1939–40 Gauliga Ostmark
Football league season
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The 1939â40 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]
| Season | 1939â40 |
|---|---|
| Champions | SK Rapid Wien |
| Relegated | SV Amateure Fiat |
| German championship | SK Rapid Wien |
â 1938â39 1940â41 â | |
SK Rapid Wien won the championship and qualified for the 1940 German football championship where it lost 2â1 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 1944â45 season which was not completed, are recognised as official Austrian football championships by the Austrian Bundesliga.[4]
Table
The 1939â40 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 | â3 | 15 | |
| 6 | FK Austria Wien | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 37 | 42 | â5 | 12 | |
| 7 | FC Wien | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 24 | 43 | â19 | 9 | |
| 8 | SV Amateure Fiat (R) | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 36 | 61 | â25 | 7 | Relegation |