1988-89 Austrian football championship

The **1987-88 Austrian football championship**  was organized by the Austrian Football Association The top-flight First Division and the second-tier Second Division were merged this season through a playoff format. The third tier consisted of the Regionalliga East (Vienna, Lower Austria, Burgenland) and West (Salzburg, Tyrol, Vorarlberg), as well as the regional leagues of Carinthia, Upper Austria and Styria.

In the 1988/89 championship, FC Tirol, coached by Ernst Happel, became Austrian football champions for the first time. SK Sturm Graz, SK Vorwärts Steyr, SV Austria Salzburg ,Kremser SC  were promoted from the intermediate play off for the 1989-90 season.

## Mode

The championship in the 1st and 2nd Divisions was initially contested in the fall with 12 teams. Each team initially played 22 matches. The teams were then divided into the **Champion play off** (1st to 8th in the 1st Division), the **Intermediate play off**  (9th to 12th in the 1st Division and 1st to 4th in the 2nd Division) and the **Relegation play off** (5th to 12th in the 2nd Division) for the spring championship. This meant that the Masters Playoff determined the champions and European Cup berths, the Intermediate play off determined promotions and relegations between the 1st and 2nd Divisions.  Relegation Playoff determined teams relegated to the regional and state leagues. Half of the points from the regular season were carried over to the championship playoffs.

## Initial round table

Table mode (in case of equal points): 1. Goal difference ;Half of the points from the regular season were carried over to the championship playoffs.
|Pl.|Name|M|W|D|L|P|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1.|**FC Tirol**|22|15|3|4|33|
|2.|** Admira Wacker **|22|13|5|4|31|
|3.|**FK Austria Wien**|22|12|6|4|30|
|4.|**VSE St. Pölten**|22|10|5|7|25|
|5.|**SK Rapid Wien**|22|10|4|8|24|
|6.|**First Vienna FC**|22|6|10|6|22|
|7.|**Grazer AK**|22|7|8|7|22|
|8.|**Wiener Sport-Club**|22|8|4|10|20|
|9.|**SK Vorwärts Steyr**|22|5|8|9|18|
|10.|**SK Austria Klagenfurt**|22|5|6|11|16|
|11.|**SK Sturm Graz**|22|3|6|13|12|
|12.|**LASK**|22|3|5|14|11|

## Champion play off table

Table mode (in case of equal points): 1. Goal difference
|Pl.|Name|M|W|D|L|P|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1.|**FC Tirol**|36|24|7|5|39|
|2.|** Admira Wacker **|36|20|8|8|33|
|3.|**FK Austria Wien**|36|18|10|8|31|
|4.|**SK Rapid Wien**|36|17|7|12|29|
|5.|**First Vienna FC**|36|12|13|11|26|
|6.|**Wiener Sport-Club**|36|13|6|17|22|
|7.|**Grazer AK**|36|11|9|16|20|
|8.|**VSE St. Pölten**|36|10|9|17|17|

### Round 1

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|22 July 1988|**FK Austria Wien**|Linzer ASK|3-1|
|22 July 1988|**FC Tirol**|SK Sturm Graz|1-0|
|22 July 1988|Grazer AK|**SK Austria Klagenfurt **|3-4|
|22 July 1988|**VSE St. Pölten **|SK Rapid Wien|1-0|
|23 July 1988|SK Vorwärts Steyr|First Vienna FC|0-0|
|23 July 1988|Wiener Sport-Club|**Admira Wacker**|0-2|

### Round 2

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|26 July 1988|**Admira Wacker**|VSE St. Pölten|2-1|
|26 July 1988|SK Austria Klagenfurt|SK Sturm Graz|0-0|
|26 July 1988|Linzer ASK|**SK Vorwärts Steyr  **|1-3|
|26 July 1988|**SK Rapid Wien  **|FC Tirol|1-0|
|26 July 1988|First Vienna FC|Wiener Sport-Club|1-2|
|27 July 1988|Grazer AK|FK Austria Wien|3-3|

