2018–19 Austrian Football Bundesliga

107th season of top-tier football league in Austria

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Football league season

Austrian BundesligaSeason| 2018–19

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Dates| 27 July 2018 – 26 May 2019
Champions| Red Bull Salzburg
(13th title)
Relegated| Wacker Innsbruck
Champions League| Red Bull Salzburg
LASK
Europa League| Wolfsberger AC
Austria Wien
Sturm Graz
Matches played| 132
Goals scored| 366 (2.77 per match)
Top goalscorer| Mu'nas Dabbur
(20 goals)

← 2017–18

2019–20 →

The 2018–19 Austrian Football Bundesliga was the 107th season of top-tier football in Austria. Red Bull Salzburg successfully defended last year's title.

## Changes

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### Structural changes

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The league expanded from 10 to 12 teams. A new format was introduced this season, under which the league is split into a championship round and a relegation round after 22 matches.[1]

### Team changes

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Wacker Innsbruck were promoted as champions of the 2017–18 Austrian Football First League and TSV Hartberg were promoted as runners-up. No teams were relegated as St. Pölten won their relegation playoff match.

## Teams

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### Stadia and locations

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Admira

Austria

Sturm

LASK

St. Pölten

Hartberg

Wacker

Rapid

Salzburg

Mattersburg

Wolfsberger AC

Altach

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Location of teams in the 2018–19 Austrian Football Bundesliga

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Admira Wacker Mödling | Maria Enzersdorf | BSFZ-Arena | 10,800
Austria Wien | Vienna | Generali Arena | 17,500
LASK | Pasching | Waldstadion Pasching | 7,870
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 | 15,323
SV Mattersburg | Mattersburg | Pappelstadion | 17,100
TSV Hartberg | Hartberg | Stadion Hartberg | 4,500
Wacker Innsbruck | Innsbruck | Tivoli-Neu | 16,000
Wolfsberger AC | Wolfsberg | Lavanttal-Arena | 7,300

## Regular season

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### League table

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Pos | Team

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1  | Red Bull Salzburg | 22  | 17  | 4  | 1  | 51  | 18  | +33  | 55  | Qualification for the Championship round
2  | LASK | 22  | 13  | 7  | 2  | 40  | 19  | +21  | 46
3  | Sturm Graz | 22  | 7  | 10  | 5  | 26  | 23  | +3  | 31
4  | Wolfsberger AC | 22  | 7  | 9  | 6  | 32  | 31  | +1  | 30
5  | Austria Wien | 22  | 9  | 3  | 10  | 29  | 28  | +1  | 30
6  | St. Pölten | 22  | 8  | 6  | 8  | 26  | 29  | −3  | 30
7  | Mattersburg | 22  | 8  | 5  | 9  | 28  | 36  | −8  | 29  | Qualification for the Relegation round
8  | Rapid Wien | 22  | 7  | 6  | 9  | 26  | 29  | −3  | 27
9  | Hartberg | 22  | 7  | 5  | 10  | 35  | 45  | −10  | 26
10  | Admira Wacker Mödling | 22  | 5  | 6  | 11  | 26  | 42  | −16  | 21
11  | Rheindorf Altach | 22  | 4  | 6  | 12  | 30  | 32  | −2  | 18
12  | Wacker Innsbruck | 22  | 4  | 5  | 13  | 17  | 34  | −17  | 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.[citation needed]

### Results

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Home \ Away  | ADM | AWI | LIN | RWI | RBS | ALT | StP | STU | MAT | HAR | INN | WOL

