1952-53 Austrian football championship

Staatsliga A
Season	1952-53
Dates	23 August 1952 - 21 June 1953
Champions	FK Austria Wien
Promoted	Wiener Sport-Club, Wiener AC, SV Austria Salzburg
Relegated	VfB Union Mödling, SAK 1914, Grazer SC
Goals scored	850 (4,67 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ernst Stojaspal (FK Austria Wien) (30 goals)
	← 1951-52 1953-54 →

The 1952-53 Austrian football championship was organized by the Austrian Football Association. The Staatsliga B served as seond tier. It included clubs from Vienna, Lower Austria, Burgenland, Upper Austria and Styria. The Tauern League was the second tier for Salzburg and Carinthia, the Arlberg League for Tyrol and Vorarlberg. They were organized on an amateur basis. The regional leagues of the federal states served as the third tier.

FK Austria Wien won the Austrian football championship for the fifth time this season. Grazer SC, VfB Union Mödling and Salzburger AK 1914 were relegated. This meant that all teams promoted from the previous season were immediately relegated. Wiener Sport-Club (Champion Staatsliga B), Wiener AC (2. Staatsliga B) and Austria Salzburg (after Play-Off versus Kapfenberger SV) were promoted for the 1953-54 season.

Final table

Table mode (in case of equal points): 1st criterion goal quotient

Pl.	Name	M	W	D	L	P
1.	FK Austria Wien	26	21	3	2	45
2.	SC Wacker Wien	26	20	4	2	44
3.	SK Rapid Wien	26	14	4	8	39
4.	First Vienna FC	26	16	4	6	36
5.	SK Admira Wien	26	11	6	9	28
6.	Floridsdorfer AC	26	12	2	12	26
7.	Grazer AK	26	9	7	10	25
8.	1. Simmeringer SC	26	9	4	13	22^[1]
9.	SK Sturm Graz	26	7	8	11	22^[2]
10.	Linzer ASK	26	8	3	15	19^[3]
11.	FC Wien	26	6	7	13	19^[4]
12.	VfB Union Mödling	26	7	5	14	19^[5]
13.	Grazer SC	26	6	4	16	16
14.	Salzburger AK 1914	26	1	2	23	4

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Matches

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Round 1

Date	Team 1	Team2
23 August 1952	FC Wien	VfB Union Mödling	3-2
23 August 1952	Floridsdorfer AC	SC Wacker Wien	0-0
23 August 1952	First Vienna FC	Grazer AK	2-3
24 August 1952	FK Austria Wien	SAK 1914	6-0
24 August 1952	LASK	SK Admira Wien	3-4
24 August 1952	SK Rapid Wien	Grazer SC	6-2
24 August 1952	SK Sturm Graz	1. Simmeringer SC	2-1

Round 2

Date	Team 1	Team2
30 August 1952	1. Simmeringer SC	Floridsdorfer AC	1-2
30 August 1952	Grazer AK	FC Wien	1-1
31 August 1952	SK Admira Wien	SC Wacker Wien	0-2
31 August 1952	Grazer SC	SK Sturm Graz	0-2
31 August 1952	LASK	First Vienna FC	1-1
31 August 1952	SAK 1914	SK Rapid Wien	3-4
31 August 1952	VfB Union Mödling	FK Austria Wien	0-1

Round 3

Date	Team 1	Team2
6 September 1952	Floridsdorfer AC	Grazer SC	2-1
6 September 1952	SK Rapid Wien	VfB Union Mödling	3-2
6 September 1952	SC Wacker Wien	1. Simmeringer SC	1-1
7 September 1952	FK Austria Wien	Grazer AK	6-2
7 September 1952	FC Wien	LASK	1-0
7 September 1952	SK Sturm Graz	SAK 1914	1-0
7 September 1952	First Vienna FC	SK Admira Wien	7-4

Round 4

Date	Team 1	Team2
13 September 1952	SK Admira Wien	1. Simmeringer SC	2-2
13 September 1952	Grazer SC	SC Wacker Wien	1-5
14 September 1952	Grazer AK	SK Rapid Wien	1-1
14 September 1952	LASK	FK Austria Wien	2-3 ^[8]
14 September 1952	SAK 1914	Floridsdorfer AC	5-2
14 September 1952	VfB Union Mödling	SK Sturm Graz	2-0
14 September 1952	First Vienna FC	FC Wien	6-1

