1917-18 Austrian football championship

The **1917-18 Austrian football championship** was organized by the Lower Austrian Football Association. Only teams from Vienna and the Vienna suburbs were allowed to take part. Clubs from the crown lands had no opportunity to take part in the championship. Promotion and relegation was suspended during the war years.

The championship in the Erste Klasse was played by 10 teams. They met twice during the entire playing year. Floridsdorfer AC celebrated its first and only Austrian championship title this season. Due to the suspended relegation, the ASV Hertha  managed to stay in the top division. This was  the third time in a row for this reason alone.

## Table

|Pl.|Name|Games|W|D|L|P|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1.|**Floridsdorfer AC**|18|9|6|3|24|
|2.|**SK Rapid Wien**|18|9|6|3|24|
|3.|**Wiener Association FC**|18|10|2|6|22|
|4.|**SC Rudolfshügel**|18|9|4|5|22|
|5.|**Wiener AC**|18|5|8|5|18|
|6.|**SC Wacker Wien**|18|7|3|8|17|
|7.|**Wiener Sport-Club**|18|6|3|9|15|
|8.|**Wiener Amateur-SV**|18|4|7|7|15|
|9.|**1. Simmeringer SC**|18|6|2|10|14|
|10.|**ASV Hertha Wien**|18|1|7|10|9|

### August 1917

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|12 August 1917|**Wiener Association FC**|1. Simmeringer SC|3-2|
|19 August 1917|**1. Simmeringer SC 	**|ASV Hertha Wien|5-1|
|19 August 1917|**SC Rudolfshügel**|Floridsdorfer AC|2-1|
|19 August 1917|Wiener Amateur SV|**SC Wacker Wien**|1-2|
|19 August 1917|Wiener Sport-Club|**Wiener AC**|0-4|
|26 August 1917|Floridsdorfer AC|SK Rapid Wien|1-1|
|26 August 1917|**SC Wacker Wien**|SC Rudolfshügel|1-0|
|26 August 1917|Wiener AC|**1. Simmeringer SC**|0-1|

### September 1917

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2 September 1917|**SK Rapid Wien**|SC Wacker Wien|3-1|
|2 September 1917|SC Rudolfshügel|Wiener Association FC|2-2|
|2 September 1917|**Wiener AC**|ASV Hertha Wien|6-0|
|2 September 1917|Wiener Amateur SV|**Floridsdorfer AC**|0-6|
|2 September 1917|**Wiener Sport-Club**|1. Simmeringer SC|4-3|
|8 September 1917|1. Simmeringer SC|**SK Rapid Wien**|2-3|
|23 September 1917|**Floridsdorfer AC**|ASV Hertha Wien|5-0|
|23 September 1917|**SC Rudolfshügel**|SK Rapid Wien|3-2|
|23 September 1917|Wiener Amateur SV|**Wiener Sport-Club**|3-4|
|23 September 1917|**Wiener Association FC**|Wiener AC|3-0|
|30 September 1917|**Floridsdorfer AC**|Wiener Sport-Club|4-0|
|30 September 1917|ASV Hertha Wien|**SC Rudolfshügel**|1-4|
|30 September 1917|SC Wacker Wien|Wiener Association FC|1-1|
|30 September 1917|Wiener AC|Wiener Amateur SV|1-1|

### October 1917

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|7 October 1917|**ASV Hertha Wien **|1. Simmeringer SC|4-2|
|14 October 1917|SK Rapid Wien|Wiener AC|1-1|
|14 October 1917|**SC Rudolfshügel**|1. Simmeringer SC|5-1|
|14 October 1917|Wiener Amateur SV|ASV Hertha Wien|2-2|
|14 October 1917|Wiener Association FC|** Floridsdorfer AC**|1-3|
|21 October 1917|ASV Hertha Wien|SK Rapid Wien|1-1|
|21 October 1917|SC Wacker Wien|Floridsdorfer AC|1-1|
|21 October 1917|**	Wiener AC **|SC Rudolfshügel|2-1|
|21 October 1917|**Wiener Association FC**|Wiener Sport-Club|4-1|
|28 October 1917|**SK Rapid Wien**|Wiener Association FC|2-1|
|28 October 1917|**Wiener Sport-Club**|SC Wacker Wien|3-2|
|28 October 1917|Wiener AC|Wiener Amateur SV|1-1|

### November 1917

|Date|Team 1|Team2|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|11 November 1917|**Floridsdorfer AC **|1. Simmeringer SC|2-0||
|11 November 1917|ASV Hertha Wien|**Wiener Association FC**|1-5||
|11 November 1917|**SC Rudolfshügel**|1. Simmeringer SC|5-1||
|11 November 1917|Wiener AC|**SC Wacker Wien**|1-2||
|11 November 1917|**Wiener Amateur SV**|SK Rapid Wien|1-0||
|11 November 1917|**Wiener Sport-Club**|SC Rudolfshügel|6-1||
|18 November 1917|Floridsdorfer AC|Wiener AC|0-0||
|18 November 1917|SK Rapid Wien|Wiener Sport-Club|1-1||
|18 November 1917|SC Rudolfshügel|Wiener Amateur SV|1-1||
|18 November 1917|SC Wacker Wien|ASV Hertha Wien|5-1||
||18 November 1917|1. Simmeringer SC|SC Wacker Wien|1-0|

