2017–18 FC Red Bull Salzburg season explained

Club:	Red Bull Salzburg
Season:	2017–18
Manager:	Marco Rose
Mgrtitle:	Manager
Chairman:	Georgios Esplandatkoulos
Chrtitle:	Chairman
Stadium:	Red Bull Arena
League:	Bundesliga
League Result:	1st
Cup1:	Austrian Cup
Cup1 Result:	Runners-up
Cup2:	UEFA Champions League
Cup2 Result:	Third qualifying round
Cup3:	UEFA Europa League
Cup3 Result:	Semi-finals
League Topscorer:	Mu'nas Dabbur (22)
Season Topscorer:	Mu'nas Dabbur (29)
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Prevseason:	2016–17
Nextseason:	2018–19

The 2017–18 FC Red Bull Salzburg season was the 85th season in club history. They were defending League and Cup champions.

Squad

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Cican Stankovic		GK	2018 5, df=yes	SV Grödig	2015^[1]	2020	35	0
31	Carlos Miguel		GK	2018 5, df=yes	Academy	2015		1	0
33	Alexander Walke		GK	2018 5, df=yes	Hansa Rostock	2010	2017^[2]
Defenders
5	Duje Ćaleta-Car		DF	2018 5, df=yes	Pasching	2014	2020^[3]	77	2
6	Jérôme Onguéné		DF	2018 5, df=yes	loan from VfB Stuttgart	2017	2018
15	André Ramalho		DF	2018 5, df=yes	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	2018		117	12
17	Andreas Ulmer		DF	2018 5, df=yes	SV Ried	2009
22	Stefan Lainer		DF	2018 5, df=yes	SV Ried	2015	2018	127	13
34	Marin Pongračić		DF	2018 5, df=yes	1860 Munich	2017		23	0
55	Luca Meisl		DF	2018 5, df=yes	Academy	2016		2	0
Midfielders
4	Amadou Haidara		MF	2018 5, df=yes	JMG Academy Bamako	2016		62	10
7	Reinhold Yabo		MF	2018 5, df=yes	Karlsruher SC	2015^[4]	2018	43	5
8	Diadie Samassékou		MF	2018 5, df=yes	Real Bamako	2015^[5]	2019	88	0
13	Hannes Wolf		MF	2018 5, df=yes	Academy	2016		48	12
14	Valon Berisha		MF	2018 5, df=yes	Viking	2012		234	45
16	Dominik Szoboszlai		DF	2018 5, df=yes	MTK Budapest	2016		1	0
24	Christoph Leitgeb		MF	2018 5, df=yes	Sturm Graz	2007
25	Patrick Farkas		MF	2018 5, df=yes	SV Mattersburg	2017		22	2
28	Romano Schmid		MF	2018 5, df=yes	Sturm Graz	2017		1	0
42	Xaver Schlager		MF	2018 5, df=yes	Academy	2015		63	3
45	Enock Mwepu		MF	2018 5, df=yes	Kafue Celtic	2017		10	1
Forwards
9	Mu'nas Dabbur		FW	2018 5, df=yes	Grasshoppers	2016		80	35
18	Takumi Minamino		FW	2018 5, df=yes	Cerezo Osaka	2015^[6]	2018	132	41
19	Hwang Hee-chan		FW	2018 5, df=yes	Pohang Steelers	2015		86	29
21	Fredrik Gulbrandsen		FW	2018 5, df=yes	Molde	2016		72	20
41	Patson Daka		FW	2018 5, df=yes	Kafue Celtic	2017		12	1
Out on loan
11	Marc Rzatkowski		MF	2018 5, df=yes	FC St. Pauli	2016		27	5
20	David Atanga		FW	2018 5, df=yes	Red Bull Ghana	2015	2020	13	0
23	Stefan Stangl		DF	2018 5, df=yes	Rapid Wien	2016		13	1
28	Asger Sørensen		DF	2018 5, df=yes	Academy	2014		6	1
29	Samuel Tetteh		FW	2018 5, df=yes	West African Football Academy	2016		2	0
37	Mërgim Berisha		FW	2018 5, df=yes	Academy	2017		1	0
44	Igor		DF	2018 5, df=yes	Red Bull Brasil	2016		4	0
77	Dimitri Oberlin		FW	2018 5, df=yes	Zürich	2015	2020^[7]	20	4
	Majeed Ashimeru		MF	2018 5, df=yes	WAFA	2017		0	0
	Smail Prevljak		FW	2018 5, df=yes	loan from RB Leipzig	2015^[8]		11	0
Left during the season
3	Paulo Miranda		DF	2018 5, df=yes	São Paulo	2015^[9]	2019	94	4
10	Valentino Lazaro		MF	2018 5, df=yes	Academy	2012		121	15

Out on loan

Kits

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
21 December 2017	DF		André Ramalho	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Undisclosed	^[10]
31 January 2018	MF		Youba Diarra	Yeelen Olympique	Undisclosed	^[11]
January 2018	MF		Mohamed Camara			^[12]
	DF		Patrick Farkas	SV Mattersburg	Undisclosed
	DF		Marin Pongračić	1860 Munich	Undisclosed
	MF		Enoch Mwepu	Kafue Celtic	Undisclosed
	FW		Patson Daka	Kafue Celtic	Undisclosed

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
30 May 2017	DF		Christian Schwegler	Luzern	Undisclosed	^[13]
7 June 2017	MF		Josip Radošević	Hajduk Split	Undisclosed	^[14]
26 June 2017	MF		Wanderson	Krasnodar	Undisclosed	^[15]
11 July 2017	GK		Lawrence Ati-Zigi	Sochaux	Undisclosed	^[16]
21 November 2017	MF		Valentino Lazaro	Hertha BSC	Undisclosed	^[17]
4 January 2018	DF		Paulo Miranda	Grêmio	Undisclosed

Loans out

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
3 August 2017	MF		Valentino Lazaro	Hertha BSC	21 November 2017	^[19]
20 December 2017	MF		David Atanga	St.Pölten	End of Season	^[20]
5 January 2018	FW		Samuel Tetteh	LASK Linz	End of 2018/19 Season	^[21]
7 January 2018	DF		Igor	Wolfsberger AC	End of Season	^[22]
7 January 2018	MF		Majeed Ashimeru	Wolfsberger AC	End of Season
18 January 2018	MF		Marc Rzatkowski	New York Red Bulls	End of Season	^[23]
	DF		Stefan Stangl	Austria Wien	End of Season
	MF		Youba Diarra	Wiener Neustadt	End of Season
	MF		Majeed Ashimeru	Austria Lustenau	7 January 2018
	FW		Smail Prevljak	Mattersburg	End of Season
	DF		Asger Sørensen	Jahn Regensburg	End of Season
	FW		Mërgim Berisha	LASK Linz	End of Season
	FW		Dimitri Oberlin	Basel	End of Season

Competitions

Bundesliga

See main article: article and 2017–18 Austrian Football Bundesliga.

Results

Austrian Cup

See main article: article and 2017–18 Austrian Cup.

UEFA Champions League

See main article: article and 2017–18 UEFA Champions League.

Qualifying rounds

See main article: 2017–18 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round.

UEFA Europa League

See main article: article and 2017–18 UEFA Europa League.

Qualifying rounds

See main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round.

Group stage

See main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League group stage.

Knockout phase

See main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League knockout phase.

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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Goal scorers

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1	FW		9	Mu'nas Dabbur	22	0	0	7	29
2	FW		21	Fredrik Gulbrandsen	11	4	1	2	18
3	MF		14	Valon Berisha	4	2	1	6	13
4	FW		19	Hwang Hee-chan	5	3	2	3	13
5	MF		13	Hannes Wolf	8	3	0	1	12
6	FW		18	Takumi Minamino	7	1	1	2	11
7	MF		4	Amadou Haidara	3	1	1	3	8
8	DF		6	Jérôme Onguéné	4	1	0	0	5
				Own goal	3	0	0	2	5
10	DF		17	Andreas Ulmer	3	0	0	1	4
11	MF		7	Reinhold Yabo	2	1	0	0	3
	MF		11	Marc Rzatkowski	1	1	1	0	3
13	DF		15	André Ramalho	2	0	0	0	2
	DF		5	Duje Ćaleta-Car	2	0	0	0	2
	MF		25	Patrick Farkas	1	1	0	0	2
	DF		22	Stefan Lainer	1	0	0	1	2
17	MF		42	Xaver Schlager	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		45	Enoch Mwepu	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		23	Stefan Stangl	0	1	0	0	1
	FW		41	Patson Daka	0	1	0	0	1
				TOTALS	81	20	7	28	136

Clean sheets

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1	GK		33	Alexander Walke	12	1	2	6	21
2	GK		1	Cican Stankovic	3	3	1	1	8
				TOTALS	15	4	3	7	29

