2019–20 Austrian Football Bundesliga

The 2019–20 Austrian Football Bundesliga, also known as Tipico Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, was the 108th season of top-tier football in Austria. Red Bull Salzburg are the six-times defending champions.

Austrian Bundesliga
Season2019–20
Dates26 July 2019 – 4 July 2020
ChampionsRed Bull Salzburg
(14th title)
RelegatedMattersburg
Champions LeagueRed Bull Salzburg
Rapid Wien
Europa LeagueLASK
Wolfsberger AC
Hartberg
Matches played192
Goals scored643 (3.35 per match)
Top goalscorerShon Weissman
(30 goals)[1]
Biggest home winRed Bull Salzburg 6 – 0 Rheindorf Altach
Rheindorf Altach 6 – 0 St. Pölten
Biggest away winSt. Pölten 0 – 6 Red Bull Salzburg
Highest scoringRed Bull Salzburg 7 – 2 Hartberg
Longest winning runRed Bull Salzburg (7 games)
Longest unbeaten runRed Bull Salzburg (18 games)
Longest winless runAdmira Wacker Mödling (9 games)
Longest losing runMattersburg (6 games)

In March 2020 the league matches were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

Teams

Changes

Wacker Innsbruck were relegated after just one season. WSG Tirol was promoted as champions of the 2018–19 Austrian Football Second League for the first time since 1970–71 season.

Stadia and locations
Location of teams in the 2019–20 Austrian Football Bundesliga

Team

Location

Venue

Capacity

Admira Wacker Mödling Maria Enzersdorf BSFZ-Arena 7,000
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
St. Pölten Sankt Pölten NV Arena 8,000
Sturm Graz Graz Merkur-Arena 16,364
SV Mattersburg Mattersburg Pappelstadion 17,100
TSV Hartberg Hartberg Stadion Hartberg 5,000
Wolfsberger AC Wolfsberg Lavanttal-Arena 7,300
WSG Tirol Innsbruck Tivoli-Neu 16,008

Regular season

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Red Bull Salzburg 22 14 6 2 74 26 +48 48 Qualification for the Championship round
2 LASK[lower-alpha 1] 22 17 3 2 50 20 +30 42
3 Rapid Wien 22 11 7 4 47 26 +21 40
4 Wolfsberger AC 22 11 5 6 50 27 +23 38
5 Sturm Graz 22 9 5 8 37 28 +9 32
6 Hartberg 22 8 5 9 36 50 −14 29
7 Austria Wien 22 5 10 7 33 36 −3 25 Qualification for the Relegation round
8 Rheindorf Altach 22 7 3 12 34 44 −10 24
9 Admira Wacker Mödling 22 4 7 11 22 43 −21 19
10 WSG Tirol 22 5 4 13 26 50 −24 19
11 Mattersburg 22 5 3 14 26 52 −26 18
12 St. Pölten 22 3 8 11 21 54 −33 17
Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga
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.
Notes:
  1. LASK were deducted 12 points due to violation of pandemic restrictions.[3]

Results
Home \ Away ADM AWI ALT HAR LIN MAT RWI RBS STP STU WAT WOL
Admira Wacker Mödling — 0–0 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–3 0–3 1–1 1–1 0–2 3–1 0–3
Austria Wien 1–1 — 2–0 5–0 0–3 2–1 1–3 2–2 0–0 1–0 2–3 1–1
Rheindorf Altach 1–4 2–2 — 3–3 0–1 0–2 0–3 3–2 6–0 1–2 3–2 2–1
Hartberg 4–1 2–2 2–1 — 1–2 3–1 2–2 2–2 3–2 1–0 0–3 0–2
LASK 1–0 2–0 2–0 5–1 — 7–2 0–4 2–2 4–1 3–3 1–1 0–1
Mattersburg 1–2 1–5 0–0 2–1 0–1 — 2–3 0–3 0–1 3–3 0–2 1–4
Rapid Wien 5–0 2–2 2–1 3–3 1–2 3–1 — 0–2 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–1
Red Bull Salzburg 5–0 4–1 6–0 7–2 2–3 4–1 3–2 — 2–2 2–0 5–1 5–2
St. Pölten 2–2 2–2 0–3 1–3 0–3 0–0 2–2 0–6 — 0–4 5–1 0–4
Sturm Graz 4–1 1–1 1–2 3–1 0–2 1–2 0–1 1–1 3–0 — 2–0 0–4
WSG Tirol 1–1 3–1 0–4 0–1 0–2 1–3 0–2 1–5 1–1 1–5 — 2–0
Wolfsberger AC 2–2 3–0 5–2 3–0 1–3 5–0 2–2 0–3 4–0 0–1 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 24, LASK 21 points, Rapid Wien 20, Wolfsberger AC 19, Sturm Graz 16, and Hartberg 14.The points of Hartberg were rounded down – in the event of any ties on points at the end of the playoffs, a half point will be added for this team.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RBS RWI WOL LIN HAR STU
1 Red Bull Salzburg (C) 32 22 8 2 110 34 +76 50 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round — 2–0 2–2 3–1 3–0 5–2
2 Rapid Wien 32 17 7 8 64 43 +21 38 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round 2–7 — 2–1 3–1 0–1 4–0
3 Wolfsberger AC 32 15 9 8 69 43 +26 35 Qualification for the Europa League group stage 0–0 3–1 — 3–3 2–4 2–0
4 LASK[lower-alpha 1] 32 20 4 8 67 37 +30 33 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round 0–3 0–1 0–1 — 1–2 4–0
5 Hartberg (O) 32 12 6 14 52 74 −22 27 Qualification for the Europa League play-off final 0–6 0–1 3–3 1–5 — 1–2
6 Sturm Graz 32 10 5 17 46 60 −14 19 1–5 2–3 1–2 0–2 1–4 —
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points with (possible) half points subtracted due to rounding; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Matches won; 6) Away matches won; 7) Head-to-head points; 8) Head-to-head goal difference; 9) Head-to-head goals scored.[6]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners
Notes:
  1. LASK were deducted 12 regular season points for violating regulations with concern to the coronavirus. Because point totals are halved before the championship round, this resulted in a deduction of 6 championship round points.[4] The punishment was later reduced to 4 points.[5]

