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 2493 812.SK Rapid Wien36 18810 623.Grazer AK  36 18711 614.SV Austria Salzburg   36 168 12 565.LASK  36 17415 556.FC Tirol Innsbruck  36 12 12 12487.   FK Austria Wien     36 1010 16 408.SV Ried 36 109 17 399.SC Austria Lustenau36 614 16 3210.VfB Admira Wacker Mödling3657 24 22
Austria Soccer

Matches 
Austria Soccer
Round 1
Date Team 1Team2 9 July 1997 SC Austria Lustenau   SV Austria Salzburg  2-09 July 1997 FK Austria Wien    LASK  3-09 July 1997Grazer AK   SK Sturm Graz 0-49 July 1997SV Ried   SK Rapid Wien2-29 July 1997 Admira/Wacker Mödling FC Tirol Innsbruck3-2
Round 2
Date Team 1Team2 16 July 1997FC Tirol Innsbruck   SK Sturm Graz   1-416 July 1997  Grazer AK   SC Austria Lustenau 3-116 July 1997LASK   SV Ried  1-116 July 1997 SK Rapid WienAdmira/Wacker Mödling0-016 July 1997SV Austria SalzburgFK Austria Wien 0-0
Round 3
Date Team 1Team2 23 July 1997SC Austria Lustenau FK Austria Wien 0-023 July 1997SK Rapid Wien  FC Tirol Innsbruck  1-023 July 1997SV Ried   SV Austria Salzburg2-023 July 1997  SK Sturm Graz   LASK  4-123 July 1997Admira/Wacker MödlingGrazer AK   0-4
Round 4
Date Team 1Team2 26 July 1997SC Austria Lustenau SK Sturm Graz 1-126 July 1997  FK Austria Wien   SV Ried 3-026 July 1997Grazer AK  FC Tirol Innsbruck   3-026 July 1997  LASK     Admira/Wacker Mödling 1-027 July 1997SV Austria Salzburg SK Rapid Wien5-2
Round 5
Date Team 1Team2 30 July 1997FC Tirol Innsbruck   LASK  3-030 July 1997SK Rapid Wien     Grazer AK 1-130 July 1997SV Ried SC Austria Lustenau 1-130 July 1997  SK Sturm Graz    FK Austria Wien 0-030 July 1997Admira/Wacker Mödling  SV Austria Salzburg2-1
Round 6
Date Team 1Team2 2 August 1997 SC Austria Lustenau  Admira/Wacker Mödling 5-02 August 1997FK Austria Wien  FC Tirol Innsbruck   0-42 August 1997Grazer AK SV Ried 3-02 August 1997LASK    SK Rapid Wien   2-02 August 1997SV Austria Salzburg SK Sturm Graz    1-2
Round 7
Date Team 1Team2 6 August 1997FC Tirol Innsbruck     SV Austria Salzburg 2-16 August 1997Grazer AK  LASK  1-06 August 1997SK Rapid Wien   SC Austria Lustenau  1-06 August 1997SV Ried SK Sturm Graz1-1 6 August 1997Admira/Wacker Mödling   FK Austria Wien    1-6
Round 8
Date Team 1Team2 15 August 1997FK Austria Wien SK Rapid Wien   0-316 August 1997 SC Austria Lustenau       LASK  4-116 August 1997SV Austria Salzburg Grazer AK2-116 August 1997SV Ried FC Tirol Innsbruck    2-016 August 1997SK Sturm Graz Admira/Wacker Mödling 4-0
Round 9
Date Team 1Team2 23 August 1997FC Tirol Innsbruck   SC Austria Lustenau 1-123 August 1997 LASK    SV Austria Salzburg 1-123 August 1997SK Rapid Wien   SK Sturm Graz0-223 August 1997Admira/Wacker Mödling  SV Ried 0-124 August 1997Grazer AK FK Austria Wien 5-1
Round 10
Date Team 1Team2 30 August 1997SC Austria Lustenau FC Tirol Innsbruck   1-130 August 1997FK Austria Wien    Grazer AK  1-030 August 1997 SV Austria Salzburg LASK1-130 August 1997SV Ried  Admira/Wacker Mödling 3-131 August 1997SK Sturm Graz SK Rapid Wien  1-1
Round 11
Date Team 1Team2 12 September 1997LASKFK Austria Wien  4-113 September 1997FC Tirol Innsbruck      Admira/Wacker Mödling 2-013 September 1997SK Rapid Wien  SV Ried3-013 September 1997 SV Austria Salzburg   SC Austria Lustenau 5-114 September 1997SK Sturm Graz Grazer AK  2-1
Round 12
