The 1938–39 Gauliga Ostmark was the inaugural season of the

Gauliga Ostmark The Gauliga Ostmark, renamed Gauliga Donau-Alpenland in 1941, was the highest football league in Austria after its annexation by Germany in 1938. Shortly after the occupation, the Nazis reorganised the administrative regions in Austria, and the se ...

and organized by the

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(german: Nationalsozialistischer Reichsbund für Leibesübungen), the organizing body for sports in

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. In March 1938, Nazi Germany annexed

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in what is commonly referred to as the ''

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'', with the Gauliga Ostmark formed as a consequence. Austria and the Austrian football championship thereby ceased to exist until the end of the

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won the championship and qualified for the

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where it lost 9–0 in the final to

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. 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

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Table

The 1938–39 season saw four new clubs in the league,

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, SK Amateure Steyr and Reichsbahn Wacker Wiener Neustadt.

Results

References

External links

Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv
Historic German league tables {{DEFAULTSORT:1938-39 Gauliga Ostmark Gauliga Ostmark seasons

1 1938–39 in German football leagues