Season | 2008–09 |
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Dates | 8 July 2008 – 31 May 2009 |
Champions |
Red Bull Salzburg 5th Austrian title |
Relegated | SCR Altach |
Champions League | Red Bull Salzburg |
Europa League |
Rapid Vienna Sturm Graz Austria Vienna (via domestic cup) |
Matches played | 180 |
Goals scored | 588 (3.27 per match) |
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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2007–08
2009–10 → |
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.
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 |
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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 / 30,188 |
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 |
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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 | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Red Bull Salzburg (C) | 36 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 86 | 50 | +36 | 74 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
2 | Rapid Wien | 36 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 89 | 43 | +46 | 70 | Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round |
3 | Austria Wien | 36 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 59 | 46 | +13 | 62 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round [a] |
4 | Sturm Graz | 36 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 68 | 45 | +23 | 60 | Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round |
5 | 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 | Mattersburg | 36 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 42 | 71 | −29 | 33 | |
10 | Rheindorf Altach (R) | 36 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 56 | 90 | −34 | 30 | Relegation to Austrian First Football League |
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.
Source: bundesliga.at (in German)
Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
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1 | Marc Janko | Red Bull Salzburg | 39 |
2 | Erwin Hoffer | Rapid Vienna | 27 |
3 | Stefan Maierhofer | Rapid Vienna | 23 |
4 | Mario Haas | Sturm Graz | 15 |
5 | Milenko Ačimovič | Austria Vienna | 14 |
Nacho | SV Ried | ||
Rubin Okotie | Austria Vienna | ||
Hamdi Salihi | SV Ried | ||
9 | Steffen Hofmann | Rapid Vienna | 12 |
Ilčo Naumoski | SV Mattersburg | ||
Robin Nelisse | Red Bull Salzburg |