1939–40 Gauliga Ostmark

The 1939–40 Gauliga Ostmark was the second season of the Gauliga Ostmark, the first tier of football in German-annexed Austria from 1938 to 1945, officially referred to as Ostmark.[1]

Gauliga Ostmark
Season1939–40
ChampionsSK Rapid Wien
RelegatedSV Amateure Fiat
German championshipSK Rapid Wien

SK Rapid Wien won the championship and qualified for the 1940 German football championship where it lost 2–1 after extra time in the semi-final to Dresdner SC. Rapid went on to win the third-place play-off against SV Waldhof Mannheim.[2][3]

The Gauliga Ostmark and Gauliga Donau-Alpenland titles from 1938 to 1944, excluding the 1944–45 season which was not completed, are recognised as official Austrian football championships by the Austrian Bundesliga.[4]

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The 1939–40 season saw one new club in the league, FC Wien.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 SK Rapid Wien (C) 14 9 2 3 50 24 +26 20 Qualification to German championship
2 SC Wacker 14 8 1 5 43 31 +12 17
3 Wiener Sportclub 14 6 4 4 36 23 +13 16
4 First Vienna FC 14 7 2 5 36 35 +1 16
5 SK Admira Wien 14 6 3 5 33 36 −3 15
6 FK Austria Wien 14 6 0 8 37 42 −5 12
7 FC Wien 14 4 1 9 24 43 −19 9
8 SV Amateure Fiat (R) 14 3 1 10 36 61 −25 7 Relegation
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away ADM AFI AUS FIR RAP WAK WIE SPO
SK Admira Wien 2–2 2–3 0–4 1–4 0–5 0–1 3–3
SV Amateure Fiat 5–8 4–5 3–4 1–3 2–8 4–2 1–0
FK Austria Wien 2–3 2–5 2–3 1–4 5–1 5–0 1–4
First Vienna FC 2–3 5–4 1–3 5–5 1–2 2–1 3–0
SK Rapid Wien 1–2 7–1 9–2 1–2 4–1 3–0 0–3
SC Wacker 2–4 4–2 2–0 4–1 3–4 2–3 1–1
FC Wien 1–4 3–2 1–5 3–3 1–4 1–4 4–1
Wiener Sportclub 1–1 8–0 3–1 4–0 1–1 3–4 4–3
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

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  1. ^ "Where's My Country? Austrian clubs in the German football structure 1938-1944". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Germany 1939–40". claudionicoletti.eu. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  3. ^ "German championship 1940". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Österreichs Meister" [Austrian championship]. bundesliga.at (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Archived from the original on 2013-06-28. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
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