1959-60 Austrian football championship

The **1959-60 Austrian football championship**   was organized by the Austrian Football Association. The Regionalliga Ost (Vienna, Lower Austria, Burgenland), the Regionalliga Middle (Carinthia, Upper Austria, Styria) and the Regionalliga Salzburg  and the Arlberg League (Tyrol, Vorarlberg) served as the lower tier of the highest league.The regional leagues of the Austrian federal associations served as the 3rd tier.

SK Rapid Wien reached their  22nd title. Kremser SC, WSV Donawitz, Admira -Energie were relegated. 1. Schwechater SC (Regionalliga Ost), SVS Linz (Regionalliga Mitte) and FC Dornbirn (Arlbergliga, after promotion play-off ) were promoted for the 1960-61 season.

## Final table

Table mode (in case of equal points): 1st criterion goal quotient.
|Pl.|Name|M|W|D|L|P|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1.|**SK Rapid Wien**|26|20|6|0|46|
|2.|**Wiener Sport-Club**|26|17|4|5|38|
|3.|**Wiener AC**|26|17|4|5|38|
|4.|**First Vienna FC**|26|17|4|5|38|
|5.|**FK Austria Wien**|26|12|6|8|30|
|6.|**1. Simmeringer SC**|26|11|6|9|28|
|7.|**LASK**|26|9|8|9|26|
|8.|**SC Wacker Wien**|26|7|6|13|20|
|9.|** Wiener Neustädter SC**|26|6|8|12|20|
|10.|**Grazer AK**|26|7|5|14|19|
|11.|**SV Austria Salzburg**|25|5|9|13|19|
|12.|**Kremser SC**|26|6|6|14|18|
|13.|**WSV Donawitz**|26|7|3|16|17|
|14.|**SK Admira-Energie Wien**|26|3|5|18|11|

### Round 1

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|29 August 1959|SC Wiener Neustadt|**SK Rapid Wien **|1-4|
|29 August 1959|SK Admira Wien|**Grazer AK**|1-2|
|29 August 1959|Wiener AC|**Wiener Sport-Club**|2-3|
|30 August 1959|**1. Simmeringer SC  **|SC Wacker Wien|1-0|
|30 August 1959|**FK Austria Wien **|SV Austria Salzburg|3-1|
|30 August 1959|Kremser SC|First Vienna FC|2-2|
|30 August 1959|**LASK**|WSV Donawitz|2-1|

### Round 2

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|5 September 1959|SK Rapid Wien|**FK Austria Wien **|1-2|
|6 September 1959|**Grazer AK**|SC Wiener Neustadt|4-1|
|6 September 1959|**LASK**|1. Simmeringer SC|4-0|
|6 September 1959|** First Vienna FC  **|Wiener AC|3-1|
|6 September 1959|**WSV Donawitz**|SV Austria Salzburg|3-2|
|6 September 1959|SC Wacker Wien|**Kremser SC  **|2-4|
|6 September 1959|**Wiener Sport-Club**|SK Admira Wien|7-1|

### Round 3

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|12 September 1959|**SC Wiener Neustadt **|Wiener Sport-Club|5-2|
|12 September 1959|SK Admira Wien|** First Vienna FC  **|1-4|
|12 September 1959|**FK Austria Wien **|Grazer AK|4-3|
|13 September 1959|** 1. Simmeringer SC **|WSV Donawitz|7-1|
|13 September 1959|SV Austria Salzburg|**SK Rapid Wien **|1-6|
|13 September 1959|Kremser SC|**LASK**|1-2|
|13 September 1959|**Wiener AC **|SC Wacker Wien|4-0|

### Round 4

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|19 September 1959|** 1. Simmeringer SC **|Kremser SC|2-1|
|19 September 1959|**Grazer AK **|SV Austria Salzburg|5-1|
|20 September 1959|** First Vienna FC  **|SC Wiener Neustadt|3-1|
|20 September 1959|LASK|**Wiener AC **|1-2|
|20 September 1959|WSV Donawitz|**SK Rapid Wien **|0-2|
|20 September 1959|**SC Wacker Wien **|SK Admira Wien|5-2|
|20 September 1959|Wiener Sport-Club|FK Austria Wien|2-2|

### Round 5

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|26 September 1959|SC Wiener Neustadt|SC Wacker Wien|1-1|
|26 September 1959|SK Admira Wien|**LASK**|1-2|
|26 September 1959|Kremser SC|WSV Donawitz|1-1|
|26 September 1959|**SK Rapid Wien **|Grazer AK|4-2|
|27 September 1959|SV Austria Salzburg|**Wiener Sport-Club**|1-4|
|27 September 1959|FK Austria Wien|** First Vienna FC  **|2-3|
|27 September 1959|Wiener AC|1. Simmeringer SC|1-1|

