2016–17_Austrian_Football_Bundesliga

2016–17 Austrian Football Bundesliga

105th season of top-tier football league in Austria

The 2016–17 Austrian Football Bundesliga was the 105th season of top-tier football in Austria. Red Bull Salzburg are the defending champions. The fixtures were announced on 14 June 2016.^[1] The season began on 23 July 2016 and ended on 28 May 2017.

Quick Facts Season, Dates ...

Austrian Bundesliga
Season	2016–17
Dates	23 July 2016 – 28 May 2017
Champions	Red Bull Salzburg
Relegated	SV Ried
Champions League	Red Bull Salzburg
Europa League	Austria Wien Sturm Graz Rheindorf Altach
Matches played	360
Goals scored	488 (1.36 per match)
Top goalscorer	Olarenwaju Kayode (17 goals)
Biggest home win	Wolfsberger AC 5–0 Mödling Rapid Wien 5–0 Ried Salzburg 5–0 Austria Wien
Biggest away win	Mödling 1–6 Austria Wien Altach 0–5 Salzburg Ried 1–6 Salzburg
Highest scoring	Mödling 1–6 Austria Wien Ried 1–6 Salzburg
Highest attendance	25,452 Rapid Wien 1–2 Sturm Graz (27 November 2016)
Lowest attendance	1,258 St. Pölten 0–4 Wolfsberger AC (30 November 2016)
Total attendance	1,268,237
Average attendance	7,046
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

Teams

St. Pölten, the 2015–16 First League champion, returned to the top level 22 years after their relegation.

Stadia and locations

Location of teams in the 2016–17 Austrian Football Bundesliga

More information Team, Location ...

Team	Location	Venue	Capacity
Admira Wacker Mödling	Maria Enzersdorf	BSFZ-Arena	10,800
Austria Wien	Vienna	Ernst-Happel-Stadion	50,865
Rapid Wien	Vienna	Allianz Stadion	28,000
Red Bull Salzburg	Wals-Siezenheim	Red Bull Arena	30,188
Rheindorf Altach	Altach	Stadion Schnabelholz	8,500
SV Ried	Ried im Innkreis	Keine Sorgen Arena	7,334
St. Pölten	Sankt Pölten	NV Arena	8,000
Sturm Graz	Graz	Merkur-Arena	15,323
SV Mattersburg	Mattersburg	Pappelstadion	17,100
Wolfsberger AC	Wolfsberg	Lavanttal-Arena	7,300

Personnel and kits

More information Team, Chairman ...

Team	Chairman	Manager	Manufacturer	Sponsors
Admira Wacker	Philip Thonhauser	Oliver Lederer	Nike	Flyeralarm
SCR Altach	Johannes Engl	Martin Scherb	Jako	Cashpoint
Austria Wien	Wolfgang Katzian	Thorsten Fink	Nike	Verbund
Rapid Wien	Michael Krammer	Damir Canadi	adidas	Wien Energie
SV Ried	Johann Willminger	Christian Benbennek	hummel	Josko
RB Salzburg	Rudolf Theierl	Óscar García	Nike	Red Bull
St. Pölten	Gottfried Tröstl	Jochen Fallmann	Jako	Hypo Noe
Sturm Graz	Christian Jauk	Franco Foda	Lotto	Puntigamer
SV Mattersburg	Martin Pucher	Ivica Vastić	Puma	Bauwelt Koch
Wolfsberger AC	Dietmar Riegler	Heimo Pfeifenberger	Jako	RZ Pellets

League table

More information Pos, Pld ...

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Red Bull Salzburg (C)	36	25	6	5	74	24	+50	81	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Austria Wien	36	20	3	13	72	50	+22	63	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
3	Sturm Graz	36	19	3	14	55	39	+16	60	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
4	Rheindorf Altach	36	15	8	13	46	49	−3	53	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
5	Rapid Wien	36	12	10	14	52	42	+10	46
6	Admira Wacker Mödling	36	13	7	16	36	55	−19	46
7	Mattersburg	36	12	7	17	39	54	−15	43
8	Wolfsberger AC	36	11	9	16	40	59	−19	42
9	St. Pölten	36	9	10	17	41	60	−19	37
10	Ried (R)	36	10	5	21	33	56	−23	35	Relegation to Austrian Football First League

Source: weltfussball.de (in German), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Matches won; 5) Away matches won; 6) Head-to-head points; 7) Head-to-head goal difference; 8) Head-to-head goals scored.^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

More information Home \ Away, ADM ...

