2020–21 Austrian Football Bundesliga

The 2020–21 Austrian Football Bundesliga, also known as Tipico Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, was the 109th season of top-tier football in Austria. Red Bull Salzburg were the seven-times defending champions.

Austrian Bundesliga
Season2020–21
Dates11 September 2020 – 23 May 2021
ChampionsRed Bull Salzburg
(15th title)
RelegatedSt. Pölten
Champions LeagueRed Bull Salzburg
Rapid Wien
Europa LeagueSturm Graz
Europa Conference LeagueLASK
Austria Wien
Matches played165
Goals scored497 (3.01 per match)
Top goalscorerPatson Daka
(27 goals)
Biggest home winRed Bull Salzburg 7–1 Hartberg
(4 October 2020)
Biggest away winSt. Pölten 2–8 Red Bull Salzburg
(28 November 2020)
Highest scoringSt. Pölten 2–8 Red Bull Salzburg
(28 November 2020)
Longest winning run6 matches
Red Bull Salzburg
Longest unbeaten run7 matches
Red Bull Salzburg
Rapid Wien
Longest winless run8 matches
Ried
Longest losing run5 matches
Ried
Hartberg

Teams

Changes

Mattersburg withdrew from the Bundesliga after 17 seasons due to filing for insolvency, sparing WSG Tirol from relegation.[1] SV Ried was promoted as champions of the 2019–20 Austrian Football Second League after having been relegated from the Bundesliga at the end of the 2016–17 season.

Stadia and locations
Location of teams in the 2020–21 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 Ried Ried im Innkreis Keine Sorgen Arena 7,680
TSV Hartberg Hartberg Stadion Hartberg 4,635
Wolfsberger AC Wolfsberg Lavanttal-Arena 7,300
WSG Tirol Innsbruck Tivoli Stadion Tirol 16,008

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Red Bull Salzburg 22 17 1 4 67 24 +43 52 Qualification for the Championship round
2 Rapid Wien 22 13 6 3 43 25 +18 45
3 LASK 22 13 3 6 42 21 +21 42
4 Sturm Graz 22 11 6 5 34 20 +14 39
5 Wolfsberger AC 22 10 3 9 40 39 +1 33
6 WSG Tirol 22 8 6 8 37 34 +3 30
7 Hartberg 22 7 8 7 25 38 −13 29 Qualification for the Relegation round
8 Austria Wien 22 6 7 9 31 32 −1 25
9 St. Pölten 22 5 6 11 33 43 −10 21
10 Rheindorf Altach 22 6 3 13 20 43 −23 21
11 Ried 22 4 4 14 21 46 −25 16
12 Admira Wacker Mödling 22 3 5 14 22 50 −28 14
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.[2]

Results
Home \ Away ADM AWI ALT HAR LIN WAT RWI RBS STP STU RIE WOL
Admira Wacker Mödling — 0–4 3–1 2–3 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–5 0–0 3–1 1–3
Austria Wien 2–2 — 5–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 0–2 1–1 0–4 2–1 3–5
Rheindorf Altach 4–2 0–0 — 1–1 0–1 0–2 0–0 0–2 0–4 2–1 2–1 0–2
Hartberg 2–1 2–1 1–0 — 1–1 1–0 1–3 0–3 3–3 1–1 1–1 0–2
LASK 4–0 1–0 3–0 1–2 — 2–4 1–2 0–1 4–0 2–0 3–0 3–1
WSG Tirol 3–0 0–2 3–1 1–1 1–1 — 1–1 2–4 0–1 1–1 1–3 4–1
Rapid Wien 4–1 1–1 3–1 4–0 3–0 0–3 — 1–1 2–1 4–1 1–0 1–0
Red Bull Salzburg 3–1 3–1 4–1 7–1 3–1 5–0 4–2 — 4–1 1–3 3–0 2–3
St. Pölten 2–2 0–2 0–1 2–2 1–3 0–1 1–2 2–8 — 0–0 4–0 0–2
Sturm Graz 3–0 2–1 4–0 2–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 — 2–1 1–2
SV Ried 0–0 0–1 1–4 2–0 0–3 3–2 4–3 1–3 1–1 0–2 — 0–4
Wolfsberger AC 2–1 3–2 0–1 0–0 0–3 3–5 3–4 1–3 2–4 0–0 1–1 —
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 26, Rapid Wien 22, LASK 21, Sturm Graz 19, Wolfsberger AC 16, and WSG Tirol 15. The points of Rapid Wien, Sturm Graz and Wolfsberger AC 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 RWI STU LIN WOL WAT
1 Red Bull Salzburg (C) 32 25 2 5 94 33 +61 51 Qualification to Champions League play-off round — 2–0 3–1 2–0 1–1 4–0
2 Rapid Wien 32 17 8 7 64 40 +24 36 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round 0–3 — 0–0 3–0 1–2 4–0
3 Sturm Graz 32 16 8 8 52 34 +18 36 Qualification to Europa League Play-off round 1–3 4–1 — 3–1 0–1 3–2
4 LASK 32 15 6 11 55 41 +14 30 Qualification to Europa Conference League third qualifying round 2–5 1–1 0–0 — 2–1 3–3
5 Wolfsberger AC 32 13 5 14 52 62 −10 27 Qualification to Europa Conference League play-off final 1–2 1–8 1–3 0–4 — 2–0
6 WSG Tirol 32 10 8 14 53 60 −7 23 3–2 2–3 2–3 2–0 2–2 —
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.[2]
(C) Champions