### Round 6

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|3 October 1959|1. Simmeringer SC|**SK Admira Wien  **|0-2|
|3 October 1959|**WSV Donawitz  **|Grazer AK|3-2|
|3 October 1959|SC Wacker Wien|**FK Austria Wien **|2-3|
|4 October 1959|LASK|SC Wiener Neustadt|1-1|
|4 October 1959|Kremser SC|** Wiener AC **|1-2|
|4 October 1959|** First Vienna FC  **|SV Austria Salzburg|7-1|
|4 October 1959|Wiener Sport-Club|SK Rapid Wien|2-2|

### Round 7

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|10 October 1959|Grazer AK|Wiener AC|2-2|
|10 October 1959|**SK Rapid Wien**|SK Admira Wien|3-1|
|10 October 1959|** First Vienna FC  **|1. Simmeringer SC|4-2|
|11 October 1959|** SV Austria Salzburg**|SC Wiener Neustadt|2-0|
|11 October 1959|**FK Austria Wien **|WSV Donawitz|5-0|
|11 October 1959|SC Wacker Wien|LASK|3-3|
|11 October 1959|**Wiener Sport-Club**|Kremser SC|5-1|

### Round 8

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|17 October 1959|**SC Wiener Neustadt  **|1. Simmeringer SC|3-2|
|17 October 1959|**SK Rapid Wien**|First Vienna FC|4-1|
|17 October 1959|**  Wiener AC  **|WSV Donawitz|6-1|
|18 October 1959|**SK Admira Wien  **|Kremser SC|3-0|
|18 October 1959|** SV Austria Salzburg**|SC Wacker Wien|3-2|
|18 October 1959|**FK Austria Wien **|LASK|4-1|
|18 October 1959|Grazer AK|**Wiener Sport-Club**|0-2|

### Round 9

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|24 October 1959|**First Vienna FC **|Grazer AK|4-0|
|25 October 1959|**1. Simmeringer SC**|FK Austria Wien|1-0|
|25 October 1959|Kremser SC|**SC Wiener Neustadt  **|3-4|
|25 October 1959|LASK|SV Austria Salzburg|3-3|
|25 October 1959|WSV Donawitz|**Wiener Sport-Club**|0-1|
|25 October 1959|SC Wacker Wien|**SK Rapid Wien**|1-3|
|25 October 1959|**  Wiener AC  **|SK Admira Wien|3-1|

### Round 10

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|31 October 1959|SC Wiener Neustadt|**  Wiener AC  **|1-2|
|31 October 1959|SK Admira Wien|**WSV Donawitz **|1-2|
|31 October 1959|SV Austria Salzburg|1. Simmeringer SC|1-1|
|31 October 1959|** Grazer AK    **|SC Wacker Wien|3-1|
|31 October 1959|**SK Rapid Wien**|LASK|5-1|
|31 October 1959|Wiener Sport-Club|**First Vienna FC **|1-3|
|1 November 1959|**FK Austria Wien**|Kremser SC|5-3|

### Round 11

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|7 November 1959|1. Simmeringer SC|SK Rapid Wien|2-2|
|8 November 1959|SK Admira Wien|SC Wiener Neustadt|4-4|
|8 November 1959|**Kremser SC**|SV Austria Salzburg|3-1|
|8 November 1959|** LASK        **|Grazer AK|3-1|
|8 November 1959|WSV Donawitz|**First Vienna FC **|2-4|
|8 November 1959|SC Wacker Wien|**Wiener Sport-Club**|1-3|
|8 November 1959|Wiener AC|**FK Austria Wien**|1-2|

### Round 12

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|14 November 1959|Grazer AK|**1. Simmeringer SC **|1-2|
|14 November 1959|**SK Rapid Wien **|Kremser SC|7-1|
|14 November 1959|**Wiener Sport-Club**|LASK|1-0|
|15 November 1959|** SC Wiener Neustadt **|WSV Donawitz|6-2|
|15 November 1959|SV Austria Salzburg|**Wiener AC**|1-3|
|15 November 1959|**FK Austria Wien**|SK Admira Wien|7-0|
|15 November 1959|**First Vienna FC **|SC Wacker Wien|4-1|

### Round 13

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|28 November 1959|**1. Simmeringer SC **|Wiener Sport-Club|2-0|
|29 November 1959|SC Wiener Neustadt|**FK Austria Wien**|1-2|
|29 November 1959|Admira-Energie Wien|**SV Austria Salzburg **|0-3|
|29 November 1959|Kremser SC|Grazer AK|1-1|
|29 November 1959|LASK|First Vienna FC|2-2|
|29 November 1959|**WSV Donawitz **|SC Wacker Wien|3-1|
|29 November 1959|Wiener AC|**SK Rapid Wien **|1-2|

