1972-73 Austrian football championship

Nationalliga
Season	1972-73
Dates	11 August 1972 - 30 June 1973
Champions	SWW Innsbruck
Promoted	1. Simmeringer SC, WSG Radenthein , Rätia Bludenz
Relegated	SC Bregenz, SV Admira Wiener Neustadt
Goals scored	671 (2,71 per match)
Top goalscorer	Wolfgang Breuer SWW Innsbruck (22 goals)
	← 1971-72 1973-74 →

The 1972-73 Austrian football championship was organized by the Austrian Football Association. The regional leagues East (Vienna, Lower Austria, Burgenland), Central (Upper Austria, Styria, Carinthia), and West (Salzburg, Tyrol, Vorarlberg) served as the foundation for the National League. The state leagues of the federal state associations served as the third level.

SSW Innsbruck won the championship for the second time. This season the National League was played by 16 clubs. SC Bregenz and SV Admira Wiener Neustadt were relegated. 1. Simmeringer SC, WSG Radenthein and Rätia Bludenz were promoted for the 1973-74 season.

Final table

Table mode (in case of equal points): 1. Goal difference

Pl.	Name	M	W	D	L	P
1.	SWW Innsbruck	30	18	7	5	43
2.	SK Rapid Wien	30	16	8	6	40
3.	Grazer AK	30	13	10	7	36^[4]
4.	Admira Wacker Wien	30	14	8	8	36^[5]
5.	VOEST Linz	30	14	7	9	35
6.	Linzer ASK	30	11	12	7	34
7.	SV Austria Salzburg	30	13	6	11	32
8.	Wiener Sport-Club	30	11	9	10	31
9.	DSV Alpine	30	10	9	11	29
10.	FK Austria Wien	30	11	5	14	27^[6]
11.	First Vienna FC	30	10	7	13	27^[7]
12.	SK Austria Klagenfurt	30	11	4	15	26
13.	SC Eisenstadt	30	10	5	15	25^[8]
14.	SK Sturm Graz	30	8	9	13	25^[9]
15.	SC Bregenz	30	9	4	17	22
16.	SV Admira Wiener Neustadt	30	3	6	21	12

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Matches

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Round 1

Date	Team 1	Team2
11 August 1972	Admira Wacker	SC Eisenstadt	1-0
11 August 1972	FK Austria Wien	SWW Innsbruck	2-2
11 August 1972	SK Sturm Graz	SV Austria Salzburg	1-2
11 August 1972	VOEST Linz	First Vienna FC	6-3
12 August 1972	Admira Wiener Neustadt	DSV Alpine	0-0
12 August 1972	SK Austria Klagenfurt	SK Rapid Wien	2-3
12 August 1972	Wiener Sport-Club	Grazer AK	0-1
12 August 1972	SC Bregenz	LASK	1-0

Round 2

Date	Team 1	Team2
18 August 1972	Admira Wacker	SK Sturm Graz	2-0
18 August 1972	Grazer AK	Admira Wiener Neustadt	6-2
18 August 1972	LASK	SK Austria Klagenfurt	5-0
18 August 1972	SK Rapid Wien	FK Austria Wien	1-0
18 August 1972	SC Eisenstadt	DSV Alpine	3-0
19 August 1972	SV Austria Salzburg	SC Bregenz	2-0
19 August 1972	SWW Innsbruck	VOEST Linz	1-1
19 August 1972	First Vienna FC	Wiener Sport-Club	1-4

Round 3

Date	Team 1	Team2
22 August 1972	FK Austria Wien	LASK	2-0
23 August 1972	Admira Wiener Neustadt	First Vienna FC	0-1
23 August 1972	SK Austria Klagenfurt	SV Austria Salzburg	1-0
23 August 1972	DSV Alpine	Grazer AK	1-1
23 August 1972	SC Bregenz	Admira Wacker	0-2
23 August 1972	SK Sturm Graz	SC Eisenstadt	1-0
23 August 1972	VOEST Linz	SK Rapid Wien	1-1
23 August 1972	Wiener Sport-Club	SWW Innsbruck	3-1

