2022–23_Austrian_Football_Bundesliga

2022–23 Austrian Football Bundesliga

111th season of top-tier football in Austria

The 2022–23 Austrian Football Bundesliga, also known as Admiral Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, was the 111th season of top-tier football in Austria. Red Bull Salzburg were the nine-times defending champions.^[1] The season began on 22 July 2022. The regular season scheduled for November was postponed until the conclusion of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The league resumed on 10 February and concluded on 3 June 2023. Red Bull Salzburg defended their title for the tenth consecutive season.

Quick Facts Season, Dates ...

Austrian Bundesliga
Season	2022–23
Dates	22 July 2022 – 3 June 2023
Champions	Red Bull Salzburg (17th title)
Relegated	Ried
Champions League	Red Bull Salzburg Sturm Graz
Europa League	LASK
Europa Conference League	Rapid Wien Austria Wien
Matches played	193
Goals scored	571 (2.96 per match)
Top goalscorer	Guido Burgstaller (21 goals)
Biggest home win	Rapid Wien 5–1 Hartberg Red Bull Salzburg 4–0 Lustenau Sturm Graz 4–0 Rheindorf Altach
Biggest away win	Lustenau 0–6 Salzburg
Highest scoring	Wolfsberg 3–4 Klagenfurt
Longest winning run	8 games Salzburg
Longest unbeaten run	19 games Salzburg
Longest winless run	11 games Ried
Longest losing run	5 games Wolfsberg
Total attendance	1,347,132
Average attendance	7,443
← 2021–22 2023–24 → All statistics correct as of 5 June 2023.

Teams

Changes

Admira Wacker Mödling were relegated to the 2022–23 Austrian Football Second League after finishing in last place in the 2021–22 Relegation Round, ending their eleven-year stay in the top flight.^[2] Austria Lustenau were promoted, after a twenty-two year hiatus, as champions of the 2021–22 Austrian Football Second League.

Stadia and locations

Location of teams in the 2022–23 Austrian Football Bundesliga

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Team	Location	Venue	Capacity
Austria Klagenfurt	Klagenfurt	Wörthersee Stadion	29,863
Austria Lustenau	Lustenau	Reichshofstadion	8,800
Austria Wien	Vienna	Generali Arena	17,500
LASK	Linz	Raiffeisen Arena	19,080
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	TSV Hartberg	4,635
Wolfsberger AC	Wolfsberg	Lavanttal-Arena	7,300
WSG Tirol	Innsbruck	Tivoli Stadion Tirol	16,008

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Austria Klagenfurt	Peter Pacult	Markus Pink	Capelli Sport	28 Black
Austria Lustenau	Markus Mader	Matthias Maak	Uhlsport	Hypo Vorarlberg Bank
Austria Wien	Cem Sekerlioglu	Lukas Mühl	Nike	Frankstahl
LASK	Dietmar Kühbauer	Alexander Schlager	BWT	Backaldrin Kornspritz
Rapid Wien	Zoran Barisic	Maximilian Hofmann	Puma	Wien Energie
Red Bull Salzburg	Matthias Jaissle	Andreas Ulmer	Nike	Red Bull
Rheindorf Altach	Miroslav Klose	Jan Zwischenbrugger	Jako	Cashpoint
Sturm Graz	Christian Ilzer	Stefan Hierländer	Nike	Puntigamer
SV Ried	Christian Heinle	Marcel Ziegl	Hummel	Guntamatic
TSV Hartberg	Klaus Schmidt	René Swete	Adidas	Eggerglas, Admiral, Profertil, Spermbooster, Boxxenstopp
Wolfsberger AC	Robin Dutt	Mario Leitgeb	San Sirro	RZ Pellets
WSG Tirol	Thomas Silberberger	Ferdinand Oswald	Puma	Swarovski

Regular season

League table

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Red Bull Salzburg	22	17	4	1	49	13	+36	55	Qualification for the Championship round
2	Sturm Graz	22	14	6	2	37	15	+22	48
3	LASK	22	10	8	4	38	28	+10	38
4	Rapid Wien	22	10	3	9	34	26	+8	33
5	Austria Wien	22	10	5	7	37	31	+6	32^{[lower-alpha 1]}
6	Austria Klagenfurt	22	9	3	10	35	40	−5	30
7	WSG Tirol	22	8	4	10	32	37	−5	28	Qualification for the Relegation round
8	Austria Lustenau	22	7	6	9	29	37	−8	27
9	Wolfsberger AC	22	6	3	13	35	41	−6	21
10	Hartberg	22	5	3	14	22	42	−20	18
11	SV Ried	22	4	6	12	16	32	−16	18
12	Rheindorf Altach	22	4	5	13	22	44	−22	17

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]
Notes:

Austria Wien were deducted 3 points due to license violation.^[3]

Results

More information Home \ Away, KLA ...

