2009–10 Austrian Football Bundesliga

Austrian Bundesliga
Season	2009–10
Dates	17 July 2009 – 13 May 2010
Champions	RB Salzburg
Relegated	Austria Kärnten
Champions League	RB Salzburg
Europa League	Austria Wien; Rapid Wien; Sturm Graz
Matches played	180
Goals scored	528 (2.93 per match)
Top goalscorer	Steffen Hofmann (20)
Biggest home win	RB Salzburg 7–1 A. Kärnten
Biggest away win	Mattersburg 1–6 RB Salzburg
Highest scoring	Kapfenberger SV 7-2 LASK; LASK 4–5 A. Vienna
	← 2008–09 2010–11 →

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.

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	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
4	Sturm Graz	36	16	10	10	50	36	+14	58	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round^[a]
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^[b]

Source: weltfussball.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ per 2009–10 Austrian Cup
^ 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.

First half of season

Home \ Away	AKÄ	AWI	KAP	LIN	MAT	RWI	RIE	RBS	STU	WN
Austria Kärnten		2–1	1–1	1–1	0–3	1–3	0–0	1–2	1–3	0–0
Austria Wien	1–0		3–0	3–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1
Kapfenberger SV	3–2	1–0		7–2	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–2	0–1	3–1
LASK Linz	3–1	4–5	4–0		4–0	3–3	2–2	0–0	2–2	4–2
Mattersburg	4–1	1–3	4–1	3–2		2–1	3–0	2–3	0–2	1–3
Rapid Wien	5–1	4–1	3–1	4–1	4–0		1–0	2–2	2–1	3–1
Ried	1–0	0–2	3–0	5–2	0–0	1–1		1–0	1–2	3–0
Red Bull Salzburg	7–1	2–1	4–0	3–2	2–0	0–0	1–1		4–2	1–1
Sturm Graz	4–0	0–1	0–0	3–3	2–0	1–0	0–2	0–0		3–0
Wiener Neustadt	3–1	4–3	2–3	4–1	3–0	0–4	2–1	1–1	0–0

Source: weltfussball.de (in German)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season

Home \ Away	AKÄ	AWI	KAP	LIN	MAT	RWI	RIE	RBS	STU	WN
Austria Kärnten		0–2	0–1	2–2	2–4	2–4	1–0	0–2	0–3	2–2
Austria Wien	4–1		4–3	0–1	5–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–0
Kapfenberger SV	0–0	1–1		2–0	2–2	2–2	1–1	2–0	0–3	2–3
LASK Linz	0–0	0–1	1–1		2–0	4–2	3–0	0–0	1–2	1–1
Mattersburg	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–1		1–3	3–1	1–6	0–0	1–0
Rapid Wien	1–0	2–0	5–3	0–0	3–0		2–1	0–1	4–1	3–0
Ried	3–1	0–1	2–1	2–2	3–0	1–3		1–2	1–2	0–1
Red Bull Salzburg	1–0	0–1	1–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	2–0		3–0	4–2
Sturm Graz	3–2	2–2	1–1	0–1	4–0	1–1	1–0	0–2		1–0
Wiener Neustadt	2–1	0–1	3–1	4–0	2–1	2–2	2–0	2–3	0–0

Source: weltfussball.de (in German)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

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

Top scorers

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