The 1940–41 Gauliga Ostmark was the third 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 ...

, the first tier of football in German-

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Austria from 1938 to 1945, officially referred to as ''

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''.

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won the championship and qualified for the 1941 German football championship which it won by defeating

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4–3 in the final. 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 1940–41 season saw three new clubs in the league,

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and Linzer ASK. Compare to the previous season the league had seen an expansion from eight to ten teams.

Results

References

External links

Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv
Historic German league tables {{DEFAULTSORT:1940-41 Gauliga Ostmark Gauliga Ostmark seasons

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1940–41 in German football leagues