Round 5

Date	Team 1	Team2
27 September 1952	1. Simmeringer SC	Grazer SC	3-0
27 September 1952	Floridsdorfer AC	VfB Union Mödling	2-0
27 September 1952	SK Rapid Wien	LASK	9-0
27 September 1952	SC Wacker Wien	SAK 1914	4-1
28 September 1952	FK Austria Wien	First Vienna FC	3-3
28 September 1952	FC Wien	SK Admira Wien	3-3
28 September 1952	SK Sturm Graz	Grazer AK	0-2

Round 6

Date	Team 1	Team2
4 October 1952	SK Admira Wien	Grazer SC	7-2
4 October 1952	VfB Union Mödling	SC Wacker Wien	2-2
5 October 1952	FC Wien	FK Austria Wien	2-3
5 October 1952	Grazer AK	Floridsdorfer AC	2-2
5 October 1952	LASK	SK Sturm Graz	3-1
5 October 1952	SAK 1914	1. Simmeringer SC	1-1
5 October 1952	First Vienna FC	SK Rapid Wien	2-4

Round 7

Date	Team 1	Team2
11 October 1952	1. Simmeringer SC	VfB Union Mödling	0-1
11 October 1952	Floridsdorfer AC	LASK	1-3
11 October 1952	Grazer SC	SAK 1914	5-1
11 October 1952	SC Wacker Wien	Grazer AK	7-1
12 October 1952	FK Austria Wien	SK Admira Wien	4-2
12 October 1952	SK Rapid Wien	FC Wien	3-1
12 October 1952	SK Sturm Graz	First Vienna FC	1-2

Round 8

Date	Team 1	Team2
25 October 1952	SK Admira Wien	SAK 1914	5-2
25 October 1952	FC Wien	SK Sturm Graz	2-2
26 October 1952	FK Austria Wien	SK Rapid Wien	2-1
26 October 1952	LASK	SC Wacker Wien	1-2
26 October 1952	First Vienna FC	Floridsdorfer AC	4-1
27 October 1952	VfB Union Mödling	Grazer SC	3-1
19 October 1952	Grazer AK	1. Simmeringer SC	1-0

Round 9

Date	Team 1	Team2
1 November 1952	1. Simmeringer SC	LASK	3-2
1 November 1952	Floridsdorfer AC	FC Wien	5-0
1 November 1952	Grazer SC	Grazer AK	2-2
2 November 1952	SK Rapid Wien	SK Admira Wien	2-1
2 November 1952	SAK 1914	VfB Union Mödling	1-1
2 November 1952	SK Sturm Graz	FK Austria Wien	0-2
2 November 1952	SC Wacker Wien	First Vienna FC	4-1

Round 10

Date	Team 1	Team2
8 November 1952	SK Admira Wien	VfB Union Mödling	4-1
8 November 1952	FK Austria Wien	Floridsdorfer AC	3-1
8 November 1952	SC Wacker Wien	FC Wien	2-1
9 November 1952	Grazer AK	SAK 1914	6-1
9 November 1952	LASK	Grazer SC	7-1
9 November 1952	SK Rapid Wien	SK Sturm Graz	2-0
10 November 1952	First Vienna FC	1. Simmeringer SC	5-1

Round 11

Date	Team 1	Team2
15 November 1952	1. Simmeringer SC	FC Wien	2-0
15 November 1952	Grazer SC	First Vienna FC	1-2
16 November 1952	Floridsdorfer AC '	SK Rapid Wien	1-4
16 November 1952	SAK 1914	LASK	3-5
16 November 1952	SK Sturm Graz	SK Admira Wien	3-3
16 November 1952	VfB Union Mödling	Grazer AK	2-4
16 November 1952	SC Wacker Wien	FK Austria Wien	1-2

Round 12

Date	Team 1	Team2
29 November 1952	FC Wien	Grazer SC	1-1
29 November 1952	First Vienna FC	SAK 1914	5-0
30 November 1952	SK Admira Wien	Grazer AK	1-0
30 November 1952	FK Austria Wien	1. Simmeringer SC	6-3
30 November 1952	LASK	VfB Union Mödling	8-2
30 November 1952	SK Rapid Wien	SC Wacker Wien	3-2
30 November 1952	SK Sturm Graz	Floridsdorfer AC	2-2

