Austrian football championship 1980/81

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Austrian football championship 1980/81
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Austrian football championship 1980/81
master FK Austria Vienna (15)
Shooter king Gernot Jurtin (20)

The Austrian Football Championship 1980/81 was organized by the Austrian Football Association . The single-track 2nd division served as a substructure for the 1st division . The third performance level was the Regionalliga West (Salzburg, Tyrol, Vorarlberg) and the regional leagues of Vienna, Lower Austria, Burgenland, Salzburg, Tyrol, Vorarlberg, Carinthia, Upper Austria and Styria.

First performance level - 1st division

General

The championship started on August 14th with the encounter between Rapid Vienna and Sportklub (0: 1), the remaining matches followed on August 16 with u. a. the match between last year's champion Austria Wien against Admira (please see the further article «Further events»). Rapid Vienna had made an important transfer before the start of the spring championship, which Hans Krankl from CF Barcelona bought back (in installments or through borrowing and other sources of money).
After the fall, Sturm Graz led with 25 points ahead of Austria Wien and the GAK (23 each). On the other side of the table, only Austria Salzburg (10) and Eisenstadt (8) were threatened, as the third from bottom VÖEST already had 16 points. The forecasts before the start of the second half of the season on 14./15. February spoke of a title win for Austria Wien. But SK Sturm, led by top scorer Gernot Jurtin , was able to reach for the championship plate for the first time in the club's history. There was an ongoing duel between the Winter King and Austria: A 2: 5 in a direct duel at Sportclub Platz in Vienna (where Austria played their home games on their "wanderings" mostly in spring) led the table in the 32nd round on 23 May went to Wiener Veilchen with 41 to 40 points, but one lap later it was 42:40 for Sturm (with his 3-1 win over Salzburg while the competitor at LASK was also 2: 3), then Sturm increased with a 7: 0 against the Sport-Club (Austria in the big derby 0: 0 against Rapid) by one point, which Austria "got back" in the penultimate round (they won 3-0 in Eisenstadt, Sturm played at LASK 2: 2). The "final" took place on June 20th: Sturm prepared for the championship celebration at the home game in front of 22,000 spectators in the overcrowded Liebenau stadium against Rapid, but things turned out differently. Rapid played the nervous Graz 4-1, while Austria for their part defeated the GAK 6-1 in Dornbach and so unexpectedly celebrated the fourth championship win in a row and the 15th overall.
In addition to Austria in the European Cup of national champions , cup winners GAK in the European Cup of Cup winners 1982 and Rapid and Sturm Graz in the UEFA Cup 1982 competed internationally. The biggest success was Rapid, the club reached the round of 16 via Videoton Székesfehérvár and PSV Eindhoven, where they were only barely defeated by Real Madrid. There was a 1-0 defeat in the Prater Stadium on November 25th and a 0-0 defeat at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on December 9th , but the Rapid board of directors criticized his coach Walter Skocik for the defensive concept . Austria only made it to the second round, where they suffered a fate almost similar to Rapid: against Dynamo Kiev at home 0: 1, then away from home 1: 1. For the GAK it was the last stop in the first round against Dinamo Tiflis (A 0: 2, H 2: 2). Sturm Graz had IFK Göteborg as an opponent in the second round, a 2-2 home match was followed by a close match in Sweden - Gothenburg's winning goal was only scored in the final minute with a penalty - and the tenor of the Graz reporters was "blatant disadvantage", "Partial game management by the Norwegian referee Rolf Nyhus".

Relegation battle

This was also exciting, but ultimately Eisenstadt had to relegate again. Here, too, there was a long struggle between Salzburg and the Burgenland and once there was an "advantage" for this one, one lap after that for the other - and the direct duel took place in the last lap. Looking back, the 34th round had brought the first small preliminary decision, because Salzburg won their home game against LASK 1-0, while Eisenstadt lost 2: 3 at Admira, with the former catching up with Eisenstadt in terms of points (21 each), but over the far better Goal difference. The penultimate round ended without points and goalless for both teams. A draw would have been enough for the Salzburg team in their home game at the Lehen stadium, late goals (including the 1-0 in the 77th minute from a penalty that goalkeeper Herbert Rettensteiner converted) brought the Mozartstadt team 2-0. The glimmer of hope "increase" (once again this idea was brought up on the wall) did not come true for Eisenstadt, which should have played a relegation game against the third in the second division , Vienna, in such a game .

Other incidents

Already in the first round on August 16, there was a match with Admira / Wacker against Austria Wien (0: 1) that occupied the sports authorities for a long time. It turned out that Gerhard Steinkogler , who last worked for Werder Bremen, had played for the Austrians , but was not eligible to play for this match (the official approval by the DFB had arrived too late); the last instance credited Admira with a 3-0 victory with 2 points on November 8, 1980. Steinkogler was only eligible to play against Admira (in the 19th round on February 21 with a 2-1 victory for Admira) from the spring of 1981 onwards.

