1971-72 Austrian football championship

The **1971-72 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 foundation for the National League. The state leagues of the federal state associations served as the third level.

SSW Innsbruck won the championship for the second time. This season the National League was played by 15 clubs. Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz (relegated in 1970/71) was not allowed to stay in the National League altough  Wacker Innsbruck and Wattens merged. The new club was named SSW Innsbruck.  Admira Wacker was formed in  summer  1971 through the merger of Admira Energie with SC Wacker Wien.

1. Simmeringer SC and SK Bischofshofen were relegated. SV Admira Wiener Neustadt (east), SK Austria Klagenfurt (middle) and Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz (west)  were promoted for the 1972-73 season.

## Final table

Table mode (in case of equal points): 1. Goal difference
|Pl.|Name|M|W|D|L|P|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1.|**SWW Innsbruck**|28|15|9|4|39|
|2.|**FK Austria Wien**|28|17|4|7|38|
|3.|**VOEST Linz**|28|15|5|8|35|
|4.|**SV Austria Salzburg**|28|12|11|5|35|
|5.|**SK Rapid Wien**|28|12|9|7|33|
|6.|**DSV Alpine**|28|10|10|8|30|
|7.|**SK Sturm Graz**|28|13|4|11|30|
|8.|**Grazer AK**|28|9|10|9|28|
|9.|**First Vienna FC**|28|9|7|12|25|
|10.|**Wiener Sport-Club**|28|10|5|13|25|
|11.|**SC Eisenstadt**|28|9|6|13|24|
|12.|**Linzer ASK**|28|8|8|12|24|
|13.|** Admira Wacker Wien**|28|6|12|10|24|
|14.|**1. Simmeringer SC**|28|8|6|14|22|
|15.|**SK Bischofshofen**|28|1|6|21|8|

### Round 1

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|20 August 1971|**Grazer AK**|VOEST Linz|3-1|
|20 August 1971|**LASK**|Admira Wacker|4-1|
|20 August 1971|SC Eisenstadt|**First Vienna FC**|0-1|
|21 August 1971|**SV Austria Salzburg**|1. Simmeringer SC|6-1|
|21 August 1971|FK Austria Wien|DSV Alpine|2-2|
|21 August 1971|**SK Rapid Wien**|Wiener Sport-Club|6-1|
|21 August 1971|**SWW Innsbruck **|SK Bischofshofen|2-0|

### Round 2

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|27 August 1971|**Admira Wacker**|SV Austria Salzburg|4-3|
|28 August 1971|**DSV Alpine**|SWW Innsbruck|1-0|
|28 August 1971|SK Bischofshofen|Grazer AK|1-1|
|28 August 1971|**SK Sturm Graz**|LASK|1-0|
|28 August 1971|First Vienna FC|SK Rapid Wien|0-0|
|29 August 1971|**1. Simmeringer SC**|SC Eisenstadt|2-0|
|29 August 1971|Wiener Sport-Club|**FK Austria Wien**|2-3|

### Round 3

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|8 September 1971|**SV Austria Salzburg**|SK Sturm Graz|2-1|
|8 September 1971|**FK Austria Wien**|First Vienna FC|2-1|
|8 September 1971|Grazer AK|DSV Alpine|0-0|
|8 September 1971|**SK Rapid Wien**|1. Simmeringer SC|1-0|
|8 September 1971|SC Eisenstadt|Admira Wacker|1-1|
|8 September 1971|**SWW Innsbruck **|Wiener Sport-Club|3-1|
|8 September 1971|**VOEST Linz **|SK Bischofshofen|5-2|

### Round 4

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|11 September 1971|Admira Wacker|SK Rapid Wien|0-0|
|11 September 1971|**DSV Alpine**|VOEST Linz|2-1|
|11 September 1971|LASK|SV Austria Salzburg|2-2|
|11 September 1971|SK Sturm Graz|SC Eisenstadt|1-1|
|12 September 1971|1. Simmeringer SC|**FK Austria Wien**|0-1|
|12 September 1971|First Vienna FC|**SWW Innsbruck **|0-2|
|12 September 1971|**Wiener Sport-Club  **|Grazer AK|4-1|