Round 4

Date	Team 1	Team2
15 September 1972	Admira Wacker	SK Austria Klagenfurt	0-0
15 September 1972	SC Eisenstadt	Grazer AK	3-2
15 September 1972	SK Sturm Graz	SC Bregenz	3-0
16 September 1972	SV Austria Salzburg	FK Austria Wien	1-2
16 September 1972	LASK	VOEST Linz	2-0
16 September 1972	SK Rapid Wien	Wiener Sport-Club	6-0
16 September 1972	SWW Innsbruck	Admira Wiener Neustadt	5-0
16 September 1972	First Vienna FC	DSV Alpine	1-2

Round 5

Date	Team 1	Team2
19 September 1972	Wiener Sport-Club	LASK	0-5
20 September 1972	Admira Wiener Neustadt	SK Rapid Wien	1-2
20 September 1972	SK Austria Klagenfurt	SK Sturm Graz	1-0
20 September 1972	FK Austria Wien	Admira Wacker	0-1
20 September 1972	DSV Alpine	SWW Innsbruck	0-0
20 September 1972	Grazer AK	First Vienna FC	0-0
20 September 1972	SC Bregenz	SC Eisenstadt	0-0
20 September 1972	VOEST Linz	SV Austria Salzburg	1-0

Round 6

Date	Team 1	Team2
23 September 1972	Admira Wacker	VOEST Linz	2-0
23 September 1972	SV Austria Salzburg	Wiener Sport-Club	0-0
23 September 1972	LASK	Admira Wiener Neustadt	1-1
23 September 1972	SK Rapid Wien	DSV Alpine	1-0
23 September 1972	SC Bregenz	SK Austria Klagenfurt	0-2
23 September 1972	SC Eisenstadt	First Vienna FC	0-1
23 September 1972	SWW Innsbruck	Grazer AK	1-0
23 September 1972	SK Sturm Graz	FK Austria Wien	0-5

Round 7

Date	Team 1	Team2
30 September 1972	Admira Wiener Neustadt	SV Austria Salzburg	0-2
30 September 1972	SK Austria Klagenfurt	SC Eisenstadt	0-1
30 September 1972	DSV Alpine	LASK	2-2
30 September 1972	Grazer AK	SK Rapid Wien	1-1
30 September 1972	First Vienna FC	SWW Innsbruck	1-3
30 September 1972	VOEST Linz	SK Sturm Graz	3-1
30 September 1972	Wiener Sport-Club	Admira Wacker	0-0
1 October 1972	FK Austria Wien	SC Bregenz	2-1

Round 8

Date	Team 1	Team2
4 October 1972	Admira Wacker	Admira Wiener Neustadt	1-0
4 October 1972	SK Austria Klagenfurt	FK Austria Wien	2-0
4 October 1972	SV Austria Salzburg	DSV Alpine	1-2
4 October 1972	LASK	Grazer AK	1-0
4 October 1972	SK Rapid Wien	First Vienna FC	1-1
4 October 1972	SC Bregenz	VOEST Linz	1-2
4 October 1972	SC Eisenstadt	SWW Innsbruck	0-1
4 October 1972	SK Sturm Graz	Wiener Sport-Club	1-1

Round 9

Date	Team 1	Team2
17 October 1972	Wiener Sport-Club	SC Bregenz	2-0
18 October 1972	Admira Wiener Neustadt	SK Sturm Graz	1-1
18 October 1972	FK Austria Wien	SC Eisenstadt	0-3
18 October 1972	DSV Alpine	Admira Wacker	2-0
18 October 1972	Grazer AK	SV Austria Salzburg	1-1
18 October 1972	SWW Innsbruck	SK Rapid Wien	1-0
18 October 1972	First Vienna FC	LASK	1-1
18 October 1972	VOEST Linz	SK Austria Klagenfurt	3-0

