2008–09 Austrian Football Bundesliga


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

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

TeamCity/AreaVenueCapacity
AltachStadion Schnabelholz8,500
Austria KärntenKlagenfurtHypo-Arena32,000
Austria ViennaViennaFranz Horr Stadium13,000
Kapfenberger SVKapfenbergFranz Fekete Stadium12,000
LASKLinzLinzer Stadion14,100
MattersburgPappelstadion15,700
Rapid ViennaViennaGerhard Hanappi Stadium18,442
Red Bull SalzburgSalzburgRed Bull Arena31,895
Ried im InnkreisFill Metallbau Stadion7,700
Sturm GrazGrazUPC-Arena15,312

Personnel

Managerial changes

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, and then did the same in the second half of the season.

First half of season

Second half of season

Top goalscorers

Source:
RankScorerClubGoals
1 Marc JankoRed Bull Salzburg39
2 Erwin HofferRapid Vienna27
3 Stefan MaierhoferRapid Vienna23
4 Mario HaasSturm Graz15
5 Milenko AčimovičAustria Vienna14
5 NachoSV Ried14
5 Rubin OkotieAustria Vienna14
5 Hamdi SalihiSV Ried14
9 Steffen HofmannRapid Vienna12
9 Ilčo NaumoskiSV Mattersburg12
9 Robin NelisseRed Bull Salzburg12