1997-98 Austrian football championship

The **1997-98 Austrian Football Championship** was organized by the Austrian Football Bundesliga. It was sponsored by the Austrian mobile phone operator max.mobil for the first time this season. Therefore the top division was called the "max. Bundesliga".

The last time the teams in the 2nd Division of the Austrian Bundesliga. It underwent a reform after the end of the season and was renamed the _First Division_. The third tier was represented by the regional leagues East (Vienna, Lower Austria, Burgenland), Central (Upper Austria, Styria, Carinthia) and West (Salzburg, Tyrol, Vorarlberg).

## Final table

|Pl.|Name|M|W|D|L|P|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1.|**SK Sturm Graz**|36|24|9|3|81|
|2.|**SK Rapid Wien**|36|18|8|10|62|
|3.|**Grazer AK**|36|18|7|11|61|
|4.|**SV Austria Salzburg**|36|16|8|12|56|
|5.|**LASK**|36|17|4|15|55|
|6.|**FC Tirol Innsbruck**|36|12|12|12|48|
|7.|** FK Austria Wien  **|36|10|10|16|40|
|8.|**SV Ried**|36|10|9|17|39|
|9.|**SC Austria Lustenau**|36|6|14|16|32|
|10.|**VfB Admira Wacker Mödling**|36|5|7|24|22|

### Round 1

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|9 July 1997|**SC Austria Lustenau**|SV Austria Salzburg|2-0|
|9 July 1997|** FK Austria Wien **|LASK|3-0|
|9 July 1997|Grazer AK|**SK Sturm Graz**|0-4|
|9 July 1997|SV Ried|SK Rapid Wien|2-2|
|9 July 1997|**Admira/Wacker Mödling **|FC Tirol Innsbruck|3-2|

### Round 2

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|16 July 1997|FC Tirol Innsbruck|**SK Sturm Graz**|1-4|
|16 July 1997|**Grazer AK **|SC Austria Lustenau|3-1|
|16 July 1997|LASK|SV Ried|1-1|
|16 July 1997|SK Rapid Wien|Admira/Wacker Mödling|0-0|
|16 July 1997|SV Austria Salzburg|FK Austria Wien|0-0|

### Round 3

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|23 July 1997|SC Austria Lustenau|FK Austria Wien|0-0|
|23 July 1997|**SK Rapid Wien**|FC Tirol Innsbruck|1-0|
|23 July 1997|**SV Ried  **|SV Austria Salzburg|2-0|
|23 July 1997|**SK Sturm Graz**|LASK|4-1|
|23 July 1997|Admira/Wacker Mödling|**Grazer AK **|0-4|

### Round 4

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|26 July 1997|SC Austria Lustenau|SK Sturm Graz|1-1|
|26 July 1997|**FK Austria Wien **|SV Ried|3-0|
|26 July 1997|**Grazer AK **|FC Tirol Innsbruck|3-0|
|26 July 1997|**LASK  **|Admira/Wacker Mödling|1-0|
|27 July 1997|**SV Austria Salzburg**|SK Rapid Wien|5-2|

### Round 5

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|30 July 1997|**FC Tirol Innsbruck   **|LASK|3-0|
|30 July 1997|SK Rapid Wien  ** **|Grazer AK|1-1|
|30 July 1997|SV Ried|SC Austria Lustenau|1-1|
|30 July 1997|SK Sturm Graz|FK Austria Wien|0-0|
|30 July 1997|**Admira/Wacker Mödling **|SV Austria Salzburg|2-1|

### Round 6

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2 August 1997|**SC Austria Lustenau **|Admira/Wacker Mödling|5-0|
|2 August 1997|FK Austria Wien|**FC Tirol Innsbruck   **|0-4|
|2 August 1997|**Grazer AK **|SV Ried|3-0|
|2 August 1997|**LASK  **|SK Rapid Wien|2-0|
|2 August 1997|SV Austria Salzburg|**SK Sturm Graz    **|1-2|

### Round 7

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|6 August 1997|**FC Tirol Innsbruck   **|SV Austria Salzburg|2-1|
|6 August 1997|**Grazer AK **|LASK|1-0|
|6 August 1997|**SK Rapid Wien   **|SC Austria Lustenau|1-0|
|6 August 1997|SV Ried|SK Sturm Graz|1-1|
|6 August 1997|Admira/Wacker Mödling|** FK Austria Wien    **|1-6|

### Round 8

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|15 August 1997|FK Austria Wien|**SK Rapid Wien   **|0-3|
|16 August 1997|**SC Austria Lustenau  **|LASK|4-1|
|16 August 1997|**SV Austria Salzburg **|Grazer AK|2-1|
|16 August 1997|**SV Ried**|FC Tirol Innsbruck|2-0|
|16 August 1997|**SK Sturm Graz**|Admira/Wacker Mödling|4-0|