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Admira Wacker Mödling | -- | 1–2  | 0–1  | 0–3  | 2–2  | 2–4  | 3–2  | 2–3  | 0–0  | 2–3  | 3–0  | 0–0
Austria Wien | 4–0  | -- | 0–3  | 6–1  | 0–2  | 1–3  | 2–0  | 1–1  | 2–1  | 4–2  | 2–1  | 2–3
LASK | 5–1  | 2–0  | -- | 2–1  | 3–3  | 1–1  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 2–1  | 3–3  | 2–0  | 2–0
Rapid Wien | 2–0  | 0–1  | 0–1  | -- | 2–0  | 1–1  | 0–2  | 0–0  | 1–0  | 2–2  | 2–1  | 0–0
Red Bull Salzburg | 3–1  | 2–0  | 3–1  | 2–1  | -- | 1–0  | 5–1  | 0–0  | 2–1  | 2–0  | 1–1  | 3–0
Rheindorf Altach | 0–1  | 2–0  | 1–2  | 2–2  | 2–3  | -- | 1–2  | 0–2  | 2–3  | 6–1  | 1–2  | 0–1
St. Pölten | 0–0  | 0–0  | 2–2  | 0–4  | 1–3  | 2–1  | -- | 2–0  | 0–1  | 3–0  | 2–0  | 4–3
Sturm Graz | 3–0  | 1–0  | 0–3  | 1–1  | 1–2  | 1–1  | 0–0  | -- | 1–2  | 3–2  | 1–1  | 3–0
Mattersburg | 2–2  | 2–1  | 1–3  | 2–1  | 0–2  | 1–1  | 2–0  | 1–1  | -- | 1–2  | 2–1  | 0–6
TSV Hartberg | 0–1  | 0–1  | 0–1  | 3–0  | 0–4  | 2–1  | 1–1  | 2–0  | 4–2  | -- | 2–2  | 1–1
Wacker Innsbruck | 1–3  | 0–0  | 1–0  | 0–1  | 0–2  | 1–0  | 0–2  | 2–3  | 0–1  | 2–1  | -- | 0–0
Wolfsberger AC | 2–2  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 3–1  | 1–4  | 0–0  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 2–2  | 3–4  | 3–1  | --

Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga (in German)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

## Championship round

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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 points, LASK 23, Sturm Graz 15, Wolfsberger AC 15, Austria Wien 15 and St. Pölten 15. The points of Red Bull Salzburg and Sturm Graz 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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1  | Red Bull Salzburg (C) | 32  | 25  | 5  | 2  | 79  | 27  | +52  | 52  | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |  | -- | 2–1  | 3–1  | 5–1  | 3–1  | 7–0
2  | LASK | 32  | 18  | 9  | 5  | 59  | 31  | +28  | 40  | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |  | 0–2  | -- | 3–0  | 5–2  | 1–2  | 0–0
3  | Wolfsberger AC | 32  | 12  | 10  | 10  | 47  | 47  | 0  | 31  | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |  | 2–1  | 0–3  | -- | 1–1  | 2–1  | 4–0
4  | Austria Wien | 32  | 12  | 6  | 14  | 45  | 48  | −3  | 27  | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |  | 1–2  | 2–2  | 2–0  | -- | 0–1  | 2–2
5  | Sturm Graz (O) | 32  | 10  | 10  | 12  | 37  | 40  | −3  | 24  | Qualification for the Europa League play-off final |  | 1–2  | 2–3  | 1–2  | 1–3  | -- | 0–1
6  | St. Pölten | 32  | 9  | 9  | 14  | 32  | 50  | −18  | 21  |  |  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 1–3  | 1–2  | 0–1  | --

Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga
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; (O) Play-off winners

## Relegation round

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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: Mattersburg 14 points, Rapid Wien 13, Hartberg 13, Admira Wacker Mödling 10, Rheindorf Altach 9 and Wacker Innsbruck 8. The points of Mattersburg, Rapid Wien, Admira Wacker Mödling and Wacker Innsbruck 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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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation  |  | RWI | MAT | ALT | ADM | HAR | WKR