### Round 14

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|27 February 1960|**Grazer AK  **|Admira-Energie Wien|2-0|
|27 February 1960|**Wiener Sport-Club**|Wiener AC|4-1|
|28 February 1960|SV Austria Salzburg|FK Austria Wien|2-2|
|28 February 1960|**SK Rapid Wien **|SC Wiener Neustadt|5-1|
|28 February 1960|**First Vienna FC  **|Kremser SC|3-1|
|28 February 1960|**SC Wacker Wien **|1. Simmeringer SC|1-0|
|2 March 1960|**WSV Donawitz **|LASK|5-1|

### Round 15

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|5 March 1960|FK Austria Wien|**SK Rapid Wien **|1-3|
|6 March 1960|SC Wiener Neustadt|Grazer AK|1-1|
|6 March 1960|1. Simmeringer SC|**LASK**|3-6|
|6 March 1960|Admira-Energie Wien|Wiener Sport-Club|2-2|
|6 March 1960|**SV Austria Salzburg**|WSV Donawitz|3-1|
|6 March 1960|**Kremser SC  **|SC Wacker Wien|4-3|
|6 March 1960|**Wiener AC  **|First Vienna FC|6-2|

### Round 16

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|12 March 1960|SK Rapid Wien|SV Austria Salzburg|2-2|
|12 March 1960|**Wiener Sport-Club**|SC Wiener Neustadt|9-0|
|13 March 1960|**LASK**|Kremser SC|5-4|
|13 March 1960|**First Vienna FC  **|Admira-Energie Wien|4-0|
|13 March 1960|SC Wacker Wien|**Wiener AC  **|0-1|
|16 March 1960|Grazer AK|FK Austria Wien|1-1|
|16 March 1960|WSV Donawitz|1. Simmeringer SC|1-2|

### Round 17

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|19 March 1960|FK Austria Wien|**Wiener Sport-Club**|1-4|
|19 March 1960|**Wiener AC  **|LASK|3-1|
|20 March 1960|**SC Wiener Neustadt **|First Vienna FC|4-3|
|20 March 1960|Admira-Energie Wien|SC Wacker Wien|0-0|
|20 March 1960|SV Austria Salzburg|Grazer AK|3-3|
|20 March 1960|** Kremser SC **|1. Simmeringer SC|2-0|
|20 March 1960|**SK Rapid Wien **|WSV Donawitz|5-0|

### Round 18

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2 April 1960|1. Simmeringer SC|**Wiener AC  **|2-5|
|2 April 1960|Grazer AK|**SK Rapid Wien **|0-1|
|2 April 1960|**LASK  **|Admira-Energie Wien|3-0|
|3 April 1960|**First Vienna FC **|FK Austria Wien|3-2|
|3 April 1960|WSV Donawitz|Kremser SC|1-1|
|3 April 1960|SC Wacker Wien|SC Wiener Neustadt|1-1|
|3 April 1960|**Wiener Sport-Club**|SV Austria Salzburg|2-0|

### Round 19

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|9 April 1960|SC Wiener Neustadt|LASK|3-3|
|9 April 1960|Admira-Energie Wien|1. Simmeringer SC|2-2|
|9 April 1960|FK Austria Wien|**SC Wacker Wien**|1-6|
|10 April 1960|SV Austria Salzburg|**First Vienna FC **|1-2|
|10 April 1960|**Grazer AK   **|WSV Donawitz|3-1|
|10 April 1960|**SK Rapid Wien **|Wiener Sport-Club|6-1|
|10 April 1960|Wiener AC|Kremser SC|2-2|

### Round 20

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|18 June 1960|SC Wiener Neustadt|SV Austria Salzburg|1-1|
|18 June 1960|**1. Simmeringer SC**|First Vienna FC|6-3|
|18 June 1960|Admira-Energie Wien|**SK Rapid Wien **|2-3|
|18 June 1960|Kremser SC|**Wiener Sport-Club **|0-2|
|18 June 1960|LASK|**SC Wacker Wien**|1-4|
|18 June 1960|WSV Donawitz|FK Austria Wien|1-1|
|18 June 1960|**Wiener AC**|Grazer AK|2-1|

### Round 21

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|23 April 1960|LASK|FK Austria Wien|1-1|
|23 April 1960|**SC Wacker Wien**|SV Austria Salzburg|4-2|
|23 April 1960|**Wiener Sport-Club**|Grazer AK|3-0|
|24 April 1960|**Kremser SC **|Admira-Energie Wien|2-0|
|24 April 1960|First Vienna FC|SK Rapid Wien|2-2|
|24 April 1960|WSV Donawitz|**Wiener AC  **|0-1|
|24 April 1960|**1. Simmeringer SC**|SC Wiener Neustadt|4-0|