### Round 5

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|17 September 1971|Grazer AK|First Vienna FC|1-1|
|17 September 1971|**SC Eisenstadt**|LASK|3-0|
|17 September 1971|VOEST Linz|Wiener Sport-Club|1-1|
|18 September 1971|**FK Austria Wien**|Admira Wacker|2-0|
|18 September 1971|**SK Rapid Wien**|SK Sturm Graz|1-0|
|18 September 1971|SK Bischofshofen|**DSV Alpine**|1-3|
|18 September 1971|**SWW Innsbruck **|1. Simmeringer SC|4-0|

### Round 6

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|22 September 1971|**1. Simmeringer SC**|Grazer AK|2-1|
|22 September 1971|**Admira Wacker**|SWW Innsbruck|3-2|
|22 September 1971|LASK|**SK Rapid Wien**|0-1|
|22 September 1971|**SK Sturm Graz **|FK Austria Wien|3-1|
|22 September 1971|First Vienna FC|**VOEST Linz**|0-2|
|22 September 1971|**Wiener Sport-Club**|SK Bischofshofen|2-0|
|26 October 1971|** SV Austria Salzburg**|SC Eisenstadt|2-0|

### Round 7

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|25 September 1971|FK Austria Wien|**LASK**|1-3|
|25 September 1971|**DSV Alpine**|Wiener Sport-Club|4-0|
|25 September 1971|SK Rapid Wien|SV Austria Salzburg|0-0|
|25 September 1971|** SWW Innsbruck**|SK Sturm Graz|3-1|
|25 September 1971|**VOEST Linz**|1. Simmeringer SC|3-0|
|26 September 1971|Grazer AK|Admira Wacker|0-0|
|26 September 1971|SK Bischofshofen|First Vienna FC|2-2|

### Round 8

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1 October 1971|SC Eisenstadt|**SK Rapid Wien**|0-3|
|1 October 1971|SK Sturm Graz|Grazer AK|1-1|
|2 October 1971|**1. Simmeringer SC**|SK Bischofshofen|1-0|
|2 October 1971|Admira Wacker|**VOEST Linz**|0-2|
|2 October 1971|LASK|SWW Innsbruck|1-1|
|2 October 1971|First Vienna FC|DSV Alpine|1-1|
|3 October 1971|**SV Austria Salzburg**|FK Austria Wien|2-0|

### Round 9

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|12 October 1971|FK Austria Wien|SC Eisenstadt|4-1|
|13 October 1971|**DSV Alpine**|1. Simmeringer SC|1-0|
|13 October 1971|**Grazer AK **|LASK|3-0|
|13 October 1971|**SWW Innsbruck**|SV Austria Salzburg|3-1|
|13 October 1971|**VOEST Linz**|SK Sturm Graz|4-0|
|13 October 1971|Wiener Sport-Club|**First Vienna FC**|0-4|
|20 October 1971|** SK Bischofshofen **|Admira Wacker|1-0|

### Round 10

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|16 October 1971|SV Austria Salzburg|Grazer AK|1-1|
|16 October 1971|LASK|**VOEST Linz**|0-3|
|16 October 1971|SK Rapid Wien|**FK Austria Wien **|0-1|
|16 October 1971|SC Eisenstadt|SWW Innsbruck|0-0|
|16 October 1971|**SK Sturm Graz**|SK Bischofshofen|2-1|
|17 October 1971|**1. Simmeringer SC **|Wiener Sport-Club|3-0|
|17 October 1971|** Admira Wacker   **|DSV Alpine|4-0|

### Round 11

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|23 October 1971|**DSV Alpine**|SK Sturm Graz|2-1|
|23 October 1971|**Grazer AK **|SC Eisenstadt|2-1|
|23 October 1971|SK Bischofshofen|LASK|3-3|
|23 October 1971|SWW Innsbruck|SK Rapid Wien|0-0|
|23 October 1971|VOEST Linz|SV Austria Salzburg|1-1|
|23 October 1971|**Wiener Sport-Club **|Admira Wacker|1-0|
|24 October 1971|First Vienna FC|1. Simmeringer SC|0-0|

