Austrian Football Bundesliga 1946366 224611938 2008-07-09T17:29:55Z 79.41.69.23 {{Infobox sports league |current_season=T-Mobile Bundesliga 2008-09 |logo=Austrian bundesliga logo.gif |pixels=80px |caption=''Österreichische Fußball-Bundesliga'' |sport=[[Football (soccer)|Football]] |founded=1974 |teams=10 |Venue=[[Vienna, Ernst Happel Stadion]] |country={{AUT}} |champion=[[SK Rapid Wien]] }} The '''Austrian Football [[Bundesliga (disambiguation)|Bundesliga]]''' (in German, the '''Österreichische Fußball-Bundesliga''') is the highest-ranking national league club competition in Austrian [[football (soccer)|football]]. It is the competition which decides the Austrian [[Austrian champions (football)|national football (soccer) champions]], as well the country's entrants for the various European cups run by [[UEFA]]. The Austrian Bundesliga, which began in the [[Austrian Football Bundesliga 1974-75|1974-75]] season, has been a separate registered association since [[December 1]], [[1991 in football (soccer)|1991]]. At present it is composed of two divisions - the "[[T-Mobile]] Bundesliga" and the "[[Austrian Football First League|Red Zac 1st league]]". ==History== Football has been played in Austria since around [[1890 in football (soccer)|1890]]. Around the turn of the twentieth century two attempts were made to start a national championship; these efforts succeeded in [[1911 in football (soccer)|1911]], with the introduction of the first Austrian football championship. The competition for this championship was created and organized by the ''Niederösterreichischer Fußball-Verband'' (the [[Niederösterreich|Lower Austrian]] Football Federation), and the participants played for the title of ''Niederösterreichische Landesmeister'' (Lower Austrian National Champion). Teams from the other [[states of Austria]] were first allowed to join the highest division with the introduction of the (first) Nationalliga in the season of 1937 / 38. After Austria's [[Anschluss|annexation]] by [[Germany]] during [[World War II]] the country's teams were immediately integrated into the German [[Gauliga]]; they were, however, excluded again after the war. Only upon the introduction of the all-Austrian Staatsliga A in [[1949]] did teams from the whole federal territory finally play for the Austrian Championship. However, the road to organising the Staatsliga proved difficult. A conflict between the representatives of the amateur and the professional aspects of the sport led to the separation of the [[Vienna|Viennese]] league from the football federation, and to the establishment of its own competition on [[June 30]], [[1949]]. At the statutory Presidential Election Council of the [[Austrian Football Association]] only a few days later a surprising turn took place - upon the request of Lower Austria, the introduction of the Staatsliga was finally and unanimously confirmed. The organization was in the hands of the Fußballstaatsliga Österreich, created for this purpose. In 1965, however, the Austrian Football Association again took over the organization of the top division, with the (second) introduction of the Nationalliga. In the 1974/75 season the Bundesliga was introduced which, still led by the Austrian Football Association, aligned both of the highest divisions in Austria. 26 years after dissolution of the independent Staatsliga on 17 November 1991, the Austrian Football Bundesliga was reconstituted as a federation and admitted on 1 December 1991 to the Austrian Football Association as its 10th member. ===Tasks and legal form=== Since 1991 the Bundesliga has carried its own responsibility as a separate association, and organises the championships of the two highest divisions in Austria. Both are named after their sponsors; at present, [[T-Mobile]] for the Bundesliga and [[Red Zac]] for the first division. In addition the Bundesliga is responsible for the Toto Jugendliga and represents professional football in Austria, in co-operation with the football clubs themselves. The Bundesliga is legally a non-profit organisation. The twenty-two teams of the T-Mobile Bundesliga and the Red Zac first division constitute the members of the Bundesliga. The Bundesliga is represented by an acting executive committee, which supports a supervisory board. Each association of the two professional leagues is represented in presidential conferences; these have advisory function in all affairs concerning the Bundesliga. ===Scopes of responsibility of the senates=== The 'senates' are organising committees which consist of honorary and committee-members independent of the clubs. The first senate is responsible for [[Misconduct (football)|suspensions]] and for the running of championship games. The second senate functions as an arbitration board for financial disagreements, the third senate is responsible for all financial concerns and the fourth senate is the panel of referees for the Bundesliga. The evaluation of a club's economic competency which is required in order to obtain a playing license for the two professional leagues takes place at the fifth senate, the Bundesliga [[license]] committee. ===Objectives=== The Austrian Bundesliga carries the obligation for a positive development of football as a sport at the élite level, as well as for the advancement of the next generation of players in co-operation with the teams at the junior levels of the sport. To accomplish this, the Bundesliga requires economic audits of the teams, the introduction of laws particular to professional football, TV marketing, centralised sponsorship and collective marketing for all teams. == T-Mobile Bundesliga == In the T-Mobile Bundesliga, 10 