1996–97 Austrian Football Bundesliga

79th season of top-tier football league in Austria

Football league season

Austrian BundesligaSeason| 1996–97

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Champions| SV Austria Salzburg

← 1995–96

1997–98 →

Statistics of Austrian Football Bundesliga in the 1996–97 season.

## Overview

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It was contested by 10 teams, and SV Austria Salzburg won the championship.

### Teams and location

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Admira

LASK
FC Linz

SV Ried

Austria

Salzburg

Tirol Innsbruck

Sturm
Grazer AK

Rapid

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Location of teams in the 1996–97 Austrian Football Bundesliga

Teams of 1996–97 Austrian Football Bundesliga

* FC Admira/Wacker
* Austria Salzburg
* Austria Wien
* Grazer AK
* LASK
* FC Linz
* Rapid Wien
* SV Ried
* Sturm Graz
* Tirol Innsbruck

## League standings

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation

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1  | Austria Salzburg (C) | 36  | 19  | 12  | 5  | 54  | 25  | +29  | 69  | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2  | Rapid Wien | 36  | 18  | 12  | 6  | 69  | 36  | +33  | 66  | Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
3  | Sturm Graz | 36  | 14  | 13  | 9  | 50  | 31  | +19  | 55  | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
4  | Tirol Innsbruck | 36  | 16  | 7  | 13  | 49  | 40  | +9  | 55  | Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
5  | Grazer AK | 36  | 11  | 14  | 11  | 39  | 42  | −3  | 47  | Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage
6  | Austria Wien | 36  | 12  | 10  | 14  | 41  | 51  | −10  | 46
7  | LASK Linz | 36  | 9  | 17  | 10  | 38  | 47  | −9  | 44  |
8  | Ried | 36  | 12  | 6  | 18  | 44  | 59  | −15  | 42  | Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage
9  | FC Linz (R) | 36  | 6  | 13  | 17  | 30  | 47  | −17  | 31  | Merged with LASK Linz after the season
10  | Admira/Wacker (O) | 36  | 6  | 10  | 20  | 35  | 71  | −36  | 28  | Qualification for relegation play-offs

Source: weltfussball.de (in German)
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

## Results

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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

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| Home \ Away  | ADM | ASZ | AWI | FCL | GAK | LIN | RIE | RWI | STU | TIR

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Admira/Wacker |  | 1–1  | 3–0  | 0–1  | 2–2  | 1–2  | 2–1  | 0–2  | 0–3  | 2–2
Austria Salzburg | 1–0  |  | 3–1  | 0–2  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 3–0  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 1–0
Austria Wien | 1–0  | 0–4  |  | 2–0  | 2–1  | 1–2  | 1–0  | 0–2  | 3–2  | 2–1
FC Linz | 1–1  | 0–1  | 0–1  |  | 2–1  | 0–0  | 0–4  | 0–1  | 0–3  | 3–0
Grazer AK | 3–0  | 0–0  | 2–2  | 1–0  |  | 3–1  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 2–2  | 1–1
LASK Linz | 1–1  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 0–0  | 2–1  |  | 0–0  | 3–0  | 3–1  | 1–3
Ried | 0–1  | 0–4  | 3–2  | 4–1  | 2–1  | 2–0  |  | 3–3  | 1–2  | 1–2
Rapid Wien | 4–1  | 2–0  | 1–1  | 0–0  | 4–0  | 3–1  | 6–0  |  | 3–1  | 4–2
Sturm Graz | 1–3  | 0–0  | 4–1  | 1–1  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 3–0  | 0–0  |  | 0–1
Tirol Innsbruck | 1–1  | 0–1  | 1–1  | 2–0  | 3–0  | 2–0  | 4–0  | 1–1  | 2–0  |

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

### Second half of season

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| Home \ Away  | ADM | ASZ | AWI | FCL | GAK | LIN | RIE | RWI | STU | TIR

