1941–42 Gauliga Donau-Alpenland Explained

Competition:	Gauliga Donau-Alpenland
Season:	1941–42
Winners:	First Vienna FC
Relegated:	Post SV Wien
Continentalcup1:	German championship
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:	First Vienna FC
Prevseason:	1940–41
Nextseason:	1942–43

See main article: 1941–42 Gauliga. The 1941–42 Gauliga Donau-Alpenland was the fourth 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 1942 German football championship, reaching the final where it lost 2–0 to FC Schalke 04.^{[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 1941–42 season saw two new clubs in the league, Post SV Wien and SK Sturm Graz. Sturm Graz withdrew in February 1942 but kept its league place for the following season.

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 1941–42 . claudionicoletti.eu . 17 January 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160129084632/http://www.claudionicoletti.eu/wordpress2/campionati-nazionali-in-europa/all-final-tables/f-r-germany-league-final-tables/frg-1940-41/frg-1941-42/ . 29 January 2016 . dead .
3. Web site: German championship 1942 . 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.