1980-81 Austrian football championship

The **1980-81 Austrian football championship** was organized by the Austrian Football Association. The single-tiered Second Division served as the 2nd tier tier of the First Division. The third tier consisted of the Regionalliga West (Salzburg, Tyrol, Vorarlberg) and the leagues of Vienna, Lower Austria, Burgenland, Carinthia, Upper Austria and Styria.

The final round decided the title. Sturm Graz prepared for their championship celebrations at their home game against Rapid Wien in front of 22,000 spectators. Rapid outplayed the nervous Graz side 4-1. Austria Wien defeated GAK 6-1 in Dornbach. So they unexpectedly celebrating their fourth consecutive championship win and their 15th overall.

A total of 217 players were used. 13 of them played the entire 36 matches (Zvonko Breber, Karl Brauneder, Alfred Drabits, Savo Ekmecic, Felix Gasselich, Geza Gallos, Peter Kloiber, Klaus Lindenberger, Herbert Oberhofer, Robert Sara, Walter Saria, Josef Stering, Hannes Winklbauer).

The joint team between Wiener Sportclub and Post SV (Wiener Sportclub/Post), which had existed since 1976, was dissolved on 31 December 1980. Austria Wien was once again on the move. In the fall of 1980, the Violets played their home games mostly at the Prater Stadium, and in the spring of 1981, almost always at the Sportclubplatz.

## Final table

|Pl.|Name|M|W|D|L|P|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1.|**FK Austria Wien**|36|20|6|10|46|
|2.|**SK Sturm Graz**|36|17|11|8|45|
|3.|**SK Rapid Wien**|36|18|7|11|43|
|4.|** Admira/Wacker**|36|17|8|11|42|
|5.|**Grazer AK**|36|13|12|11|38|
|6.|**VOEST Linz**|36|12|12|12|36|
|7.|**LASK**|36|11|12|13|34|
|8.|**Wiener Sport-Club**|36|12|8|16|32|
|9.|**SV Austria Salzburg**|36|10|3|23|23|
|10.|**SC Eisenstadt**|36|6|9|21|21|

### Round 1

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|14 August 1980|SK Rapid Wien|**Wiener Sport-Club**|0-1|
|16 August 1980|Admira Wacker|**FK Austria Wien**|0-1|
|16 August 1980|**Grazer AK**|SK Sturm Graz|2-0|
|16 August 1980|**SC Eisenstadt**|LASK|2-0|
|16 August 1980|**VOEST Linz**|SV Austria Salzburg|3-0|

### Round 2

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|22 August 1980|**SK Rapid Wien**|SC Eisenstadt|4-0|
|22 August 1980|SV Austria Salzburg|** Admira Wacker**|2-3|
|23 August 1980|LASK|Grazer AK|0-0|
|23 August 1980|**SK Sturm Graz **|VOEST Linz|4-1|
|23 August 1980|Wiener Sport-Club|**FK Austria Wien**|1-5|

### Round 3

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|30 August 1980|Admira Wacker|**SK Sturm Graz **|0-2|
|30 August 1980|FK Austria Wien|**SV Austria Salzburg**|1-4|
|30 August 1980|**Grazer AK**|SK Rapid Wien|3-1|
|30 August 1980|SC Eisenstadt|Wiener Sport-Club|2-2|
|30 August 1980|**VOEST Linz**|LASK|4-1|

### Round 4

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|5 September 1980|**SK Rapid Wien**|VOEST Linz|4-2|
|5 September 1980|SC Eisenstadt|**Grazer AK**|0-2|
|6 September 1980|LASK|Admira Wacker|1-1|
|6 September 1980|SK Sturm Graz|FK Austria Wien|1-1|
|6 September 1980|**Wiener Sport-Club **|SV Austria Salzburg|2-0|