Austria was also affected by a lack of discipline, because on October 4, 1980, their goalkeeper Friedl Koncilia had headed the opposing player Werner Gregoritsch when leaving after the match at Grazer AK (result 1: 1) . Koncilia was banned from the criminal senate for six months on October 13th ( Hannes Weninger had to replace him). In addition, Koncilia was eliminated from the team for the international match against Hungary on October 8th by team boss Karl Stotz , who witnessed this incident.

statistics

In the home table Austria was ahead with 30 points ahead of Sturm (26), GAK (25) and Rapid (24); in the away table it was Rapid before Sturm (both 19), then Admira (18) and Austria (16). Each penultimate and last Salzburg and Eisenstadt, with 18 points in the home balance for both. They were not very successful away, Salzburg had five points, Eisenstadt (without a win) with three draws thus three.
There were eight expulsions in total (Koncilia is not included because this was an incident after the game), of 42 penalties seven were saved and four missed. A total of 217 players were used, seven of which played the entire playing time of the 36 matches.

Curiosity

League chairman Hans Reitinger had obviously assumed that Sturm Graz would become champions, so he started the trip to Graz with the championship plate.

Closing table

Pl. 1st division 1980/81 Sp. S. U N Gates TQ / Diff. Points
1. FK Austria Vienna (M) 36 20th 6th 10 77:46 46
2. SK Sturm Graz 36 17th 11 8th 58:39 45
3. SK Rapid Vienna 36 18th 7th 11 69:43 43
4th FC Admira / Wacker 36 17th 8th 11 56:52 42
5. Graz AK (C) 36 13 12 11 52:49 38
6th SK VOEST Linz 36 12 12 12 44:40 36
7th Linz ASK 36 11 12 13 42:51 34
8th. Viennese sports club 36 12 8th 16 46:49 32
9. SV Austria Salzburg 36 10 3 23 40:61 23
10. SC Eisenstadt (N) 36 6th 9 21st 25:59 21st
Legend for the 1st division
  • Austrian champion and
    participation in the European Cup of National Champions 1981/82
  • Participation in the European Cup Winners' Cup 1981/82
    ÖFB Cup winners 1980/81
  • Participation in the UEFA Cup 1981/82
  • Participation in the UEFA Cup 1981/82 and the Intertoto Cup in 1981
  • Participation in the Intertoto Cup 1981
  • Relegation to the 2nd division
    • (M) Austrian champion 1979/80
    (C) ÖFB Cup winner 1979/80
    (N) Newcomers of the 1979/80 season

    List of goalscorers

    Gates player society
    1 20 goals Gernot Jurtin SK Sturm Graz
    2. 16 goals Johann Krankl SK Rapid Vienna
    Christian Keglevits SK Rapid Vienna
    Alfred Drabits Viennese sports club
    5. 15 goals Felix Gasselich FK Austria Vienna

    see also list of the best goal scorers in Austria

    The championship team of Vienna Austria

    Friedl Koncilia , Johannes Weninger - Erich Obermayer , Robert Sara , Josef Sara , Günther Pospischil - Karl Daxbacher , Felix Gasselich , Franz Zore , Johann Dihanich , Harald Fürst , Ernst Baumeister , Thomas Pfeiler , Petko Petkow , Walter Schachner , Gerhard Steinkogler , Fritz Borgan , Rubén Plaza , Johann Drabek , Erwin Jelinek - Trainer: Erich Hof

    Second performance level - 2nd division

    Closing table

    Pl. 2nd division 1980/81 Sp. S. U N Gates TQ / Diff. Points
    1. S SW Innsbruck 30th 22nd 6th 2 69:18 50
    2. SK Austria Klagenfurt 30th 17th 9 4th 48:21 43
    3. First Vienna FC 1894 (A) 30th 14th 9 7th 49:33 37
    4th SPG Innsbruck 30th 13 10 7th 40:25 36
    5. FC Union Wels (N) 30th 13 10 7th 39:29 36
    6th SV Sankt Veit an der Glan 30th 14th 6th 10 51:43 34
    7th Donawitzer SV Alpine 30th 9 12 9 31:30 30th
    8th. Villacher SV 30th 8th 12 10 30:34 28
    9. Wolfsberger AC 30th 9 10 11 37:49 28
    10. 1. Simmeringer SC 30th 8th 10 12 32:42 26th
    11. Salzburg AK 1914 (R) 30th 8th 9 13 33:39 25th
    12. Kapfenberger SV 30th 8th 9 13 29:48 25th
    13. SC Neusiedl am See (N) 30th 6th 11 13 31:38 23
    14th IG Bregenz / Dornbirn 30th 9 5 16 24:40 23
    15th 1. Wiener Neustädter SC 30th 5 9 16 26:47 19th
    16. SC Amateurs Sankt Veit an der Glan 30th 7th 3 20th 28:61 17th
    Legend for the 2nd division
  • Promotion to the 1st division and participation in the Intertoto Cup 1981
  • Relegation to the regional league or national league
    • (A) Relegated in the 1979/80 season
    (R) Winner of the relegation between Landesliga Vorarlberg and Regionalliga West in the 1979/80 season
    (N) Newcomers of the 1979/80 season

