2009–10 Austrian Football Bundesliga

The 2009–10 Austrian Football Bundesliga was the 98th season of top-tier football in Austria. The competition is officially called tipp3-Bundesliga powered by T-Mobile, named after the Austrian betting company tipp3 and the Austrian branch of German mobile phone company T-Mobile. The season began on the weekend of 18 July 2009 and ended on 13 May 2010. RB Salzburg claimed the championship on the last matchday, their second consecutive title.

Austrian Bundesliga
Season2009–10
Dates17 July 2009 – 13 May 2010
ChampionsRB Salzburg
RelegatedAustria Kärnten
Champions LeagueRB Salzburg
Europa LeagueAustria Wien
Rapid Wien
Sturm Graz
Matches played180
Goals scored528 (2.93 per match)
Top goalscorerSteffen Hofmann (20)
Biggest home winRB Salzburg 7–1 A. Kärnten
Biggest away winMattersburg 1–6 RB Salzburg
Highest scoringKapfenberger SV 7-2 LASK
LASK 4–5 A. Vienna

Team changes from last season

SC Rheindorf Altach were relegated after finishing the 2008–09 season in 10th and last place. They were replaced by First League champions SC Wiener Neustadt.

Overview

Stadia and locations
Location of teams in the Austrian Football Bundesliga 2009–10
Team City/Area Venue Capacity
Austria Kärnten Klagenfurt Hypo Group Arena 32,000
Austria Vienna Vienna Franz Horr Stadium 13,000
Kapfenberger SV Kapfenberg Franz-Fekete-Stadion 12,000
LASK Linz Linzer Stadion 14,100
SV Mattersburg Mattersburg Pappelstadion 15,700
Rapid Vienna Vienna Gerhard-Hanappi-Stadion 18,442
Red Bull Salzburg Salzburg Red Bull Arena 30,188
SV Ried Ried im Innkreis Fill Metallbau Stadion 7,700
Sturm Graz Graz UPC-Arena 15,312
SC Wiener Neustadt Wiener Neustadt Stadion Wiener Neustadt 10,000

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Red Bull Salzburg (C) 36 22 10 4 68 27 +41 76 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 Austria Wien 36 23 6 7 60 34 +26 75 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
3 Rapid Wien 36 21 10 5 80 38 +42 73
4 Sturm Graz 36 16 10 10 50 36 +14 58 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
5 Wiener Neustadt 36 13 8 15 54 58 −4 47
6 Mattersburg 36 12 5 19 45 71 −26 41
7 LASK Linz 36 9 13 14 59 70 −11 40
8 Ried 36 10 8 18 39 47 −8 38
9 Kapfenberger SV 36 8 9 19 44 67 −23 33
10 Austria Kärnten (R) 36 2 9 25 29 80 −51 15 Relegation to Austrian Regionalliga[lower-alpha 2]
Source: weltfussball.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. per 2009–10 Austrian Cup
  2. Austria Kärnten were not granted a professional license for the 2010–11 season and thus were demoted to the Regionalliga.[1]

Results

Teams played each other four times in the league. In the first half of the season each team played every other team twice (home and away), and then did the same in the second half of the season.

Top goalscorers

Including matches played on 13 May 2010; Source:Austrian Bundesliga

Top scorers
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Germany Steffen Hofmann Rapid Vienna 20
2 Austria Roman Wallner LASK Linz/Red Bull Salzburg 19
3 Austria Marc Janko Red Bull Salzburg 18
Croatia Nikica Jelavić Rapid Vienna
5 Albania Hamdi Salihi Rapid Vienna 17
6 Hungary Róbert Waltner SV Mattersburg 14
7 Austria Daniel Beichler Sturm Graz 11
8 Slovenia Milenko Ačimovič Austria Wien 10
Austria Johannes Aigner SC Wiener Neustadt
Austria Christian Mayrleb LASK Linz

See also

References
  1. "SK Kärnten: Aus für Erste Liga" (in German). Österreichischer Rundfunk. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
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