Austrian Bundesliga

The Austrian Football Bundesliga (in German, the Österreichische Fußball-Bundesliga) is the highest national league club competition in Austrian football, which began in the 1974 / 75 season. It is the league in which where the national football (soccer) champions are determined. and the starting points for the UEFA Cup is played.

The Austrian Bundesliga has been its own registered association since December 1st, 1991. 10 member teams make up the Austrian Football Association. Its two divisions carry, at present. the designations "T-Mobile Bundesliga" and "Red Zac 1st league".

History

Since around 1890, football has been played in Austria. After around the next to last turn of the century twice the attempt failed, came an organized championship to align it in the year 1911 finally to the introduction of the first Austrian football championship.

The competition for this championship was created, and organized, by the Niederösterreichischen Fußball-Verband (literally, the Lower Austrian Football Federation), played around the title of 'Niederösterreichischen Landesmeisters' (which translates as Lower Austrian National Champion). Only with the introduction (first) of the Nationalliga in the season of 1937 / 38 itself also teams from the lands of the Federal Republic were allowed qualify for the highest division. After Austria's annexation by Germany during World War 2, the Federal Republic teams were immediately integrated into the German Gauliga, however they were again excluded after the war.

Only with introduction of the all-Austrian Staatsliga A in 1949 did teams from the whole federal territory finally play for the Austrian Championship. However, the road to the organisation of the Staatsliga was difficult. In the course of the conflict between the representatives of the amateur and the professional aspects of the sport it came on June 30th, 1949 to the excerpt of the Viennese league from the football federation and to the establishment of its own competition. At the statutory Presidential Election Council of the only a few days later the surprising turn took place and upon the request of Lower Austria unanimously the introduction of the Staatsliga was finally decided. The organization lay in the hands of the Fußballstaatsliga Österreich, which was created for this purpose. With introduction (second) of the Nationalliga in the year 1965 again the Austrian Football Association transferred the organization of the highest division. In the 1974/75 season it finally came to the introduction of the Bundesliga, which, still led by the Austrian Football Association, aligned both of the highest divisions in Austria.

26 years after dissolution of the independent Staatsliga on 17 November 1991 the Austrian Football Bundesliga was constituted again as own federation and on 1 December 1991 of the Austrian Football Association as 10 members taken up.

Tasks and legal form

Since 1991 the Bundesliga carries the responsibility as own association and is aligner and/or organizer for the championships of the two highest divisions in Austria. This called after the league sponsors at present T-Mobile Bundesliga and Red Zac 1st league. In addition the federal league for the conversion of the Toto Jugendliga is jointly responsible and represents in co-operation with the associations the professional football in Austria.

The Bundesliga is legally a non-profit association. The 20 teams the T-Mobile Bundesliga and the second-class Red Zac 1st league are the members of the federation. Outward the Bundesliga is represented by the acting executive committee, supported by an office. This supports the supervisory board during the operational conversion. Each association of the two professional leagues is represented in the conferences of president; these have advisory function in all affairs meeting the Bundesliga.

Scopes of responsibility of the senates

The 'senates' are organising committees which consist of honorary and team-independent committee-members. The first senate is responsible for exclusions and for the valuation of the championship games. The second senate functions as an arbitration board for financial differences, the third senate is responsible for all financial interests and the fourth senate is the panel of arbitrators of the Bundesliga.

The statement of the economic efficiency for the distribution of a license for the two professional leagues takes place in first instance via the fifth senate, the Bundesliga license committee.

Objectives

The Austrian Bundesliga carries the obligation for a positive development of the football as a sport at the elite level, as well as advancing the next generation of players in co-operation with the teams in the junior levels of the sport. As means in addition the Bundesliga an economic controlling of the teams sees, the introduction of its own rules for professional football, TV marketing, centralised sponsorships, as well as the common marketing activities of all teams.

T-Mobile Bundesliga

In the T-Mobile Bundesliga, 10 teams play a double championship passage with and replays during a championship yearly, which is divided into an autumn and a spring season. During a year in the T-Mobile Bundesliga, 180 matches are played altogether, which last for a combined total of 16,200 minutes (or 270 hours), which played end-to-end would add up to 11 days of continuously played football.

The table-last rises at the end of a play yearly in talks Zac first league off, the master of this league ascends for it into the t-mobile federal league.

Final table of season 2005-06

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1. FK Austria Wien	67	36	19	10	7	51	33	+18
2. SV Austria Salzburg	63	36	20	3	13	62	42	+20
3. SV Pasching	58	36	16	10	10	43	32	+11
4. SV Ried	52	36	13	13	10	48	47	+1
5. SK Rapid Wien	49	36	13	10	13	51	41	+10
6. Grazer AK	45	36	13	6	17	47	48	-1
7. SV Mattersburg	44	36	12	8	16	40	54	-14
8. SK Sturm Graz	42	36	10	12	14	44	51	-7
9. FC Wacker Tirol	42	36	10	12	14	44	55	-11
10. VfB Admira Wacker Mödling	33	36	9	6	21	42	69	-27

Champion of the second division: SC Rheindorf Altach (plays in top league in season 2006-07)

The champion plays qualification for the UEFA Champions League, the clubs at position 2 and 3, as well as the cup winner, enter the qualification for the UEFA Cup.

Red Zac 1st League

Those Red Zac 1st League is the second highest professional dividion in Austrian football. It covers 10 teams and after the same mode as the T-Mobile Bundesliga is delivered. The champions of the league are promoted into the T-Mobile Bundesliga, while the last place team from the Red Zac 1st League is relegated.

Deviations exist regarding the promotion and relegation of teams into the regional leagues. The table-last Red Zac 1st League descends depending upon Land of the Federal Republic affiliation into one of the Regionalligen (or regional leagues) in the east, center and west. The next to last association Red Zac 1st League plays in two Relegation games against one of the three champions from the regional leagues around the affiliation to the second play class. The winner of these Relegation remains and/or rises in talks to Zac league up. The second Aufsteiger is likewise determined in two Relegation games by the two remaining regional league champions. To the participation in the Relegationsspielen entitled the respective champions of the regional leagues are presupposed, licensing by the senate 5 of the federal league. Will the license for economic reasons refused is awarded to an association the Relegationsgegner the ascent right. also in this case, in principle no Relegations or ascent right comes to the vice-master of a regional league.

After a resolution of the Bundesliga, Red Zac 1st League in the 2006/07 season on 12 to 16 teams supplemented whereby in the future again all three regional league champions directly into the first league to ascend to be allowed. Over the delivering mode and the final number of associations for the next play year still one advises.

Final table of season 2004-05

Team
1. SCR Altach
2. LASK Linz
3. SV Austria Lustenau
4. Austria Wien Amateure
5. FC Gratkorn
6. DSV Leoben
7. FC Kelag Kärnten
8. Kapfenberger SV
9. SC Schwanenstadt
10. FC Kufstein

New clubs in season 2006-07: SC-ESV Parndorf 1919 , TSV Hartberg, FC Lustenau 07 This season will be played with 12 teams and only 3 rounds (instead of 4).

External links

Austrian football competitions | National football (soccer) premier leagues

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