Austrian Football Bundesliga 2008-09
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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.
.
39 goals Marc Janko
(RB Salzburg)
27 goals Erwin Hoffer
(Rapid Vienna
)
23 goals Stefan Maierhofer
(Rapid Vienna
)
15 goals Mario Haas
(Sturm Graz
)
14 goals Milenko Ačimovič
(Austria Vienna
) Nacho
(SV Ried
) Rubin Okotie
(Austria Vienna
) Hamdi Salihi
(SV Ried
)
12 goals Steffen Hofmann
(Rapid Vienna
) Ilčo Naumoski
(SV Mattersburg
) Robin Nelisse
(RB Salzburg)
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
. 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
T-Mobile
T-Mobile International AG is a German-based holding company for Deutsche Telekom AG's various mobile communications subsidiaries outside Germany. Based in Bonn, Germany, its subsidiaries operate GSM and UMTS-based cellular networks in Europe, the United States, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands...
. The season started on 8 July 2008 with Sturm Graz
SK Sturm Graz
SK Sturm Graz is an Austrian association football club, based in Graz, Styria, playing in the Austrian Bundesliga. The club was founded in 1909 and the club colours are black and white....
beating defending champions Rapid Vienna
SK Rapid Wien
The Sportklub Rapid Wien is an Austrian football club playing in the country's capital city of Vienna. Rapid is the most popular club in Austria and also record title holder having won the Austrian national football title 32 times...
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 SVKapfenberger SV
Kapfenberger SV is an Austrian association football club from Kapfenberg. In the 2007/08 Austrian Football First League season they became champion and advanced to Austrian Bundesliga. The club was founded in 1919 as Kapfenberger SC...
.
Stadia and locations
| Team | City/Area | Venue | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Altach Altach Altach is a municipality in Feldkirch district, Vorarlberg state, Austria. It has a population of 6,512.- Geography :Altach lies in the westernmost Austrian state of Vorarlberg at 412 m above sea level. Its total area is 5.36 km²... |
Stadion Schnabelholz Stadion Schnabelholz Stadion Schnabelholz is a multi-use stadium in Altach, Austria. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of SC Rheindorf Altach. The stadium holds 8,900 and was built in 1990.... |
8,500 | |
| Austria Kärnten | Klagenfurt Klagenfurt -Name:Carinthia's eminent linguists Primus Lessiak and Eberhard Kranzmayer assumed that the city's name, which literally translates as "ford of lament" or "ford of complaints", had something to do with the superstitious thought that fateful fairies or demons tend to live around treacherous waters... |
Hypo-Arena | 32,000 |
| Austria Vienna FK Austria Wien Fußballklub Austria Wien is an Austrian association football club from the capital city of Vienna. They are considered the most successful club in Austria, having won the highest Austrian Bundesliga 23 times, the Austrian Cup 27 times and the Austrian Supercup 6 times. They also reached the UEFA... |
Vienna Vienna Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre... |
Franz Horr Stadium | 13,000 |
| Kapfenberger SV Kapfenberger SV Kapfenberger SV is an Austrian association football club from Kapfenberg. In the 2007/08 Austrian Football First League season they became champion and advanced to Austrian Bundesliga. The club was founded in 1919 as Kapfenberger SC... |
Kapfenberg Kapfenberg Kapfenberg is a city in Styria, Austria, near Bruck an der Mur. The town's landmark is Burg Oberkapfenberg. Main employer in the city of Kapfenberg was and still is the steel manufacturer Böhler.... |
Franz Fekete Stadium Franz Fekete Stadium Franz Fekete Stadion is a multipurpose stadium in Kapfenberg, Austria. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Kapfenberger SV. The stadium holds 12,000 people and was built in 1987.... |
12,000 |
| LASK LASK Linz LASK Linz is an Austrian association football club, from the Upper-Austrian state capital Linz. It is the oldest football club hailing from that region, and currently plays in the Austrian Football First League. The club's colours are black and white... |
