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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.

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Rapid Vienna, the most successful Austrian football club

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.

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List of Austrian national football champions

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Season Winners Runners-up
1911–12 Rapid Wien Wiener Sport-Club
1912–13 Rapid Wien (2) Wiener AF
1913–14 Wiener AF Rapid Wien
1914–15 Wiener AC Wiener AF
1915–16 Rapid Wien (3) Floridsdorfer AC
1916–17 Rapid Wien (4) Floridsdorfer AC
1917–18 Floridsdorfer AC Rapid Wien
1918–19 Rapid Wien (5) SC Rudolfshügel
1919–20 Rapid Wien (6) SV Amateure
1920–21 Rapid Wien (7) SV Amateure
1921–22 Wiener Sport-Club Hakoah Vienna
1922–23 Rapid Wien (8) SV Amateure
1923–24 SV Amateure First Vienna FC
1924–25 Hakoah Vienna SV Amateure
1925–26 SV Amateure (2) First Vienna FC
SK Admira Wien Brigittenauer AC
SK Admira Wien (2) Rapid Wien
Rapid Wien (9) SK Admira Wien
Rapid Wien (10) SK Admira Wien
First Vienna FC 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) Wiener Sport-Club
1938–1945
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
Not Finished with Rapid Vienna being 1st after 9 games.
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
LASK 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 Innsbruck SV Austria Salzburg
Wacker Innsbruck (2) Austria Wien
Wacker Innsbruck (3) Rapid Wien
VÖEST Linz Wacker Innsbruck
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Trophy of the Austrian Football Bundesliga
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Grazer AK (GAK) (2004)
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Red Bull Salzburg (2007)
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Steffen Hofmann celebrating the Rapid Wien Championship (2008)
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Introduction of Bundesliga.
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
SV Austria Salzburg Austria Wien
SV Austria Salzburg (2) Sturm Graz
Rapid Wien (30) Sturm Graz
SV Austria Salzburg (3) Rapid Wien
Sturm Graz Rapid 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 AK Austria 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
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Performance

Performance by club

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Club Winners Runners-up Winning Seasons
Rapid Wien
32
29
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
Austria Wien
24
19
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
Red Bull Salzburg
17
8
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) (–)
10
5
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) *
9
13
1926–27, 1927–28, 1931–32, 1933–34, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1938–39, 1946–47, 1965–66
First Vienna FC
6
6
1930–31, 1932–33, 1941–42, 1942–43, 1943–44, 1954–55
Sturm Graz
4
6
1997–98, 1998–99, 2010–11, 2023–24
Wiener Sport-Club
3
7
1921–22, 1957–58, 1958–59
Floridsdorfer AC
1
3
1917–18
Wiener AF
1
2
1913–14
LASK
1
2
1964–65
VÖEST Linz
1
2
1973–74
Grazer AK
1
2
2003–04
Wiener AC
1
1
1914–15
Hakoah Vienna
1
1
1924–25
SC Rudolfshügel
1
Brigittenauer AC
1
FC Wien
1
SV Ried
1
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Name changes

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References

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