This article covers the Austrian men's soccer championship of the 2007/08 season. For the Austrian women's football championship of the 2007/08 season see Austrian Women's Football Championship 2007/08 .
The Austrian soccer championship 2007/08 took place between July 10th 2007 and April 26th 2008. During this period, 36 rounds were played and the champions of the top division, the T-Mobile Bundesliga , were chosen. Twelve teams fought for promotion to the T-Mobile Bundesliga in the Red Zac First League . In the third highest divisions, the regional leagues center, east and west, 16 teams each played.
The Bundesliga was played with 10 teams, each meeting four times during the entire season. In addition to the newly promoted LASK Linz , SK Austria Kärnten is playing in Austria's top division for the first time. The Carinthians are the successor club of FC Superfund , from which the southern Austrians bought the license. Winter king was SK Sturm Graz , early champion was SK Rapid Wien in the 35th round. FC Wacker Innsbruck has to be relegated from the top Austrian league.
The game of the 14th round between Wacker Innsbruck and SCR Altach was not played on Sunday, November 7th, 2007 as planned, but on Wednesday, October 24th, 2007. The reason was that construction work still took place in Tivoli-Neu and it was too dangerous to play a Bundesliga game in front of spectators.
The game of the 25th round between SCR Altach and Rapid Vienna should be played again after a protest from the Viennese , but the result of 2: 1 was certified by the protest committee after a protest by the Altach against the first judgment. Referee Bernhard Brugger let the shooter shoot a penalty from Altacher Roland Kirchler while Rapid goalkeeper Helge Payer was still with his back turned to Kirchler.
The games of the 27th round between Red Bull Salzburg and Wacker Innsbruck as well as Austria Wien and LASK Linz were postponed to Wednesday on the day of the game (in these cases Saturday) due to hurricane Emma .
The SK Rapid Wien took over in the 31st round in a direct duel against the previous league leaders Red Bull Salzburg by a 7: 0 away win the championship lead and could in the 35th round, with a 3: 0 win against SCR Altach secure the championship title . Also in the 35th round it was clear that the relegated Wacker Innsbruck was called. The Tyroleans lost in the game against SV Mattersburg with 0: 5.
In the first division, which was recently sponsored by " Red Zac ", played 12 teams this year. The champion was determined in 33 rounds. All clubs met three times, which meant that six teams were allowed to play one more home game. This right applied to the six best teams of the previous year.