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Bundesliga		Austrian Cup		UEFA Champions League		UEFA Europa League		Total
1		GK	Cican Stankovic	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4		MF	Amadou Haidara	4	0	3	0	0	0	3	1	10	1
5		DF	Duje Ćaleta-Car	10	0	2	0	1	0	5	0	18	0
6		DF	Jérôme Onguéné	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
7		MF	Reinhold Yabo	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	5	0
8		MF	Diadie Samassékou	5	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	9	1
9		FW	Mu'nas Dabbur	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	7	0
13		FW	Hannes Wolf	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
14		MF	Valon Berisha	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	5	1
15		DF	André Ramalho	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	5	1
17		DF	Andreas Ulmer	4	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	7	0
18		FW	Takumi Minamino	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
19		FW	Hwang Hee-chan	4	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	10	0
21		FW	Fredrik Gulbrandsen	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
22		DF	Stefan Lainer	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0
24		MF	Christoph Leitgeb	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
25		DF	Patrick Farkas	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
33		GK	Alexander Walke	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
34		DF	Marin Pongračić	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
41		FW	Patson Daka	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
42		MF	Xaver Schlager	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	0
Players away on loan:
Players who left Red Bull Salzburg during the season:
3		DF	Paulo Miranda	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	6	0
10		MF	Valentino Lazaro	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	58	3	11	1	8	1	35	1	112	6

Notes and References

1. Web site: Stankovic to join FC Red Bull Salzburg in 2015 . redbullsalzburg.at/ . FC Red Bull Salzburg . 18 June 2020 . 29 August 2014.
2. Web site: Official FC Red Bull Salzburg transfer news . redbullsalzburg.at/ . FC Red Bull Salzburg . 18 June 2020 . 5 June 2015.
3. Web site: Spielernews Beim FC Red Bull Salzburg . redbullsalzburg.at/ . FC Red Bull Salzburg . 18 June 2020 . German . 15 December 2015.
4. Web site: Two New Signings For FC Red Bull Salzburg . redbullsalzburg.at/ . FC Red Bull Salzburg . 18 June 2020 . 23 June 2015.
5. Web site: New signing Samassekou signs deal until 2019 . redbullsalzburg.at/ . FC Red Bull Salzburg . 18 June 2020 . 17 August 2015.
6. Web site: Red Bull Salzburg Sign Top Japanese Talent . redbullsalzburg.at . FC Red Bull Salzburg . 16 June 2020 . 7 January 2015.
7. Web site: Swiss youngster joins FC Red Bull Salzburg . redbullsalzburg.at/ . FC Red Bull Salzburg . 18 June 2020 . 30 June 2015.
8. Web site: Smail Prevljak novi napadač Red Bull Salzburga . klix.ba/ . Klix . 18 June 2020 . Bosnian . 5 June 2015.
9. Web site: Defender Miranda confirmed by Red Bull Salzburg . redbullsalzburg.at/ . FC Red Bull Salzburg . 18 June 2020 . 24 June 2015.
10. Web site: Welcome Back To Salzburg, Andrew! . redbullsalzburg.at . FC Red Bull Salzburg . 23 August 2018 . 21 December 2017.
11. Web site: OFFIZIELLE TRANSFERMELDUNG . facebook.com . FC Red Bull Salzburg . 23 August 2018 . 31 January 2018.
12. Web site: Mohamed Camara Wech-Selt Zu Ligarivalen . redbullsalzburg.at . FC Red Bull Salzburg . 14 January 2019 . German . 8 January 2019.
13. Web site: Christian Schwegler: "I Had A Fantastic Time!" . redbullsalzburg.at . FC Red Bull Salzburg . 23 August 2018 . 30 May 2017.
14. Web site: JOSIP RADOSEVIC HAS SIGNED FOR HAJDUK: "IT FEELS AS IF I NEVER LEFT" . hajduk.hr . HNK Hajduk Split . 23 August 2018 . 7 June 2017.
15. Web site: В составе "Краснодара" появился новый Вандерсон. FC Krasnodar. 26 June 2017. Russian. 26 June 2017.
16. Web site: Sochaux sign Ghanaian goalkeeper Ati until 2020 . goal.com . Goal.com . 23 August 2018 . 11 July 2017.
17. Web site: Hertha Berlin sign Valentino Lazaro on permanent deal . bundesliga.com . Bundesliga . 23 August 2018 . 16 November 2017.
18. Web site: Jérôme Onguéné released on loan . vfb.de/ . VfB Stuttgart . 23 August 2018 . 31 August 2017.
19. Web site: Valentino Lazaro Joins Hertha BSC . redbullsalzburg.at . FC Red Bull Salzburg . 23 August 2018 . 3 August 2017.
20. Web site: Atanga Goes On Loan To SKN St. Pölten. redbullsalzburg.at . FC Red Bull Salzburg . 23 August 2018 . 20 December 2017.
21. Web site: Ghana winger Samuel Tetteh completes LASK Linz loan switch . ghanasoccernet.com . Ghana Soccernet . 23 August 2018 . 5 January 2018.
22. Web site: Two Salzburg Players Leave For Carinthia . redbullsalzburg.at . FC Red Bull Salzburg . 23 August 2018 . 7 January 2018.
23. News: Red Bulls Add Marc Rzatkowski on Loan from Red Bull Salzburg. 18 January 2018. newyorkredbulls.com. english. 18 January 2018.