### Round 22

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|8 May  1960|SC Wiener Neustadt|**Kremser SC **|2-3|
|8 May  1960|Admira-Energie Wien|**Wiener AC  **|1-4|
|8 May  1960|SV Austria Salzburg|LASK|0-0|
|8 May  1960|FK Austria Wien|1. Simmeringer SC|2-2|
|8 May  1960|Grazer AK|** First Vienna FC **|2-3|
|8 May  1960|**SK Rapid Wien **|SC Wacker Wien|5-0|
|8 May  1960|**Wiener Sport-Club**|WSV Donawitz|5-0|

### Round 23

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|14 May  1960|LASK|SK Rapid Wien|1-1|
|14 May  1960|First Vienna FC|**Wiener Sport-Club**|1-2|
|14 May  1960|Wiener AC|SC Wiener Neustadt|4-4|
|15 May  1960|1. Simmeringer SC|SV Austria Salzburg|1-1|
|15 May  1960|Kremser SC|** FK Austria Wien   **|1-4|
|15 May  1960|** WSV Donawitz   **|Admira-Energie Wien|2-1|
|15 May  1960|** SC Wacker Wien**|Grazer AK|2-0|

### Round 24

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|21 May  1960|**SC Wiener Neustadt **|Admira-Energie Wien|2-1|
|21 May  1960|FK Austria Wien|**Wiener AC   **|2-4|
|21 May  1960|Grazer AK|**LASK **|2-4|
|21 May  1960|Wiener Sport-Club|SC Wacker Wien|1-1|
|22 May  1960|** SV Austria Salzburg     **|Kremser SC|2-0|
|22 May  1960|**SK Rapid Wien **|1. Simmeringer SC|4-0|
|22 May  1960|**First Vienna FC   **|WSV Donawitz|6-1|

### Round 25

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|4 June 1960|**1. Simmeringer SC **|Grazer AK|5-2|
|4 June 1960|**Admira-Energie Wien  **|FK Austria Wien|2-1|
|4 June 1960|LASK|**Wiener Sport-Club  **|2-3|
|4 June 1960|**Wiener AC   **|SV Austria Salzburg|7-2|
|5 June 1960|Kremser SC|SK Rapid Wien|2-2|
|5 June 1960|** WSV Donawitz       **|SC Wiener Neustadt|5-2|
|5 June 1960|SC Wacker Wien|First Vienna FC|2-2|

### Round 26

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|11 June 1960|SV Austria Salzburg|Admira-Energie Wien|2-2|
|11 June 1960|**FK Austria Wien   **|SC Wiener Neustadt|7-0|
|11 June 1960|**Grazer AK **|Kremser SC|2-0|
|11 June 1960|**First Vienna FC  **|LASK|3-1|
|11 June 1960|**SC Wacker Wien  **|WSV Donawitz|3-2|
|12 June 1960|SK Rapid Wien|**Wiener AC   **|3-4|
|12 June 1960|Wiener Sport-Club|**1. Simmeringer SC **|0-1|

## Champion squad

|style="text-align:center; background:#00794c"|<span style="color:#FFFFFF;">**SK Rapid Wien**</span>|
| --- | --- |
|Walter Zeman, Dieter Pflug, Josef Eder – Walter Glechner, Wilhelm Zaglitsch, Josef Höltl, Lambert Lenzinger – Lothar Bilek, Stefan Zajic, Paul Halla, Karl Giesser – Rudolf Flögel, Herbert Schaffranek, Peter Reiter, Rudolf Nuske, Kurt Linder, Gerhard Hanappi, Walter Skocik, Josef Bertalan, Robert Dienst – Coach: Robert Körner||

## Top scorer

|Name|Club|Goals|
| --- | --- | --- |
|Fritz Cejka|Wiener AC|28|
|Ernst Kaltenbrunner|Wiener AC|26|
|Robert Dienst|SK Rapid Wien|25|
|Erich Hof|Wiener Sport-Club|25|
|Helmut Senekowitsch|First Vienna FC|25|

## Infobox (football league season)

- **competition**: Austrian Bundesliga, Staatsliga A
- **season**: 1959-60
- **dates**: 29 August 1959 - 12 June 1960
- **winners**: SK Rapid Wien
- **relegated**: Kremser SC , DSV Leoben, WSV Donawitz , Admira Wacker, Admira -Energie
- **promoted**: SV Schwechat, 1. Schwechater SC,  SVS Linz, FC Dornbirn
- **total goals**: 782 (4,30 per match)
- **league topscorer**: Friedrich Cejka Wiener AC (28 goals)
- **prevseason**: 1958-59 Austrian football championship, 1958-59
- **nextseason**: 1960-61 Austrian football championship, 1960-61