1967-68 Austrian football championship

The **1967-68 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. The respective state leagues of the federal states served as the third level.

The championship  was playedby 14 teams. They met twice throughout the season. SK Rapid Wien  won the Austrian football championship for the 25th time. First Vienna FC 1894 and WSG Radenthein were relegated. These teams were replaced by the three champions of the regional leagues: WSV Donawitz (Central), SC Wacker Wien (East) and WSG Wattens (West) . So there were 15 first-class teams in the 1968-69 season.

## Final table

Table mode (in case of equal points): 1. Goal difference (first used in 1967/68 on a trial basis)
|Pl.|Name|M|W|D|L|P|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1.|**SK Rapid Wien**|26|21|2|3|44|
|2.|**FC Wacker  Innsbruck**|26|15|7|4|37|
|3.|**FK Austria Wien**|26|15|5|6|35|
|4.|**Wiener Sport-Club**|26|11|9|6|31|
|5.|**SK Austria Klagenfurt**|26|11|7|8|29|
|6.|**Grazer AK**|26|11|5|10|27|
|7.|**SK Sturm Graz**|26|9|7|10|25|
|8.|**LASK**|26|8|7|11|23|
|9.|** Admira Energie Wien**|26|5|11|10|21|
|10.|**SC Eisenstadt**|26|8|5|13|21|
|11.|**SC Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz **|26|8|5|13|21|
|12.|**SV Austria Salzburg**|26|7|6|13|20|
|13.|**First Vienna FC**|26|7|1|18|15|
|14.|**WSG Radenthein**|26|5|5|16|15|

### Round 1

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|19 August 1967|SV Austria Salzburg|**FK Austria Wien**|0-3|
|19 August 1967|**LASK**|SC Eisenstadt|4-0|
|19 August 1967|SK Sturm Graz|** SK Rapid Wien**|2-5|
|19 August 1967|Wiener Sport-Club|**Grazer AK**|1-2|
|20 August 1967|First  Vienna FC|** Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz**|0-1|
|20 August 1967|WSG Radenthein|Admira Energie|2-2|
|20 August 1967|**FC Wacker Innsbruck**|SK Austria Klagenfurt|4-3|

### Round 2

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|25 August 1967|First  Vienna FC|**Wiener Sport-Club**|2-5|
|26 August 1967|**Admira Energie**|LASK|3-2|
|26 August 1967|** SK Rapid Wien**|SV Austria Salzburg|7-0|
|26 August 1967|**Grazer AK**|WSG Radenthein|4-3|
|26 August 1967|**SC Eisenstadt**|FC Wacker Innsbruck|1-0|
|27 August 1967|**SK Austria Klagenfurt**|SK Sturm Graz|3-0|
|27 August 1967|Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz|**FK Austria Wien**|0-5|

### Round 3

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1 September 1967|FK Austria Wien|** SK Rapid Wien**|0-3|
|2 September 1967|SV Austria Salzburg|SK Austria Klagenfurt|0-0|
|2 September 1967|LASK|**Grazer AK**|0-1|
|2 September 1967|**SK Sturm Graz**|SC Eisenstadt|2-0|
|2 September 1967|**FC Wacker Innsbruck **|Admira Energie|4-1|
|2 September 1967|**Wiener Sport-Club**|Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz|2-0|
|3 September 1967|**WSG Radenthein**|First  Vienna FC|2-1|

### Round 4

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|9 September 1967|Grazer AK|**FC Wacker Innsbruck **|1-2|
|9 September 1967|SC Eisenstadt|**SV Austria Salzburg**|0-1|
|10 September 1967|**Admira Energie**|SK Sturm Graz|7-0|
|10 September 1967|SK Austria Klagenfurt|**FK Austria Wien**|1-2|
|10 September 1967|**Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz**|SK Rapid Wien|3-1|
|10 September 1967|**Wiener Sport-Club**|WSG Radenthein|4-2|
|28 September 1967|**First  Vienna FC **|LASK|3-0|

### Round 5

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|16 September 1967|**SV Austria Salzburg**|Admira Energie|4-2|
|16 September 1967|SK Sturm Graz|**Grazer AK**|1-3|
|16 September 1967|**FC Wacker Innsbruck **|First  Vienna FC|2-0|
|17 September 1967|**FK Austria Wien**|SC Eisenstadt|2-0|
|17 September 1967|**LASK **|Wiener Sport-Club|2-1|
|17 September 1967|WSG Radenthein|**Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz**|0-2|
|27 September 1967|**SK Rapid Wien**|SK Austria Klagenfurt|5-1|