### Round 3

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|29 July 1988|SK Sturm Graz|SK Rapid Wien|0-0|
|29 July 1988|**VSE St. Pölten**|First Vienna FC|6-1|
|29 July 1988|**Wiener Sport-Club**|Linzer ASK|4-2|
|30 July 1988|** FK Austria Wien **|SK Austria Klagenfurt|3-0|
|30  July 1988|**FC Tirol**|Admira Wacker|2-0|
|30 July 1988|SK Vorwärts Steyr|Grazer AK|0-0|

### Round 4

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|5 August 1988|**Admira Wacker**|SK Sturm Graz|2-1|
|5 August 1988|SK Austria Klagenfurt|**SK Rapid Wien**|1-4|
|5 August 1988|**Grazer AK**|Wiener Sport-Club|3-2|
|5 August 1988|Linzer ASK|**VSE St. Pölten**|1-2|
|6 August 1988|**First Vienna FC**|FC Tirol|5-1|
|7 August 1988|** FK Austria Wien **|SK Vorwärts Steyr|3-1|

### Round 5

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|12 August 1988|**FC Tirol**|Linzer ASK|4-0|
|12 August 1988|**VSE St. Pölten**|Grazer AK|1-0|
|12 August 1988|Wiener Sport-Club|** FK Austria Wien **|2-6|
|13 August 1988|SK Rapid Wien|**Admira Wacker**|1-2|
|13 August 1988|SK Sturm Graz|First Vienna FC|1-1|
|13 August 1988|**SK Vorwärts Steyr**|SK Austria Klagenfurt|2-0|

### Round 6

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|19 August 1988|**SK Austria Klagenfurt**|Admira Wacker|4-3|
|19 August 1988|FK Austria Wien|VSE St. Pölten|0-0|
|19 August 1988|**Linzer ASK**|SK Sturm Graz|2-1|
|20 August 1988|Grazer AK|**FC Tirol**|0-3|
|20 August 1988|First Vienna FC|SK Rapid Wien|2-2|
|20 August 1988|SK Vorwärts Steyr|Wiener Sport-Club|1-1|

### Round 7

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|23 August 1988|Admira Wacker|First Vienna FC|1-1|
|23 August 1988|**FC Tirol**|FK Austria Wien|3-1|
|23 August 1988|**SK Rapid Wien**|Linzer ASK|3-1|
|23 August 1988|SK Sturm Graz|**Grazer AK**|0-1|
|23 August 1988|**VSE St. Pölten**|SK Vorwärts Steyr|2-0|
|24 August 1988|**Wiener Sport-Club **|SK Austria Klagenfurt|3-0|

### Round 8

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|26 August 1988|SK Austria Klagenfurt|First Vienna FC|2-2|
|26 August 1988|**FK Austria Wien**|SK Sturm Graz|3-1|
|26 August 1988|Linzer ASK|**Admira Wacker  **|0-2|
|27 August 1988|**Grazer AK**|SK Rapid Wien|3-1|
|27 August 1988|SK Vorwärts Steyr|**FC Tirol**|0-5|
|28 August 1988|Wiener Sport-Club|**VSE St. Pölten**|2-4|

### Round 9

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2 September 1988|**First Vienna FC**|Linzer ASK|2-1|
|3 September 1988|FC Tirol|**Wiener Sport-Club**|1-3|
|3 September 1988|SK Rapid Wien|**FK Austria Wien**|0-3|
|3 September 1988|SK Sturm Graz|SK Vorwärts Steyr|0-0|
|3 September 1988|VSE St. Pölten|SK Austria Klagenfurt|1-1|
|4 September 1988|Admira Wacker|Grazer AK|1-1|

### Round 10

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|9 September 1988|SK Austria Klagenfurt|**Linzer ASK**|0-2|
|10 September 1988|**FK Austria Wien**|Admira Wacker  ****|4-2|
|10 September 1988|Grazer AK|First Vienna FC|0-0|
|10 September 1988|VSE St. Pölten|**FC Tirol **|1-3|
|10 September 1988|SK Vorwärts Steyr|SK Rapid Wien|2-2|
|11 September 1988|Wiener Sport-Club|**SK Sturm Graz**|1-2|

### Round 11

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|16 September 1988|**FC Tirol **|SK Austria Klagenfurt|5-1|
|17 September 1988|**Admira Wacker**|SK Vorwärts Steyr|1-0|
|17 September 1988|Linzer ASK|Grazer AK|0-1|
|17 September 1988|SK Rapid Wien|Wiener Sport-Club|1-1|
|17 September 1988|SK Sturm Graz|**VSE St. Pölten**|2-3|
|17 September 1988|First Vienna FC|FK Austria Wien|3-3|

