1943-44 Austrian football championship

Gauliga Ostmark
Season	1943-44
Champions	First Vienna FC
Relegated	LSV Markersdorf, SK Amateure Steyr
Matches played	90
Goals scored	355 (3.94 per match)
Top goalscorer	Karl Decker; (32goals)
	← 1942-43 1944-45 →

The Gauliga Donau-Alpenland 1943/44 was the sixth season of the Gauliga Donau-Alpenland in annexed Austria. First Vienna FC 1894 was able to defend the championship title. With this victory, Vienna qualified for the 1943/44 German football championship. They reached the quarter-finals.

The SK Amateure Steyr ended the game prematurely on April 20, 1944 with 3 points from 14 games. The games that had already been played were then canceled. The club merged with SK Vorwärts Steyr to form FC Steyr and played in the 1st class Oberdonau in the remaining time. LSV Markersdorf was dissolved at the end of the season. So the last of the table, Wiener Sport-Club, was not relegated.

Table

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Pl.	Name	M	W	D	L	P
1.	First Vienna FC	16	13	1	2	27
2.	Floridsdorfer AC	16	9	4	3	22
3.	Wiener AC	16	7	2	7	16
4.	FC Wien	16	6	4	6	16
5.	FK Austria Wien	16	8	0	8	16
6.	LSV Markersdorf	16	6	3	7	15 ^[2]
7.	SK Rapid Wien	16	5	3	8	13
8.	SC Wacker Wien	16	4	2	10	10
9.	Wiener Sport-Club	16	4	1	11	9
10.	SK Amateure Steyr	14	1	1	12	4 ^[3]

Matches

Austria Soccer

Round 1

Date	Team 1	Team2
22 August 1943	LSV Markersdorf	FK Austria Wien	2-3
22 August 1943	SK Rapid Wien	FC Wien	3-0
22 August 1943	SC Wacker Wien	Floridsdorfer AC	4-6
22 August 1943	Wiener AC	SK Amateure Steyr	3-1
30 January 1944	Wiener Sport-Club	First Vienna FC	1-3

Round 2

Date	Team 1	Team2
5 September 1943	SK Amateure Steyr	First Vienna FC	1-7
5 September 1943	FK Austria Wien	SC Wacker Wien	2-3
5 September 1943	FC Wien	Wiener AC	4-2
5 September 1943	SK Rapid Wien	Floridsdorfer AC	2-2
5 September 1943	Wiener Sport-Club	LSV Markersdorf	1-2

Round 3

Date	Team 1	Team2
12 September 1943	FC Wien	Floridsdorfer AC	3-3
12 September 1943	LSV Markersdorf	SK Amateure Steyr	5-3
12 September 1943	SK Rapid Wien	FK Austria Wien	1-2
12 September 1943	SC Wacker Wien	Wiener Sport-Club	2-2
12 September 1943	Wiener AC	First Vienna FC	5-4

Round 4

Date	Team 1	Team2
3 October 1943	FC Wien	Wiener Sport-Club	2-1
3 October 1943	Floridsdorfer AC	FK Austria Wien	6-1
3 October 1943	SK Rapid Wien	SK Amateure Steyr	5-1
3 October 1943	Wiener AC	LSV Markersdorf	7-6
28 November 1943	SC Wacker Wien	First Vienna FC	1-6

Round 5

Date	Team 1	Team2
10 October 1943	SK Amateure Steyr	FC Wien	3-1
10 October 1943	LSV Markersdorf	SC Wacker Wien	2-0
10 October 1943	SK Rapid Wien	Wiener AC	1-2 ^[4]
10 October 1943	First Vienna FC	FK Austria Wien	4-1
10 October 1943	Wiener Sport-Club	Floridsdorfer AC	3-5

Round 6

Date	Team 1	Team2
17 October 1943	FK Austria Wien	Wiener Sport-Club	4-1
17 October 1943	Floridsdorfer AC	SK Amateure Steyr	1-1
17 October 1943	LSV Markersdorf	SK Rapid Wien	2-1
17 October 1943	Wiener AC	SC Wacker Wien	4-0
5 December 1943	FC Wien	First Vienna FC	2-7

Round 7

Date	Team 1	Team2
24 October 1943	SK Amateure Steyr	FK Austria Wien	0-7
24 October 1943	Floridsdorfer AC	LSV Markersdorf	3-1
24 October 1943	First Vienna FC	SK Rapid Wien	10-2
24 October 1943	SC Wacker Wien	FC Wien	2-3
28 November 1943	Wiener Sport-Club	Wiener AC	1-4 ^[5]

Round 8

Date	Team 1	Team2
31 October 1943	FK Austria Wien	Wiener AC	4-1
31 October 1943	LSV Markersdorf	FC Wien	3-1
31 October 1943	SK Rapid Wien	SC Wacker Wien	2-1
31 October 1943	Wiener Sport-Club	SK Amateure Steyr	3-2
31 October 1943	First Vienna FC	Floridsdorfer AC	4-1

Round 9

Date	Team 1	Team2
7 November 1943	SK Amateure Steyr	SC Wacker Wien	0-5
7 November 1943	FK Austria Wien	FC Wien	0-4
7 November 1943	Floridsdorfer AC	Wiener AC	2-2
7 November 1943	First Vienna FC	LSV Markersdorf	9-1
7 November 1943	Wiener Sport-Club	SK Rapid Wien	2-1