    Third performance level

    Ascent group east

    Promotion Games Group East

    1 round
    SV Stockerau - SV Oberwart 1: 1 2: 2 3: 3
    qualification
    SV Stockerau - Favoritner AC 0: 2 0-0 0: 2

    Ascent group center

    Closing table

    Pl. Promotion relegation in mid-1981 Sp. S. U N Gates TQ / Diff. Points
    1. SV Flavia Solva 4th 3 1 0 9: 3 +6 7th
    2. SV Spittal 4th 1 1 2 11: 8 +3 3
    3. Union Vöcklamarkt 4th 1 0 3 4:13 −9 2
    Legend for the Regionalliga Mitte
  • Promotion to the 2nd division

    • Regionalliga West

    General

    For the first time there is a Regionalliga West again - since the elimination after the “great reform” after the 1973/74 season. However, from 1977/78 the "Alpine League" was run with clubs from the associations from Tyrol and Salzburg.

    Closing table

    Pl. Regionalliga West 1980/81 Sp. S. U N Gates TQ / Diff. Points
    1. ASK Salzburg 26th 17th 6th 3 49:23 40
    2. SC Schwaz 26th 14th 9 3 40:20 37
    3. WSG Swarovski Wattens 26th 13 7th 6th 41:24 33
    4th SC Kundl 26th 13 4th 9 47:32 30th
    5. SK Rum (N) 26th 10 10 6th 41:29 30th
    6th SC Admira Dornbirn (N V ) 26th 9 11 6th 34:28 29
    7th SC Austria Lustenau (N V ) 26th 9 9 8th 29:25 27
    8th. FC Höchst (N V ) 26th 8th 8th 10 26:34 24
    9. SC Tamsweg 26th 8th 7th 11 25:25 23
    10. USK Anif 26th 8th 7th 11 25:37 23
    11. Dornbirner SV (N V ) 26th 7th 7th 12 35:41 21st
    12. UPS Taxham 26th 8th 4th 14th 29:38 20th
    13. SV Hall 26th 5 6th 15th 26:53 16
    14th ATSV Trimmelkam (R) 26th 2 7th 17th 22:60 11
    Legend for the Regionalliga West
  • Promotion to the 2nd division
  • Relegation to the regional league
    • (A) Relegated in the 1979/80 season
    (N) Newcomers of the 1979/80 season
    (N V ) Newcomers from Vorarlberg in the 1979/80 season
    (R) Winner of the relegation of the Regionalliga West and Landesliga in the 1979/80 season

    literature

    • Anton Egger, Kurt Kaiser: Austria's Bundesliga from AZ, chronicle from 1974 , Verlag Anton Egger, Fohnsdorf 1995
    • Josef Huber: Diary of the Century, Football Austria from 1901 to 2000 , Wolfgang Drabesch Verlag, Vienna 2000

    Web links

    Individual evidence

    1. ↑ "When will Krankl's first goal be scored?" In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 28, 1981, p. 8 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
    2. ↑ «Leader Sturm has not yet scored a goal - The newcomers score» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 2, 1981, p. 9 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
    3. ↑ Middle: “Austria is the No. 1 favorite” . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 17, 1981, p. 1 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
    4. ^ "Austria's path to the title is open" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna May 25, 1982, p. 8 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
    5. ^ "Return to attacking football" and gloss on the left: "Professor Higgins" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 11, 1981, p. 8 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
    6. ↑ below right: «Trainer Baric to the referee:“ They will soon be killed ”» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna November 6, 1981, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
    7. ↑ top right: "When increasing to 12 clubs: Chance for Eisenstadt, Vienna" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna June 22, 1981, p. 11 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
    8. ↑ «“ Hard day ”at the criminal senate. Koncilia blocked for six months » . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna October 14, 1980, p. 11 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
    9. ↑ Internet site “FOOTBALL IN AUSTRIA”, 1980/81
    10. ↑ «Seven were there every minute» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna June 23, 1981, p. 11 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
    11. ^ "This is how Rapid Austria saved the title" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna June 22, 1981, p. 10 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).