### Round 12

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|23 September 1988|SK Austria Klagenfurt|**FC Tirol **|0-1|
|23 September 1988|**VSE St. Pölten**|SK Sturm Graz|1-0|
|23 September 1988|Wiener Sport-Club|**SK Rapid Wien**|0-3|
|24 September 1988|**FK Austria Wien**|First Vienna FC|2-1|
|24 September 1988|**Grazer AK**|Linzer ASK|2-0|
|24 September 1988|SK Vorwärts Steyr|Admira Wacker|0-0|

### Round 13

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|30 September 1988|**FC Tirol **|VSE St. Pölten|4-2|
|30 September 1988|**SK Rapid Wien**|SK Vorwärts Steyr|1-0|
|1 October 1988|**Admira Wacker**|FK Austria Wien|2-1|
|1 October 1988|Linzer ASK|SK Austria Klagenfurt|1-1|
|1 October 1988|SK Sturm Graz|**Wiener Sport-Club **|2-5|
|1 October 1988|First Vienna FC|**Grazer AK**|2-4|

### Round 14

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|27 September 1988|**FK Austria Wien**|SK Rapid Wien|1-0|
|8 October 1988|**SK Austria Klagenfurt   **|VSE St. Pölten|4-1|
|8 October 1988|Grazer AK|Admira Wacker|1-1|
|8 October 1988|Linzer ASK|First Vienna FC|1-1|
|8 October 1988|SK Vorwärts Steyr|SK Sturm Graz|0-0|
|8 October 1988|**Wiener Sport-Club **|FC Tirol|4-0|

### Round 15

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|11 October 1988|**Admira Wacker**|Linzer ASK|3-1|
|11 October 1988|**FC Tirol**|SK Vorwärts Steyr|3-0|
|11 October 1988|**SK Sturm Graz**|FK Austria Wien|2-1|
|11 October 1988|**VSE St. Pölten**|Wiener Sport-Club|2-1|
|11 October 1988|**First Vienna FC**|SK Austria Klagenfurt|2-0|
|12 October 1988|**SK Rapid Wien  **|Grazer AK|4-0|

### Round 16

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|22 October 1988|**SK Austria Klagenfurt**|Wiener Sport-Club|4-1|
|22 October 1988|FK Austria Wien|FC Tirol|2-2|
|22 October 1988|Grazer AK|**SK Sturm Graz**|0-4|
|22 October 1988|Linzer ASK|**SK Rapid Wien  **|1-2|
|22 October 1988|First Vienna FC|Admira Wacker|0-0|
|22 October 1988|**SK Vorwärts Steyr**|VSE St. Pölten|2-0|

### Round 17

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|13 September  1988|**Admira Wacker**|SK Austria Klagenfurt|4-1|
|13 September  1988|FC Tirol|Grazer AK|0-0|
|13 September  1988|SK Rapid Wien|**First Vienna FC**|0-1|
|13 September  1988|VSE St. Pölten|FK Austria Wien|1- 1|
|14 September  1988|SK Sturm Graz|**Linzer ASK**|0-1|
|14 September  1988|**Wiener Sport-Club**|SK Vorwärts Steyr|3-2|

### Round 18

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|5 November  1988|**Admira Wacker**|SK Rapid Wien|3-1|
|5 November  1988|SK Austria Klagenfurt|SK Vorwärts Steyr|2-2|
|5 November  1988|Grazer AK|VSE St. Pölten|1-1|
|5 November  1988|Linzer ASK|FC Tirol|1- 1|
|5 November  1988|**First Vienna FC**|SK Sturm Graz|3-2|
|6 November  1988|**FK Austria Wien  **|Wiener Sport-Club|4-0|

### Round 19

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|12 November  1988|**FC Tirol**|First Vienna FC|2-0|
|12 November  1988|**SK Rapid Wien**|SK Austria Klagenfurt|3-1|
|12 November  1988|SK Sturm Graz|**Admira Wacker**|1-5|
|12 November  1988|VSE St. Pölten|Linzer ASK|1- 1|
|12 November  1988|**SK Vorwärts Steyr**|FK Austria Wien|2-1|
|13 November  1988|Wiener Sport-Club|Grazer AK|0-0|

