2002–03 Austrian Football Bundesliga

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Austrian Bundesliga
Season2002–03
ChampionsFK Austria Wien
Matches played180
Goals scored467 (2.59 per match)

Statistics of Austrian Football Bundesliga in the 2002–03 season.

Overview

It was contested by 10 teams, and FK Austria Wien won the championship.

Participating teams

Location of teams in the 2002–03 Austrian Football Bundesliga
Club City
Austria Wien Vienna
Grazer AK Graz
Austria Salzburg Salzburg
Rapid Wien Vienna
ASKÖ Pasching Pasching
Sturm Graz Graz
Admira Wacker Mödling Mödling
FC Kärnten Klagenfurt
SW Bregenz Bregenz
SV Ried Ried im Innkreis

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Austria Wien (C) 36 21 7 8 59 28 +31 70 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2 Grazer AK 36 15 12 9 56 39 +17 57 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3 Austria Salzburg 36 15 11 10 51 46 +5 56 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4 Rapid Wien 36 13 12 11 40 38 +2 51
5 Pasching 36 13 10 13 41 37 +4 49 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
6 Sturm Graz 36 14 5 17 50 62 −12 47
7 Admira Wacker Mödling 36 11 11 14 36 46 −10 44
8 Kärnten 36 11 8 17 45 57 −12 41 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round[a]
9 Bregenz 36 9 12 15 48 58 −10 39
10 Ried (R) 36 10 8 18 41 56 −15 38 Relegation to Austrian First Football League
Source: weltfussball.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Champions League-bound Austria Wien won the 2002–03 Austrian Cup, so cup runners-up Kärnten will enter the qualifying round of UEFA Cup.

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.

Top goalscorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Belgium Axel Lawarée SW Bregenz 21
2 Austria Eduard Glieder ASKÖ Pasching 16
Croatia Marijo Marić FC Kärnten
4 Slovakia Vladimír Janočko Austria Wien 12
5 Poland Radosław Gilewicz Austria Wien 11
Hungary Imre Szabics Sturm Graz
Austria Roman Wallner Rapid Wien
8 Austria Muhammet Akagündüz SV Ried 10
9 Austria Roland Kirchler Austria Salzburg 9
Hungary László Klausz SW Bregenz