Brigittenauer AC

Founding and glory years

Founded on August 27, 1925, Brigittenauer AC started in the second division, getting promoted in their first season. Next year the second season went well for Brigittenauer, and on the last matchday, they were only behind one point to front runner Admira Vienna, who they were playing on the last matchday, however, Admira won the match 5-0, meaning that Brigittenauer AC was only runner up.

Relegation and resurgence

In the 1928 season, although barely escaping relegation, Brigittenauer surprisingly got to third place in the Austrian Cup, in 1929 the club performed even worse, and was last and got relegated to the second division. But Brigittenauer AC soon found its way back to its old strength for the 1930 season, 126 goals in 26 games only meant second place in the second division, one point behind SK Slovan. In 1931, however, they were without good competition, so they finished the season, this time with 127 goals, and became unbeaten champions of the league. In the first division, however, they never returned to pre-relegation form. After a good 7th place finish in 1932, in 1933 Brigittenauer went down in last place again. However, the team showed a completely different form in the Austrian Cup. Victories over SC Burgtheater and Gersthof-Währing brought Brigittenauer AC to the quarter-finals where they were set to play SC Hakoah. After 90 minutes it was 1:1, but Brigittenauer AC managed to get 4 goals in ET, bringing the final…