1940–41 Gauliga Ostmark Explained

Competition:	Gauliga Ostmark
Season:	1940–41
Winners:	SK Rapid Wien
Relegated:	Grazer SCLinzer ASK
Continentalcup1:	German championship
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:	SK Rapid Wien
Prevseason:	1939–40
Nextseason:	1941–42

See main article: 1940–41 Gauliga. The 1940–41 Gauliga Ostmark was the third season of the Gauliga Ostmark, the first tier of football in German-annexed Austria from 1938 to 1945, officially referred to as Ostmark.^[1]

SK Rapid Wien won the championship and qualified for the 1941 German football championship which it won by defeating FC Schalke 04 4–3 in the final.^{[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 1940–41 season saw three new clubs in the league, Floridsdorfer AC, Grazer SC and Linzer ASK. Compare to the previous season the league had seen an expansion from eight to ten teams.

External links

• Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv Historic German league tables

Notes and References

1. Web site: Where's My Country? Austrian clubs in the German football structure 1938-1944 . Rsssf.com . 18 January 2016.
2. Web site: Germany 1940–41 . claudionicoletti.eu . 17 January 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160113023423/http://www.claudionicoletti.eu/wordpress2/campionati-nazionali-in-europa/all-final-tables/f-r-germany-league-final-tables/frg-1940-41/ . 13 January 2016 . dead .
3. Web site: German championship 1941 . Rsssf.com . 17 January 2016.
4. Web site: Österreichs Meister. bundesliga.at. Austrian Football Bundesliga. 19 January 2016. de. Austrian championship. https://web.archive.org/web/20130628054111/http://www.bundesliga.at/index.php?id=95. 2013-06-28. dead.