Austrian Bundesliga
Season2018–19
Dates27 July 2018 – 26 May 2019
ChampionsRed Bull Salzburg
(13th title)
RelegatedWacker Innsbruck
Champions LeagueRed Bull Salzburg
LASK
Europa LeagueWolfsberger AC
Austria Wien
Sturm Graz
Matches played132
Goals scored366 (2.77 per match)
Top goalscorerMu'nas Dabbur
(20 goals)

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

Structural changes

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

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

Stadia and locations

Location of teams in the 2018–19 Austrian Football Bundesliga

Team

Location

Venue

Capacity

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 Profertil Arena Hartberg 4,500
Wacker Innsbruck Innsbruck Tivoli-Neu 16,000
Wolfsberger AC Wolfsberg Lavanttal-Arena 7,300

Regular season

League table

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

Results

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

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.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RBS LIN WOL AWI STU STP
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

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.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation RWI MAT ALT ADM HAR WKR
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

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

Rapid Wien2–0Mattersburg
  • Knasmüllner 8'
  • Badji 13'
 Report
Attendance: 10,600
Referee: Rene Eisner

Final

Rapid Wien1–2Sturm Graz
 Report
Attendance: 15,800
Referee: Oliver Drachta
Sturm Graz0–1Rapid Wien
Report Spendlhofer 43' (o.g.)
Attendance: 9,315
Referee: Robert Schorgenhofer

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals[4]
1 Israel Mu'nas Dabbur Red Bull Salzburg 20
2 Brazil João Victor LASK 13
3 Austria Michael Liendl Wolfsberger AC 11
4 Bosnia and Herzegovina Smail Prevljak Red Bull Salzburg 10
5 Austria René Gartler St. Pölten 9
6 Austria Alexander Grünwald FK Austria Wien 8
Austria Hannes Wolf Red Bull Salzburg
8 Norway Fredrik Gulbrandsen Red Bull Salzburg 7
Austria Christoph Monschein FK Austria Wien
Slovenia Rajko Rep TSV Hartberg

Awards

Annual awards

Award[5] Winner Club
Player of the Year Israel Munas Dabbur Red Bull Salzburg
Top goalscorer
Manager of the Year Germany Marco Rose Red Bull Salzburg
Breakthrough of the Year Austria Thomas Goiginger LASK
Team of the Year[6]
Goalkeeper Austria Cican Stanković (Red Bull Salzburg)
Defence Austria Stefan Lainer

(Red Bull Salzburg)

Brazil

Andre Ramalho (Red Bull Salzburg)

Austria

Gernot Trauner (LASK)

Austria Andreas Ulmer

(Red Bull Salzburg)

Midfield Austria

Thomas Goiginger (LASK)

Mali

Diadie Samassékou (Red Bull Salzburg)

Austria Michael Liendl (Wolfsberger) Austria

Xaver Schlager (Red Bull Salzburg)

Attack

Israel Munas Dabbur (Red Bull Salzburg)

 Brazil Joao Victor (LASK)

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "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.
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