### Round 9

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|23 August 1997|FC Tirol Innsbruck|SC Austria Lustenau|1-1|
|23 August 1997|LASK|SV Austria Salzburg|1-1|
|23 August 1997|SK Rapid Wien|**SK Sturm Graz**|0-2|
|23 August 1997|Admira/Wacker Mödling|**SV Ried**|0-1|
|24 August 1997|**Grazer AK**|FK Austria Wien|5-1|

### Round 10

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|30 August 1997|SC Austria Lustenau|FC Tirol Innsbruck|1-1|
|30 August 1997|**FK Austria Wien **|Grazer AK|1-0|
|30 August 1997|SV Austria Salzburg|LASK|1-1|
|30 August 1997|**SV Ried**|Admira/Wacker Mödling|3-1|
|31 August 1997|SK Sturm Graz|SK Rapid Wien|1-1|

### Round 11

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|12 September 1997|**LASK**|FK Austria Wien|4-1|
|13 September 1997|**FC Tirol Innsbruck   **|Admira/Wacker Mödling|2-0|
|13 September 1997|SK Rapid Wien|SV Ried|3-0|
|13 September 1997|** SV Austria Salzburg **|SC Austria Lustenau|5-1|
|14 September 1997|**SK Sturm Graz**|Grazer AK|2-1|

### Round 12

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|20 September 1997|SC Austria Lustenau|**Grazer AK **|0-1|
|20 September 1997|**FK Austria Wien**|SV Austria Salzburg|2-1|
|20 September 1997|SV Ried|**LASK**|1-4|
|20 September 1997|Admira/Wacker Mödling|**SK Rapid Wien  **|1-2|
|21 September 1997|**SK Sturm Graz**|FC Tirol Innsbruck|2-0|

### Round 13

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|24 September 1997|**FK Austria Wien**|SC Austria Lustenau|3-1|
|24 September 1997|FC Tirol Innsbruck|**SK Rapid Wien  **|0-1|
|24 September 1997|**Grazer AK **|Admira/Wacker Mödling|3-0|
|24 September 1997|**LASK**|SK Sturm Graz|2-0|
|24 September 1997|**SV Austria Salzburg  **|SV Ried|2-0|

### Round 14

|Date|Team 1|Team2|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|4 October 1997|FC Tirol Innsbruck|Grazer AK|0-0||
|4 October 1997|SK Rapid Wien|**SV Austria Salzburg  **|0-3||
|4 October 1997|SV Ried|**FK Austria Wien**|0-1||
|4 October 1997||Admira/Wacker Mödling|**LASK**|1-5|
|5 October 1997|**SK Sturm Graz**|SC Austria Lustenau|6-0||

### Round 15

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|18 October 1997|SC Austria Lustenau|SV Ried|0-2|
|18 October 1997|FK Austria Wien|SK Sturm Graz|1-1|
|18 October 1997|**Grazer AK**|SK Rapid Wien|3-0|
|18 October 1997|**SV Austria Salzburg  **|Admira/Wacker Mödling|1-0|
|19 October 1997|**LASK**|FC Tirol Innsbruck|4-2|

### Round 16

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|25 October 1997|**FC Tirol Innsbruck**|FK Austria Wien|2-1|
|25 October 1997|**SK Rapid Wien**|LASK|3-1|
|25 October 1997|SV Ried|Grazer AK|0-0|
|25 October 1997|Admira/Wacker Mödling|SC Austria Lustenau|1-1|
|26 October 1997|**SK Sturm Graz**|SV Austria Salzburg|1-0|

### Round 17

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|8 November 1997|SC Austria Lustenau|SK Rapid Wien|0-0|
|8 November 1997|**FK Austria Wien  **|Admira/Wacker Mödling|3-0|
|8 November 1997|LASK|Grazer AK|2-2|
|8 November 1997|** SV Austria Salzburg  **|FC Tirol Innsbruck|2-1|
|9 November 1997|**SK Sturm Graz**|SV Ried|2-0|

### Round 18

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|15 November 1997|FC Tirol Innsbruck|SV Ried|1-1|
|15 November 1997|**Grazer AK**|SV Austria Salzburg|2-1|
|15 November 1997|**LASK**|SC Austria Lustenau|1-0|
|15 November 1997|Admira/Wacker Mödling|**SK Sturm Graz**|1-3|
|16 November 1997|**SK Rapid Wien **|FK Austria Wien|2-0|

### Round 19

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|22 November 1997|Grazer AK|**LASK**|1-3|
|22 November 1997|**SV Austria Salzburg **|SC Austria Lustenau|2-0|
|22 November 1997|SV Ried|**SK Rapid Wien **|1-2|
|22 November 1997|Admira/Wacker Mödling|**FC Tirol Innsbruck **|2-4|
|23 November 1997|FK Austria Wien|SK Sturm Graz|1-1|

