1963-64 Austrian football championship

The 1963-64 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 foundation for the State League A. The state leagues of the federal state associations served as the third level.

Rapid was able to replace the three-time serial winner Austria as Austrian football champions and reached their 23rd title.  SVS Linz, 1. Simmeringer SCand  FC Dornbirn were relegated. SC Wacker Wien, SK Sturm Graz and   FC Wacker Innsbruck were promoted for the 1964-65  season.The first rounds of the spring season were marked by cancellations and severe scheduling constraints. The president of the State League therefore proposed canceling the ÖFB Cup. Arbeiter-Zeitung. Wien 24. März 1964, S. 14.  This was rejected by the majority of clubs. The 17th round, scheduled for March 7/8, was completely cancelled due to the unusability of the pitches due to snow.

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 1952 432.FK Austria Wien 26 173 6 373.LASK 26 153 8 334.Schwechater SC  26 135 8 31 1,245.Wiener Sport-Club  26 135 8 31 0,916.Grazer AK     26 115 10271,177.Admira Energie 26 115 10 261,068.  First Vienna FC   26 8810 241,159. Wiener AC 26710 9 240,8710.SC Wiener Neustadt 2686 122211.Kapfenberger SV 2682 16 1812.SVS Linz  2657 14 170,7513.1. Simmeringer SC2681 17 170,72 14.FC Dornbirn 2645 17 13
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Matches 
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Round 1
Date Team 1Team2  31 August 1963 SC Wiener NeustadtSchwechater SC1-3 31 August 1963Admira-Energie LASK  2-4 31 August 1963Grazer AK   Kapfenberger SV2-0 31 August 1963SVS Linz FK Austria Wien  2-3 31 August 1963Wiener ACWiener Sport-Club   0-2 1 September 19631. Simmeringer SCSK Rapid Wien1-1 1 September 1963 First Vienna FC   FC Dornbirn4-0
Round 2
Date Team 1Team2  7 September 1963FK Austria Wien   LASK4-1 7 September 1963Kapfenberger SV1. Simmeringer SC 4-2 7 September 1963 SK Rapid Wien   Wiener AC2-0 7 September 1963SVS Linz SC Wiener Neustadt1-2 8 September 1963Schwechater SCGrazer AK2-1 8 September 1963FC DornbirnAdmira-Energie 2-4 8 September 1963Wiener Sport-Club     First Vienna FC   4-0
Round 3
Date Team 1Team2  14 September 1963SC Wiener NeustadtFK Austria Wien 1-0 14 September 1963 LASK   FC Dornbirn  2-0 14 September 1963First Vienna FC   SK Rapid Wien   1-2 14 September 1963Wiener AC Kapfenberger SV3-2 15 September 19631. Simmeringer SCSchwechater SC1-3 15 September 1963Admira-Energie Wiener Sport-Club    2-3 15 September 1963 Grazer AK SVS Linz3-0
Round 4
Date Team 1Team2  21 September 1963SC Wiener NeustadtGrazer AK 1-0 21 September 1963Kapfenberger SV   First Vienna FC    2-0 21 September 1963SK Rapid Wien   Admira-Energie 1-0 21 September 1963  SVS Linz    1. Simmeringer SC1-0 21 September 1963Wiener Sport-Club    LASK2-1 22 September 1963Schwechater SCWiener AC1-0 22 September 1963 FK Austria Wien  FC Dornbirn 3-1
Round 5
Date Team 1Team2  28 September 19631. Simmeringer SCSC Wiener Neustadt 3-1 28 September 1963Admira-Energie    Kapfenberger SV    2-1 28 September 1963LASKSK Rapid Wien   1-2 28 September 1963First Vienna FC     Schwechater SC1-2 29 September 1963FC Dornbirn Wiener Sport-Club1-1 29 September 1963Grazer AK FK Austria Wien 2-0 29 September 1963 Wiener AC SVS Linz2-2
Round 6
Date Team 1Team2  5 October 1963 SC Wiener Neustadt    Wiener AC4-3 5 October 1963Schwechater SCAdmira-Energie     2-3 5 October 1963SK Rapid Wien   FC Dornbirn 4-0 5 October 1963SVS Linz   First Vienna FC  0-0 6 October 1963Grazer AK 1. Simmeringer SC4-0 6 October 1963Kapfenberger SV   LASK 3-1 30 October 1963 FK Austria Wien   Wiener Sport-Club2-1
Round 7
