1997–98 Austrian Football Bundesliga

Statistics of Austrian Football Bundesliga in the 1997–98 season.

Austrian Bundesliga
Season1997–98
ChampionsSK Sturm Graz

Overview

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It was contested by 10 teams, and SK Sturm Graz won the championship.

Teams and location

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Location of teams in the 1997–98 Austrian Football Bundesliga

Teams of 1997–98 Austrian Football Bundesliga

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sturm Graz (C) 36 24 9 3 80 28 +52 81 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 Rapid Wien 36 18 8 10 42 36 +6 62 Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
3 Grazer AK 36 18 7 11 53 33 +20 61
4 Austria Salzburg 36 16 8 12 48 33 +15 56 Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
5 LASK Linz 36 17 4 15 67 58 +9 55
6 Tirol Innsbruck 36 12 12 12 49 51 −2 48
7 Austria Wien 36 10 10 16 39 54 −15 40 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
8 Ried 36 10 9 17 42 55 −13 39 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
9 Austria Lustenau 36 6 14 16 38 59 −21 32
10 Admira Wacker Mödling (R) 36 5 7 24 34 85 −51 22 Relegation to Austrian First Football League
Source: weltfussball.de (in German)
(C) Champions; (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.

Top goalscorers

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Rank Scorer Club Goals
1   Geir Frigård LASK Linz 23
2   Mario Haas Sturm Graz 17
3   Herfried Sabitzer Grazer AK 15
  Hannes Reinmayr Sturm Graz
5   Ivica Vastić Sturm Graz 14
6   Gerald Strafner SV Ried/Grazer AK 11
7   Francis Severeyns Tirol Innsbruck 10
  Christian Mayrleb Tirol Innsbruck
9   Tamás Tiefenbach Austria Lustenau 9
  Eduard Glieder Austria Salzburg
  Markus Weissenberger LASK Linz
  Zeljko Radovic Grazer AK
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