1961-62 Austrian football championship

The 1961-62 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 for the State League A. The leagues of the federal state associations served as the third level.

FK Austria Wien was able to defend its championship title and achieved the 7th title in the club’s history. Salzburger AK 1914, 1. SC Wiener Neustadtand  Kapfenberger SV were relegated.  SC Wacker Wien,  SK Austria Klagenfurt   and  SV Austria Salzburg were promoted for the 1962-63 season.

An regulation adopted by the Austrian Football Association (ÖFB) before the start of the championship restricted the use of foreign players. They were not allowed to play in the current season when they were  registered after 1 April.

Final table
Table mode (in case of equal points): 1st criterion goal quotient.
Pl. Name M W D  L  P  1.FK Austria Wien 26 1943 422.LASK 26 166 4 383.Admira Energie 26 164 6 364.Wiener Sport-Club  26 128 6 32  5.SK Rapid Wien  26 1277316.Wiener AC  26 115 10271,277.Grazer AK  26 107 9 27 1,02 8.  SVS Linz  26 10610 269. 1. Simmeringer SC  26710 9 2410. Schwechater SC  2695 122311.First Vienna FC   2685 13 21 12.Kapfenberger SV2656 15 1613. Wiener Neustädter SC 2645 17 1314.Salzburger AK 2616 19 8
Austria Soccer 

Matches 
Austria Soccer 
Round 1
Date Team 1Team2  26 August 1961SC Wiener Neustadt LASK 0-1 26 August 19611. Simmeringer SC   Wiener AC 0-7 26 August 1961 Grazer AK Salzburger AK1-0 26 August 1961SVS LinzAdmira-Energie0-1 26 August 1961First Vienna FC  SK Rapid Wien       2-4 27 August 1961FK Austria Wien  Kapfenberger SV5-1 27 August 1961 Wiener Sport-Club   Schwechater SC6-2
Round 2
Date Team 1Team2  2 September 1961SC Wiener Neustadt   1. Simmeringer SC    1-2 2 September 1961SK Rapid WienFK Austria Wien     1-2 3 September 1961Schwechater SC First Vienna FC   3-2 3 September 1961Kapfenberger SV Grazer AK    1-6 3 September 1961 LASK Admira-Energie2-1 3 September 1961Salzburger AK SVS Linz3-3 3 September 1961 Wiener ACWiener Sport-Club   1-2
Round 3
Date Team 1Team2  16 September 1961Admira-EnergieSalzburger AK   4-0 16 September 1961FK Austria Wien    Schwechater SC5-1 16 September 1961Grazer AK SK Rapid Wien  1-2 16 September 1961SVS LinzKapfenberger SV     0-1 16 September 1961Wiener Sport-Club  SC Wiener Neustadt 1-1 17 September 19611. Simmeringer SC    LASK2-2 17 September 1961 First Vienna FC Wiener AC   2-3
Round 4
Date Team 1Team2  23 September 1961SC Wiener Neustadt First Vienna FC 2-2 23 September 19611. Simmeringer SC   Wiener Sport-Club  2-2 23 September 1961SK Rapid Wien SVS Linz   1-2 24 September 1961Schwechater SCGrazer AK 2-0 24 September 1961Kapfenberger SV Admira-Energie1-2 24 September 1961LASK Salzburger AK   3-0 24 September 1961 Wiener ACFK Austria Wien      0-2
Round 5
Date Team 1Team2  30 September 1961SVS Linz   Schwechater SC 7-1 30 September 1961Wiener Sport-Club  LASK3-1 1 October 1961Admira-EnergieSK Rapid Wien 0-4 1 October 1961FK Austria Wien    SC Wiener Neustadt 2-0 1 October 1961Grazer AK Wiener AC2-1 1 October 1961Salzburger AK    Kapfenberger SV 2-2 1 October 1961 First Vienna FC   1. Simmeringer SC   2-3
