The Austrian Football Bundesliga of 1994–95 was organised by the

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(ÖFB). The Austrian First League served as a stepping stone for promotion to the 1. Bundesliga. The

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acted as a third step on the footballing ladder,

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(Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland), Central (Mitte) (Carinthia, Upper Austria, and Styria) and

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(Salzburg, Tirol, and Vorarlberg).

Bundesliga

The Bundesliga was contest by 10 teams, who played against each other four times. SV Austria Salzburg won the Austrian Football Bundesliga for the second time. As champions they were able to take part in the qualifying rounds of the Champions League the following season, but they were knocked out in the qualifying rounds.

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were able to take part in the

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due to their cup victory, where they played in the final in Brussels.

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as well as

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represented Austrian football in UEFA Cup 1996, where Austria Vienna made Round 1.

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, Linz ASK and

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all took part in the UEFA Intertoto Cup of 1995, where Tirol made the final. VfB Mödling were relegated for finishing bottom. A play-off for the final relegation place occurred between

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and

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, which saw SV Ried win 3–0 over two legs, thereby relegating FC Linz to the Austrian First League and promoting Ried into the Bundesliga.

Teams and location

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* Austria Wien *

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* VfB Mödling *

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* Tirol Innsbruck * Vorwärts Steyr

League standings

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

Second half of season

Top goalscorers

Austria Salzburg's Team

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, Herbert Ilsanker – Christian Fürstaller, Leo Lainer, Peter Artner,

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– Thomas Winklhofer, Hermann Stadler, Franz Aigner,

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, Tomislav Kocijan, Mladen Mladenović, Arnold Freisegger, Martin Hiden –

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, Martin Amerhauser, Nikola Jurčević, Eduard Glieder,

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, Helmut Rottensteiner,

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– Manager:

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Relegation play-offs

First League

Top goalscorers

Regional Leagues

Literature

* Josef Huber: ''Tagebuch des Jahrhunderts, Fußball-Österreich von 1901 bis 2000'', Verlag Wolfgang Drabesch, Wien 2000

References

rsssf.com - 1994/95 Season

External links

austriasoccer.at
{{DEFAULTSORT:1994-95 Austrian Football Bundesliga Austrian Football Bundesliga seasons

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