Okay guys here is my latest guide on the Austrian Bundesliga. Thought I would give Austria a try and see what it is like to manage in. I then decided to make a guide so people might be inspired to have a go there them selves. Anyway, here is the rest of the guide.
All information from FM08 has been taken from the 8.02 patch 
The Austrian Football Bundesliga (in German, the Österreichische Fußball-Bundesliga) is the highest-ranking national league club competition in Austrian football. It is the competition which decides the Austrian national football (soccer) champions, as well the country's entrants for the various European cups run by UEFA.
The Austrian Bundesliga, which began in the 1974-75 season, has been a separate registered association since December 1, 1991. At present it is composed of two divisions - the "T-Mobile Bundesliga" and the "Red Zac 1st league".
Altach
Altach were founded in 1929. They were the football section of an athletics club. In 1937 the club temporarily did not exist until the Altach sports society was reorganised in 1946.
The club became independent from the sports society in March of 1949.
It then became known as it is today, Sportclub Rheindorf Altach..
Information Year founded – 1929
Status - Pro
Rep – National
Chairmain status – Loves the club
Favoured Personnel – Rade Plakalovic, Rudolf Gussnig,
Fierce Rivals – Lustenau
Finances – Okay
Estimated Value – 3.5mil
Stadium - Stadion Schnabelholz
Capacity - 9000
Possible First Eleven 
SK Austria Karnten
Formed on the 1st July 2007, the club is a new addition to the T Mobile Bundesliga. They were formally known as ASKO Pasching up until 2007. They play their football at the Hypo – Arena
Information Year founded – 2007
Status – Pro
Rep – National
Chairman status – Loves the club
Favoured Personnel – None
Fierce Rivals – None
Other rivals – None
Finances – Secure
Estimated Value – 5.5mil, loan debt 30k
Stadium – Hypo Group Arena, Klagenfurt
Capacity – 32000 all seater, with retractable roof
Possible Starting Eleven 
FK Austrian Wien
Austria Wien, or Austria Vienna in English were founded in 1911. They play there football at the Horr Stadion
Information Year Founded – 1911
Status – Pro
Rep - National
Chairman Status – Loves the club
Favoured Personnel – Michael Wagner, Anton Pfeffer, Franz Wohlfahrt, Fernando Troyansky
Fierce Rivals – Rapid Wien
Other Rivals – Sturm Graz, GAK, Salzburg
Finances – Secure
Estimated Value – 12mil
Stadium – Franz Horr Stadion, Wien
Capacity – 11800, 9,000 seated
Possible Starting Eleven 
LASK Linz
Information LASK were founded in 1908 and are one of the oldest clubs in Austria. They play there football at the 21000 capacity Linzer Stadion
Year Founded – 1908
Status Pro
Rep – National
Chairman status – Loves the club
Favoured Personnel – None
Fierce rivals – Reid
Other Rivals – Pasching/Wallern
Finances – Okay
Estimated Value – 3.5mil
Stadium – Stadion an der Gugl
Capacity – 21328 all seater with ubder soll heating
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SV Mattersburg
SV Mattersburg were founded in 1922. They currently play there football at the Pappelstadion in Mattersburg. The club have been playing top flight football in Austria since 2003/04 and have the second highest attendances in the league. Due to sponsership rights, the clubs full name is called SV Bauwelt Koch Mattersburg.
Information Year founded – 1922
Status – Pro
Rep – National
Chairman Status – Loves the club
Favoured personnel – Dietmar Kuhbauer
Fierce rivals – Austria Wien
Other rivals – None
Finances – Secure
Estimated value – 5.25mil
Stadium – Pappelstadion, Mattersburg
Stadium capacity – 17000, 3000 seated
Possible Starting Eleven 
Rapid Wien
Information
SK Rapid Wien were founded in 1898. The club were one of the first giants of European football. They won the German up in 1938 and the league in 1941. They were part of the German league due to the Anschluss.
Rapid Wien play there football at the Gerhard Hanappi Stadium in Hutteldorf. It was opened in 1977 and was later named after a former player Gerhard Hanappi.
