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1973–74 Austrian Cup

National football cup of Austria

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 6, 2025
Entity authorityQ27238105 ↗
Source-derived summary

The 1973–74 Austrian Cup (German: ÖFB-Cup) was the 40th season of Austria's nationwide football cup competition. The final was played over two legs, on 29 May 1974 at the Praterstadion, Vienna and on 12 June 1974 at the Lehener Stadion, Salzburg.

The competition was won by Austria/WAC after beating Austria Salzburg 3–2 on aggregate.

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 6 March, while the second legs were played on 3 April 1974.

Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 17 April, while the second legs were played on 22 May 1974.

Final

First leg

Second leg

Austria/WAC won 3–2 on aggregate.

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The public source identifies “1973–74 Austrian Cup” as national football cup of Austria. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Austrian, National and football.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1973, 1974—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Austrian, National and football providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “1973–74 Austrian Cup” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.