Round 10

Date	Team 1	Team2
21 October 1972	Admira Wacker	Grazer AK	0-0
21 October 1972	SV Austria Salzburg	First Vienna FC	3-1
21 October 1972	FK Austria Wien	VOEST Linz	0-0
21 October 1972	LASK	SWW Innsbruck	1-0
21 October 1972	SC Eisenstadt	SK Rapid Wien	1-1
21 October 1972	SK Sturm Graz	DSV Alpine	0-0
22 October 1972	SK Austria Klagenfurt	Wiener Sport-Club	0-1
22 October 1972	SC Bregenz	Admira Wiener Neustadt	1-1

Round 11

Date	Team 1	Team2
28 October 1972	Admira Wiener Neustadt	SK Austria Klagenfurt	1-2
28 October 1972	DSV Alpine	SC Bregenz	3-1
28 October 1972	Grazer AK	SK Sturm Graz	4-0
28 October 1972	SK Rapid Wien	LASK	1-2
28 October 1972	SWW Innsbruck	SV Austria Salzburg	1-2
28 October 1972	VOEST Linz	SC Eisenstadt	1-0
29 October 1972	First Vienna FC	Admira Wacker	1-1
29 October 1972	Wiener Sport-Club	FK Austria Wien	2-2

Round 12

Date	Team 1	Team2
4 November 1972	Admira Wacker	SWW Innsbruck	2-0
4 November 1972	SV Austria Salzburg	SK Rapid Wien	2-0
4 November 1972	FK Austria Wien	Admira Wiener Neustadt	5-1
4 November 1972	SC Eisenstadt	LASK	0-3
4 November 1972	SK Sturm Graz	First Vienna FC	1-0
4 November 1972	VOEST Linz	Wiener Sport-Club	3-0
5 November 1972	SK Austria Klagenfurt	DSV Alpine	4-1
5 November 1972	SC Bregenz	Grazer AK	0-2

Round 13

Date	Team 1	Team2
11 November 1972	Admira Wiener Neustadt	VOEST Linz	3-2
11 November 1972	Grazer AK	SK Austria Klagenfurt	2-1
11 November 1972	LASK	SV Austria Salzburg	2-2
11 November 1972	SK Rapid Wien	Admira Wacker	1-0
11 November 1972	SWW Innsbruck	SK Sturm Graz	1-0
12 November 1972	DSV Alpine	FK Austria Wien	2-1
12 November 1972	First Vienna FC	SC Bregenz	3-1
12 November 1972	Wiener Sport-Club	SC Eisenstadt	3-0

Round 14

Date	Team 1	Team2
18 November 1972	SC Eisenstadt	SV Austria Salzburg	2-0
19 November 1972	Admira Wacker	LASK	2-2
19 November 1972	SK Austria Klagenfurt	First Vienna FC	3-0
19 November 1972	FK Austria Wien	Grazer AK	1-0
19 November 1972	SC Bregenz	SWW Innsbruck	0-3
19 November 1972	SK Sturm Graz	SK Rapid Wien	1-3
19 November 1972	Wiener Sport-Club	Admira Wiener Neustadt	2-1
22 November 1972	VOEST Linz	DSV Alpine	3-3

Round 15

Date	Team 1	Team2
2 December 1972	Admira Wiener Neustadt	SC Eisenstadt	1-0
2 December 1972	SV Austria Salzburg	Admira Wacker	3-1
2 December 1972	Grazer AK	VOEST Linz	1-0
2 December 1972	LASK	SK Sturm Graz	1-1
2 December 1972	SK Rapid Wien	SC Bregenz	2-0
2 December 1972	SWW Innsbruck	SK Austria Klagenfurt	5-0
2 December 1972	First Vienna FC	FK Austria Wien	3-2
3 December 1972	DSV Alpine	Wiener Sport-Club	1-0

