List of Austrian football champions explained

The Austrian football champions are the winners of the highest league of football in Austria. The championship has been contested through the Austrian Football Bundesliga since the 1974–75 season.

Rapid Wien and Austria Wien are the most successful clubs. They have won 32 and 24 titles, respectively, as of 2023.

History

From 1911 until 1923 the Austrian football championship was organized by the football association of Niederösterreich (Lower Austria) which was made up only of clubs from the nation's capital of Vienna. The championship was then taken over by the newly formed football association of Vienna (WFV, Wiener Fußball-Verband), which organized the first professional league in continental Europe in 1924–25.

In 1938 Austria was united with Germany in the Anschluss and the country's football competition became part of the German league structure as the Gauliga Ostmark. For the first time clubs from outside of Vienna were included in top-flight Austrian competition.

Austrian clubs took part in the German championship during this period. An "Austrian champion" would emerge from divisional play in the Gauliga Ostmark and then move on to the German national playoffs with other Gauliga winners. Austrian clubs enjoyed a considerable measure of success playing in Germany, making three national final appearances and two Tschammerspokal (predecessor of today's German Cup) appearances: Rapid Vienna won the national title in 1941, while First Vienna took the Tschammerspokal in 1943.

Austrian football was again independent after World War II and championship play was limited to Viennese clubs until 1948–49 when clubs from the rest of Austria were re-admitted. In 1965, Linzer ASK became the first team from outside the capital to claim the Austrian title, leading the way for clubs such as FC Wacker Innsbruck, VÖEST Linz, SV Austria Salzburg, Sturm Graz, and Grazer AK.