Round 6
Date Team 1Team2  14 October 19611. Simmeringer SC FK Austria Wien 2-2 14 October 1961 LASK  Kapfenberger SV6-1 14 October 1961Wiener Sport-Club  First Vienna FC 4-0 15 October 1961 SC Wiener Neustadt    Grazer AK3-1 15 October 1961Schwechater SC Admira-Energie 1-1 15 October 1961 SK Rapid Wien     Salzburger AK2-0 15 October 1961 Wiener AC SVS Linz 3-1
Round 7
Date Team 1Team2  21 October 1961Admira-EnergieWiener AC 1-1 21 October 1961SVS Linz  SC Wiener Neustadt 3-0 21 October 1961First Vienna FC  LASK  1-3 22 October 1961FK Austria Wien      Wiener Sport-Club 3-0 22 October 1961Grazer AK 1. Simmeringer SC 2-1 22 October 1961Kapfenberger SV   SK Rapid Wien    1-1 22 October 1961 Salzburger AK Schwechater SC 2-5
Round 8
Date Team 1Team2  28 October 1961Wiener AC Salzburger AK 2-0 28 October 1961First Vienna FC  FK Austria Wien 1-1 29 October 1961SC Wiener Neustadt Admira-Energie 1-4 29 October 1961Schwechater SCKapfenberger SV 3-3 29 October 1961   1. Simmeringer SC    SVS Linz4-1 29 October 1961LASK   SK Rapid Wien    2-0 29 October 1961  Wiener Sport-Club  Grazer AK0-0
Round 9
Date Team 1Team2  5 November 1961Grazer AK    First Vienna FC  1-0 5 November 1961 Kapfenberger SV Wiener AC  1-0 5 November 1961SVS LinzWiener Sport-Club 1-0 5 November 1961Salzburger AK SC Wiener Neustadt 4-3 16 December 1961SK Rapid Wien       Schwechater SC2-1 17 December 1961FK Austria Wien    LASK4-0 23 December 1961  Admira-Energie  1. Simmeringer SC4-0
Round 10
Date Team 1Team2  11 November 1961SC Wiener Neustadt     Kapfenberger SV 1-0 11 November 1961 1. Simmeringer SC Salzburger AK 2-0 11 November 1961Wiener AC   SK Rapid Wien 1-1 12 November 1961FK Austria Wien Grazer AK    1-5 12 November 1961  LASK     Schwechater SC4-0 12 November 1961First Vienna FC    SVS Linz4-2 12 November 1961  Wiener Sport-Club   Admira-Energie0-0
Round 11
Date Team 1Team2  25 November 1961  Admira-Energie   First Vienna  FC2-1 25 November 1961 SVS Linz FK Austria Wien 1-3 26 November 1961Schwechater SCWiener AC   2-6 26 November 1961Grazer AK  LASK   0-3 26 November 1961  Kapfenberger SV 1. Simmeringer SC2-2 26 November 1961SK Rapid Wien SC Wiener Neustadt 1-1 26 November 1961 Salzburger AK   Wiener Sport-Club  2-5
Round 12
Date Team 1Team2  2 December 1961SC Wiener Neustadt    Schwechater SC  3-0 2 December 1961FK Austria Wien  Admira-Energie4-0 2 December 1961 Wiener Sport-Club  Kapfenberger SV 1-0 3 December 19611. Simmeringer SC  SK Rapid Wien  0-2 3 December 1961   Grazer AKSVS Linz 4-1 3 December 1961   LASK   Wiener AC   2-0 3 December 1961 First Vienna  FC Salzburger AK 4-0
Round 13
Date Team 1Team2  8 December 1961SVS Linz    LASK   1-5 8 December 1961 Wiener AC    SC Wiener Neustadt 1-0 9 December 1961  Admira-Energie   Grazer AK  3-1 9 December 1961SK Rapid Wien   Wiener Sport-Club  4-1 10 December 1961  Schwechater SC  1. Simmeringer SC 2-2 10 December 1961 Kapfenberger SV  First Vienna  FC4-1 10 December 1961 Salzburger AK  FK Austria Wien  0-1