Date Team 1Team2  19 October 1963Wiener Sport-Club  SK Rapid Wien  1-3 20 October 19631. Simmeringer SCFK Austria Wien 3-2 20 October 1963 Admira-Energie    SVS Linz  1-0 20 October 1963FC Dornbirn Kapfenberger SV  2-0 20 October 1963 LASK     Schwechater SC1-0 20  October 1963  First Vienna FC SC Wiener Neustadt3-1 20 October 1963 Wiener AC  Grazer AK 1-1
Round 8
Date Team 1Team2  2 November 1963SC Wiener Neustadt Admira-Energie  0-0 2 November 1963  Schwechater SC  FC Dornbirn 3-1 2 November 1963 1. Simmeringer SCWiener AC  3-2 2 November 1963Kapfenberger SV  Wiener Sport-Club  1-2 2 November 1963  SVS Linz      LASK1-0 3 November 1963   FK Austria Wien   SK Rapid Wien3-2 3 November 1963 Grazer AK First Vienna FC  2-2
Round 9
Date Team 1Team2  9 November 1963LASKSC Wiener Neustadt 2-0 9 November 1963First Vienna FC     1. Simmeringer SC  2-0 10 November 1963 Admira-Energie  Grazer AK 3-3 10 November 1963FC Dornbirn  SVS Linz 0-0 10 November 1963 SK Rapid Wien      Kapfenberger SV  5-0 10 November 1963    Wiener AC     FK Austria Wien1-0 10 November 1963 Wiener Sport-Club  Schwechater SC2-1
Round 10
Date Team 1Team2  16 November 1963  SC Wiener Neustadt   FC Dornbirn  3-0 16 November 19631. Simmeringer SC Admira-Energie   1-2 16 November 1963 FK Austria WienKapfenberger SV  2-0 16 November 1963SVS Linz Wiener Sport-Club1-1 17 November 1963Schwechater SC   SK Rapid Wien  1-1 17 November 1963Grazer AK   LASK0-1 17 November 1963  Wiener AC  First Vienna FC     0-0
Round 11
Date Team 1Team2  23 November 1963Admira-Energie   Wiener AC  0-0 23 November 1963LASK1. Simmeringer SC  5-1 23 November 1963Wiener Sport-Club SC Wiener Neustadt 2-1 24 November 1963FC Dornbirn  Grazer AK   2-1 24 November 1963Kapfenberger SV  Schwechater SC   1-3 24 November 1963SK Rapid Wien  SVS Linz 4-0 24 November 1963  First Vienna FCFK Austria Wien     1-2
Round 12
Date Team 1Team2  30 November 19631. Simmeringer SC  FC Dornbirn 2-0 30 November 1963  FK Austria Wien        Schwechater SC 2-1 30 November 1963 SVS Linz     Kapfenberger SV  3-1 1 December 1963SC Wiener Neustadt SK Rapid Wien  1-3 1 December 1963Grazer AK   Wiener Sport-Club4-0 1 December 1963 First Vienna FCAdmira-Energie  5-0 1 December 1963 Wiener AC  LASK1-1
Round 13
Date Team 1Team2  7 December 1963Admira-Energie   FK Austria Wien    0-2 8 December 1963   Schwechater SC   SVS Linz  3-2 8 December 1963 FC Dornbirn    Wiener AC  0-1 8 December 1963SK Rapid Wien  Grazer AK   3-1 8 December 1963 Kapfenberger SV     SC Wiener Neustadt 2-1 8 December 1963LASK First Vienna FC2-1 8 December 1963Wiener Sport-Club1. Simmeringer SC 3-1
Round 14
Date Team 1Team2  29 February 1964LASK Admira-Energie   2-1 29 February 1964 SK Rapid Wien     1. Simmeringer SC  5-1 1 March 1964Schwechater SCSC Wiener Neustadt  2-2 1 March 1964FK Austria Wien    SVS Linz 6-3 1 March 1964 FC Dornbirn     First Vienna FC0-1 1 March 1964Kapfenberger SV  Grazer AK   0-0 1 March 1964 Wiener Sport-Club  Wiener AC   0-0
Round 15
Date Team 1Team2  6 May 1964First Vienna FC  Wiener Sport-Club 4-1 7 May 1964SC Wiener Neustadt    SVS Linz  0-0 7 May 19641. Simmeringer SCKapfenberger SV  4-2 7 May 1964  Admira-Energie FC Dornbirn     5-3 7 May 1964Grazer AK    Schwechater SC1-1 7 May 1964LASK FK Austria Wien3-2 7 May 1964 Wiener AC   SK Rapid Wien 0-0
Round 16
Date Team 1Team2  15 March 1964FC Dornbirn    LASK 1-1 16 March 1964Schwechater SC1. Simmeringer SC 0-3 16 March 1964Kapfenberger SV  Wiener AC  0-2 7 May 1964  SK Rapid Wien   First Vienna FC1-1 16 March 1964SVS Linz  Grazer AK   7-1 16 March 1964Wiener Sport-ClubAdmira-Energie 1-7 17 March 1964 FK Austria Wien SC SC Wiener Neustadt     3-0
Round 17
Date Team 1Team2  22 March 1964FC Dornbirn    FK Austria Wien 1-1 22 March 1964Grazer AK   SC Wiener Neustadt   3-1 29 March 19641. Simmeringer SCSVS Linz3-0 29 May 1964   Wiener AC     Schwechater SC 1-1 2 April 1964Admira-Energie  SK Rapid Wien2-4 2 April 1964LASKWiener Sport-Club1-0 2 April 1964 First Vienna FC   Kapfenberger SV   0-2