Round 10

Date	Team 1	Team2
14 November 1943	SK Amateure Steyr	Wiener AC	1-5
14 November 1943	FK Austria Wien	LSV Markersdorf	3-1
14 November 1943	FC Wien	SK Rapid Wien	0-1
14 November 1943	Floridsdorfer AC	SC Wacker Wien	3-0
14 November 1943	First Vienna FC	Wiener Sport-Club	5-0

Round 11

Date	Team 1	Team2
12 December 1943	Floridsdorfer AC	SK Rapid Wien	3-2
12 December 1943	LSV Markersdorf	Wiener Sport-Club	3-1
12 December 1943	SC Wacker Wien	FK Austria Wien	6-4
12 December 1943	Wiener AC	FC Wien	1-1
23 January 1944	First Vienna FC	SK Amateure Steyr	7-2

Round 12

Date	Team 1	Team2
26 March 1944	FK Austria Wien	SK Rapid Wien	2-0
26 March 1944	Floridsdorfer AC	FC Wien	0-0
26 March 1944	First Vienna FC	Wiener AC	1-0
26 March 1944	Wiener Sport-Club	SC Wacker Wien	1-0

Round 13

Date	Team 1	Team2
13 February 1944	SK Amateure Steyr	SK Rapid Wien	1-5
5 March 1944	LSV Markersdorf	Wiener AC	0-1
5 March 1944	First Vienna FC	SC Wacker Wien	6-0
5 March 1944	FK Austria Wien	Floridsdorfer AC	1-2
5 March 1944	Wiener Sport-Club	FC Wien	1-0

Round 14

Date	Team 1	Team2
19 March 1944	FK Austria Wien	First Vienna FC	1-4
19 March 1944	FC Wien	SK Amateure Steyr	3-0
19 March 1944	Wiener AC	SK Rapid Wien	2-4
30 April 1944	Floridsdorfer AC	Wiener Sport-Club	2-1
30 April 1944	SC Wacker Wien	LSV Markersdorf	4-3

Round 15

Date	Team 1	Team2
23 April 1944	SK Rapid Wien	LSV Markersdorf	3-3
23 April 1944	First Vienna FC	FC Wien	4-2
23 April 1944	SC Wacker Wien	Wiener AC	2-1
23 April 1944	Wiener Sport-Club	FK Austria Wien	1-2

Round 16

Date	Team 1	Team2
16 April 1944	FC Wien	SC Wacker Wien	2-1
16 April 1944	LSV Markersdorf	Floridsdorfer AC	7-2
16 April 1944	Wiener AC	Wiener Sport-Club	1-5
13 May 1944	SK Rapid Wien	First Vienna FC	1-3

Round 17

Date	Team 1	Team2
2 April 1944	FC Wien	LSV Markersdorf	2-2
2 April 1944	Floridsdorfer AC	First Vienna FC	4-1
2 April 1944	SC Wacker Wien	SK Rapid Wien	4-4
2 April 1944	Wiener AC	FK Austria Wien	1-2

Round 18

Date	Team 1	Team2
27 February 1944	LSV Markersdorf	First Vienna FC	5-5
27 February 1944	Wiener AC	Floridsdorfer AC	1-0
9 April 1944	SK Rapid Wien	Wiener Sport-Club	9-4
9 April 1944	SC Wacker Wien	SK Amateure Steyr	10-0
30 April 1944	FC Wien	FK Austria Wien	4-3

Champion squad

Johann Artmann, Karl Bortoli ,Karl Decker , Richard Dörfel , Franz Erdl ,Richard Fischer , Gottfried Gröbel, Friedrich Gschweidl , Franz Holeschofsky,Franz Jawurek, Otto Kaller , Vitus Kubicka, Adolf Laudon , Karl Lechner , Kurt Lechner , Josef Leidenecker, Hermann Leitner , Karl Mandl , Necmah , Neuhold , Rudolf Noack , Karl Nowotny , Stefan Ploc , Johann Riedisser , Ernst Sabeditsch , Hans Schwarzer , Albert Sing , Franz Widhalm ,

Coachesː Rudolf Höllerl/Friedrich Gschweidl

Top scorer

Name	Club	Goals
Karl Decker	First Vienna FC	31
Rudolf Noak	First Vienna FC	14
Adolf Huber	LSV Markersdorf	13
Adolf Semp	Wiener AC	13

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References

↑ Austria Soccer
↑ LSV Markerdorf was transferred to the regional association Lower Danube at the end of the season .
↑ Amateure Steyr withdrew on April 20th and returned to the regional association of Upper Austria. The matches by this team were not counted.
↑ On 15 October the homeground of Rapid was closed for 4 games due to events following the match (referee insults)
↑ On 24 October the match was canceld after 50 minutes due to an air raid warning.
↑ Austria Soccer

[1] Austria Soccer

[2] LSV Markerdorf was transferred to the regional association Lower Danube at the end of the season .

[3] Amateure Steyr withdrew on April 20th and returned to the regional association of Upper Austria. The matches by this team were not counted.

[4] On 15 October the homeground of Rapid was closed for 4 games due to events following the match (referee insults)

[5] On 24 October the match was canceld after 50 minutes due to an air raid warning.

[6] Austria Soccer

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