Linz Linz Linz is the third-largest city of Austria and capital of the state of Upper Austria . It is located in the north centre of Austria, approximately south of the Czech border, on both sides of the river Danube. The population of the city is , and that of the Greater Linz conurbation is about... |
Linzer Stadion Linzer Stadion Linzer Stadion is a multi-purpose stadium, in Linz, Austria. The stadium holds 18,000 people and was built in 1952.The stadium was opened on 28 July 1952, on the grounds of the former Froschberg-Brickworks... |
14,100 |
| Mattersburg Mattersburg Mattersburg is a town in Burgenland, Austria. It is the administrative center of the District of Mattersburg and home to a Bundesliga football team, SV Mattersburg.- Location :... |
Pappelstadion Pappelstadion Pappelstadion is a multi-use stadium in Mattersburg, Austria. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of SV Mattersburg. The stadium holds 17,100.... |
15,700 | |
| Rapid Vienna SK Rapid Wien The Sportklub Rapid Wien is an Austrian football club playing in the country's capital city of Vienna. Rapid is the most popular club in Austria and also record title holder having won the Austrian national football title 32 times... |
Vienna | Gerhard Hanappi Stadium Gerhard Hanappi Stadium The Gerhard Hanappi Stadion is a football stadion in Hütteldorf, in the west of Vienna, Austria. It is the home ground of Rapid Vienna. It was officially opened in 1977 as "Weststadion" . In 1980 it was renamed, to honor its architect, Austrian football player Gerhard Hanappi... |
18,442 |
| Red Bull Salzburg | Salzburg Salzburg -Population development:In 1935, the population significantly increased when Salzburg absorbed adjacent municipalities. After World War II, numerous refugees found a new home in the city. New residential space was created for American soldiers of the postwar Occupation, and could be used for... |
Red Bull Arena Red Bull Arena (Salzburg) The Red Bull Arena, known during and before the Euro 2008 football championship as the EM Stadion , is a football stadium in Wals-Siezenheim, a municipality in the suburb of Salzburg, Austria. It was officially opened in March 2003 and is the home ground of Red Bull Salzburg. Previously, the club... |
31,895 |
| Ried im Innkreis Ried im Innkreis Ried im Innkreis is a town in the state of Upper Austria in Austria, approximately 70 km west of Linz and 60 km north of Salzburg... |
Fill Metallbau Stadion Fill Metallbau Stadion Keine Sorgen Arena, formerly Fill Metallbau Stadion, is a football stadium in Ried im Innkreis, Austria. It is the home ground of SV Ried. The stadium holds 7,680 spectators and was built in 2003. The stadium was renamed in "Keine Sorgen Arena", after the main advertising slogan of the sponsor... |
7,700 | |
| Sturm Graz SK Sturm Graz SK Sturm Graz is an Austrian association football club, based in Graz, Styria, playing in the Austrian Bundesliga. The club was founded in 1909 and the club colours are black and white.... |
Graz Graz The more recent population figures do not give the whole picture as only people with principal residence status are counted and people with secondary residence status are not. Most of the people with secondary residence status in Graz are students... |
UPC-Arena UPC-Arena The UPC-Arena in Graz, Styria, Austria, is the home of the football clubs SK Sturm Graz and Grazer AK.- History :... |
15,312 |
Personnel
| Team | Manager | Team captain |
|---|---|---|
 Georg ZellhoferGeorg Zellhofer Georg Zellhofer is a former football player and manager from Austria.- External links :* at transfermarkt.de... |
Kai Schoppitsch Kai Schoppitsch Kai Walter Schoppitsch is an Austrian football player currently playing for SV Austria Klagenfurt.-References:... |
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| Austria Kärnten | Frank Schinkels Frank Schinkels Frank "Frenkie" Schinkels is a former professional football midfielder and Austrian international team player, who is the manager of First Vienna FC .-Club career:... |