Round 18
Date Team 1Team2  4 April 1964SC Wiener Neustadt   1. Simmeringer SC 2-1 4 April 1964FK Austria Wien Grazer AK    1-2 5 April 1964Schwechater SCFirst Vienna FC 0-0 5 April 1964Kapfenberger SV  Admira-Energie2-2 5 April 1964SK Rapid Wien  LASK3-2 5 April 1964SVS LinzWiener AC   5-6 5 April 1964 Wiener Sport-Club  FC Dornbirn    2-1
Round 19
Date Team 1Team2  18 April 19641. Simmeringer SC  Grazer AK   4-5 18 April 1964Admira-Energie Schwechater SC 2-3 18 April 1964LASKKapfenberger SV 3-0 18 April 1964Wiener Sport-Club FK Austria Wien 2-5 19 April 1964 FC Dornbirn     SK Rapid Wien2-6 19 April 1964First Vienna FC SVS Linz 3-0 19 April 1964 Wiener AC    SC Wiener Neustadt   1-1
Round 20
Date Team 1Team2  25 April 1964Kapfenberger SV FC Dornbirn   3-0 25 April 1964SVS Linz   Admira-Energie    1-2 26 April 1964First Vienna FC SC Wiener Neustadt  0-0 26 April 1964Schwechater SCLASK 4-1 26 April 1964 FK Austria Wien 1. Simmeringer SC    2-0 26 April 1964Grazer AK   Wiener AC  3-0 26 April 1964  SK Rapid Wien Wiener Sport-Club 2-0
Round 21
Date Team 1Team2  9 May 1964First Vienna FC  Grazer AK    1-2 10 May 1964Admira-Energie   SC Wiener Neustadt     1-3 10 May 1964FC Dornbirn  Schwechater SC3-1 10 May 1964LASK SVS Linz 3-2 10 May 1964 SK Rapid WienFK Austria Wien  2-2 10 May 1964Wiener AC  1. Simmeringer SC   2-0 10 May 1964  Wiener Sport-Club Kapfenberger SV  2-1
Round 22
Date Team 1Team2  23 May 1964 SC Wiener Neustadt   LASK  2-1 23 May 19641. Simmeringer SC     First Vienna FC   2-3 23 May 1964Grazer AK   Admira-Energie 1-2 23 May 1964SVS Linz FC Dornbirn  1-1 24 May 1964Schwechater SC Wiener Sport-Club3-4 24 May 1964 FK Austria Wien   Wiener AC2-1 24 May 1964  Kapfenberger SV SK Rapid Wien  3-4
Round 23
Date Team 1Team2  30 May 1964Admira-Energie  1. Simmeringer SC   3-0 30 May 1964Kapfenberger SV   FK Austria Wien     2-5 30 May 1964LASK  Grazer AK   1-0 30 May 1964SK Rapid Wien Schwechater SC 1-0 31 May 1964FC Dornbirn  SC Wiener Neustadt   6-2 31 May 1964First Vienna FCWiener AC2-2 31 May 1964  Wiener Sport-ClubSVS Linz  3-3
Round 24
Date Team 1Team2  6 June 1964SC Wiener Neustadt   Wiener Sport-Club  2-2 6 June 19641. Simmeringer SC   LASK    2-3 6 June 1964Grazer AK   FC Dornbirn3-1 6 June 1964SVS Linz  SK Rapid Wien 3-1 6 June 1964Wiener ACAdmira-Energie  0-2 7 June 1964Schwechater SC Kapfenberger SV 3-2 7 June 1964   FK Austria Wien    First Vienna FC 2-0
Round 25
Date Team 1Team2  12 June 1964Admira-Energie First Vienna FC 3-3 13 June 1964LASK  Wiener AC 2-2 13 June 1964  SK Rapid Wien    SC Wiener Neustadt  3-0 13 June 1964  Wiener Sport-Club      Grazer AK   3-2 14 June 1964Schwechater SC FK Austria Wien 2-214 June 1964 FC Dornbirn1. Simmeringer SC   2-3 14 June 1964   Kapfenberger SV   SVS Linz  3-2
Round 26
Date Team 1Team2  17 June 1964First Vienna FC LASK  0-1 20 June 1964FK Austria Wien Admira-Energie  2-1 20 June 1964  Grazer AK SK Rapid Wien    1-4 20 June 1964Wiener AC    FC Dornbirn2-1 21 June 1964SC Wiener Neustadt    Kapfenberger SV   2¹-2 21 June 1964 1. Simmeringer SCWiener Sport-Club      3-4 21 June 1964 SVS Linz  Schwechater SC 2-4

Champion squad 
 SK Rapid Wien   
Andrija Vereš – Paul Halla, Walter Glechner, Josef Höltl – Gerhard Hanappi (C), Walter Skocik, Karl Giesser – Max Schmid, Walter Seitl, Franz Hasil, Franz Wolny, Rudolf Flögel, Rudolf Nuske, Branko Milanovic, Peter Rehnelt, Hans-Georg Tutschek, Anton Fritsch, Ewald Ullmann, Wilhelm Zaglitsch – Coaches: Robert Körner, Franz Binder
Austria Soccer

Top scorer
 Name Club Goals  Horst NemecFK Austria Wien21  Rudolf FlögelSK Rapid Wien18 Günter KaltenbrunnerAdmira-Energie17
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References 

Category:Football in Austria
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