1977–78 Austrian Football Bundesliga
The Austrian Football Championship 1977/78 was hosted by the club Austrian Football Association. As a foundation for the single-track 1st Division 2nd Division served. As the third power level functioned Regional League East (Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland), the Alps League (Salzburg, Tyrol ) and the national league of Vorarlberg, Carinthia, Upper Austria and Styria.
- 2.1 General
- 2.2 final table
- 2.3 Rise Relegation to Division 2 2.3.1 Group Centre
- 2.3.2 Group West
1st Division
General
The championship in the 1st Division was contested by 10 teams, which met throughout the game four times each year to each other. Austria Vienna has to be 12 times Austrian football champions, their last title win was successful two years before, at that time, together with the Wiener AC as a gaming community. As Austrian Champion also could qualify for the European Cup in 1979, where the violets came to the semifinals. As Cupsieger the game between Community and Wattens Wacker Innsbruck was allowed to participate in the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1979, where the team reached the knockout stages. Rapid and storm represented Austria football in the UEFA Cup in 1979, however, came not on the first round also.
With the Linzer ASK the last placed the championship had to dismount. It was replaced with the SV Austria Salzburg by the master of the second-class second division the following season.
Ending table
Leading scorers
The champion team of the Vienna Austria
Hubert Baumgartner, John Weninger - Erich Obermayer, Serious architect Günther Pospischil, Karl Daxbacher Wilhelm Poell, Robert Sarah, Joseph, Sara, Herbert Prohaska, Felix Gasselich Franz Zach, Thomas Parits, Friedrich Drazan, Hans Pirkner Alberto Martínez, Julio César Morales, Alfred Roscher, Franz Weiss, Franz Viertl - Coach: Hermann Stessl
2 Division
General
The championship in the 2nd Division was contested by 16 teams, who met during the entire game twice each year. The Master of the 2nd Division, the SV Austria Salzburg, was promoted to the 1st Division, the three last placed from. The SC Tulln had to transition to the Regionalliga Ost compete, which ASK Salzburg had to descend in the East Regional in the Alps League and the ASV Stockerau again. The rise in the 2nd Division was complicated regulated since this season an asymmetric third power level was: The Master of Regional League East, the FavAC, rose directly. The Master of the Alps League met in the play-off of the Western Group further on to the state's national champion, in the middle group played the national champion of Carinthia, Styria and Upper Austria their climber, the Wolf Berger AC, from.