Austrian Football Bundesliga

**Austrian Bundesliga** is a football league which is top division in Austria. The Bundesliga was founded in 1911 under the name_ Erste Klasse_. Till the season 1949/50 it was only played with teams from Vienna and Lower Austria. The official name is now Admiral Bundesliga  (after the league sponsor)

## History

Football started in Austria around 1890. In 1924 a professional league started and the champion was called "Austrian Champion", although only teams of the metropolitan area of Vienna played here. It was the first professional league outside of the United Kingdom. An amateur league was founded in 1928. From 1938 till 1945 Austria was occupied by Nazi Germany and there was no Austrian league. After the Second World War an Austria-wide league was founded in 1948. The league had different numbers of members (10 to 18) and names.

## Records

The player with the record of games is Robert Sara. He played 581 matches in the league. Top scorer is Robert Dienst He scored 323 goals in the league matches. The first champion outside Vienna was LASK Linz in 1964/65. The highest victory was an 18:0 of Vienna versus Ostbahn IX in the 1945/46 season.The match with the highest number of visitors was Austria Wien versus LASK with 73 826. The best average of visitors was 26 500 (Rapid Wien season 1948). Marc Ziegler, goalkeeper of FC Tirol, was 1085 minutes without goal. The longest serial victories is reached by Wiener Sportklub with 41 victories, in home matches. Vienna also reached 41 in a row.

## Club 2010/11

- Red Bull Salzburg
- Rapid Wien
- Austria Wien
- Sturm Graz
- SV Ried
- FC Wacker Innsbruck
- LASK Linz
- Kapfenberger SV
- Mattersburg
- Magna Wiener Neustadt

## Club 2011/12

- Red Bull Salzburg
- Rapid Wien
- Austria Wien
- Sturm Graz (Champion)
- SV Ried (Cup winner)
- F.C. Wacker Innsbruck
- FC Admira Wacker Mödling (promoted)
- Kapfenberger SV
- Mattersburg
- Magna Wiener Neustadt

## Club 2012/13

- Red Bull Salzburg (Cup winner)
- Rapid Wien
- Austria Wien
- Sturm Graz (Champion)
- SV Ried
- F.C. Wacker Innsbruck
- WAC (promoted)
- Mattersburg
- Magna Wiener Neustadt
- FC Admira Wacker Mödling

## Club 2013/14

- Red Bull Salzburg
- Rapid Wien
- Austria Wien (Champion)
- Sturm Graz
- SV Ried
- F.C. Wacker Innsbruck
- WAC
- SV Grödig (promoted)
- Magna Wiener Neustadt
- FC Admira Wacker Mödling

## Club 2014/15

The **2014–15 Austrian Football Bundesliga **was the 103rd season of top-tier football in Austria. FC Red Bull Salzburg won their 9th title, and second in succession.
- Red Bull Salzburg (Champion) (Cup winner)
- Rapid Wien
- Austria Wien
- Sturm Graz
- SV Ried
- SCR Altach (promoted)
- WAC
- SV Grödig
- Magna Wiener Neustadt
- FC Admira Wacker Mödling

## Club 2015/16

- Red Bull Salzburg (Champion) (Cup winner)
- Rapid Wien
- Austria Wien
- Sturm Graz
- SV Ried
- SCR Altach
- WAC
- SV Grödig
- SV Mattersburg (promoted)
- FC Admira Wacker Mödling

## Club 2016/17

- Red Bull Salzburg (Champion) (Cup winner)
- Rapid Wien
- Austria Wien
- Sturm Graz
- SV Ried
- SCR Altach
- WAC
- SV Grödig
- SKN St. Pölten (promoted)
- FC Admira Wacker Mödling

## Club 2017/18

- Red Bull Salzburg (Champion) (Cup winner)
- Rapid Wien
- Austria Wien
- Sturm Graz
- WSG Tirol (promoted)
- SCR Altach
- WAC
- SV Mattersburg
- SKN St. Pölten
- FC Admira Wacker Mödling

## Club 2018/19

- FK Austria Wien
- SK Rapid Wien
- LASK
- SK Sturm Graz
- SKN St. Pölten
- TSV Hartberg (promoted)
- WSG Wattens
- FC Red Bull Salzburg (Champion) (Cup winner)
- SV Mattersburg
- Wolfsberger AC
- SC Rheindorf Altach
- Wacker Innsbruck (promoted)

