1959-60 Austrian football championship

Staatsliga A
Season	1959-60
Dates	29 August 1959 - 12 June 1960
Champions	SK Rapid Wien
Promoted	1. Schwechater SC, SVS Linz, FC Dornbirn
Relegated	Kremser SC , WSV Donawitz , Admira -Energie
Goals scored	782 (4,30 per match)
Top goalscorer	Friedrich Cejka Wiener AC (28 goals)
	← 1958-59 1960-61 →

The 1959-60 Austrian football championship was organized by the Austrian Football Association. The Regionalliga Ost (Vienna, Lower Austria, Burgenland), the Regionalliga Middle (Carinthia, Upper Austria, Styria) and the Regionalliga Salzburg and the Arlberg League (Tyrol, Vorarlberg) served as the lower tier of the highest league.The regional leagues of the Austrian federal associations served as the 3rd tier.

SK Rapid Wien reached their 22nd title. Kremser SC , WSV Donawitz , Admira -Energie were relegated. 1. Schwechater SC (Regionalliga Ost), SVS Linz (Regionalliga Mitte) and FC Dornbirn (Arlbergliga, after promotion play-off ) were promoted for the 1960-61 season.

Final table

Table mode (in case of equal points): 1st criterion goal quotient.

Pl.	Name	M	W	D	L	P
1.	SK Rapid Wien	26	20	6	0	46
2.	Wiener Sport-Club	26	17	4	5	38 ^[1]
3.	Wiener AC	26	17	4	5	38 ^[2]
4.	First Vienna FC	26	17	4	5	38^[3]
5.	FK Austria Wien	26	12	6	8	30
6.	1. Simmeringer SC	26	11	6	9	28
7.	LASK	26	9	8	9	26
8.	SC Wacker Wien	26	7	6	13	20^[4]
9.	Wiener Neustädter SC	26	6	8	12	20^[5]
10.	Grazer AK	26	7	5	14	19^[6]
11.	SV Austria Salzburg	25	5	9	13	19^[7]
12.	Kremser SC	26	6	6	14	18
13.	WSV Donawitz	26	7	3	16	17
14.	SK Admira-Energie Wien ^[8]	26	3	5	18	11

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Matches

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Round 1

Date	Team 1	Team2
29 August 1959	SC Wiener Neustadt	SK Rapid Wien	1-4
29 August 1959	SK Admira Wien	Grazer AK	1-2
29 August 1959	Wiener AC	Wiener Sport-Club	2-3
30 August 1959	1. Simmeringer SC	SC Wacker Wien	1-0
30 August 1959	FK Austria Wien	SV Austria Salzburg	3-1
30 August 1959	Kremser SC	First Vienna FC	2-2
30 August 1959	LASK	WSV Donawitz	2-1

Round 2

Date	Team 1	Team2
5 September 1959	SK Rapid Wien	FK Austria Wien	1-2
6 September 1959	Grazer AK	SC Wiener Neustadt	4-1
6 September 1959	LASK	1. Simmeringer SC	4-0
6 September 1959	First Vienna FC	Wiener AC	3-1
6 September 1959	WSV Donawitz	SV Austria Salzburg	3-2
6 September 1959	SC Wacker Wien	Kremser SC	2-4
6 September 1959	Wiener Sport-Club	SK Admira Wien	7-1

Round 3

Date	Team 1	Team2
12 September 1959	SC Wiener Neustadt	Wiener Sport-Club	5-2
12 September 1959	SK Admira Wien	First Vienna FC	1-4
12 September 1959	FK Austria Wien	Grazer AK	4-3
13 September 1959	1. Simmeringer SC	WSV Donawitz	7-1
13 September 1959	SV Austria Salzburg	SK Rapid Wien	1-6
13 September 1959	Kremser SC	LASK	1-2 ^[11]
13 September 1959	Wiener AC	SC Wacker Wien	4-0

Round 4

Date	Team 1	Team2
19 September 1959	1. Simmeringer SC	Kremser SC	2-1
19 September 1959	Grazer AK	SV Austria Salzburg	5-1
20 September 1959	First Vienna FC	SC Wiener Neustadt	3-1
20 September 1959	LASK	Wiener AC	1-2
20 September 1959	WSV Donawitz	SK Rapid Wien	0-2
20 September 1959	SC Wacker Wien	SK Admira Wien	5-2
20 September 1959	Wiener Sport-Club	FK Austria Wien	2-2

