1939–40 Gauliga Ostmark

Gauliga Ostmark
Season	1939–40
Champions	SK Rapid Wien
Relegated	SV Amateure Fiat
German championship	SK Rapid Wien
	← 1938–39 1940–41 →

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]

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]

Table

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

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

^ "Where's My Country? Austrian clubs in the German football structure 1938-1944". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
^ "Germany 1939–40". claudionicoletti.eu. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
^ "German championship 1940". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 15 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

Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv (in German) Historic German league tables

[1] "Where's My Country? Austrian clubs in the German football structure 1938-1944". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 18 January 2016.

[Claudio-2] "Germany 1939–40". claudionicoletti.eu. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.

[Rsssf-3] "German championship 1940". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 15 January 2016.

[Archiv-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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