The Austrian Football Bundesliga is currently known as tipico Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons. In the Tipico Bundesliga, 10 teams play a "double championship" with each team playing every other twice at home and twice away during a championship year which is divided into an autumn and a spring season. The season typically lasts from July to June of the following year. At the end of the season, the team finishing in last place in the table is relegated to the Sky Go Erste Liga, the champion of which is promoted to the Tipico Bundesliga.

The Bundesliga champion and the second placed team qualify for the UEFA Champions League, and the clubs at positions 3 and 4, as well as the Austrian Cup winner, enter the qualification rounds for the UEFA Europa League. In the event that the Bundesliga champion is also the Austrian Cup winner, the fifth placed team enters the UEFA Europa League.