2002-03 Austrian football championship

The **2002-03 Austrian football championship** was organized by the Austrian Football Bundesliga. The second league was called Red Zac-Erste Liga. The third performance level was represented by the regional leagues East (Vienna, Lower Austria, Burgenland), Middle (Upper Austria, Styria, Carinthia) and West (Salzburg, Tyrol, Vorarlberg).

FK Austria Wien became champion for the 22nd time. Their last title win was in 1993. In addition, the Viennese also won their 24th cup victory this season. Despite these great successes, the club parted ways with its coach Walter Schachner during the season because they wanted to take the opportunity to recruit Christoph Daum as coach.

Andreas Ivanschitz (SK Rapid), Dieter Ramusch (Grazer AK) and Szabolcs Safar (SV Austria Salzburg) played all 36 matches in the league.

## Final table

|Pl.|Name|M|W|D|L|P|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1.|** FK Austria Wien  **|36|21|7|8|70|
|2.|**Grazer AK**|36|15|12|9|57|
|3.|**SV Austria Salzburg**|36|15|11|10|56|
|4.|**SK Rapid Wien**|36|13|12|11|51|
|5.|**SV Pasching**|36|13|10|13|49|
|6.|**SK Sturm Graz**|36|14|5|17|47|
|7.|**VfB Admira Wacker Mödling **|36|11|11|14|44|
|8.|**FC Kärnten**|36|11|8|17|41|
|9.|**SC Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz**|36|9|12|15|39|
|10.|**SV Ried**|36|10|8|18|38|

### Round 1

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|9 July 2002|**FK Austria Wien**|SV Ried|2-0|
|10 July 2002|**SV Pasching**|FC Kärnten|3-0|
|10 July 2002|Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz|GAK|2-2|
|10 July 2002|SK Sturm Graz|**SK Rapid Wien**|0-4|
|10 July 2002|**VfB Admira/Wacker Mödling  **|SV Austria Salzburg|1-0|

### Round 2

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|16 July 2002|FC Kärnten|FK Austria Wien|1-1|
|17 July 2002|GAK|**SV Pasching**|0-2|
|17 July 2002|SK Rapid Wien|**VfB Admira/Wacker Mödling  **|1-2|
|17 July 2002|SV Austria Salzburg|**SK Sturm Graz **|1-2|
|17 July 2002|SV Ried|Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz|1-1|

### Round 3

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|23 July 2002|Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz|**SK Rapid Wien **|0-1|
|24 July 2002|**FK Austria Wien**|GAK|3-0|
|24 July 2002|**SV Pasching**|SV Austria Salzburg|1-0|
|24 July 2002|**SK Sturm Graz **|SV Ried|2-0|
|24 July 2002|VfB Admira/Wacker Mödling|**FC Kärnten **|0-3|

### Round 4

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|30 July 2002|**SK Sturm Graz **|Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz|3-0|
|31 July 2002|**SK Rapid Wien **|SV Pasching|1-0|
|31 July 2002|SV Austria Salzburg|**FK Austria Wien**|0-4|
|31 July 2002|**SV Ried **|VfB Admira/Wacker Mödling|2-0|
|4 August 2002|FC Kärnten|GAK|1-1|

### Round 5

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|7 August 2002|FK Austria Wien|SK Rapid Wien|1-1|
|7 August 2002|**FC Kärnten **|SV Ried|3-0|
|7 August 2002|VfB Admira/Wacker Mödling|**SK Sturm Graz **|0-3|
|10 August 2002|GAK|**SV Austria Salzburg  **|0-1|
|10 August 2002|SV Pasching|Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz|0-0|

### Round 6

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|17 August 2002|SK Rapid Wien|GAK|1-1|
|17 August 2002|SV Ried|**SV Pasching**|0-1|
|17 August 2002|Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz|VfB Admira/Wacker Mödling|2-2|
|18 August 2002|SV Austria Salzburg|FC Kärnten|0-0|
|18 August 2002|SK Sturm Graz|**FK Austria Wien **|0-2|

