1996–97 Austrian Football Bundesliga

79th season of top-tier football league in Austria Austrian Bundesliga 1996–97 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. Teams and location Austria 425 right Location of teams in the 1996–97 Austrian Football Bundesliga Austria 48.0975 16.310833 Admira bottom Austria 48.293333 14.276389 LASKFC Linz left Austria 48.21 13.489444 SV Ried left Austria 48.162306 16.386714 Austria right Austria 47.816264 12.998228 Salzburg right Austria 47.268333 11.393333 Tirol Innsbruck right Austria 47.046111 15.454444 SturmGrazer AK left Austria 48.197778 16.265278 Rapid top 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 main WDL 5 QR RBS Austria Salzburg RWI Rapid Wien STU Sturm Graz TIR Tirol Innsbruck GAK Grazer AK AWI Austria Wien LLI LASK Linz RIE Ried FCL FC Linz ADM Admira/Wacker 19 12 5 54 25 C 18 12 6 69 36 14 13 9 50 31 16 7 13 49 40 11 14 11 39 42 12 10 14 41 51 9 17 10 38 47 12 6 18 44 59 6 13 17 30 47 R 6 10 20 35 71 O green1 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round CL3 blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round UC2 UC2 yellow1 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round UCWC1 #ccccff Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage ICGS ICGS ICGS red1 Merged with LASK Linz after the season R red2 Qualification for relegation play-offs RPO complete weltfussball.de de 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 main FBR grey ADM ASZ AWI FCL GAK LIN RIE RWI STU TIR Austria Salzburg 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 3–0 0–2 1–0 Rapid Wien 2–0 3–1 4–2 4–0 1–1 3–1 6–0 0–0 4–1 Sturm Graz 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 4–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–3 Tirol Innsbruck 0–1 1–1 2–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 4–0 2–0 1–1 Grazer AK 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–2 3–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 Austria Wien 0–4 0–2 3–2 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 LASK Linz 1–1 3–0 3–1 1–3 2–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 Ried 0–4 3–3 1–2 1–2 2–1 3–2 2–0 4–1 0–1 FC Linz 0–1 0–1 0–3 3–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–4 1–1 Admira/Wacker 1–1 0–2 0–3 2–2 2–2 3–0 1–2 2–1 0–1 complete weltfussball.de de Second half of season main FBR grey ADM ASZ AWI FCL GAK LIN RIE RWI STU TIR Austria Salzburg 2–0 0–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 6–2 4–2 2–0 4–0 Rapid Wien 2–0 0–2 3–0 2–1 3–0 0–0 2–2 4–2 7–0 Sturm Graz 0–0 3–0 1–1 0–0 3–2 4–2 2–1 1–0 7–0 Tirol Innsbruck 1–2 2–4 2–0 1–4 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 Grazer AK 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 Austria Wien 3–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 LASK Linz 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–4 1–0 2–2 3–0 1–1 2–2 Ried 0–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 FC Linz 2–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 3–0 2–2 2–2 Admira/Wacker 1–1 1–2 0–2 0–1 1–2 3–2 1–3 3–1 0–3 complete weltfussball.de de Relegation play-offs Admira/Wacker 7–3 Vorwärts Steyr 2–2 5–1 |} Top goalscorers RankScorerClubGoals1CZE René WagnerRapid Wien212AUT Thomas JaneschitzTirol Innsbruck13AUT Ivica VastićSturm Graz4AUT Eduard GliederAustria Salzburg125NED Marcel OerlemansSV Ried11AUT Herwig DrechselSV RiedAUT Dietmar KühbauerRapid WienAUT Manfred RoseneggerAdmira/Wacker9AUT Dieter RamuschGrazer AK1010AUT Ronald BrunmayrAustria Wien9AUT Peter StögerRapid Wien Attendances # Club Average 1 Salzburg 12,000 2 Rapid 9,072 3 LASK 7,222 4 Tirol 7,056 5 Sturm 6,556 6 Austria 5,981 7 Ried 4,917 8 Linz 4,546 9 GAC 4,528 10 Admira 2,192 Source:Historical attendances https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/aut/aveaut97.htm 2026-08-03 www.european-football-statistics.co.uk References Austria - List of final tables (RSSSF) 1996–97 1 Austria