### Round 20

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|29 November 1997|**SC Austria Lustenau  **|FK Austria Wien|3-1|
|29 November 1997|**FC Tirol Innsbruck **|SV Austria Salzburg|2-1|
|29 November 1997|LASK|**Admira/Wacker Mödling **|3-5|
|29 November 1997|**SK Sturm Graz**|SV Ried|4-1|
|30 November 1997|**SK Rapid Wien **|Grazer AK|2-0|

### Round 21

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|19 November 1997|FK Austria Wien|**FC Tirol Innsbruck **|1-2|
|19 November 1997|**SV Austria Salzburg**|LASK|2-1|
|19 November 1997|SV Ried|**Grazer AK **|0-1|
|19 November 1997|**SK Sturm Graz**|SC Austria Lustenau|5-1|
|3 December 1997|Admira/Wacker Mödling|**SK Rapid Wien **|0-1|

### Round 22

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|28 February 1998|SC Austria Lustenau|SV Ried|1-1|
|28 February 1998|FC Tirol Innsbruck|SK Sturm Graz|1-1|
|28 February 1998|**Grazer AK **|Admira/Wacker Mödling|2-1|
|28 February 1998|LASK|**FK Austria Wien   **|1-2|
|1 March 1998|SK Rapid Wien|**SV Austria Salzburg**|0-1|

### Round 23

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|6 March 1998|FK Austria Wien|SK Rapid Wien|1-1|
|7 March 1998|SC Austria Lustenau|FC Tirol Innsbruck|0-0|
|7 March 1998|**SV Ried  **|Admira/Wacker Mödling|2-1|
|7 March 1998|**SK Sturm Graz **|LASK|2-1|
|8 March 1998|SV Austria Salzburg|Grazer AK|0-0|

### Round 24

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|10 March 1998|SK Rapid Wien|**SK Sturm Graz **|1-3|
|11 March 1998|FC Tirol Innsbruck|**SV Ried  **|1-4|
|11 March 1998|**Grazer AK **|FK Austria Wien|1-0|
|11 March 1998|**LASK**|SC Austria Lustenau|1-0|
|11 March 1998|Admira/Wacker Mödling|SV Austria Salzburg|0-0|

### Round 25

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|14 March 1998|SC Austria Lustenau|SK Rapid Wien|1-1|
|14 March 1998|FK Austria Wien|**Admira/Wacker Mödling **|1-2|
|14 March 1998|**FC Tirol Innsbruck  **|LASK|2-1|
|14 March 1998|**SV Ried  **|SV Austria Salzburg|3-1|
|15 March 1998|**SK Sturm Graz **|Grazer AK|2-1|

### Round 26

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|21 March 1998|**Grazer AK**|SC Austria Lustenau|1-0|
|21 March 1998|**LASK**|SV Ried|2-0|
|21 March 1998|SK Rapid Wien|FC Tirol Innsbruck|0-0|
|21 March 1998|Admira/Wacker Mödling|**SK Sturm Graz **|2-4|
|31 March 1998|SV Austria Salzburg|FK Austria Wien|0-0|

### Round 27

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|28 March 1998|SC Austria Lustenau|Admira/Wacker Mödling|2-0|
|28 March 1998|**FK Austria Wien   **|SV Ried|1-0|
|28 March 1998|FC Tirol Innsbruck|Grazer AK|1-1|
|28 March 1998|**SK Sturm Graz **|SV Austria Salzburg|1-0|
|29 March 1998|**LASK**|SK Rapid Wien|5-0|

### Round 28

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|4 April 1998|Grazer AK|**FC Tirol Innsbruck|1-2|
|4 April 1998|**SK Rapid Wien   **|LASK|2-1|
|4 April 1998|**SV Ried **|FK Austria Wien|3-1|
|4 April 1998|**Admira/Wacker Mödling **|SC Austria Lustenau|3-0|
|5 April 1998|SV Austria Salzburg|SK Sturm Graz|1-1|

### Round 29

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|11 April 1998|**SC Austria Lustenau    **|SV Austria Salzburg**|1-0|
|11 April 1998|FC Tirol Innsbruck|Admira/Wacker Mödling|2-2|
|11 April 1998|**SK Rapid Wien   **|SV Ried|1-0|
|12 April 1998|**LASK  **|Grazer AK|1-0|
|13 April 1998|**SK Sturm Graz **|FK Austria Wien|5-0|

