1943–44 Gauliga Donau-Alpenland

Gauliga Donau-Alpenland
Season	1943–44
Champions	First Vienna FC
Relegated	LSV Markersdorf an der Pielach SK Amateure Steyr
German championship	First Vienna FC
← 1942–43 1944–45 →

Main article: 1943–44 Gauliga

The 1943–44 Gauliga Donau-Alpenland was the sixth season of the Gauliga Donau-Alpenland, formerly the Gauliga Ostmark, the first tier of football in German-annexed Austria from 1938 to 1945.^[1]

First Vienna FC won the championship and qualified for the 1944 German football championship, reaching the quarter-finals where it lost 3–2 to eventual winners Dresdner SC.^[2]^[3]

The Gauliga Ostmark and Gauliga Donau-Alpenland titles from 1938 to 1944, excluding the 1944–45 season which was not completed, are recognised as official Austrian football championships by the Austrian Bundesliga.^[4]

Table

The 1943–44 season saw two new clubs in the league, LSV Markersdorf an der Pielach and SK Amateure Steyr. Steyr withdrew from the league on 20 April 1944, had its record expunged and was relegated.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	First Vienna FC (C)	16	13	1	2	76	27	+49	27	Qualification to German championship
2	Floridsdorfer AC	16	9	4	3	43	33	+10	22
3	Wiener AC	16	7	2	7	35	37	−2	16
4	FC Wien	16	6	4	6	30	34	−4	16
5	FK Austria Wien	16	8	0	8	35	41	−6	16
6	LSV Markersdorf an der Pielach (R)	16	6	3	7	43	45	−2	15	Relegation
7	SK Rapid Wien	16	5	3	8	37	42	−5	13
8	SC Wacker	16	4	2	10	30	51	−21	10
9	Wiener Sportclub	16	4	1	11	26	45	−19	9

Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

References

↑ "Where's My Country? Austrian clubs in the German football structure 1938-1944". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
↑ "Germany 1943–44". claudionicoletti.eu. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
↑ "German championship 1944". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
↑ "Österreichs Meister" [Austrian championship]. bundesliga.at (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 19 January 2016.

External links

Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv (German) Historic German league tables

Top division football seasons in Austria

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1943–44 in European football

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Domestic leagues	Austria Belgium Bohemia and Moravia Bulgaria '43 '44 Croatia '43 '44 Denmark Estonia '43 '44 Faroe Islands Finland Germany Hungary Iceland '43 '44 Italy Latvia '43 '44 Lithuania Netherlands Palestine Portugal Republic of Ireland Serbia Slovakia Spain Sweden Switzerland

Domestic cups	France Germany '43 Hungary Latvia '43 Netherlands Northern Ireland Portugal Republic of Ireland Spain '43 '44 Switzerland

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