1978-79 Austrian football championship

The **1978- 79 Austrian football championship** was organized by the Austrian Football Association. The single-tiered Second Division served as the lower tier of the First Division. The third tier consisted of the Regionalliga Ost (Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland), the Alpenliga (Salzburg and Tyrol), and the regional leagues of Vorarlberg, Carinthia, Upper Austria and Styria.

LASK was promoted to the Bundesliga.  SSW Innsbruck  was relegated but won the cup. Ten clubs competed against each other in a total of 36 rounds. Each team played twice at home and away against every other team. FK Austria Wien became Austrian champions.

Karl Brauneder (Wiener Sport-Club), Savo Ekmecic (Grazer AK), Geza Gallos (SK Rapid Wien), Gerald Haider (VOEST Linz/Austria Salzburg), Erwin Hohenwarter (Grazer AK), Karl Hodits (VOEST Linz), Alberto Martinez (Wiener Sport-Club), Walter Müllner (Wiener Sport-Club), Erich Marko (Grazer AK), Erich Obermayer (FK Austria Wien), Anton Pichler (SK Sturm Graz), Herbert Rettensteiner (SV Austria Salzburg), Walter Schachner (FK Austria Wien), Heinz Schilcher (SK Sturm Graz), Hannes Winklbauer (SV Austria Salzburg), Manfred Wirth (SK Sturm Graz) and  Mario Zuenelli (Grazer AK) played all league matches for their teams.

## Final table

|Pl.|Name|M|W|D|L|P|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1.|**FK Austria Wien**|36|25|5|6|55|
|2.|**Wiener Sport-Club**|36|15|11|10|41|
|3.|**SK Rapid Wien**|36|13|13|10|39|
|4.|**SK Sturm Graz**|36|14|9|13|37|
|5.|**VOEST Linz**|36|11|14|11|36|
|6.|**SV Austria Salzburg**|36|13|10|13|36|
|7.|** Admira/Wacker**|36|13|8|15|34|
|8.|**First Vienna FC**|36|9|11|16|29|
|9.|**Grazer AK**|36|7|15|14|29|
|10.|**SSW Innsbruck**|36|8|8|20|24|

### Round 1

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|18 August 1978|Grazer AK|**SV Austria Salzburg**|1-2|
|18 August 1978|**SK Rapid Wien**|FK Austria Wien|3-1|
|18 August 1978|**VOEST Linz**|SK Sturm Graz|1-0|
|18 August 1978|First Vienna FC|SSW Innsbruck|1-1|
|19 August 1978|**Admira/Wacker**|Wiener Sport-Club|3-2|

### Round 2

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|25 August 1978|FK Austria Wien|**VOEST Linz**|1-3|
|25 August 1978|SSW Innsbruck|**Wiener Sport-Club**|0-3|
|25 August 1978|**SV Austria Salzburg**|SK Rapid Wien|1-0|
|25 August 1978|**SK Sturm Graz  **|Admira/Wacker|2-0|
|25 August 1978|First Vienna FC|Grazer AK|3-3|

### Round 3

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1 September 1978|**Grazer AK **|SSW Innsbruck|1-0|
|1 September 1978|**VOEST Linz**|SV Austria Salzburg|1-0|
|1 September 1978|**Wiener Sport-Club**|SK Sturm Graz|3-0|
|2 September 1978|Admira/Wacker|FK Austria Wien|1-1|
|2 September 1978|**SK Rapid Wien **|First Vienna FC|2-1|

### Round 4

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|8 September 1978|SSW Innsbruck|SK Sturm Graz|1-1|
|8 September 1978|**SV Austria Salzburg  **|Admira/Wacker|1-0|
|9 September 1978|**FK Austria Wien**|Wiener Sport-Club|3-1|
|9 September 1978|Grazer AK|SK Rapid Wien|1-1|
|9 September 1978|**First Vienna FC**|VOEST Linz|1-0|