Round 13

Date	Team 1	Team2
7 December 1952	1. Simmeringer SC	SK Rapid Wien	2-0
7 December 1952	Floridsdorfer AC	SK Admira Wien	1-2
7 December 1952	Grazer AK	LASK	2-0
7 December 1952	Grazer SC	FK Austria Wien	1-3
7 December 1952	SAK 1914	FC Wien	0-3
7 December 1952	VfB Union Mödling	First Vienna FC	1-3
7 December 1952	SC Wacker Wien	SK Sturm Graz	6-0

Round 14

Date	Team 1	Team2
28 February 1953	1. Simmeringer SC	SK Sturm Graz	2-1
1 March 1953	SK Admira Wien	LASK	1-0
1 March 1953	Grazer AK	First Vienna FC	0-1
1 March 1953	Grazer SC	SK Rapid Wien	1-0
1 March 1953	SAK 1914	FK Austria Wien	0-7
1 March 1953	VfB Union Mödling	FC Wien	0-2
1 March 1953	SC Wacker Wien	Floridsdorfer AC	4-0

Round 15

Date	Team 1	Team2
7 March 1953	FK Austria Wien	VfB Union Mödling	10-1
7 March 1953	FC Wien	Grazer AK	1-1
7 March 1953	Floridsdorfer AC	1. Simmeringer SC	3-1
8 March 1953	SK Rapid Wien	SAK 1914	5-3
8 March 1953	SK Sturm Graz	Grazer SC	2-1
8 March 1953	First Vienna FC	LASK	3-1
8 March 1953	SC Wacker Wien	SK Admira Wien	5-1

Round 16

Date	Team 1	Team2
14 March 1953	1. Simmeringer SC	SC Wacker Wien	1-5
15 March 1953	SK Admira Wien	First Vienna FC	1-4
15 March 1953	Grazer AK	FK Austria Wien	1-1
15 March 1953	Grazer SC	Floridsdorfer AC	1-2
15 March 1953	LASK	FC Wien	2-0
15 March 1953	SAK 1914	SK Sturm Graz	2-3
15 March 1953	VfB Union Mödling	SK Rapid Wien	2-5

Round 17

Date	Team 1	Team2
27 March 1953	SC Wacker Wien	Grazer SC	4-1
28 March 1953	1. Simmeringer SC	SK Admira Wien	1-0
28 March 1953	Floridsdorfer AC	SAK 1914	3-2
28 March 1953	SK Rapid Wien	Grazer AK	5-1
29 March 1953	FK Austria Wien	LASK	3-0
29 March 1953	FC Wien	First Vienna FC	0-3
29 March 1953	SK Sturm Graz	VfB Union Mödling	1-1

Round 18

Date	Team 1	Team2
11 April 1953	Grazer SC	1. Simmeringer SC	4-2
12 April 1953	SK Admira Wien	FC Wien	0-0
12 April 1953	SAK 1914	SC Wacker Wien	1-8
12 April 1953	Grazer AK	SK Sturm Graz	2-1
12 April 1953	LASK	SK Rapid Wien	0-3
12 April 1953	VfB Union Mödling	Floridsdorfer AC	0-1
12 April 1953	First Vienna FC	FK Austria Wien	5-2

Round 19

Date	Team 1	Team2
18 April 1953	1. Simmeringer SC	SAK 1914	2-0
18 April 1953	Floridsdorfer AC	Grazer AK	6-0
18 April 1953	Grazer SC	SK Admira Wien	0-5
18 April 1953	SC Wacker Wien	VfB Union Mödling	3-1
19 April 1953	FK Austria Wien	FC Wien	9-0
19 April 1953	SK Rapid Wien	First Vienna FC	2-4
19 April 1953	SK Sturm Graz	LASK	4-3

Round 20

Date	Team 1	Team2
2 May 1953	First Vienna FC	SK Sturm Graz	3-3
3 May 1953	SK Admira Wien	FK Austria Wien	2-3
3 May 1953	FC Wien	SK Rapid Wien	1-5
3 May 1953	Grazer AK	SC Wacker Wien	1-4
3 May 1953	LASK	Floridsdorfer AC	1-2
3 May 1953	SAK 1914	Grazer SC	2-5
3 May 1953	VfB Union Mödling	1. Simmeringer SC	1-0