### Round 12

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|29 October 1971|**SK Sturm Graz**|Wiener Sport-Club|1-0|
|30 October 1971|**SV Austria Salzburg **|SK Bischofshofen|3-1|
|30 October 1971|FK Austria Wien|**SWW Innsbruck**|0-1|
|30 October 1971|LASK|**DSV Alpine**|0-3|
|30 October 1971|SK Rapid Wien|Grazer AK|2-2|
|30 October 1971|**SC Eisenstadt  **|VOEST Linz|1-0|
|31 October 1971|Admira Wacker|First Vienna FC|1-2|

### Round 13

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|6 November 1971|1. Simmeringer SC|Admira Wacker|1-1|
|6 November 1971|DSV Alpine|SV Austria Salzburg|1-1|
|6 November 1971|Grazer AK|FK Austria Wien|3-3|
|6 November 1971|SK Bischofshofen|SC Eisenstadt|1-1|
|6 November 1971|**VOEST Linz**|SK Rapid Wien|3-0|
|6 November 1971|** Wiener Sport-Club **|LASK|3-1|
|7 November 1971|**First Vienna FC**|SK Sturm Graz|2-0|

### Round 14

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|13 November 1971|**SV Austria Salzburg**|Wiener Sport-Club|5-0|
|13 November 1971|**LASK   **|First Vienna FC|1-0|
|13 November 1971|**SK Rapid Wien **|SK Bischofshofen|1-0|
|13 November 1971|**SC Eisenstadt**|DSV Alpine|2-0|
|13 November 1971|**SWW Innsbruck**|Grazer AK|6-1|
|13 November 1971|** SK Sturm Graz**|1. Simmeringer SC|2-1|
|14 November 1971|**FK Austria Wien **|VOEST Linz|2-1|

### Round 15

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|27 November 1971|Admira Wacker|** SK Sturm Graz**|0-1|
|27 November 1971|DSV Alpine|SK Rapid Wien|0-0|
|27 November 1971|SK Bischofshofen|**FK Austria Wien **|1-2|
|27 November 1971|First Vienna FC|**SV Austria Salzburg**|1-2|
|27 November 1971|VOEST Linz|SWW Innsbruck|0-0|
|28 November 1971|**Wiener Sport-Club  **|SC Eisenstadt|1-0|
|8 December 1971|1. Simmeringer SC|**LASK   **|0-2|

### Round 16

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|11 March 1972|**Admira Wacker**|LASK|2-1|
|11 March 1972|**DSV Alpine**|FK Austria Wien|2-1|
|11 March 1972|SK Bischofshofen|** SWW Innsbruck  **|0-5|
|11 March 1972|**VOEST Linz**|Grazer AK|3-0|
|11 March 1972|Wiener Sport-Club|**SK Rapid Wien**|0-2|
|12 March 1972|1. Simmeringer SC|**SV Austria Salzburg**|1-4|
|12 March 1972|**First Vienna FC**|SC Eisenstadt|1-0|

### Round 17

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|17 March 1972|**Grazer AK **|SK Bischofshofen|1-0|
|18 March 1972|SV Austria Salzburg|**Admira Wacker**|1-3|
|18 March 1972|**LASK**|SK Sturm Graz|4-0|
|18 March 1972|SK Rapid Wien|**First Vienna FC**|1-2|
|18 March 1972|**SC Eisenstadt**|1. Simmeringer SC|4-0|
|18 March 1972|** SWW Innsbruck  **|DSV Alpine|3-1|
|19 March 1972|FK Austria Wien|**Wiener Sport-Club**|0-2|

### Round 18

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|25 March 1972|1. Simmeringer SC|**SK Rapid Wien**|0-4|
|25 March 1972|Admira Wacker|SC Eisenstadt|1-1|
|25 March 1972|SK Bischofshofen|**VOEST Linz**|1-2|
|25 March 1972|SK Sturm Graz|SV Austria Salzburg|2-2|
|25 March 1972|DSV Alpine|**Grazer AK **|0-1|
|26 March 1972|First Vienna FC|**FK Austria Wien**|1-2|
|26 March 1972|Wiener Sport-Club|SWW Innsbruck|0-0|

