2011–12 Austrian Football Bundesliga
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The 2011–12 Austrian Football Bundesliga will be the 100th season of top-tier football in Austria
. The competition will officially be 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 will begin on 16 July 2011 and end on 17 May 2012, with the winter break to be held between 19 December 2011 and 10 February 2012. Sturm Graz
are the defending champions.
were relegated after finishing the 2010–11 season
in 10th and last place, ending a four-year tenure in the league. They were replaced by 2010–11 First League
champions Admira Wacker Mödling
, who returned to the top football division of Austria after an absence of five years.
eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
. The competition will officially be 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
T-Mobile
T-Mobile International AG is a German-based holding company for Deutsche Telekom AG's various mobile communications subsidiaries outside Germany. Based in Bonn, Germany, its subsidiaries operate GSM and UMTS-based cellular networks in Europe, the United States, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands...
. The season will begin on 16 July 2011 and end on 17 May 2012, with the winter break to be held between 19 December 2011 and 10 February 2012. Sturm Graz
SK Sturm Graz
SK Sturm Graz is an Austrian association football club, based in Graz, Styria, playing in the Austrian Bundesliga. The club was founded in 1909 and the club colours are black and white....
are the defending champions.
Teams
LASK LinzLASK Linz
LASK Linz is an Austrian association football club, from the Upper-Austrian state capital Linz. It is the oldest football club hailing from that region, and currently plays in the Austrian Football First League. The club's colours are black and white...
were relegated after finishing the 2010–11 season
2010–11 Austrian Football Bundesliga
The 2010–11 Austrian Football Bundesliga is the 99th season of top-tier football in Austria. The competition was 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...
in 10th and last place, ending a four-year tenure in the league. They were replaced by 2010–11 First League
2010–11 Austrian Football First League
The 2010-11 Austrian Football First League is the 36th season of the Austrian second-level football league...
champions Admira Wacker Mödling
FC Admira Wacker Mödling
FC Admira Wacker Mödling is an Austrian football club from Mödling. The club was originally formed in 1905 as SK Admira Vienna in the Austrian capital...
, who returned to the top football division of Austria after an absence of five years.
Stadia and locations
| Team | Location | Venue | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Admira FC Admira Wacker Mödling FC Admira Wacker Mödling is an Austrian football club from Mödling. The club was originally formed in 1905 as SK Admira Vienna in the Austrian capital... |
Mödling Mödling Mödling is the capital of the Austrian district of the same name located approximately 14 km south of Vienna.The settlement dates back to the Neolithic. In medieval times, the town was the residence of a branch of the Babenberger family, as a result of which it received the nickname... |
Trenkwalder Arena Bundesstadion Südstadt Bundesstadion Sudstadt is a multi-use stadium in Maria Enzersdorf - Südstadt, Austria. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of VfB Admira Wacker Mödling. The stadium holds 12,000.... |
12,000 |
| Austria Wien FK Austria Wien Fußballklub Austria Wien is an Austrian association football club from the capital city of Vienna. They are considered the most successful club in Austria, having won the highest Austrian Bundesliga 23 times, the Austrian Cup 27 times and the Austrian Supercup 6 times. They also reached the UEFA... |
Vienna Vienna Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre... |
Franz Horr Stadium | 13,000 |
| Kapfenberg Kapfenberger SV Kapfenberger SV is an Austrian association football club from Kapfenberg. In the 2007/08 Austrian Football First League season they became champion and advanced to Austrian Bundesliga. The club was founded in 1919 as Kapfenberger SC... |
Kapfenberg Kapfenberg Kapfenberg is a city in Styria, Austria, near Bruck an der Mur. The town's landmark is Burg Oberkapfenberg. Main employer in the city of Kapfenberg was and still is the steel manufacturer Böhler.... |
Franz-Fekete-Stadion Franz Fekete Stadium Franz Fekete Stadion is a multipurpose stadium in Kapfenberg, Austria. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Kapfenberger SV. The stadium holds 12,000 people and was built in 1987.... |
12,000 |
| Mattersburg SV Mattersburg SV Mattersburg is an Austrian association football club from Mattersburg, Burgenland. For sponsorship reasons, the club is currently also known as SV Bauwelt Koch Mattersburg.... |
Mattersburg Mattersburg Mattersburg is a town in Burgenland, Austria. It is the administrative center of the District of Mattersburg and home to a Bundesliga football team, SV Mattersburg.- Location :... |
Pappelstadion Pappelstadion Pappelstadion is a multi-use stadium in Mattersburg, Austria. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of SV Mattersburg. The stadium holds 17,100.... |
15,700 |
| Rapid Wien SK Rapid Wien The Sportklub Rapid Wien is an Austrian football club playing in the country's capital city of Vienna. Rapid is the most popular club in Austria and also record title holder having won the Austrian national football title 32 times... |
Vienna | Gerhard-Hanappi-Stadion Gerhard Hanappi Stadium The Gerhard Hanappi Stadion is a football stadion in Hütteldorf, in the west of Vienna, Austria. It is the home ground of Rapid Vienna. It was officially opened in 1977 as "Weststadion" . In 1980 it was renamed, to honor its architect, Austrian football player Gerhard Hanappi... |
18,442 |
| Red Bull Salzburg | Salzburg Salzburg -Population development:In 1935, the population significantly increased when Salzburg absorbed adjacent municipalities. After World War II, numerous refugees found a new home in the city. New residential space was created for American soldiers of the postwar Occupation, and could be used for... |
Red Bull Arena Red Bull Arena (Salzburg) The Red Bull Arena, known during and before the Euro 2008 football championship as the EM Stadion , is a football stadium in Wals-Siezenheim, a municipality in the suburb of Salzburg, Austria. It was officially opened in March 2003 and is the home ground of Red Bull Salzburg. Previously, the club... |
31,895 |
| Ried SV Ried SV Ried is an Austrian association football club from Ried im Innkreis. The team plays its home matches at the 7,680 capacity Keine-Sorgen Arena. The club currently plays in the Bundesliga after winning promotion from the Erste Liga in the 2004/05 season... |
Ried im Innkreis Ried im Innkreis Ried im Innkreis is a town in the state of Upper Austria in Austria, approximately 70 km west of Linz and 60 km north of Salzburg... |
Keine Sorgen Arena Fill Metallbau Stadion Keine Sorgen Arena, formerly Fill Metallbau Stadion, is a football stadium in Ried im Innkreis, Austria. It is the home ground of SV Ried. The stadium holds 7,680 spectators and was built in 2003. The stadium was renamed in "Keine Sorgen Arena", after the main advertising slogan of the sponsor... |
7,700 |
| Sturm Graz SK Sturm Graz SK Sturm Graz is an Austrian association football club, based in Graz, Styria, playing in the Austrian Bundesliga. The club was founded in 1909 and the club colours are black and white.... |
Graz Graz The more recent population figures do not give the whole picture as only people with principal residence status are counted and people with secondary residence status are not. Most of the people with secondary residence status in Graz are students... |
UPC-Arena UPC-Arena The UPC-Arena in Graz, Styria, Austria, is the home of the football clubs SK Sturm Graz and Grazer AK.- History :... |
15,312 |
| Wacker Innsbruck | Innsbruck Innsbruck - Main sights :- Buildings :*Golden Roof*Kaiserliche Hofburg *Hofkirche with the cenotaph of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor*Altes Landhaus... |
Tivoli Neu Tivoli Neu ' is a multi-purpose stadium in Innsbruck, Austria. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of FC Wacker Innsbruck. The stadium capacity was 17,400 when it was built in 2000... |
30,000 |
| Wiener Neustadt | Wiener Neustadt Wiener Neustadt -Main sights:* The Late-Romanesque Dom, consecrated in 1279 and cathedral from 1469 to 1785. The choir and transept, in Gothic style, are from the 14th century. In the late 15th century 12 statues of the Apostles were added in the apse, while the bust of Cardinal Melchior Klesl is attributed to... |
Stadion Wiener Neustadt Stadion Wiener Neustadt Stadion Wiener Neustadt, also known as Magna Arena, is a stadium in Wiener Neustadt, Austria. It is mostly used for football matches. Its only tenant is SC Wiener Neustadt; former Austrian champions 1. Wiener Neustädter SC have also utilized the structure. Other uses of the stadium include speedway... |
10,000 |
Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFAFIFA
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association , commonly known by the acronym FIFA , is the international governing body of :association football, futsal and beach football. Its headquarters are located in Zurich, Switzerland, and its president is Sepp Blatter, who is in his fourth...
eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Admira |  Dietmar KühbauerDietmar Kühbauer Dietmar Kühbauer is a former Austrian football midfielder, currently works as Head Coach from Trenkwalder Admira II.-Club career:... |
Christopher Dibon Christopher Dibon Christopher Dibon is an Austrian footballer who plays for Admira Wacker in the Austrian Bundesliga.-References:... |
Puma PUMA AG Puma SE, officially branded as PUMA, is a major German multinational company that produces high-end athletic shoes, lifestyle footwear and other sportswear. Formed in 1924 as Gebrüder Dassler Schuhfabrik by Adolf and Rudolf Dassler, relationships between the two brothers deteriorated until the two... |
Trenkwalder Trenkwalder Trenkwalder International AG is an international personnel service provider and market leader in Austria, Hungary and Slovakia. In total the Trenkwalder-group generated a turnover of 1,000 mio... |
| Austria Wien | Karl Daxbacher Karl Daxbacher Karl Daxbacher is a retired Austrian football player and a football manager currently managing FK Austria Wien.-Career:... |
Vacant | Nike Nike, Inc. Nike, Inc. is a major publicly traded sportswear and equipment supplier based in the United States. The company is headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, which is part of the Portland metropolitan area... |
Verbund Verbund Verbund AG, formerly known as Verbundgesellschaft or Österreichische Elektrizitätswirtschafts-AG, is Austria's largest electricity provider. Verbund covers around 40 percent of electricity demands in Austria and generates 90 percent thereof from Hydro power. In addition, Verbund operates the... |
| Kapfenberg |  Thomas von HeesenThomas von Heesen Thomas von Heesen is a former German football attacking midfielder, and a current coach. He currently manages Austrian side Kapfenberger SV.... |
Vacant | Erima | Superfund Superfund Group Superfund is a fund provider, specializing in managed futures, which is considered an alternative investment.The company's funds are held by at least 50,000 institutional and private investors worldwide. Superfund was founded in 1996 by Christian Baha in Vienna, Austria, and employs at least 430... |
| Mattersburg | Franz Lederer Franz Lederer (football chairman) Franz Lederer is an Austrian football manager currently managing SV Mattersburg.-External links:... |
Vacant | Umbro Umbro Umbro is an English sportswear and football equipment supplier based in Cheadle, Greater Manchester, England. The company is now part of Nike. Umbro designs, sources, and markets sport-related apparel, footwear, and equipment... |
Koch bau |
| Rapid Wien | Peter Schöttel Peter Schöttel Peter Schöttel is a retired Austrian footballer.-Club career:In his whole career Schöttel played exclusively for Rapid Vienna, what made him a cult hero with Rapid fans. He also was Rapid's captain from 1997 until 2001... |
Steffen Hofmann Steffen Hofmann Steffen Hofmann is a German footballer, playing for Rapid Vienna of the Austrian Bundesliga. He plays as an attacking midfielder.-Career:... |
adidas Adidas Adidas AG is a German sports apparel manufacturer and parent company of the Adidas Group, which consists of the Reebok sportswear company, TaylorMade-Adidas golf company , and Rockport... |
Wien Energie |
| Red Bull Salzburg |  Ricardo MonizRicardo Moniz Ricardo Moniz is a Dutch football coach of FC Red Bull Salzburg and former football player.- Career :He played for RKC Waalwijk, HFC Haarlem, Helmond Sport and FC Eindhoven.- Coaching career :... |
 Eddie GustafssonEddie Gustafsson Douglas Edward Alexander Gustafsson McIntosh is a Swedish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Red Bull Salzburg.- Career :... |
adidas | Red Bull Red Bull Red Bull is an energy drink sold by the Austrian Red Bull GmbH, created in 1987 by the Austrian entrepreneur Dietrich Mateschitz. In terms of market share, Red Bull is the most popular energy drink in the world, with 3 billion cans sold each year. Dietrich Mateschitz was inspired by an already... |
| Ried | Paul Gludovatz Paul Gludovatz Paul Gludovatz is an Austrian football manager currently managing SV Ried. He managed Austrian national youth football teams in different age brackets from 1981 to 2008.-External links:... |
Oliver Glasner Oliver Glasner Oliver Glasner is an retired Austrian professional association football player who played for Austrian Football Bundesliga side SV Ried. He played as a defender.-External links:* at transfermarkt.de... |
