1997–98 Austrian Football Bundesliga

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification/relegation
1	Sturm Graz (C)	36	24	9	3	80	28	+52	81	Qualification——to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Rapid Wien	36	18	8	10	42	36	+6	62	Qualification——to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
3	Grazer AK	36	18	7	11	53	33	+20	61	Qualification——to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
4	Austria Salzburg	36	16	8	12	48	33	+15	56	Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
5	LASK Linz	36	17	4	15	67	58	+9	55
6	Tirol Innsbruck	36	12	12	12	49	51	−2	48
7	Austria Wien	36	10	10	16	39	54	−15	40	Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
8	Ried	36	10	9	17	42	55	−13	39	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
9	Austria Lustenau	36	6	14	16	38	59	−21	32
10	Admira Wacker Mödling (R)	36	5	7	24	34	85	−51	22	Relegation to Austrian First Football League

Source: weltfussball.de (in German)
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

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	ADM	ALU	ASZ	AWI	GAK	LIN	RWI	RIE	STU	TIR
Admira Wacker Mödling		1–1	2–1	1–6	0–4	1–5	1–2	0–1	1–3	3–2
Austria Lustenau	5–0		2–0	0–0	0–1	4–1	0–0	0–2	1–1	1–1
Austria Salzburg	1–0	5–1		0–0	2–1	1–1	5–2	2–0	1–2	2–1
Austria Wien	3–0	3–1	2–1		1–0	3–0	0–3	3–0	1–1	0–4
Grazer AK	3–0	3–1	2–1	5–1		1–0	3–0	3–0	0–4	3–0
LASK Linz	1–0	1–0	1–1	4–1	2–2		2–0	1–1	2–0	4–2
Rapid Wien	0–0	1–0	0–3	2–0	1–1	3–1		3–0	0–2	1–0
Ried	3–1	1–1	2–0	0–1	0–0	1–4	2–2		1–1	2–0
Sturm Graz	4–0	6–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	4–1	1–0	2–0		2–0
Tirol Innsbruck	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	3–0	0–1	1–1	1–4

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

Second half of season※

Home \ Away	ADM	ALU	ASZ	AWI	GAK	LIN	RWI	RIE	STU	TIR
Admira Wacker Mödling		3–0	0–0	1–1	1–4	0–3	0–1	1–1	2–4	2–4
Austria Lustenau	2–2		1–0	3–1	2–3	4–1	1–1	1–1	0–3	0–0
Austria Salzburg	4–0	2–0		0–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1
Austria Wien	1–2	1–1	1–2		0–1	1–4	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–2
Grazer AK	2–1	1–0	0–2	1–0		1–3	0–1	3–0	0–0	1–2
LASK Linz	3–5	1–0	0–2	1–2	1–0		5–0	2–0	4–0	3–1
Rapid Wien	2–0	4–1	0–1	0–0	2–0	2–1		1–0	1–3	0–0
Ried	2–1	1–1	3–1	3–1	0–1	6–1	1–2		1–4	1–3
Sturm Graz	2–0	5–1	1–0	5–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	4–1		2–2
Tirol Innsbruck	2–2	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	0–2	1–4	1–1

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

Top goalscorers※

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Geir Frigård	LASK Linz	23
2	Mario Haas	Sturm Graz	17
3	Herfried Sabitzer	Grazer AK	15
3	Hannes Reinmayr	Sturm Graz	15
5	Ivica Vastić	Sturm Graz	14
6	Gerald Strafner	SV Ried/Grazer AK	11
7	Francis Severeyns	Tirol Innsbruck	10
7	Christian Mayrleb	Tirol Innsbruck	10
9	Tamás Tiefenbach	Austria Lustenau	9
	Eduard Glieder	Austria Salzburg
	Markus Weissenberger	LASK Linz
	Zeljko Radovic	Grazer AK

External links※

Austria - List of final tables (RSSSF)

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v t e 1997–98 in Austrian football
« 1996–97 1998–99 »
Domestic leagues	Bundesliga First League Regional League
Domestic cups	Austrian Cup Austrian Supercup
European competitions	Champions League Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup Intertoto Cup
Club seasons
Bundesliga	Admira Austria Lustenau Austria Salzburg Austria Wien Grazer AK LASK Linz Rapid Wien Ried Sturm Graz Tirol Innsbruck
List of Austrian football transfers 1997–98

v t e 1997–98 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '97 '98 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '97 '98 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina (Herzeg-Bosnia, Republika Srpska) Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '97 '98 Finland '97 '98 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '97 '98 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '97 '98 Latvia '97 '98 Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '97 '98 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '97 '98 San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '97 '98 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '97 '98 Finland '97 '98 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '97 '98 Israel Italy Latvia '97 '98 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '97 '98 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
League cups	England Finland '97 '98 France Germany Iceland '97 '98 Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales
UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying rounds, Group stage, knockout stage, Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

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