vienna FC**|26|8|5|13|21|
|12.|**Kapfenberger SV**|26|5|6|15|16|
|13.|** Wiener Neustädter SC**|26|4|5|17|13|
|14.|**Salzburger AK **|26|1|6|19|8|

### Round 1

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|26 August 1961|SC Wiener Neustadt|**LASK**|0-1|
|26 August 1961|1. Simmeringer SC|**Wiener AC**|0-7|
|26 August 1961|**Grazer AK**|Salzburger AK|1-0|
|26 August 1961|SVS Linz|**Admira-Energie**|0-1|
|26 August 1961|First Vienna FC|**SK Rapid Wien **|2-4|
|27 August 1961|**FK Austria Wien **|Kapfenberger SV|5-1|
|27 August 1961|**Wiener Sport-Club**|Schwechater SC|6-2|

### Round 2

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2 September 1961|SC Wiener Neustadt|**1. Simmeringer SC   **|1-2|
|2 September 1961|SK Rapid Wien|**FK Austria Wien **|1-2|
|3 September 1961|**Schwechater SC**|First Vienna FC|3-2|
|3 September 1961|Kapfenberger SV|**Grazer AK**|1-6|
|3 September 1961|**LASK**|Admira-Energie|2-1|
|3 September 1961|Salzburger AK|SVS Linz|3-3|
|3 September 1961|Wiener AC|**Wiener Sport-Club**|1-2|

### Round 3

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|16 September 1961|**Admira-Energie**|Salzburger AK|4-0|
|16 September 1961|**FK Austria Wien **|Schwechater SC|5-1|
|16 September 1961|Grazer AK|** SK Rapid Wien**|1-2|
|16 September 1961|SVS Linz|**Kapfenberger SV **|0-1|
|16 September 1961|Wiener Sport-Club|SC Wiener Neustadt|1-1|
|17 September 1961|1. Simmeringer SC|LASK|2-2|
|17 September 1961|First Vienna FC|**Wiener AC**|2-3|

### Round 4

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|23 September 1961|SC Wiener Neustadt|First Vienna FC|2-2|
|23 September 1961|1. Simmeringer SC|Wiener Sport-Club|2-2|
|23 September 1961|SK Rapid Wien|**SVS Linz **|1-2|
|24 September 1961|**Schwechater SC**|Grazer AK|2-0|
|24 September 1961|Kapfenberger SV|**Admira-Energie**|1-2|
|24 September 1961|**LASK**|Salzburger AK|3-0|
|24 September 1961|Wiener AC|**FK Austria Wien **|0-2|

### Round 5

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|30 September 1961|**SVS Linz **|Schwechater SC|7-1|
|30 September 1961|**Wiener Sport-Club  **|LASK|3-1|
|1 October 1961|Admira-Energie|**SK Rapid Wien **|0-4|
|1 October 1961|**FK Austria Wien **|SC Wiener Neustadt|2-0|
|1 October 1961|**Grazer AK **|Wiener AC|2-1|
|1 October 1961|Salzburger AK|Kapfenberger SV|2-2|
|1 October 1961|First Vienna FC|**1. Simmeringer SC   **|2-3|

### Round 6

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|14 October 1961|1. Simmeringer SC|FK Austria Wien|2-2|
|14 October 1961|**LASK**|Kapfenberger SV|6-1|
|14 October 1961|**Wiener Sport-Club  **|First Vienna FC|4-0|
|15 October 1961|** SC Wiener Neustadt **|Grazer AK|3-1|
|15 October 1961|Schwechater SC|Admira-Energie|1-1|
|15 October 1961|**SK Rapid Wien **|Salzburger AK|2-0|
|15 October 1961|**Wiener AC**|SVS Linz|3-1|

### Round 7

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|21 October 1961|Admira-Energie|Wiener AC|1-1|
|21 October 1961|**SVS Linz **|SC Wiener Neustadt|3-0|
|21 October 1961|First Vienna FC|**LASK**|1-3|
|22 October 1961|**FK Austria Wien   **|Wiener Sport-Club|3-0|
|22 October 1961|**Grazer AK**|1. Simmeringer SC|2-1|
|22 October 1961|Kapfenberger SV|SK Rapid Wien|1-1|
|22 October 1961|Salzburger AK|**Schwechater SC **|2-5|

