1998–99 Austrian Football Bundesliga

81st season of top-tier football league in Austria Football league season

Austrian Bundesliga
Season	1998–99
Champions	SK Sturm Graz
← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

Statistics of Austrian Football Bundesliga in the 1998–99 season.

Overview

It was contested by 10 teams, and SK Sturm Graz won the championship.

Teams and location

Vorwärts Steyr class=notpageimage| Location of teams in the 1998–99 Austrian Football Bundesliga

Teams of 1998-99 Austrian Football Bundesliga

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sturm Graz (C)	36	23	4	9	72	32	+40	73	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2	Rapid Wien	36	19	13	4	50	25	+25	70	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3	Grazer AK	36	20	5	11	46	29	+17	65	Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
4	Austria Salzburg	36	15	12	9	55	40	+15	57
5	LASK Linz	36	17	6	13	53	44	+9	57	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
6	Tirol Innsbruck	36	15	10	11	49	41	+8	55
7	Austria Wien	36	13	11	12	41	44	−3	50	Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
8	Ried	36	8	8	20	25	47	−22	32
9	Austria Lustenau	36	4	11	21	24	61	−37	23	Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
10	Vorwärts Steyr (R)	36	3	6	27	29	81	−52	12	Relegation to Austrian First Football League

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

3 points deducted due to failure to meet license criteria

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	ALU	ASZ	AUS	GAK	LIN	RWI	RIE	STU	TIR	VOR
Austria Lustenau		1–1	1–1	0–3	0–4	2–0	0–2	1–2	2–2	1–1
Austria Salzburg	1–2		2–0	1–0	1–3	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	5–2
Austria Wien	1–1	3–2		0–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	0–3	1–1	4–1
Grazer AK	4–0	3–1	0–0		0–2	1–1	1–0	0–5	2–0	2–0
LASK Linz	3–0	3–1	1–3	0–1		0–0	3–1	0–0	3–2	2–1
Rapid Wien	1–0	1–0	3–1	0–2	5–0		1–1	2–0	1–0	5–1
Ried	3–1	0–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	0–1		0–1	0–1	0–0
Sturm Graz	3–0	2–0	2–0	2–3	0–1	2–1	4–0		2–0	5–2
Tirol Innsbruck	3–1	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–4	1–3	1–0	0–1		3–2
Vorwärts Steyr	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–4	1–2	0–3	0–1	2–1

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

Second half of season

Home \ Away	ALU	ASZ	AUS	GAK	LIN	RWI	RIE	STU	TIR	VOR
Austria Lustenau		0–0	0–0	2–1	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–2	0–3	1–1
Austria Salzburg	1–0		3–0	3–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	3–1	2–2	1–0
Austria Wien	2–1	3–1		0–3	2–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–1	4–1
Grazer AK	2–0	1–4	3–0		2–1	0–1	1–0	1–2	0–1	1–0
LASK Linz	2–0	3–2	0–0	0–0		1–3	6–1	1–2	0–1	2–0
Rapid Wien	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–0		1–0	2–0	1–1	2–1
Ried	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–2	1–2	0–0		0–3	2–0	1–0
Sturm Graz	5–2	1–2	0–0	0–1	2–0	1–1	4–2		3–0	5–0
Tirol Innsbruck	0–0	0–3	4–1	1–0	4–0	0–0	1–0	3–1		4–0
Vorwärts Steyr	2–0	1–3	1–3	0–3	1–1	3–3	2–0	1–4	0–1

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

Top goalscorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Eduard Glieder	Austria Salzburg	22
2	Mario Haas	Sturm Graz	17
3	Christian Mayrleb	Austria Wien	16
4	Ivica Vastić	Sturm Graz	14
5	Hannes Reinmayr	Sturm Graz	11
6	Rene Wagner	Rapid Wien	10
6	Geir Frigård	LASK Linz	10
8	Radosław Gilewicz	Tirol Innsbruck	8
8	Michael Wagner	Austria Wien	8
10	Gerald Strafner	SV Ried	7
	Samuel Koejoe	Austria Salzburg
	Marcus Pürk	Rapid Wien

External links

Austria - List of final tables (RSSSF)

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v t e 1998–99 in Austrian football
« 1997–98 1999–2000 »
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	Austria Lustenau Austria Salzburg Austria Wien Grazer AK LASK Linz Rapid Wien Ried Sturm Graz Tirol Innsbruck Vorwärts Steyr
List of Austrian football transfers 1998–99

v t e 1998–99 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '98 '99 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '98 '99 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina (Herzeg-Bosnia, Republika Srpska) Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '98 '99 Faroe Islands '98 '99 Finland '98 '99 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '98 '99 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '98 '99 Latvia '98 '99 Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '98 '99 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '98 '99 San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '98 '99 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 '98 '99 Finland '98 '99 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '98 '99 Israel Italy Latvia '98 '99 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '98 '99 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
League cups	England Finland '98 '99 France Germany Iceland '98 '99 Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales
UEFA competitions	Champions League (qualifying, group stage, knockout stage, final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

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