2021–22 Austrian Football Bundesliga

109th season of top-tier football in Austria

Football league season

Austrian BundesligaSeason| 2021–22

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Dates| 23 July 2021 – 29 May 2022
Champions| Red Bull Salzburg
(16th title)
Relegated| Admira Wacker Mödling
Champions League| Red Bull Salzburg
Sturm Graz
Europa League| Austria Wien
Europa Conference League| Wolfsberger AC
Rapid Wien
Matches played| 195
Goals scored| 563 (2.89 per match)
Top goalscorer| Karim Adeyemi, Giacomo Vrioni
(19 goals)
Biggest home win| Red Bull Salzburg 7–1 Ried
(1 August 2021)
Biggest away win| Austria Klagenfurt 0–6 Red Bull Salzburg
(10 April 2022)
Highest scoring| Red Bull Salzburg 7–1 Ried
(1 August 2021)
Longest winning run| 10 matches
Red Bull Salzburg
Longest unbeaten run| 15 matches
Red Bull Salzburg
Longest winless run| 8 matches
WSG Tirol
Admira Wacker Mödling
Longest losing run| 6 matches
Rheindorf Altach

← 2020–21

2022–23 →

The 2021–22 Austrian Football Bundesliga, also known as Admiral Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, was the 110th season of top-tier football in Austria. The title was won by Red Bull Salzburg for the sixteenth time in their history, and ninth time in a row.[1]

## Teams[edit]

### Changes[edit]

St. Pölten was relegated to the 2021-22 Austrian Football Second League after finishing in last place in the 2020-21 Relegation Round.[2] SK Austria Klagenfurt was promoted as champions of the 2020–21 Austrian Football Second League, despite finishing third in that competition. FC Blau-Weiß Linz finished in first, but did not apply for a Bundesliga license [3] and FC Liefering took second place, but as a feeder team for FC Red Bull Salzburg, were also ineligible for promotion.

### Stadia and locations[edit]

Admira

Austria

Sturm

LASK

Hartberg

Rapid

Salzburg

WSG Tirol

Ried

Wolfsberger AC

Altach

A.Klagenfurt

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Location of teams in the 2021–22 Austrian Football Bundesliga

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Admira Wacker Mödling | Maria Enzersdorf | BSFZ-Arena | 7,000
SK Austria Klagenfurt | Klagenfurt | Wörthersee Stadion | 29,863
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
Sturm Graz | Graz | Merkur-Arena | 16,364
SV Ried | Ried im Innkreis | Keine Sorgen Arena | 7,680
TSV Hartberg | Hartberg | Profertil Arena Hartberg | 4,635
Wolfsberger AC | Wolfsberg | Lavanttal-Arena | 7,300
WSG Tirol | Innsbruck | Tivoli Stadion Tirol | 16,008

## Regular season[edit]

### League table[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  | Red Bull Salzburg | 22  | 17  | 4  | 1  | 50  | 13  | +37  | 55  | Qualification for the Championship round
2  | Sturm Graz | 22  | 10  | 7  | 5  | 46  | 32  | +14  | 37
3  | Wolfsberger AC | 22  | 11  | 4  | 7  | 34  | 32  | +2  | 37
4  | Austria Wien | 22  | 8  | 9  | 5  | 31  | 23  | +8  | 33
5  | Rapid Wien | 22  | 8  | 7  | 7  | 35  | 31  | +4  | 31
6  | Austria Klagenfurt | 22  | 7  | 9  | 6  | 31  | 33  | −2  | 30
7  | Ried | 22  | 7  | 8  | 7  | 31  | 41  | −10  | 29  | Qualification for the Relegation round
8  | LASK | 22  | 6  | 7  | 9  | 28  | 29  | −1  | 25
9  | WSG Tirol | 22  | 5  | 8  | 9  | 30  | 42  | −12  | 23
10  | Hartberg | 22  | 5  | 7  | 10  | 29  | 35  | −6  | 22
11  | Admira Wacker Mödling | 22  | 4  | 8  | 10  | 25  | 31  | −6  | 20
12  | Rheindorf Altach | 22  | 3  | 4  | 15  | 10  | 38  | −28  | 13

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]

### Results[edit]

Home \ Away  | ADM | KLA | AWI | ALT | HAR | LIN | RWI | RBS | STU | RIE | WAT | WOL

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Admira Wacker Mödling | -- | 4–0  | 1–2  | 2–0  | 1–1  | 0–3  | 1–2  | 0–1  | 1–1  | 1–2  | 0–1  | 0–1
Austria Klagenfurt | 3–3  | -- | 0–0  | 2–0  | 4–3  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 2–1  | 0–3  | 1–1  | 2–1  | 1–1
Austria Wien | 2–2  | 1–1  | -- | 0–0  | 2–0  | 2–3  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 2–1  | 4–1  | 1–1  | 1–0
Rheindorf Altach | 0–2  | 0–4  | 0–2  | -- | 0–2  | 0–1  | 2–1  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 1–1  | 0–3  | 1–2
Hartberg | 1–1  | 0–2  | 3–4  | 1–2  | -- | 2–1  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 3–2  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 2–2
LASK | 3–1  | 2–2  | 0–2  | 0–1  | 1–1  | -- | 1–1  | 0–0  | 1–3  | 1–0  | 3–0  | 0–1
Rapid Wien | 1–2  | 3–0  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 0–2  | 3–2  | -- | 1–2  | 0–3  | 3–0  | 5–2  | 3–0
Red Bull Salzburg | 0–0  | 3–1  | 1–0  | 4–0  | 2–1  | 3–1  | 2–0  | -- | 4–1  | 7–1  | 5–0  | 2–0
Sturm Graz | 1–1  | 2–1  | 2–2  | 3–1  | 3–0  | 3–3  | 2–2  | 1–3  | -- | 1–0  | 5–0  | 0–3
SV Ried | 2–1  | 1–1  | 2–1  | 2–1  | 1–0  | 1–0  | 2–2  | 2–2  | 2–2  | -- | 3–2  | 3–3
WSG Tirol | 1–1  | 0–1  | 1–1  | 0–0  | 2–2  | 1–1  | 0–2  | 1–3  | 2–2  | 4–2  | -- | 5–1
Wolfsberger AC | 3–0  | 2–1  | 1–0  | 3–0  | 1–3  | 1–0  | 4–1  | 0–2  | 1–4  | 2–1  | 2–2  | --

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

## Championship round[edit]

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 18, Wolfsberger AC 18, Austria Wien 16, Rapid Wien 15, and Austria Klagenfurt 15. The points of all teams but Austria Klagenfurt 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 | STU | AWI | WOL | RWI | KLA

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1  | Red Bull Salzburg (C) | 32  | 25  | 5  | 2  | 77  | 19  | +58  | 52  | Qualification to Champions League group stage |  | -- | 1–0  | 5–0  | 4–0  | 2–1  | 1–1
2  | Sturm Graz | 32  | 16  | 8  | 8  | 62  | 46  | +16  | 37  | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |  | 2–1  | -- | 1–0  | 1–4  | 2–1  | 3–1
3  | Austria Wien | 32  | 11  | 13  | 8  | 44  | 39  | +5  | 29  | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |  | 1–2  | 4–2  | -- | 2–1  | 1–1  | 1–1
4  | Wolfsberger AC | 32  | 14  | 5  | 13  | 48  | 53  | −5  | 28  | Qualification to Europa Conference League third qualifying round |  | 1–4  | 0–2  | 1–1  | -- | 2–1  | 1–2
5  | Rapid Wien (O) | 32  | 10  | 11  | 11  | 48  | 45  | +3  | 25  | Qualification to Europa Conference League play-offs |  | 0–1  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 2–1  | -- | 2–2
6  | Austria Klagenfurt | 32  | 8  | 12  | 12  | 43  | 57  | −14  | 21  |  |  | 0–6  | 1–2  | 1–2  | 2–3  | 1–3  | --

Source: [1]
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[edit]

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: Ried 14, LASK 12, Tirol 11, Hartberg 11, Admira Wacker 10, and Rheindorf Altach 6. The points of Ried, LASK, Tirol, 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  |  | WAT | LIN | ALT | RIE | HAR | ADM

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1  | WSG Tirol | 32  | 10  | 10  | 12  | 46  | 58  | −12  | 28  | Qualification to Europa Conference League play-offs |  | -- | 4–0  | 0–3  | 2–0  | 4–2  | 0–0
2  | LASK | 32  | 9  | 12  | 11  | 44  | 42  | +2  | 26  |  | 6–0  | -- | 2–1  | 0–2  | 3–3  | 3–1
3  | Rheindorf Altach | 32  | 7  | 8  | 17  | 24  | 49  | −25  | 22  |  |  | 2–1  | 0–0  | -- | 1–1  | 0–0  | 2–2
4  | Ried | 32  | 8  | 13  | 11  | 40  | 54  | −14  | 22  |  | 2–3  | 1–1  | 1–2  | -- | 0–0  | 1–1
5  | Hartberg | 32  | 7  | 12  | 13  | 43  | 47  | −4  | 22  |  | 0–1  | 0–0  | 4–0  | 1–1  | -- | 1–2
6  | Admira Wacker Mödling (R) | 32  | 6  | 13  | 13  | 36  | 46  | −10  | 21  | Relegation to the Austrian Football Second League |  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 0–3  | 2–0  | 1–3  | --

Source: [2]
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[edit]

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 |

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| 7 | WSG Tirol | 2 | | | 5 | Rapid Wien | 2 | 2 | 4 |
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### Semi-final[edit]

23 May 2022

18:00

WSG Tirol| 2–1| LASK

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* Vrioni 22'
* Sabitzer 45+1'

| Report |

* Goiginger 88' (pen.)