### Round 7

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|24 August 2002|**FK Austria Wien **|Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz|3-1|
|24 August 2002|FC Kärnten|**SK Rapid Wien **|0-3|
|24 August 2002|**GAK**|SK Sturm Graz|2-1|
|24 August 2002|SV Austria Salzburg|**SV Ried  **|1-3|
|24 August 2002|**SV Pasching**|VfB Admira/Wacker Mödling|2-0|

### Round 8

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|31 August 2002|SK Rapid Wien|SV Austria Salzburg|2-2|
|31 August 2002|**SV Ried  **|GAK|1-0|
|31 August 2002|SK Sturm Graz|**SV Pasching**|1-3|
|31 August 2002|VfB Admira/Wacker Mödling|**FK Austria Wien **|0-3|
|1 September 2002|**Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz**|FC Kärnten|2-1|

### Round 9

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|11 September 2002|FC Kärnten|SK Sturm Graz|2-2|
|11 September 2002|GAK|**VfB Admira/Wacker Mödling  **|2-3|
|11 September 2002|SK Rapid Wien|SV Ried|0-0|
|11 September 2002|SV Austria Salzburg|**Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz**|1-3|
|11 September 2002|**SV Pasching**|FK Austria Wien|3-1|

### Round 10

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|14 September 2002|**FK Austria Wien **|SV Pasching|3-0|
|14 September 2002|Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz|SV Austria Salzburg|0-0|
|14 September 2002|SK Sturm Graz|**FC Kärnten  **|1-3|
|14 September 2002|VfB Admira/Wacker Mödling|GAK|2-2|
|15 September 2002|**SV Ried   **|SK Rapid Wien|3-1|

### Round 11

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|21 September 2002|**SV Austria Salzburg  **|VfB Admira/Wacker Mödling|2-0|
|21 September 2002|SV Ried|FK Austria Wien|1-1|
|22 September 2002|**FC Kärnten  **|SV Pasching|2-0|
|22 September 2002|**GAK  **|Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz|2-0|
|22 September 2002|SK Rapid Wien|**SK Sturm Graz   **|1-2|

### Round 12

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|27 September 2002|**FK Austria Wien **|FC Kärnten|3-1|
|28 September 2002|Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz|SV Ried|1-1|
|28 September 2002|**SK Sturm Graz   **|SV Austria Salzburg|3-1|
|28 September 2002|VfB Admira/Wacker Mödling|SK Rapid Wien|0-0|
|29 September 2002|SV Pasching|GAK|1-1|

### Round 13

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|5 October 2002|**SK Rapid Wien**|Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz|2-1|
|5 October 2002|**SV Austria Salzburg  **|SV Pasching|3-2|
|6 October 2002|**FC Kärnten **|VfB Admira/Wacker Mödling|4-1|
|6 October 2002|GAK|**FK Austria Wien **|0-4|
|6 October 2002|SV Ried|**SK Sturm Graz   **|1-2|

### Round 14

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|19 October 2002|FK Austria Wien|SV Austria Salzburg|0-0|
|19 October 2002|** GAK **|FC Kärnten|2-0|
|19 October 2002|** SV Pasching  **|SK Rapid Wien|2-0|
|19 October 2002|VfB Admira/Wacker Mödling|SV Ried|1-1|
|20 October 2002|**Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz  **|SK Sturm Graz|3-0|

### Round 15

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|26 October 2002|SV Austria Salzburg|GAK|1-1|
|26 October 2002|**SV Ried  **|FC Kärnten|3-0|
|26 October 2002|Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz|SV Pasching|2-2|
|26 October 2002|**SK Sturm Graz  **|VfB Admira/Wacker Mödling|3-0|
|27 October 2002|SK Rapid Wien|**FK Austria Wien **|1-2|

