1940-41 Austrian football championship

The 1939-40 Austrian football championship (Gauliga Ostmark also Fußball-Sportbereichsklasse Ostmark 1940/41) was the third season of the Gauliga Ostmark in annexed Austria. 
General informations
Rapid Wien became champions of the Gauliga for the second time in a row and Austrian champions for the 14th time.

With this victory, Rapid qualified for the 1940/41 German football championship. They made it into the final. On 22 June 1941 in front of almost 100,000 spectators in the Olympic Stadium in Berlin they played against FC Schalke 04.  They won 4-3 and were German champion.

The two bottom-placed teams from the Gauliga were Grazer SC (Styria) and Linzer ASK (Upper Donau). They were relegated. Promotion and relegation, which had been suspended in 1939, was reintroduced for 1940/41. After the end of the war, each club was put into the league that it held in August 1939 - before the start of the war.

Table
Pl. NameM W D  L  P1. SK Rapid Wien18 124 2 282.  SC Wacker Wien18 104 4 243.   First Vienna FC18 112 5 244. FK Austria Wien18 102 6 225.  SK Admira Wien18855 216.Wiener Sport-Club18 74 7 187.  FC Wien18 65 7 178.Floridsdorfer AC18 73 8 179.Grazer SC18 41 13 910.LASKSome LASK games were penalized because Linz did not appear. 18 00 18 0
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Matches 
The games were often scheduled arbitrarily and so are most of the discrepancies between rounds and game date were clear. The home advantage was not important. Only Rapid and Wacker played on their home pitches. Most of the matches took place as part of double events.
Round 1 
Date Team 1Team2  1 September 1940   FK Austria WienWiener Sport-Club 3-0 1 September 1940   Floridsdorfer AC LASK6-3 1 September 1940   Grazer SC SC Wacker Wien1-2 1 September 1940   First Vienna FC FC Wien1-3 3 November 1940   SK Rapid Wien SK Admira Wien6-1
Round 2 
Date Team 1Team2  8 September 1940   SK Admira Wien Grazer SC8-1 8 September 1940   FC Wien SK Rapid Wien3-1 8 September 1940   LASK FK Austria Wien1-4 3 November 1940   Floridsdorfer AC  SC Wacker Wien5-2 3 November 1940   Wiener Sport-Club   First Vienna FC3-0
Round 3 
Date Team 1Team2  15 September 1940   SK Admira Wien FC Wien1-1 15 September 1940   FK Austria WienSC Wacker Wien3-1 15 September 1940   Grazer SC Floridsdorfer AC5-2 15 September 1940   First Vienna FC    LASK8-1 8 December 1940  SK Rapid Wien    Wiener Sport-Club2-3
Round 4 
Date Team 1Team2  29 September 1940   FC Wien Grazer SC1-1 29 September 1940   Floridsdorfer ACFK Austria Wien4-2 8 December 1940   SC Wacker Wien First Vienna FC  0-1 15 December 1940   Wiener Sport-Club  SK Admira Wien3-3 22 December 1940  LASK    SK Rapid Wien0-9
Round 5 
Date Team 1Team2  13 October 1940   FC Wien Wiener Sport-Club2-1 13 October 1940   Grazer SC  FK Austria Wien0-3 13 October 1940   SK Rapid Wien   SC Wacker Wien1-1 13 October 1940   First Vienna FC Floridsdorfer AC4-0 13 October 1940    SK Admira Wien LASK6-2
Round 6 
Date Team 1Team2  20 October 1940   FK Austria Wien First Vienna FC0-0 20 October 1940  LASK  FC Wien3-3Use of the unauthorized player Ludwig Lutz at LASK with 0:0 verified   20 October 1940   SC Wacker Wien  SK Admira Wien3-3 15 December 1940   SK Rapid Wien  Grazer SC11-1 22 December 1940   Floridsdorfer AC  Wiener Sport-Club0-2
Round 7 
Date Team 1Team2  27 October 1940  SK Admira Wien Floridsdorfer AC3-3 27 October 1940  FK Austria Wien   SK Rapid Wien 0-3 27 October 1940   FC Wien  SC Wacker Wien1-4 27 October 1940  Grazer SC First Vienna FC0-4 27 October 1940   Wiener Sport-Club  LASK7-0
Round 8 
Date Team 1Team2  10 November 1940  FC Wien FK Austria Wien0-1 10 November 1940 LASK   Grazer SC 3-6 10 November 1940  First Vienna FC  SK Admira Wien 2-5 10 November 1940  SC Wacker Wien Wiener Sport-Club1-0 12 January 1941   Floridsdorfer AC   SK Rapid Wien0-7
