2008-09 Austrian football championship

The **2008-09 Austrian football championship** was the 98th season of the top league in Austria. FC Red Bull Salzburg won the 5th  title and the 2nd since the Red Bull take over. Starting this season, the sponsor name of the Bundesliga changed from T-Mobile Bundesliga to tipp3-Bundesliga powered by T-Mobile. The Austrian sports betting provider tipp3 replaced T-Mobile as the new main sponsor. The mobile phone company remained as a subsponsor of the Bundesliga.

## Mode

In the 2008/09 season, as in previous years, ten clubs competed against each other in a total of 36 rounds. Each team played twice at home and twice away against each of the nine other teams.  the ten teams played for three international starting places, one Champions League place and two Europa League places.

## Final table

|Pl.|Name|M|W|D|L|P|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1.|**FC Red Bull Salzburg**|36|23|5|8|74|
|2.|**SK Rapid Wien**|36|21|7|8|70|
|3.|**FK Austria Wien**|36|17|11|8|62|
|4.|**SK Sturm Graz**|36|17|9|10|60|
|5.|**SV Ried**|36|17|9|10|60|
|6.|**SK Austria Kärnten**|36|11|8|17|41|
|7.|**LASK**|36|11|4|21|37|
|8.|**Kapfenberger SV**|36|10|6|20|36|
|9.|**SV Mattersburg**|36|8|9|19|33|
|10.|**SCR Altach**|36|8|6|22|30|

### Round 1

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|8 July 2008|**SK Sturm Graz**|SK Rapid Wien|3-1|
|9 July 2008|**FC Red Bull Salzburg**|SV Mattersburg|6-0|
|9 July 2008|FK Austria Wien|SK Austria Kärnten|1-1|
|9 July 2008|Kapfenberger SV|**LASK**|0-1|
|9 July 2008|**SV Ried**|SCR Altach|3-0|

### Round 2

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|12 July 2008|SK Rapid Wien|FC Red Bull Salzburg|2-2|
|12 July 2008|SCR Altach|**LASK**|1-3|
|12 July 2008|**SV Mattersburg**|SV Ried|2-1|
|13 July 2008|Kapfenberger SV|FK Austria Wien|2-2|
|6 August 2008|SK Austria Kärnten|**SK Sturm Graz**|0-2|

### Round 3

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|18 July 2008|**SV Ried **|Kapfenberger SV|2-1|
|19 July 2008|**SK Rapid Wien **|SK Austria Kärnten|1-0|
|20 July 2008|**FC Red Bull Salzburg**|SCR Altach|3-0|
|20 July 2008|LASK|**FK Austria Wien**|0-1|
|23 July 2008|**SK Sturm Graz**|SV Mattersburg|3-0|

### Round 4

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|25 July 2008|**LASK**|SK Austria Kärnten|3-2|
|26 July 2008|**FK Austria Wien**|SV Ried|3-1|
|26 July 2008|SV Mattersburg|**SK Rapid Wien **|0-1|
|27 July 2008|Kapfenberger SV|FC Red Bull Salzburg|1-1|
|29 July 2008|**SCR Altach**|SK Sturm Graz|1-0|

### Round 5

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1 August 2008|**SV Mattersburg   **|SCR Altach|3-1|
|2 August 2008|**SK Rapid Wien **|Kapfenberger SV|3-1|
|3 August 2008|**FC Red Bull Salzburg**|LASK|1-0|
|3 August 2008|SV Ried|SK Austria Kärnten|0-0|
|3 August 2008|SK Sturm Graz|FK Austria Wien|0-0|

### Round 6

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|8 August 2008|**LASK**|SV Ried|2-1|
|9 August 2008|**SK Austria Kärnten   **|SV Mattersburg|2-0|
|9 August 2008|Kapfenberger SV|**SK Sturm Graz**|1-3|
|9 August 2008|SCR Altach|**SK Rapid Wien **|2-7|
|10 August 2008|**FK Austria Wien  **|FC Red Bull Salzburg|3-2|

### Round 7

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|23 August 2008|**FC Red Bull Salzburg**|SV Ried|2-1|
|23 August 2008|SCR Altach|**SK Austria Kärnten   **|0-3|
|23 August 2008|**SV Mattersburg  **|Kapfenberger SV|2-1|
|23 August 2008|**SK Sturm Graz**|LASK|2-0|
|24 August 2008|**SK Rapid Wien **|FK Austria Wien|3-0|

### Round 8

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|29 August 2008|**Kapfenberger SV **|SCR Altach|3-2|
|30 August 2008|LASK|**SK Rapid Wien **|2-5|
|31 August 2008|**SK Austria Kärnten   **|FC Red Bull Salzburg|1-0|
|31 August 2008|**FK Austria Wien**|SV Mattersburg|2-1|
|31 August 2008|**SV Ried **|SK Sturm Graz|4-1|