### Round 5

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|12 September 1980|FK Austria Wien|LASK|1-1|
|12 September 1980|SV Austria Salzburg|** SK Sturm Graz **|0-2|
|12 September 1980|**VOEST Linz **|SC Eisenstadt|3-0|
|13 September 1980|Admira Wacker|**SK Rapid Wien**|0-2|
|13 September 1980|Grazer AK|Wiener Sport-Club|1-1|

### Round 6

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|19 September 1980|**Wiener Sport-Club**|SK Sturm Graz|2-1|
|20 September 1980|Grazer AK|VOEST Linz|0-0|
|20 September 1980|LASK|SV Austria Salzburg|0-0|
|20 September 1980|SK Rapid Wien|**FK Austria Wien  **|2-5|
|20 September 1980|SC Eisenstadt|**Admira Wacker **|1-3|

### Round 7

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|27 September 1980|**Admira Wacker **|Grazer AK|2-1|
|27 September 1980|**FK Austria Wien  **|SC Eisenstadt|2-0|
|27 September 1980|SV Austria Salzburg|**SK Rapid Wien**|1-4|
|27 September 1980|**SK Sturm Graz **|LASK|2-0|
|27 September 1980|VOEST Linz|Wiener Sport-Club|1-1|

### Round 8

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|4 October 1980|Grazer AK|FK Austria Wien|1-1|
|4 October 1980|**SK Rapid Wien**|SK Sturm Graz|4-1|
|4 October 1980|** SC Eisenstadt  **|SV Austria Salzburg|2-1|
|4 October 1980|VOEST Linz|**Admira Wacker **|0-1|
|4 October 1980|Wiener Sport-Club|LASK|1-1|

### Round 9

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|10 October 1980|SV Austria Salzburg|** Grazer AK **|1-2|
|10 October 1980|**SK Sturm Graz**|SC Eisenstadt|1-0|
|11 October 1980|**Admira Wacker **|Wiener Sport-Club|3-2|
|11 October 1980|**FK Austria Wien **|VOEST Linz|1-0|
|11 October 1980|**LASK**|SK Rapid Wien|3-1|

### Round 10

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|14 October 1980|** Grazer AK **|SV Austria Salzburg|2-0|
|14 October 1980|SC Eisenstadt|SK Sturm Graz|0-0|
|14 October 1980|Wiener Sport-Club|Admira Wacker|1-1|
|14 October 1980|** VOEST Linz**|FK Austria Wien|1-0|
|14 October 1980|SK Rapid Wien|**LASK**|0-1|

### Round 11

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|17 October 1980|SV Austria Salzburg|VOEST Linz|0-0|
|18 October 1980|**FK Austria Wien**|Admira Wacker|2-0|
|18 October 1980|**LASK**|SC Eisenstadt|3-1|
|18 October 1980|**SK Sturm Graz **|Grazer AK|2-1|
|18 October 1980|**Wiener Sport-Club**|SK Rapid Wien|1-0|

### Round 12

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|25 October 1980|**Admira Wacker**|SV Austria Salzburg|3-2|
|25 October 1980|**Grazer AK **|LASK|3-1|
|25 October 1980|SC Eisenstadt|**SK Rapid Wien **|0-2|
|25 October 1980|VOEST Linz|**SK Sturm Graz **|0-1|
|26 October 1980|**FK Austria Wien**|Wiener Sport-Club|2-0|

### Round 13

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|29 October 1980|**LASK**|VOEST Linz|2-0|
|29 October 1980|SK Rapid Wien|**Grazer AK **|0-2|
|29 October 1980|SV Austria Salzburg|**FK Austria Wien**|0-2|
|29 October 1980|SK Sturm Graz|Admira Wacker|1-1|
|29 October 1980|**Wiener Sport-Club**|SC Eisenstadt|2-0|

### Round 14

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1 November 1980|Admira Wacker|LASK|2-2|
|1 November 1980|FK Austria Wien|**SK Sturm Graz **|1-2|
|1 November 1980|Grazer AK|SC Eisenstadt|0-0|
|1 November 1980|**SV Austria Salzburg **|Wiener Sport-Club|3-1|
|1 November 1980|VOEST Linz|SK Rapid Wien|1-1|

### Round 15

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|8 November 1980|**LASK**|FK Austria Wien|2-1|
|8 November 1980|SK Rapid Wien|Admira Wacker|0-0|
|8 November 1980|SC Eisenstadt|VOEST Linz|1-1|
|8 November 1980|**SK Sturm Graz **|SV Austria Salzburg|1-0|
|8 November 1980|Wiener Sport-Club|Grazer AK|1-1|

### Round 16

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|18 November 1980|**Admira Wacker    **|SC Eisenstadt|1-0|
|18 November 1980|**SV Austria Salzburg  **|LASK|1-0|
|19 November 1980|**FK Austria Wien **|SK Rapid Wien|3-1|
|19 November 1980|SK Sturm Graz|**Wiener Sport-Club**|0-1|
|19 November 1980|VOEST Linz|Grazer AK|0-0|

### Round 17

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|22 November 1980|** Grazer AK   **|Admira Wacker|3-1|
|22 November 1980|LASK|**SK Sturm Graz **|2-4|
|22 November 1980|**SK Rapid Wien  **|SV Austria Salzburg|2-1|
|22 November 1980|SC Eisenstadt|**FK Austria Wien **|0-2|
|22 November 1980|**Wiener Sport-Club**|VOEST Linz|2-1|

### Round 18

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|29 November 1980|Admira Wacker|**VOEST Linz **|3-5|
|29 November 1980|**FK Austria Wien **|Grazer AK|3-2|
|29 November 1980|**LASK **|Wiener Sport-Club|2-0|
|29 November 1980|**SV Austria Salzburg  **|SC Eisenstadt|4-1|
|29 November 1980|**SK Sturm Graz **|SK Rapid Wien|3-1|

### Round 19

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|21 February 1981|**Admira Wacker**|FK Austria Wien|2-1|
|21 February 1981|Grazer AK|SK Sturm Graz|0-0|
|21 February 1981|**SK Rapid Wien  **|Wiener Sport-Club|2-0|
|21 February 1981|**SC Eisenstadt  **|LASK|3-0|
|21 February 1981|VOEST Linz|**SV Austria Salzburg  **|0-2|

### Round 20

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|28 February 1981|LASK|**Grazer AK  **|0-3|
|28 February 1981|**SK Rapid Wien  **|SC Eisenstadt|3-1|
|28 February 1981|SV Austria Salzburg|**Admira Wacker**|0-1|
|28 February 1981|SK Sturm Graz|VOEST Linz|0-0|
|28 February 1981|Wiener Sport-Club|** FK Austria Wien **|3-5|

### Round 21

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|7 March 1981|** FK Austria Wien **|SV Austria Salzburg|2-1|
|7 March 1981|Grazer AK|**SK Rapid Wien  **|1-3|
|7 March 1981|SC Eisenstadt|Wiener Sport-Club|1-1|
|7 March 1981|VOEST Linz|LASK|1-1|
|11 March 1981|**Admira Wacker**|SK Sturm Graz|1-0|

### Round 22

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|14 March 1981|SK Rapid Wien|VOEST Linz|0-0|
|14 March 1981|SC Eisenstadt|Grazer AK|0-0|
|14 March 1981|SK Sturm Graz|FK Austria Wien|1-1|
|15 March 1981|**Wiener Sport-Club**|SV Austria Salzburg|5-1|
|17 March 1981|LASK|**Admira Wacker**|2-3|

### Round 23

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|20 March 1981|**VOEST Linz   **|SC Eisenstadt|1-0|
|21 March 1981|Admira Wacker|**SK Rapid Wien **|0-3|
|21 March 1981|**FK Austria Wien **|LASK|2-0|
|21 March 1981|**Grazer AK  **|Wiener Sport-Club|3-0|
|21 March 1981|SV Austria Salzburg|**SK Sturm Graz**|1-3|

