The Austrian Cup (German: ÖFB-Cup) is an football (soccer) competition held by the Austrian Football Association, the ÖFB. It was played by male teams. For women there is the ÖFB-LadiesCup. Although it has a long tradition the Cup never played an important role in Austrian football.
History
The Austrian Cup emerged from the Lower Austria Cup (Niederösterreichischen Cup, held 1915–1918). The first cup was played 1919 and was held since then each year. Only from 1938 to 1945 it was suspended, because Austria was a part of Nazigermany. Also from 1950 till 1958 there was no competition because the ÖFB was not interested in. In 2008 the clubs of the Bundesliga and the first division did not take part due to the UEFA Euro 2008.
Finals
1919: SK Rapid Wien 3-0 Wiener Sport-Club
1920: SK Rapid Wien 5-2 Amateur-SV
1921: Amateur-SV 2-1 Wiener Sport-Club
1922: Wiener A.F. 2-1 Amateur-SV
1923: Wiener Sport-Club 3-1 SC Wacker Wien
1924: Amateur-SV 8-6 SK Slovan Wien (aet) 1925: Amateur-SV 3-1 First Vienna FC 1926: Amateur-SV 4-3 First Vienna FC 1927: SK Rapid Wien 3-0 FK Austria Wien 1928: SK Admira Wien 2-1 Wiener AC 1929: First Vienna FC 3-2 SK Rapid Wien 1930: First Vienna FC 1-0 FK Austria Wien 1931: Wiener A.C. 16 pts, 2. FK Austria Wien 15 pts (League system) 1932: SK Admira Wien 6-1 Wiener AC 1933: FK Austria Wien 1-0 Brigittenauer AC 1934: SK Admira Wien 8-0 SK Rapid Wien 1935: FK Austria Wien 5-1 Wiener AC 1936: FK Austria Wien 3-0 First Vienna FC 1937: First Vienna FC 2-0 Wiener Sport-Club 1938: WAC Schwarz-Rot 1-0 Wiener Sport-Club
1939 - 1945: Austrian clubs took part in German competition / World War II
1946: SK Rapid Wien 2-1 First Vienna FC
1947: SC Wacker Wien 4-3 FK Austria Wien
1948: FK Austria Wien 2-0 SK Sturm Graz
1949: FK Austria Wien 5-2 SK Vorwärts Steyr
1950 - 1958: No competition held (as deemed uninteresting by the association)