### Round 19

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|31 March 1972|**FK Austria Wien**|1. Simmeringer SC|3-1|
|31 March 1972|**Grazer AK **|Wiener Sport-Club|2-0|
|1 April 1972|**SC Eisenstadt**|SK Sturm Graz|2-0|
|1 April 1972|SV Austria Salzburg|LASK|1-1|
|1 April 1972|SK Rapid Wien|Admira Wacker|1-1|
|1 April 1972|SWW Innsbruck|**First Vienna FC**|0-1|
|1 April 1972|**VOEST Linz**|DSV Alpine|2-1|

### Round 20

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|11 April 1972|Admira Wacker|**FK Austria Wien**|0-1|
|11 April 1972|First Vienna FC|**Grazer AK **|0-1|
|12 April 1972|**1. Simmeringer SC**|SWW Innsbruck|2-1|
|12 April 1972|LASK|**SC Eisenstadt**|1-2|
|12 April 1972|**SK Sturm Graz**|SK Rapid Wien|3-1|
|12 April 1972|Wiener Sport-Club|VOEST Linz|1-1|
|19 April 1972|** DSV Alpine **|SK Bischofshofen|1-0|

### Round 21

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|15 April 1972|Grazer AK|1. Simmeringer SC|0-0|
|15 April 1972|SK Rapid Wien|LASK|2-1|
|15 April 1972|SC Eisenstadt|**SV Austria Salzburg**|0-1|
|15 April 1972|SK Bischofshofen|**Wiener Sport-Club **|1-3|
|15 April 1972|SWW Innsbruck|Admira Wacker|1-1|
|15 April 1972|**VOEST Linz**|First Vienna FC|2-0|
|16 April 1972|**FK Austria Wien**|SK Sturm Graz|2-1|

### Round 22

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|21 April 1972|SK Sturm Graz|SWW Innsbruck|2-2|
|22 April 1972|Admira Wacker|Grazer AK|1-1|
|22 April 1972|SV Austria Salzburg|SK Rapid Wien|1-1|
|22 April 1972|LASK|FK Austria Wien|0-0|
|22 April 1972|**First Vienna FC**|SK Bischofshofen|4-1|
|23 April 1972|1. Simmeringer SC|**VOEST Linz**|1-3|
|23 April 1972|**Wiener Sport-Club **|DSV Alpine|1-0|

### Round 23

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|5 May 1972|Grazer AK|**SK Sturm Graz**|3-4|
|5 May 1972|**VOEST Linz**|Admira Wacker|5-0|
|6 May 1972|**DSV Alpine**|First Vienna FC|1-0|
|6 May 1972|**SK Rapid Wien**|SC Eisenstadt|2-0|
|6 May 1972|SK Bischofshofen|1. Simmeringer SC|0-0|
|6 May 1972|SWW Innsbruck|LASK|1-1|
|6 May 1972|FK Austria Wien|SV Austria Salzburg|1-1|

### Round 24

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|10 May 1972|**1. Simmeringer SC**|DSV Alpine|1-0|
|10 May 1972|**Admira Wacker**|SK Bischofshofen|1-0|
|10 May 1972|SV Austria Salzburg|**SWW Innsbruck**|0-1|
|10 May 1972|**LASK**|Grazer AK|3-0|
|10 May 1972|SC Eisenstadt|**FK Austria Wien**|0-2|
|10 May 1972|**SK Sturm Graz**|VOEST Linz|2-0|
|11 May 1972|First Vienna FC|Wiener Sport-Club|0-0|

### Round 25

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|13 May 1972|**FK Austria Wien**|SK Rapid Wien|2-1|
|13 May 1972|DSV Alpine|Admira Wacker|2-2|
|13 May 1972|**Grazer AK**|SV Austria Salzburg|2-0|
|13 May 1972|SK Bischofshofen|**SK Sturm Graz**|0-1|
|13 May 1972|**SWW Innsbruck**|SC Eisenstadt|1-0|
|13 May 1972|**VOEST Linz**|LASK|1-0|
|14 May 1972|**Wiener Sport-Club**|1. Simmeringer SC|2-0|

### Round 26

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|19 May 1972|**LASK**|SK Bischofshofen|3-1|
|19 May 1972|**SK Sturm Graz**|DSV Alpine|1-0|
|20 May 1972|**SV Austria Salzburg**|VOEST Linz|2-0|
|21 May 1972|**1. Simmeringer SC**|First Vienna FC|2-1|
|24 May 1972|Admira Wacker|Wiener Sport-Club|0-0|
|25 May 1972|SK Rapid Wien|**'SWW Innsbruck**|1-2|
|25 May 1972|**SC Eisenstadt **|Grazer AK|2-0|