### Round 9

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|19 September 2008|SK Rapid Wien|SV Ried|1-1|
|20 September 2008|**LASK**|SV Mattersburg|2-1|
|21 September 2008|**SK Austria Kärnten **|Kapfenberger SV|6-0|
|21 September 2008|SCR Altach|**FK Austria Wien**|0-1|
|21 September 2008|SK Sturm Graz|FC Red Bull Salzburg|2-2|

### Round 10

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|23 September 2008|**SV Ried   **|SK Rapid Wien|1-0|
|24 September 2008|SV Mattersburg|**LASK**|1-4|
|24 September 2008|Kapfenberger SV|**SK Austria Kärnten **|0-2|
|24 September 2008|**FK Austria Wien**|SCR Altach|2-1|
|24 September 2008|**FC Red Bull Salzburg**|SK Sturm Graz|3-1|

### Round 11

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|27 September 2008|SK Austria Kärnten|**FK Austria Wien**|0-1|
|27 September 2008|**LASK**|Kapfenberger SV|2-0|
|27 September 2008|SCR Altach|**SV Ried   **|0-1|
|27 September 2008|SV Mattersburg|**FC Red Bull Salzburg**|1-2|
|28 September 2008|**SK Rapid Wien**|SK Sturm Graz|2-1|

### Round 12

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|3 October 2008|SV Ried|SV Mattersburg|0-0|
|4 October 2008|**SK Sturm Graz**|SK Austria Kärnten|3-0|
|5 October 2008|FK Austria Wien|Kapfenberger SV|0-0|
|5 October 2008|**FC Red Bull Salzburg**|SK Rapid Wien|1-0|
|5 October 2008|LASK|**SCR Altach **|1-3|

### Round 13

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|18 October 2008|**FK Austria Wien **|LASK|5-0|
|18 October 2008|**Kapfenberger SV  **|SV Ried|2-0|
|18 October 2008|SV Mattersburg|**SK Sturm Graz**|5-6|
|19 October 2008|SCR Altach|**FC Red Bull Salzburg**|3-4|
|4 November 2008|SK Austria Kärnten|SK Rapid Wien|3-3|

### Round 14

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|24 October 2008|**FC Red Bull Salzburg**|Kapfenberger SV|7-3|
|25 October 2008|**SK Rapid Wien **|SV Mattersburg|1-0|
|25 October 2008|**SV Ried**|FK Austria Wien|3-1|
|25 October 2008|**SK Sturm Graz**|SCR Altach|6-0|
|26 October 2008|**SK Austria Kärnten**|LASK|1-0|

### Round 15

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|31 October 2008|Kapfenberger SV|**SK Rapid Wien **|0-2|
|1 November 2008|SK Austria Kärnten|SV Ried|1-1|
|1 November 2008|LASK|**FC Red Bull Salzburg**|0-2|
|1 November 2008|SCR Altach|SV Mattersburg|2-2|
|2 November 2008|FK Austria Wien|**SK Sturm Graz**|1-3|

### Round 16

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|7 November 2008|**FC Red Bull Salzburg**|FK Austria Wien|5-1|
|8 November 2008|**SK Rapid Wien     **|SCR Altach|5-1|
|8 November 2008|SV Mattersburg|SK Austria Kärnten|0-0|
|8 November 2008|**SK Sturm Graz**|Kapfenberger SV|2-0|
|9 November 2008|SV Ried|LASK|3-0|

### Round 17

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|11 November 2008|FK Austria Wien|SK Rapid Wien|2-0|
|12 November 2008|** SK Austria Kärnten    **|SCR Altach|2-1|
|12 November 2008|**Kapfenberger SV**|SV Mattersburg|2-1|
|12 November 2008|LASK|**SK Sturm Graz**|0-3|
|12 November 2008|SV Ried|FC Red Bull Salzburg|2-2|

### Round 18

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|15 November 2008|**SK Rapid Wien**|LASK|5-0|
|15 November 2008|**SCR Altach  **|Kapfenberger SV|3-0|
|15 November 2008|SV Mattersburg|FK Austria Wien|0-0|
|15 November 2008|**SK Sturm Graz**|SV Ried|3-0|
|16 November 2008|**FC Red Bull Salzburg**|SK Austria Kärnten|4-1|

### Round 19

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|22 November 2008|**FK Austria Wien    **|SV Ried|3-1|
|22 November 2008|FC Red Bull Salzburg|**Kapfenberger SV**|2-5|
|22 November 2008|LASK|SK Austria Kärnten|0-2|
|22 November 2008|**SCR Altach  **|SV Mattersburg|4-1|
|23 November 2008|SK Sturm Graz|SK Rapid Wien|2-2|

### Round 20

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|29 November 2008|Kapfenberger SV|**FK Austria Wien    **|1-2|
|29 November 2008|**SK Rapid Wien**|SCR Altach|8-1|
|29 November 2008|** SV Ried **|LASK|1-0|
|30 November 2008|SV Mattersburg|**FC Red Bull Salzburg **|2-4|
|18 March 2009|**SK Austria Kärnten   **|SK Sturm Graz|4-2|

### Round 21

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|5 December 2008|**LASK **|SK Sturm Graz|1-0|
|6 December 2008|SCR Altach|**SK Austria Kärnten   **|2-5|
|6 December 2008|**FC Red Bull Salzburg **|SV Ried|2-0|
|6 December 2008|**Kapfenberger SV**|SV Mattersburg|3-1|
|7 December 2008|FK Austria Wien|SK Rapid Wien|2-2|

### Round 22

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|13 December 2008|SV Mattersburg|**FK Austria Wien  **|0-2|
|13 December 2008|**SV Ried**|Kapfenberger SV|3-0|
|13 December 2008|**SK Sturm Graz **|SCR Altach|3-1|
|14 December 2008|SK Rapid Wien|LASK|1-1|
|4 March 2009|**SK Austria Kärnten   **|FC Red Bull Salzburg|2-0|

### Round 23

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|20 February 2009|SV Mattersburg|SV Ried|2-2|
|21 February 2009|**Kapfenberger SV **|SK Austria Kärnten|2-1|
|22 February 2009|**FC Red Bull Salzburg **|SK Rapid Wien|2-1|
|10 March 2009|**FK Austria Wien  **|SK Sturm Graz|2-0|
|10 March 2009|SCR Altach|LASK|1-1|

### Round 24

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|27 February 2009|**SCR Altach  **|FK Austria Wien|2-1|
|28 February 2009|SK Austria Kärnten|SV Mattersburg|0-0|
|28 February 2009|**SK Rapid Wien **|SV Ried|1-0|
|28 February 2009|SK Sturm Graz|**Kapfenberger SV **|1-3|
|1  March 2009|LASK|**FC Red Bull Salzburg **|0-3|

### Round 25

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|7 March 2009|**FK Austria Wien **|LASK|4-0|
|7 March 2009|**FC Red Bull Salzburg **|SK Sturm Graz|2-1|
|7 March 2009|**SV Ried**|SK Austria Kärnten|2-0|
|8 March 2009|SV Mattersburg|**SK Rapid Wien **|0-3|
|25 March 2009|Kapfenberger SV|SCR Altach|1-1|

### Round 26

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|13 March 2009|SK Sturm Graz|SV Ried|1-1|
|14 March 2009|SK Austria Kärnten|FK Austria Wien|1-1|
|14 March 2009|LASK|SV Mattersburg|0-0|
|14 March 2009|**SK Rapid Wien **|Kapfenberger SV|6-0|
|15 March 2009|SCR Altach|**FC Red Bull Salzburg **|1-2|

### Round 27

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|20 March 2009|**Kapfenberger SV**|LASK|4-1|
|21 March 2009|SK Austria Kärnten|**SK Rapid Wien **|1-3|
|21 March 2009|**SV Ried**|SCR Altach|3-2|
|21 March 2009|**SK Sturm Graz**|SV Mattersburg|1-0|
|22 March 2009|FK Austria Wien|FC Red Bull Salzburg|1-1|

### Round 28

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|4 April 2009|**FC Red Bull Salzburg **|FK Austria Wien|4-1|
|4 April 2009|LASK|Kapfenberger SV|2-2|
|4 April 2009|SCR Altach|SV Ried|1-1|
|4 April 2009|SV Mattersburg|SK Sturm Graz|0-0|
|5 April 2009|**SK Rapid Wien **|SK Austria Kärnten|4-2|

### Round 29

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|10 April 2009|**SV Mattersburg**|SCR Altach|5-4|
|11 April 2009|SK Austria Kärnten|**LASK  **|0-1|
|11 April 2009|Kapfenberger SV|**FC Red Bull Salzburg **|0-2|
|11 April 2009|SV Ried|FK Austria Wien|0-0|
|12 April 2009|SK Rapid Wien|**SK Sturm Graz **|0-1|

### Round 30

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|17 April 2009|LASK|**SV Ried**|0-3|
|18 April 2009|**FK Austria Wien  **|Kapfenberger SV|2-1|
|18 April 2009|**FC Red Bull Salzburg **|SV Mattersburg|2-0|
|18 April 2009|SCR Altach|SK Rapid Wien|1-1|
|19 April 2009|SK Sturm Graz|SK Austria Kärnten|0-0|