### Round 20

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|18 November  1988|**Grazer AK **|SK Vorwärts Steyr|3-1|
|19 November  1988|Admira Wacker|**FC Tirol**|3-4|
|19 November  1988|SK Austria Klagenfurt|** FK Austria Wien **|0-3|
|19 November  1988|Linzer ASK|**Wiener Sport-Club**|1- 4|
|19 November  1988|**SK Rapid Wien**|SK Sturm Graz|1-0|
|19 November  1988|First Vienna FC|**VSE St. Pölten**|0-2|

### Round 21

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|26 November  1988|** FK Austria Wien **|Grazer AK|6-0|
|26 November  1988|**FC Tirol**|SK Rapid Wien|3-1|
|26 November  1988|SK Sturm Graz|SK Austria Klagenfurt|0-0|
|26 November  1988|VSE St. Pölten|**Admira Wacker**|1- 4|
|27 November  1988|**SK Vorwärts Steyr**|Linzer ASK|1-0|
|27 November  1988|Wiener Sport-Club|First Vienna FC|0-0|

### Round 22

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|3 December  1988|**Admira Wacker**|Wiener Sport-Club|2-1|
|3 December  1988|**SK Austria Klagenfurt**|Grazer AK|3-1|
|3 December  1988|Linzer ASK|FK Austria Wien|0-0|
|3 December  1988|**SK Rapid Wien**|VSE St. Pölten|4-0|
|3 December  1988|**First Vienna FC**|SK Vorwärts Steyr|3-2|
|4 December  1988|SK Sturm Graz|**FC Tirol**|0-2|

### Round 23

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|11 March 1989|FK Austria Wien|Admira Wacker|0-0|
|11 March 1989|Grazer AK|**FC Tirol**|0-1|
|11 March 1989|VSE St. Pölten|**Wiener Sport-Club**|0-2|
|11 March 1989|First Vienna FC|**SK Rapid Wien**|0-5|

### Round 24

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|18 March 1989|**Admira Wacker**|First Vienna FC|0-2|
|18 March 1989|**FC Tirol**|FK Austria Wien|2-0|
|18 March 1989|**SK Rapid Wien**|VSE St. Pölten|4-0|
|18 March 1989|**Wiener Sport-Club**|Grazer AK|2-1|

### Round 25

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|27 March 1989|**First Vienna FC**|VSE St. Pölten|5-0|
|28 March 1989|Admira Wacker|**FC Tirol**|2-0|
|28 March 1989|**FK Austria Wien**|Wiener Sport-Club|2-0|
|28 March 1989|Grazer AK|SK Rapid Wien|0-0|

### Round 26

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|31 March 1989|SK Rapid Wien|FK Austria Wien|0-0|
|31 March 1989|VSE St. Pölten|**Grazer AK**|0-1|
|1 April 1989|FC Tirol|First Vienna FC|1-1|
|1 April 1989|**Wiener Sport-Club**|Admira Wacker|6-2|

### Round 27

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|7 April 1989|**FK Austria Wien**|VSE St. Pölten|2-0|
|8 April 1989|**Admira Wacker**|SK Rapid Wien|3-2|
|8 April 1989|**FC Tirol**|Wiener Sport-Club|2-1|
|8 April 1989|**First Vienna FC**|Grazer AK|6-2|

### Round 28

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|14 April 1989|VSE St. Pölten|Admira Wacker|1-1|
|14 April 1989|Wiener Sport-Club|First Vienna FC|2-2|
|15 April 1989|Grazer AK|**FK Austria Wien**|1-2|
|15 April 1989|SK Rapid Wien|**FC Tirol**|2-3|

### Round 29

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|21 April 1989|**FK Austria Wien**|First Vienna FC|2-1|
|21 April 1989|**FC Tirol**|VSE St. Pölten|3-2|
|22 April 1989|**Admira Wacker**|Grazer AK|5-0|
|22 April 1989|Wiener Sport-Club|**SK Rapid Wien**|0-3|