## Club 2019/20

- FK Austria Wien
- SK Rapid Wien
- LASK
- SK Sturm Graz
- SKN St. Pölten
- TSV Hartberg
- WSG Wattens (promoted)
- FC Red Bull Salzburg (Champion) (Cup winner)
- SV Mattersburg
- Wolfsberger AC
- SC Rheindorf Altach

## Club 2021/22

- WSG Tirol
- FK Austria Wien
- FC Red Bull Salzburg (Champion) (Cup winner)
- SK Rapid Wien
- SK Sturm Graz
- TSV Hartberg
- SC Rheindorf Altach
- SV Ried
- Wolfsberger AC
- SK Austria Klagenfurt (promoted)
- LASK
- FC Admira Wacker Mödling

## Club 2022/23

- WSG Tirol
- FK Austria Wien
- FC Red Bull Salzburg (Champion) (Cup winner)
- SK Rapid Wien
- SK Sturm Graz
- TSV Hartberg
- SC Rheindorf Altach
- SV Ried
- Wolfsberger AC
- SK Austria Klagenfurt
- LASK
- SC Austria Lustenau (promoted)

## Club 2023/24

- WSG Tirol
- FK Austria Wien
- FC Red Bull Salzburg (Champion)
- SK Rapid Wien
- SK Sturm Graz (Cup winner)
- TSV Hartberg
- SC Rheindorf Altach
- Wolfsberger AC
- SK Austria Klagenfurt
- LASK
- SC Austria Lustenau
- Blau-Weiß Linz (promoted)

## Club 2024/25

- WSG Tirol
- FK Austria Wien
- FC Red Bull Salzburg
- SK Rapid Wien
- SK Sturm Graz (Cup winner, Champion)
- TSV Hartberg
- SC Rheindorf Altach
- Wolfsberger AC
- SK Austria Klagenfurt
- LASK
- Grazer AK (promoted)
- Blau-Weiß Linz

## Club 2025/26

- WSG Tirol
- FK Austria Wien
- FC Red Bull Salzburg
- SK Rapid Wien
- SK Sturm Graz (Champion)
- TSV Hartberg
- SC Rheindorf Altach
- Wolfsberger AC (Cup winner)
- SV Ried (promoted)
- LASK
- Grazer AK
- Blau-Weiß Linz

## Champions

- SK Rapid Wien: 	32 (16 nationwide)
- FK Austria Wien: 	23 (21 nationwide)
- F.C. Red Bull Salzburg: 	17 (3 as SV Austria Salzburg)
- FC Tirol Innsbruck: 	10
- VfB Admira Wacker Mödling: 	9
- First Vienna FC 1894: 	6
- SK Puntigamer Sturm Graz: 	5
- Wiener Sportklub: 	3
- GAK :	1
- WAC :	1
- LASK Linz: 	1
- WAF :	1
- FAC :	1
- SK Voest Linz :	1
- Hakoah Wien :	1 (Hakoah won the first title of a professional league in Austria)
Until the  1949–1950 season, only clubs from Vienna and Lower Austria played in the league.