List of Austrian national football champions

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1911–12Wiener Sport-Club
1912–13Rapid Wien (2)Wiener AF
1913–14Wiener AFRapid Wien
1914–15Wiener ACWiener AF
1915–16Rapid Wien (3)Floridsdorfer AC
1916–17Rapid Wien (4)Floridsdorfer AC
1917–18Floridsdorfer ACRapid Wien
1918–19Rapid Wien (5)SC Rudolfshügel
1919–20Rapid Wien (6)SV Amateure
1920–21Rapid Wien (7)SV Amateure
1921–22Wiener Sport-ClubHakoah Vienna
1922–23Rapid Wien (8)SV Amateure
1923–24SV AmateureFirst Vienna FC
1924–25Hakoah ViennaSV Amateure
1925–26SV Amateure (2)First Vienna FC
SK Admira WienBrigittenauer AC
SK Admira Wien (2)Rapid Wien
Rapid Wien (9)SK Admira Wien
Rapid Wien (10)SK Admira Wien
SK Admira Wien
SK Admira Wien (3)First Vienna FC
First Vienna FC (2)Rapid Wien
SK Admira Wien (4)Rapid Wien
Rapid Wien (11)SK Admira Wien
SK Admira Wien (5)First Vienna FC
SK Admira Wien (6)Austria Wien
Rapid Wien (12)
SK Admira Wien (7)SC Wacker Wien
Rapid Wien (13)SC Wacker Wien
Rapid Wien (14)SC Wacker Wien
First Vienna FC (3)FC Wien
First Vienna FC (4)Wiener AC
First Vienna FC (5)Floridsdorfer AC
Rapid Wien (15)Austria Wien
SC Wacker Wien (8)Rapid Wien
Rapid Wien (16)SC Wacker Wien
Austria Wien (3)Rapid Wien
Austria Wien (4)Rapid Wien
Rapid Wien (17)SC Wacker Wien
Rapid Wien (18)Austria Wien
Austria Wien (5)SC Wacker Wien
Rapid Wien (19)Austria Wien
First Vienna FC (6)Wiener Sport-Club
Rapid Wien (20)SC Wacker Wien
Rapid Wien (21)First Vienna FC
Wiener Sport-Club (2)Rapid Wien
Wiener Sport-Club (3)Rapid Wien
Rapid Wien (22)Wiener Sport-Club
Austria Wien (6)First Vienna FC
Austria Wien (7)LASK
Austria Wien (8)SK Admira Wien
Rapid Wien (23)Austria Wien
Rapid Wien
SK Admira Wien (9)Rapid Wien
Rapid Wien (24)Wacker Innsbruck
Rapid Wien (25)Wacker Innsbruck
Austria Wien (9)Wiener Sport-Club
Austria Wien (10)Wiener Sport-Club
Wacker InnsbruckSV Austria Salzburg
Wacker Innsbruck (2)Austria Wien
Wacker Innsbruck (3)Rapid Wien
VÖEST LinzWacker Innsbruck
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Wacker Innsbruck (4)VÖEST Linz
Austria WAC Wien (11)Wacker Innsbruck
Wacker Innsbruck (5)Rapid Wien
Austria Wien (12)Rapid Wien
Austria Wien (13)Wiener Sport-Club
Austria Wien (14)VÖEST Linz
Austria Wien (15)Sturm Graz
Rapid Wien (26)Austria Wien
Rapid Wien (27)Austria Wien
Austria Wien (16)Rapid Wien
Austria Wien (17)Rapid Wien
Austria Wien (18)Rapid Wien
Rapid Wien (28)Austria Wien
Rapid Wien (29)Austria Wien
Swarovski Tirol (6)Admira Wacker Wien
Swarovski Tirol (7)Austria Wien
Austria Wien (19)Swarovski Tirol
Austria Wien (20)SV Austria Salzburg
Austria Wien (21)SV Austria Salzburg
Austria Wien
SV Austria Salzburg (2)Sturm Graz
Rapid Wien (30)Sturm Graz
SV Austria Salzburg (3)Rapid Wien
Sturm GrazRapid Wien
Sturm Graz (2)Rapid Wien
Tirol Innsbruck (8)Sturm Graz
Tirol Innsbruck (9)Rapid Wien
Tirol Innsbruck (10)Sturm Graz
Austria Wien (22)Grazer AK
Grazer AKAustria Wien
Rapid Wien (31)Grazer AK
Austria Wien (23)Red Bull Salzburg
Red Bull Salzburg (4)SV Ried
Rapid Wien (32)Red Bull Salzburg
Red Bull Salzburg (5)Rapid Wien
Red Bull Salzburg (6)Austria Wien
Sturm Graz (3)Red Bull Salzburg
Red Bull Salzburg (7)Rapid Wien
Austria Wien (24)Red Bull Salzburg
Red Bull Salzburg (8)Rapid Wien
Red Bull Salzburg (9)Rapid Wien
Red Bull Salzburg (10)Rapid Wien
Red Bull Salzburg (11)Austria Wien
Red Bull Salzburg (12)Sturm Graz
Red Bull Salzburg (13)LASK
Red Bull Salzburg (14)Rapid Wien
Red Bull Salzburg (15)Rapid Wien
Red Bull Salzburg (16)Sturm Graz
Red Bull Salzburg (17)Sturm Graz
Sturm Graz (4)Red Bull Salzburg

Performance

Performance by club

ClubWinnersRunners-upWinning Seasons
1911–12, 1912–13, 1915–16, 1916–17, 1918–19, 1919–20, 1920–21, 1922–23, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1934–35, 1937–38, 1939–40, 1940–41, 1945–46, 1947–48, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1953–54, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1959–60, 1963–64, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1995–96, 2004–05, 2007–08
1923–24, 1925–26, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1952–53, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 2002–03, 2005–06, 2012–13
1993–94, 1994–95, 1996–97, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23
FC Wacker Innsbruck (5) (4)
FC Swarovski Tirol (2) (1)
FC Tirol Innsbruck (3) (–)
1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1976–77, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02
SK Admira Wien (8) (5)
SC Wacker Wien (1) (7)
Admira Wacker Wien (–) (1) *
1926–27, 1927–28, 1931–32, 1933–34, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1938–39, 1946–47, 1965–66
First Vienna FC1930–31, 1932–33, 1941–42, 1942–43, 1943–44, 1954–55
Sturm Graz1997–98, 1998–99, 2010–11, 2023–24
Wiener Sport-Club1921–22, 1957–58, 1958–59
Floridsdorfer AC1917–18
Wiener AF1913–14
LASK1964–65
VÖEST Linz1973–74
Grazer AK2003–04
Wiener AC1914–15
Hakoah Vienna1924–25
SC Rudolfshügel
Brigittenauer AC
FC Wien
SV Ried
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Name changes

See also

References