2020–21 Austrian Football Bundesliga
This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (April 2020) |
Season | 2020–21 |
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Dates | 11 September 2020 – 23 May 2021 |
Relegated | St.Pölten |
Champions League | Red Bull Salzburg Rapid Wien |
Europa League | Sturm Graz |
Europa Conference League | LASK Austria Wien |
Matches played | 165 |
Goals scored | 497 (3.01 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Patson Daka (23 goals) |
Biggest home win | Red Bull Salzburg 7–1 Hartberg (4 October 2020) |
Biggest away win | St. Pölten 2–8 Red Bull Salzburg (28 November 2020) |
Highest scoring | St. Pölten 2–8 Red Bull Salzburg (28 November 2020) |
Longest winning run | 6 matches Red Bull Salzburg |
Longest unbeaten run | 7 matches Red Bull Salzburg Rapid Wien |
Longest winless run | 8 matches Ried |
Longest losing run | 5 matches Ried Hartberg |
← 2019–20 2021–22 →
All statistics correct as of 27 April 2021. |
The 2020–21 Austrian Football Bundesliga, also known as Tipico Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, is the 109th season of top-tier football in Austria. Red Bull Salzburg are the seven-times defending champions.
Teams[]
Changes[]
Mattersburg withdrew from the Bundesliga after 17 seasons due to filing for insolvency, sparing WSG Tirol from relegation.[1] SV Ried was promoted as champions of the 2019–20 Austrian Football Second League after having been relegated from the Bundesliga at the end of the 2016–17 season.
Stadia and locations[]
Team |
Location |
Venue |
Capacity |
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Admira Wacker Mödling | Maria Enzersdorf | BSFZ-Arena | 7,000 |
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 | 30,188 |
Rheindorf Altach | Altach | Stadion Schnabelholz | 8,500 |
St. Pölten | Sankt Pölten | NV Arena | 8,000 |
Sturm Graz | Graz | Merkur-Arena | 16,364 |
SV Ried | Ried im Innkreis | Keine Sorgen Arena | 7,680 |
TSV Hartberg | Hartberg | Stadion Hartberg | 4,635 |
Wolfsberger AC | Wolfsberg | Lavanttal-Arena | 7,300 |
WSG Tirol | Innsbruck | Tivoli Stadion Tirol | 16,008 |
Managerial changes[]
Regular season[]
League table[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Red Bull Salzburg | 22 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 67 | 24 | +43 | 52 | Qualification for the Championship round |
2 | Rapid Wien | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 43 | 25 | +18 | 45 | |
3 | LASK | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 42 | 21 | +21 | 42 | |
4 | Sturm Graz | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 20 | +14 | 39 | |
5 | Wolfsberger AC | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 40 | 39 | +1 | 33 | |
6 | WSG Tirol | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 30 | |
7 | Hartberg | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 38 | −13 | 29 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
8 | Austria Wien | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 31 | 32 | −1 | 25 | |
9 | St. Pölten | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 43 | −10 | 21 | |
10 | Rheindorf Altach | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 43 | −23 | 21 | |
11 | Ried | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 46 | −25 | 16 | |
12 | Admira Wacker Mödling | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 50 | −28 | 14 |
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.[2]
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 26, Rapid Wien 22, LASK 21, Sturm Graz 19, Wolfsberger AC 16, and WSG Tirol 15. The points of Rapid Wien, Sturm Graz and Wolfsberger AC 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 | RWI | STU | LIN | WOL | WAT | |
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1 | Red Bull Salzburg (C) | 32 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 94 | 33 | +61 | 51 | Qualification to Champions League play-off round | — | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | |
2 | Rapid Wien | 32 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 64 | 40 | +24 | 36 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round | 0–3 | — | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | |
3 | Sturm Graz | 32 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 52 | 34 | +18 | 36 | Qualification to Europa League Play-off round | 1–3 | 4–1 | — | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | |
4 | LASK | 32 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 55 | 41 | +14 | 30 | Qualification to Europa Conference League third qualifying round | 2–5 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 3–3 | |
5 | Wolfsberger AC | 32 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 52 | 62 | −10 | 27 | Qualification to Europa Conference League play-off final | 1–2 | 1–8 | 1–3 | 0–4 | — | 2–0 | |
6 | WSG Tirol | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 53 | 60 | −7 | 23 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | — |
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) Champion
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: Hartberg 14, Austria Wien 12, St. Pölten 10, Rheindorf Altach 10, Ried 8, and Admira Wacker Mödling 7. The points of Hartberg, Austria Wien, St. Pölten 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 | HAR | AWI | RIE | ALT | ADM | STP | |
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1 | Hartberg | 32 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 32 | Qualification to Europa Conference League play-off semi-final | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | |
2 | Austria Wien (O) | 32 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 47 | 43 | +4 | 29 | 3–1 | — | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | ||
3 | Ried | 32 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 34 | 57 | −23 | 25 | 3–2 | 3–2 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | ||
4 | Rheindorf Altach | 32 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 33 | 55 | −22 | 23 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | — | 0–1 | 1–0 | ||
5 | Admira Wacker Mödling | 32 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 58 | −31 | 19 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | ||
6 | St. Pölten (R) | 32 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 39 | 57 | −18 | 13 | Qualification to relegation play-offs[a] | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 | — |
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]
(O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ Since the top two teams of the 2020–21 Austrian Football Second League did not receive a license for the Bundesliga, relegation play-offs will be played between the last-placed club from the Bundesliga and the best-placed club with a license from the Second League.[3]
Europa Conference 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 qualifier to the Europa Conference League second qualifying round.[4][3]
Semi-final[]
Final[]
Austria Wien | 3–0 | Wolfsberger AC |
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Report |
Wolfsberger AC | 1–2 | Austria Wien |
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Joveljić 25' | Report | Djuricin 24' (pen.) Monschein 68' |
Austria Wien won 5–1 on aggregate.
Relegation play-offs[]
Since the top two teams of the 2020–21 Austrian Football Second League did not receive a license for the Bundesliga, relegation play-offs were played between the last-placed club from the Bundesliga and the best-placed club with a license from the Second League.[3]
Austria Klagenfurt | 4–0 | St. Pölten |
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Report |
St. Pölten | 0–1 | Austria Klagenfurt |
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Report |
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Austria Klagenfurt won 5–0 on aggregate.
Statistics[]
Top scorers[]
- As of 3 April 2021.[5]
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | Patson Daka | Red Bull Salzburg | 23 |
2 | Sékou Koïta | Red Bull Salzburg | 14 |
3 | Ercan Kara | Rapid Wien | 12 |
4 | Dejan Joveljić | Wolfsberger AC | 11 |
5 | Nikolai Baden Frederiksen | WSG Tirol | 10 |
Alexander Schmidt | St. Pölten | ||
7 | Mërgim Berisha | Red Bull Salzburg | 9 |
8 | Johannes Eggestein | LASK | 8 |
Marco Grüll | Ried | ||
Christoph Knasmüllner | Rapid Wien |
Top assists[]
- As of 29 November 2020.[6]
Rank | Player | Club | Assists |
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1 | Michael Liendl | Wolfsberger AC | 7 |
2 | Dominik Szoboszlai | Red Bull Salzburg | 5 |
3 | Peter Michorl | LASK | 4 |
Majeed Ashimeru | Red Bull Salzburg | ||
Jakob Jantscher | Sturm Graz | ||
6 | Ercan Kara | Rapid Wien | 3 |
Karim Adeyemi | Red Bull Salzburg | ||
Andreas Kuen | Sturm Graz | ||
Robert Ljubičić | St. Pölten | ||
Andreas Gruber | LASK |
References[]
- ^ "SV Mattersburg stellt Insolvenzantrag und gibt Bundesliga-Lizenz ab" [SV Mattersburg files for insolvency and gives up Bundesliga license]. derstandard.at (in German). Der Standard. 5 August 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ a b c "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- ^ a b c "Termine Europacup-Play-off & Relegationsspiele" [Schedule European Cup play-off and relegation play-off matches]. bundesliga.at (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. 22 May 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ "Die Details der Ligareform: so wird ab 2018/19 gespielt". bundesliga.at (in German). 2 December 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
- ^ "Bundesliga.at - Torschützenliste". www.bundesliga.at. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- ^ "Bundesliga.at - Vorlagen". www.bundesliga.at. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
External links[]
- Official website (in German)
- Austrian Football Bundesliga seasons
- 2020–21 in European association football leagues
- 2020–21 in Austrian football