1978–79 Austrian Football Bundesliga

Austrian Bundesliga
Season	1978–79
Champions	FK Austria Wien
European Cup	FK Austria Wien
Cup Winners' Cup	SSW Innsbruck
UEFA Cup	Wiener Sport-Club; SK Rapid Wien
Top goalscorer	Walter Schachner (24)
	← 1977–78 1979–80 →

Statistics of Austrian Football Bundesliga in the 1978–79 season.

Overview

It was contested by 10 teams, and FK Austria Wien won the championship.

Teams and location

Location of teams in the 1978–79 Austrian Football Bundesliga

Teams of 1978–79 Austrian Football Bundesliga

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FK Austria Wien	36	25	5	6	88	44	+44	55	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Wiener Sportclub	36	15	11	10	71	54	+17	41	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	SK Rapid Wien	36	13	13	10	52	42	+10	39	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	SK Sturm Graz	36	14	9	13	43	50	−7	37
5	VÖEST Linz	36	11	14	11	41	44	−3	36
6	SV Austria Salzburg	36	13	10	13	38	53	−15	36
7	FC Admira/Wacker	36	13	8	15	42	43	−1	34
8	First Vienna FC	36	9	11	16	48	62	−14	29
9	Grazer AK	36	7	15	14	36	53	−17	29
10	FC Wacker Innsbruck	36	8	8	20	41	55	−14	24	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round

Source: rsssf.com

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	FIR	GAK	RWI	STU	VOE	WIE	WKR
Admira/Wacker		2–0	1–1	3–3	0–0	0–1	3–1	2–0	3–2	1–1
Austria Salzburg	1–0		1–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–1
Austria Wien	1–0	4–1		4–2	4–1	5–1	4–1	1–3	3–1	3–0
First Vienna	2–1	4–0	1–3		3–3	3–2	0–0	1–0	2–2	1–1
Grazer AK	0–1	1–2	0–3	0–1		1–1	1–2	3–0	1–1	1–0
Rapid Wien	1–1	4–0	3–1	2–1	3–1		3–0	0–1	1–0	2–0
Sturm Graz	2–0	0–0	0–3	3–1	1–1	0–0		2–2	3–2	2–0
VOEST Linz	1–0	1–0	1–2	3–2	1–2	0–0	1–0		2–2	3–1
Wiener SC	2–1	6–1	1–3	5–1	1–1	3–3	3–0	0–0		0–0
Wacker Innsbruck	0–2	4–1	4–0	3–0	5–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	0–3

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season

Home \ Away	ADM	ASZ	AWI	FIR	GAK	RWI	STU	VOE	WIE	WKR
Admira/Wacker		0–3	1–3	2–1	1–1	1–2	0–1	2–1	4–0	1–0
Austria Salzburg	1–1		2–2	0–1	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–0	2–2	3–2
Austria Wien	2–1	0–0		1–2	3–1	4–1	4–2	0–1	4–2	4–0
First Vienna	2–3	0–2	1–2		2–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	2–3	1–1
Grazer AK	1–0	0–0	2–4	2–1		2–2	0–1	1–1	2–2	1–0
Rapid Wien	0–1	2–0	1–2	0–0	0–0		4–0	1–1	0–1	3–0
Sturm Graz	2–0	2–1	2–3	2–1	3–1	0–0		3–2	2–0	1–3
VOEST Linz	0–0	2–2	0–0	2–2	1–1	2–2	2–1		2–4	0–2
Wiener SC	3–0	4–1	2–4	3–2	0–0	3–0^[a]	2–1	1–2		3–0
Wacker Innsbruck	1–3	3–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	4–2	0–0	0–1	1–2

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

^ Match awarded.

References

Austria - List of final tables (RSSSF)

[table_note_1_WIE_RWI0.53207599303316-1] Match awarded.

[a]

Top division football seasons in Austria
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Gauliga (1938–1945)	1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45
Wiener Liga (1945–1949)	1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49
Staatsliga (1949–1965)	1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65
Nationalliga (1965–1974)	1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74
Bundesliga (1974–present)	1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26

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League cups	England Republic of Ireland Scotland Switzerland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
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