1943-44 Austrian football championship

The **Gauliga Donau-Alpenland 1943/44** was the sixth season of the Gauliga Donau-Alpenland in annexed Austria. First Vienna FC 1894 was able to defend the championship title. With this victory, Vienna qualified for the 1943/44 German football championship. They reached the quarter-finals.

The SK Amateure Steyr ended the game prematurely on April 20, 1944 with 3 points from 14 games. The games that had already been played were then canceled. The club merged with SK Vorwärts Steyr to form FC Steyr and played in the 1st class Oberdonau in the remaining time. LSV Markersdorf was dissolved at the end of the season. So the last of the table, Wiener Sport-Club, was not relegated.

## Table

|Pl.|Name|M|W|D|L|P|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1.|First Vienna FC|16|13|1|2|27|
|2.|Floridsdorfer AC|16|9|4|3|22|
|3.|Wiener AC|16|7|2|7|16|
|4.|FC Wien|16|6|4|6|16|
|5.|FK Austria Wien|16|8|0|8|16|
|6.|LSV Markersdorf|16|6|3|7|15|
|7.|SK Rapid Wien|16|5|3|8|13|
|8.|SC Wacker Wien|16|4|2|10|10|
|9.|Wiener Sport-Club|16|4|1|11|9|
|10.|SK Amateure Steyr|14|1|1|12|4|

## Matches

Austria Soccer

### Round 1

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|22 August 1943|LSV Markersdorf|**FK Austria Wien**|2-3|
|22 August 1943|**SK Rapid Wien**|FC Wien|3-0|
|22 August 1943|SC Wacker Wien|**Floridsdorfer AC**|4-6|
|22 August 1943|**Wiener AC**|SK Amateure Steyr|3-1|
|30 January 1944|Wiener Sport-Club|**First Vienna FC**|1-3|

### Round 2

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|5 September 1943|SK Amateure Steyr|**First Vienna FC**|1-7|
|5 September 1943|FK Austria Wien|**SC Wacker Wien**|2-3|
|5 September 1943|**FC Wien**|Wiener AC|4-2|
|5 September 1943|SK Rapid Wien|Floridsdorfer AC|2-2|
|5 September 1943|Wiener Sport-Club|**LSV Markersdorf**|1-2|

### Round 3

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|12 September 1943|FC Wien|Floridsdorfer AC|3-3|
|12 September 1943|**LSV Markersdorf**|SK Amateure Steyr|5-3|
|12 September 1943|SK Rapid Wien|**FK Austria Wien**|1-2|
|12 September 1943|SC Wacker Wien|Wiener Sport-Club|2-2|
|12 September 1943|**Wiener AC**|First Vienna FC|5-4|

### Round 4

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|3 October 1943|**FC Wien**|Wiener Sport-Club|2-1|
|3 October 1943|**Floridsdorfer AC**|FK Austria Wien|6-1|
|3 October 1943|**SK Rapid Wien**|SK Amateure Steyr|5-1|
|3 October 1943|**Wiener AC**|LSV Markersdorf|7-6|
|28 November 1943|SC Wacker Wien|**First Vienna FC**|1-6|

### Round 5

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|10 October 1943|**SK Amateure Steyr**|FC Wien|3-1|
|10 October 1943|**LSV Markersdorf**|SC Wacker Wien|2-0|
|10 October 1943|SK Rapid Wien|**Wiener AC**|1-2|
|10 October 1943|**First Vienna FC**|FK Austria Wien|4-1|
|10 October 1943|Wiener Sport-Club|**Floridsdorfer AC**|3-5|

### Round 6

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|17 October 1943|**FK Austria Wien**|Wiener Sport-Club|4-1|
|17 October 1943|Floridsdorfer AC|SK Amateure Steyr|1-1|
|17 October 1943|**LSV Markersdorf**|SK Rapid Wien|2-1|
|17 October 1943|**Wiener AC**|SC Wacker Wien|4-0|
|5 December 1943|FC Wien|**First Vienna FC**|2-7|

### Round 7

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|24 October 1943|SK Amateure Steyr|**FK Austria Wien**|0-7|
|24 October 1943|**Floridsdorfer AC**|LSV Markersdorf|3-1|
|24 October 1943|**First Vienna FC**|SK Rapid Wien|10-2|
|24 October 1943|SC Wacker Wien|**FC Wien**|2-3|
|28 November 1943|Wiener Sport-Club|**Wiener AC**|1-4|

### Round 8

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|31 October 1943|**FK Austria Wien**|Wiener AC|4-1|
|31 October 1943|**LSV Markersdorf**|FC Wien|3-1|
|31 October 1943|**SK Rapid Wien**|SC Wacker Wien|2-1|
|31 October 1943|**Wiener Sport-Club**|SK Amateure Steyr|3-2|
|31 October 1943|**First Vienna FC**|Floridsdorfer AC|4-1|

### Round 9

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|7  November 1943|SK Amateure Steyr|SC Wacker Wien|0-5|
|7  November 1943|FK Austria Wien|**FC Wien**|0-4|
|7  November 1943|Floridsdorfer AC|Wiener AC|2-2|
|7  November 1943|**First Vienna FC**|LSV Markersdorf|9-1|
|7  November 1943|**Wiener Sport-Club**|SK Rapid Wien|2-1|

