2021–22 Austrian Football Bundesliga

Austrian Bundesliga
Season2021–22
Dates23 July 2021 – 29 May 2022
ChampionsRed Bull Salzburg
(16th title)
RelegatedAdmira Wacker Mödling
Champions LeagueRed Bull Salzburg
Sturm Graz
Europa LeagueAustria Wien
Europa Conference LeagueWolfsberger AC
Rapid Wien
Matches played195
Goals scored563 (2.89 per match)
Top goalscorerKarim Adeyemi, Giacomo Vrioni
(19 goals)
Biggest home winRed Bull Salzburg 7–1 Ried
(1 August 2021)
Biggest away winAustria Klagenfurt 0–6 Red Bull Salzburg
(10 April 2022)
Highest scoringRed Bull Salzburg 7–1 Ried
(1 August 2021)
Longest winning run10 matches
Red Bull Salzburg
Longest unbeaten run15 matches
Red Bull Salzburg
Longest winless run8 matches
WSG Tirol
Admira Wacker Mödling
Longest losing run6 matches
Rheindorf Altach

The 2021–22 Austrian Football Bundesliga, also known as Admiral Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, was the 110th season of top-tier football in Austria. The title was won by Red Bull Salzburg for the sixteenth time in their history, and ninth time in a row.[1]

Teams

Changes

St. Pölten was relegated to the 2021-22 Austrian Football Second League after finishing in last place in the 2020-21 Relegation Round.[2] SK Austria Klagenfurt was promoted as champions of the 2020–21 Austrian Football Second League, despite finishing third in that competition. FC Blau-Weiß Linz finished in first, but did not apply for a Bundesliga license [3] and FC Liefering took second place, but as a feeder team for FC Red Bull Salzburg, were also ineligible for promotion.

Stadia and locations

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Location of teams in the 2021–22 Austrian Football Bundesliga

Team

Location

Venue

Capacity

Admira Wacker Mödling Maria Enzersdorf BSFZ-Arena 7,000
SK Austria Klagenfurt Klagenfurt Wörthersee Stadion 29,863
Austria Wien Vienna Generali Arena 17,500
LASK Linz Waldstadion Pasching 6,009
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 Profertil Arena Hartberg 4,635
Wolfsberger AC Wolfsberg Lavanttal-Arena 7,300
WSG Tirol Innsbruck Tivoli Stadion Tirol 16,008

Regular season

League table

Austrian Bundesliga regular season table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Red Bull Salzburg 22 17 4 1 50 13 +37 55 Qualification for the Championship round
2 Sturm Graz 22 10 7 5 46 32 +14 37
3 Wolfsberger AC 22 11 4 7 34 32 +2 37
4 Austria Wien 22 8 9 5 31 23 +8 33
5 Rapid Wien 22 8 7 7 35 31 +4 31
6 Austria Klagenfurt 22 7 9 6 31 33 −2 30
7 Ried 22 7 8 7 31 41 −10 29 Qualification for the Relegation round
8 LASK 22 6 7 9 28 29 −1 25
9 WSG Tirol 22 5 8 9 30 42 −12 23
10 Hartberg 22 5 7 10 29 35 −6 22
11 Admira Wacker Mödling 22 4 8 10 25 31 −6 20
12 Rheindorf Altach 22 3 4 15 10 38 −28 13
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]

