Austrian football champions

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From 1911 until 1923 the Austrian football (soccer) championship was organized by the football association of Niederösterreich (Lower Austria) which was made up only of clubs from the nation's capital of Vienna. The championship was then taken over by the newly formed football association of Vienna (WFV, Wiener Fußball-Verband), which organized the first professional league in continental Europe in 1924-25.

1 List of Austrian national football champions
2 Championships by club
3 By state
4 Name Changes

In 1938 Austria was united with Germany in the Anschluss and the country's football competition became part of the German league structure as the Gauliga Ostmark. For the first time clubs from outside of Vienna were included in top-flight Austrian competition.

Austrian clubs took part in the German championship during this period. An "Austrian champion" would emerge out of divisional play in the Gauliga Ostmark and then move on to the German national playoffs with other Gauliga winners. Austrian clubs enjoyed a considerable measure of success playing in Germany, making three national final appearances and two Tschammerspokal (predecessor of today's German Cup) appearances: Rapid Vienna won the national title in 1941, while First Vienna took the Tschammerspokal in 1943.

Austrian football was again independent after World War II and championship play was limited to Viennese clubs until 1948-49 when clubs from the rest of Austria were re-admitted. In 1965, Linzer ASK became the first team from outside the capital to claim the Austrian title, leading the way for clubs such as FC Wacker Innsbruck, VÖEST Linz, SV Austria Salzburg, Sturm Graz, and Grazer AK.

[edit] List of Austrian national football champions

2006 Austria Vienna
2005 Rapid Vienna
2004 Grazer AK (GAK)
2003 Austria Vienna
2002 FC Tirol Innsbruck
2001 FC Tirol Innsbruck
2000 FC Tirol
1999 Sturm Graz
1998 Sturm Graz
1997 SV Salzburg
1996 Rapid Vienna
1995 SV Salzburg
1994 SV Salzburg
1993 Austria Vienna
1992 Austria Vienna
1991 Austria Vienna
1990 FC Swarovski Tirol
1989 FC Swarovski Tirol
1988 Rapid Vienna
1987 Rapid Vienna
1986 Austria Vienna
1985 Austria Vienna
1984 Austria Vienna
1983 Rapid Vienna
1982 Rapid Vienna
1981 Austria Vienna
1980 Austria Vienna
1979 Austria Vienna
1978 Austria Vienna
1977 Wacker Innsbruck
1976 Austria Vienna/WAC
1975 Wacker Innsbruck
1974 VÖEST Linz
1973 Wacker Innsbruck
1972 Wacker Innsbruck
1971 Wacker Innsbruck
1970 Austria Vienna
1969 Austria Vienna
1968 Rapid Vienna
1967 Rapid Vienna
1966 Admira Vienna
1965 LASK
1964 Rapid Vienna
1963 Austria Vienna
1962 Austria Vienna
1961 Austria Vienna
1960 Rapid Vienna
1959 Wiener Sportclub
1958 Wiener Sportclub
1957 Rapid Vienna
1956 Rapid Vienna
1955 First Vienna FC
1954 Rapid Vienna
1953 Austria Vienna
1952 Rapid Vienna
1951 Rapid Vienna
1950 Austria Vienna
1949 Austria Vienna
1948 Rapid Vienna
1947 Wacker Vienna
1946 Rapid Vienna
1945 Championship not completed
1944 First Vienna FC (Gauliga Ostmark, Germany)
1943 First Vienna FC (Gauliga Ostmark, Germany)
1942 First Vienna FC (Gauliga Ostmark, Germany)
1941 Rapid Vienna (Gauliga Ostmark, Germany)
1940 Rapid Vienna (Gauliga Ostmark, Germany)
1939 Admira Vienna (Gauliga Ostmark, Germany)
1938 Rapid Vienna
1937 Admira Vienna
1936 Admira Vienna
1935 Rapid Vienna
1934 Admira Vienna
1933 First Vienna FC
1932 Admira Vienna
1931 First Vienna FC
1930 Rapid Vienna
1929 Rapid Vienna
1928 Admira Vienna
1927 Admira Vienna
1926 Amateure (Austria Vienna)
1925 Hakoah Vienna
1924 Amateure (Austria Vienna)
1923 Rapid Vienna
1922 Wiener Sportclub
1921 Rapid Vienna
1920 Rapid Vienna
1919 Rapid Vienna
1918 Floridsdorfer AC
1917 Rapid Vienna
1916 Rapid Vienna
1915 Wiener AC (WAC)
1914 Wiener AF (WAF)
1913 Rapid Vienna
1912 Rapid Vienna

[edit] Championships by club

31 Rapid Vienna
23 Austria Vienna
10 FC Wacker Innsbruck (FC Swarovski Tirol, FC Tirol Innsbruck)
8 SK Admira Wien
6 First Vienna FC
3 Wiener Sportclub
3 Red-Bull Salzburg (Austria Salzburg)
2 Sturm Graz
1 GAK, Wiener AC, Wiener AF, VÖEST Linz, LASK, Floridsdorfer AC, SC Hakoah Wien, SC Wacker Wien

[edit] By state

76 Vienna (Rapid, Austria, Admira, First Vienna FC, Wiener Sportklub, WAC, WAF, Floridsdorfer AC, Hakoah and Wacker Vienna)
10 Tirol (Wacker Innsbruck/FC Tirol)
3 Salzburg (SV Salzburg)
3 Styria (Sturm Graz and GAK)
2 Upper Austria (LASK and VÖEST Linz)

[edit] Name Changes

Austria Wien was known as Amateure until 1926.

SK Admira Wien and SC Wacker Wien merged in 1971 to form FC Admira/Wacker and played in the Südstadt Stadium at Maria Enzersdorf in Lower Austria. A subsequent merger with VfB Mödling in 1997 saw the club re-named VfB Admira Wacker Mödling.

FC Wacker Innsbruck changed names frequently and was also briefly united with WSG Wattens. Successor side FC Tirol Innsbruck folded in 2002.

SV Austria Salzburg was re-named FC Red Bull Salzburg after being purchased and re-made by energy drink maker Red Bull in June 2005. A new side using the original name SV Austria Salzburg was established by SV fans the same year and plays today in the lowest league of Salzburg.

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