1996–97 Austrian Football Bundesliga

Statistics of Austrian Football Bundesliga in the 1996–97 season.

Austrian Bundesliga
Season1996–97
ChampionsSV Austria Salzburg

Overview

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It was contested by 10 teams, and SV Austria Salzburg won the championship.

Teams and location

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Location of teams in the 1996–97 Austrian Football Bundesliga

Teams of 1996–97 Austrian Football Bundesliga

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Austria Salzburg (C) 36 19 12 5 54 25 +29 69 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 Rapid Wien 36 18 12 6 69 36 +33 66 Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
3 Sturm Graz 36 14 13 9 50 31 +19 55 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
4 Tirol Innsbruck 36 16 7 13 49 40 +9 55 Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
5 Grazer AK 36 11 14 11 39 42 −3 47 Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage
6 Austria Wien 36 12 10 14 41 51 −10 46
7 LASK Linz 36 9 17 10 38 47 −9 44
8 Ried 36 12 6 18 44 59 −15 42 Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage
9 FC Linz (R) 36 6 13 17 30 47 −17 31 Merged with LASK Linz after the season
10 Admira/Wacker (O) 36 6 10 20 35 71 −36 28 Qualification for relegation play-offs
Source: weltfussball.de (in German)
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results

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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.

Relegation play-offs

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Admira/Wacker 7–3 Vorwärts Steyr 2–2 5–1

Top goalscorers

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Rank Scorer Club Goals
1   René Wagner Rapid Wien 21
2   Thomas Janeschitz Tirol Innsbruck 13
  Ivica Vastić Sturm Graz
4   Eduard Glieder Austria Salzburg 12
5   Marcel Oerlemans SV Ried 11
  Herwig Drechsel SV Ried
  Dietmar Kühbauer Rapid Wien
  Manfred Rosenegger Admira/Wacker
9   Dieter Ramusch Grazer AK 10
10   Ronald Brunmayr Austria Wien 9
  Peter Stöger Rapid Wien

References

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