Round 16

Date	Team 1	Team2
17 March 1973	SV Austria Salzburg	SK Sturm Graz	2-1
17 March 1973	Grazer AK	Wiener Sport-Club	1-0
17 March 1973	LASK	SC Bregenz	0-0
17 March 1973	SK Rapid Wien	SK Austria Klagenfurt	5-2
17 March 1973	SC Eisenstadt	Admira Wacker	1-2
17 March 1973	SWW Innsbruck	FK Austria Wien	2-1
18 March 1973	First Vienna FC	VOEST Linz	0-3
21 March 1973	DSV Alpine	Admira Wiener Neustadt	1-0

Round 17

Date	Team 1	Team2
24 March 1973	Admira Wiener Neustadt	Grazer AK	2-1
24 March 1973	SK Austria Klagenfurt	LASK	1-0
24 March 1973	FK Austria Wien	SK Rapid Wien	2-2
24 March 1973	DSV Alpine	SC Eisenstadt	1-1
24 March 1973	SK Sturm Graz	Admira Wacker	0-0
24 March 1973	VOEST Linz	SWW Innsbruck	0-1
25 March 1973	SC Bregenz	SV Austria Salzburg	2-0
25 March 1973	Wiener Sport-Club	First Vienna FC	0-0

Round 18

Date	Team 1	Team2
31 March 1973	Admira Wacker	SC Bregenz	3-1
31 March 1973	SV Austria Salzburg	SK Austria Klagenfurt	2-0
31 March 1973	LASK	FK Austria Wien	0-0
31 March 1973	SK Rapid Wien	VOEST Linz	2-0
31 March 1973	SC Eisenstadt	SK Sturm Graz	0-1
31 March 1973	SWW Innsbruck	Wiener Sport-Club	1-1
1 April 1973	Grazer AK	DSV Alpine	1-1
1 April 1973	First Vienna FC	Admira Wiener Neustadt	7-0

Round 19

Date	Team 1	Team2
6 April 1973	Grazer AK	SC Eisenstadt	1-1
7 April 1973	Admira Wiener Neustadt	SWW Innsbruck	0-1
7 April 1973	SK Austria Klagenfurt	Admira Wacker	0-0
7 April 1973	DSV Alpine	First Vienna FC	1-0
7 April 1973	VOEST Linz	LASK	0-0
7 April 1973	Wiener Sport-Club	SK Rapid Wien	2-3
8 April 1973	FK Austria Wien	SV Austria Salzburg	1-2 ^[12]
8 April 1973	SC Bregenz	SK Sturm Graz	2-0

Round 20

Date	Team 1	Team2
13 April 1973	SC Eisenstadt	SC Bregenz	0-2
14 April 1973	SV Austria Salzburg	VOEST Linz	0-2
14 April 1973	LASK	Wiener Sport-Club	2-2
14 April 1973	SWW Innsbruck	DSV Alpine	7-1
14 April 1973	SK Sturm Graz	SK Austria Klagenfurt	1-0
19 April 1973	Admira Wacker	FK Austria Wien	2-1
20 April 1973	First Vienna FC	Grazer AK	2-0
25 April 1973	SK Rapid Wien	Admira Wiener Neustadt	2-1

Round 21

Date	Team 1	Team2
1 May 1973	SK Austria Klagenfurt	SC Bregenz	1-0
1 May 1973	FK Austria Wien	SK Sturm Graz	5-1
1 May 1973	VOEST Linz	Admira Wacker	4-0
1 May 1973	Wiener Sport-Club	SV Austria Salzburg	4-0
2 May 1973	DSV Alpine	SK Rapid Wien	1-2
2 May 1973	Grazer AK	SWW Innsbruck	2-1
2 May 1973	First Vienna FC	SC Eisenstadt	3-1
8 May 1973	Admira Wiener Neustadt	LASK	1-1

Round 22

Date	Team 1	Team2
5 May 1973	Admira Wacker	Wiener Sport-Club	1-0
5 May 1973	SV Austria Salzburg	Admira Wiener Neustadt	2-2
5 May 1973	LASK	DSV Alpine	2-0
5 May 1973	SK Rapid Wien	Grazer AK	0-1
5 May 1973	SWW Innsbruck	First Vienna FC	4-0
5 May 1973	SK Sturm Graz	VOEST Linz	0-0
6 May 1973	SC Bregenz	FK Austria Wien	2-1
12 June 1973	SC Eisenstadt	SK Austria Klagenfurt	1-0

Round 23

Date	Team 1	Team2
11 May 1973	Grazer AK	LASK	5-0
12 May 1973	Admira Wiener Neustadt	Admira Wacker	0-1
12 May 1973	DSV Alpine	SV Austria Salzburg	0-0
12 May 1973	First Vienna FC	SK Rapid Wien	0-0
12 May 1973	VOEST Linz	SC Bregenz	6-1
13 May 1973	FK Austria Wien	SK Austria Klagenfurt	5-0
13 May 1973	Wiener Sport-Club	SK Sturm Graz	0-0
20 June 1973	SWW Innsbruck	SC Eisenstadt	1-o

Round 24

Date	Team 1	Team2
15 May 1973	SK Rapid Wien	SWW Innsbruck	2-2
16 May 1973	SK Austria Klagenfurt	VOEST Linz	2-0
16 May 1973	SV Austria Salzburg	Grazer AK	1-0
17 May 1973	LASK	First Vienna FC	4-2
17 May 1973	SC Bregenz	Wiener Sport-Club	1-1
19 May 1973	SK Sturm Graz	Admira Wiener Neustadt	5-0
20 June 1973	Admira Wacker	DSV Alpine	7-3
4 July 1973	SC Eisenstadt	FK Austria Wien	3-1

Round 25

Date	Team 1	Team2
26 May 1973	Wiener Sport-Club	SK Austria Klagenfurt	4-1
29 May 1973	First Vienna FC	SV Austria Salzburg'	2-1
29 May 1973	VOEST Linz	FK Austria Wien	6-3
30 May 1973	SWW Innsbruck	LASK	2-1
31 May 1973	DSV Alpine	SK Sturm Graz	1-2
27 June 1973	Admira Wiener Neustadt	SC Bregenz	1-4
27 June 1973	Grazer AK	Admira Wacker	3-1
7 July 1973	SK Rapid Wien	SC Eisenstadt	1-1

Round 26

Date	Team 1	Team2
6 June 1973	SK Austria Klagenfurt	Admira Wiener Neustadt	5-2
6 June 1973	SV Austria Salzburg	SWW Innsbruck	2-4
6 June 1973	FK Austria Wien	Wiener Sport-Club	1-2
6 June 1973	LASK	SK Rapid Wien	3-2
6 June 1973	SC Bregenz	DSV Alpine	4-1
6 June 1973	SC Eisenstadt	VOEST Linz	2-0
6 June 1973	SK Sturm Graz	Grazer AK	1-1
7 July 1973	Admira Wacker	First Vienna FC	1-2

Round 27

Date	Team 1	Team2
9 June 1973	DSV Alpine	SK Austria Klagenfurt	2-0
9 June 1973	Grazer AK	SC Bregenz	4-2
9 June 1973	LASK	SC Eisenstadt	4-1
9 June 1973	SK Rapid Wien	SV Austria Salzburg	2-0
9 June 1973	First Vienna FC	SK Sturm Graz	1-1
9 June 1973	Wiener Sport-Club	VOEST Linz	1-0
4 July 1973	SWW Innsbruck	Admira Wacker	1-1
7 July 1973	Admira Wiener Neustadt	FK Austria Wien	1-3

Round 28

Date	Team 1	Team2
15 June 1973	SC Eisenstadt	Wiener Sport-Club	4-1
15 June 1973	VOEST Linz	Admira Wiener Neustadt	2-0
16 June 1973	Admira Wacker	SK Rapid Wien	1-2
16 June 1973	SK Austria Klagenfurt	Grazer AK	1-1
16 June 1973	SV Austria Salzburg	LASK	0-0
16 June 1973	FK Austria Wien	DSV Alpine	3-1
16 June 1973	SC Bregenz	First Vienna FC	4-2
16 June 1973	SK Sturm Graz	SWW Innsbruck	0-1