Home \ Away	KLA	LUS	AWI	ALT	HAR	LIN	RWI	RBS	STU	RIE	WAT	WOL
Austria Klagenfurt	—	2–1	3–3	3–0	1–0	1–3	0–1	0–1	0–2	1–0	2–3	0–3
Austria Lustenau	4–2	—	1–0	3–0	4–1	1–1	3–3	0–6	0–2	0–0	2–1	1–3
Austria Wien	3–1	2–2	—	2–1	3–0	1–1	2–0	1–3	0–3	3–0	2–1	0–1
Rheindorf Altach	1–4	1–2	3–2	—	1–0	0–1	0–1	2–3	1–1	1–2	0–0	2–2
Hartberg	2–3	1–1	0–3	2–1	—	2–2	1–2	0–2	1–2	2–0	1–5	2–1
LASK	3–1	1–0	2–2	4–1	0–3	—	2–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–4	4–1
Rapid Wien	0–1	1–1	1–2	3–0	5–1	1–0	—	2–4	1–2	1–0	2–0	1–3
Red Bull Salzburg	2–0	4–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	—	0–0	2–0	2–0	2–1
Sturm Graz	1–2	2–0	3–1	4–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	—	2–1	2–1	3–2
SV Ried	2–2	1–0	1–3	2–3	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–3	1–1	—	1–2	0–0
WSG Tirol	2–2	3–2	0–0	0–0	2–1	2–3	0–5	1–3	0–2	2–0	—	1–3
Wolfsberger AC	3–4	0–1	1–2	2–3	3–1	1–5	1–2	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–2	—

Source: soccerway.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by round

More information Team ╲ Round, Austria Klagenfurt ...

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Austria Klagenfurt	L	L	D	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	L	W	W	W	L
Austria Lustenau	W	L	D	W	W	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	D	D	D	W	L	W	L	L	W	W
Austria Wien	L	D	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	L	D	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	L	W
LASK	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	D	L	D	L	W	D	W	L	D	W	D	W	W	L	D
Rapid Wien	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	D	W	L	L	L	D	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	L
Red Bull Salzburg	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D
Rheindorf Altach	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	W	L	D	L	L	L	D	L	L	D
Sturm Graz	D	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	W	L	W	W	W
SV Ried	L	W	D	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	W	D	L	D	L	W	D	L	L	W	D
Hartberg	W	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	D
Wolfsberger AC	D	D	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	D
WSG Tirol	L	W	D	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	D	L	L	L

Updated to match(es) played on 19 March 2023. Source: Soccerway.com
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Positions by round

More information Team ╲ Round, Red Bull Salzburg ...

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Team ╲ Round
Red Bull Salzburg	1	7	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Sturm Graz	6	3	4	3	4	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
LASK	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Rapid Wien	5	1	2	5	5	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	7	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4
Austria Wien	12	12	12	12	9	8	9	6	5	7	6	6	7	6	7	7	6	6	6	5	6	5
Austria Klagenfurt	11	11	11	6	8	9	6	7	7	5	5	5	4	5	5	6	7	7	7	7	5	6
WSG Tirol	9	6	7	7	6	6	7	9	9	9	9	8	6	4	6	5	4	5	5	6	7	7
Austria Lustenau	3	5	8	4	3	4	5	5	6	8	8	9	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wolfsberger AC	7	9	10	11	12	10	11	8	8	6	7	7	9	8	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Hartberg	4	8	9	10	11	7	8	10	10	11	10	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10
SV Ried	10	4	6	9	10	11	10	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11
Rheindorf Altach	8	10	5	8	7	12	12	12	12	10	11	10	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	12	12

	Relegation to Austrian 2. Liga

Updated to match(es) played on 19 March 2023. Source: bundesliga.at

Placement Progression

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.

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 24, LASK 19, Austria Wien 16, Rapid Wien 16, and Austria Klagenfurt 15. The points of Red Bull Salzburg and Rapid Wien 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.

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	RBS	STU	LIN	RWI	AWI	KLA
1	Red Bull Salzburg (C)	32	23	8	1	67	22	+45	49	Qualification for the Champions League group stage	—	2–1	0–0	2–1	3–3	3–2
2	Sturm Graz	32	20	6	6	57	29	+28	42	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round	0–2	—	2–0	3–1	3–2	4–1
3	LASK	32	14	12	6	54	38	+16	35	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round	0–1	2–1	—	3–1	3–1	4–0
4	Rapid Wien	32	12	6	14	50	47	+3	25	Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round	1–1	3–2	1–1	—	3–3	3–1
5	Austria Wien (O)	32	11	10	11	55	52	+3	24	Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs	1–1	1–2	2–2	3–1	—	1–2
6	Austria Klagenfurt	32	11	5	16	45	63	−18	23		0–3	0–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	—

Source: Austrian Football 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.^[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: Tirol 14, Lustenau 13, Wolfsberg 10, Hartberg 9, Ried 9, and Rheindorf Altach 8. The points of Lustenau, Hartberg 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.

