1998-99 Austrian football championship

The **1998-99 Austrian Football Championship** was organized by the Austrian Football Bundesliga. The First Division served as the foundation for the Bundesliga. 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|23|4|9|73|
|2.|**SK Rapid Wien**|36|19|13|4|70|
|3.|**Grazer AK**|36|20|5|11|65|
|4.|**SV Austria Salzburg**|36|15|12|9|57|
|5.|**LASK**|36|17|6|13|57|
|6.|**FC Tirol Innsbruck**|36|15|10|11|55|
|7.|** FK Austria Wien  **|36|13|11|12|50|
|8.|**SV Ried**|36|8|8|20|32|
|9.|**SC Austria Lustenau**|36|4|11|21|23|
|10.|'''SK Vorwärts Steyr|36|3|6|27|12|

### Round 1

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|28 July 1998|**SK Sturm Graz**|FK Austria Wien|2-0|
|29 July 1998|**FC Tirol Innsbruck**|SV Ried|1-0|
|29 July 1998|**LASK**|SC Austria Lustenau|3-0|
|29 July 1998|SK Vorwärts Steyr|**Grazer AK **|0-1|
|3 November 1998|**SK Rapid Wien**|SV Austria Salzburg|1-0|

### Round 2

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1 August 1998|SC Austria Lustenau|FC Tirol Innsbruck|2-2|
|1 August 1998|**FK Austria Wien **|SK Vorwärts Steyr|4-1|
|1 August 1998|SV Austria Salzburg|**LASK**|1-3|
|1 August 1998|SV Ried|**SK Sturm Graz**|0-1|
|2 August 1998|Grazer AK|SK Rapid Wien|1-1|

### Round 3

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|4 August 1998|**SK Sturm Graz**|SC Austria Lustenau|3-0|
|5 August 1998|**FK Austria Wien **|SV Ried|1-0|
|5 August 1998|LASK|**Grazer AK**|0-1|
|5 August 1998|SK Vorwärts Steyr|**SK Rapid Wien**|1-2|
|19 September 1998|FC Tirol Innsbruck|SV Austria Salzburg|1-1|

### Round 4

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|8 August 1998|SC Austria Lustenau|FK Austria Wien|1-1|
|8 August 1998|**Grazer AK**|FC Tirol Innsbruck|2-0|
|8 August 1998|**SK Rapid Wien**|LASK|5-0|
|8 August 1998|SV Austria Salzburg|SK Sturm Graz|1-1|
|8 August 1998|SV Ried|SK Vorwärts Steyr|0-0|

### Round 5

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|14 August 1998|FC Tirol Innsbruck|**SK Rapid Wien**|1-3|
|15 August 1998|**FK Austria Wien **|SV Austria Salzburg|3-2|
|15 August 1998|**SV Ried **|SC Austria Lustenau|3-1|
|15 August 1998|SK Sturm Graz|**Grazer AK**|2-3|
|15 August 1998|SK Vorwärts Steyr|**LASK **|1-4|

### Round 6

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|28 August 1998|Grazer AK|FK Austria Wien|0-0|
|29 August 1998|SC Austria Lustenau|SK Vorwärts Steyr|1-1|
|29 August 1998|**'LASK **|FC Tirol Innsbruck|3-2|
|29 August 1998|**SV Austria Salzburg  **|SV Ried|3-2|
|30 August 1998|**SK Rapid Wien**|SK Sturm Graz|2-0|

### Round 7

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|8 September 1998|FK Austria Wien|**SK Rapid Wien**|0-1|
|9 September 1998|SC Austria Lustenau|SV Austria Salzburg|1-1|
|9 September 1998|SV Ried|Grazer AK|0-1|
|9 September 1998|SK Sturm Graz|**'LASK **|0-1|
|9 September 1998|**SK Vorwärts Steyr  **|FC Tirol Innsbruck|2-1|

### Round 8

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|18 September 1998|LASK|**FK Austria Wien **|1-3|
|19 September 1998|FC Tirol Innsbruck|**SK Sturm Graz**|0-1|
|19 September 1998|** Grazer AK   **|SC Austria Lustenau|4-0|
|19 September 1998|**SV Austria Salzburg **|SK Vorwärts Steyr|5-2|
|20  September 1998|SK Rapid Wien|SV Ried|1-1|

### Round 9

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|22 September 1998|**SV Austria Salzburg **|Grazer AK|1-0|
|23 September 1998|**SC Austria Lustenau **|SK Rapid Wien|2-0|
|23 September 1998|FK Austria Wien|FC Tirol Innsbruck|1-1|
|23 September 1998|SV Ried|LASK|0-0|
|23  September 1998|**SK Sturm Graz**|SK Vorwärts Steyr|5-2|

