2022–23 Austrian Football Bundesliga

111th season of top-tier football in Austria
Football league season
Austrian Bundesliga
Season2022–23
Dates22 July 2022 – 3 June 2023
ChampionsRed Bull Salzburg
(17th title)
RelegatedRied
Champions LeagueRed Bull Salzburg
Sturm Graz
Europa LeagueLASK
Europa Conference LeagueRapid Wien
Austria Wien
Matches played193
Goals scored571 (2.96 per match)
Top goalscorerGuido Burgstaller
(21 goals)
Biggest home winRapid Wien 5–1 Hartberg
Red Bull Salzburg 4–0 Lustenau
Sturm Graz 4–0 Rheindorf Altach
Biggest away winLustenau 0–6 Salzburg
Highest scoringWolfsberg 3–4 Klagenfurt
Longest winning run8 games
Salzburg
Longest unbeaten run19 games
Salzburg
Longest winless run11 games
Ried
Longest losing run5 games
Wolfsberg
Total attendance1,347,132
Average attendance7,443
All statistics correct as of 5 June 2023.

The 2022–23 Austrian Football Bundesliga, also known as Admiral Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, was the 111th season of top-tier football in Austria. Red Bull Salzburg were the nine-times defending champions.[1] The season began on 22 July 2022. The regular season scheduled for November was postponed until the conclusion of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The league resumed on 10 February and concluded on 3 June 2023. Red Bull Salzburg defended their title for the tenth consecutive season.

Teams

Changes

Admira Wacker Mödling were relegated to the 2022–23 Austrian Football Second League after finishing in last place in the 2021–22 Relegation Round, ending their eleven-year stay in the top flight.[2] Austria Lustenau were promoted, after a twenty-two year hiatus, as champions of the 2021–22 Austrian Football Second League.

Stadia and locations

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Location of teams in the 2022–23 Austrian Football Bundesliga

Team

Location

Venue

Capacity

Austria Klagenfurt Klagenfurt Wörthersee Stadion 29,863
Austria Lustenau Lustenau Reichshofstadion 8,800
Austria Wien Vienna Generali Arena 17,500
LASK Linz Raiffeisen Arena 19,080
Rapid Wien Vienna Allianz Stadion 28,000
Red Bull Salzburg Wals-Siezenheim Red Bull Arena 17,218 (30,188)
Rheindorf Altach Altach Stadion Schnabelholz 8,500
Sturm Graz Graz Merkur-Arena 16,364
SV Ried Ried im Innkreis Keine Sorgen Arena 7,680
TSV Hartberg Hartberg TSV Hartberg 4,635
Wolfsberger AC Wolfsberg Lavanttal-Arena 7,300
WSG Tirol Innsbruck Tivoli Stadion Tirol 16,008

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Austria Klagenfurt Austria Peter Pacult Austria Markus Pink Capelli Sport 28 Black
Austria Lustenau Austria Markus Mader Austria Matthias Maak Uhlsport Hypo Vorarlberg Bank
Austria Wien Austria Cem Sekerlioglu Germany Lukas Mühl Nike Frankstahl
LASK Austria Dietmar Kühbauer Austria Alexander Schlager BWT Backaldrin Kornspritz
Rapid Wien Austria Zoran Barisic Austria Maximilian Hofmann Puma Wien Energie
Red Bull Salzburg Germany Matthias Jaissle Austria Andreas Ulmer Nike Red Bull
Rheindorf Altach Germany Miroslav Klose Austria Jan Zwischenbrugger Jako Cashpoint
Sturm Graz Austria Christian Ilzer Austria Stefan Hierländer Nike Puntigamer
SV Ried Austria Christian Heinle Austria Marcel Ziegl Hummel Guntamatic
TSV Hartberg Austria Klaus Schmidt Austria René Swete Adidas Eggerglas, Admiral, Profertil, Spermbooster, Boxxenstopp
Wolfsberger AC Germany Robin Dutt Austria Mario Leitgeb San Sirro RZ Pellets
WSG Tirol Austria Thomas Silberberger Germany Ferdinand Oswald Puma Swarovski

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Red Bull Salzburg 22 17 4 1 49 13 +36 55 Qualification for the Championship round
2 Sturm Graz 22 14 6 2 37 15 +22 48
3 LASK 22 10 8 4 38 28 +10 38
4 Rapid Wien 22 10 3 9 34 26 +8 33
5 Austria Wien 22 10 5 7 37 31 +6 32[a]
6 Austria Klagenfurt 22 9 3 10 35 40 −5 30
7 WSG Tirol 22 8 4 10 32 37 −5 28 Qualification for the Relegation round
8 Austria Lustenau 22 7 6 9 29 37 −8 27
9 Wolfsberger AC 22 6 3 13 35 41 −6 21
10 Hartberg 22 5 3 14 22 42 −20 18
11 SV Ried 22 4 6 12 16 32 −16 18
12 Rheindorf Altach 22 4 5 13 22 44 −22 17
Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Matches won; 6) Away matches won; 7) Away goals scored.[4]
Notes:
  1. ^ Austria Wien were deducted 3 points due to license violation.[3]