Date Team 1Team2 20 September 1997SC Austria Lustenau Grazer AK   0-120 September 1997 FK Austria Wien   SV Austria Salzburg  2-120 September 1997SV Ried LASK1-420 September 1997Admira/Wacker Mödling  SK Rapid Wien  1-221 September 1997SK Sturm Graz  FC Tirol Innsbruck   2-0
Round 13
Date Team 1Team2 24 September 1997FK Austria Wien  SC Austria Lustenau 3-124 September 1997  FC Tirol Innsbruck    SK Rapid Wien  0-124 September 1997Grazer AK   Admira/Wacker Mödling 3-024 September 1997LASK SK Sturm Graz2-024 September 1997SV Austria Salzburg   SV Ried 2-0
Round 14
Date Team 1Team2 4 October 1997FC Tirol Innsbruck   Grazer AK 0-04 October 1997   SK Rapid WienSV Austria Salzburg  0-34 October 1997SV Ried FK Austria Wien  0-14 October 1997Admira/Wacker Mödling LASK 1-55 October 1997SK Sturm Graz  SC Austria Lustenau 6-0
Round 15
Date Team 1Team2 18 October 1997SC Austria Lustenau SV Ried  0-218 October 1997 FK Austria Wien  SK Sturm Graz1-118 October 1997Grazer AKSK Rapid Wien3-018 October 1997SV Austria Salzburg  Admira/Wacker Mödling 1-019 October 1997LASK   FC Tirol Innsbruck   4-2
Round 16
Date Team 1Team2 25 October 1997 FC Tirol Innsbruck   FK Austria Wien  2-125 October 1997 SK Rapid WienLASK 3-125 October 1997SV Ried  Grazer AK0-025 October 1997Admira/Wacker Mödling  SC Austria Lustenau 1-126 October 1997SK Sturm Graz  SV Austria Salzburg  1-0
Round 17
Date Team 1Team2 8 November 1997SC Austria Lustenau   SK Rapid Wien 0-08 November 1997 FK Austria Wien  Admira/Wacker Mödling 3-08 November 1997 LASK Grazer AK2-28 November 1997  SV Austria Salzburg  FC Tirol Innsbruck2-19 November 1997SK Sturm Graz SV Ried  2-0
Round 18
Date Team 1Team2 15 November 1997FC Tirol Innsbruck SV Ried   1-115 November 1997Grazer AK  SV Austria Salzburg 2-115 November 1997 LASK SC Austria Lustenau   1-015 November 1997 Admira/Wacker Mödling SK Sturm Graz 1-316 November 1997SK Rapid Wien FK Austria Wien  2-0
Round 19
Date Team 1Team2 22 November 1997Grazer AK LASK  1-322 November 1997SV Austria Salzburg   SC Austria Lustenau   2-022 November 1997 SV Ried  SK Rapid Wien 1-222 November 1997 Admira/Wacker Mödling  FC Tirol Innsbruck    2-423 November 1997FK Austria Wien  SK Sturm Graz1-1
Round 20
Date Team 1Team2 29 November 1997SC Austria Lustenau  FK Austria Wien  3-129 November 1997FC Tirol Innsbruck     SV Austria Salzburg2-129 November 1997LASKAdmira/Wacker Mödling   3-529 November 1997 SK Sturm Graz  SV Ried  4-130 November 1997 SK Rapid Wien Grazer AK 2-0
Round 21
Date Team 1Team2 19 November 1997FK Austria Wien   FC Tirol Innsbruck    1-219 November 1997SV Austria Salzburg LASK2-119 November 1997 SV Ried   Grazer AK   0-119 November 1997 SK Sturm Graz SC Austria Lustenau  5-13 December 1997 Admira/Wacker Mödling SK Rapid Wien 0-1
Round 22
Date Team 1Team2 28 February 1998SC Austria Lustenau  SV Ried  1-128 February 1998FC Tirol Innsbruck  SK Sturm Graz 1-128 February 1998 Grazer AK    Admira/Wacker Mödling 2-128 February 1998 LASK  FK Austria Wien   1-21 March 1998 SK Rapid WienSV Austria Salzburg0-1
Round 23
Date Team 1Team2 6 March 1998FK Austria Wien  SK Rapid Wien 1-17 March 1998SC Austria Lustenau FC Tirol Innsbruck  0-07 March 1998SV Ried     Admira/Wacker Mödling 2-17 March 1998 SK Sturm Graz   LASK2-18 March 1998 SV Austria SalzburgGrazer AK 0-0
Round 24
Date Team 1Team2 10 March 1998SK Rapid Wien SK Sturm Graz 1-311 March 1998FC Tirol Innsbruck  SV Ried    1-411 March 1998Grazer AK FK Austria Wien   1-011 March 1998 LASKSC Austria Lustenau   1-011 March 1998 Admira/Wacker Mödling SV Austria Salzburg0-0