### Round 5

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|15 September 1978|**SK Rapid Wien **|SSW Innsbruck|2-0|
|15 September 1978|VOEST Linz|**Grazer AK**|1-2|
|16 September 1978|Admira/Wacker|First Vienna FC|3-3|
|16 September 1978|SK Sturm Graz|**FK Austria Wien**|0-3|
|17 September 1978|**Wiener Sport-Club**|SV Austria Salzburg|6-1|

### Round 6

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|22 September 1978|Grazer AK|**Admira/Wacker **|0-1|
|22 September 1978|SK Rapid Wien|**VOEST Linz **|0-1|
|22 September 1978|**SV Austria Salzburg **|SK Sturm Graz|2-0|
|23 September 1978|**SSW Innsbruck  **|FK Austria Wien|4-0|
|24 September 1978|First Vienna FC|Wiener Sport-Club|2-2|

### Round 7

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|29 September 1978|Admira/Wacker|** SK Rapid Wien **|0-1|
|29 September 1978|**VOEST Linz **|SSW Innsbruck|3-1|
|29 September 1978|Wiener Sport-Club|Grazer AK|1-1|
|30 September 1978|** SK Sturm Graz  **|First Vienna FC|3-1|
|1 October 1978|** FK Austria Wien  **|SV Austria Salzburg|4-1|

### Round 8

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|6 October 1978|Grazer AK|** SK Sturm Graz  **|1-2|
|6 October 1978|** SK Rapid Wien **|Wiener Sport-Club|1-0|
|6 October 1978|**VOEST Linz**|Admira/Wacker|1-0|
|7 October 1978|**SSW Innsbruck**|SV Austria Salzburg|4-1|
|7 October 1978|First Vienna FC|**FK Austria Wien**|1-3|

### Round 9

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|13 October 1978|**FK Austria Wien**|Grazer AK|4-1|
|13 October 1978|**SV Austria Salzburg **|First Vienna FC|2-0|
|13 October 1978|SK Sturm Graz|SK Rapid Wien|0-0|
|14 October 1978|Admira/Wacker|SSW Innsbruck|1-1|
|14 October 1978|Wiener Sport-Club|VOEST Linz|0-0|

### Round 10

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|20 October 1978|**SV Austria Salzburg **|Grazer AK|2-0|
|20 October 1978|SK Sturm Graz|VOEST Linz|2-2|
|21 October 1978|**SSW Innsbruck**|First Vienna FC|3-0|
|21 October 1978|**Wiener Sport-Club **|Admira/Wacker|2-1|
|22 October 1978|**FK Austria Wien**|SK Rapid Wien|5-1|

### Round 11

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|28 October 1978|**Admira/Wacker **|SK Sturm Graz|3-1|
|28 October 1978|Grazer AK|**First Vienna FC  **|0-1|
|28 October 1978|**SK Rapid Wien  **|SV Austria Salzburg|4-0|
|28 October 1978|VOEST Linz|**FK Austria Wien**|1-2|
|29 October 1978|Wiener Sport-Club|SSW Innsbruck|0-0|

### Round 12

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|4 November 1978|**SSW Innsbruck**|Grazer AK|5-1|
|4 November 1978|**SV Austria Salzburg**|VOEST Linz|1-0|
|4 November 1978|**SK Sturm Graz **|Wiener Sport-Club|3-2|
|4 November 1978|**First Vienna FC  **|SK Rapid Wien|3-2|
|5 November 1978|**FK Austria Wien**|Admira/Wacker|1-0|

### Round 13

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|10 November 1978|Wiener Sport-Club|**FK Austria Wien**|1-3|
|11 November 1978|**Admira/Wacker **|SV Austria Salzburg|2-0|
|11 November 1978|**SK Rapid Wien   **|Grazer AK|3-1|
|11 November 1978|**SK Sturm Graz **|SSW Innsbruck|2-0|
|11 November 1978|**VOEST Linz  **|First Vienna FC|3-2|

