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Österreichische Fußball Bundesliga |
Country > Austria
Foundation Year > Founded in 1974
EPFL Affilation > 1997 Founding Member
No. of Affiliated Clubs > 10 Clubs tipp3-Bundesliga powered by T-Mobile / 10 Clubs "Heute für Morgen" Erste Liga
Official Website > www.bundesliga.at
E-mail Address > office@bundesliga.at
Phone > +43 1 877 57 57 42
Fax > +43 1 879 57 57
President > Hans Rinner
Chief Executive Officer > Georg Pangl
Media/Press Office > Igor Santovac
President Message
Professional football-clubs are playing an important role in the economy and society of each country. But never loose the aspect of tradition and the special efforts of the game
History
The Austrian Football-League was established in 1974. It unites the best clubs in austria in two leagues and seperates the professional from the amateur football. The Bundesliga organizes and manages the state football Championships, represents the interests of their members before Austrian Football Association (ÖFB), the UEFA and FIFA, supports the football clubs in their licensing and is also the licensor.
Two important steps in the developement of the league are the implementation of a competition sponsor (since 1996) and the live-broadcast of all games (first and second league, since 2004/05) on TV. At the moment the austrian football league organizes two competitions: In the premier league - the tipp3-Bundesliga powered by T-Mobile - are playing ten teams (four times a season against each other). To support Austrian players 50 % of the TV-budget gets into a pot which is payed back to the teams with the highest rates of Austrian players. With this regulation the participation of austrian players in the league increased since 2004/04 from 56 % to 65 % in 2007/08.
The ADEG Erste Liga with – at the moment - twelve teams is the second league in Austria. To support the participation of young Austrian players the league has introduced a rule, that at least four players (younger than 01.01.1987) have to be on the game-sheet. Thatfore more than 80 % of the players can be selected for the national teams.