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: Hartberg 14, Austria Wien 12, St. Pölten 10, Rheindorf Altach 10, Ried 8, and Admira Wacker Mödling 7. The points of Hartberg, Austria Wien, St. Pölten 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 HAR AWI RIE ALT ADM STP
1 Hartberg 32 12 11 9 38 48 −10 32 Qualification to Europa Conference League play-off semi-final — 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–0
2 Austria Wien (O) 32 11 9 12 47 43 +4 29 3–1 — 2–2 2–0 0–0 2–1
3 Ried 32 8 9 15 34 57 −23 25 3–2 3–2 — 0–0 0–0 2–1
4 Rheindorf Altach 32 9 7 16 33 55 −22 23 2–2 2–1 3–0 — 0–1 1–0
5 Admira Wacker Mödling 32 6 8 18 27 58 −31 19 0–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 — 2–0
6 St. Pölten (R) 32 5 9 18 39 57 −18 13 Qualification to relegation play-offs[lower-alpha 1] 0–1 1–2 0–0 3–3 0–1 —
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.[2]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Since the top two teams of the 2020–21 Austrian Football Second League did not receive a license for the Bundesliga, relegation play-offs will be played between the last-placed club from the Bundesliga and the best-placed club with a license from the Second League.[3]

Europa Conference 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 qualifier to the Europa Conference League second qualifying round.[4][3]

Semi-final
Hartberg0–3Austria Wien
Report
  • Wimmer 35'
  • Fitz 51'
  • Pichler 78'
Stadion Hartberg, Hartberg
Referee: Walter Altmann

Final
Austria Wien3–0Wolfsberger AC
 Report
Wolfsberger AC1–2Austria Wien
Joveljić 25' Report Djuricin 24' (pen.)
Monschein 68'
Referee: Alexander Harkam

Austria Wien won 5–1 on aggregate.

Relegation play-offs

Since the top two teams of the 2020–21 Austrian Football Second League did not receive a license for the Bundesliga, relegation play-offs were played between the last-placed club from the Bundesliga and the best-placed club with a license from the Second League.[3]

Austria Klagenfurt4–0St. Pölten
 Report
Referee: Sebastian Gishamer
St. Pölten0–1Austria Klagenfurt
Report

Austria Klagenfurt won 5–0 on aggregate.

Statistics

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals[5]
1 Zambia Patson Daka Red Bull Salzburg 27
2 Denmark Nikolai Baden Frederiksen WSG Tirol 18
Serbia Dejan Joveljić Wolfsberger AC
4 Austria Ercan Kara Rapid Wien 15
5 Germany Mërgim Berisha Red Bull Salzburg 14
Mali Sékou Koïta Red Bull Salzburg
7 Austria Alexander Schmidt St. Pölten 13
8 Germany Johannes Eggestein LASK 12
Austria Christoph Knasmüllner Rapid Wien
10 Austria Marco Grüll Ried 11

Top assists
Rank Player Club Assists[6]
1 Austria Michael Liendl Wolfsberger AC 16
2 Austria Thorsten Schick Rapid Wien 10
3 Austria Jakob Jantscher Sturm Graz 9
4 Germany Mërgim Berisha Red Bull Salzburg 8
Israel Dor Hugi St. Pölten
6 Germany Karim Adeyemi Red Bull Salzburg 7
Austria Thomas Goiginger LASK
Austria Stefan Nutz Ried
Austria Manprit Sarkaria Austria Wien
Hungary Dominik Szoboszlai Red Bull Salzburg

Awards

Annual awards
Award Winner Club
Player of the Year Zambia Patson Daka Red Bull Salzburg
Top goalscorer
Manager of the Year United States Jesse Marsch Red Bull Salzburg
Breakthrough of the Year Austria Saša Kalajdžić VfB Stuttgart
Team of the Year[7]
Goalkeeper Austria Patrick Pentz (Austria Wien)
Defence Denmark Rasmus Kristensen (Red Bull Salzburg) Brazil André Ramalho (Red Bull Salzburg) Austria David Nemeth (Sturm Graz) Austria Andreas Ulmer (Red Bull Salzburg)
Midfield Zambia Enock Mwepu (Red Bull Salzburg) Slovenia Jon Gorenc Stanković (Sturm Graz) Austria Zlatko Junuzović (Red Bull Salzburg) Austria Jakob Jantscher (Sturm Graz)
Attack

Zambia Patson Daka (Red Bull Salzburg)

 Austria Ercan Kara (Rapid Wien)

References
  1. "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.
  2. "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  3. "Termine Europacup-Play-off & Relegationsspiele" [Schedule European Cup play-off and relegation play-off matches]. bundesliga.at (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. 22 May 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  4. "Die Details der Ligareform: so wird ab 2018/19 gespielt". bundesliga.at (in German). 2 December 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  5. "Bundesliga.at - Torschützenliste". www.bundesliga.at. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  6. "Bundesliga.at - Vorlagen". www.bundesliga.at. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  7. "Bundesliga.at - Das Team der Saison 2020/21". www.bundesliga.at. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
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