### Round 30

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|28 April 1989|VSE St. Pölten|FC Tirol|0-0|
|29 April 1989|Grazer AK|**Admira Wacker**|1-2|
|29 April 1989|**First Vienna FC**|FK Austria Wien|3-2|
|30 April 1989|SK Rapid Wien|Wiener Sport-Club|1-1|

### Round 31

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|5 May 1989|**FC Tirol**|Grazer AK|4-1|
|5 May 1989|**SK Rapid Wien**|First Vienna FC|5-1|
|7 May 1989|**Admira Wacker**|FK Austria Wien|4-1|
|7 May 1989|**Wiener Sport-Club**|VSE St. Pölten|2-0|

### Round 32

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|12 May 1989|FK Austria Wien|FC Tirol|1-1|
|12 May 1989|**Grazer AK**|Wiener Sport-Club|2-0|
|12 May 1989|VSE St. Pölten|**SK Rapid Wien**|1-2|
|13 May 1989|**First Vienna FC**|Admira Wacker|3-1|

### Round 33

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|26 May 1989|FC Tirol|Admira Wacker|2-2|
|26 May 1989|**SK Rapid Wien**|Grazer AK|3-0|
|26 May 1989|VSE St. Pölten|First Vienna FC|2-2|
|27 May 1989|**Wiener Sport-Club**|FK Austria Wien|3-1|

### Round 34

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2 June 1989|**Admira Wacker**|Wiener Sport-Club|3-1|
|2 June 1989|First Vienna FC|**FC Tirol**|0-4|
|3 June 1989|**FK Austria Wien**|SK Rapid Wien|2-1|
|4 June 1989|**Grazer AK**|VSE St. Pölten|2-0|

### Round 35

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|6 June 1989|**Grazer AK**|First Vienna FC|1-0|
|6 June 1989|SK Rapid Wien|**Admira Wacker**|1-2|
|6 June 1989|VSE St. Pölten|FK Austria Wien|1-1|
|7 June 1989|Wiener Sport-Club|**FC Tirol**|0-3|

### Round 36

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|9 June 1989|**Admira Wacker**|VSE St. Pölten|7-3|
|9 June 1989|**FK Austria Wien**|Grazer AK|5-0|
|9 June 1989|FC Tirol|**SK Rapid Wien**|1-3|
|9 June 1989|**First Vienna FC**|Wiener Sport-Club|5-0|

## Champion squad

(matches/goals)
|align="center" colspan="2"|<span style="color:#FFFFFF;">**FC Tirol**</span>|
| --- | --- |
|Klaus Lindenberger <small>(36)</small> – Bruno Pezzey <small>(26/3)</small>, Michael Streiter <small>(31)</small>, Robert Wazinger <small>(18/1)</small>, Kurt Garger <small>(34/3)</small>, Leopold Lainer <small>(32/7)</small>, Manfred Linzmaier <small>(32/7)</small>, Heinz Peischl <small>(30/1)</small>, Rupert Marko <small>(12/3)</small>, Peter Hrstic <small>(11/1)</small>, Hansi Müller <small>(35/5)</small>, Alfred Hörtnagl <small>(20/4)</small>, Werner Löberbauer <small>(28/1)</small>, Manfred Schneider <small>(18)</small>, Christoph Westerthaler <small>(35/13)</small>, Peter Pacult <small>(36/26)</small>, Alfred Jirausek <small>(1)</small>, Ivica Kalinić <small>(2/1)</small>, Andreas Spielmann <small>(3)</small> – Coach: Ernst Happel||

## Top scorer

|Name|Club|Goals|
| --- | --- | --- |
|Peter Pacult|FC Tirol|26|
|Walter Knaller|Admira Wacker|25|
|Jose Percudani|FK Austria Wien|23|

## Infobox (football league season)

- **competition**: Austrian Bundesliga, 1. Division
- **season**: 1988-89
- **dates**: 22 July 1988  - 9 June  1989
- **winners**: FC Tirol Innsbruck, FC Tirol
- **promoted**: SK Sturm Graz,SK Vorwärts Steyr,SV Austria Salzburg,Kremser SC
- **total goals**: 624 (3,32 per match)
- **league topscorer**: Peter Pacult FC Tirol  (26 goals)
- **prevseason**: 1987-88 Austrian football championship, 1987-88
- **nextseason**: 1989-90 Austrian football championship, 1989-90