Soccer Betting - Austrian Bundesliga
History - Facts - Teams - Winners - Standings
Since around 1890 football has been played in Austria and has had different formats, but until the 1974-75 season, the Österreichische Fußball-Bundesliga, named in English the Austrian Football Bundesliga, was founded. This is the Austrian top-level football league team competition in charge of the Bundesliga and the Austrian Cup.
This competition establishes the Austrian National Football Champion, which also qualifies into the second qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League. Besides the second and third places win the chance to enter to the first qualifying round of the UEFA Cup and the 4th place in the UEFA Intertoto Cup second round.
Since its foundation season and until today, the Bundesliga has been leaded by the Austrian Football Association, which is a non-profitable association and an autonomous one, since November 1991 when it was reestablished. Besides this change, in less than a month the federation welcomed a 10th member to the Bundesliga.
The Austrian Football Association is in control of the top two footall divisions of the country: the "T-Mobile Bundesliga" and "Red Zac 1st league", both leagues are named according to their sponsors. In adittion, the Toto Jugendliga, which is the Under-15 league, is also under their management.