1996–97 Austrian Football Bundesliga

Austrian Bundesliga
Season	1996–97
Champions	SV Austria Salzburg
	← 1995–96 1997–98 →

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

Overview[]

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

League standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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	Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage
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) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (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	ASZ	AWI	FCL	GAK	LIN	RIE	RWI	STU	TIR
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[]

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

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Admira/Wacker	7–3	Vorwärts Steyr	2–2	5–1

Top goalscorers[]

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

References[]

Austria - List of final tables (RSSSF)

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v t 1996–97 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '96 '97 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina (, ) 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 Latvia '96 '97 Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '96 '97 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '96 '97 San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '96 '97 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Armenia Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands Finland '96 '97 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Macedonia Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '96 '97 Portugal Romania Russia Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Ukraine FR Yugoslavia
League cups	England Finland Iceland '96 '97 Northern Ireland Scotland
Supercups	Germany
UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying, Group stage, knockout stage, Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup