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Austrian football/soccer: Austrian Bundesliga 2011/2012 season preview

Sturm end long wait league title

Sturm Graz won the Austrian Bundesliga for the first time in 12 years, wrapping up the title with a 2-1 win over Wacker Innsbruck on the last day of last season. Closest challengers Austria Vinnna finished third after they slumped to a 4-2 defeat against Salzburg. Big-spending Salzburg, champions for 2008/09 and 2009/10, took second spot. Prior to the final round, Sturm were two points ahead of Austria knowing a point would be enough to secure the title due to their superior goal difference. Sturm, champions for the third time, also booked a place in this season's UEFA Champions League second qualifying round. Ried also had reason to celebrate, claiming the Austrian Cup after a fine season.

  • Champions: Sturm Graz (Champions League 2nd qualifying round)
  • Runners-up: Salzburg (UEFA Europa League)
  • Third place: Austria Vienna (UEFA Europa League)
  • Cup winners: Ried (UEFA Europa League)
  • Relegated: LASK Linz
  • Promoted: Admira
teamtitles2006/072007/082008/092009/102010/11
Rapid3251235
Austria Vienna2363323
Wacker Innsbruck10910--6
Admira8-----
Salzburg612112
Sturm Graz374441
Mattersburg-35969
Ried-27584
Kapfenberg---898
Wiener Neustadt----57

The table shows the overall number of titles for each club in Austrian Bundesliga since 1911/12 and their league standings in the last five seasons.

Salzburg sack Stevens, appoint Moniz

In April, Salzburg have parted company with Dutch coach Huub Stevens and sporting director Dietmar Beiersdorfer and brought in Ricardo Moniz. Stevens was Austria's coach of the year for the 2009/10 season having won the league title and subsequently led the club into the UEFA Europa League, but mixed domestic form and an early exit from European competition have cost the former Schalke, HSV and PSV boss his job. His compatriot Moniz has been part of the back-room staff at English club Tottenham Hotspur and German side Hamburg and was appointed the Austrian side's technical coach last summer. It was not the only change for Salzburg, as former Croatian international Niko Kovac was promoted from coaching the youth team to Moniz's assistant. However, Salzburg finished the 2010/11 season behind champions Sturm. Second place will be considered slim pickings at the club sponsored by energy drinks manufacturer Red Bull and Moniz will be under pressure this campaign.

#teampoints g.dif. win-draw-loss
1Sturm663319-9-8 (36)
2Salzburg632217-12-7 (36)
3Austria Vienna612717-10-9 (36)
4Ried581316-10-10 (36)
5Rapid531114-11-11 (36)
6Wacker50113-11-12 (36)
7Neustadt50-814-8-14 (36)
8Kapfenberg38-199-11-16 (36)
9Mattersburg31-277-10-19 (36)
10LASK Linz19-533-10-23 (36)

Austrian Bundesliga standings for the 2010/2011 season.

This page contains additional information about the 2011/2012 Austrian Bundesliga season. Latest news, statistics, results and predictions you can find on our main Euro Football > Austria page.

Salzburg favorites for title

According to bookmakers, Salzburg will be favorites to win the Austrian Bundesliga title this season.

teamoddsteamodds
Red Bull Salzburg1.6Austria Vienna4
Rapid Vienna5.75Sturm Graz5.75
Admira50Ried50
Wacker Innsbruck50Wiener Neustadt150
Kapfenberger150Mattersburg150

Preseason odds for the outright winner of the 2011/12 Austrian Bundesliga.

Austrian Cup finals in last five seasons

2007   Austria Vienna - Mattersburg   2:1
2008   Not held
2009   Austria Vienna - Admira   3:1
2010   Sturm Graz - Wiener Neustadt   1:0
2011   Ried - Austria Lustenau   2:0

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key players
(with transfer market value in m€)

Admira

Goalkeeper Hans-Peter Berger (0.5); Defense: Christopher Dibon (0.5), Gernot Plassnegger (0.3), Richard Windbichler (0.3), Daniel Drescher (0.3); Midfield: Emin Sulimani (0.5), Patrik Jezek (0.4), Rene Schicker (0.3), Stefan Schwab (0.3); Forward: Benjamin Sulimani (0.4), Philipp Hosiner (0.3).