Tivoli Stadion Tirol, Innsbruck

Referee: Rene Eisner

### Final[edit]

26 May 2022

17:00

WSG Tirol| 1–2| Rapid Wien

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* Vrioni 27'

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* Grüll 10'
* Auer 13'

Tivoli Stadion Tirol, Innsbruck

Referee: Sebastian Gishamer

29 May 2022

17:00

Rapid Wien| 2–0| WSG Tirol

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* Ljubičić 29'
* Binder 87'

| Report |

Allianz Stadion, Vienna

Referee: Stefan Ebner

## Statistics[edit]

### Top scorers[edit]

As of 29 May 2022[6][7]
Rank  | Player  | Club  | Goals

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1  |  Karim Adeyemi | Red Bull Salzburg | 19
Giacomo Vrioni | WSG Tirol | 19
3  |  Jakob Jantscher | Sturm Graz | 14
4  |  Manprit Sarkaria | Sturm Graz  | 13
5  |  Markus Pink | Austria Klagenfurt | 12
6  |  Kelvin Yeboah | Sturm Graz  | 11
Tai Baribo | Wolfsberger AC | 11
8  |  Dario Tadić | Hartberg | 10
Sascha Horvath | LASK | 10
10  | 8 players | 9

### Top assists[edit]

As of 29 May 2022[8]
Rank  | Player  | Club  | Assists

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1  |  Jakob Jantscher | Sturm Graz | 15
2  |  Stefan Nutz | Ried | 12
3  |  Marco Grüll | Rapid Wien | 8
Noah Okafor | Red Bull Salzburg | 8
Nicolas Seiwald | Red Bull Salzburg  | 8
6  |  Eliel Peretz | Wolfsberger AC | 6
Michael Liendl | Wolfsberger AC  | 6
Markus Suttner | Austria Wien  | 6
9  |  Karim Adeyemi | Red Bull Salzburg  | 5
Jürgen Heil | TSV Hartberg | 5
Matthias Braunöder | Austria Wien  | 5

## Awards[edit]

### Annual awards[edit]

Award[9] | Winner  | Club

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Player of the Year |  Jakob Jantscher | Sturm Graz
Top goalscorer |  Karim Adeyemi | Red Bull Salzburg
Manager of the Year |  Matthias Jaissle | Red Bull Salzburg
Breakthrough of the Year |  Nicolas Seiwald | Red Bull Salzburg

### Team of the Year[edit]

Pentz

Wöber

Kristensen

Wüthrich

Ulmer

Seiwald

Camara

Grüll

Jantscher

Adeyemi

Sarkaria

Team of the Year[10]

Goalkeeper |  Patrick Pentz (Austria Wien)
Defence |  Rasmus Kristensen (Red Bull Salzburg)  |  Maximilian Wöber (Red Bull Salzburg)  |  Gregory Wüthrich (Sturm Graz)  |  Andreas Ulmer (Red Bull Salzburg)
Midfield |  Manprit Sarkaria (Sturm Graz)  |  Mohamed Camara (Red Bull Salzburg)  |  Nicolas Seiwald (Red Bull Salzburg)  |  Marco Grüll (Rapid Wien)
Attack |

Karim Adeyemi (Red Bull Salzburg)

|  Jakob Jantscher (Sturm Graz)

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Austrian Bundesliga". bundesliga.at/de (in German). Bundelisga. 12 July 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
2. ^ "Davies SKN St. Pölten relegated to Hybet Liga". footballsierraleone.net/. Football Sierra Leone. 30 May 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
3. ^ "Der FC Blau Weiß Linz ist Meister in der 2. Liga". Österreichische Fußball-Bundeslig. 21 May 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
4. ^ a b "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
5. ^ "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
6. ^ "Bundesliga 2021/2022 live scores, results, Football Austria - Flashscore". www.flashscore.com.
7. ^ "Bundesliga.at - Torschützenliste". www.bundesliga.at.
8. ^ "Bundesliga.at - Vorlagen". www.bundesliga.at.
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