Round 21

Date	Team 1	Team2
7 May 1953	SAK 1914	SK Admira Wien	2-5
9 May 1953	1. Simmeringer SC	Grazer AK	3-1
9 May 1953	Floridsdorfer AC	First Vienna FC	5-4
9 May 1953	Grazer SC	VfB Union Mödling	1-1
10 May 1953	SK Rapid Wien	FK Austria Wien	4-1
10 May 1953	SK Sturm Graz	FC Wien	2-2
10 May 1953	SC Wacker Wien	LASK	4-1

Round 22

Date	Team 1	Team2
16 May 1953	FK Austria Wien	SK Sturm Graz	3-1
16 May 1953	FC Wien	Floridsdorfer AC	1-3
17 May 1953	SK Admira Wien	SK Rapid Wien	3-1
17 May 1953	Grazer AK	Grazer SC	3-4
17 May 1953	LASK	1. Simmeringer SC	0-1
17 May 1953	VfB Union Mödling	SAK 1914	4-1
17 May 1953	First Vienna FC	SC Wacker Wien	3-5

Round 23

Date	Team 1	Team2
30 May 1953	FC Wien	SC Wacker Wien	0-1
30 May 1953	Floridsdorfer AC	FK Austria Wien	2-6
30 May 1953	Grazer SC	LASK	2-2
31 May 1953	1. Simmeringer SC	First Vienna FC	2-2
31 May 1953	SK Sturm Graz	SK Rapid Wien	3-3
31 May 1953	SAK 1914	Grazer AK	1-4
31 May 1953	VfB Union Mödling	SK Admira Wien	0-0

Round 24

Date	Team 1	Team2
6 June 1953	SK Sturm Graz	SK Admira Wien	1-1
6 June 1953	FC Wien	1. Simmeringer SC	4-1
6 June 1953	First Vienna FC	Grazer SC	9-1
7 June 1953	FK Austria Wien	SC Wacker Wien	1-1
7 June 1953	Grazer AK	VfB Union Mödling	3-4
7 June 1953	LASK	SAK 1914	2-0
7 June 1953	SK Rapid Wien	Floridsdorfer AC	12-4

Round 25

Date	Team 1	Team2
13 June 1953	1. Simmeringer SC	FK Austria Wien	2-4
13 June 1953	Floridsdorfer AC	SK Sturm Graz	2-6
13 June 1953	Grazer SC	FC Wien	3-2
14 June 1953	Grazer AK	SK Admira Wien	3-0
14 June 1953	SAK 1914	First Vienna FC	0-5
14 June 1953	VfB Union Mödling	LASK	0-3
14 June 1953	SC Wacker Wien	SK Rapid Wien	3-3

Round 26

Date	Team 1	Team2
20 June 1953	SK Admira Wien	Floridsdorfer AC	8-1
20 June 1953	First Vienna FC	VfB Union Mödling	0-1
21 June 1953	FK Austria Wien	Grazer SC	12-3
21 June 1953	FC Wien	SAK 1914	6-1
21 June 1953	LASK	Grazer AK	3-3
21 June 1953	SK Rapid Wien	1. Simmeringer SC	4-3
21 June 1953	SK Sturm Graz	SC Wacker Wien	2-7

Champion squad

FK Austria Wien
Lukas Aurednik , Otto Binder, Oskar Fischer, Adolf Huber, Friedrich Komenik, Karl Kowanz, Otto Melchior , Ernst Melchior, Ernst Ocwirk, Julius Ondreiska , Rudolf Pichler , Walter Schleger, Paul Schweda, Ernst Stojaspal, Karl Stotz, Franz Swoboda Coachː Heinrich Müller

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Top scorer

Name	Club	Goals
Ernst Stojaspal	FK Austria Wien	30
Ernst Bokon	SC Wacker Wien	29
Robert Dienst	SK Rapid Wien	29

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References

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↑ The match was abandoned in the 68th minute when spectators invaded the pitch. The match was penalized with a 3-0 defeat. The LASK pitch was suspended for three matches.
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[6] Austria Soccer

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[8] The match was abandoned in the 68th minute when spectators invaded the pitch. The match was penalized with a 3-0 defeat. The LASK pitch was suspended for three matches.

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