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2008–09 Austrian Football Bundesliga

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Austrian Football Bundesliga
Season2008–09
Dates8 July 2008 – 31 May 2009
ChampionsRed Bull Salzburg
5th Austrian title
RelegatedSCR Altach
Champions LeagueRed Bull Salzburg
Europa LeagueRapid Vienna
Sturm Graz
Austria Vienna (via domestic cup)
Matches played180
Goals scored588 (3.27 per match)
Top goalscorerAustria Marc Janko (39)
Biggest home winRapid 8–1 Altach
Biggest away winAltach 2–7 Rapid
Highest scoringMattersburg 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

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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.

Overview

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Stadia and locations

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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 / 30,188
SV Ried Ried im Innkreis Fill Metallbau Stadion 7,700
Sturm Graz Graz UPC-Arena 15,312

Personnel

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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

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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

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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 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
Source: weltfussball.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Austria Vienna won the 2008–09 Austrian Cup and therefore qualified for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

Results

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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.

Top goalscorers

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Source: bundesliga.at (in German)

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Austria Marc Janko Red Bull Salzburg 39
2 Austria Erwin Hoffer Rapid Vienna 27
3 Austria Stefan Maierhofer Rapid Vienna 23
4 Austria Mario Haas Sturm Graz 15
5 Slovenia Milenko Ačimovič Austria Vienna 14
Spain Nacho SV Ried
Austria Rubin Okotie Austria Vienna
Albania Hamdi Salihi SV Ried
9 Germany Steffen Hofmann Rapid Vienna 12
North Macedonia Ilčo Naumoski SV Mattersburg
Netherlands Antilles Robin Nelisse Red Bull Salzburg

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Trennung von Heinz Fuchsbichler" (in German). SCR Altach official website. 30 August 2008. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2009.
  2. ^ "Trainer" (in German). SCR Altach official website. 4 September 2008. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2009.
  3. ^ a b "Trainerwechsel beim LASK" (in German). LASK Linz official website. 27 October 2008. Archived from the original on 15 December 2010. 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. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
  7. ^ "Hans Krankl neuer LASK-Trainer" (in German). LASK Linz official website. 23 March 2009. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
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