| Season | 2008–09 |
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| Champions | Red Bull Salzburg 5th Austrian title |
| Relegated | SCR Altach |
| UEFA Champions League | Red Bull Salzburg |
| UEFA Europa League | Rapid Vienna Sturm Graz Austria Vienna (via domestic cup) |
| Goals scored | 588 |
| Average goals/game | 3.27 |
| Top goalscorer | Marc Janko (39) |
| Biggest home win | Rapid 8–1 Altach |
| Biggest away win | Altach 2–7 Rapid |
| Highest scoring | Mattersburg 5–6 Sturm |
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The Austrian Football Bundesliga 2008–09 was the 97th season of top-tier football in Austria. The competition is officially called tipp3-Bundesliga powered by T-Mobile, named after the Austrian betting company tipp3 and the Austrian branch of German mobile phone company T-Mobile. The season started on 8 July 2008 with Sturm Graz beating defending champions Rapid Vienna by 3–1. The 36th and last round of matches took place on 31 May 2009.
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Fußballclub Wacker Innsbruck were relegated after finishing the 2007–08 season in 10th and last place. They were replaced by First League champions Kapfenberger SV.
| Team | City/Area | Venue | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCR Altach | Altach | Stadion Schnabelholz | 8,500 |
| Austria Kärnten | Klagenfurt | Hypo-Arena | 32,000 |
| Austria Vienna | Vienna | Franz Horr Stadium | 13,000 |
| Kapfenberger SV | Kapfenberg | Franz Fekete Stadium | 12,000 |
| LASK | Linz | Linzer Stadion | 14,100 |
| SV Mattersburg | Mattersburg | Pappelstadion | 15,700 |
| Rapid Vienna | Vienna | Gerhard Hanappi Stadium | 18,442 |
| Red Bull Salzburg | Salzburg | Red Bull Arena | 31,895 |
| SV Ried | Ried im Innkreis | Fill Metallbau Stadion | 7,700 |
| Sturm Graz | Graz | UPC-Arena | 15,312 |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCR Altach | Heinz Fuchsbichler | Sacked | 30 August 2008[1] | Urs Schönenberger | 4 September 2008[2] |
| LASK Linz | Andrej Panadić | Sacked | 27 October 2008[3] | Klaus Lindenberger | 27 October 2008[3] |
| SCR Altach | Urs Schönenberger | Sacked | 12 January 2009[4] | Georg Zellhofer | 12 January 2009[5] |
| LASK Linz | Klaus Lindenberger | Resigned | 21 March 2009[6] | Hans Krankl | 24 March 2009[7] |
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red Bull Salzburg (C) | 36 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 86 | 50 | +36 | 74 | 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round |
| 2 | Rapid Wien | 36 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 89 | 43 | +46 | 70 | 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round |
| 3 | Austria Wien | 36 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 59 | 46 | +13 | 62 | 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round 1 |
| 4 | Sturm Graz | 36 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 68 | 45 | +23 | 60 | 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round |
| 5 | SV Ried | 36 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 58 | 38 | +20 | 60 | |
| 6 | Austria Kärnten | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 47 | 57 | −10 | 41 | |
| 7 | LASK Linz | 36 | 11 | 4 | 21 | 35 | 67 | −32 | 37 | |
| 8 | Kapfenberger SV | 36 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 48 | 81 | −33 | 36 | |
| 9 | SV Mattersburg | 36 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 42 | 71 | −29 | 33 | |
| 10 | SCR Altach (R) | 36 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 56 | 90 | −34 | 30 | Relegation to the Austrian First League |
Source: bundesliga.at (German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
1Austria Vienna won the Austrian Cup 2008–09 and therefore qualified for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Teams played each other four times in the league. In the first half of the season each team played every other team twice (home and away), and then did the same in the second half of the season.
| Home \ Away1 | AKÄ | ALT | AWI | KAP | LIN | MAT | RWI | RIE | RBS | STU |
| Austria Kärnten | 2–1 | 0–1 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | |
| SCR Altach | 0–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–7 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 1–0 | |
| Austria Wien | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | |
| Kapfenberger SV | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | |
| LASK Linz | 3–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–5 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | |
| SV Mattersburg | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 5–6 | |
| Rapid Wien | 1–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | |
| SV Ried | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | |
| Red Bull Salzburg | 4–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 7–3 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | |
| Sturm Graz | 3–0 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 |
Source: bundesliga.at (German)
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
| Home \ Away1 | AKÄ | ALT | AWI | KAP | LIN | MAT | RWI | RIE | RBS | STU |
| Austria Kärnten | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 | |
| SCR Altach | 2–5 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | |
| Austria Wien | 4–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |
| Kapfenberger SV | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–3 | |
| LASK Linz | 0–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–0 | |
| SV Mattersburg | 3–2 | 5–4 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 0–0 | |
| Rapid Wien | 4–2 | 8–1 | 3–2 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–1 | |
| SV Ried | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | |
| Red Bull Salzburg | 6–0 | 1–4 | 4–1 | 2–5 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | |
| Sturm Graz | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
Source: bundesliga.at (German)
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Source: bundesliga.at (German)
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