2019–20 Austrian Football Bundesliga Explained

Competition:Austrian Bundesliga
Season:2019–20
Dates:26 July 2019 – 4 July 2020
Winners:Red Bull Salzburg
(14th title)
Relegated:Mattersburg
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Red Bull Salzburg
Rapid Wien
Continentalcup2:Europa League
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:LASK
Wolfsberger AC
Hartberg
League Topscorer:Shon Weissman
(30 goals)[1]
Biggest Home Win:Red Bull Salzburg 6 – 0 Rheindorf Altach
Rheindorf Altach 6 – 0 St. Pölten
Biggest Away Win:St. Pölten 0 – 6 Red Bull Salzburg
Highest Scoring:Red Bull Salzburg 7 – 2 Hartberg
Longest Wins:Red Bull Salzburg (7 games)
Longest Unbeaten:Red Bull Salzburg (18 games)
Longest Winless:Admira Wacker Mödling (9 games)
Longest Losses:Mattersburg (6 games)
Matches:192
Total Goals:643
Prevseason:2018–19
Nextseason:2020–21

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.

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

TeamLocationVenueCapacity
Admira Wacker MödlingMaria EnzersdorfBSFZ-Arena7,000
Austria WienViennaGenerali Arena17,500
LASKLinzWaldstadion Pasching6,009
Rapid WienViennaAllianz Stadion28,000
Red Bull SalzburgWals-SiezenheimRed Bull Arena17,218 (30,188)
Rheindorf AltachAltachStadion Schnabelholz8,500
8,000
Sturm GrazGrazMerkur-Arena16,364
SV MattersburgMattersburgPappelstadion17,100
5,000
Wolfsberger ACWolfsbergLavanttal-Arena7,300
WSG TirolInnsbruck16,008

Regular season

Results

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.

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.

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.[3]

Final

Hartberg won 3–2 on aggregate.

Statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1align=left Shon Weissmanalign=left Wolfsberger AC30
2align=left Patson Dakaalign=left Red Bull Salzburg24
3align=left Taxiarchis Fountasalign=left Rapid Wien19
align=left Dario Tadićalign=left Hartberg
5align=left Christoph Monscheinalign=left Austria Wien17
6align=left Erling Haalandalign=left Red Bull Salzburg16
7align=left Sinan Bakışalign=left Admira Wacker Mödling12
align=left Zlatko Dedićalign=left WSG Tirol
align=left Andreas Gruberalign=left Mattersburg
align=left Klaussalign=left LASK

Awards

Award[4] WinnerClub
Player of the YearRed Bull Salzburg
Top goalscorer Shon WeissmanWolfsberger AC
Manager of the YearRed Bull Salzburg
Breakthrough of the Year Red Bull Salzburg
Team of the Year[5]
GoalkeeperAlexander Schlager(LASK)
Defence Anastasios Avlonitis(Sturm Graz) Jano(Mattersburg)Gernot Trauner(LASK)
Midfield Reinhold Ranftl(LASK)Michael Liendl(Wolfsberg) Zlatko Junuzović(Red Bull Salzburg) Andreas Ulmer(Red Bull Salzburg)
Attack Shon Weissman(Wolfsberg)Taxiarchis Fountas(Rapid Wien)Rajko Rep(Hartberg)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tore. Bundesliga. 31 January 2020. de. 1 April 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200401231617/https://www.bundesliga.at/de/statistik/aktuelle-saison/tore/torschuetzenliste/. dead.
  2. Web site: Bundesliga.at - Tipico Bundesliga unterbricht bis Anfang Mai. www.bundesliga.at.
  3. Web site: Die Details der Ligareform: so wird ab 2018/19 gespielt . 2 December 2016 . 8 April 2019.
  4. Web site: red . ORF at/Agenturen . 2020-11-16 . Fußball: Bruno-Gala ganz im Zeichen von Salzburg . 2022-12-28 . sport.ORF.at . de.
  5. Web site: enwsi.gr . 2020-07-20 . Ο Φούντας στην ενδεκάδα της χρονιάς στην Αυστρία (ΦΩΤΟ) . 2022-12-28 . Enwsi.gr . el.