Round 5

Date	Team 1	Team2
26 September 1959	SC Wiener Neustadt	SC Wacker Wien	1-1
26 September 1959	SK Admira Wien	LASK	1-2
26 September 1959	Kremser SC	WSV Donawitz	1-1
26 September 1959	SK Rapid Wien	Grazer AK	4-2
27 September 1959	SV Austria Salzburg	Wiener Sport-Club	1-4
27 September 1959	FK Austria Wien	First Vienna FC	2-3
27 September 1959	Wiener AC	1. Simmeringer SC	1-1

Round 6

Date	Team 1	Team2
3 October 1959	1. Simmeringer SC	SK Admira Wien	0-2
3 October 1959	WSV Donawitz	Grazer AK	3-2
3 October 1959	SC Wacker Wien	FK Austria Wien	2-3
4 October 1959	LASK	SC Wiener Neustadt	1-1
4 October 1959	Kremser SC	Wiener AC	1-2
4 October 1959	First Vienna FC	SV Austria Salzburg	7-1
4 October 1959	Wiener Sport-Club	SK Rapid Wien	2-2

Round 7

Date	Team 1	Team2
10 October 1959	Grazer AK	Wiener AC	2-2
10 October 1959	SK Rapid Wien	SK Admira Wien	3-1
10 October 1959	First Vienna FC	1. Simmeringer SC	4-2
11 October 1959	SV Austria Salzburg	SC Wiener Neustadt	2-0
11 October 1959	FK Austria Wien	WSV Donawitz	5-0
11 October 1959	SC Wacker Wien	LASK	3-3
11 October 1959	Wiener Sport-Club	Kremser SC	5-1

Round 8

Date	Team 1	Team2
17 October 1959	SC Wiener Neustadt	1. Simmeringer SC	3-2
17 October 1959	SK Rapid Wien	First Vienna FC	4-1
17 October 1959	Wiener AC	WSV Donawitz	6-1
18 October 1959	SK Admira Wien	Kremser SC	3-0
18 October 1959	SV Austria Salzburg	SC Wacker Wien	3-2
18 October 1959	FK Austria Wien	LASK	4-1
18 October 1959	Grazer AK	Wiener Sport-Club	0-2

Round 9

Date	Team 1	Team2
24 October 1959	First Vienna FC	Grazer AK	4-0
25 October 1959	1. Simmeringer SC	FK Austria Wien	1-0
25 October 1959	Kremser SC	SC Wiener Neustadt	3-4
25 October 1959	LASK	SV Austria Salzburg	3-3
25 October 1959	WSV Donawitz	Wiener Sport-Club	0-1
25 October 1959	SC Wacker Wien	SK Rapid Wien	1-3
25 October 1959	Wiener AC	SK Admira Wien	3-1

Round 10

Date	Team 1	Team2
31 October 1959	SC Wiener Neustadt	Wiener AC	1-2
31 October 1959	SK Admira Wien	WSV Donawitz	1-2
31 October 1959	SV Austria Salzburg	1. Simmeringer SC	1-1
31 October 1959	Grazer AK	SC Wacker Wien	3-1
31 October 1959	SK Rapid Wien	LASK	5-1
31 October 1959	Wiener Sport-Club	First Vienna FC	1-3
1 November 1959	FK Austria Wien	Kremser SC	5-3

Round 11

Date	Team 1	Team2
7 November 1959	1. Simmeringer SC	SK Rapid Wien	2-2
8 November 1959	SK Admira Wien	SC Wiener Neustadt	4-4
8 November 1959	Kremser SC	SV Austria Salzburg	3-1
8 November 1959	LASK	Grazer AK	3-1
8 November 1959	WSV Donawitz	First Vienna FC	2-4
8 November 1959	SC Wacker Wien	Wiener Sport-Club	1-3
8 November 1959	Wiener AC	FK Austria Wien	1-2

Round 12

Date	Team 1	Team2
14 November 1959	Grazer AK	1. Simmeringer SC	1-2
14 November 1959	SK Rapid Wien	Kremser SC	7-1
14 November 1959	Wiener Sport-Club	LASK	1-0
15 November 1959	SC Wiener Neustadt	WSV Donawitz	6-2
15 November 1959	SV Austria Salzburg	Wiener AC	1-3
15 November 1959	FK Austria Wien	SK Admira Wien	7-0
15 November 1959	First Vienna FC	SC Wacker Wien	4-1

Round 13

Date	Team 1	Team2
28 November 1959	1. Simmeringer SC	Wiener Sport-Club	2-0
29 November 1959	SC Wiener Neustadt	FK Austria Wien	1-2
29 November 1959	Admira-Energie Wien ^[12]	SV Austria Salzburg	0-3
29 November 1959	Kremser SC	Grazer AK	1-1
29 November 1959	LASK	First Vienna FC	2-2
29 November 1959	WSV Donawitz	SC Wacker Wien	3-1
29 November 1959	Wiener AC	SK Rapid Wien	1-2