teams play a "double championship" with each team playing every other twice at home and twice away during a championship year which is divided into an autumn and a spring season. The season typically lasts from July to June of the following year. During a year in the T-Mobile Bundesliga, 180 matches are played altogether, which last for a combined total of 16,200 minutes (or 270 hours), which played end-to-end would add up to 11 days of continuously played football. At the end of the season, the team finishing in last place in the table is relegated to the Red Zac Erste Liga, the champion of which is promoted to the T-Mobile Bundesliga. ====Member clubs for the 2007-08 season==== {{Location map+ |Austria topo |caption = clubs for the 2007-08 season |float = center |width = 500 |places = {{Location map~|Austria topo|lat=47.3539 |long= 9.6367 |position = right |label=[[SC Rheindorf Altach|Altach]]}} {{Location map~|Austria topo|lat=47.2560 |long=11.4111 |position = right |label=[[Fußballclub Wacker Innsbruck|Wacker Innsbruck]]}} {{Location map~|Austria topo|lat=47.8163 |long=12.9982 |position = right |label=[[FC Red Bull Salzburg|Red Bull Salzburg]]}} {{Location map~|Austria topo|lat=48.2937 |long=14.2766 |position = top |label=[[LASK Linz]]}} {{Location map~|Austria topo|lat=46.6088 |long=14.2783 |position = left |label=[[SK Austria Kärnten|Austria Kärnten]]}} {{Location map~|Austria topo|lat=47.0462 |long=15.4545 |position = top |label=[[SK Sturm Graz|Sturm Graz]]}} {{Location map~|Austria topo|lat=48.2078 |long=13.4783 |position = right |label=[[SV Ried|Ried]]}} {{Location map~|Austria topo|lat=48.1977 |long=16.2659 |position = left |label=[[SK Rapid Wien|Rapid Wien]]}} {{Location map~|Austria topo|lat=48.1623 |long=16.3872 |position = right |label=[[FK Austria Wien|Austria Wien]]}} {{Location map~|Austria topo|lat=47.7394 |long=16.4064 |position = left |label=[[SV Mattersburg|Mattersburg]]}} }} The ten teams competing in the 2007-08 Bundesliga season are: *[[FC Red Bull Salzburg]] *[[SV Ried]] *[[SV Mattersburg]] *[[SK Rapid Wien]] *[[SK Austria Kärnten]] *[[FK Austria Wien]] *[[SK Sturm Graz]] *[[SC Rheindorf Altach]] *[[Fußballclub Wacker Innsbruck|FC Wacker Innsbruck]] *[[LASK Linz]]* ''*'' Promoted from the [[Austrian Football First League|First League]] as champions, [[LASK Linz]] replace [[Grazer AK]], who went into administration and were relegated two tiers to the [[Austrian Regional League Central|Regional League Central]]. The Bundesliga [[Austrian champions (football)|champion]] qualifies for the [[UEFA Champions League]], and the clubs at positions 2 and 3, as well as the Austrian Cup winner, enter the qualification rounds for the [[UEFA Cup]]. The team at position 4 enters the qualification for the [[UEFA Intertoto Cup]]. In case Bundesliga champion is equal to the Austrian Cup winner the team in 4th position enters the qualification for the UEFA Cup and the 5th position team can qualify for the UEFA Intertoto Cup. ==Top scorers== {| border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;" |- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="center" !Season !Player !Goals !Club |- |1999-00 |{{flagicon|Austria}} [[Ivica Vastić]] |<center>32 |<center>[[SK Sturm Graz|Sturm Graz]] |- |2000-01 |{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Radosław Gilewicz]] |<center>22 |<center>[[FC Tirol Innsbruck]] |- |2001-02 |{{flagicon|Austria}} [[Ronald Brunmayr]] |<center>27 |<center>[[Grazer AK|GAK]] |- |2002-03 |{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Axel Lawarée]] |<center>21 |<center>[[SC Bregenz|SC Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz]] |- |2003-04 |{{flagicon|Austria}} [[Roland Kollmann]] |<center>27 |<center>[[Grazer AK|GAK]] |- |2004-05 |{{flagicon|Austria}} [[Christian Mayrleb]] |<center>21 |<center>[[SV Pasching]] |- |2005-06 |{{flagicon|Austria}} [[Sanel Kuljic]] <br> {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Roland Linz]] |<center>15 |<center>[[SV Ried]] <br> [[FK Austria Wien|Austria Wien]] |- |[[T-Mobile Bundesliga 2006-07|2006-07]] |{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Alexander Zickler]] |<center>22 |<center>[[FC Red Bull Salzburg|Red Bull Salzburg]] |- ||[[T-Mobile Bundesliga 2007-08|2007-08]] |{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Alexander Zickler]] |<center>16 |<center>[[FC Red Bull Salzburg|Red Bull Salzburg]] |- |} ==See also== * [[Austrian football champions]] * [[Gauliga Ostmark]], ''the highest division in Austria from 1938 to 1945'' ==External links== * [http://www.bundesliga.at/bewerbe/index.php?&sub1=1&sub2=1_2&sub3=1_2_1 Bundesliga site] (in German only) * [http://www.oefb.at/show_page.php?pid=414 OEFB] (in English) * [http://www.worldpicks.eu/austrian-betting-previews/ Previews, line-ups, informations from Austrian Bundesliga] (in English) {{fb start}} {{Austrian Bundesliga}} {{Football in Austria}} {{UEFA leagues}} {{fb end}} [[Category:Austrian football competitions|1]] [[Category:National football (soccer) premier leagues|Austria]] [[Category:1974 establishments]] [[ca:Lliga austríaca de futbol]] [[da:Bundesliga (Østrig)]] [[de:Fußball-Bundesliga (Österreich)]] [[es:Bundesliga (Austria)]] [[fr:Championnat d'Autriche de football]] [[id:Bundesliga (sepak bola Austria)]] [[it:Campionato di calcio austriaco]] [[he:הבונדסליגה האוסטרית]] [[lt:Austrijos Bundeslyga]] [[nl:Bundesliga (Oostenrijk)]] [[ja:サッカー・ブンデスリーガ (オーストリア)]] [[ko:오스트리아 분데스리가]] [[pl:I liga austriacka w piłce nożnej]] [[pt:Österreichische Fußball-Bundesliga]] [[ro:Bundesliga (Austria)]] [[ru:Чемпионат Австрии по футболу]] [[fi:Itävallan Bundesliiga]] [[sv:Österrikiska Bundesliga i fotboll]]