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Admira/Wacker |  | 1–1  | 3–2  | 0–3  | 1–2  | 1–3  | 3–1  | 1–2  | 0–2  | 0–1
Austria Salzburg | 4–0  |  | 1–0  | 2–0  | 3–1  | 6–2  | 4–2  | 2–0  | 0–0  | 2–1
Austria Wien | 2–1  | 3–1  |  | 2–0  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 2–1  | 0–0  | 0–1  | 1–0
FC Linz | 2–2  | 2–2  | 1–1  |  | 0–1  | 3–0  | 2–2  | 1–1  | 0–0  | 0–1
Grazer AK | 1–1  | 1–0  | 0–0  | 1–1  |  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 2–1
LASK Linz | 2–2  | 0–0  | 2–2  | 1–1  | 1–0  |  | 3–0  | 1–1  | 0–0  | 0–4
Ried | 1–0  | 0–0  | 2–1  | 2–1  | 3–0  | 0–0  |  | 3–0  | 1–0  | 2–1
Rapid Wien | 7–0  | 2–0  | 3–0  | 4–2  | 2–1  | 0–0  | 2–2  |  | 0–2  | 3–0
Sturm Graz | 7–0  | 0–0  | 3–2  | 1–0  | 0–0  | 4–2  | 2–1  | 3–0  |  | 1–1
Tirol Innsbruck | 1–0  | 1–2  | 0–0  | 2–0  | 1–4  | 1–0  | 1–0  | 2–4  | 2–0  |

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

## Relegation play-offs

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Team 1  | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg

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Admira/Wacker | 7–3  | Vorwärts Steyr | 2–2  | 5–1

## Top goalscorers

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Rank  | Scorer  | Club  | Goals

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1  |  René Wagner | Rapid Wien | 21
2  |  Thomas Janeschitz | Tirol Innsbruck | 13
Ivica Vastić | Sturm Graz
4  |  Eduard Glieder | Austria Salzburg | 12
5  |  Marcel Oerlemans | SV Ried | 11
Herwig Drechsel | SV Ried
Dietmar Kühbauer | Rapid Wien
Manfred Rosenegger | Admira/Wacker
9  |  Dieter Ramusch | Grazer AK | 10
10  |  Ronald Brunmayr | Austria Wien | 9
Peter Stöger | Rapid Wien

## References

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* Austria - List of final tables (RSSSF)

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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/Wacker
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* Linz
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* Sturm Graz
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List of Austrian football transfers 1996–97

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1996–97 in European football (UEFA)

Domestic leagues|

* Albania
* Andorra
* Armenia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus '96 '97
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* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* England
* Estonia
* Faroe Islands '96 '97
* Finland '96 '97
* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland '96 '97
* Israel
* Italy
* Kazakhstan '96 '97
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* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Macedonia
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* Northern Ireland
* Norway '96 '97
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* Portugal
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* Turkey
* Ukraine
* Wales
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Domestic cups|

* Albania
* Andorra
* Armenia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* England
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* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland '96 '97
* Israel
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* Luxembourg
* Macedonia
* Malta
* Moldova
* Netherlands
* Northern Ireland
* Norway '96 '97
* Poland
* Portugal
* Republic of Ireland
* Romania
* Russia
* San Marino
* Scotland
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* Wales
* FR Yugoslavia

League cups|

* England
* Finland '96 '97
* France
* Iceland '96 '97
* Israel
* Northern Ireland
* Republic of Ireland
* Scotland
* Wales

Supercups|

* England
* Germany

UEFA competitions|

* Champions League (Qualifying, Group stage, knockout stage, Final)
* Cup Winners' Cup (Final)
* UEFA Cup (Final)
* Intertoto Cup
* Super Cup

*[Pos]: Position
*[Pld]: Played
*[W]: Won
*[D]: Drawn
*[L]: Lost
*[GF]: Goals for
*[GA]: Goals against
*[GD]: Goal difference
*[Pts]: Points
*[Agg.]: Aggregate score
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