Results

Home \ Away ADM KLA AWI ALT HAR LIN RWI RBS STU RIE WAT WOL
Admira Wacker Mödling — 4–0 1–2 2–0 1–1 0–3 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–1
Austria Klagenfurt 3–3 — 0–0 2–0 4–3 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–3 1–1 2–1 1–1
Austria Wien 2–2 1–1 — 0–0 2–0 2–3 1–1 0–1 2–1 4–1 1–1 1–0
Rheindorf Altach 0–2 0–4 0–2 — 0–2 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–3 1–2
Hartberg 1–1 0–2 3–4 1–2 — 2–1 1–1 0–1 3–2 1–1 0–1 2–2
LASK 3–1 2–2 0–2 0–1 1–1 — 1–1 0–0 1–3 1–0 3–0 0–1
Rapid Wien 1–2 3–0 1–1 1–0 0–2 3–2 — 1–2 0–3 3–0 5–2 3–0
Red Bull Salzburg 0–0 3–1 1–0 4–0 2–1 3–1 2–0 — 4–1 7–1 5–0 2–0
Sturm Graz 1–1 2–1 2–2 3–1 3–0 3–3 2–2 1–3 — 1–0 5–0 0–3
SV Ried 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–2 2–2 — 3–2 3–3
WSG Tirol 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 0–2 1–3 2–2 4–2 — 5–1
Wolfsberger AC 3–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 1–3 1–0 4–1 0–2 1–4 2–1 2–2 —
Source: soccerway.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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 18, Wolfsberger AC 18, Austria Wien 16, Rapid Wien 15, and Austria Klagenfurt 15. The points of all teams but Austria Klagenfurt 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 AWI WOL RWI KLA
1 Red Bull Salzburg (C) 32 25 5 2 77 19 +58 52 Qualification for the Champions League group stage — 1–0 5–0 4–0 2–1 1–1
2 Sturm Graz 32 16 8 8 62 46 +16 37 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round 2–1 — 1–0 1–4 2–1 3–1
3 Austria Wien 32 11 13 8 44 39 +5 29 Qualification for the Europa League play-off round 1–2 4–2 — 2–1 1–1 1–1
4 Wolfsberger AC 32 14 5 13 48 53 −5 28 Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round 1–4 0–2 1–1 — 2–1 1–2
5 Rapid Wien (O) 32 10 11 11 48 45 +3 25 Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 — 2–2
6 Austria Klagenfurt 32 8 12 12 43 57 −14 21 0–6 1–2 1–2 2–3 1–3 —
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.[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: Ried 14, LASK 12, Tirol 11, Hartberg 11, Admira Wacker 10, and Rheindorf Altach 6. The points of Ried, LASK, Tirol, 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.

Austrian Bundesliga relegation round table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification WAT LIN ALT RIE HAR ADM
1 WSG Tirol 32 10 10 12 46 58 −12 28 Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs — 4–0 0–3 2–0 4–2 0–0
2 LASK 32 9 12 11 44 42 +2 26 6–0 — 2–1 0–2 3–3 3–1
3 Rheindorf Altach 32 7 8 17 24 49 −25 22 2–1 0–0 — 1–1 0–0 2–2
4 Ried 32 8 13 11 40 54 −14 22 2–3 1–1 1–2 — 0–0 1–1
5 Hartberg 32 7 12 13 43 47 −4 22 0–1 0–0 4–0 1–1 — 1–2
6 Admira Wacker Mödling (R) 32 6 13 13 36 46 −10 21 Relegation to Austrian Football Second League 1–1 1–1 0–3 2–0 1–3 —
Source: Austrian 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.[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
7 WSG Tirol 1 0 1
7 WSG Tirol 2 5 Rapid Wien 2 2 4
8 LASK 1


Semi-final

WSG Tirol2–1LASK
 Report
Referee: Rene Eisner

Final

WSG Tirol1–2Rapid Wien
 Report
Referee: Sebastian Gishamer
Rapid Wien2–0WSG Tirol
 Report
Referee: Stefan Ebner

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 29 May 2022[6][7]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Germany Karim Adeyemi Red Bull Salzburg 19
Albania Giacomo Vrioni WSG Tirol 19
3 Austria Jakob Jantscher Sturm Graz 14
4 Austria Manprit Sarkaria Sturm Graz 13
5 Austria Markus Pink Austria Klagenfurt 12
6 Italy Kelvin Yeboah Sturm Graz 11
Israel Tai Baribo Wolfsberger AC 11
8 Austria Dario Tadić Hartberg 10
Austria Sascha Horvath LASK 10
10 8 players 9

Awards

Annual awards

Award[8] Winner Club
Player of the Year Austria Jakob Jantscher Sturm Graz
Top goalscorer Germany Karim Adeyemi Red Bull Salzburg
Manager of the Year Germany Matthias Jaissle Red Bull Salzburg
Breakthrough of the Year Austria Nicolas Seiwald Red Bull Salzburg

Team of the Year

Team of the Year[9]
Goalkeeper Austria Patrick Pentz (Austria Wien)
Defence Denmark Rasmus Kristensen (Red Bull Salzburg) Austria Maximilian Wöber (Red Bull Salzburg) Switzerland Gregory Wüthrich (Sturm Graz) Austria Andreas Ulmer (Red Bull Salzburg)
Midfield Austria Manprit Sarkaria (Sturm Graz) Mali Mohamed Camara (Red Bull Salzburg) Austria Nicolas Seiwald (Red Bull Salzburg) Austria Marco Grüll (Rapid Wien)
Attack

Germany Karim Adeyemi (Red Bull Salzburg)

Austria Jakob Jantscher (Sturm Graz)

References

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