Round 25
Date Team 1Team2 14 March 1998SC Austria Lustenau   SK Rapid Wien 1-114 March 1998FK Austria Wien     Admira/Wacker Mödling   1-214 March 1998 FC Tirol Innsbruck    LASK2-114 March 1998 SV Ried    SV Austria Salzburg3-115 March 1998 SK Sturm Graz Grazer AK 2-1
Round 26
Date Team 1Team2 21 March 1998Grazer AKSC Austria Lustenau   1-021 March 1998LASK  SV Ried  2-021 March 1998SK Rapid Wien   FC Tirol Innsbruck  0-021 March 1998 Admira/Wacker Mödling  SK Sturm Graz 2-431 March 1998 SV Austria Salzburg FK Austria Wien   0-0
Round 27
Date Team 1Team2 28 March 1998SC Austria Lustenau    Admira/Wacker Mödling  2-028 March 1998 FK Austria Wien      SV Ried  1-028 March 1998FC Tirol Innsbruck  Grazer AK1-128 March 1998SK Sturm Graz  SV Austria Salzburg1-029 March 1998 LASK  SK Rapid Wien   5-0
Round 28
Date Team 1Team2 4 April 1998Grazer 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    3-05 April 1998 SV Austria Salzburg SK Sturm Graz 1-1
Round 29
Date Team 1Team2 11 April 1998SC 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 1Team2 18 April 1998 FK Austria Wien   SC Austria Lustenau    1-118 April 1998 Grazer AK SK Rapid Wien   0-118 April 1998SV Austria Salzburg  FC Tirol Innsbruck  1-118 April 1998 SV Ried   SK Sturm Graz 1-418 April 1998 Admira/Wacker Mödling     LASK   0-3
Round 31
Date Team 1Team2 25 April 1998FC Tirol Innsbruck   FK Austria Wien   2-025 April 1998 Grazer AK SV Ried   3-025 April 1998LASK    SV Austria Salzburg0-225 April 1998 SK Rapid Wien   Admira/Wacker Mödling  2-026 April 1998 SC Austria Lustenau       SK Sturm Graz 0-3
Round 32
Date Team 1Team2 29 April 1998FK Austria Wien    LASK  1-429 April 1998SV Austria Salzburg SK Rapid Wien    1-029 April 1998SV Ried   SC Austria Lustenau    1-129 April 1998 SK Sturm GrazFC Tirol Innsbruck  2-229 April 1998Admira/Wacker Mödling     Grazer AK  1-4
Round 33
Date Team 1Team2 2 May 1998Grazer AK SV Austria Salzburg 0-22 May 1998LASK  SK Sturm Graz 4-02 May 1998SK Rapid Wien    FK Austria Wien       0-02 May 1998 Admira/Wacker Mödling  SV Ried  1-13 May 1998FC Tirol Innsbruck    SC Austria Lustenau   1-1
Round 34
Date Team 1Team2 8 May 1998SK Sturm Graz SK Rapid Wien    0-19 May 1998 SC Austria Lustenau      LASK  4-19 May 1998  FK Austria Wien        Grazer AK 0-19 May 1998SV Austria Salzburg  Admira/Wacker Mödling  4-09 May 1998SV Ried    FC Tirol Innsbruck  1-3
Round 35
Date Team 1Team2 12 May 1998 Grazer AKSK Sturm Graz 0-012 May 1998LASK    FC Tirol Innsbruck3-112 May 1998SK Rapid Wien       SC Austria Lustenau   4-112 May 1998SV Austria Salzburg SV Ried   1-012 May 1998Admira/Wacker Mödling   FK Austria Wien   1-1
Round 36
Date Team 1Team2 16 May 1998 SC Austria Lustenau   Grazer AK2-316 May 1998FK Austria Wien SV Austria Salzburg   1-216 May 1998FC Tirol Innsbruck     SK Rapid Wien  0-216 May 1998SV Ried   LASK6-116 May 1998SK Sturm Graz     Admira/Wacker Mödling  2-0

Champion squad 
(matches/goals)
 SK Sturm GrazKazimierz 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
Austria Soccer 
Top scorer
 Name Club Goals Geir FrigardLASK23   Mario HaasSK Sturm Graz17    Hannes ReinmayrSK Sturm Graz15    Herfried SabitzerGrazer AK15
Austria Soccer

References 

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