### Round 6

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|29 September 1967|**Wiener Sport-Club **|FC Wacker Innsbruck|2-0|
|30 September 1967|Admira Energie|FK Austria Wien|1-1|
|30 September 1967|**Grazer AK**|SV Austria Salzburg|3-0|
|30 September 1967|SC Eisenstadt|**SK Rapid Wien**|1-3|
|1 October 1967|First  Vienna FC|**SK Sturm Graz**|1-2|
|1 October 1967|Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz|SK Austria Klagenfurt|1-1|
|1 October 1967|WSG Radenthein|LASK|0-0|

### Round 7

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|7 October 1967|**SK Austria Klagenfurt **|SC Eisenstadt|1-0|
|7 October 1967|SV Austria Salzburg|**First  Vienna FC  **|1-2|
|7 October 1967|**FK Austria Wien**|Grazer AK|2-1|
|7 October 1967|**LASK**|Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz|5-0|
|7 October 1967|SK Sturm Graz|Wiener Sport-Club|1-1|
|7 October 1967|**FC Wacker Innsbruck  **|WSG Radenthein|1-0|
|8 October 1967|**SK Rapid Wien**|Admira Energie|3-0|

### Round 8

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|21 October 1967|Admira Energie|**SK Austria Klagenfurt **|1-2|
|21 October 1967|LASK|**FC Wacker Innsbruck  **|1-3|
|21 October 1967|First  Vienna FC|**FK Austria Wien**|0-1|
|21 October 1967|Wiener Sport-Club|SV Austria Salzburg|1-1|
|22 October 1967|Grazer AK|**SK Rapid Wien**|1-3|
|22 October 1967|Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz|**SC Eisenstadt **|0-1|
|22 October 1967|**WSG Radenthein **|SK Sturm Graz|5-1|

### Round 9

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|29 October 1967|**SV Austria Salzburg**|WSG Radenthein|4-0|
|29 October 1967|FK Austria Wien|**Wiener Sport-Club **|0-3|
|29 October 1967|**SK Rapid Wien**|First  Vienna FC|3-0|
|29 October 1967|SC Eisenstadt|Admira Energie|1-1|
|29 October 1967|SK Sturm Graz|**LASK **|0-4|
|29 October 1967|**FC Wacker Innsbruck  **|Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz|1-0|
|1 November 1967|**SK Austria Klagenfurt **|Grazer AK|2-0|

### Round 10

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|11 November 1967|**LASK **|SV Austria Salzburg|2-1|
|11 November 1967|FC Wacker Innsbruck|SK Sturm Graz|0-0|
|11 November 1967|**Wiener Sport-Club **|SK Rapid Wien|1-0|
|12 November 1967|Grazer AK|SC Eisenstadt|1-1|
|12 November 1967|WSG Radenthein|**FK Austria Wien**|0-3|
|12 November 1967|** Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz   **|Admira Energie|3-0|
|12 November 1967|**First  Vienna FC  **|SK Austria Klagenfurt|1-0|

### Round 11

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|18 November 1967|**Admira Energie**|Grazer AK|3-0|
|18 November 1967|SV Austria Salzburg|**FC Wacker Innsbruck**|1-3|
|18 November 1967|**SC Eisenstadt **|First  Vienna FC|2-0|
|18 November 1967|SK Sturm Graz|** Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz   **|1-2|
|19 November 1967|SK Austria Klagenfurt|Wiener Sport-Club|0-0|
|19 November 1967|**FK Austria Wien**|LASK|2-0|
|19 November 1967|** SK Rapid Wien  **|WSG Radenthein|5-0|

### Round 12

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|25 November 1967|LASK|** SK Rapid Wien  **|0-1|
|25 November 1967|**SK Sturm Graz**|SV Austria Salzburg|3-1|
|25 November 1967|**First  Vienna FC**|Admira Energie|3-2|
|25 November 1967|FC Wacker Innsbruck|FK Austria Wien|0-0|
|26 November 1967|Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz|**Grazer AK**|0-1|
|26 November 1967|WSG Radenthein|**SK Austria Klagenfurt **|0-1|
|26 November 1967|**Wiener Sport-Club**|SC Eisenstadt|3-1|

### Round 13

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2 December  1967|Admira Energie|Wiener Sport-Club|1-1|
|2 December  1967|FK Austria Wien|SK Sturm Graz|2-2|
|2 December  1967|SC Eisenstadt|**WSG Radenthein**|1-2|
|3 December  1967|SK Austria Klagenfurt|LASK|1-1|
|3 December  1967|**SV Austria Salzburg**|Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz|3-1|
|3 December  1967|**Grazer AK**|First  Vienna FC|1-0|
|3 December  1967|** SK Rapid Wien  **|FC Wacker Innsbruck|3-1|