### Round 24

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|27 March 1981|Grazer AK|**VOEST Linz   **|0-1|
|27 March 1981|**LASK **|SV Austria Salzburg|1-0|
|27 March 1981|Wiener Sport-Club|SK Sturm Graz|0-0|
|28 March 1981|**SK Rapid Wien **|FK Austria Wien|5-1|
|28 March 1981|**SC Eisenstadt **|Admira Wacker|2-0|

### Round 25

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|3 April 1981|**SK Sturm Graz**|LASK|1-0|
|3 April 1981|VOEST Linz|**Wiener Sport-Club **|1-2|
|4 April 1981|Admira Wacker|Grazer AK|1-1|
|4 April 1981|**FK Austria Wien **|SC Eisenstadt|4-0|
|4 April 1981|SV Austria Salzburg|SK Rapid Wien|1-1|

### Round 26

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|10 April 1981|VOEST Linz|Admira Wacker|0-0|
|11 April 1981|Grazer AK|FK Austria Wien|1-1|
|11 April 1981|**SK Rapid Wien**|SK Sturm Graz|3-1|
|11 April 1981|**SC Eisenstadt**|SV Austria Salzburg|1-1|
|12 April 1981|Wiener Sport-Club|**LASK **|0-1|

### Round 27

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|18 April 1981|**Admira Wacker  **|Wiener Sport-Club|3-0|
|18 April 1981|**FK Austria Wien  **|VOEST Linz|4-0|
|18 April 1981|LASK|SK Rapid Wien|1-1|
|18 April 1981|**SV Austria Salzburg  **|Grazer AK|4-1|
|18 April 1981|SK Sturm Graz|SC Eisenstadt|1-1|

### Round 28

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|21 April 1981|**Grazer AK**|SV Austria Salzburg|3-0|
|21 April 1981|** VOEST Linz  **|FK Austria Wien|2-0|
|21 April 1981|**SK Rapid Wien **|LASK|4-0|
|21 April 1981|SC Eisenstadt|**SK Sturm Graz**|0-1|
|22 April 1981|**Wiener Sport-Club **|Admira Wacker|2-0|

### Round 29

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1 May 1981|SV Austria Salzburg|** VOEST Linz  **|0-2|
|2 May 1981|LASK|SC Eisenstadt|0-0|
|2 May 1981|**SK Sturm Graz**|Grazer AK|4-1|
|2 May 1981|Wiener Sport-Club|**SK Rapid Wien **|3-5|
|3 May 1981|**FK Austria Wien**|Admira Wacker|1-0|

### Round 30

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|8 May 1981|**Admira Wacker  **|SV Austria Salzburg|6-1|
|8 May 1981|Grazer AK|LASK|1-1|
|9 May 1981|**FK Austria Wien**|Wiener Sport-Club|6-1|
|9 May 1981|SC Eisenstadt|SK Rapid Wien|0-0|
|9 May 1981|VOEST Linz|SK Sturm Graz|0-0|

### Round 31

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|15 May 1981|**SK Rapid Wien **|Grazer AK|3-1|
|15 May 1981|** SV Austria Salzburg    **|FK Austria Wien|3-0|
|16 May 1981|LASK|VOEST Linz|1-1|
|16 May 1981|SK Sturm Graz|Admira Wacker|0-0|
|16 May 1981|**Wiener Sport-Club**|SC Eisenstadt|4-1|

### Round 32

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|23 May 1981|Admira Wacker|**LASK **|1-3|
|23 May 1981|**FK Austria Wien **|SK Sturm Graz|5-2|
|23 May 1981|**Grazer AK**|SC Eisenstadt|3-1|
|23 May 1981|** SV Austria Salzburg    **|Wiener Sport-Club|2-0|
|23 May 1981|**VOEST Linz  **|SK Rapid Wien|1-0|