### Round 31

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|24 April 2009|**SV Ried**|FC Red Bull Salzburg|3-0|
|25 April 2009|SK Austria Kärnten|**SCR Altach **|0-3|
|25 April 2009|**SV Mattersburg**|Kapfenberger SV|3-1|
|25 April 2009|**SK Sturm Graz**|LASK|2-0|
|26 April 2009|** SK Rapid Wien  **|FK Austria Wien|3-2|

### Round 32

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1 May 2009|FK Austria Wien|SV Mattersburg|0-0|
|2 May 2009|**Kapfenberger SV**|SV Ried|2-1|
|2 May 2009|LASK|** SK Rapid Wien  **|0-2|
|2 May 2009|SCR Altach|SK Sturm Graz|1-1|
|3 May 2009|**FC Red Bull Salzburg**|SK Austria Kärnten|6-0|

### Round 33

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|8 May 2009|**LASK **|SCR Altach|2-0|
|9 May 2009|SK Austria Kärnten|**Kapfenberger SV**|0-2|
|9 May 2009|**SV Ried  **|SV Mattersburg|4-0|
|9 May 2009|SK Sturm Graz|FK Austria Wien|2-2|
|10 May 2009|** SK Rapid Wien  **|FC Red Bull Salzburg|4-2|

### Round 34

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|15 May 2009|Kapfenberger SV|SK Sturm Graz|3-3|
|16 May 2009|**FK Austria Wien **|SCR Altach|4-1|
|16 May 2009|**FC Red Bull Salzburg**|LASK|2-1|
|16 May 2009|**SV Mattersburg  **|SK Austria Kärnten|3-2|
|17 May 2009|**SV Ried  **|SK Rapid Wien|3-0|

### Round 35

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|21 May 2009|SK Austria Kärnten|**SV Ried  **|1-2|
|21 May 2009|**LASK   **|FK Austria Wien|4-0|
|21 May 2009|SK Rapid Wien|**SV Mattersburg  **|2-3|
|21 May 2009|**SCR Altach   **|Kapfenberger SV|5-1|
|21 May 2009|**SK Sturm Graz **|FC Red Bull Salzburg|2-0|

### Round 36

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|31 May 2009|**FK Austria Wien**|SK Austria Kärnten|4-1|
|31 May 2009|FC Red Bull Salzburg|SCR Altach|1-4|
|31 May 2009|Kapfenberger SV|**SK Rapid Wien   **|0-4|
|31 May 2009|**SV Mattersburg  **|LASK|3-1|
|31 May 2009|**SV Ried  **|SK Sturm Graz|3-1|

## Champion squad

|align="center" colspan="2"|<span style="color:#FFFFFF;"> **FC Red Bull Salzburg** </span>|
| --- | --- |
|* **Goalkeepers**: Timo Ochs (15 matches/0 goals), Heinz-Dieter Arzberger (13/0), Eddie Gustafsson (9/0), * **Defenders**: Ibrahim Sekagya (34/1), Laszlo Bodnar (28/2), Anis Boussaidi (28/1), Barry Opdam (25/0), Ronald Gercaliu (23/0), Andreas Ulmer (15/0), Rémo Meyer (10/0), Milan Dudić (9/1), * **Midfielders**: Somen Tchoyi (32/6), Johan Vonlanthen (29/3), René Aufhauser (25/2), Karel Piták (16/4), Christoph Leitgeb (16/0), Patrik Ježek (15/2), Vladimír Janočko (14/5), Niko Kovač (12/0), Ernst Öbster (5/0), * **Forwards**: Marc Janko (34/39), Robin Nelisse (32/12), Louis Ngwat-Mahop (27/3), Alexander Zickler  (24/5). * **Coaching staff**: Co Adriaanse (Coach), Michael Streiter ,Luc Nijholt (Assistance coaches), Herbert Ilsanker (Goalkeeper coach)||

## Top scorer

|Name|Club|Goals|
| --- | --- | --- |
|Marc Janko|FC Red Bull Salzburg|39|
|Erwin Hoffer|SK Rapid Wien|27|
|Stefan Maierhofer|SK Rapid Wien|23|

## Infobox (football league season)

- **competition**: Austrian Bundesliga
- **season**: 2008–09
- **winners**: FC Red Bull Salzburg
- **relegated**: SCR Altach
- **matches**: 180
- **total goals**: 588
- **league topscorer**: Marc Janko
(39 goals)
- **prevseason**: 2007-08 Austrian football championship, 2007-08
- **nextseason**:  Austrian football championship, 2009–10