### Round 14

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|18 November 1978|**Grazer AK  **|VOEST Linz|3-0|
|18 November 1978|SSW Innsbruck|**SK Rapid Wien   **|0-2|
|18 November 1978|SV Austria Salzburg|Wiener Sport-Club|0-0|
|18 November 1978|**First Vienna FC  **|Admira/Wacker|2-1|
|19 November 1978|**FK Austria Wien**|SK Sturm Graz|4-1|

### Round 15

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|25 November 1978|Admira/Wacker|Grazer AK|0-0|
|25 November 1978|**FK Austria Wien**|SSW Innsbruck|3-0|
|25 November 1978|SK Sturm Graz|SV Austria Salzburg|0-0|
|25 November 1978|VOEST Linz|SK Rapid Wien|0-0|
|26 November 1978|**Wiener Sport-Club **|First Vienna FC|5-1|

### Round 16

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2 December 1978|Grazer AK|Wiener Sport-Club|1-1|
|2 December 1978|SK Rapid Wien|Admira/Wacker|1-1|
|3 December 1978|**SV Austria Salzburg  **|FK Austria Wien|1-0|
|5 December 1978|First Vienna FC|SK Sturm Graz|0-0|
|10 December 1978|SSW Innsbruck|VOEST Linz|2-2|

### Round 17

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|8 December 1978|**SV Austria Salzburg  **|SSW Innsbruck|2-1|
|8 December 1978|SK Sturm Graz|Grazer AK|1-1|
|8 December 1978|Wiener Sport-Club|SK Rapid Wien|3-3|
|9 December 1978|**Admira/Wacker **|VOEST Linz|2-0|
|9 December 1978|**FK Austria Wien**|First Vienna FC|4-2|

### Round 18

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|16 December 1978|**SK Rapid Wien   **|SK Sturm Graz|3-0|
|16 December 1978|SSW Innsbruck|**Admira/Wacker **|0-2|
|16 December 1978|VOEST Linz|Wiener Sport-Club|2-2|
|17 December 1978|Grazer AK|**FK Austria Wien**|0-3|
|17 December 1978|**First Vienna FC  **|SV Austria Salzburg|4-0|

### Round 19

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|24 February 1979|**Admira/Wacker **|Wiener Sport-Club|4-0|
|24 February 1979|Grazer AK|SV Austria Salzburg|0-0|
|24 February 1979|SK Rapid Wien|**FK Austria Wien**|1-2|
|24 February 1979|** VOEST Linz  **|SK Sturm Graz|2-1|
|25 February 1979|First Vienna FC|SSW Innsbruck|1-1|

### Round 20

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|3 March 1979|FK Austria Wien|** VOEST Linz **|0-1|
|3 March 1979|SSW Innsbruck|**Wiener Sport-Club **|1-2|
|3 March 1979|SV Austria Salzburg|SK Rapid Wien|2-2|
|3 March 1979|**SK Sturm Graz **|Admira/Wacker|2-0|
|4 March 1979|**First Vienna FC**|Grazer AK|2-1|

### Round 21

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|10 March 1979|Admira/Wacker|**FK Austria Wien **|1-3|
|10 March 1979|**Grazer AK **|SSW Innsbruck|1-0|
|10 March 1979|SK Rapid Wien|First Vienna FC|0-0|
|10 March 1979|VOEST Linz|SV Austria Salzburg|2-2|
|11 March 1979|**Wiener Sport-Club **|SK Sturm Graz|2-1|

### Round 22

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|17 March 1979|**FK Austria Wien **|Wiener Sport-Club|4-2|
|17 March 1979|Grazer AK|SK Rapid Wien|2-2|
|17 March 1979|SSW Innsbruck|SK Sturm Graz|0-0|
|17 March 1979|SV Austria Salzburg|Admira/Wacker|1-1|
|18 March 1979|First Vienna FC|VOEST Linz|0-0|

