2021–22_Austrian_Football_Bundesliga
2021–22 Austrian Football Bundesliga
109th season of top-tier football in Austria
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]
| Season | 2021–22 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 23 July 2021 – 29 May 2022 |
| Champions | Red Bull Salzburg (16th title) |
| Relegated | Admira Wacker Mödling |
| Champions League | Red Bull Salzburg Sturm Graz |
| Europa League | Austria Wien |
| Europa Conference League | Wolfsberger AC Rapid Wien |
| Matches played | 195 |
| Goals scored | 563 (2.89 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Karim Adeyemi, Giacomo Vrioni (19 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Red Bull Salzburg 7–1 Ried (1 August 2021) |
| Biggest away win | Austria Klagenfurt 0–6 Red Bull Salzburg (10 April 2022) |
| Highest scoring | Red Bull Salzburg 7–1 Ried (1 August 2021) |
| Longest winning run | 10 matches Red Bull Salzburg |
| Longest unbeaten run | 15 matches Red Bull Salzburg |
| Longest winless run | 8 matches WSG Tirol Admira Wacker Mödling |
| Longest losing run | 6 matches Rheindorf Altach |
← 2020–21 2022–23 → | |
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
|
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 |
League 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 |
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 | — |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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 | — |
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
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.
| 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 | — |
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
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
Final
Top scorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Karim Adeyemi |
Red Bull Salzburg | 19 |
 Giacomo Vrioni |
WSG Tirol | 19 | |
| 3 |  Jakob Jantscher |
Sturm Graz | 14 |
| 4 | Manprit Sarkaria |
Sturm Graz | 13 |
| 5 | Markus Pink |
Austria Klagenfurt | 12 |
| 6 |  Kelvin Yeboah |
Sturm Graz | 11 |
 Tai Baribo |
Wolfsberger AC | 11 | |
| 8 | Dario Tadić |
Hartberg | 10 |
| Sascha Horvath |
LASK | 10 | |
| 10 | 8 players | 9 | |
Annual awards
| Award[8] | Winner | Club |
|---|---|---|
| Player of the Year | Jakob Jantscher |
Sturm Graz |
| Top goalscorer | Karim Adeyemi |
Red Bull Salzburg |
| Manager of the Year | Matthias Jaissle |
Red Bull Salzburg |
| Breakthrough of the Year | Nicolas Seiwald |
Red Bull Salzburg |
Team of the Year
| Team of the Year[9] | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeeper | Patrick Pentz (Austria Wien) | |||||||||||
| Defence |  Rasmus Kristensen (Red Bull Salzburg) |
Maximilian Wöber (Red Bull Salzburg) |
 Gregory Wüthrich (Sturm Graz) |
Andreas Ulmer (Red Bull Salzburg) | ||||||||
| Midfield | Manprit Sarkaria (Sturm Graz) |
 Mohamed Camara (Red Bull Salzburg) |
Nicolas Seiwald (Red Bull Salzburg) |
Marco Grüll (Rapid Wien) | ||||||||
| Attack |
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Jakob Jantscher (Sturm Graz) | ||||||||||
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