### Round 16

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2 November 2002|FC Kärnten|**SV Austria Salzburg **|0-1|
|2 November 2002|**GAK **|SK Rapid Wien|2-0|
|2 November 2002|SV Pasching|SV Ried|1-1|
|2 November 2002|VfB Admira/Wacker Mödling|Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz|2-2|
|3 November 2002|**FK Austria Wien **|SK Sturm Graz|4-0|

### Round 17

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|6 November 2002|**SK Rapid Wien**|FC Kärnten|2-0|
|6 November 2002|**SV Ried **|SV Austria Salzburg|4-0|
|6 November 2002|Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz|**FK Austria Wien **|0-1|
|6 November 2002|SK Sturm Graz|GAK|1-1|
|6 November 2002|**VfB Admira/Wacker Mödling   **|SV Pasching|3-1|

### Round 18

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|9 November 2002|**FK Austria Wien **|VfB Admira/Wacker Mödling|2-1|
|9 November 2002|**FC Kärnten  **|Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz|3-0|
|9 November 2002|**GAK **|SV Ried|2-0|
|9 November 2002|**SV Austria Salzburg **|SK Rapid Wien|3-1|
|10 November 2002|** SV Pasching    **|SK Sturm Graz|2-0|

### Round 19

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|16 November 2002|**SK Rapid Wien**|SV Pasching|2-1|
|16 November 2002|**Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz **|SV Austria Salzburg|5-1|
|16 November 2002|VfB Admira/Wacker Mödling|**GAK **|0-2|
|17 November 2002|**SV Ried **|FK Austria Wien|1-0|
|17 November 2002|** SK Sturm Graz     **|FC Kärnten|2-1|

### Round 20

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|23 November 2002|FC Kärnten|VfB Admira/Wacker Mödling|0-0|
|23 November 2002|GAK|SK Rapid Wien|0-0|
|23 November 2002|**SV Austria Salzburg **|SV Ried|5-2|
|23 November 2002|SV Pasching|Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz|1-1|
|24 November 2002|FK Austria Wien|** SK Sturm Graz     **|1-2|

### Round 21

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|30 November 2002|**SV Ried**|FC Kärnten|5-0|
|30 November 2002|Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz|**SK Rapid Wien**|3-6|
|30 November 2002|VfB Admira/Wacker Mödling|SV Austria Salzburg|1-1|
|1 December 2002|**FK Austria Wien**|GAK|2-1|
|1 December 2002|SK Sturm Graz|SV Pasching|1-1|

### Round 22

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|4 December 2002|**SV Austria Salzburg**|SK Sturm Graz|2-1|
|22 February 2003|**GAK**|Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz|4-1|
|23 February 2003|FC Kärnten|**FK Austria Wien**|1-3|
|12  March 2003|**SV Pasching **|SV Ried|3-0|
|18  March 2003|SK Rapid Wien|VfB Admira/Wacker Mödling|0-0|

### Round 23

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1  March 2003|**FK Austria Wien**|SV Austria Salzburg|1-0|
|1  March 2003|FC Kärnten|**SV Pasching **|0-1|
|1  March 2003|SV Ried|SK Rapid Wien|0-0|
|1   March 2003|**VfB Admira/Wacker Mödling  **|Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz|1-0|
|2  March 2003|SK Sturm Graz|**GAK**|0-5|

### Round 24

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|8  March 2003|**GAK**|SV Ried|2-0|
|8  March 2003|SV Austria Salzburg|FC Kärnten|1-1|
|8  March 2003|SV Pasching|VfB Admira/Wacker Mödling|0-0|
|8   March 2003|Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz|**SK Sturm Graz  **|0-2|
|9  March 2003|SK Rapid Wien|FK Austria Wien|1-1|