Results

Home \ Away KLA LUS AWI ALT HAR LIN RWI RBS STU RIE WAT WOL
Austria Klagenfurt — 2–1 3–3 3–0 1–0 1–3 0–1 0–1 0–2 1–0 2–3 0–3
Austria Lustenau 4–2 — 1–0 3–0 4–1 1–1 3–3 0–6 0–2 0–0 2–1 1–3
Austria Wien 3–1 2–2 — 2–1 3–0 1–1 2–0 1–3 0–3 3–0 2–1 0–1
Rheindorf Altach 1–4 1–2 3–2 — 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–3 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–2
Hartberg 2–3 1–1 0–3 2–1 — 2–2 1–2 0–2 1–2 2–0 1–5 2–1
LASK 3–1 1–0 2–2 4–1 0–3 — 2–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–4 4–1
Rapid Wien 0–1 1–1 1–2 3–0 5–1 1–0 — 2–4 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–3
Red Bull Salzburg 2–0 4–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 — 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–1
Sturm Graz 1–2 2–0 3–1 4–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 — 2–1 2–1 3–2
SV Ried 2–2 1–0 1–3 2–3 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–3 1–1 — 1–2 0–0
WSG Tirol 2–2 3–2 0–0 0–0 2–1 2–3 0–5 1–3 0–2 2–0 — 1–3
Wolfsberger AC 3–4 0–1 1–2 2–3 3–1 1–5 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–2 —
Source: soccerway.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by round

Updated to match(es) played on 19 March 2023. Source: Soccerway.com
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
Red Bull Salzburg1732221111111111111111
Sturm Graz6343434332222222222222
LASK2211112223333333333333
Rapid Wien5125553444445744544444
Austria Wien12121212989657667677666565
Austria Klagenfurt1111116896775554556777756
WSG Tirol9677667999986465455677
Austria Lustenau358434556889101088888888
Wolfsberger AC7910111210118867798109999999
Hartberg489101178101011101212121212111111101010
SV Ried10469101110111112121111111111121212121111
Rheindorf Altach8105871212121210111089910101010111212
Relegation to Austrian 2. Liga
Updated to match(es) played on 19 March 2023. Source: bundesliga.at

Placement Progression

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.

Championship round

The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded down) before the start of the playoff. As a result, the teams started with the following points before the playoff: Red Bull Salzburg 27, Sturm Graz 24, LASK 19, Austria Wien 16, Rapid Wien 16, and Austria Klagenfurt 15. The points of Red Bull Salzburg and Rapid Wien were rounded down – in the event of any ties on points at the end of the playoffs, a half point will be added for these teams.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RBS STU LIN RWI AWI KLA
1 Red Bull Salzburg (C) 32 23 8 1 67 22 +45 49 Qualification for the Champions League group stage — 2–1 0–0 2–1 3–3 3–2
2 Sturm Graz 32 20 6 6 57 29 +28 42 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round 0–2 — 2–0 3–1 3–2 4–1
3 LASK 32 14 12 6 54 38 +16 35 Qualification for the Europa League play-off round 0–1 2–1 — 3–1 3–1 4–0
4 Rapid Wien 32 12 6 14 50 47 +3 25 Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round 1–1 3–2 1–1 — 3–3 3–1
5 Austria Wien (O) 32 11 10 11 55 52 +3 24 Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs 1–1 1–2 2–2 3–1 — 1–2
6 Austria Klagenfurt 32 11 5 16 45 63 −18 23 0–3 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 —
Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points with (possible) half points subtracted due to rounding; 3) Head-to-head points ; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Matches won; 10) Away matches won; 11) Away goals scored.[5]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners

Relegation round

The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded down) before the start of the playoff. As a result, the teams started with the following points before the playoff: Tirol 14, Lustenau 13, Wolfsberg 10, Hartberg 9, Ried 9, and Rheindorf Altach 8. The points of Lustenau, Hartberg and Rheindorf Altach were rounded down – in the event of any ties on points at the end of the playoffs, a half point will be added for these teams.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification WOL LUS WAT HAR ALT RIE
1 Wolfsberger AC 32 12 6 14 51 51 0 31 Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs — 2–2 2–0 2–2 0–0 1–0
2 Austria Lustenau 32 11 10 11 50 54 −4 29 1–3 — 2–4 5–1 1–0 2–2
3 WSG Tirol 32 10 8 14 44 53 −9 24 4–0 0–2 — 1–1 1–1 1–1
4 Hartberg 32 9 6 17 39 56 −17 24 0–2 0–1 5–0 — 2–2 2–0
5 Rheindorf Altach 32 6 10 16 29 53 −24 19 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 — 1–1
6 Ried (R) 32 4 11 17 27 50 −23 14 Relegation to Austrian Football Second League 1–2 4–4 1–1 1–3 0–1 —
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points with (possible) half points subtracted due to rounding; 3) Head-to-head points ; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Matches won; 10) Away matches won; 11) Away goals scored.[4]
(R) Relegated

Europa Conference League play-offs

The winner and runner-up of the relegation round, the fifth-placed team from the championship round play to determine the qualifier to the Europa Conference League second qualifying round.

