1938-39 Austrian football championship

The 1938-39 Austrian football championship (Gauliga Ostmark) was the first one under Nazi-occupation of Austria. The championship in the National League was contested by 10 teams, each of which met twice during the entire season. The Austrian/East Mark football champion was SK Admira Wien, which won its seventh championship title. They played in the final round of the German championship and reached the final. They lost 0-9 versus Schalke 04.[1]

Gauliga Ostmark
Season1938-39
ChampionsSK Admira Wien
RelegatedGrazer SC
SK Amateure Steyr
Reichsbahn Wiener Neustadt
Matches played90
Goals scored446 (4.96 per match)
Top goalscorerFranz Binder
(27 goals)
1937-38
1939-40
Pl. Name M W D L P
1. SK Admira Wien 18 12 4 2 28
2. SC Wacker Wien 18 12 2 4 26
3. SK Rapid Wien 18 11 3 4 25
4. Wiener Sport-Club 18 10 4 4 24
5. First Vienna FC 18 9 4 5 22
6. FK Austria Wien[2] 18 9 3 6 21
7. SV Amateure Fiat Wien 18 6 3 9 15
8. Grazer SC [3] 18 5 1 12 11
9. SK Amateure Steyr 18 2 0 16 4
10. Reichsbahn Wiener Neustadt 18 2 0 16 4

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Matches

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Round 1

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Date Team 1 Team2
28 August 1938 FK Austria Wien Grazer SC 3-2
28 August 1938 ESV Wacker Wiener Neustadt Austro-Fiat Wien 2-4
28 August 1938 First Vienna FC SK Admira Wien 1-4
14 September 1938 Wiener Sport-Club SC Wacker Wien 1-0
1 November 1938 SK Rapid Wien Amateure SDP Steyr 4-3

Round 2

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Date Team 1 Team2
10 September 1938 Austro-Fiat Wien First Vienna FC 2-2
11 September 1938 SK Admira Wien SK Rapid Wien 4-1
11 September 1938 Amateure SDP Steyr Wiener Sport-Club 0-2
11 September 1938 Grazer SC ESV Wacker Wiener Neustadt 5-2
11 September 1938 SC Wacker Wien FK Austria Wien 2-1

Round 3

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Date Team 1 Team2
18 September 1938 Amateure SDP Steyr FK Austria Wien 0-3
18 September 1938 ESV Wacker Wiener Neustadt SC Wacker Wien 0-2
25 September 1938 SK Admira Wien Austro-Fiat Wien 3-4
25 September 1938 First Vienna FC Grazer SC 2-1
4 December 1938 SK Rapid Wien Wiener Sport-Club 7-2

Round 4

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Date Team 1 Team2
9 October 1938 Amateure Steyr Reichsbahn Wiener Neustadt 2-3
9 October 1938 Austro-Fiat Wien SK Rapid Wien 2-2
9 October 1938 Grazer SC SK Admira Wien 2-0
9 October 1938 SC Wacker Wien First Vienna FC 1-1
30 May 1965 Wiener Sport-Club FK Austria Wien 4-0

Round 5

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Date Team 1 Team2
16 October 1938 SK Admira Wien SC Wacker Wien 3-2
16 October 1938 Austro-Fiat Wien Grazer SC 3-4
16 October 1938 SK Rapid Wien FK Austria Wien 5-1
16 October 1938 Reichsbahn Wiener Neustadt Wiener Sport-Club 0-3
16 October 1938 First Vienna FC Amateure Steyr 6-1

Round 6

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Date Team 1 Team2
22 October 1938 FK Austria Wien Reichsbahn Wiener Neustadt 8-2
23 October 1938 Amateure Steyr SC Wacker Wien 0-4
23 October 1938 First Vienna FC SK Rapid Wien 0-4
23 October 1938 SC Wacker Wien Austro-Fiat Wien 2-1
23 October 1938 Wiener Sport-Club Grazer SC 2-1

Round 7

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Date Team 1 Team2
30 October 1938 SK Admira Wien Wiener Sport-Club 0-0
30 October 1938 FK Austria Wien First Vienna FC 2-2
30 October 1938 Austro-Fiat Wien Amateure Steyr 9-2
30 October 1938 Grazer SC SC Wacker Wien 2-4
30 October 1938 SK Rapid Wien Reichsbahn Wiener Neustadt 2-0

Round 8

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Date Team 1 Team2
1 November 1938 Reichsbahn Wiener Neustadt SK Admira Wien 0-6
13 November 1938 Amateure Steyr Grazer SC 2-0
13 November 1938 Austro-Fiat Wien FK Austria Wien 0-4
13 November 1938 SC Wacker Wien SK Rapid Wien 4-3
13 November 1938 Wiener Sport-Club First Vienna FC 3-5

Round 9

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Date Team 1 Team2
20 November 1938 FK Austria Wien SK Admira Wien 1-2
20 November 1938 Grazer SC SK Rapid Wien 2-6
20 November 1938 First Vienna FC Reichsbahn Wiener Neustadt 3-0
20 November 1938 SC Wacker Wien Amateure Steyr 7-0
20 November 1938 Wiener Sport-Club Austro-Fiat Wien 3-1