Manuel Weber Manuel Weber Manuel Weber is an Austrian football player who plays for SK Sturm Graz. He formerly played for FC Kärnten. He was the captain of Austria Kärnten until he signed with Sturm Graz in June 2009.-References:... |
| Austria Vienna FK Austria Wien Fußballklub Austria Wien is an Austrian association football club from the capital city of Vienna. They are considered the most successful club in Austria, having won the highest Austrian Bundesliga 23 times, the Austrian Cup 27 times and the Austrian Supercup 6 times. They also reached the UEFA... |
Karl Daxbacher Karl Daxbacher Karl Daxbacher is a retired Austrian football player and a football manager currently managing FK Austria Wien.-Career:... |
 Jocelyn BlanchardJocelyn Blanchard Jocelyn Blanchard is a French footballer currently a Free Agent after having being Released by Austria Kärnten After the Club went into Liquidation in 2010.- Career :... |
| Kapfenberger SV Kapfenberger SV Kapfenberger SV is an Austrian association football club from Kapfenberg. In the 2007/08 Austrian Football First League season they became champion and advanced to Austrian Bundesliga. The club was founded in 1919 as Kapfenberger SC... |
Werner Gregoritsch Werner Gregoritsch Werner Gregoritsch is an Austrian football manager formerly with Kapfenberger SV, SV Mattersburg and Grazer AK. -Personal life:... |
Dominique Taboga Dominique Taboga Dominique Taboga is an Austrian footballer, currently playing as a defender for Kapfenberger SV.-Career:He started his career at SKN St... |
| LASK LASK Linz LASK Linz is an Austrian association football club, from the Upper-Austrian state capital Linz. It is the oldest football club hailing from that region, and currently plays in the Austrian Football First League. The club's colours are black and white... |
Hans Krankl Hans Krankl Johann "Hans" Krankl is a retired Austrian footballer. He was last manager of LASK Linz.-Club career:A prolific striker, Krankl is regarded by many as the greatest ever Austrian player. He started his professional career at Rapid Wien and stayed there for 8 years, apart from a year at Wiener AC... |
Ivica Vastić Ivica Vastic Ivica Vastić is a retired Croatian-born Austrian football midfielder, formerly a striker, who last played for LASK Linz and the Austria national football team and works now as Head Coach of FK Austria Wien Amateure.- Club career :Born in Split, Vastić started to play for local clubs Jugovinil and... |
| Franz Lederer Franz Lederer (football chairman) Franz Lederer is an Austrian football manager currently managing SV Mattersburg.-External links:... |
 Carsten JanckerCarsten Jancker Carsten Jancker is a former German professional footballer and current manager.- Career :A striker, Jancker is physically very large for a footballer, standing at . His height and strength have proved to be an advantage when playing as a target man, as displayed during his most successful days at... |
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| Rapid Vienna SK Rapid Wien The Sportklub Rapid Wien is an Austrian football club playing in the country's capital city of Vienna. Rapid is the most popular club in Austria and also record title holder having won the Austrian national football title 32 times... |
Peter Pacult Peter Pacult Peter Pacult is an Austrian former international football player who is now manager of RB Leipzig.-Club career:... |
Steffen Hofmann Steffen Hofmann Steffen Hofmann is a German footballer, playing for Rapid Vienna of the Austrian Bundesliga. He plays as an attacking midfielder.-Career:... |
| Red Bull Salzburg |  Co AdriaanseCo Adriaanse Jacobus "Co" Adriaanse is a Dutch football manager and former football player, who is currently the head coach of Eredivisie team FC Twente.-Playing career:... |
Alexander Zickler Alexander Zickler Alexander "Alex" Zickler is a German former footballer who played as a striker, most notably in a twelve year spell with Bayern Munich.-Club career:... |
| Paul Gludovatz Paul Gludovatz Paul Gludovatz is an Austrian football manager currently managing SV Ried. He managed Austrian national youth football teams in different age brackets from 1981 to 2008.-External links:... |