### Round 10

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|14  November 1943|SK Amateure Steyr|**Wiener AC**|1-5|
|14  November 1943|**FK Austria Wien**|LSV Markersdorf|3-1|
|14  November 1943|FC Wien|**SK Rapid Wien**|0-1|
|14  November 1943|**Floridsdorfer AC**|SC Wacker Wien|3-0|
|14  November 1943|**First Vienna FC**|Wiener Sport-Club|5-0|

### Round 11

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|12 December 1943|**Floridsdorfer AC**|SK Rapid Wien|3-2|
|12 December 1943|**LSV Markersdorf**|Wiener Sport-Club|3-1|
|12 December 1943|**SC Wacker Wien**|FK Austria Wien|6-4|
|12 December 1943|Wiener AC|FC Wien|1-1|
|23 January 1944|**First Vienna FC**|SK Amateure Steyr|7-2|

### Round 12

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|26 March 1944|**FK Austria Wien**|SK Rapid Wien|2-0|
|26 March 1944|Floridsdorfer AC|FC Wien|0-0|
|26 March 1944|**First Vienna FC**|Wiener AC|1-0|
|26 March 1944|**Wiener Sport-Club**|SC Wacker Wien|1-0|

### Round 13

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|13 February 1944|SK Amateure Steyr|**SK Rapid Wien**|1-5|
|5 March 1944|LSV Markersdorf|**Wiener AC **|0-1|
|5 March 1944|**First Vienna FC**|SC Wacker Wien|6-0|
|5 March 1944|FK Austria Wien|**Floridsdorfer AC**|1-2|
|5 March 1944|** Wiener Sport-Club  **|FC Wien|1-0|

### Round 14

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|19 March 1944|FK Austria Wien|**First Vienna FC**|1-4|
|19 March 1944|**FC Wien**|SK Amateure Steyr|3-0|
|19 March 1944|Wiener AC|**SK Rapid  Wien**|2-4|
|30 April 1944|**Floridsdorfer AC**|Wiener Sport-Club|2-1|
|30 April 1944|**SC Wacker Wien**|LSV Markersdorf|4-3|

### Round 15

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|23 April 1944|SK Rapid  Wien|LSV Markersdorf|3-3|
|23 April 1944|**First Vienna FC**|FC Wien|4-2|
|23 April 1944|**SC Wacker Wien**|Wiener AC|2-1|
|23 April 1944|Wiener Sport-Club|**FK Austria Wien  **|1-2|

### Round 16

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|16 April 1944|**FC Wien**|SC Wacker Wien|2-1|
|16 April 1944|**LSV Markersdorf **|Floridsdorfer AC|7-2|
|16 April 1944|Wiener AC|**Wiener Sport-Club**|1-5|
|13 May 1944|SK Rapid  Wien|**First Vienna FC**|1-3|

### Round 17

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2 April 1944|FC Wien|LSV Markersdorf|2-2|
|2 April 1944|**Floridsdorfer AC**|First Vienna FC|4-1|
|2 April 1944|SC Wacker Wien|SK Rapid  Wien|4-4|
|2 April 1944|Wiener AC|**FK Austria Wien**|1-2|

### Round 18

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|27 February 1944|LSV Markersdorf|First Vienna FC|5-5|
|27 February 1944|**Wiener AC**|Floridsdorfer AC|1-0|
|9 April 1944|**SK Rapid  Wien**|Wiener Sport-Club|9-4|
|9 April 1944|**SC Wacker Wien**|SK Amateure Steyr|10-0|
|30 April 1944|**FC Wien **|FK Austria Wien|4-3|

## Champion squad

Johann Artmann, Karl Bortoli  ,Karl Decker , Richard Dörfel , Franz Erdl  ,Richard Fischer ,
Gottfried Gröbel,  Friedrich Gschweidl ,  Franz Holeschofsky,Franz Jawurek, Otto Kaller  , Vitus Kubicka,  Adolf Laudon , Karl Lechner  ,  Kurt Lechner , Josef Leidenecker, Hermann Leitner ,  Karl Mandl , Necmah   , Neuhold ,  Rudolf Noack  ,   Karl Nowotny  , Stefan Ploc  , Johann Riedisser , Ernst Sabeditsch  , Hans Schwarzer  ,  Albert Sing  ,  Franz Widhalm   ,

**Coachesː**  Rudolf Höllerl/Friedrich Gschweidl

## Top scorer

|Name|Club|Goals|
| --- | --- | --- |
|Karl Decker|First Vienna FC|31|
|Rudolf Noak|First Vienna FC|14|
|Adolf Huber|LSV Markersdorf|13|
|Adolf Semp|Wiener AC|13|

## Infobox (football league season)

- **competition**: Gauliga Ostmark
- **season**: 1943-44
- **winners**: First Vienna FC
- **relegated**: LSV Markersdorf, SK Amateure Steyr
- **matches**: 90
- **total goals**: 355
- **league topscorer**: Karl Decker
(32goals)
- **prevseason**: 1942-43 Austrian football championship, 1942-43
- **nextseason**: 1944-45 Austrian football championship, 1944-45