### Round 14

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|24 February 1968|**Admira Energie**|WSG Radenthein|3-1|
|24 February 1968|**FK Austria Wien**|SV Austria Salzburg|1-0|
|24 February 1968|Grazer AK|Wiener Sport-Club|2-2|
|24 February 1968|** SK Rapid Wien  **|SK Sturm Graz|4-2|
|24 February 1968|**SC Eisenstadt  **|LASK|1-0|
|24 February 1968|**Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz **|First  Vienna FC|4-0|
|25 February 1968|SK Austria Klagenfurt|FC Wacker Innsbruck|0-0|

### Round 15

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2 March 1968|SV Austria Salzburg|** SK Rapid Wien  **|1-2|
|2 March 1968|**FK Austria Wien**|Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz|1-0|
|2 March 1968|LASK|Admira Energie|2-2|
|2 March 1968|**SK Sturm Graz**|SK Austria Klagenfurt|3-1|
|2 March 1968|** FC Wacker Innsbruck **|SC Eisenstadt|2-1|
|3 March 1968|WSG Radenthein|Grazer AK|4-0|
|3 March 1968|Wiener Sport-Club|**First  Vienna FC**|2-4|

### Round 16

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|9 March 1968|Admira Energie|FC Wacker Innsbruck|0-0|
|9 March 1968|**Grazer AK**|LASK|2-0|
|9 March 1968|SK Rapid Wien|**FK Austria Wien**|1-2|
|9 March 1968|**SC Eisenstadt**|SK Sturm Graz|1-0|
|10 March 1968|** SK Austria Klagenfurt  **|SV Austria Salzburg|2-1|
|10 March 1968|Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz|Wiener Sport-Club|1-1|
|10 March 1968|First  Vienna FC|**WSG Radenthein  **|0-2|

### Round 17

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|16 March 1968|** SV Austria Salzburg    **|SC Eisenstadt|3-0|
|16 March 1968|**FK Austria Wien**|SK Austria Klagenfurt|9-0|
|16 March 1968|LASK|First  Vienna FC|3-1|
|16 March 1968|**SK Rapid Wien **|Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz|6-0|
|16 March 1968|SK Sturm Graz|Admira Energie|2-2|
|16 March 1968|FC Wacker Innsbruck|Grazer AK|2-2|
|17 March 1968|**WSG Radenthein  **|Wiener Sport-Club|4-2|

### Round 18

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|23 March 1968|Admira Energie|SV Austria Salzburg|1-1|
|23 March 1968|Grazer AK|**SK Sturm Graz**|1-2|
|23 March 1968|SC Eisenstadt|**FK Austria Wien**|0-1|
|23 March 1968|First  Vienna FC|**FC Wacker Innsbruck**|0-2|
|23 March 1968|Wiener Sport-Club|LASK|0-0|
|24 March 1968|SK Austria Klagenfurt|**SK Rapid Wien **|0-1|
|24 March 1968|** Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz  **|WSG Radenthein|1-0|

### Round 19

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|30 March 1968|**SV Austria Salzburg   **|Grazer AK|3-1|
|30 March 1968|** LASK **|WSG Radenthein|6-1|
|30 March 1968|**SK Rapid Wien **|SC Eisenstadt|1-0|
|30 March 1968|SK Sturm Graz|First  Vienna FC|0-0|
|30 March 1968|**FC Wacker Innsbruck**|Wiener Sport-Club|3-2|
|31 March 1968|**SK Austria Klagenfurt**|Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz|1-0|
|31 March 1968|**FK Austria Wien**|Admira Energie|2-1|

### Round 20

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|6 April 1968|Admira Energie|SK Rapid Wien|1-1|
|6 April 1968|Grazer AK|FK Austria Wien|0-0|
|6 April 1968|**SC Eisenstadt   **|SK Austria Klagenfurt|2-0|
|6 April 1968|**Wiener Sport-Club  **|SK Sturm Graz|1-0|
|7 April 1968|Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz|** LASK **|0-2|
|7 April 1968|First  Vienna FC|**SV Austria Salzburg   **|1-4|
|7 April 1968|WSG Radenthein|**FC Wacker Innsbruck**|1-4|

### Round 21

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|19 April 1968|FK Austria Wien|**First  Vienna FC**|1-3|
|20 April 1968|**SK Austria Klagenfurt**|Admira Energie|3-1|
|20 April 1968|SV Austria Salzburg  ****|**Wiener Sport-Club  **|0-1|
|20 April 1968|**SK Rapid Wien **|Grazer AK|3-1|
|20 April 1968|SC Eisenstadt|Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz|2-2|
|20 April 1968|**SK Sturm Graz **|WSG Radenthein|6-1|
|20 April 1968|FC Wacker Innsbruck|LASK|1-1|

