1941-42 Austrian football championship

Gauliga Ostmark
Season	1941-42
Champions	First Vienna FC
Relegated	Post SG Wien
Matches played	90
Goals scored	364 (4.04 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ernst Reitermaier; (20 goals)
	← 1940-41 1942-43 →

The Gauliga Donau-Alpenland 1941/42 (also Fußball-Sportbereichsklasse Donau-Alpenland 1941/42) was the fourth season of the Gauliga Ostmark in annexed Austria. First Vienna FC 1894 became champions of the Gauliga for the first time and Austrian football champions for the third time. Vienna qualified for the 1941/42 German football championship, which was played in a knockout system that year. They reached the final. They lost 2-0 to FC Schalke 04.

Post SV Wien ^[1] was relegated from the Gauliga. The season originally started with ten teams. SK Sturm Graz ended the game prematurely in February 1942 with 6 points from 11 games. The held games were canceled.

Table

Pl.	Name	M	W	D	L	P
1.	First Vienna FC	16	11	3	2	25
2.	FC Wien	16	8	5	3	21
3.	SK Rapid Wien	16	8	3	5	19
4.	FK Austria Wien	16	5	7	4	17
5.	Floridsdorfer AC	16	7	3	6	17
6.	SC Wacker Wien	16	7	2	7	16
7.	Wiener Sport-Club	16	6	3	7	15
8.	SK Admira Wien	16	5	3	8	13
9.	Post SG Wien	16	0	1	1	9
10	SK Sturm Graz ^[2]	10	3	0	7	6

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Matches

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Round 1

Date	Team 1	Team2
31 August 1941	SK Admira Wien	FC Wien	0-0
31 August 1941	FK Austria Wien	SC Wacker Wien	6-0
31 August 1941	Post SV Wien	SK Rapid Wien	1-3
31 August 1941	First Vienna FC	SK Sturm Graz	1-0
31 August 1941	Wiener Sport-Club	Floridsdorfer AC	4-3

Round 2

Date	Team 1	Team2
6 September 1941	FC Wien	Post SV Wien	4-0
6 September 1941	Floridsdorfer AC	First Vienna FC	1-0
7 September 1941	SK Rapid Wien	Wiener Sport-Club	2-1
7 September 1941	SK Sturm Graz	FK Austria Wien	0-2
7 September 1941	SC Wacker Wien	SK Admira Wien	6-2

Round 3

Date	Team 1	Team2
21 September 1941	Floridsdorfer AC	SK Rapid Wien	2-4
21 September 1941	SK Sturm Graz	Post SV Wien	3-1
21 September 1941	Wiener Sport-Club	SC Wacker Wien	0-3
30 November 1941	SK Admira Wien	FK Austria Wien	7-0 ^[7]
30 November 1941	First Vienna FC	FC Wien	0-4

Round 4

Date	Team 1	Team2
5 October 1941	SK Admira Wien	SK Sturm Graz	1-2
5 October 1941	FK Austria Wien	Floridsdorfer AC	3-2 ^[8]
5 October 1941	FC Wien	SC Wacker Wien	4-4
5 October 1941	Post SV Wien	Wiener Sport-Club	1-4
5 October 1941	First Vienna FC	SK Rapid Wien	4-1

Round 5

Date	Team 1	Team2
11 October 1941	Wiener Sport-Club	First Vienna FC	4-4
12 October 1941	Post SV Wien	SC Wacker Wien	0-4
12 October 1941	SK Rapid Wien	FK Austria Wien	2-2
12 October 1941	SK Sturm Graz	FC Wien	0-3
8 November 1941	Floridsdorfer AC	SK Admira Wien	2-3

Round 6

Date	Team 1	Team2
18 October 1941	Post SV Wien	First Vienna FC	0-6
19 October 1941	SK Admira Wien	SK Rapid Wien	0-4
19 October 1941	FK Austria Wien	Wiener Sport-Club	3-2
19 October 1941	FC Wien	Floridsdorfer AC	3-3
19 October 1941	SC Wacker Wien	SK Sturm Graz	6-1

Round 7

Date	Team 1	Team2
2 November 1941	SK Admira Wien	Post SV Wien	6-2
2 November 1941	Floridsdorfer AC	SC Wacker Wien	4-4
2 November 1941	SK Rapid Wien	FC Wien	0-4
2 November 1941	First Vienna FC	FK Austria Wien	1-1
2 November 1941	Wiener Sport-Club	SK Sturm Graz	8-0

Round 8

Date	Team 1	Team2
16 November 1941	Post SV Wien	FK Austria Wien	1-5
16 November 1941	First Vienna FC	SK Admira Wien	5-4
16 November 1941	SC Wacker Wien	SK Rapid Wien	2-0
16 November 1941	Wiener Sport-Club	FC Wien	1-2
30 November 1941	SK Sturm Graz	Floridsdorfer AC	3-0

Round 9

Date	Team 1	Team2
23 November 1941	FK Austria Wien	FC Wien	4-0
23 November 1941	Floridsdorfer AC	Post SV Wien	6-5
23 November 1941	SK Rapid Wien	SK Sturm Graz	8-0
23 November 1941	SC Wacker Wien	First Vienna FC	2-3
23 November 1941	Wiener Sport-Club	SK Admira Wien	3-2