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	WOL	LUS	WAT	HAR	ALT	RIE
1	Wolfsberger AC	32	12	6	14	51	51	0	31	Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs	—	2–2	2–0	2–2	0–0	1–0
2	Austria Lustenau	32	11	10	11	50	54	−4	29	Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs	1–3	—	2–4	5–1	1–0	2–2
3	WSG Tirol	32	10	8	14	44	53	−9	24		4–0	0–2	—	1–1	1–1	1–1
4	Hartberg	32	9	6	17	39	56	−17	24		0–2	0–1	5–0	—	2–2	2–0
5	Rheindorf Altach	32	6	10	16	29	53	−24	19		0–2	1–1	1–0	0–1	—	1–1
6	Ried (R)	32	4	11	17	27	50	−23	14	Relegation to Austrian Football Second League	1–2	4–4	1–1	1–3	0–1	—

Source:
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

			8	Austria Lustenau	1	0	1
7	Wolfsberger AC	1	5	Austria Wien	1	5	6
8	Austria Lustenau	2

Semi-final

Wolfsberger AC v Austria Lustenau

5 June 2023	Wolfsberger AC	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Austria Lustenau	Lavanttal-Arena, Wolfsberg
19:00	Baribo 59' 85' (pen) Scherzer 90+4' Omić 113' Kerschbaumer 120+2'	Report	Maak 84' Grabher 90' Grujcic 90+6' (Rhein) Fridrikas 105' (Rhein) Cheukoua 105+1'	Referee: Christopher Jäger

Final

Austria Lustenau v Austria Wien

8 June 2023	Austria Lustenau	1–1	Austria Wien	Reichshofstadion, Lustenau
17:00	Fridrikas 17' (Diaby) Surdanovic 55' Grabher 74' Berger 75' Tiefenbach 78'	Report	Braunöder 25' Martins 34' Fischer 46' (Holland) 74' Gruber 48' Holland 74'	Referee: Walter Altmann

Austria Wien v Austria Lustenau

11 June 2023	Austria Wien	5–0	Austria Lustenau	Generali Arena, Vienna
17:00	Fischer 19', 46' Martins 56' Tabaković 61' Fitz 84' Gruber 86' Braunöder 89'	Report	Hugonet 17' Adriel 83' Fridrikas 40' Türkmen 89'

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 5 June 2023^[6]

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Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Guido Burgstaller	Rapid Wien	21
2	Haris Tabaković	Austria Wien	17
2	Tai Baribo	Wolfsberger AC	17
4	Benjamin Šeško	Red Bull Salzburg	16
4	Markus Pink	Austria Klagenfurt	16
6	Lukas Fridrikas	Austria Lustenau	15
7	Keito Nakamura	LASK	14
8	Marin Ljubičić	LASK	12
9	Robert Žulj	LASK	11
10	Atdhe Nuhiu	Rheindorf Altach	10
10	Junior Adamu	Red Bull Salzburg	10
9	Manprit Sarkaria	Sturm Graz	9
9	Emanuel Emegha	Sturm Graz	9

Hat-tricks

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Player	Club	Against	Result	Date
Marin Ljubičić	LASK	Wolfsberger AC	5–1 (H)	6 August 2022
Markus Pink	Austria Klagenfurt	Rheindorf Altach	4–1 (A)	17 September 2022
Guido Burgstaller	Rapid Wien	Hartberg	5–1 (H)	26 October 2022
Benjamin Šeško	Red Bull Salzburg	Rapid Wien	4–2 (A)	5 March 2023

Discipline

Player

Most yellow cards: 8^[7]
- Lukas Jäger (SC Rheindorf Altach)

Most red cards: 2^[7]
- David Ungar (SV Ried)

Club

Most yellow cards: 60^[7]
- Rapid Vienna

Most red cards: 7^[7]
- SV Ried

Fewest yellow cards: 38^[7]
- Wolfsberger AC

Fewest red cards: 1^[7]
- TSV Hartberg
- Austria Wien
- Sturm Graz
- Wolfsberger AC

References

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"Austrian Bundesliga". bundesliga.at/de (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
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"Admira is relegated from the Bundesliga after eleven years". archyworldys.com. 21 May 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
[3]
"Ständig Neutrales Schiedsgericht weist Austria-Klage ab" [Permanent Neutral Arbitration Court dismisses Austria claim]. kicker.de (in German). kicker. 13 July 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
[4]
"Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
[5]
"Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
[6]
"Tore". www.bundesliga.at.
[7]
"Österreich Bundesliga – Gelbe Karten". www.bundesliga.at. Retrieved 10 February 2023.

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