Herwig Drechsel Herwig Drechsel Herwig Drechsel is an Austrian professional association football player currently playing for SV Wallern. He plays as a midfielder.-External links:* at transfermarkt.de... |
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| Sturm Graz SK Sturm Graz SK Sturm Graz is an Austrian association football club, based in Graz, Styria, playing in the Austrian Bundesliga. The club was founded in 1909 and the club colours are black and white.... |
Franco Foda Franco Foda Franco Foda is a retired German football player in the defender role who is currently the manager of Austrian side SK Sturm Graz.-Football career:... |
Mario Haas Mario Haas Mario Haas is an Austrian football forward, who currently plays for SK Sturm Graz.-Club career:thumb|left|275px|Haas in action with SK Sturm Graz... |
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCR Altach SC Rheindorf Altach SC Rheindorf Altach is an Austrian association football based in Altach, Vorarlberg. The club is currently also known as Cashpoint SC Rheindorf Altach due to sponsorship of Austrian sports betting company Cashpoint.- History :... |
Heinz Fuchsbichler |
Sacked | 30 August 2008 |  Urs SchönenbergerUrs Schönenberger Urs Schönenberger is a Swiss football manager who is currently unattached.-External links:... |
4 September 2008 |
| LASK Linz LASK Linz LASK Linz is an Austrian association football club, from the Upper-Austrian state capital Linz. It is the oldest football club hailing from that region, and currently plays in the Austrian Football First League. The club's colours are black and white... |
 Andrej PanadićAndrej Panadic Andrej Panadić is a Croatian football coach and a former defender. He last managed LASK Linz in 2008.He played for Dinamo Zagreb , Chemnitzer FC , KFC Uerdingen 05 , Hamburger SV , Sturm Graz and Nagoya Grampus Eight .With Dinamo Zagreb he won a Croatian Championship for the year 1993.He played for... |
Sacked | 27 October 2008 | Klaus Lindenberger Klaus Lindenberger Klaus Lindenberger is a retired Austrian football goalkeeper and last manager of Austrian Bundesliga side LASK Linz.-Club career:... |
27 October 2008 |
| SCR Altach | Urs Schönenberger Urs Schönenberger Urs Schönenberger is a Swiss football manager who is currently unattached.-External links:... |
Sacked | 12 January 2009 | Georg Zellhofer Georg Zellhofer Georg Zellhofer is a former football player and manager from Austria.- External links :* at transfermarkt.de... |
12 January 2009 |
| LASK Linz | Klaus Lindenberger Klaus Lindenberger Klaus Lindenberger is a retired Austrian football goalkeeper and last manager of Austrian Bundesliga side LASK Linz.-Club career:... |
Resigned | 21 March 2009 | Hans Krankl Hans Krankl Johann "Hans" Krankl is a retired Austrian footballer. He was last manager of LASK Linz.-Club career:A prolific striker, Krankl is regarded by many as the greatest ever Austrian player. He started his professional career at Rapid Wien and stayed there for 8 years, apart from a year at Wiener AC... |
24 March 2009 |
League table
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
Second half of season
Top goalscorers
Source: bundesliga.at39 goals Marc Janko
Marc Janko
Marc Janko is an Austrian football player, who currently plays for Dutch Eredivisie side FC Twente.Janko has in various seasons been known as a goal-getter, scoring 77 goals in 121 Austrian Bundesliga matches...
(RB Salzburg)
27 goals Erwin Hoffer
Erwin Hoffer
Erwin "Jimmy" Hoffer is an Austrian football striker who currently plays for Eintracht Frankfurt, on loan from Napoli, and the Austria national team.-Club career:...
(Rapid Vienna
SK Rapid Wien
The Sportklub Rapid Wien is an Austrian football club playing in the country's capital city of Vienna. Rapid is the most popular club in Austria and also record title holder having won the Austrian national football title 32 times...
)
23 goals Stefan Maierhofer
Stefan Maierhofer
Stefan Maierhofer is an Austrian international football striker who plays for Red Bull Salzburg.Maierhofer failed to make the grade with German giants Bayern Munich, making just two first team appearances. After spells with second division teams TuS Koblenz and Greuther Fürth he returned to his...