Austria Vienna

Goalkeeper Heinz Lindner (1); Defense: Manuel Ortlechner (1), Florian Klein (1), Georg Margreitter (0.9); Midfield: Zlatko Junuzovic (2.5), Peter Hlinka (1), Alexander Grunwald (0.9), Marko Stankovic (0.9); Forward: Roland Linz (1.9), Tomas Jun (1.4), Nacer Barazite (1.2).

Kapfenberg

Goalkeeper Raphael Wolf (0.9); Defense: Dominique Taboga (0.4), Matej Mavric (0.4), Thomas Schonberger (0.3), Tomasz Welnicki (0.3); Midfield: David Sencar (0.5), Markus Felfernig (0.4), Dieter Elsneg (0.4), Christoph Kropfl (0.4); Forward: Michal Ordos (0.7), Srdjan Pavlov (0.4).

Wiener Neustadt

Goalkeeper Manfred Razenbock (0.1); Defense: Christian Ramsebner (0.6), Andreas Schicker (0.5), Fernando Ariel Troyansky (0.3), Wolfgang Klapf (0.2); Midfield: Tomas Simkovic (0.6), Mario Reiter (0.4), Michael Stanislaw (0.4), Michael Madl (0.4); Forward: Gunter Friesenbichler (0.3), Thomas Helly (0.2).

Mattersburg

Goalkeeper Thomas Borenitsch (0.4); Defense: Adnan Mravac (0.7), Nedeljko Malic (0.5), Alexander Pollhuber (0.4); Midfield: Manuel Seidl (0.5), Ivan Parlov (0.5), Patrick Farkas (0.4), Michael Morz (0.4); Forward: Patrick Burger (0.6), Ilco Naumoski (0.4), Robert Waltner (0.4).

Rapid

Goalkeeper Helge Payer (0.8); Defense: Mario Sonnleitner (0.9), Thomas Schrammel (0.8), Ragnvald Soma (0.8); Midfield: Steffen Hofmann (2.3), Markus Heikkinen (0.8), Guido Burgstaller (0.8), Boris Prokopic (0.8), Christopher Drazan (0.8); Forward: Hamdi Salihi (1.6), Deni Alar (0.8).

Red Bull Salzburg

Goalkeeper Eddie Gustafsson (1.5); Defense: Petri Pasanen (2), Franz Schiemer (1.7), Douglas (1.5); Midfield: David Mendes da Silva (2.3), Rasmus Lindgren (1.8), Christoph Leitgeb (1.8), Dusan Svento (1.8), Gonzalo Eulogio Zarate (1.8); Forward: Alan (2), Leonardo (1.8).

Ried

Goalkeeper Thomas Gebauer (0.8); Defense: Jan-Marc Riegler (0.5), Oliver Glasner (0.4), Bienvenue Basala-Mazana (0.4); Midfield: Daniel Royer (0.8), Anel Hadzic (0.7), Ivan Carril (0.7), Florian Mader (0.6), Stefan Lexa (0.6); Forward: Guillem (0.6), Nacho Casanova (0.4).

Sturm Graz

Goalkeeper Christian Gratzei (1.5); Defense: Joachim Standfest (0.8), Ferdinand Feldhofer (0.7), Thomas Burgstaller (0.5); Midfield: Manuel Weber (1), Andreas Holzl (1), Patrick Wolf (0.7), Haris Bukva (0.5), Samir Muratovic (0.5); Forward: Roman Kienast (1.5), Imre Szabics (1.2).

Wacker Innsbruck

Goalkeeper Szabolcs Safar (0.4); Defense: Inaki Bea (0.6), Alexander Hauser (0.4), Martin Svejnoha (0.3), Georg Harding (0.3); Midfield: Tomas Abraham (0.5), Carlos Merino (0.5), Daniel Schutz (0.3); Forward: Miran Burgic (0.7), Marcel Schreter (0.6), Julius Perstaller (0.5).

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