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: Austria Wien 12, Rheindorf Altach 12, Admira Wacker Mödling 9, WSG Tirol 9, Mattersburg 9, and St. Pölten 8. The points of Austria Wien, Admira Wacker Mödling, WSG Tirol, and St. Pölten 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 or relegation AWI ALT STP MAT ADM WAT
1 Austria Wien 32 12 11 9 49 47 +2 34 Qualification for the Europa League play-off semi-final — 0–2 2–5 1–0 1–0 1–0
2 Rheindorf Altach 32 10 8 14 45 53 −8 26 1–2 — 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1
3 St. Pölten 32 8 10 14 39 65 −26 25 1–1 2–0 — 1–0 0–3 1–1
4 Mattersburg[lower-alpha 1] (R) 32 8 6 18 39 64 −25 21 Withdrawal 1–4 1–1 2–0 — 1–2 4–1
5 Admira Wacker Mödling 32 6 10 16 29 57 −28 18 0–2 1–1 0–3 0–2 — 0–3
6 WSG Tirol 32 6 8 18 34 66 −32 16 1–2 0–1 0–5 0–1 0–0 —
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points with (possible) half points subtracted due to rounding; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Matches won; 6) Away matches won; 7) Head-to-head points; 8) Head-to-head goal difference; 9) Head-to-head goals scored.[8]
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Mattersburg filed for insolvency and withdrew from the Bundesliga on 5 August 2020, sparing WSG Tirol from relegation.[7]

Europa League play-offs

The winner and the runner-up of the relegation round played a one-legged play-off semi-final match against each other. The winner played a two-legged final against the fifth-placed team from the championship round to determine the third Europa League participant.[9]

Semi-final
Austria Wien1–0Rheindorf Altach
  • Wimmer 27'
Referee: Sebastian Gishamer

Final
Austria Wien2–3Hartberg
Pichler 56'
Wimmer 79'		 Report Tadić 10', 64'
Dossou 74'
Referee: Christopher Jäger
Hartberg0–0Austria Wien
Report
Stadion Hartberg, Hartberg

Hartberg won 3–2 on aggregate.

Statistics

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals[1]
1 Israel Shon Weissman Wolfsberger AC 30
2 Zambia Patson Daka Red Bull Salzburg 24
3 Greece Taxiarchis Fountas Rapid Wien 19
Austria Dario Tadić Hartberg
5 Austria Christoph Monschein Austria Wien 17
6 Norway Erling Haaland Red Bull Salzburg 16
7 Turkey Sinan Bakış Admira Wacker Mödling 12
Slovenia Zlatko Dedić WSG Tirol
Austria Andreas Gruber Mattersburg
Brazil Klauss LASK

Awards
Award[10] Winner Club
Player of the Year Norway Erling Haaland Red Bull Salzburg
Top goalscorer Israel Shon Weissman Wolfsberger AC
Manager of the Year United States Jesse Marsch Red Bull Salzburg
Breakthrough of the Year Norway Erling Haaland Red Bull Salzburg
Team of the Year[11]
Goalkeeper Austria Alexander Schlager (LASK)
Defence Greece

Anastasios Avlonitis (Strum Graz)

Georgia (country)

Jano (Rapid Wien)

 Austria

Gernot Trauner (LASK)

Midfield Austria Reinhold Ranftl

(LASK)

Israel Shon Weissman

(Wolfsberger)

 Austria Michael Liendl

(Wolfsberger)

Austria

Zlatko Junuzović (Red Bull Salzburg)

Slovenia

Rajko Rep (Hartberg)

 Austria Andreas Ulmer

(Red Bull Salzburg)

Attack

Greece Taxiarchis Fountas (Rapid Wien)

References
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  2. "Bundesliga.at - Tipico Bundesliga unterbricht bis Anfang Mai". www.bundesliga.at.
  3. "LASK Linz deducted points for coronavirus team training violations". Sports Illustrated. 28 May 2020.
  4. "LASK Linz lose Austrian Bundesliga title lead after points deduction for breaking coronavirus rules". Evening Standard. 29 May 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  5. "LASK akzeptiert 4-Punkte-Abzug" (in German). Sky Sports Austria. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  6. "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  7. "SV Mattersburg stellt Insolvenzantrag und gibt Bundesliga-Lizenz ab" [SV Mattersburg files for insolvency and gives up Bundesliga license]. derstandard.at (in German). Der Standard. 5 August 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  8. "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  9. "Die Details der Ligareform: so wird ab 2018/19 gespielt". 2 December 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  10. red, ORF at/Agenturen (2020-11-16). "Fußball: Bruno-Gala ganz im Zeichen von Salzburg". sport.ORF.at (in German). Retrieved 2022-12-28.
  11. enwsi.gr (2020-07-20). "Ο Φούντας στην ενδεκάδα της χρονιάς στην Αυστρία (ΦΩΤΟ)". Enwsi.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2022-12-28.
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