### March 1918

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|3 March 1918|**1. Simmeringer SC**|Wiener Association FC|2-1|
|3 March 1918|ASV Hertha Wien|Wiener Amateur SV|2-2|
|3 March 1918|**SC Rudolfshügel**|SC Wacker Wien|3-0|
|3 March 1918|Wiener AC|SK Rapid Wien|0-0|
|3 March 1918|Wiener Sport-Club|**Floridsdorfer AC**|1-5|
|10 March 1918|**Floridsdorfer AC**|SC Wacker Wien|4-1|
|10 March 1918|ASV Hertha Wien|1. Simmeringer SC|1-1|
|10 March 1918|SK Rapid Wien|**SC Rudolfshügel**|2-4|
|10 March 1918|**Wiener Sport-Club**|Wiener Association FC|5-4|
|10 March 1918|Wiener Amateur SV|Wiener AC|1-1|
|17 March 1918|**1. Simmeringer SC**|SC Rudolfshügel|3-0|
|17 March 1918|**Floridsdorfer AC**|Wiener Association FC|6-1|
|17 March 1918|**SK Rapid Wien **|ASV Hertha Wien|5-2|
|17 March 1918|**SC Wacker  Wien **|Wiener Amateur SV|1-0|
|17 March 1918|Wiener AC|Wiener Sport-Club|1-3|
|24 March 1918|1. Simmeringer SC|Wiener Sport-Club|3-3|
|24 March 1918|ASV Hertha Wien|Wiener AC|0-0|
|24 March 1918|**SK Rapid Wien**|Floridsdorfer AC|2-0|
|24 March 1918|**Wiener Association FC**|SC Wacker  Wien|7-2|

### April 1918

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|7 April 1918|Floridsdorfer AC|Wiener Amateur SV|0-0|
|7 April 1918|SC Rudolfshügel|Wiener AC|2-2|
|7 April 1918|SC Wacker Wien|**1. Simmeringer SC**|0-4|
|7 April 1918|Wiener Association FC|**	SK Rapid Wien **|0-7|
|7 April 1918|Wiener Sport-Club|ASV Hertha Wien|2-2|
|21 April 1918|Floridsdorfer AC|**SC Rudolfshügel**|1-3|
|21 April 1918|ASV Hertha Wien|**SC Wacker Wien**|1-2|
|21 April 1918|Wiener AC|**Wiener Association FC**|2-4|
|21 April 1918|** Wiener Amateur SV**|1. Simmeringer SC|2-0|
|21 April 1918|Wiener Sport-Club|**SK Rapid Wien**|0-1|

### May 1918

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|5 May 1918|Wiener Amateur SV|SC Rudolfshügel|0-0|
|12 May 1918|**SK Rapid Wien**|1. Simmeringer SC|6-1|
|12 May 1918|**SC Rudolfshügel**|ASV Hertha Wien|7-2|
|12 May 1918|**SC Wacker Wien **|Wiener Sport-Club|2-0|
|12 May 1918|Wiener AC|Floridsdorfer AC|1-1|
|12 May 1918|Wiener Amateur SV|**Wiener Association FC**|1-3|

### June 1918

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|9 June  1918|1. Simmeringer SC|**Wiener AC**|0-6|
|9 June  1918|ASV Hertha Wien|Floridsdorfer AC|2-2|
|9 June  1918|SC Wacker Wien|SK Rapid Wien|1-1|
|9 June  1918|**Wiener Association FC**|SC Rudolfshügel|4-3|
|9 June  1918|Wiener Sport-Club|**Wiener Amateur SV**|0-2|
|23 June  1918|1. Simmeringer SC|**Floridsdorfer AC**|0-5|
|23 June  1918|**SK Rapid Wien**|Wiener Amateur SV|6-1|
|23 June  1918|**SC Rudolfshügel**|Wiener Sport-Club|4-0|
|23 June  1918|SC Wacker Wien|**Wiener AC**|2-3|
|23 June  1918|**Wiener Association FC**|ASV Hertha Wien|5-1|

## Champion squad

|class="small" style="text-align:right;"|Source: Austria Soccer|
| --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center; background:#27408b"|<span style="color:#FFFFFF;">**Floridsdorfer AC**</span>|
|* **Goalkeeper:** August Kraupar; * **Defenders:** Karl Lux, Josef Deutsch * **Midfielders:** Gustav Deutsch, Karl Jiszda * **Forwards:** Lorenz Hagen, Johann Kraus, Franz Biegler, Ferdinand Humenberger, Viktor Hierländer, Putzl Janik, Franz Amon * **Coach:** ??||

## Top scorer

|Name|Club|Goals|
| --- | --- | --- |
|Eduard Bauer|SK Rapid Wien|20|
|Otto Necas Henry Pak|SC Rudolfshügel Wiener Associations FC|14|
|Karl Heinlein|Wiener AC|13|

## Infobox (football league season)

- **competition**: Austrian Bundesliga
- **season**: 1917-18
- **winners**: Floridsdorfer AC
- **relegated**: no relegation (First World War)
- **matches**: 90
- **total goals**: 361
- **league topscorer**: Eduard Bauer
(20 goals)
- **prevseason**: 1916-17 Austrian football championship, 1916-17
- **nextseason**: 1918-19 Austrian football championship, 1918-19