### Round 27

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|27 May 1972|**Grazer AK**|SK Rapid Wien|1-0|
|27 May 1972|**Wiener Sport-Club **|SK Sturm Graz|2-1|
|28 May 1972|DSV Alpine|LASK|1-1|
|28 May 1972|**SWW Innsbruck**|FK Austria Wien|2-0|
|28 May 1972|First Vienna FC|Admira Wacker|2-2|
|28 May 1972|**VOEST Linz**|SC Eisenstadt|3-o|
|3 June  1972|SK Bischofshofen|SV Austria Salzburg|2-2|

### Round 28

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|31 May 1972|SV Austria Salzburg|DSV Alpine|0-0|
|31 May 1972|**LASK **|Wiener Sport-Club|2-0|
|31 May 1972|**SK Rapid Wien**|VOEST Linz|3-0|
|31 May 1972|**SK Sturm Graz**|First Vienna FC|4-1|
|1 June  1972|**SC Eisenstadt**|SK Bischofshofen|6-0|
|2 June  1972|Admira Wacker|1. Simmeringer SC|2-2|
|2 June  1972|**FK Austria Wien**|Grazer AK|4-0|

### Round 29

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|13 June  1972|**1. Simmeringer SC**|SK Sturm Graz|1-0|
|13 June  1972|**First Vienna FC  **|LASK|2-0|
|14 June  1972|DSV Alpine|SC Eisenstadt|0-0|
|14 June  1972|Grazer AK|**SWW Innsbruck**|1-2|
|14 June  1972|SK Bischofshofen|**SK Rapid Wien**|1-3|
|14 June  1972|VOEST Linz|**FK Austria Wien**|2-3|
|14 June  1972|Wiener Sport-Club|**SV Austria Salzburg**|0-1|

### Round 30

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|17 June  1972|**SV Austria Salzburg**|First Vienna FC|1-0|
|17 June  1972|**FK Austria Wien**|SK Bischofshofen|4-1|
|17 June  1972|LASK|1. Simmeringer SC|1-1|
|17 June  1972|SK Rapid Wien|DSV Alpine|2-2|
|17 June  1972|**SC Eisenstadt**|Wiener Sport-Club|1-0|
|17 June  1972|SWW Innsbruck|VOEST Linz|1-1|
|17 June  1972|SK Sturm Graz|Admira Wacker|1-0|

## Champion squad

|align="center" colspan="2"|<span style="color:#FFFFFF;">**SWW Innsbruck**</span>|
| --- | --- |
|Friedl Koncilia, Herbert Rettensteiner – Roland Eschelmüller, Engelbert Kordesch, Johann Eigenstiller, Werner Kriess, Walter Skocik, Peter Werner – Heinz Binder, Hans Küppers, Roland Hattenberger, Franjo Francescin, Josef Obert, Peter Kastner, Manfred Gombasch – Ove Flindt-Bjerg, Franz Wolny, Kurt Jara, Helmut Voggenberger, Günther Rinker, Walter Sommer – Coach: Branko Elsner||

## Top scorer

|Name|Club|Goals|
| --- | --- | --- |
|Alfred Riedl|FK Austria Wien|16|
|Helmut Köglberger|FK Austria Wien|15|
|Friedrich Ulmer|VOEST Linz|15|

## Infobox (football league season)

- **competition**: Austrian Bundesliga, Nationalliga
- **season**: 1971-72
- **dates**: 20 August 1971  - 17 June 1972
- **winners**: SWW Innsbruck
- **relegated**: 1. Simmeringer SC, SK Bischofshofen
- **promoted**: SV Admira Wiener Neustadt, SK Austria Klagenfurt (2007), SK Austria Klagenfurt , Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz
- **total goals**: 534 (2,54 per match)
- **league topscorer**: Alfred Riedl SWW Innsbruck (16 goals)
- **prevseason**: 1970-71 Austrian football championship, 1970-71
- **nextseason**: 1972-73 Austrian football championship, 1972-73