Semi-final Finals
8 Austria Lustenau 1 0 1
7 Wolfsberger AC 1 5 Austria Wien 1 5 6
8 Austria Lustenau 2


Semi-final

Wolfsberger AC v Austria Lustenau
5 June 2023 Wolfsberger AC 1–2 (a.e.t.) Austria Lustenau Lavanttal-Arena, Wolfsberg
19:00 Baribo Yellow card 59' 85' (pen)
Scherzer Yellow card 90+4'
Omić Yellow card 113'
Kerschbaumer Yellow card 120+2'		 Report Maak Yellow card 84'
Grabher Yellow card 90'
Grujcic 90+6' (Rhein)
Fridrikas 105' (Rhein)
Cheukoua Yellow card 105+1'		 Referee: Christopher Jäger

Final

Austria Lustenau v Austria Wien
8 June 2023 Austria Lustenau 1–1 Austria Wien Reichshofstadion, Lustenau
17:00 Fridrikas 17' (Diaby)
Surdanovic Yellow card 55'
Grabher Yellow card 74'
Berger Yellow card 75'
Tiefenbach Yellow card 78'		 Report Braunöder Yellow card 25'
Martins Yellow card 34'
Fischer 46' (Holland) Yellow card 74'
Gruber Yellow card 48'
Holland Yellow card 74'		 Referee: Walter Altmann
Austria Wien v Austria Lustenau
11 June 2023 Austria Wien 5–0 Austria Lustenau Generali Arena, Vienna
17:00
Report

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 5 June 2023[6]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Austria Guido Burgstaller Rapid Wien 21
2 Switzerland Haris Tabaković Austria Wien 17
Israel Tai Baribo Wolfsberger AC
4 Slovenia Benjamin Šeško Red Bull Salzburg 16
Austria Markus Pink Austria Klagenfurt
6 AustriaLukas Fridrikas Austria Lustenau 15
7 Japan Keito Nakamura LASK 14
8 Croatia Marin Ljubičić LASK 12
9 Austria Robert Žulj LASK 11
10 Kosovo Atdhe Nuhiu Rheindorf Altach 10
Austria Junior Adamu Red Bull Salzburg
9 Austria Manprit Sarkaria Sturm Graz 9
Netherlands Emanuel Emegha Sturm Graz

Hat-tricks

Player Club Against Result Date
Croatia Marin Ljubičić LASK Wolfsberger AC 5–1 (H) 6 August 2022
Austria Markus Pink Austria Klagenfurt Rheindorf Altach 4–1 (A) 17 September 2022
Austria Guido Burgstaller Rapid Wien Hartberg 5–1 (H) 26 October 2022
Slovenia Benjamin Šeško Red Bull Salzburg Rapid Wien 4–2 (A) 5 March 2023

Top assists

As of 15 April 2023[7]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Cape Verde Bryan Teixeira Austria Lustenau 7
Austria Thorsten Röcher Wolfsberger AC
3 Brazil Anderson Austria Lustenau 6
Netherlands Ferdy Druijf Rapid Wien
Germany Maurice Malone Wolfsberger AC
6 Austria Andreas Ulmer Red Bull Salzburg 5
Austria Thorsten Schick Rapid Wien
Austria Dominik Fitz Austria Wien
Austria Manuel Thurnwald Rheindorf Altach
Austria Manprit Sarkaria Sturm Graz
Denmark Maurits Kjærgaard Red Bull Salzburg
Slovenia Sandi Ogrinec WSG Tirol
Germany Sinan Karweina Austria Klagenfurt

Discipline

Player

Club

  • Most yellow cards: 60[8]
    • Rapid Vienna
  • Most red cards: 7[8]
    • SV Ried
  • Fewest yellow cards: 38[8]
    • Wolfsberger AC
  • Fewest red cards: 1[8]
    • TSV Hartberg
    • Austria Wien
    • Sturm Graz
    • Wolfsberger AC

References

  1. ^ "Austrian Bundesliga". bundesliga.at/de (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Admira is relegated from the Bundesliga after eleven years". archyworldys.com. 21 May 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Ständig Neutrales Schiedsgericht weist Austria-Klage ab" [Permanent Neutral Arbitration Court dismisses Austria claim]. kicker.de (in German). kicker. 13 July 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Tore". www.bundesliga.at.
  7. ^ "Vorlagen". www.bundesliga.at.
  8. ^ a b c d e f "Österreich Bundesliga – Gelbe Karten". www.bundesliga.at. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
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