Round 14

Date	Team 1	Team2
27 February 1960	Grazer AK	Admira-Energie Wien	2-0
27 February 1960	Wiener Sport-Club	Wiener AC	4-1
28 February 1960	SV Austria Salzburg	FK Austria Wien	2-2
28 February 1960	SK Rapid Wien	SC Wiener Neustadt	5-1
28 February 1960	First Vienna FC	Kremser SC	3-1
28 February 1960	SC Wacker Wien	1. Simmeringer SC	1-0
2 March 1960	WSV Donawitz	LASK	5-1

Round 15

Date	Team 1	Team2
5 March 1960	FK Austria Wien	SK Rapid Wien	1-3
6 March 1960	SC Wiener Neustadt	Grazer AK	1-1
6 March 1960	1. Simmeringer SC	LASK	3-6
6 March 1960	Admira-Energie Wien	Wiener Sport-Club	2-2
6 March 1960	SV Austria Salzburg	WSV Donawitz	3-1
6 March 1960	Kremser SC	SC Wacker Wien	4-3
6 March 1960	Wiener AC	First Vienna FC	6-2

Round 16

Date	Team 1	Team2
12 March 1960	SK Rapid Wien	SV Austria Salzburg	2-2
12 March 1960	Wiener Sport-Club	SC Wiener Neustadt	9-0
13 March 1960	LASK	Kremser SC	5-4
13 March 1960	First Vienna FC	Admira-Energie Wien	4-0
13 March 1960	SC Wacker Wien	Wiener AC	0-1
16 March 1960	Grazer AK	FK Austria Wien	1-1
16 March 1960	WSV Donawitz	1. Simmeringer SC	1-2

Round 17

Date	Team 1	Team2
19 March 1960	FK Austria Wien	Wiener Sport-Club	1-4
19 March 1960	Wiener AC	LASK	3-1
20 March 1960	SC Wiener Neustadt	First Vienna FC	4-3
20 March 1960	Admira-Energie Wien	SC Wacker Wien	0-0
20 March 1960	SV Austria Salzburg	Grazer AK	3-3
20 March 1960	Kremser SC	1. Simmeringer SC	2-0
20 March 1960	SK Rapid Wien	WSV Donawitz	5-0

Round 18

Date	Team 1	Team2
2 April 1960	1. Simmeringer SC	Wiener AC	2-5
2 April 1960	Grazer AK	SK Rapid Wien	0-1
2 April 1960	LASK	Admira-Energie Wien	3-0
3 April 1960	First Vienna FC	FK Austria Wien	3-2
3 April 1960	WSV Donawitz	Kremser SC	1-1
3 April 1960	SC Wacker Wien	SC Wiener Neustadt	1-1
3 April 1960	Wiener Sport-Club	SV Austria Salzburg	2-0

Round 19

Date	Team 1	Team2
9 April 1960	SC Wiener Neustadt	LASK	3-3
9 April 1960	Admira-Energie Wien	1. Simmeringer SC	2-2
9 April 1960	FK Austria Wien	SC Wacker Wien	1-6
10 April 1960	SV Austria Salzburg	First Vienna FC	1-2
10 April 1960	Grazer AK	WSV Donawitz	3-1
10 April 1960	SK Rapid Wien	Wiener Sport-Club	6-1
10 April 1960	Wiener AC	Kremser SC	2-2

Round 20

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Date	Team 1	Team2
18 June 1960	SC Wiener Neustadt	SV Austria Salzburg	1-1
18 June 1960	1. Simmeringer SC	First Vienna FC	6-3
18 June 1960	Admira-Energie Wien	SK Rapid Wien	2-3
18 June 1960	Kremser SC	Wiener Sport-Club	0-2
18 June 1960	LASK	SC Wacker Wien	1-4
18 June 1960	WSV Donawitz	FK Austria Wien	1-1
18 June 1960	Wiener AC	Grazer AK	2-1

Round 21

Date	Team 1	Team2
23 April 1960	LASK	FK Austria Wien	1-1
23 April 1960	SC Wacker Wien	SV Austria Salzburg	4-2
23 April 1960	Wiener Sport-Club	Grazer AK	3-0
24 April 1960	Kremser SC	Admira-Energie Wien	2-0
24 April 1960	First Vienna FC	SK Rapid Wien	2-2
24 April 1960	WSV Donawitz	Wiener AC	0-1
24 April 1960	1. Simmeringer SC	SC Wiener Neustadt	4-0

