1994–95 Austrian Football Bundesliga

The Austrian Football Bundesliga of 1994–95 was organised by the Austrian Football Association (ÖFB). The Austrian First League served as a stepping stone for promotion to the 1. Bundesliga. The Regional Leagues acted as a third step on the footballing ladder, East (Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland), Central (Mitte) (Carinthia, Upper Austria, and Styria) and West (Salzburg, Tirol, and Vorarlberg).

Austrian Bundesliga
Season1994–95
ChampionsSV Austria Salzburg
Top goalscorerSouleyman Sané (20)

Bundesliga edit

The Bundesliga was contest by 10 teams, who played against each other four times. SV Austria Salzburg won the Austrian Football Bundesliga for the second time. As champions they were able to take part in the qualifying rounds of the Champions League the following season, but they were knocked out in the qualifying rounds. Rapid Vienna were able to take part in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup due to their cup victory, where they played in the final in Brussels. Sturm Graz as well as Austria Vienna represented Austrian football in UEFA Cup 1996, where Austria Vienna made Round 1. FC Tirol Innsbruck, Linz ASK and SK Vorwärts Steyr all took part in the UEFA Intertoto Cup of 1995, where Tirol made the final. VfB Mödling were relegated for finishing bottom. A play-off for the final relegation place occurred between FC Linz and SV Ried, which saw SV Ried win 3–0 over two legs, thereby relegating FC Linz to the Austrian First League and promoting Ried into the Bundesliga.

Teams and location edit

Location of teams in the 1994–95 Austrian Football Bundesliga

Teams of 1994–95 Austrian Football Bundesliga

League standings edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Austria Salzburg (C) 36 15 17 4 48 24 +24 47 Qualification to Champions League qualifying round
2 Sturm Graz 36 18 11 7 58 41 +17 47 Qualification to UEFA Cup preliminary round
3 Rapid Wien 36 19 8 9 63 50 +13 46 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
4 Austria Wien 36 16 11 9 58 38 +20 43 Qualification to UEFA Cup preliminary round
5 Tirol Innsbruck 36 15 10 11 61 44 +17 40 Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage
6 Linzer ASK 36 14 11 11 51 44 +7 39
7 Admira/Wacker 36 11 11 14 48 55 −7 33
8 Vorwärts Steyr 36 9 11 16 40 49 −9 29 Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage
9 FC Linz (R) 36 5 10 21 33 81 −48 20 Qualification for relegation play-offs
10 VfB Mödling (R) 36 4 8 24 28 62 −34 16 Relegation to Austrian First Football League
Source: weltfussball.de (in German)
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results edit

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.

Top goalscorers edit

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1   Souleyman Sané Tirol Innsbruck 20
2   Mons Ivar Mjelde Austria Wien 17
3   Mario Haas Sturm Graz 13
  Thomas Janeschitz Tirol Innsbruck
  Marcus Pürk Rapid Wien
6   Christian Stumpf FC Linz 12
7   Heimo Pfeifenberger Austria Salzburg 11
  Herfried Sabitzer Linzer ASK
  Christoph Westerthaler Vorwärts Steyr

Austria Salzburg's Team edit

Otto Konrad, Herbert IlsankerChristian Fürstaller, Leo Lainer, Peter Artner, Wolfgang FeiersingerThomas Winklhofer, Hermann Stadler, Franz Aigner, Adi Hütter, Tomislav Kocijan, Mladen Mladenović, Arnold Freisegger, Martin HidenHeimo Pfeifenberger, Martin Amerhauser, Nikola Jurčević, Eduard Glieder, Ralph Hasenhüttl, Klaus Dietrich, Dean Računica, Helmut Rottensteiner, Gerhard Struber – Manager: Otto Barić

Relegation play-offs edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
FC Linz 0–3 SV Ried 0–2 0–1