Round 29

Date	Team 1	Team2
22 June 1973	Grazer AK	FK Austria Wien	1-0
23 June 1973	Admira Wiener Neustadt	Wiener Sport-Club	0-1
23 June 1973	SV Austria Salzburg	SC Eisenstadt	5-2
23 June 1973	DSV Alpine	VOEST Linz	1-3
23 June 1973	LASK	Admira Wacker	0-1
23 June 1973	SK Rapid Wien	SK Sturm Graz	1-0
24 June 1973	SWW Innsbruck	SC Bregenz	3-1
24 June 1973	First Vienna FC	SK Austria Klagenfurt	1-0

Round 30

Date	Team 1	Team2
30 June 1973	Admira Wacker	SV Austria Salzburg	1-3
30 June 1973	SK Austria Klagenfurt	SWW Innsbruck	1-1
30 June 1973	FK Austria Wien	First Vienna FC	2-0
30 June 1973	SC Bregenz	SK Rapid Wien	2-0
30 June 1973	SC Eisenstadt	Admira Wiener Neustadt	3-0
30 June 1973	SK Sturm Graz	LASK	5-0
30 June 1973	VOEST Linz	Grazer AK	1-1
30 June 1973	Wiener Sport-Club	DSV Alpine	2-3

Champion squad

SWW Innsbruck
Friedrich Koncilia – Engelbert Kordesch, Roland Eschelmüller, Walter Skocik, Johann Eigenstiller, Manfred Gombasch – Werner Kriess, Peter Koncilia, Roland Hattenberger, Karl-Heinz Lercher, Hans Rebele, Günther Rinker – Kurt Jara, Wolfgang Breuer, Ove Flindt-Bjerg, Franz Wolny, Peter Kastner, Helmut Siber – Coaches: Egon Herlan, Branko Elsner, Robert Gebhardt

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Top scorer

Name	Club	Goals
Wolfgang Breuer	SWW Innsbruck	22
Lothar Emmerich	SK Austria Klagenfurt	20
Günter Kaltenbrunner	Admira Wacker	15

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References

↑ The league was interrupted due to the Summer Olympics in Munich
↑ In the summer of 1973, WSG Radenthein and Villacher SV formed a joint team. They played under the name WSG Radenthein/Villacher SV.
↑ In July 1972, Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz changed its name to SC Bregenz. In July 1973, Bregenz formed a joint team with Rätia Bludenz, newly promoted from the Regionalliga West, under the name FC Vorarlberg with Bludenz's license. This indirectly avoided relegation.
↑ +18
↑ +7
↑ +10 After the end of the season, in July 1973, Austria Wien formed a joint team with Wiener AC ( Austria/WAC).
↑ -10
↑ -4
↑ -9
↑ Austria Soccer
↑ Austria Soccer
↑ Alongside the two excluded players of Austria Wien (Fiala 3 games), Wagner (6 games) were according to TV evidence Kibler (3 games) and Kaipel (4 games) also suspended.
↑ Austria Soccer
↑ Austria Soccer

[1] The league was interrupted due to the Summer Olympics in Munich

[2] In the summer of 1973, WSG Radenthein and Villacher SV formed a joint team. They played under the name WSG Radenthein/Villacher SV.

[3] In July 1972, Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz changed its name to SC Bregenz. In July 1973, Bregenz formed a joint team with Rätia Bludenz, newly promoted from the Regionalliga West, under the name FC Vorarlberg with Bludenz's license. This indirectly avoided relegation.

[4] +18

[5] +7

[6] +10 After the end of the season, in July 1973, Austria Wien formed a joint team with Wiener AC ( Austria/WAC).

[7] -10

[8] -4

[9] -9

[10] Austria Soccer

[11] Austria Soccer

[12] Alongside the two excluded players of Austria Wien (Fiala 3 games), Wagner (6 games) were according to TV evidence Kibler (3 games) and Kaipel (4 games) also suspended.

[13] Austria Soccer

[14] Austria Soccer

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