### Round 10

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|25 September 1998|**Grazer AK   **|SV Austria Salzburg|3-1|
|26 September 1998|**SK Rapid Wien **|SC Austria Lustenau|3-1|
|26 September 1998|SK Vorwärts Steyr|**SK Sturm Graz**|0-1|
|26 September 1998|**LASK **|SV Ried|3-1|
|27  September 1998|**FC Tirol Innsbruck  **|FK Austria Wien|3-0|

### Round 11

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2 October 1998|SV Austria Salzburg|SK Rapid Wien|1-1|
|3 October 1998|SC Austria Lustenau|**LASK **|0-4|
|3 October 1998|FK Austria Wien|**SK Sturm Graz**|0-3|
|3 October 1998|**Grazer AK   **|SK Vorwärts Steyr|2-0|
|4 October 1998|SV Ried|**FC Tirol Innsbruck  **|0-1|

### Round 12

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|17 October 1998|**FC Tirol Innsbruck  **|SC Austria Lustenau|3-1|
|17 October 1998|SK Rapid Wien|**Grazer AK   **|0-2|
|17 October 1998|**SK Sturm Graz**|SV Ried|4-0|
|17 October 1998|SK Vorwärts Steyr|**FK Austria Wien **|0-1|
|18 October 1998|**LASK **|SV Austria Salzburg|3-1|

### Round 13

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|23 October 1998|Grazer AK|**LASK **|0-2|
|24 October 1998|SC Austria Lustenau|**SK Sturm Graz**|1-2|
|24 October 1998|**SK Rapid Wien**|SK Vorwärts Steyr|5-1|
|25 October 1998|SV Austria Salzburg|FC Tirol Innsbruck|1-1|
|25 October 1998|**SV Ried  **|FK Austria Wien|2-1|

### Round 14

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|27 October 1998|LASK|SK Rapid Wien|0-0|
|28 October 1998|FK Austria Wien|SC Austria Lustenau|1-1|
|28 October 1998|FC Tirol Innsbruck|Grazer AK|1-1|
|28 October 1998|**SK Sturm Graz**|SV Austria Salzburg|2-0|
|28 October 1998|SK Vorwärts Steyr|**SV Ried  **|0-3|

### Round 15

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|6  November 1998|**SK Rapid Wien**|FC Tirol Innsbruck|1-0|
|7  November 1998|**SV Austria Salzburg**|FK Austria Wien|2-0|
|8  November 1998|SC Austria Lustenau|**SV Ried  **|0-2|
|8  November 1998|Grazer AK|**SK Sturm Graz**|0-5|
|8 November 1998|**LASK  **|SK Vorwärts Steyr|2-1|

### Round 16

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|11  November 1998|FK Austria Wien|Grazer AK|0-0|
|11  November 1998|FC Tirol Innsbruck|**LASK  **|1-4|
|11  November 1998|SV Ried|SV Austria Salzburg|0-0|
|11  November 1998|**SK Sturm Graz**|SK Rapid Wien|2-1|
|1 December 1998|SK Vorwärts Steyr|SC Austria Lustenau|1-1|

### Round 17

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|14  November 1998|**FC Tirol Innsbruck   **|SK Vorwärts Steyr|3-2|
|14  November 1998|**Grazer AK **|SV Ried|1-0|
|14  November 1998|SV Austria Salzburg|**SC Austria Lustenau **|1-2|
|15  November 1998|LASK|SK Sturm Graz|0-0|
|15  November 1998|** SK Rapid Wien**|FK Austria Wien|3-1|

### Round 18

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|20  November 1998|**SK Sturm Graz**|FC Tirol Innsbruck|2-0|
|21  November 1998|SC Austria Lustenau|**Grazer AK **|0-3|
|21  November 1998|SV Ried|** SK Rapid Wien**|0-1|
|21  November 1998|SK Vorwärts Steyr|**SV Austria Salzburg **|0-1|
|22  November 1998|**FK Austria Wien  **|LASK|2-0|

### Round 19

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|27  November 1998|FC Tirol Innsbruck|**SV Austria Salzburg **|0-3|
|28  November 1998|**FK Austria Wien  **|SK Sturm Graz|1-0|
|28  November 1998|**Grazer AK **|SK Vorwärts Steyr|1-0|
|29  November 1998|LASK|** SK Rapid Wien**|1-3|
|9 March 1999|SC Austria Lustenau|SV Ried|0-0|