(Rapid Vienna
SK Rapid Wien
The Sportklub Rapid Wien is an Austrian football club playing in the country's capital city of Vienna. Rapid is the most popular club in Austria and also record title holder having won the Austrian national football title 32 times...
)
15 goals Mario Haas
Mario Haas
Mario Haas is an Austrian football forward, who currently plays for SK Sturm Graz.-Club career:thumb|left|275px|Haas in action with SK Sturm Graz...
(Sturm Graz
SK Sturm Graz
SK Sturm Graz is an Austrian association football club, based in Graz, Styria, playing in the Austrian Bundesliga. The club was founded in 1909 and the club colours are black and white....
)
14 goals Milenko Ačimovič
Milenko Acimovic
Milenko Ačimović is a former Slovenian footballer who last played for Austria giants Austria Wien. He was a playmaker who has a great passing range and an abundance of skill...
(Austria Vienna
FK Austria Wien
Fußballklub Austria Wien is an Austrian association football club from the capital city of Vienna. They are considered the most successful club in Austria, having won the highest Austrian Bundesliga 23 times, the Austrian Cup 27 times and the Austrian Supercup 6 times. They also reached the UEFA...
) Nacho
Ignacio Rodríguez Ortiz
Ignacio 'Nacho' Rodríguez Ortiz is a Spanish footballer who plays for SV Ried in Austria, as a striker.-External links:**...
(SV Ried
SV Ried
SV Ried is an Austrian association football club from Ried im Innkreis. The team plays its home matches at the 7,680 capacity Keine-Sorgen Arena. The club currently plays in the Bundesliga after winning promotion from the Erste Liga in the 2004/05 season...
) Rubin Okotie
Rubin Okotie
Rubin Rafael Okotie is an Austrian professional footballer currently playing as a Striker for Belgian first division side K. Sint-Truidense V.V., who hires him for 1 year from 1. FC Nuremberg....
(Austria Vienna
FK Austria Wien
Fußballklub Austria Wien is an Austrian association football club from the capital city of Vienna. They are considered the most successful club in Austria, having won the highest Austrian Bundesliga 23 times, the Austrian Cup 27 times and the Austrian Supercup 6 times. They also reached the UEFA...
) Hamdi Salihi
Hamdi Salihi
Hamdi Salihi nicknamed The Bomber is an Albanian football player. He plays as a striker for Albania national football team and for Rapid Wien of Austria at club level. He first started his football career at his hometown club Vllaznia, where he shone as the number one goalscorer for the Albanian...
(SV Ried
SV Ried
SV Ried is an Austrian association football club from Ried im Innkreis. The team plays its home matches at the 7,680 capacity Keine-Sorgen Arena. The club currently plays in the Bundesliga after winning promotion from the Erste Liga in the 2004/05 season...
)
12 goals Steffen Hofmann
Steffen Hofmann
Steffen Hofmann is a German footballer, playing for Rapid Vienna of the Austrian Bundesliga. He plays as an attacking midfielder.-Career:...
(Rapid Vienna
SK Rapid Wien
The Sportklub Rapid Wien is an Austrian football club playing in the country's capital city of Vienna. Rapid is the most popular club in Austria and also record title holder having won the Austrian national football title 32 times...
) Ilčo Naumoski
Ilco Naumoski
Ilčo Naumoski is a Macedonian football player who currently plays as a striker for SV Mattersburg in Austria...
(SV Mattersburg
SV Mattersburg
SV Mattersburg is an Austrian association football club from Mattersburg, Burgenland. For sponsorship reasons, the club is currently also known as SV Bauwelt Koch Mattersburg....
) Robin Nelisse
Robin Nelisse
Robin Nelisse is a Netherlands Antillean football forward, the former Netherlands Antillean national team.-Biography:Nelisse started his professional career in the 1997-1998 season playing for Feyenoord Rotterdam...
(RB Salzburg)