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1  | Rapid Wien | 32  | 13  | 7  | 12  | 48  | 44  | +4  | 32  | Qualification for the Europa League play-off semi-final |  | -- | 2–1  | 1–2  | 3–0  | 3–4  | 1–0
2  | Mattersburg | 32  | 12  | 7  | 13  | 41  | 48  | −7  | 28  |  | 1–0  | -- | 0–0  | 1–1  | 3–0  | 3–1
3  | Rheindorf Altach | 32  | 9  | 10  | 13  | 48  | 44  | +4  | 28  |  |  | 2–2  | 2–1  | -- | 2–2  | 3–1  | 1–4
4  | Admira Wacker Mödling | 32  | 8  | 9  | 15  | 42  | 62  | −20  | 22  |  | 3–4  | 0–2  | 1–1  | -- | 2–3  | 3–2
5  | Hartberg | 32  | 10  | 5  | 17  | 48  | 66  | −18  | 22  |  | 2–4  | 2–1  | 0–1  | 3–1  | -- | 0–2
6  | Wacker Innsbruck (R) | 32  | 8  | 5  | 19  | 32  | 51  | −19  | 20  | Relegation to the Austrian Football Second League |  | 0–2  | 4–0  | 0–4  | 1–3  | 1–0  | --

Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga
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.[3]
(R) Relegated

## Europa League play-offs

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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.[1]

### Semi-final

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28 May 2019

19:00

Rapid Wien| 2–0| Mattersburg

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* Knasmüllner 8'
* Badji 13'

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Allianz Stadion, Vienna

Attendance: 10,600

Referee: Rene Eisner

### Final

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30 May 2019

17:00

Rapid Wien| 1–2| Sturm Graz

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* Schwab 60'

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* Jantscher 69' (pen.)
* Greiml 78' (o.g.)

Allianz Stadion, Vienna

Attendance: 15,800

Referee: Oliver Drachta

2 June 2019

17:00

Sturm Graz| 0–1| Rapid Wien

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| Report | Spendlhofer 43' (o.g.)

Merkur-Arena, Graz

Attendance: 9,315

Referee: Robert Schorgenhofer

## Statistics

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### Top scorers

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Rank  | Player  | Club  | Goals[4]

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1  |  Mu'nas Dabbur | Red Bull Salzburg | 20
2  |  João Victor | LASK | 13
3  |  Michael Liendl | Wolfsberger AC | 11
4  |  Smail Prevljak | Red Bull Salzburg | 10
5  |  René Gartler | St. Pölten | 9
6  |  Alexander Grünwald | FK Austria Wien | 8
Hannes Wolf | Red Bull Salzburg
8  |  Fredrik Gulbrandsen | Red Bull Salzburg | 7
Christoph Monschein | FK Austria Wien
Rajko Rep | TSV Hartberg

## Awards

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### Annual awards

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Award[5] | Winner  | Club

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Player of the Year |  Munas Dabbur | Red Bull Salzburg
Top goalscorer
Manager of the Year |  Marco Rose | Red Bull Salzburg
Breakthrough of the Year |  Thomas Goiginger | LASK
Team of the Year[6]

Goalkeeper |  Cican Stanković (Red Bull Salzburg)
Defence |  Stefan Lainer

(Red Bull Salzburg)

Andre Ramalho (Red Bull Salzburg)

Gernot Trauner (LASK)

|  Andreas Ulmer

(Red Bull Salzburg)

Midfield |

Thomas Goiginger (LASK)

Diadie Samassékou (Red Bull Salzburg)

|  Michael Liendl (Wolfsberger)  |

Xaver Schlager (Red Bull Salzburg)

Attack |

Munas Dabbur (Red Bull Salzburg)

|  Joao Victor (LASK)

## See also

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* 2018–19 Austrian Football Second League
* 2018–19 Austrian Cup

## References

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1. ^ a b "Die Details der Ligareform: so wird ab 2018/19 gespielt". 2 December 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
2. ^ "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
3. ^ "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
4. ^ "Bundesliga.at - Torschützenliste". Retrieved 7 April 2019.
5. ^ "Bruno-Gala 2019: Red Bull Salzburg und der LASK triumphieren". www.leadersnet.at (in German). Retrieved 2022-12-29.
6. ^ "Bundesliga.at - Das Team der Saison 2018/19". www.bundesliga.at. Retrieved 2022-12-29.

## External links

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