### Round 20

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|4 December 1998|**SK Sturm Graz**|LASK|2-0|
|5 December 1998|**SV Austria Salzburg **|SC Austria Lustenau|1-0|
|6 December 1998|** SK Rapid Wien**|Grazer AK|1-0|
|27 February 1999|**SV Ried  **|FK Austria Wien|2-1|
|2 March 1999|SK Vorwärts Steyr|**FC Tirol Innsbruck**|0-1|

### Round 21

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|5 March 1999|LASK|Grazer AK|0-0|
|6 March 1999|SC Austria Lustenau|SK Vorwärts Steyr|1-1|
|6 March 1999|**FK Austria Wien  **|SV Austria Salzburg|3-1|
|6 March 1999|FC Tirol Innsbruck|SK Rapid Wien|0-0|
|6 March 1999|**SK Sturm Graz**|SV Ried|4-2|

### Round 22

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|12 March 1999|Grazer AK|**FC Tirol Innsbruck  **|0-1|
|6 March 1999|**SK Rapid Wien**|SC Austria Lustenau|2-1|
|13 March 1999|**SV Austria Salzburg **|SK Sturm Graz|3-1|
|13 March 1999|SV Ried|**LASK **|1-2|
|13 March 1999|SK Vorwärts Steyr|**FK Austria Wien  **|1-3|

### Round 23

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|16 March 1999|**SC Austria Lustenau  **|Grazer AK|2-1|
|16 March 1999|FK Austria Wien|SK Rapid Wien|1-1|
|16 March 1999|LASK|**FC Tirol Innsbruck  **|0-1|
|16 March 1999|SV Ried|SV Austria Salzburg|1-1|
|16 March 1999|**SK Sturm Graz**|SK Vorwärts Steyr|5-0|

### Round 24

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|19 March 1999|**SV Austria Salzburg **|LASK|2-0|
|20 March 1999|FC Tirol Innsbruck|SC Austria Lustenau|0-0|
|20 March 1999|**Grazer AK **|FK Austria Wien|3-0|
|20 March 1999|**SK Vorwärts Steyr  **|SV Ried|2-0|
|21 March 1999|**SK Rapid Wien**|SK Sturm Graz|2-0|

### Round 25

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|30 March 1999|SK Sturm Graz|**Grazer AK **|0-1|
|31 March 1999|FK Austria Wien|FC Tirol Innsbruck|1-1|
|31 March 1999|**LASK **|SC Austria Lustenau|2-0|
|31 March 1999|**SV Austria Salzburg **|SK Vorwärts Steyr|1-0|
|31 March 1999|SV Ried|SK Rapid Wien|0-0|

### Round 26

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|3 April 1999|SC Austria Lustenau|FK Austria Wien|0-0|
|3 April 1999|**FC Tirol Innsbruck **|SK Sturm Graz|3-1|
|3 April 1999|**Grazer AK **|SV Ried|1-0|
|3 April 1999|SK Rapid Wien|SV Austria Salzburg|1-1|
|3 April 1999|SK Vorwärts Steyr|LASK|1-1|

### Round 27

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|9 April 1999|**SK Sturm Graz **|SC Austria Lustenau|5-2|
|10 April 1999|**SV Austria Salzburg **|Grazer AK|3-0|
|10 April 1999|**SV Ried **|FC Tirol Innsbruck|2-0|
|10 April 1999|SK Vorwärts Steyr|SK Rapid Wien|3-3|
|11 April 1999|**FK Austria Wien **|LASK|2-0|

### Round 28

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|13 April 1999|SC Austria Lustenau|**SK Sturm Graz **|1-2|
|14 April 1999|Grazer AK|**SV Austria Salzburg **|1-4|
|14 April 1999|**FC Tirol Innsbruck  **|SV Ried|1-0|
|14 April 1999|**SK Rapid Wien **|SK Vorwärts Steyr|2-1|
|14 April 1999|LASK|FK Austria Wien|0-0|

### Round 29

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|17 April 1999|**SK Rapid Wien **|LASK|2-0|
|17 April 1999|SV Austria Salzburg|FC Tirol Innsbruck|2-2|
|17 April 1999|**SV Ried **|SC Austria Lustenau|1-0|
|17 April 1999|SK Vorwärts Steyr|**Grazer AK**|0-3|
|18 April 1999|SK Sturm Graz|FK Austria Wien|0-0|

### Round 30

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|23 April 1999|LASK|**SK Sturm Graz **|1-2|
|24 April 1999|SC Austria Lustenau|SV Austria Salzburg|0-0|
|24 April 1999|**FK Austria Wien  **|SV Ried|3-0|
|24 April 1999|** FC Tirol Innsbruck **|SK Vorwärts Steyr|4-0|
|24 April 1999|Grazer AK|**SK Rapid Wien **|0-1|