### Round 25

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|15  March 2003|**FC Kärnten   **|SK Rapid Wien|1-0|
|15  March 2003|SV Austria Salzburg|GAK|1-1|
|15  March 2003|SV Ried|**Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz  **|1-3|
|15   March 2003|**SK Sturm Graz  **|VfB Admira/Wacker Mödling|2-1|
|16   March 2003|FK Austria Wien|**SV Pasching**|0-1|

### Round 26

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|22  March 2003|**GAK**|FC Kärnten|3-0|
|22  March 2003|SV Pasching|**SV Austria Salzburg **|0-1|
|22 March 2003|Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz|**FK Austria Wien **|1-2|
|22  March 2003|VfB Admira/Wacker Mödling|**SV Ried**|0-1|
|23  March 2003|**SK Rapid Wien **|SK Sturm Graz|1-0|

### Round 27

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|5 April 2003|FK Austria Wien|**VfB Admira/Wacker Mödling  **|0-2|
|5 April 2003|FC Kärnten|Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz|2-2|
|5 April 2003|**SV Austria Salzburg **|SK Rapid Wien|2-0|
|5 April 2003|**SV Ried**|SK Sturm Graz|2-1|
|6 April 2003|**GAK**|SV Pasching|2-0|

### Round 28

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|12 April 2003|SK Rapid Wien|**SV Austria Salzburg **|0-2|
|12 April 2003|SV Pasching|**GAK**|0-2|
|12 April 2003|Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz|**FC Kärnten   **|1-2|
|12 April 2003|**SK Sturm Graz  **|SV Ried|4-2|
|13 April 2003|VfB Admira/Wacker Mödling|**FK Austria Wien**|1-2|

### Round 29

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|16 April 2003|**FK Austria Wien**|SV Ried|2-0|
|16 April 2003|**FC Kärnten   **|SK Sturm Graz|3-1|
|16 April 2003|GAK|VfB Admira/Wacker Mödling|1-1|
|16 April 2003|**SV Austria Salzburg **|Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz|4-1|
|16 April 2003|**SV Pasching **|SK Rapid Wien|3-0|

### Round 30

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|22 April 2003|SK Sturm Graz|**FK Austria Wien**|0-3|
|23 April 2003|SK Rapid Wien|GAK|0-0|
|23 April 2003|SV Ried|**SV Austria Salzburg **|1-2|
|23 April 2003|**Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz**|SV Pasching|2-1|
|23 April 2003|**VfB Admira/Wacker Mödling **|FC Kärnten|4-1|

### Round 31

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|26 April 2003|**FC Kärnten  **|SV Ried|4-1|
|26 April 2003|SK Rapid Wien|Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz|1-1|
|26 April 2003|SV Austria Salzburg|VfB Admira/Wacker Mödling|0-0|
|26 April 2003|SV Pasching|**SK Sturm Graz**|2-3|
|27 April 2003|GAK|**FK Austria Wien**|1-2|

### Round 32

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|3 May 2003|FK Austria Wien|**FC Kärnten  **|0-3|
|3 May 2003|SV Ried|SV Pasching|0-0|
|3 May 2003|SK Sturm Graz|SV Austria Salzburg|2-2|
|3 May 2003|VfB Admira/Wacker Mödling|**SK Rapid Wien  **|0-1|
|4 May 2003|**Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz  **|GAK|2-1|

### Round 33

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|10 May 2003|**SK Rapid Wien  **|SV Ried|3-2|
|10 May 2003|**SV Austria Salzburg **|FK Austria Wien|1-0|
|10 May 2003|SV Pasching|FC Kärnten|1-1|
|10 May 2003|Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz|**VfB Admira/Wacker Mödling **|0-1|
|11 May 2003|** GAK **|SK Sturm Graz|2-1|

### Round 34

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|17 May 2003|FC Kärnten|**SV Austria Salzburg **|0-3|
|17 May 2003|SV Ried|** GAK **|1-3|
|17 May 2003|SK Sturm Graz|Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz|1-1|
|17 May 2003|**VfB Admira/Wacker Mödling **|SV Pasching|1-0|
|18 May 2003|FK Austria Wien|SK Rapid Wien|0-0|

