2008–09 Austrian Football Bundesliga

Austrian Football Bundesliga
Season 2008–09
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 Austria Marc Janko (39)
Biggest home win Rapid 8–1 Altach
Biggest away win Altach 2–7 Rapid
Highest scoring Mattersburg 5–6 Sturm

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.

Team changes from last season

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.

Overview

Stadia and locations

Location of teams in the Austrian Football Bundesliga 2008–09
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

Personnel

Team Manager Team captain
SCR Altach Austria Georg Zellhofer Austria Kai Schoppitsch
Austria Kärnten Austria Frank Schinkels Austria Manuel Weber
Austria Vienna Austria Karl Daxbacher France Jocelyn Blanchard
Kapfenberger SV Austria Werner Gregoritsch Austria Dominique Taboga
LASK Austria Hans Krankl Austria Ivica Vastić
SV Mattersburg Austria Franz Lederer Germany Carsten Jancker
Rapid Vienna Austria Peter Pacult Germany Steffen Hofmann
Red Bull Salzburg Netherlands Co Adriaanse Germany Alexander Zickler
SV Ried Austria Paul Gludovatz Austria Herwig Drechsel
Sturm Graz Germany Franco Foda Austria Mario Haas

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment
SCR Altach Austria Heinz Fuchsbichler Sacked 30 August 2008[1] Switzerland Urs Schönenberger 4 September 2008[2]
LASK Linz Croatia Andrej Panadić Sacked 27 October 2008[3] Austria Klaus Lindenberger 27 October 2008[3]
SCR Altach Switzerland Urs Schönenberger Sacked 12 January 2009[4] Austria Georg Zellhofer 12 January 2009[5]
LASK Linz Austria Klaus Lindenberger Resigned 21 March 2009[6] Austria Hans Krankl 24 March 2009[7]

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
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 Ried 36 17 9 10 58 38+20 60
6 Austria Kärnten 36 11 8 17 47 5710 41
7 LASK Linz 36 11 4 21 35 6732 37
8 Kapfenberger SV 36 10 6 20 48 8133 36
9 Mattersburg 36 8 9 19 42 7129 33
10 Rheindorf Altach (R) 36 8 6 22 56 9034 30 Relegation to Austrian First League

Source: bundesliga.at (in 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; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

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.

First half of season

Home ╲ Away AKÄ ALT AWIKAPLINMATRWIRIERBSSTU
Austria Kärnten 21 01 60 10 20 33 11 10 02
Rheindorf Altach 03 01 30 13 22 27 01 34 10
Austria Wien 11 21 00 50 21 20 31 32 13
Kapfenberger SV 02 32 22 01 21 02 20 11 13
LASK Linz 32 13 01 20 21 25 21 02 03
Mattersburg 00 31 00 21 14 01 21 12 56
Rapid Wien 10 51 30 31 50 10 11 22 21
Ried 00 30 31 21 30 00 10 22 41
Red Bull Salzburg 41 30 51 73 10 60 10 21 31
Sturm Graz 30 60 00 20 20 30 31 30 22

Source: bundesliga.at (in German)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season

Home ╲ Away AKÄ ALT AWIKAPLINMATRWIRIERBSSTU
Austria Kärnten 03 11 02 01 00 13 12 20 42
Rheindorf Altach 25 21 51 11 41 11 11 12 11
Austria Wien 41 41 21 40 00 22 31 11 20
Kapfenberger SV 21 11 12 41 31 04 21 02 33
LASK Linz 02 20 40 22 00 02 03 03 10
Mattersburg 32 54 02 31 31 03 22 24 00
Rapid Wien 42 81 32 60 11 23 10 42 01
Ried 20 32 00 30 10 40 30 30 32
Red Bull Salzburg 60 14 41 25 21 20 21 20 21
Sturm Graz 00 31 22 13 20 10 22 11 20

Source: bundesliga.at (in German)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Source: bundesliga.at (in German)

39 goals
27 goals
23 goals
15 goals
14 goals
12 goals

See also

References

  1. "Trennung von Heinz Fuchsbichler" (in German). SCR Altach official website. 30 August 2008. Retrieved 19 March 2009.
  2. "Trainer" (in German). SCR Altach official website. 4 September 2008. Retrieved 19 March 2009.
  3. 1 2 "Trainerwechsel beim LASK" (in German). LASK Linz official website. 27 October 2008. Retrieved 19 March 2009.
  4. "Trainerwechsel" (in German). SCR Altach official website. 12 January 2009. Retrieved 19 March 2009.
  5. "Georg Zellhofer neuer Trainer" (in German). SCR Altach official website. 12 January 2009. Retrieved 19 March 2009.
  6. "Teamchef Lindenberger nicht mehr Trainer" (in German). LASK Linz official website. 21 March 2009. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
  7. "Hans Krankl neuer LASK-Trainer" (in German). LASK Linz official website. 23 March 2009. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
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