Round 14
Date Team 1Team2  3 March 1962SK Rapid Wien  First Vienna  FC 1-1 4 March 1962Schwechater SC    Wiener Sport-Club  0-1 4 March 1962  LASK     SC Wiener Neustadt  2-1 14 March 1962Admira-Energie    SVS Linz 2-0 14 March 1962  Wiener AC  1. Simmeringer SC 0-2 27 March 1962 Kapfenberger SV  FK Austria Wien0-0 28 March 1962 Salzburger AK  Grazer AK 3-3
Round 15
Date Team 1Team2  10 March 19621. Simmeringer SC SC Wiener Neustadt  1-1 10 March 1962 FK Austria Wien  SK Rapid Wien  2-0 10 March 1962Grazer AK   Kapfenberger SV 1-0 10 March 1962 SVS Linz     Salzburger AK 3-2 11 March 1962Admira-Energie    LASK    3-4 11 March 1962 First Vienna  FC Schwechater SC  1-0 11 March 1962 Wiener Sport-Club   Wiener AC  3-0
Round 16
Date Team 1Team2  17 March 1962SC Wiener Neustadt  Wiener Sport-Club  1-3 17 March 1962    LASK       1. Simmeringer SC 2-0 17 March 1962SK Rapid Wien  Grazer AK  0-1 18 March 1962Schwechater SC   FK Austria Wien 3-2 18 March 1962 Kapfenberger SVSVS Linz    0-1 18 March 1962Salzburger AK    Admira-Energie  1-3 18 March 1962  Wiener AC  First Vienna  FC 1-0
Round 17
Date Team 1Team2  24 March 1962 Admira-Energie  Kapfenberger SV1-3 24 March 1962FK Austria Wien   Wiener AC 1-1 24 March 1962 SVS Linz   SK Rapid Wien  2-1 25 March 1962 Grazer AK  Schwechater SC  1-1 25 March 1962 Salzburger AK      LASK      0-2 25 March 1962First Vienna  FC SC Wiener Neustadt  2-0 25 March 1962 Wiener Sport-Club  1. Simmeringer SC 10-1
Round 18
Date Team 1Team2  31 March 1962SC Wiener Neustadt  FK Austria Wien   1-2 31 March 19621. Simmeringer SC First Vienna  FC 1-1 31 March 1962Kapfenberger SV  Salzburger AK    2-0 31 March 1962LASK  Wiener Sport-Club  3-3 31 March 1962  SK Rapid Wien  Admira-Energie     0-1 1 April 1962Schwechater SC  SVS Linz 2-2 1 April 1962 Wiener AC  Grazer AK 2-0
Round 19
Date Team 1Team2  14 April 1962 Admira-Energie     Schwechater SC  6-2 14 April 1962Kapfenberger SV LASK 0-0 14 April 1962SVS Linz Wiener AC  0-0 14 April 1962  First Vienna  FC Wiener Sport-Club  1-2 15 April 1962FK Austria Wien      1. Simmeringer SC 4-0 15 April 1962Grazer AK  SC Wiener Neustadt  2-0 15 April 1962 Salzburger AK   SK Rapid Wien1-1
Round 20
Date Team 1Team2  28 April 1962SC Wiener NeustadtSVS Linz 1-1 28 April 1962LASK First Vienna  FC 3-3 28 April 1962Wiener Sport-ClubFK Austria Wien    1-2 29 April 1962  Schwechater SC  Salzburger AK 4-0 29 April 1962 1. Simmeringer SC Grazer AK1-1 29 April 1962 SK Rapid Wien   Kapfenberger SV 5-0 29 April 1962    Wiener AC   Admira-Energie     0-1
Round 21
Date Team 1Team2  12 May 1962FK Austria Wien    First Vienna  FC 1-0 12 May 1962Grazer AK Wiener Sport-Club3-3 12 May 1962Kapfenberger SV Schwechater SC  2-3 12 May 1962  SK Rapid WienLASK 3-3 12 May 1962SVS Linz  1. Simmeringer SC 1-1 13 May 1962 Admira-Energie       SC Wiener Neustadt5-0 13 May 1962Salzburger AK      Wiener AC  2-5
Round 22
Date Team 1Team2  19 May 1962LASK FK Austria Wien    1-2 20 May 1962SC Wiener NeustadtSalzburger AK  5-1 20 May 1962Schwechater SC  SK Rapid Wien 2-3 20 May 1962 1. Simmeringer SC Admira-Energie2-1 20 May 1962First Vienna  FC Grazer AK 3-1 20 May 1962Wiener AC    Kapfenberger SV  3-1 20 May 1962   Wiener Sport-Club SVS Linz  1-4
Round 23
Date Team 1Team2  26 May 1962Admira-EnergieWiener Sport-Club4-1 26 May 1962Grazer AK  FK Austria Wien    1-3 26 May 1962Kapfenberger SV SC Wiener Neustadt3-0 26 May 1962 SK Rapid Wien   Wiener AC3-2 26 May 1962SVS Linz     First Vienna  FC 1-0 27 May 1962Schwechater SC    LASK 1-3 27 May 1962   Salzburger AK   1. Simmeringer SC 2-2
Round 24
Date Team 1Team2  2 June 1962SC Wiener Neustadt SK Rapid Wien  1-7 2 June 1962FK Austria Wien    SVS Linz  3-0 2 June 1962Wiener AC Schwechater SC1-3 2 June 1962 Wiener Sport-ClubSalzburger AK 1-1 3 June 19621. Simmeringer SC    Kapfenberger SV  3-1 3 June 1962 LASK    Grazer AK  4-1    3 June 1962First Vienna FC Admira-Energie3-0
Round 25
Date Team 1Team2  9 June 1962Schwechater SCSC Wiener Neustadt4-2 9 June 1962Admira-Energie FK Austria Wien   2-1 9 June 1962Kapfenberger SV Wiener Sport-Club0-2 9 June 1962  SK Rapid Wien  1. Simmeringer SC 7-0 9 June 1962SVS Linz       Grazer AK  2-2 9 June 1962Salzburger AK   First Vienna FC0-4 9 June 1962 Wiener AC  LASK 4-4
Round 26
Date Team 1Team2  16 June 1962SC Wiener NeustadtWiener AC1-2 16 June 1962 FK Austria Wien      Salzburger AK  7-1 16 June 1962Grazer AK  Admira-Energie  2-2 9 June 1962LASK   SVS Linz   4-6 16 June 1962  Wiener Sport-Club  SK Rapid Wien 2-2 17 June 1962First Vienna FC Kapfenberger SV 3-1 17 June 1962  1. Simmeringer SC  Schwechater SC1-2

Champion squad 
 FK Austria Wien   
Gernot Fraydl – Erich Strobl, Peter Vargo, Karl Stotz, Johann Löser – Alfred Gager, Horst Paproth – Horst Hirnschrodt, Ernst Ocwirk,  Rudolf Stark, Walter Horak, Johann Geyer, Horst Nemec,  Ernst Fiala, Walter Schleger, Anton Herzog,  Oskar Fischer, Karl Kral – Coach:  Karl Schlechta
Austria Soccer

Top scorer
 Name Club Goals  Horst NemecWiener AC24 Friedrich CejkaWiener Sport-Club19 Karl SkerlanSK Admira Wien 16 Laszlo NemethLinzer ASK16  Max SchmidSK Rapid Wien16
Austria Soccer

References 

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