1942–43 Gauliga Donau-Alpenland

The 1942–43 Gauliga Donau-Alpenland was the fifth 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
Season1942–43
ChampionsFirst Vienna FC
Relegated
German championshipFirst Vienna FC

First Vienna FC won the championship and qualified for the 1943 German football championship, reaching the semi-finals where it lost 2–1 to FV Saarbrücken.[2][3]

The 1942–43 season saw the ninth edition of the Tschammerpokal, now the DFB-Pokal. The 1943 edition was won by First Vienna FC, defeating Luftwaffe team LSV Hamburg 3–2 after extra time on 31 October 1943.[4]

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.[5]

Table

The 1942–43 season saw two new clubs in the league, Wiener AC and Reichsbahn SG Wien.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 First Vienna FC (C) 20 13 4 3 87 56 +31 30 Qualification to German championship
2 Wiener AC 20 10 5 5 45 29 +16 25
3 Floridsdorfer AC 20 11 3 6 61 41 +20 25
4 Wiener Sportclub 20 10 5 5 55 44 +11 25
5 FK Austria Wien 20 11 2 7 53 52 +1 24
6 SK Rapid Wien 20 10 2 8 65 53 +12 22
7 FC Wien 20 7 4 9 48 49 1 18
8 Reichsbahn SG Wien (R) 20 6 5 9 38 38 0 17 Relegation
9 SC Wacker 20 5 7 8 32 40 8 17
10 SK Admira Wien 20 6 4 10 38 42 4 16
11 SK Sturm Graz (R) 20 0 1 19 21 99 78 1 Relegation
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

References

  1. "Where's My Country? Austrian clubs in the German football structure 1938-1944". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  2. "Germany 1942–43". claudionicoletti.eu. Archived from the original on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  3. "German championship 1943". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  4. "ALLE DFB-POKALSIEGER" [All German Cup winners]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  5. "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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