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]
Season | 1943–44 |
---|---|
Champions | First Vienna FC |
Relegated | |
German championship | First Vienna FC |
← 1942–43 1944–45 → |
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]
Table
editThe 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 |
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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 |
Results
editReferences
edit- ^ "Where's My Country? Austrian clubs in the German football structure 1938-1944". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
- ^ "Germany 1943–44". claudionicoletti.eu. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
- ^ "German championship 1944". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
- ^ "Österreichs Meister" [Austrian championship]. bundesliga.at (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Archived from the original on 2013-06-28. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
External links
edit- Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv (in German) Historic German league tables