### Round 35

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|24 May 2003|GAK|SV Austria Salzburg|3-3|
|24 May 2003|**SK Rapid Wien  **|FC Kärnten|2-1|
|24 May 2003|SV Pasching|FK Austria Wien|0-0|
|24 May 2003|**Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz **|SV Ried|2-0|
|24 May 2003|**VfB Admira/Wacker Mödling **|SK Sturm Graz|2-1|

### Round 36

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|29 May 2003|FK Austria Wien|**Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz **|0-2|
|29 May 2003|FC Kärnten|**GAK **|1-2|
|29 May 2003|**SV Austria Salzburg  **|SV Pasching|3-0|
|29 May 2003|SV Ried|**VfB Admira/Wacker Mödling **|0-3|
|29 May 2003|SK Sturm Graz|**SK Rapid Wien  **|0-1|

### Champion squad

_(In bracketsːmatches and goals)_

|align="center" colspan="2"|<span style="color:#FFFFFF;">**FK Austria Wien**</span>|
| --- | --- |
|* **Goalkeeper**: Thomas Mandl (35/-); Marc Ziegler (1/-) * **Defenders**: Éric Akoto (23/3); Júlio César (9/1); Didier Dheedene (29/2); Ernst Dospel (26/-); Martin Hiden (15/-); Jürgen Panis (19/-); Patrick Pircher (8/-); Paul Scharner (28/1) * **Midfielders**:  Djalminha (10/2); Thomas Flögel (33/1); Martin Hašek (13/1); Wolfgang Hopfer (7/1); Vladimír Janočko (30/12); Volkan Kahraman (7/-); Raymond Kvisvik (21/3); Krzysztof Ratajczyk (32/-); Manfred Rothbauer (5/1); Michael Wagner (30/5); Adam Ledwoń (1/-) * **Forwards**: Radosław Gilewicz (29/11); Thorstein Helstad (29/6); Roland Linz (21/3); Joachim Parapatits (9/1); Sascha Pichler (1/-); Sigurd Rushfeldt (25/5); Christian Mayrleb (3/2) * **Coaches**: Walter Schachner / Christoph Daum||

## Top scorer

|Name|Club|Goals|
| --- | --- | --- |
|Axel Lawarée|Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz|21|
|Eduard Glieder|SV Pasching|16|
|Marijo Maric|FC Kärnten|16|
|Vladimir  Janocko|FK Austria Wien|12|

## Regionalliga champions

- Regional league Eastː SV Schwechat
- Regional league Middleː Blau-Weiß Linz
- Regional league Westː SPG WSG Wattens/FC Wacker Tirol

**Relegation matches** : BSV Bad Bleiberg only managed to prevail against FC Blau-Weiß Linz in the relegation playoffs on away goals. After the relegation playoffs, the club was acquired by FC Kärnten due to financial difficulties and played under the new name BSV Junios Villach in the First League. SPG WSG Wattens/FC Wacker Tirol secured promotion to the First League with an aggregate score of 3-2 against SV Schwechat. After the relegation playoffs, the joint team was dissolved. FC Wacker Tirol claimed the right to promotion to the First League, while WSG Wattens played in the Tyrolean League.

## Infobox (football league season)

- **competition**: Austrian Bundesliga
- **season**: 2002-03
- **dates**: 9 July 2002 - 29 May 2003
- **winners**: FK Austria Wien
- **relegated**: SV Ried
- **promoted**: SV Mattersburg
- **matches**: 180
- **total goals**: 467
- **league topscorer**: Axel Lawarée ( Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz) (21 goals)
- **prevseason**: 2001-02 Austrian football championship, 2001-02
- **nextseason**: 2003-04 Austrian football championship, 2003-04