### Round 30

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|18 April 1998|FK Austria Wien|SC Austria Lustenau|1-1|
|18 April 1998|Grazer AK|**SK Rapid Wien   **|0-1|
|18 April 1998|SV Austria Salzburg|FC Tirol Innsbruck|1-1|
|18 April 1998|SV Ried|**SK Sturm Graz **|1-4|
|18 April 1998|Admira/Wacker Mödling|**LASK  **|0-3|

### Round 31

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|25 April 1998|**FC Tirol Innsbruck  **|FK Austria Wien|2-0|
|25 April 1998|Grazer AK|SV Ried|3-0|
|25 April 1998|LASK|**SV Austria Salzburg**|0-2|
|25 April 1998|**SK Rapid Wien   **|Admira/Wacker Mödling|2-0|
|26 April 1998|SC Austria Lustenau|**SK Sturm Graz **|0-3|

### Round 32

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|29 April 1998|FK Austria Wien|**LASK  **|1-4|
|29 April 1998|**SV Austria Salzburg**|SK Rapid Wien|1-0|
|29 April 1998|SV Ried|SC Austria Lustenau|1-1|
|29 April 1998|SK Sturm Graz|FC Tirol Innsbruck|2-2|
|29 April 1998|Admira/Wacker Mödling|**Grazer AK  **|1-4|

### Round 33

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2 May 1998|Grazer AK|**SV Austria Salzburg**|0-2|
|2 May 1998|**LASK  **|SK Sturm Graz|4-0|
|2 May 1998|SK Rapid Wien|FK Austria Wien|0-0|
|2 May 1998|Admira/Wacker Mödling|SV Ried|1-1|
|3 May 1998|FC Tirol Innsbruck|SC Austria Lustenau|1-1|

### Round 34

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|8 May 1998|SK Sturm Graz|**SK Rapid Wien  **|0-1|
|9 May 1998|**SC Austria Lustenau   **|LASK|4-1|
|9 May 1998|FK Austria Wien|** Grazer AK **|0-1|
|9 May 1998|**SV Austria Salzburg**|Admira/Wacker Mödling|4-0|
|9 May 1998|SV Ried|**FC Tirol Innsbruck  **|1-3|

### Round 35

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|12 May 1998|Grazer AK|SK Sturm Graz|0-0|
|12 May 1998|**LASK**|FC Tirol Innsbruck|3-1|
|12 May 1998|**SK Rapid Wien  **|SC Austria Lustenau|4-1|
|12 May 1998|**SV Austria Salzburg**|SV Ried|1-0|
|12 May 1998|Admira/Wacker Mödling|FK Austria Wien|1-1|

### Round 36

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|16 May 1998|SC Austria Lustenau|**Grazer AK**|2-3|
|16 May 1998|FK Austria Wien|**SV Austria Salzburg**|1-2|
|16 May 1998|FC Tirol Innsbruck|**SK Rapid Wien  **|0-2|
|16 May 1998|**SV Ried   **|LASK|6-1|
|16 May 1998|**SK Sturm Graz **|Admira/Wacker Mödling|2-0|

## Champion squad

(matches/goals)
|style="text-align:center; background:#00794c"|<span style="color:#FFFFFF;">**SK Sturm Graz**</span>|
| --- | --- |
|Kazimierz Sidorczuk (35/0), Roland Goriupp (1/0); Hannes Reinmayr (33/8), Gilbert Prilasnig (33/5), Markus Schupp (32/2), Roman Mählich (32/4), Franco Foda (31/0), Ivica Vastić (30/14), Mario Haas (36/17), Günther Neukirchner (34/4), Ranko Popovic (32/3), Darko Milanic (26/2), Mario Posch (24/0), Tomislav Kocijan (26/5), Wolfgang Hopfer (25/4), Markus Schopp (14/1), Joseph Spiteri (22/3), Georg Bardel (9/0), Jan-Pieter Martens (5/1), Michael Bochtler (3/0), Thomas Gröbl (11/0), Hannes Toth (2/0) Coach: Ivica Osim||

## Top scorer

|Name|Club|Goals|
| --- | --- | --- |
|Geir Frigard|LASK|23|
|Mario Haas|SK Sturm Graz|17|
|Hannes Reinmayr|SK Sturm Graz|15|
|Herfried Sabitzer|Grazer AK|15|

## Infobox (football league season)

- **competition**: Austrian Bundesliga, Bundesliga
- **season**: 1997-98
- **dates**: 9 July 1997 - 16 May 1998
- **winners**: SK Sturm Graz
- **relegated**: Admira Wacker, VfB Admira/Wacker Mödling
- **promoted**: SK Vorwärts Steyr
- **total goals**: 492  (2,73 per match)
- **league topscorer**: Geir Frigard (LASK) (23 goals)
- **prevseason**: 1996-97 Austrian football championship, 1996-97
- **nextseason**: 1998-99 Austrian football championship, 1998-99