1945-46 Austrian football championship

The 1945-46 Austrian football championship was the first football championship in Austria after the Second World War. It was organized by the league committee. The clubs from 1944/45 took part in the championship in 1945/46, supplemented by the leading teams from the 1st class 1944/45 SC Helfort and the successor club of Reichsbahn SG Wien (Ostbahn XI), which was allowed to take part instead of the LAC, which was resigning.

Austrian Bundesliga
Season1945-46
ChampionsSK Rapid Wien
RelegatedSC Helfort Wien
SC Rapid Oberlaa
ESV Ostbahn XI⁠
Top goalscorerErnst Stojaspal
(34 goals)
1944-45
1946-47

Since numerous sports fields were still unusable after the war, they were matches mostly in the form of double events on the few playable places.

Table

Pl. Name W D L P
1. SK Rapid Wien 16 3 3 35
2. FK Austria Wien 15 4 3 34
3. SC Wacker Wien 13 5 4 31
4. Wiener Sport-Club 12 4 6 28
5. First Vienna FC 12 3 7 27
6. FC Wien 10 5 7 25
7. Floridsdorfer AC 8 4 10 20
8. Wiener AC 8 4 10 20
9. SK Admira Wien 7 5 10 19
10. SC Helfort Wien [1] 7 5 10 19
11. SC Rapid Oberlaa 1 2 19 4
12. ESV Ostbahn XI 1 0 21 2

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Champion team

Walter Zeman, Josef MusilFranz Ribitzky, Engelbert Smutny, Ernst HappelFranz Wagner, Franz Hofer, Georg Schors, Leopold GernhardtWilhelm Fitz, Robert Körner, Josef Hartl, Franz Binder, Lukas Aurednik, Alfred Körner, Franz Kaspirek, Stefan Wagner – Coach: Johann Pesser

References

  1. Helfort protested against the relegation, as there were only two relegated teams planned at the start of the championship and a 3rd relegation was decided during thecurrent championship. The protest was rejected on July 19, 1946.
  2. Austria Soccer