1997–98 Austrian Football Bundesliga

The matches in the Austrian Football Championship 1997/98 were first held under the sponsorship of the Austrian mobile phone operator max.mobil and responsibility of the constituted as a separate club Austrian Bundesliga. The top division was the first time this season according to the name " Max - Bundesliga ". The promoted to the Bundesliga was last played in the 2nd Division of the Austrian Bundesliga, which has undergone a reform after the season and renamed the First Division. The third division was composed of the three regional leagues West, Central and East.

The women played in the right hosted by OFB Women's Bundesliga for the title. As a foundation for the top league was the 2nd Division East, excluding clubs from provinces of Vienna and Lower Austria took part in the.

• 2.1 Leading scorers
• 2.2 Find out more
• 2.3 promoted from the regional leagues
• 2.4 Relegation to Division 2

• 3.1 Regional League East
• 3.2 Regional center
• 3.3 Regional League West

• 4.1 quarterfinals
• 4.2 Semi Finals
• 4.3 final
• 4.4 The Final Teams

Max. - Bundesliga

The max - Bundesliga was contested by 10 teams that met throughout the game four times each year to each other. The Championship title for the first time in club history, the SK Sturm Graz. The Graz dominated with her called " magic triangle " Trio Ivica Vastić, Hannes Mayr clean and Mario Haas the championship and won the championship with the new record margin of 19 points over second-placed runner and Rapid.

As Austrian Champion storm was entitled to participate in the qualification for the UEFA Champions League in the next game year. Runner-up and third-placed Rapid GAK were allowed to compete in the qualification for the UEFA Cup. Last year's champion from Salzburg had to this time satisfied with fourth place and qualified with this rank, next to LASK Linz, only for the Intertoto Cup. SV Ried reached with the ÖFB Cup victory for the first time to participate in one of the three major European competitions and represented Austria in the next game year in the European Cup winners.

The champion team of SK Sturm Graz

The Master Squad from Sturm Graz included over the entire game year 22 football players, 14 of Austrians and eight legionaries.

Kazimierz Sidorczuk (Tor, 35 / 0 ), Roland Goriupp (Tor, 1/ 0); Hannes clean Mayr (33/ 8), Gilbert Prilasnig (33/ 5), Markus Schupp ( 32/2 ), Roman Mählich (32/ 4), Franco Foda (31/ 0), Ivica Vastić (30 /14), Mario Haas (36 /17), Günther Neukirchner (34/ 4), Ranko Popovic (32/ 3), Darko Milanic ( 26/2 ), Mario Posch (24/ 0), Tomislav Kocijan (26/ 5), Wolfgang Hopfer (25 / 4 ), Markus Schopp ( 14/1 ), Joseph Spiteri (22/ 3), Georg Bardel (9/ 0 ), Jan - Pieter Martens ( 5/1 ), Michael Bochtler ( 3/0 ), Thomas Gröbl (11 / 0 ), Hannes Toth (2/ 0) Coach Ivica Osim

Leading scorers

Scorer in the Bundesliga were the Norwegians Geir Frigård from LASK first time. He was followed by the Sturm Graz player Haas and clean Mayr before Sabitzer ( GAK ) and Ivica Vastić ( storm ).

Promoted from the 2nd Division

• SK Vorwärts Steyr

The Bundesliga climbers from Steyr, the suspended until the winter break below the official and media malice sponsor name SK Come and purchase Austria took the license for the major league won only the third instance, and after deduction of three points for the season 1998 /99. Runner Spittal, which would succeeded by the potential climber in the Bundesliga and relegated Altach, which would remain in the second division by a refusal to license for Steyr can brought against the positive decision of the Upper Austrian lawsuit in a civil court. The SV Spittal was, according to which the Court is the view of the plaintiff joined absorbed by the Bundesliga club, the eleventh for the following season. After all ten competitors in the Bundesliga but spoke out against this increase to eleven clubs, put the Bundesliga before the Carinthian Championship beginning again in the second game of back class. SV Spittal and the league agreed subsequently to a financial settlement whereby further legal action on the part of the Carinthian Association were omitted.

Second Division of the Bundesliga

The Second Division was the second highest Austrian league after max. league. It was played with 15 clubs who met each other twice each during the season. The odd number of participating clubs came about due to the merger of the two Premier League clubs in Linz and the SCN Admira / Wacker with the second division club VfB Mödling.

Leading scorers

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Find out more

For the Game 1998/99, the name of the former 2nd Division of the Austrian Bundesliga, after the English model on 1st Division: renamed (also First Division ). At the same time, there was a large-scale reform and a reduction in the second division of the previous 16 to ten teams. This measure was designed to make the base of the Bundesliga on a sound financial basis. Those second-division clubs had to dismount due to this reduction in the transition year 1997/98 in the regional leagues, the sum received in a one-off payment of 1.5 million ATS. The benefit of that settlement, the clubs from Altach, Hartberg, Wattens and Kufstein came.

VSE St. Pölten and SV Gera village merged to pressure from the Lower Austrian Provincial Governor Erwin Pröll after the end of the season for FC Lower Austria St. Pölten.

Up from the regional leagues

• Regional center: Austria Klagenfurt / VSV
• West Regional: SV Wörgl

Austria Klagenfurt / VSV was a game community between the Carinthian traditional associations Austria Klagenfurt and Villach SV.

Relegation to Division 2

Western League champion Wörgl prevailed after a 1-0 at home and a 0-1 away on penalties 6-5 against the merged after the relegation matches for FC Lower Austria Club of St. Pölten.

The Carinthian syndicate Austria / VSV reached in only its second year of business after a 1-2 defeat in Untersiebenbrunn with a 2-0 success in Klagenfurt promotion to the second division.

Regional leagues

Regional League East

Neuberg was left after the merger of the second division Absteigers VSE St. Pölten with the SV Gera village in the Regionalliga. The gaming community FavAC / Simmering wore their home games exclusively on the sports facility in Simmering.

Up from the national leagues:

• Vienna City League: Prater SV
• Lower Austria - League: SV Horn
• Burgenland League: SV German Kreutz

One of the rising stars from the regional associations joined for the following season and the second division relegated ASK Kottingbrunn.

Regional center

Up from the national leagues:

• Upper Austria - League: ASKOE Traun
• Styrian League: LUV Graz / Storm Amateurs
• Carinthian League: FC St. Veit / Glan

One of the rising stars from the regional associations joined for the following season, the second division relegated TSV Hartberg and SK Eintracht Wels.

Regionalliga West

Up from the national leagues:

• Division Salzburg: USK Anif
• Tyrolean League: SVG Reichenau (Innsbruck )
• Vorarlberg League: FC Nenzing

The master of Vorarlberg League, SC Göfis waived its right ascension in the Regional whereby the past just two points runner-up from Nenzing nachrückte. One of the rising stars from the regional associations joined for the following season, the second division relegated SC Rheindorf Altach, WSG Wattens and FC Kufstein.

OFB Cup

Quarterfinals

The later Sturm Graz continued in the quarter-finals with a goal from Gilbert Prilasnig in 115 minutes just 1-0. Ried defeated Bregenz in an exciting match with a goal from Berensztajn ( 27 ) and a brace from Gerald Strafner ( 52 and 65 minutes ) 3-2. The results of the Bregenz achieved Schnepf ( 2 ) and Schmid in the 68th minute. Rapid fell against Admira / Wacker after 19 minutes with a goal by Arminas Narbekovas early in residue and could shorten for Admira by Sliwowski ( 60 ) by Markus Pürk only to 1:2 after the 2-0 lead. LASK Linz sat down by a hit Peter Stögers ( 89 ) surprising 1-0 against Tirol by.

Semi finals

Sturm Graz beat in a high class game Linzer goals from pure Mayr in the 63rd minute and Vastić ( 86 ) 2-0. Ried came in extra time through a goal from Gerald Strafner in the 111th minute game with a 1-0 victory over Admira first time the OFB Cup final.

Final

The final took place on 19 May 1998 in Gerhard Hanappi Stadium in Vienna. The encounter referee Günter Benko. The sports association Ried was the clear underdog against newly-crowned champion in the final game, but could go through a casual penalty by Goran Stanisavljevic already in the 11th minute, 1-0 in a thrilling match. Herwig Drechsel presented in the 32nd minute to make it 2-0, Reinmayr succeeded in the 88th minute, the connection gate for Sturm Graz. A minute later, Markus Scharrer fixed to the third port of the Upper Austrians the Final and the first cup victory and the first major title for the then not yet established in the professional football club from Ried.

The Final Teams

SV Ried: Ronald Unger, Faruk Hujdurovic ( 61 Oliver Glasner ), Günther Steininger, Goran Stanisavljevic, Alexander Jank, Manfred Roth Bauer ( 90th Earl Oliver ( footballer ) ), Markus Scharrer, Michael Angerschmid, Herwig Drechsel ( 90 Stefan Hartl ) Helmut Zeller, Gerald Strafner; Coach: Klaus Roitinger

Sturm Graz: Kazimierz Sidorczuk, Franco Foda, Darko Milanic ( 30 Mario Posch ), Günther Neukirchner ( 70th Joseph Spiteri ), Wolfgang Hopfer, Hannes Mayr clean, Markus Schupp, Roman Mählich, Gilbert Prilasnig ( 25 Tomislav Kocijan ), Ivica Vastić Mario Haas; Coach Ivica Osim

Supercup

In the match for the Supercup 1997/98, which was traditionally held up to the season of the following year, the Game Master SK Sturm Graz took revenge with a 4-0 win against SV Ried for the embarrassment in the Cup final.