### Round 8

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|28 October 1961|**Wiener AC **|Salzburger AK|2-0|
|28 October 1961|First Vienna FC|FK Austria Wien|1-1|
|29 October 1961|SC Wiener Neustadt|**Admira-Energie**|1-4|
|29 October 1961|Schwechater SC|Kapfenberger SV|3-3|
|29 October 1961|** 1. Simmeringer SC **|SVS Linz|4-1|
|29 October 1961|**LASK**|SK Rapid Wien|2-0|
|29 October 1961|Wiener Sport-Club|Grazer AK|0-0|

### Round 9

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|5 November 1961|**Grazer AK**|First Vienna FC|1-0|
|5 November 1961|**Kapfenberger SV**|Wiener AC|1-0|
|5 November 1961|**SVS Linz**|Wiener Sport-Club|1-0|
|5 November 1961|**Salzburger AK **|SC Wiener Neustadt|4-3|
|16 December 1961|**SK Rapid Wien    **|Schwechater SC|2-1|
|17 December 1961|**FK Austria Wien **|LASK|4-0|
|23 December 1961|**Admira-Energie**|1. Simmeringer SC|4-0|

### Round 10

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|11 November 1961|**SC Wiener Neustadt **|Kapfenberger SV|1-0|
|11 November 1961|**1. Simmeringer SC**|Salzburger AK|2-0|
|11 November 1961|Wiener AC|SK Rapid Wien|1-1|
|12 November 1961|FK Austria Wien|**Grazer AK**|1-5|
|12 November 1961|**  LASK  **|Schwechater SC|4-0|
|12 November 1961|**First Vienna FC  **|SVS Linz|4-2|
|12 November 1961|Wiener Sport-Club|Admira-Energie|0-0|

### Round 11

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|25 November 1961|**Admira-Energie**|First Vienna  FC|2-1|
|25 November 1961|SVS Linz|**FK Austria Wien **|1-3|
|26 November 1961|Schwechater SC|**Wiener AC   **|2-6|
|26 November 1961|Grazer AK|**  LASK  **|0-3|
|26 November 1961|Kapfenberger SV|1. Simmeringer SC|2-2|
|26 November 1961|SK Rapid Wien|SC Wiener Neustadt|1-1|
|26 November 1961|Salzburger AK|** Wiener Sport-Club  **|2-5|

### Round 12

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2 December 1961|**SC Wiener Neustadt **|Schwechater SC|3-0|
|2 December 1961|**FK Austria Wien **|Admira-Energie|4-0|
|2 December 1961|** Wiener Sport-Club  **|Kapfenberger SV|1-0|
|3 December 1961|1. Simmeringer SC|**SK Rapid Wien **|0-2|
|3 December 1961|**Grazer AK**|SVS Linz|4-1|
|3 December 1961|**  LASK  **|Wiener AC|2-0|
|3 December 1961|**First Vienna  FC**|Salzburger AK|4-0|

### Round 13

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|8 December 1961|SVS Linz|**  LASK  **|1-5|
|8 December 1961|**Wiener AC  **|SC Wiener Neustadt|1-0|
|9 December 1961|**Admira-Energie**|Grazer AK|3-1|
|9 December 1961|**SK Rapid Wien **|Wiener Sport-Club|4-1|
|10 December 1961|Schwechater SC|1. Simmeringer SC|2-2|
|10 December 1961|**Kapfenberger SV**|First Vienna  FC|4-1|
|10 December 1961|Salzburger AK|**FK Austria Wien **|0-1|

### Round 14

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|3 March 1962|SK Rapid Wien|First Vienna  FC|1-1|
|4 March 1962|Schwechater SC|**Wiener Sport-Club  **|0-1|
|4 March 1962|**  LASK  **|SC Wiener Neustadt|2-1|
|14 March 1962|**Admira-Energie**|SVS Linz|2-0|
|14 March 1962|Wiener AC|**1. Simmeringer SC**|0-2|
|27 March 1962|Kapfenberger SV|FK Austria Wien|0-0|
|28 March 1962|Salzburger AK|Grazer AK|3-3|