## Topscorer

|Season|Name|Team|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2024-25|Ronivaldo|FC Blau-Weiß Linz|14||
|2023-24|Karim Konate|FC Red Bull Salzburg|20||
|2022-23|Guido Burgstaller|SK Rapid Wien|21||
|2021-22|Karim Adeyemi|FC Red Bull Salzburg|19||
|2020-21|Patson Daka|FC Red Bull Salzburg|27||
|2019-20|Shon Weissman|Wolfsberger AC|30||
|2018-19|Munas Dabbur|FC Red Bull Salzburg|20||
|2017-18|Munas Dabbur|FC Red Bull Salzburg|22||
|2016-17|Olarenwaju Kayode|FK Austria Wien|17||
|2015-16|Jonathan Soriano|FC Red Bull Salzburg|21||
|2014-15|Jonathan Soriano|FC Red Bull Salzburg|31||
|2013-14|Jonathan Soriano|FC Red Bull Salzburg|31||
|2012-13|Philipp Hosiner|FK Austria Wien|32||
|2011-12|Jakob Jantscher Stefan Maierhofer|FC Red Bull Salzburg|14||
|2010-11|Roland Linz|FK Austria Wien|21||
|2009-10|Steffen Hofmann|SK Rapid Wien|20||
|2008-09|Marc Janko|FC Red Bull Salzburg|39||
|2007-08|Alexander Zickler|FC Red Bull Salzburg|16||
|2006-07|Alexander Zickler|FC Red Bull Salzburg|22||
|2005-06|Roland Linz Sanel Kuljic|FK Austria Wien SV Ried|15||
|2004-05|Christian Mayrleb|FC Pasching|21||
|2003-04|Roland Kollmann|Grazer AK|27||
|2002-03|Axel Lawaree|Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz|21||
|2001-02|Ronald Brunmayr|Grazer AK|27||
|2000-01|Radoslaw Gilewicz|FC Tirol Innsbruck|22||
|1999-00|Ivica Vastić|SK Sturm Graz|32||
|1998-99|Eduard Glieder|SV Austria Salzburg|22||
|1997-98|Geir Frigard|LASK|23||
|1996-97|Rene Wagner|SK Rapid Wien|20||
|1995-96|Ivica Vastić|SK Sturm Graz|21||
|1994-95|Suleyman Sane|FC Tirol|20||
|1993-94||Nikola Jurčević Heimo Pfeifenberger|SV Austria Salzburg|14|
|1992-93|Vaclav Danek|FC Wacker Innsbruck|24||
|1991-92||Christoph Westerthaler|FC Tirol|17|
|1990-91|Vaclav Danek|FC Tirol|29||
|1989-90|Gerhard Rodax|Admira Wacker|35||
|1988-89|Peter Pacult|FC Tirol|26||
|1987-88|Zoran Stojadinovic|SK Rapid Wien|27||
|1986-87|Anton Polster|FK Austria Wien|39||
|1985-86|Anton Polster|FK Austria Wien|33||
|1984-85|Anton Polster|FK Austria Wien|24||
|1984-85|Tibor Nylasi|FK Austria Wien|26||
|1983-84|Hans Krankl|SK Rapid Wien|23||
|1982-83|Bozo Bakota|SK Sturm Graz|24||
|1981-82|Gernot Jurtin|SK Sturm Graz|19||
|1980-81|Walter Schachner|FK Austria Wien|34||
|1979-80|Walter Schachner|FK Austria Wien|24||
|1978-79|Hans Krankl|SK Rapid Wien|41||
|1977-78|Hans Krankl|SK Rapid Wien|32||
|1976-77|Hans Krankl|SK Rapid Wien|32||
|1975-76|Hans Pirkner|FK Austria Wien|21||
|1974-75|Helmut Köglberger|LASK FK Austria Wien|36||
|1973-74|Hans Krankl|SK Rapid Wien|36||
|1972-73|Wolfgang Breuer|SWW Innsbruck|22||
|1971-72|Alfred Riedl|FK Austria Wien|16||
|1970-71|Wilhelm Kreuz|Admira Energie|26||
|1969-70|Günter Kaltenbrunner|Wiener Sport-Club|26||
|1968-69|Helmut Köglberger|FK Austria Wien|31||
|1967-68|Jörn Bjerregaard|SK Rapid Wien|23||
|1966-67|August Starek|SK Rapid Wien|21||
|1965-66|Hans Buzek|FK Austria Wien|18||
|1964-65|Wolfgang Gayer|Wiener Sport-Club|18||
|1963-64|Horst Nemec|FK Austria Wien|21||
|1962-63|Erich Hof|Wiener Sport-Club|21||
|1961-62|Horst Nemec|FK Austria Wien|24||
|1960-61|Horst Nemec|FK Austria Wien|31||
|1959-60|Fritz Cejka|Wiener AC|28||
|1958-59|Erich Hof|Wiener Sport-Club|33||
|1957-58|Walter Horak|Wiener Sport-Club|33||
|1956-57|Robert Dienst|SK Rapid Wien|32||
|1955-56|Johann  Buzek|First Vienna FC|32||
|1954-55|Richard Brousek|SC Wacker Wien|31||
|1953-54|Robert Dienst|SK Rapid Wien|24||
|1952-53|Ernst Stojaspal|FK Austria Wien|30||
|1951-52|Ernst Stojaspal|FK Austria Wien|31||
|1950-51|Robert Dienst|SK Rapid Wien|36||
|1949-50|Erich Habitzl Adolf Huber|Admira Wien FK Austria Wien|23||

## Infobox (football league)

- **leaguename**: Austrian Bundesliga
- **country**: Austria
- **confederation**: UEFA
- **founded**: 1911
- **level**: 1
- **number of teams**: 10
- **relegation to**: Austrian Football First League, First League
- **current champions**: S.K. Sturm Graz, SK Sturm Graz
- **season**: 2010/11
- **most successful club**: S.K. Rapid Wien, Rapid Wien (32)