### Round 22

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|4 May 1968|Admira Energie|**SC Eisenstadt**|0-4|
|4 May 1968|Grazer AK|**SK Austria Klagenfurt**|1-2|
|4 May 1968|LASK|**SK Sturm Graz **|0-3|
|4 May 1968|First  Vienna FC|**SK Rapid Wien **|0-1|
|4 May 1968|**Wiener Sport-Club  **|FK Austria Wien|1-0|
|5 May 1968|Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz|**FC Wacker Innsbruck**|1-2|
|5 May 1968|WSG Radenthein|SV Austria Salzburg|0-0|

### Round 23

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|8 May 1968|SC Eisenstadt|Grazer AK|1-1|
|10 May 1968|Admira Energie|Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz|3-3|
|10 May 1968|**SK Rapid Wien **|Wiener Sport-Club|2-1|
|11 May 1968|SV Austria Salzburg|LASK|0-0|
|11 May 1968|**FK Austria Wien **|WSG Radenthein|3-1|
|11 May 1968|**SK Sturm Graz **|FC Wacker Innsbruck|1-0|
|12 May 1968|**SK Austria Klagenfurt**|First  Vienna FC|2-0|

### Round 24

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|25 May 1968|**Grazer AK**|Admira Energie|1-0|
|25 May 1968|LASK|FK Austria Wien|2-2|
|25 May 1968|Wiener Sport-Club|SK Austria Klagenfurt|0-0|
|25 May 1968|Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz|SK Sturm Graz|0-0|
|26 May 1968|First  Vienna FC|**SC Eisenstadt**|1-4|
|26 May 1968|WSG Radenthein|**SK Rapid Wien **|2-3|
|26 May 1968|**FC Wacker Innsbruck **|SV Austria Salzburg|3-1|

### Round 25

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1 June 1968|**Admira Energie**|First  Vienna FC|3-1|
|1 June 1968|SK Austria Klagenfurt|WSG Radenthein|1-1|
|1 June 1968|SV Austria Salzburg|SK Sturm Graz|2-2|
|1 June 1968|FK Austria Wien|**FC Wacker Innsbruck **|1-2|
|1 June 1968|**Grazer AK**|Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz|1-0|
|1 June 1968|SC Eisenstadt|**Wiener Sport-Club**|1-2|
|3 June 1968|**SK Rapid Wien **|LASK|5-1|

### Round 26

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1 June 1968|LASK|** SK Austria Klagenfurt **|2-3|
|7 June 1968|**SK Sturm Graz**|FK Austria Wien|2-0|
|8 June 1968|**First  Vienna FC**|Grazer AK|3-1|
|8 June 1968|WSG Radenthein|SC Eisenstadt|0-0|
|8 June 1968|FC Wacker Innsbruck|SK Rapid Wien|3-3|
|8 June 1968|Wiener Sport-Club|Admira Energie|1-1|
|9 June 1968|** Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz **|SV Austria Salzburg|2-1|

## Champion squad

|align="center" colspan="2"|<span style="color:#FFFFFF;">**SK Rapid Wien**</span>|
| --- | --- |
|Gerald Fuchsbichler, Roman Pichler – Walter Gebhardt, Walter Glechner (C), Erich Fak, Walter Baier – Walter Skocik, Franz Hasil, Ewald Ullmann – Anton Fritsch, Jörn Bjerregaard, Leopold Grausam, Rudolf Flögel, Günter Kaltenbrunner, Walter Seitl, Alfred Traxler, Günther Brabetz, Gerhard Springer – Coach: Rudolf Vytlačil||

## Top scorer

|Name|Club|Goals|
| --- | --- | --- |
|Jörn Bjerregaard|SK Rapid Wien|23|
|Günter Kaltenbrunner|SK Rapid Wien|14|
|Herbert Poindl|FK Austria Wien|14|
|Helmut Redl|FC Wacker Innsbruck|14|

## Infobox (football league season)

- **competition**: Austrian Bundesliga, Nationalliga
- **season**: 1967-68
- **dates**: 19 August 1967  - 9 June 1968
- **winners**: SK Rapid Wien
- **relegated**: WSG Radenthein, First Vienna FC
- **promoted**: WSG Wattens, DSV Leoben, WSV Donawitz, SC Wacker Wien
- **total goals**: 536 (2,95 per match)
- **league topscorer**: Jörn Bjerregaard SK Rapid Wien (23 goals)
- **prevseason**: 1966-67 Austrian football championship, 1966-67
- **nextseason**: 1968-69 Austrian football championship, 1968-69