### Round 15

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|10 March 1962|1. Simmeringer SC|SC Wiener Neustadt|1-1|
|10 March 1962|** FK Austria Wien**|SK Rapid Wien|2-0|
|10 March 1962|**Grazer AK**|Kapfenberger SV|1-0|
|10 March 1962|**SVS Linz **|Salzburger AK|3-2|
|11 March 1962|Admira-Energie|**  LASK  **|3-4|
|11 March 1962|**First Vienna  FC **|Schwechater SC|1-0|
|11 March 1962|**Wiener Sport-Club  **|Wiener AC|3-0|

### Round 16

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|17 March 1962|SC Wiener Neustadt|**Wiener Sport-Club  **|1-3|
|17 March 1962|**  LASK  **|1. Simmeringer SC|2-0|
|17 March 1962|SK Rapid Wien|**Grazer AK**|0-1|
|18 March 1962|**Schwechater SC  **|FK Austria Wien|3-2|
|18 March 1962|Kapfenberger SV|**SVS Linz **|0-1|
|18 March 1962|Salzburger AK|** Admira-Energie  **|1-3|
|18 March 1962|** Wiener AC  **|First Vienna  FC|1-0|

### Round 17

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|24 March 1962|** Admira-Energie  **|Kapfenberger SV|1-3|
|24 March 1962|FK Austria Wien|Wiener AC|1-1|
|24 March 1962|**SVS Linz **|SK Rapid Wien|2-1|
|25 March 1962|Grazer AK|Schwechater SC|1-1|
|25 March 1962|Salzburger AK|**  LASK  **|0-2|
|25 March 1962|**First Vienna  FC **|SC Wiener Neustadt|2-0|
|25 March 1962|**Wiener Sport-Club  **|1. Simmeringer SC|10-1|

### Round 18

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|31 March 1962|SC Wiener Neustadt|**FK Austria Wien   **|1-2|
|31 March 1962|1. Simmeringer SC|First Vienna  FC|1-1|
|31 March 1962|**Kapfenberger SV**|Salzburger AK|2-0|
|31 March 1962|LASK|Wiener Sport-Club|3-3|
|31 March 1962|SK Rapid Wien|** Admira-Energie  **|0-1|
|1 April 1962|Schwechater SC|SVS Linz|2-2|
|1 April 1962|**Wiener AC  **|Grazer AK|2-0|

### Round 19

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|14 April 1962|** Admira-Energie  **|Schwechater SC|6-2|
|14 April 1962|Kapfenberger SV|LASK|0-0|
|14 April 1962|SVS Linz|Wiener AC|0-0|
|14 April 1962|First Vienna  FC|**Wiener Sport-Club**|1-2|
|15 April 1962|**FK Austria Wien   **|1. Simmeringer SC|4-0|
|15 April 1962|**Grazer AK **|SC Wiener Neustadt|2-0|
|15 April 1962|Salzburger AK|SK Rapid Wien|1-1|

### Round 20

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|28 April 1962|SC Wiener Neustadt|SVS Linz|1-1|
|28 April 1962|LASK|First Vienna  FC|3-3|
|28 April 1962|Wiener Sport-Club|**FK Austria Wien   **|1-2|
|29 April 1962|**Schwechater SC  **|Salzburger AK|4-0|
|29 April 1962|1. Simmeringer SC|Grazer AK|1-1|
|29 April 1962|** SK Rapid Wien**|Kapfenberger SV|5-0|
|29 April 1962|Wiener AC|** Admira-Energie  **|0-1|

### Round 21

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|12 May 1962|**FK Austria Wien   **|First Vienna  FC|1-0|
|12 May 1962|Grazer AK|Wiener Sport-Club|3-3|
|12 May 1962|Kapfenberger SV|**Schwechater SC  **|2-3|
|12 May 1962|SK Rapid Wien|LASK|3-3|
|12 May 1962|SVS Linz|1. Simmeringer SC|1-1|
|13 May 1962|** Admira-Energie  **|SC Wiener Neustadt|5-0|
|13 May 1962|Salzburger AK|**Wiener AC  **|2-5|

### Round 22

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|19 May 1962|LASK|**FK Austria Wien   **|1-2|
|20 May 1962|**SC Wiener Neustadt**|Salzburger AK|5-1|
|20 May 1962|Schwechater SC|** SK Rapid Wien **|2-3|
|20 May 1962|**1. Simmeringer SC **|Admira-Energie|2-1|
|20 May 1962|**First Vienna  FC **|Grazer AK|3-1|
|20 May 1962|**Wiener AC  **|Kapfenberger SV|3-1|
|20 May 1962|Wiener Sport-Club|**SVS Linz  **|1-4|

