| Competition: | Austrian Football Bundesliga |
| Season: | 2008–09 |
| Winners: | Red Bull Salzburg 5th Austrian title |
| Relegated: | SCR Altach |
| Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Red Bull Salzburg |
| Continentalcup2: | Europa League |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Rapid Vienna Sturm Graz Austria Vienna (via domestic cup) |
| League Topscorer: |  Marc Janko (39) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Rapid 8–1 Altach |
| Biggest Away Win: | Altach 2–7 Rapid |
| Highest Scoring: | Mattersburg 5–6 Sturm |
| Matches: | 180 |
| Total Goals: | 588 |
| Prevseason: | 2007–08 |
| Nextseason: | 2009–10 |
The Austrian Football Bundesliga 2008–09 was the 97th season of top-tier football in Austria. The competition is officially called tipp3-Bundesliga powered by T-Mobile, named after the Austrian betting company tipp3 and the Austrian branch of German mobile phone company T-Mobile. The season started on 8 July 2008 with Sturm Graz beating defending champions Rapid Vienna by 3–1. The 36th and last round of matches took place on 31 May 2009.
Fußballclub Wacker Innsbruck were relegated after finishing the 2007–08 season in 10th and last place. They were replaced by First League champions Kapfenberger SV.
| Team | City/Area | Venue | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altach | Stadion Schnabelholz | 8,500 | ||
| Austria Kärnten | Klagenfurt | Hypo-Arena | 32,000 | |
| Austria Vienna | Vienna | Franz Horr Stadium | 13,000 | |
| Kapfenberger SV | Kapfenberg | Franz Fekete Stadium | 12,000 | |
| LASK | Linz | Linzer Stadion | 14,100 | |
| Mattersburg | Pappelstadion | 15,700 | ||
| Rapid Vienna | Vienna | Gerhard Hanappi Stadium | 18,442 | |
| Red Bull Salzburg | Salzburg | Red Bull Arena | 31,895 / 30,188 | |
| Ried im Innkreis | Fill Metallbau Stadion | 7,700 | ||
| Sturm Graz | Graz | UPC-Arena | 15,312 |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCR Altach | Heinz Fuchsbichler | Sacked | 30 August 2008[1] |  Urs Schönenberger | 4 September 2008[2] | |
| LASK Linz |  Andrej Panadić | Sacked | 27 October 2008[3] | Klaus Lindenberger | 27 October 2008 | |
| SCR Altach | Urs Schönenberger | Sacked | 12 January 2009[4] | Georg Zellhofer | 12 January 2009[5] | |
| LASK Linz | Klaus Lindenberger | Resigned | 21 March 2009[6] | Hans Krankl | 24 March 2009[7] |
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.
Source: bundesliga.at