Nike | Josko |
| Sturm Graz | Franco Foda Franco Foda Franco Foda is a retired German football player in the defender role who is currently the manager of Austrian side SK Sturm Graz.-Football career:... |
Vacant | Jako Jako Jako AG is a German sportswear company based in the Hollenbach district of Mulfingen , Baden-Württemberg. The company was founded by Rudi Sprügel and his brother in 1989 in Stachenhausen... |
Puntigamer |
| Wacker Innsbruck | Walter Kogler Walter Kogler Walter Kogler is a retired Austrian football player and currently trainer of Austrian Bundesliga outfit Fußballclub Wacker Innsbruck.-Club career:... |
Alexander Hauser Alexander Hauser Alexander Hauser is an Austrian footballer who plays for Wacker Innsbruck in the Austrian Bundesliga.-References:... |
Jako | Tiroler Wasserkraft |
| Wiener Neustadt | Peter Stöger Peter Stöger Peter Stöger is a retired Austrian football player.-Club career:Stöger started his career at Favoritner AC Wien and played 6 years for FK Austria Wien from 1988 through 1994, winning the league three years in a row. After a year at FC Tirol Innsbruck, he joined SK Rapid Wien in 1995 and won a... |
Johannes Aigner Johannes Aigner Hannes Aigner is an Austrian footballer who currently plays as a striker for FC Magna Wiener Neustadt.-Club career:... |
Erima | Magna |
League table
Results
All club will play four times against each other, twice home and twice away, for a total of 36 matches.First half of season
Second half of season
Top goalscorers
| Position | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Darko BodulDarko Bodul Darko Bodul is a Bosnian Croat and Croatian footballer who plays as striker who currently plays for Austrian club SK Sturm Graz... |
Sturm Graz SK Sturm Graz SK Sturm Graz is an Austrian association football club, based in Graz, Styria, playing in the Austrian Bundesliga. The club was founded in 1909 and the club colours are black and white.... |
7 |
| Patrick Bürger Patrick Bürger Patrick Bürger is an Austrian footballer who plays for SV Mattersburg in the Austrian Bundesliga.-References:... |
Mattersburg SV Mattersburg SV Mattersburg is an Austrian association football club from Mattersburg, Burgenland. For sponsorship reasons, the club is currently also known as SV Bauwelt Koch Mattersburg.... |
7 | |
| Roland Linz Roland Linz Roland Gunther Linz is an Austrian footballer who plays for FK Austria Wien as a striker.-Early career / Germany:Linz started in the youth teams of local club DSV Leoben... |
Austria Wien FK Austria Wien Fußballklub Austria Wien is an Austrian association football club from the capital city of Vienna. They are considered the most successful club in Austria, having won the highest Austrian Bundesliga 23 times, the Austrian Cup 27 times and the Austrian Supercup 6 times. They also reached the UEFA... |
7 | |
| 2 | Philipp Hosiner Philipp Hosiner Philipp Hosiner is an Austrian footballer who plays for Admira Wacker in the Austrian Bundesliga.-References:... |
Admira Wacker FC Admira Wacker Mödling FC Admira Wacker Mödling is an Austrian football club from Mödling. The club was originally formed in 1905 as SK Admira Vienna in the Austrian capital... |
6 |
 Patrik JežekPatrik Ježek Patrik Ježek is a Czech football midfielder. He currently plays for Admira Wacker.-Clubs:* 1995–1997 Viktoria Pilsen* 1998–2000FC Tirol Innsbruck* 2000–2001FK Austria Wien* 2001–2002 FC Tirol Innsbruck... |
Admira FC Admira Wacker Mödling FC Admira Wacker Mödling is an Austrian football club from Mödling. The club was originally formed in 1905 as SK Admira Vienna in the Austrian capital... |
6 | |
| 3 | Nacer Barazite Nacer Barazite Nacer Barazite is a Dutch footballer of Moroccan descent who plays for Austria Wien. Barazite can play as either an attacking midfielder or striker.-Club career:... |
Austria Wien FK Austria Wien Fußballklub Austria Wien is an Austrian association football club from the capital city of Vienna. They are considered the most successful club in Austria, having won the highest Austrian Bundesliga 23 times, the Austrian Cup 27 times and the Austrian Supercup 6 times. They also reached the UEFA... |
5 |
 MerinoMerino The Merino is an economically influential breed of sheep prized for its wool. Merinos are regarded as having some of the finest and softest wool of any sheep... |
W. Innsbruck | 5 | |