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Austrian Football Bundesliga
Current season, competition or edition:; T-Mobile Bundesliga 2007/08
	File:Austrian bundesliga logo.gif Österreichische Fußball-Bundesliga
Sport	Football
Founded	1974
No. of teams	10
Country	Austria
Most recent; champion(s)	Red Bull Salzburg

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The Austrian Football Bundesliga (in German, the Österreichische Fußball-Bundesliga) is the highest-ranking national league club competition in Austrian football. It is the competition which decides the Austrian national football (soccer) champions, as well the country's entrants for the various European cups run by UEFA.

The Austrian Bundesliga, which began in the 1974 / 75 season, has been a separate registered association since December 1, 1991. At present it is composed of two divisions - the "T-Mobile Bundesliga" and the "Red Zac 1st league".

History

Football has been played in Austria since around 1890. Around the turn of the twentieth century two attempts were made to start a national championship; these efforts succeeded in 1911, with the introduction of the first Austrian football championship.

The competition for this championship was created and organized by the Niederösterreichischer Fußball-Verband (the Lower Austrian Football Federation), and the participants played for the title of Niederösterreichische Landesmeister (Lower Austrian National Champion). Teams from the other states of Austria were first allowed to join the highest division with the introduction of the (first) Nationalliga in the season of 1937 / 38. After Austria's annexation by Germany during World War II the country's teams were immediately integrated into the German Gauliga; they were, however, excluded again after the war.

Only upon the introduction of the all-Austrian Staatsliga A in 1949 did teams from the whole federal territory finally play for the Austrian Championship. However, the road to organising the Staatsliga proved difficult. A conflict between the representatives of the amateur and the professional aspects of the sport led to the separation of the Viennese league from the football federation, and to the establishment of its own competition on June 30, 1949. At the statutory Presidential Election Council of the Austrian Football Association only a few days later a surprising turn took place - upon the request of Lower Austria, the introduction of the Staatsliga was finally and unanimously confirmed. The organization was in the hands of the Fußballstaatsliga Österreich, created for this purpose.

In 1965, however, the Austrian Football Association again took over the organization of the top division, with the (second) introduction of the Nationalliga. In the 1974/75 season the Bundesliga was introduced which, still led by the Austrian Football Association, aligned both of the highest divisions in Austria.

26 years after dissolution of the independent Staatsliga on 17 November 1991, the Austrian Football Bundesliga was reconstituted as a federation and admitted on 1 December 1991 to the Austrian Football Association as its 10th member.

Tasks and legal form

Since 1991 the Bundesliga has carried its own responsibility as a separate association, and organises the championships of the two highest divisions in Austria. Both are named after their sponsors; at present, T-Mobile for the Bundesliga and Red Zac for the first division. In addition the Bundesliga is responsible for the Toto Jugendliga and represents professional football in Austria, in co-operation with the football clubs themselves.

The Bundesliga is legally a non-profit organisation. The twenty teams of the T-Mobile Bundesliga and the Red Zac first division constitute the members of the Bundesliga. The Bundesliga is represented by an acting executive committee, which supports a supervisory board. Each association of the two professional leagues is represented in presidential conferences; these have advisory function in all affairs concerning the Bundesliga.

Scopes of responsibility of the senates

The 'senates' are organising committees which consist of honorary and committee-members independent of the clubs. The first senate is responsible for suspensions and for the running of championship games. The second senate functions as an arbitration board for financial disagreements, the third senate is responsible for all financial concerns and the fourth senate is the panel of referees for the Bundesliga.

The evaluation of a club's economic competency which is required in order to obtain a playing license for the two professional leagues takes place at the fifth senate, the Bundesliga license committee.

Objectives

The Austrian Bundesliga carries the obligation for a positive development of football as a sport at the élite level, as well as for the advancement of the next generation of players in co-operation with the teams at the junior levels of the sport. To accomplish this, the Bundesliga requires economic audits of the teams, the introduction of laws particular to professional football, TV marketing, centralised sponsorship and collective marketing for all teams.

T-Mobile Bundesliga

In the T-Mobile Bundesliga, 10 teams play a "double championship" with each team playing every other twice at home and twice away during a championship year which is divided into an autumn and a spring season. The season typically lasts from July to June of the following year. During a year in the T-Mobile Bundesliga, 180 matches are played altogether, which last for a combined total of 16,200 minutes (or 270 hours), which played end-to-end would add up to 11 days of continuously played football.

At the end of the season, the team finishing in last place in the table is relegated to the Red Zac Erste Liga, the champion of which is promoted to the T-Mobile Bundesliga.

Member clubs for the 2007-08 season

The ten teams competing in the 2007-08 Bundesliga season are:

† Promoted from the Erste Liga as champions, LASK Linz replace Grazer AK, who were relegated.

The Bundesliga champion qualifies for the UEFA Champions League, and the clubs at positions 2 and 3, as well as the Austrian Cup winner, enter the qualification rounds for the UEFA Cup. The team at position 4 enters the qualification for the UEFA Intertoto Cup. In case Bundesliga champion is equal to the Austrian Cup winner the team in 4th position enters the qualification for the UEFA Cup and the 5th position team can qualify for the UEFA Intertoto Cup.

External links

Bundesliga site (in German only)
OEFB (in English)

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v t e Austrian Football Bundesliga · 2024–25
clubs	Austria Klagenfurt Austria Wien Blau-Weiß Linz Grazer AK Hartberg LASK Rapid Wien Red Bull Salzburg Rheindorf Altach Sturm Graz Wolfsberger AC WSG Tirol
stadiums	Josko Arena Allianz Stadion Cashpoint Arena Generali-Arena Lavanttal-Arena Merkur-Arena Profertil Arena Hartberg Raiffeisen Arena Red Bull Arena Tivoli Stadion Tirol Wörthersee Stadion

v t e Top division football seasons in Austria
1911 to 1938	1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38
Gauliga (1938 to 1945)	1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45
1945 to 1974	1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74
Bundesliga (1974 to current)	1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

v t e Top-level men's football leagues of Europe (UEFA)
Current	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Kosovo Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
Defunct	Austria Tagblatt Pokal Gauliga Ostmark Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Republic State Czechoslovakia Denmark East Germany England Finland Germany Bezirksliga Bayern Gauliga Kreisliga Bayern Hessen Nordmain Odenwald Pfalz Saar Südmain Südwest Württemberg Nordkreis-Liga Oberliga Berlin Oberliga Nord Oberliga Süd Oberliga Südwest Oberliga West Südkreis-Liga Westkreis-Liga Gibraltar Herzeg-Bosnia Mandatory Palestine Scotland Premier Division Premier League Saarland Serbia and Montenegro Soviet Union Turkey Turkish Championship National Division Yugoslavia
Liechtenstein is the only UEFA member association without a national league.