Round 22

Date	Team 1	Team2
8 May 1960	SC Wiener Neustadt	Kremser SC	2-3
8 May 1960	Admira-Energie Wien	Wiener AC	1-4
8 May 1960	SV Austria Salzburg	LASK	0-0
8 May 1960	FK Austria Wien	1. Simmeringer SC	2-2
8 May 1960	Grazer AK	First Vienna FC	2-3
8 May 1960	SK Rapid Wien	SC Wacker Wien	5-0
8 May 1960	Wiener Sport-Club	WSV Donawitz	5-0

Round 23

Date	Team 1	Team2
14 May 1960	LASK	SK Rapid Wien	1-1
14 May 1960	First Vienna FC	Wiener Sport-Club	1-2
14 May 1960	Wiener AC	SC Wiener Neustadt	4-4
15 May 1960	1. Simmeringer SC	SV Austria Salzburg	1-1
15 May 1960	Kremser SC	FK Austria Wien	1-4
15 May 1960	WSV Donawitz	Admira-Energie Wien	2-1
15 May 1960	SC Wacker Wien	Grazer AK	2-0

Round 24

Date	Team 1	Team2
21 May 1960	SC Wiener Neustadt	Admira-Energie Wien	2-1
21 May 1960	FK Austria Wien	Wiener AC	2-4
21 May 1960	Grazer AK	LASK	2-4
21 May 1960	Wiener Sport-Club	SC Wacker Wien	1-1
22 May 1960	SV Austria Salzburg	Kremser SC	2-0
22 May 1960	SK Rapid Wien	1. Simmeringer SC	4-0
22 May 1960	First Vienna FC	WSV Donawitz	6-1

Round 25

Date	Team 1	Team2
4 June 1960	1. Simmeringer SC	Grazer AK	5-2
4 June 1960	Admira-Energie Wien	FK Austria Wien	2-1
4 June 1960	LASK	Wiener Sport-Club	2-3
4 June 1960	Wiener AC	SV Austria Salzburg	7-2
5 June 1960	Kremser SC	SK Rapid Wien	2-2
5 June 1960	WSV Donawitz	SC Wiener Neustadt	5-2
5 June 1960	SC Wacker Wien	First Vienna FC	2-2

Round 26

Date	Team 1	Team2
11 June 1960	SV Austria Salzburg	Admira-Energie Wien	2-2
11 June 1960	FK Austria Wien	SC Wiener Neustadt	7-0
11 June 1960	Grazer AK	Kremser SC	2-0
11 June 1960	First Vienna FC	LASK	3-1
11 June 1960	SC Wacker Wien	WSV Donawitz	3-2
12 June 1960	SK Rapid Wien	Wiener AC	3-4
12 June 1960	Wiener Sport-Club	1. Simmeringer SC	0-1

Champion squad

SK Rapid Wien
Walter Zeman, Dieter Pflug, Josef Eder – Walter Glechner, Wilhelm Zaglitsch, Josef Höltl, Lambert Lenzinger – Lothar Bilek, Stefan Zajic, Paul Halla, Karl Giesser – Rudolf Flögel, Herbert Schaffranek, Peter Reiter, Rudolf Nuske, Kurt Linder, Gerhard Hanappi, Walter Skocik, Josef Bertalan, Robert Dienst – Coach: Robert Körner

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Top scorer

Name	Club	Goals
Fritz Cejka	Wiener AC	28
Ernst Kaltenbrunner	Wiener AC	26
Robert Dienst	SK Rapid Wien	25
Erich Hof	Wiener Sport-Club	25
Helmut Senekowitsch	First Vienna FC	25

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References

↑ 2,03
↑ 1,72
↑ 1,6̟2
↑ 0,82
↑ 0,62
↑ 0,82
↑ 0,63
↑ Admira Wien was renamed Admira-Energie Wien in November 1959.
↑ Austria Soccer
↑ Austria Soccer
↑ Spectators on the pitch attacked Linz players and the referee shortly before the end of the game (without stopping the game). Bardoun (Krems) attacked Walzhofer after the 1-2 without being sent off.
↑ Admira Wien was renamed Admira-Energie Wien in November 1959.
↑ Why this round was scheduled at the end of the season is unknown.
↑ Austria Soccer
↑ Austria Soccer

[1] 2,03

[2] 1,72

[3] 1,6̟2

[4] 0,82

[5] 0,62

[6] 0,82

[7] 0,63

[8] Admira Wien was renamed Admira-Energie Wien in November 1959.

[9] Austria Soccer

[10] Austria Soccer

[11] Spectators on the pitch attacked Linz players and the referee shortly before the end of the game (without stopping the game). Bardoun (Krems) attacked Walzhofer after the 1-2 without being sent off.

[12] Admira Wien was renamed Admira-Energie Wien in November 1959.

[13] Why this round was scheduled at the end of the season is unknown.

[14] Austria Soccer

[15] Austria Soccer

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