First League edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Grazer AK (C, P) 30 22 6 2 62 15 +47 50 Promotion to 1995–96 Austrian Bundesliga
2 SV Ried (P) 30 20 6 4 55 18 +37 46 Qualification for promotion play-offs
3 First Vienna FC 1894 30 18 4 8 68 33 +35 40
4 SV Spittal/Drau 30 16 8 6 59 36 +23 40
5 SC Austria Lustenau 30 15 6 9 60 26 +34 36
6 VSE Sankt Pölten 30 13 9 8 53 32 +21 35
7 SV Oberwart 30 10 11 9 40 40 0 31
8 SpG Wiener Sport-Club/Gerasdorf 30 10 11 9 40 42 −2 31
9 FC Kufstein 30 10 9 11 32 44 −12 29
10 DSV Leoben 30 7 13 10 30 31 −1 27
11 SV Braunau 30 10 5 15 33 50 −17 25
12 SV Flavia Solva Wagna 30 5 13 12 22 42 −20 23
13 ASKÖ Klingenbach 30 4 13 13 20 44 −24 21
14 FC Puch (R) 30 7 7 16 33 59 −26 21 Relegation to 1995–96 Austrian Regionalliga
15 SV Stockerau (R) 30 3 9 18 16 50 −34 15
16 1. Wiener Neustädter SC (R) 30 2 6 22 24 85 −61 10
Source: weltfussball.de (in German)
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Top goalscorers edit

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1   Marcel Oerlemans First Vienna 20
2   Matthias Bleyer SV Braunau 16
3   Herbert Wieger Grazer AK 15
  Markus Weissenberger SV Spittal
5   Peter Pospisil First Vienna 14
  Manfred Wachter First Vienna
7   Eduard Glieder Grazer AK 13
  Joachim Moitzi Austria Lustenau
  Zoran Toskić FC Kufstein

Regional Leagues edit

East
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Favoritner AC (C, P) 30 23 5 2 78 14 +64 51 Promotion to Austrian First Football League
2 SV Mattersburg 30 20 6 4 70 32 +38 46
3 ASK Bruck/Leitha 30 13 10 7 52 34 +18 36
4 Wiener Sport-Club 30 12 11 7 49 38 +11 35
5 FC Waidhofen/Ybbs 30 14 7 9 48 45 +3 35
6 SV Sigleß 30 14 6 10 55 51 +4 34
7 SC Himberg 30 10 11 9 47 38 +9 31
8 SV Horn 30 11 9 10 45 44 +1 31
9 EPSV Gmünd 30 14 2 14 60 46 +14 30
10 Floridsdorfer AC 30 9 10 11 40 37 +3 28
11 SC Zwettl 30 11 6 13 56 57 −1 28
12 SV Schwechat 30 11 6 13 48 59 −11 28
13 SC Eisenstadt 30 9 8 13 44 53 −9 26 Relegation to Austrian Landesliga
14 SR Donaufeld 30 9 4 17 43 49 −6 22
15 Kremser SC 30 5 3 22 20 87 −67 13
16 FC Stadlau 30 2 2 26 37 108 −71 6
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Central
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 SAK Klagenfurt (C, P) 28 16 5 7 56 35 +21 37 Promotion to Austrian First Football League
2 Wolfsberger AC 28 13 9 6 65 26 +39 35
3 ASK Voitsberg 28 15 5 8 56 42 +14 35
4 Villacher SV 28 13 6 9 41 34 +7 32
5 LUV Graz 28 11 4 13 40 52 −12 26
6 SC Marchtrenk 28 8 8 12 36 37 −1 24
7 SV Traun (R) 28 5 9 14 29 60 −31 19 Relegation to Austrian Landesliga
8 ASKÖ Donau Linz (R) 28 6 4 18 30 67 −37 16
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

West
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 WSG Swarovski Wattens (C, P) 14 7 5 2 27 15 +12 19 Promotion to Austrian First Football League
2 FC Hard 14 8 2 4 29 13 +16 18
3 SC Kundl 14 6 5 3 24 23 +1 17
4 FC Salzburg 14 7 2 5 27 24 +3 16
5 Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz 14 6 2 6 26 28 −2 14
6 FC Rot-Weiß Rankweil 14 3 5 6 19 26 −7 11
7 SV Wörgl 14 4 2 8 23 24 −1 10
8 SV Wals-Grünau 14 1 5 8 11 33 −22 7
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Literature edit

  • Josef Huber: Tagebuch des Jahrhunderts, Fußball-Österreich von 1901 bis 2000, Verlag Wolfgang Drabesch, Wien 2000

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External links edit