### Round 33

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|30 May 1981|**SC Eisenstadt **|VOEST Linz|2-0|
|30 May 1981|**SK Sturm Graz **|SV Austria Salzburg|3-1|
|30 May 1981|**Wiener Sport-Club**|Grazer AK|2-0|
|31 May 1981|**LASK **|FK Austria Wien|3-2|
|31 May 1981|SK Rapid Wien|**Admira Wacker   **|2-3|

### Round 34

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|5  June 1981|**Admira Wacker   **|SC Eisenstadt|3-2|
|5  June 1981|FK Austria Wien|SK Rapid Wien|0-0|
|5  June 1981|**SK Sturm Graz **|Wiener Sport-Club|7-0|
|5  June 1981|** SV Austria Salzburg**|LASK|1-0|
|5  June 1981|** VOEST Linz **|Grazer AK|5-2|

### Round 35

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|12  June 1981|Wiener Sport-Club|** VOEST Linz **|0-3|
|13  June 1981|**Grazer AK**|Admira Wacker|4-2|
|13  June 1981|LASK|SK Sturm Graz|2-2|
|13  June 1981|**SK Rapid Wien  **|SV Austria Salzburg|1-0|
|13  June 1981|SC Eisenstadt|**FK Austria Wien**|0-3|

### Round 36

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|19 June 1981|**LASK **|Wiener Sport-Club|4-1|
|20  June 1981|**Admira Wacker    **|VOEST Linz|2-1|
|20  June 1981|**FK Austria Wien **|Grazer AK|6-1|
|20  June 1981|**SV Austria Salzburg**|SC Eisenstadt|2-0|
|20  June 1981|SK Sturm Graz|**SK Rapid Wien  **|1-4|

## Champion squad

(matches/goals)
|align="center" colspan="2"|<span style="color:#FFFFFF;">**SK Rapid Wien**</span>|
| --- | --- |
|Herbert Feurer  <small>(34)</small>, Karl Ehn  <small>(3)</small>, Bernd Krauss  <small>(31/1)</small> Peter Persidis  <small>(11)</small>, Johann Pregesbauer <small>(34/4)</small>, Heribert Weber <small>(25/3)</small>, Reinhard Kienast <small>(33/1)</small>, Johann Gröss <small>(21/2)</small>, Antonín Panenka <small>(33/13)</small>, Johann Krankl (C) <small>(32/19)</small>, Josef Hickersberger <small>(21/3)</small>, Christian Keglevits <small>(28/5)</small>, Kurt Garger <small>(34)</small>, Helmut Hofmann <small>(28/7)</small>, Rudolf Weinhofer <small>(12/1)</small>, Heinz Weiss <small>(9/1)</small>, Peter Sallmayer <small>(5)</small>,  Anatoli Sintschenko <small>(32/6)</small>, Gerald Willfurth <small>(10/2)</small>, Rudolf Steinbauer <small>(24)</small> Coaches: Walter Skocik, Rudolf Nuske||

## Top scorer

|Name|Club|Goals|
| --- | --- | --- |
|Gernot Jurtin|SK Sturm Graz|19|
|Alfrred Drabits|Wiener Sport-Club|17|
|Hans Krankl|SK Rapid Wien|17|
|Christian Keglevits|SK Rapid Wien|17|

## Infobox (football league season)

- **competition**: Austrian Bundesliga, Bundesliga (1. Division)
- **season**: 1980-81
- **dates**: 14 August 1980 - 20 June 1981
- **winners**: FK Austria Wien
- **relegated**: SC Eisenstadt
- **promoted**: FC Wacker Innsbruck, SSW Innsbruck
- **total goals**: 507  (2,82 per match)
- **league topscorer**: Gernot Jurtin SK Sturm Graz (19 goals)
- **prevseason**: 1979-80 Austrian football championship, 1979-80
- **nextseason**: 1981-82 Austrian football championship, 1981-82