### Round 23

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|24 March 1979|** Admira/Wacker**|First Vienna FC|2-1|
|24 March 1979|**SK Rapid Wien  **|SSW Innsbruck|3-0|
|24 March 1979|SK Sturm Graz|**FK Austria Wien **|2-3|
|24 March 1979|VOEST Linz|Grazer AK|1-1|
|24 March 1979|**Wiener Sport-Club**|SV Austria Salzburg|4-1|

### Round 24

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|31 March 1979|**Grazer AK  **|Admira/Wacker|1-0|
|31 March 1979|SK Rapid Wien|VOEST Linz|1-1|
|31 March 1979|SSW Innsbruck|FK Austria Wien|1-1|
|31 March 1979|SV Austria Salzburg|** SK Sturm Graz **|0-2|
|1 April 1979|First Vienna FC|**Wiener Sport-Club**|2-3|

### Round 25

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|6 April 1979|** SK Sturm Graz **|First Vienna FC|2-1|
|7 April 1979|FK Austria Wien|SV Austria Salzburg|0-0|
|7 April 1979|Wiener Sport-Club|Grazer AK|0-0|
|8 April 1979|Admira/Wacker|**SK Rapid Wien   **|1-2|
|10 April 1979|VOEST Linz|** SSW Innsbruck  **|1-2|

### Round 26

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|12 April 1979|SK Rapid Wien|**Wiener Sport-Club**|0-1|
|13 April 1979|First Vienna FC|**FK Austria Wien  **|1-2|
|13 April 1979|Grazer AK|** SK Sturm Graz **|0-1|
|14 April 1979|** SSW Innsbruck  **|SV Austria Salzburg|3-0|
|14 April 1979|VOEST Linz|Admira/Wacker|0-0|

### Round 27

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|20 April 1979|** Admira/Wacker **|SSW Innsbruck|1-0|
|20 April 1979|SK Sturm Graz|SK Rapid Wien|0-0|
|21 April 1979|**FK Austria Wien  **|Grazer AK|3-1|
|21 April 1979|SV Austria Salzburg|**First Vienna FC  **|0-1|
|21 April 1979|Wiener Sport-Club|**VOEST Linz  **|1-2|

### Round 28

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|27 April 1979|**SK Sturm Graz **|VOEST Linz|3-2|
|28 April 1979|**FK Austria Wien  **|SK Rapid Wien|4-1|
|28 April 1979|SSW Innsbruck|**First Vienna FC  **|0-1|
|28 April 1979|**Wiener Sport-Club**|Admira/Wacker|3-0|
|29 April 1979|SV Austria Salzburg|Grazer AK|1-1|

### Round 29

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|4 May 1979|Admira/Wacker|**SK Sturm Graz **|0-1|
|4 May 1979|**Grazer AK  **|First Vienna FC|2-1|
|4 May 1979|**SK Rapid Wien   **|SV Austria Salzburg|2-0|
|4 May 1979|VOEST Linz|FK Austria Wien|0-0|
|5 May 1979|**Wiener Sport-Club**|SSW Innsbruck|3-0|

### Round 30

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|11 May 1979|**SV Austria Salzburg **|VOEST Linz|1-0|
|11 May 1979|**SK Sturm Graz **|Wiener Sport-Club|2-0|
|12 May 1979|**FK Austria Wien  **|Admira/Wacker|2-1|
|12 May 1979|First Vienna FC|SK Rapid Wien|1-1|
|13 May 1979|SSW Innsbruck|**Grazer AK  **|0-1|

### Round 31

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|18 May 1979|Admira/Wacker|**SV Austria Salzburg **|0-3|
|18 May 1979|SK Rapid Wien|Grazer AK|0-0|
|18 May 1979|SK Sturm Graz|**SSW Innsbruck **|1-3|
|18 May 1979|VOEST Linz|First Vienna FC|2-2|
|19 May 1979|Wiener Sport-Club|**FK Austria Wien  **|2-4|

