The Gauliga Ostmark 1940/41 (also football sports area class Ostmark 1940/41 ) was the third season of the Gauliga Ostmark in annexed Austria. Rapid Vienna became champions of the Gauliga for the second time in a row and Austrian champions for the 14th time . With this victory Rapid qualified for the German football championship 1940/41 , in which they moved into the semi-finals after successfully surviving the group phase. After a 2-1 victory in the semifinals against Dresdner SC , Rapid reached the final, which was played against FC Schalke 04 on June 22, 1941 in front of almost 100,000 spectators in the Olympiastadion Berlin . In this, the Rapidler were 0: 3 behind until the 60th minute, but in the following eleven minutes Vienna scored four goals and became German football champions for the first time. Franz Binder scored a hat trick .
Relegated from the Gauliga were the two bottom of the table Grazer SC (Styria) and Linzer ASK (Oberdonau).
The winners of the second-class 1st class qualified for the promotion round, in which the promoters to the Gauliga were played off in the round-robin tournament.
The season in the Niederdonau Gau was not played in a round-robin tournament this year, but in the knockout system. The BSG Traisen prevailed and was allowed to participate in the promotion round to the Gauliga.
The Tyrolean clubs were not integrated into football in the East Markets, but played their championship in the Tyrolean regional league . A promotion to the Gauliga Ostmark was excluded from the outset. In the first years after the connection, however, a promotion right to the Gauliga Bayern was provided, but no use was made of this. The championship was canceled and FC Wacker Innsbruck was declared the winner.
The Vorarlberg clubs were not integrated into the East Mark football scene, but played their championship together with clubs from the neighboring Lake Constance area . A promotion to the Gauliga Ostmark was excluded from the outset. The winner, VfB Friedrichshafen , was allowed to take part in the promotion round to Gauliga Württemberg , which the club successfully contested. As a result, he played Friedrichshafen in the first-class Gauliga Württemberg 1941/42 .