### Round 31

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1 May 1999|**  Grazer AK**|LASK|2-1|
|1 May 1999|SK Rapid Wien|FC Tirol Innsbruck|1-1|
|1 May 1999|** SV Austria Salzburg  **|FK Austria Wien|3-0|
|1 May 1999|SV Ried|**SK Sturm Graz **|0-3|
|1 May 1999|**SK Vorwärts Steyr   **|SC Austria Lustenau|2-0|

### Round 32

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|7 May 1999|** FC Tirol Innsbruck  **|Grazer AK|1-0|
|8 May 1999|**SC Austria Lustenau   **|SK Rapid Wien|2-0|
|8 May 1999|**FK Austria Wien **|SK Vorwärts Steyr|4-1|
|8 May 1999|**LASK **|SV Ried|6-1|
|8 May 1999|SK Sturm Graz|** SV Austria Salzburg  **|1-2|

### Round 33

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|11 May 1999|** FC Tirol Innsbruck  **|LASK|4-0|
|11 May 1999|** Grazer AK   **|SC Austria Lustenau|2-0|
|11 May 1999|SK Rapid Wien|FK Austria Wien|0-0|
|11 May 1999|SV Austria Salzburg|SV Ried|0-0|
|11 May 1999|SK Vorwärts Steyr|** SK Sturm Graz   **|1-4|

### Round 34

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|11 May 1999|FK Austria Wien|** Grazer AK   **|0-3|
|14 May 1999|**LASK **|SV Austria Salzburg|3-2|
|15 May 1999|**SV Ried **|SK Vorwärts Steyr|1-0|
|15 May 1999|SK Sturm Graz|SK Rapid Wien|1-1|
|16 May 1999|SC Austria Lustenau|** FC Tirol Innsbruck  **|0-3|

### Round 35

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|22 May 1999|Grazer AK|**  SK Sturm Graz   **|1-2|
|22 May 1999|**SK Rapid Wien **|SV Ried|1-0|
|22 May 1999|SK Vorwärts Steyr|SV Austria Salzburg|1-3|
|23 May 1999|** FC Tirol Innsbruck  **|FK Austria Wien|4-1|
|24 May 1999|SC Austria Lustenau|**LASK **|0-1|

### Round 36

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|29 May 1999|**FK Austria Wien **|SC Austria Lustenau|2-1|
|29 May 1999|**LASK **|SK Vorwärts Steyr|2-0|
|29 May 1999|SV Austria Salzburg|SK Rapid Wien|0-0|
|29 May 1999|SV Ried|**Grazer AK **|0-2|
|29 May 1999|**  SK Sturm Graz   **|FC Tirol Innsbruck|3-0|

## Top scorer

|Name|Club|Goals|
| --- | --- | --- |
|Eduard Glieder|SV Austria Salzburg|22|
|Mario Haas|SK Sturm Graz|17|
|Christian Mayrleb|FK Austria Wien|16|

## Champion squad

(matches/goals)
|style="text-align:center; background:#00794c"|<span style="color:#FFFFFF;">**SK Sturm Graz**</span>|
| --- | --- |
|***Goalkeeper**: Abiodun Baruwah (1/-); Alexander Knezevic (1/-); Josef Schicklgruber (1/-); Kazimierz Sidorczuk (34/-) ***Defender**: Ajibade Babalade (10/-); Michael Bochtler (8/-); Ferdinand Feldhofer (3/-); Franco Foda (27/1); Darko Milanič (29/1); Günther Neukirchner (32/5); Ranko Popović (25/3); Mario Posch (18/-); Gilbert Prilasnig (23/3) ***Midfielder**: Didier Angibeaud (14/1); Georg Bardel (9/-); Wolfgang Hopfer (3/-); Jan-Pieter Martens (25/5); Roman Mählich (31/4); Mehrdad Minavand (17/-); Hannes Reinmayr (31/11); Markus Schopp (31/4); Markus Schupp (34/1) ***Forward**: Victor Berco (10/-); Mario Haas (32/17); Tomislav Kocijan (18/1); Ivica Vastić (30/14) ***Coach**: Ivica Osim||

## Infobox (football league season)

- **competition**: Austrian Bundesliga, Bundesliga
- **season**: 1998-99
- **dates**: 28 July 1998 - 29 May 1999
- **winners**: SK Sturm Graz
- **relegated**: SK Vorwärts Steyr
- **promoted**: SC Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz
- **total goals**: 444  (2,47 per match)
- **league topscorer**: Eduard Glieder (SV Austria Salzburg) (22 goals)
- **prevseason**: 1997-98 Austrian football championship, 1997-98
- **nextseason**: 1999- 00 Austrian football championship, 1999-00