First half of season

Home \ Away	ADM	AWI	ALT	RWI	RBS	RIE	StP	STU	MAT	WOL
Admira Wacker Mödling	—	0–2	1–2	1–2	0–4	1–0	1–1	0–3	1–0	4–1
Austria Wien	1–2	—	3–1	1–4	1–3	2–0	2–1	2–0	3–1	4–1
Rheindorf Altach	2–0	5–1	—	1–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	1–0
Rapid Wien	4–0	0–2	1–1	—	0–0	5–0	1–0	1–2	3–0	0–1
Red Bull Salzburg	0–1	4–1	4–1	2–1	—	1–0	2–0	0–1	3–1	1–1
Ried	2–1	1–1	2–1	4–2	0–2	—	1–2	1–0	2–1	0–1
St. Pölten	2–1	1–2	0–1	1–1	1–5	2–3	—	1–3	2–2	0–4
Sturm Graz	0–2	3–1	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–2	—	2–2	3–0
Mattersburg	0–1	0–2	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	—	3–1
Wolfsberger AC	5–0	0–3	1–2	1–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	0–4	3–0	—

Source: weltfussball.de (in German)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Second half of season

Home \ Away	ADM	AWI	ALT	RWI	RBS	RIE	StP	STU	MAT	WOL
Admira Wacker Mödling	—	1–6	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–2	3–2
Austria Wien	0–2	—	1–3	1–1	2–3	3–0	1–2	4–1	2–0	3–0
Rheindorf Altach	0–0	1–1	—	3–1	0–5	0–2	1–2	1–2	3–0	2–1
Rapid Wien	0–0	0–2	3–0	—	0–1	3–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	4–0
Red Bull Salzburg	2–0	5–0	1–0	1–0	—	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	3–0
Ried	1–0	0–3	2–0	3–0	1–6	—	1–1	0–3	2–3	1–1
St. Pölten	2–2	2–1	3–3	1–1	1–2	1–0	—	2–1	1–0	1–1
Sturm Graz	2–1	0–4	3–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	3–2	—	0–2	4–0
Mattersburg	2–0	0–3	1–0	1–3	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	—	2–1
Wolfsberger AC	1–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	—

Season statistics

More information Rank, Scorerbb ...

Top goalscorers

As of 29 May 2017^[2]

Rank	Scorerbb	Club	Goals
1	Olarenwaju Kayode	Austria	17
2	Deni Alar	Sturm	16
3	Hwang Hee-chan	Salzburg	12
4	Takumi Minamino	Salzburg	11
4	Alexander Grünwald	Austria	11
6	Dimitri Oberlin	Altach	10
	Christoph Monschein	Admira
	Nikola Dovedan	Altach
9	Jonathan Soriano	Salzburg	8
	Patrick Bürger	SV Mattersburg
	Ismael Tajouri	Austria
	Joelinton	Rapid Wien
	Christoph Knasmüllner	Admira
	Raphael Holzhauser	Austria
15	Giorgi Kvilitaia	Rapid Wien	7
	Moumi Ngamaleu	Altach
	Lucas Venuto	Austria
	Philipp Prosenik	Wolfsberger AC
	Valon Berisha	Salzburg

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	SK Rapid Wien	378,594	25,452	16,815	21,033	+24.8%^†
2	Sturm Graz	189,544	16,604	7,487	10,530	+24.0%^†
3	Austria Wien	142,590	15,576	5,143	7,921	+10.6%^†
4	Red Bull Salzburg	140,984	15,692	3,889	7,832	−7.7%^†
5	Rheindorf Altach	95,930	7,462	3,836	5,329	+11.5%^†
6	Ried	73,848	6,611	2,448	4,102	+1.7%^†
7	St. Pölten	67,234	7,871	1,258	3,735	+36.7%¹
8	Wolfsberger AC	66,747	6,110	2,572	3,708	+4.3%^†
9	Mattersburg	64,939	9,527	1,890	3,607	−26.6%^†
10	Admira Wacker Mödling	47,827	5,036	1,576	2,657	−6.7%^†
	League total	1,268,237	25,452	1,258	7,046	+12.4%^†

Source: bundesliga.at
Notes:
1: Team played last season in First League

Awards

Annual awards

Player of the Year

The Player of the Year awarded to Andreas Ulmer (Red Bull Salzburg)

Top goalscorer

The Top goalscorer of the Year awarded to Olarenwaju Kayode (Austria Wien)

Manager of the Year

The Manager of the Year awarded to Oscar Garcia (Red Bull Salzburg)

Breakthrough of the Year

The Breakthrough of the Year awarded to Konrad Laimer (Red Bull Salzburg)

Team of the Year

Walke

Miranda

Lainer

Netzer

Lykogiannis

Laimer

Grünwald

Berisha

Alar

Kayode

Venuto

Goalkeeper: Alexander Walke (Red Bull Salzburg)
Defence: Stefan Lainer (Red Bull Salzburg),

Paulo Miranda (Red Bull Salzburg), Philipp Netzer (Rheindorf Altach), Charalampos Lykogiannis (Sturm Graz)

Midfield: Lucas Venuto (Austria Wien), Konrad Laimer (Red Bull Salzburg) , Alexander Grünwald (Austria Wien), Valon Berisha (Red Bull Salzburg)
Attack: Deni Alar (Sturm Graz), Olarenwaju Kayode (Austria Wien)

References

[1]
"Spielplan für die tipico Bundesliga 2016/17". www.bundesliga.at. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2016.^{[permanent dead link]}
[2]
"Bundesliga.at - Torschützenliste" (in German). Archived from the original on 2016-11-19. Retrieved 18 November 2016.

External links

Official website (in German)

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