### Round 23

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|26 May 1962|**Admira-Energie**|Wiener Sport-Club|4-1|
|26 May 1962|Grazer AK|**FK Austria Wien   **|1-3|
|26 May 1962|**Kapfenberger SV **|SC Wiener Neustadt|3-0|
|26 May 1962|** SK Rapid Wien **|Wiener AC|3-2|
|26 May 1962|**SVS Linz  **|First Vienna  FC|1-0|
|27 May 1962|Schwechater SC|**LASK **|1-3|
|27 May 1962|Salzburger AK|1. Simmeringer SC|2-2|

### Round 24

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2 June 1962|SC Wiener Neustadt|** SK Rapid Wien **|1-7|
|2 June 1962|**FK Austria Wien   **|SVS Linz|3-0|
|2 June 1962|Wiener AC|**Schwechater SC**|1-3|
|2 June 1962|Wiener Sport-Club|Salzburger AK|1-1|
|3 June 1962|**1. Simmeringer SC **|Kapfenberger SV|3-1|
|3 June 1962|**LASK **|Grazer AK|4-1|
|3 June 1962|**First Vienna FC**|Admira-Energie|3-0|

### Round 25

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|9 June 1962|**Schwechater SC**|SC Wiener Neustadt|4-2|
|9 June 1962|**Admira-Energie**|FK Austria Wien|2-1|
|9 June 1962|Kapfenberger SV|**Wiener Sport-Club**|0-2|
|9 June 1962|** SK Rapid Wien **|1. Simmeringer SC|7-0|
|9 June 1962|SVS Linz|Grazer AK|2-2|
|9 June 1962|Salzburger AK|**First Vienna FC**|0-4|
|9 June 1962|Wiener AC|LASK|4-4|

### Round 26

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|16 June 1962|SC Wiener Neustadt|**Wiener AC**|1-2|
|16 June 1962|**FK Austria Wien   **|Salzburger AK|7-1|
|16 June 1962|Grazer AK|Admira-Energie|2-2|
|9 June 1962|LASK|**SVS Linz   **|4-6|
|16 June 1962|Wiener Sport-Club|SK Rapid Wien|2-2|
|17 June 1962|**First Vienna FC**|Kapfenberger SV|3-1|
|17 June 1962|1. Simmeringer SC|**Schwechater SC**|1-2|

## Champion squad

|style="text-align:center; background:#00794c"|<span style="color:#FFFFFF;">**FK Austria Wien**</span>|
| --- | --- |
|Gernot Fraydl – Erich Strobl, Peter Vargo, Karl Stotz, Johann Löser – Alfred Gager, Horst Paproth – Horst Hirnschrodt, Ernst Ocwirk, Rudolf Stark, Walter Horak, Johann Geyer, Horst Nemec, Ernst Fiala, Walter Schleger, Anton Herzog, Oskar Fischer, Karl Kral – Coach: Karl Schlechta||

## Top scorer

|Name|Club|Goals|
| --- | --- | --- |
|Horst Nemec|Wiener AC|24|
|Friedrich Cejka|Wiener Sport-Club|19|
|Karl Skerlan|SK Admira Wien|16|
|Laszlo Nemeth|Linzer ASK|16|
|Max Schmid|SK Rapid Wien|16|

## Infobox (football league season)

- **competition**: Austrian Bundesliga, Staatsliga A
- **season**: 1961 -62
- **dates**: 26 August 1961 - 17 June 1962
- **winners**: FK Austria Wien
- **relegated**: Salzburger AK 1914, 1. SC Wiener Neustadt, Kapfenberger SV
- **promoted**: SC Wacker Wien,  SK Austria Klagenfurt (2007), SK Austria Klagenfurt  , SV Austria Salzburg
- **total goals**: 660 (3,63 per match)
- **league topscorer**: Horst Nemec FK Austria Wien (24 goals)
- **prevseason**: 1960-61 Austrian football championship, 1960-61
- **nextseason**: 1962-63 Austrian football championship, 1962-63