### Round 32

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|25 May 1979|Grazer AK|VOEST Linz|1-1|
|25 May 1979|SV Austria Salzburg|Wiener Sport-Club|2-2|
|26 May 1979|**FK Austria Wien  **|SK Sturm Graz|4-2|
|26 May 1979|**SSW Innsbruck **|SK Rapid Wien|4-2|
|26 May 1979|First Vienna FC|**Admira/Wacker **|2-3|

### Round 33

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1 June 1979|Admira/Wacker|Grazer AK|1-1|
|1 June 1979|**FK Austria Wien  **|SSW Innsbruck|4-0|
|1 June 1979|**SK Sturm Graz  **|SV Austria Salzburg|2-1|
|1 June 1979|VOEST Linz|SK Rapid Wien|2-2|
|1 June 1979|**Wiener Sport-Club **|First Vienna FC|3-2|

### Round 34

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|8 June 1979|Grazer AK|Wiener Sport-Club|2-2|
|8 June 1979|SK Rapid Wien|**Admira/Wacker **|0-1|
|8 June 1979|SSW Innsbruck|**VOEST Linz **|0-1|
|8 June 1979|SV Austria Salzburg|FK Austria Wien|2-2|
|8 June 1979|First Vienna FC|SK Sturm Graz|0-0|

### Round 35

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|15 June 1979|**Admira/Wacker **|VOEST Linz|2-1|
|15 June 1979|FK Austria Wien|**First Vienna FC  **|1-2|
|15 June 1979|**SV Austria Salzburg  **|SSW Innsbruck|3-2|
|15 June 1979|**SK Sturm Graz  **|Grazer AK|3-1|
|15 June 1979|Wiener Sport-Club|SK Rapid Wien|1-1|

### Round 36

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|22 June 1979|Grazer AK|**FK Austria Wien    **|2-4|
|22 June 1979|**SK Rapid Wien   **|SK Sturm Graz|4-0|
|22 June 1979|SSW Innsbruck|**Admira/Wacker **|1-3|
|22 June 1979|VOEST Linz|**Wiener Sport-Club **|2-4|
|22 June 1979|First Vienna FC|**SV Austria Salzburg  **|0-2|

## Champion squad

|align="center" colspan="2"|<span style="color:#FFFFFF;">**FK Austria Wien**</span>|
| --- | --- |
|* **Goalkeepersː**Hubert Baumgartner, Hannes Weninger ***Defendersː**Erich Obermayer, Robert Sara, Josef Sara, Günther Pospischil, Johann Dihanich, ***Midfieldersː** Herbert Prohaska, Franz Zore, Karl Daxbacher, Ernst Baumeister, Fritz Borgan, Siegfried Aigner, Felix Gasselich, Franz Zach ***Forwardsː**Thomas Parits, Carlos Alberto Sintas, Thomas Pfeiler, Walter Schachner, Harald Gamauf,  Heinz Horvath, Franz Weiss, Erwin Jelinek, Harald Fürst ***Coachː** Hermann Stessl||

## Top scorer

|Name|Club|Goals|
| --- | --- | --- |
|Walter Schachner|FK Austria Wien|24|
|Thomas Parits|FK Austria Wien|22|
|Alberto Martinez|Wiener Sport-Club|20|

## Infobox (football league season)

- **competition**: Austrian Bundesliga, 1. Division
- **season**: 1978-79
- **dates**: 18 August 1978 - 22 June 1979
- **winners**: FK Austria Wien
- **relegated**: FC Wacker Innsbruck, SSW Innsbruck
- **promoted**: LASK
- **matches**: 180
- **total goals**: 493
- **league topscorer**: Walter Schachner ( FK Austria Wien) (24 goals)
- **prevseason**: 1977-78 Austrian football championship, 1977-78
- **nextseason**: 1979-80 Austrian football championship, 1979-80