Round 10

Date	Team 1	Team2
4 January 1942	Floridsdorfer AC	Wiener Sport-Club	2-5
4 January 1942	SK Rapid Wien	Post SV Wien	2-0
4 January 1942	SK Sturm Graz	First Vienna FC	0-4
15 February 1942	FC Wien	SK Admira Wien	4-1
15 February 1942	SC Wacker Wien	FK Austria Wien	1-4

Round 11

Date	Team 1	Team2
7 December 1941	FK Austria Wien	SK Sturm Graz	6-0
11 January 1942	First Vienna FC	Floridsdorfer AC	7-2
11 January 1942	Wiener Sport-Club	SK Rapid Wien	4-2
18 January 1942	Post SV Wien	FC Wien	0-8
8 March 1942	SK Admira Wien	SC Wacker Wien	2-3

Round 12

Date	Team 1	Team2
7 December 1941	SK Rapid Wien	Floridsdorfer AC	10-2
7 December 1941	SC Wacker Wien	Wiener Sport-Club	3-2
22 February 1942	FK Austria Wien	SK Admira Wien	2-3
22 February 1942	FC Wien	First Vienna FC	1-2

Round 13

Date	Team 1	Team2
8 March 1942	Wiener Sport-Club	Post SV Wien	9-0
15 March 1942	Floridsdorfer AC	FK Austria Wien	1-1
15 March 1942	SK Rapid Wien	First Vienna FC	0-1
15 March 1942	SC Wacker Wien	FC Wien	2-4

Round 14

Date	Team 1	Team2
22 March 1942	SK Admira Wien	Floridsdorfer AC	1-2
22 March 1942	FK Austria Wien	SK Rapid Wien	3-4
22 March 1942	First Vienna FC	Wiener Sport-Club	5-1
22 March 1942	SC Wacker Wien	Post SV Wien	4-0

Round 15

Date	Team 1	Team2
29 March 1942	SK Rapid Wien	SK Admira Wien	1-1
29 March 1942	Wiener Sport-Club	FK Austria Wien	1-1
6 April 1942	Floridsdorfer AC	FC Wien	3-1
6 April 1942	First Vienna FC	Post SV Wien	6-0

Round 16

Date	Team 1	Team2
7 December 1941	Post SV Wien	SK Admira Wien	0-6
5 April 1942	FK Austria Wien	First Vienna FC	1-1
4 April 1942	SC Wacker Wien	Floridsdorfer AC	2-4
5 April 1942	FC Wien	SK Rapid Wien	2-2

Round 17

Date	Team 1	Team2
12 April 1942	SK Admira Wien	First Vienna FC	3-4
12 April 1942	FK Austria Wien	Post SV Wien	0-0
12 April 1942	FC Wien	Wiener Sport-Club	3-0
5 April 1942	SK Rapid Wien	SC Wacker Wien	2-1

Round 18

Date	Team 1	Team2
15 March 1942	SK Admira Wien	Wiener Sport-Club First Vienna FC	2-2
19 April 1942	FC Wien	FK Austria Wien	1-1
19 April 1942	Post SV Wien	Floridsdorfer AC	0-2
19 April 1942	First Vienna FC	SC Wacker Wien	2-1

Champion squad

Goalkeeper: Stefan Ploc

Defender: Otto Kaller, Willibald Schmaus, Gustav Thaler, Luchs

Midfielders: Vitus Kubicka, Ernst Sabeditsch, Franz Jaburek, Nowotny, Novak

Forwards: Franz Holeschofsky, Karl Decker, Richard Fischer, Johann Artmann, Karl Bortoli, Karl Lechner, Barylli, Friedrich Gschweidl, Pabisch

Top scorer

Name	Club	Goals
Franz Jelinek	Wiener Sport-Club	18
Ernst Reitermaier	SC Wacker Wien	17
Karl Decker	First Vienna FC	14
Karl Kerbach	Floridsdorfer AC	14

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References

↑ Post SV changed its name to Post SG on October 10, 1941.
↑ Withdrew from playing during the season due to a lack of players, but was allowed to take part in the coming Gauliga season again.
↑ Austria Soccer
↑ The games were often scheduled arbitrarily by the person in charge.The home advantage was not important,only Rapid and Wacker played on their home pitches. Most of the matches were played as double events
↑ Austria Soccer
↑ All matches of Sturm were not rated-SK Sturm withdrew from playing.
↑ 3 red cards for Austria. Leopold Stroh II attacked the referee in the dressing room after the game.
↑ Verified for FAC. Safarik was not eligible to play for Austria.
↑ Austria Soccer

[1] Post SV changed its name to Post SG on October 10, 1941.

[2] Withdrew from playing during the season due to a lack of players, but was allowed to take part in the coming Gauliga season again.

[3] Austria Soccer

[4] The games were often scheduled arbitrarily by the person in charge.The home advantage was not important,only Rapid and Wacker played on their home pitches. Most of the matches were played as double events

[5] Austria Soccer

[6] All matches of Sturm were not rated-SK Sturm withdrew from playing.

[7] 3 red cards for Austria. Leopold Stroh II attacked the referee in the dressing room after the game.

[8] Verified for FAC. Safarik was not eligible to play for Austria.

[9] Austria Soccer

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