Year founded - 1898
Status – Pro
Rep – National
Chairman Status – Loves the club
Favoured Personnel – Peter Schottel, Hanz Krankl, Dietmar Kubhbaeur
Fierce Rivals – Austria Wien
Other Rivals – Sturm Graz, GAK, Salzburg
Finances – Secure
Estimated value – 11Mil
Stadium – Gerhard Hanappi Stadion, wien
Capacity - 17500 all seater with undersoil heating
Possible Starting Eleven 
SV Ried
Information The club was founded in 1912. They were then known as Sportvereinigung Ried. Due to sponsership, they are now called SV Josko Fenster Ried. Ried’s first major trophy came when they beat Sturm Graz in the Austrian cup in 1998. In 2005 Ried gained promotion to the Bundesliga and finished 4th in the next season. And in 06/07 the club finished 2nd in the league.
Year founded – 1912
Rep – National
Chairman status – Loves the club
Favoured Personnel – Herwig Drechsel, Gerarld Strafner, Ronald Brunmayr
Fierce rivals – LASK
Other rivals – Pasching/Wallern
Finances – Okay
Estimated value – 2.9mil
Stadium – Fill Metallbau Stadion, Ried Imm Innkreis
Capacity – 7600, all seater with undersoil heating
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SV Salzburg
Information SV Salzburg were founded in 1933, but the club was dissolved in 1950 and was later set up again and renamed SV Casino Salzburg in 1978. In April 2005 the club became Red Bull Salzburg when it was bought by the company. They then insisted that Salzburg had no history and that the club was first founded in 2005. The Austrian FA however did not accept this claim.
The club won the Bundesliga in 2007/08 under now Ireland boss Giovanni Trappatoni.
Year founded – 1933
Status – Pro
Rep – National
Chairman Status - Loves the club
Favoured personnel – Hieko Laessig, Otto Baric, Heimo Preifenberger, Adolf Hutter, Otto Konrad, Wolfgang Feiersinger
Fierce rivals – None
Other rivals – None
Finances – Rich
Estimated value – 44 Mil
Stadium – Bullen Arena, Salzburg
Capacity – 18282, 13468 seated, with under soil heating
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SK Sturm Graz
Information The club was founded in 1909. In 1998 the club won their first Bundesliga title. They then completed the treble in 1999 when they won the league, cup and the super cup. They also qualified for the Champions league 2 years in a row. Since 2005 Graz were filed for bankruptcy and also were investigated about tax problems.
Year founded – 1909
Status – Pro
Rep – National
Chairman Status – Loves the club
Favoured personnel – Ivica Vastic, Ivica Osim, Mario Haas, Markus Schopp
Fierce rivals – GAK, Rapid Wien
Other rivals – Austria Wien
Finances – Okay
Estimated value – 4.6Mil
Stadium – UPC Arena, Graz
Capacity – 15400 all seater with under soil heating
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Wacker Innsbruck
Information
FC Wacker Innsbruck has won the Austrian championships ten times and thus knows what winning is all about. And especially in this aspect, the clubs is again on the best way of becoming a model of Austrian football. With its long-term strategy the FC Wacker Innsbruck counts heavily on young players from Tirol and is in the process of building a genuine Tyrolean team.
Year founded – 2002
Status – Pro
Rep – National
Chairman Status - Loves the club
Favoured personnel – Samuel koejoe, Hararld Schroll
Fierce rivals – Worgl
Other rivals – Salzburg
Finances – Okay
Estimated value – 5.5Mil
Stadium – Tivoli Neu, Innsbruck
Capacity – 31000 all seater with under soil heating
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Date: 18/7/2007 to 23/4/08
Win: 3 Points
Draw: 1 Point
Matches: 36, Play each other 4 times
Match rules: 7 subs, 3 allowed
Non EU players: Maximum of 7 allowed
Relegation: Bottom club relegated
Qualification: 1st place, Champions Legue
2nd and 3rd UEFA cup
4th place Inter toto cup
Discipline: 5 yellow cards, 1 match ban
Additional 4 yellow cards, 1 match ban
Red card, one match ban
Just gonna list a few players who you may want to take notice of in the Austrian Bundesliga
Ezequiel Carboni - Salzburg - Dm
Johann Vonlanthen - Salzburg ST
Milenko Acimovic - Austria Wien - AMC
David Lafata - Austria Wien -ST
Steffen Hoffmann - Rapid Wien - AMR
Just a few there to look at if you want
Erwin Hoffer - Rapid Wien - ST
Sebastian Prodl - Sturm Graz - DC
Andreas Schicker - Schwadorf D/WRL
Just a few to get you started
Lots of challenges to be found in the league. If you start off big your main challenge will be Champions League competitiveness. All in all a nice league to get some experience in before moving on to greater heights.
Guide written by
John10@FMFormation.net, PM me if you wanna use it elsewere
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