1943–44 Gauliga Donau-Alpenland

The 1943–44 Gauliga Donau-Alpenland was the sixth season of the Gauliga Donau-Alpenland, formerly the Gauliga Ostmark, the first tier of football in German-annexed Austria from 1938 to 1945.[1]

Gauliga Donau-Alpenland
Season1943–44
ChampionsFirst Vienna FC
Relegated
German championshipFirst Vienna FC

First Vienna FC won the championship and qualified for the 1944 German football championship, reaching the quarter-finals where it lost 3–2 to eventual winners Dresdner SC.[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 1943–44 season saw two new clubs in the league, LSV Markersdorf an der Pielach and SK Amateure Steyr. Steyr withdrew from the league on 20 April 1944, had its record expunged and was relegated.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 First Vienna FC (C) 16 13 1 2 76 27 +49 27 Qualification to German championship
2 Floridsdorfer AC 16 9 4 3 43 33 +10 22
3 Wiener AC 16 7 2 7 35 37 −2 16
4 FC Wien 16 6 4 6 30 34 −4 16
5 FK Austria Wien 16 8 0 8 35 41 −6 16
6 LSV Markersdorf an der Pielach (R) 16 6 3 7 43 45 −2 15 Relegation
7 SK Rapid Wien 16 5 3 8 37 42 −5 13
8 SC Wacker 16 4 2 10 30 51 −21 10
9 Wiener Sportclub 16 4 1 11 26 45 −19 9
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away AMA AUS FIR FLO MAR RAP WAK WIE WAC SPO
SK Amateure Steyr 0–7 1–7 1–4 0–5 3–1 1–5
FK Austria Wien 1–4 1–2 3–1 2–0 2–3 0–4 4–1 4–1
First Vienna FC 7–2 4–1 4–1 9–1 10–2 6–0 7–2 1–0 5–0
Floridsdorfer AC 1–1 6–1 4–1 2–1 3–2 3–0 0–0 2–2 2–1
LSV Markersdorf 5–3 2–3 5–5 7–2 2–1 2–0 3–1 0–1 3–1
SK Rapid Wien 5–1 1–2 1–3 2–2 3–3 4–4 3–0 1–2 9–4
SC Wacker 10–0 6–4 1–6 4–6 4–3 1–2 2–3 2–1 2–2
FC Wien 3–0 4–3 2–4 3–3 2–2 0–1 2–1 4–2 2–1
Wiener AC 3–1 1–2 5–4 1–0 7–6 2–4 4–0 1–1 1–5
Wiener Sportclub 3–2 1–2 1–3 3–5 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–4
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 1943–44". claudionicoletti.eu. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  3. ^ "German championship 1944". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 17 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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