1940–41 Gauliga Ostmark
Football league season
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The 1940–41 Gauliga Ostmark was the third 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 | 1940–41 |
|---|---|
| Champions | SK Rapid Wien |
| Relegated | Grazer SCLinzer ASK |
| German championship | SK Rapid Wien |
← 1939–40 1941–42 → | |
SK Rapid Wien won the championship and qualified for the 1941 German football championship which it won by defeating FC Schalke 04 4–3 in the final.[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 1940–41 season saw three new clubs in the league, Floridsdorfer AC, Grazer SC and Linzer ASK. Compare to the previous season the league had seen an expansion from eight to ten teams.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SK Rapid Wien (C) | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 82 | 29 | +53 | 28 | Qualification to German championship |
| 2 | SC Wacker Wien | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 60 | 33 | +27 | 24 | |
| 3 | First Vienna FC | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 52 | 33 | +19 | 24 | |
| 4 | FK Austria Wien | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 56 | 22 | +34 | 22 | |
| 5 | SK Admira Wien | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 56 | 46 | +10 | 21 | |
| 6 | Wiener Sportclub | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 47 | 37 | +10 | 18 | |
| 7 | FC Wien | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 40 | −8 | 17 | |
| 8 | Floridsdorfer AC | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 40 | 60 | −20 | 17 | |
| 9 | Grazer SC (R) | 18 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 26 | 62 | −36 | 9 | Relegation |
| 10 | Linzer ASK (R) | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 17 | 106 | −89 | 0 |