1939-40 Austrian football championship

The 1939-40 Austrian football championship (Gauliga Ostmark - The Gauliga changed its name to the Area league in the fall of 1939) was the second season of the Gauliga Ostmark in annexed Austria.

Gauliga Ostmark

Season	1939-40
Champions	SK Rapid Wien
Relegated	SV Amateure Fiat Wien
Matches played	56
Goals scored	295 (5.27 per match)
Top goalscorer	Franz Binder (18 goals)
← 1938-39 1940-41 →

General informations

Compared to the previous season, the top league was reduced in size to eight teams. SK Rapid Wien won the league for the first time. Later it was decided that the district championship title also counted as winning the Austrian football championship (13th title).

By winning the regional championship, Rapid also qualified for the German football championship in 1939/40. In this, Rapid reached the semi-finals, which they lost to Dresdner SC 1-2 after extra time. In the game for third place, Vienna was able to win in the replay against Waldhof Mannheim.

The relegated SV Amateure Fiat Wien joined Floridsdorfer AC, which was promoted next season.

Table

Pl.	Name	M	W	D	L	P
1.	SK Rapid Wien	14	9	2	3	20
2.	SC Wacker Wien	14	8	1	5	17
3.	Wiener Sport-Club	14	6	4	4	16
4.	First Vienna FC	14	7	2	5	16
5.	SK Admira Wien	14	6	3	5	15
6.	FK Austria Wien	14	6	0	8	12
7.	FC Wien	14	4	1	9	9
8.	SV Amateure Fiat Wien	14	3	1	10	11

Champion squad SK Rapid Wien

Rudolf Raftl, Anton Mayer, Stefan Wagner, Heribert Sperner, Engelbert Uridil, Johann Hofstätter, Franz Wagner, Stefan Skoumal, Stefan Domnanich, Wilhelm Holec, Walter Schörg, Leopold Gernhardt, August Fellner, Wilhelm Fitz, Franz Kaspirek, Hermann Dvoracek , Georg Schors , Matthias Kaburek, Johann Pesser, Franz Binder, Franz Hofer Coach: Leopold Nitsch

Top scorer

Name	Club	Goals
Franz Binder	SK Rapid Wien	18
Ernst Reitermaier	SC Wacker Wien	17
Josef Epp	Wiener Sport-Club	13