Round 10

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Date Team 1 Team2
11 December 1938 Grazer SC FK Austria Wien 2-6
31 December 1938 Amateure-Fiat Wien Reichsbahn Wiener Neustadt [5] 0-0
8 January 1939 SK Admira Wien First Vienna FC 3-3
8 January 1939 SC Wacker Wien Wiener Sport-Club 2-0
26 February 1939 Amateure Steyr SK Rapid Wien 4-0 [6]

Round 11

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Date Team 1 Team2
4 December 1938 Reichsbahn Wiener Neustadt Grazer SC 3-1
19 December 1938 FK Austria Wien SC Wacker Wien 2-5
19 December 1938 SK Rapid Wien SK Admira Wien 0-0
19 December 1938 Wiener Sport-Club Amateure Steyr 5-1
26 February 1939 First Vienna FC Amateure-Fiat Wien 4-1

Round 12

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Date Team 1 Team2
27 November 1938 FK Austria Wien Amateure Steyr 4-1
27 November 1938 Amateure-Fiat Wien SK Admira Wien 2-3
27 November 1938 SC Wacker Wien Reichsbahn Wiener Neustadt 6-1
18 December 1938 Grazer SC First Vienna FC 1-2
22 January 1939 Wiener Sport-Club SK Rapid Wien 2-1

Round 13

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Date Team 1 Team2
15 January 1939 Reichsbahn Wiener Neustadt Amateure Steyr 2-4
22 January 1939 First Vienna FC SC Wacker Wien 3-6
29 January 1939 FK Austria Wien Wiener Sport-Club 3-3
29 January 1939 SK Rapid Wien Amateure-Fiat Wien 3-2
5 February 1939 SK Admira Wien Grazer SC 8-0

Round 14

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Date Team 1 Team2
5 March 1939 Amateure Steyr First Vienna FC 0-5 [7]
19 March 1939 FK Austria Wien SK Rapid Wien 4-0
19 March 1939 Grazer SC Amateure-Fiat Wien 5-3
19 March 1939 SC Wacker Wien SK Admira Wien 2-4
19 March 1939 Wiener Sport-Club Reichsbahn Wiener Neustadt 12-0

Round 15

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Date Team 1 Team2
12 February 1939 SK Admira Wien Amateure Steyr 4-0
12 February 1939 Amateure-Fiat Wien SC Wacker Wien 2-1
12 February 1939 Grazer SC Wiener Sport-Club 1-1
12 February 1939 SK Rapid Wien First Vienna FC 3-1
12 February 1939 Reichsbahn Wiener Neustadt FK Austria Wien 1-5

Round 16

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Date Team 1 Team2
4 December 1938 Amateure Steyr Amateure-Fiat Wien 2-6
26 December 1938 SC Wacker Wien Grazer SC 2-1
12 March 1939 Reichsbahn Wiener Neustadt SK Rapid Wien 1-13
12 March 1939 First Vienna FC FK Austria Wien 2-3
12 March 1939 Wiener Sport-Club SK Admira Wien 1-1

Round 17

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Date Team 1 Team2
5 February 1939 FK Austria Wien Amateure-Fiat Wien 4-4
5 February 1939 SK Rapid Wien SC Wacker Wien 1-1
5 February 1939 First Vienna FC Wiener Sport-Club 1-1
26 February 1939 SK Admira Wien Reichsbahn Wiener Neustadt 10-0
26 February 1939 Grazer SC Amateure Steyr 4-1

Round 18

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Date Team 1 Team2
11 December 1938 Amateure Steyr SC Wacker Wien 2-4 [8]
11 December 1938 Reichsbahn Wiener Neustadt First Vienna FC 0-1
5 March 1939 SK Admira Wien FK Austria Wien 3-1
5 March 1939 Amateure-Fiat Wien Wiener Sport-Club 1-4
5 March 1939 SK Rapid Wien Grazer SC 3-0

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Champion team SK Admira

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Peter PlatzerAnton Schall, Otto Marischka, Josef Weber, Johann Urbanek, Fritz Klacl, Franz Hanreiter, Spielauer, Giesser, Josef Mirschitzka, Leopold Vogl, Wilhelm Hahnemann, Karl Stoiber, Franz Schilling, Karl Durspekt – Coach: Hans Skolaut

Promotion round

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The champions of the four district classes took part in the relegation to Gauliga XVII.

Table Promotion round

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Pl. Name M W D L P
1. FC Wien 6 6 0 0 12
2. Linzer ASK 6 2 1 3 5
3. WSV BU Neunkirchen 6 2 0 4 4
4. WSV Donawitz 6 1 1 4 3

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References

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  1. Austria Soccer
  2. Austria Soccer In mid-July 1938, the name change from Austria Wien to SC Ostmark from March/April 1938 was reversed, probably due to pressure from the public. The official reason was that the name SC Ostmark was never officially approved.
  3. The Grazer SC, not in a relegation zone, was nevertheless excluded from the championship in 1939/40. Travel restrictions were the reason.
  4. Austria Soccer
  5. Reichsbahn Wacker Wr. Neustadt did not play because of the commitment of their footballers in a Railway selection. The game was therefore verified 0:0 for Amateure Fiat
  6. The Steyrs sports field was closed for 2 games. According to the regulations Steyr had to play its home game on the opponent's ground.
  7. In Vienna
  8. Referee was attacked after the end of the game. Suspension of 2 games as punishment.
  9. Austro Soccer
  10. Austria Soccer