Round 9 
Date Team 1Team2  24 November 1940  LASK SC Wacker Wien1-9 1 December 1940 FK Austria Wien    SK Admira Wien2-0 1 December 1940   Floridsdorfer AC   FC Wien3-1 1 December 1940  SK Rapid Wien First Vienna FC7-0 1 December 1940  Wiener Sport-Club  Grazer SC5-0
Round 10 
Date Team 1Team2  2 March 1941  SK Admira Wien SK Rapid Wien1-9 2 March 1941  FC Wien   First Vienna FC 1-7 2 March 1941   SC Wacker Wien  Grazer SC5 -3 2 March 1941  Wiener Sport-Club FK Austria Wien0-627 April 1941 On the original match day,2  March, canceled because of unusability of the NSKL pitch .   LASK Floridsdorfer AC0-3
Round 11 
Date Team 1Team2  19 January 1941  FK Austria Wien LASK21-0  Highest championship victory in Austrian football history (although against only 9 LASK players). LASK started the game with seven players, because  due to a train delay 5 players arrived late.  19 January 1941  SC Wacker Wien   Floridsdorfer AC 7-1 26 January 1941   Grazer SC  SK Admira Wien1-4 23 March 1941  SK Rapid Wien FC Wien5-5 23 March 1941  First Vienna FC Wiener Sport-Club3-2
Round 12 
Date Team 1Team2  23 February 1941  FC Wien SK Admira Wien4-5 23 February 1941  Floridsdorfer AC   Grazer SC 0-0 Grazer SC did not play. The game was rescheduled 4 May.The Graz team was once again unable to field a team on this date.  23 February 1941   LASK  First Vienna FC0-0 Linzer ASK did not play.  23 February 1941 SC Wacker Wien FK Austria Wien2-2 23 February 1941  Wiener Sport-Club SK Rapid Wien2-2
Round 13 
Date Team 1Team2  2 February 1941  SK Admira Wien Wiener Sport-Club6-4 2 February 1941   FK Austria Wien     Floridsdorfer AC 1-2 2 February 1941  SK Rapid Wien  LASK11-3 11 May  1941  First Vienna FCSC Wacker Wien3-6 23 February 1941  Grazer SC FC Wien0-2
Round 14 
Date Team 1Team2  9 March 1941  FK Austria Wien  Grazer SC3-1 9 March 1941   Floridsdorfer AC     First Vienna FC 0-8 9 March 1941  SC Wacker Wien  SK Rapid Wien2-3 9 March 1941  Wiener Sport-Club FC Wien3-3 23 March 1941  LASK SK Admira Wien0-1
Round 15 
Date Team 1Team2  6 April 1941 SK Admira Wien  SC Wacker Wien1-4 6 April 1941   FC Wien     LASK 0-0  LASK was unable to field a team and did not compete.  6 April 1941  First Vienna FC  FK Austria Wien3-1 6 April 1941  Wiener Sport-Club Floridsdorfer AC4-1 25 May 1941  Grazer SC SK Rapid Wien3-4
Round 16 
Date Team 1Team2  30 March 1941 Floridsdorfer AC   SK Admira Wien3-3 30 March 1941    LASK    Wiener Sport-Club 2-6 30 March 1941  SK Rapid Wien  FK Austria Wien1-0 30 March 1941  First Vienna SC Grazer SC4-1 30 March 1941  SC Wacker Wien FC Wien2-1
Round 17 
Date Team 1Team2  16 March 1941  SK Admira Wien  FK Austria Wien4-1 16 March 1941    FC Wien   Floridsdorfer AC 3-3 16 March 1941  Grazer SC  Wiener Sport-Club2-1 16 March 1941  First Vienna SC SK Rapid Wien1-1 16 March 1941  SC Wacker Wien LASK9-1
Round 18 
Date Team 1Team2  16 February 1941  SK Admira Wien First Vienna SC2-3 16 February 1941    FK Austria Wien   FC Wien 2-1 16 February 1941  SK Rapid Wien  Floridsdorfer AC5-4 16 February 1941  Wiener Sport-Club SC Wacker Wien1-1 29 June 1941  Grazer SC LASK0-0 LASK did not compet 
 Champion squad Rapid Wien 
 Goalkeepers: Rudolf Raftl, Josef Musil
 Defenders:  Stefan Wagner, Heribert Sperner, Friedrich Pimperl
 Midfielders: Franz Wagner, Johann Hofstätter, Stefan Skoumal, Leopold Gernhardt, Franz Kaspirek, Cerny
 Forwards: Wilhelm Fitz, Georg Schors, Franz Binder (K), Matthias Kaburek, Johann Pesser, Hermann Dvoracek, Wilhelm Holec
 Coach: Leopold Nitsch Austria Soccer 
Top scorer
 Name Club Goals Franz BinderSK Rapid Wien27 Wilhelm HahnemannSK Admira Wien19 Walter RirschFK Austria Wien18
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References

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