2021–22 Austrian Football Bundesliga

The 2021–22 Austrian Football Bundesliga, also known as Admiral Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, is the 110th season of top-tier football in Austria. Red Bull Salzburg are the eight-times defending champions.[1]

Austrian Bundesliga
Season2021–22
Dates23 July 2021 – 21 May 2022
ChampionsRed Bull Salzburg
(16th title)
Champions LeagueRed Bull Salzburg
Sturm Graz
Matches played108
Goals scored318 (2.94 per match)
Top goalscorerKarim Adeyemi
(17 goals)
Biggest home winRed Bull Salzburg 7–1 Ried
(1 August 2021)
Biggest away winAustria Klagenfurt 0–6 Red Bull Salzburg
(10 April 2022)
Highest scoringRed Bull Salzburg 7–1 Ried
(1 August 2021)
Longest winning run10 matches
Red Bull Salzburg
Longest unbeaten run15 matches
Red Bull Salzburg
Longest winless run8 matches
WSG Tirol
Admira Wacker Mödling
Longest losing run6 matches
Rheindorf Altach
2022–23 →
All statistics correct as of 12 December 2021.

Teams

Changes

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
Location of teams in the 2021–22 Austrian Football Bundesliga

Team

Location

Venue

Capacity

Admira Wacker Mödling Maria Enzersdorf BSFZ-Arena 7,000
SK Austria Klagenfurt Klagenfurt Wörthersee Stadion 32,000
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
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

Regular season

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Home \ Away ADM KLA AWI ALT HAR LIN RWI RBS STU RIE WAT WOL
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

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 RWI AWI WOL KLA
1 Red Bull Salzburg (C, Q) 29 23 4 2 71 18 +53 45 Qualification to Champions League group stage — 1–0 2–1 5–0 8 May 21 May
2 Sturm Graz (Q) 29 15 8 6 57 37 +20 34 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round 2–1 — 2–1 1–0 15 May 3–1
3 Rapid Wien 29 10 10 9 46 41 +5 24 Qualification to Europa League play-off round 15 May 1–1 — 1–1 2–1 2–2
4 Austria Wien 29 9 12 8 37 35 +2 22 Qualification to Europa Conference League third qualifying round 1–2 21 May 8 May — 2–1 1–1
5 Wolfsberger AC 29 12 5 12 42 47 −5 22 Qualification to Europa Conference League play-offs 1–4 0–2 21 May 1–1 — 1–2
6 Austria Klagenfurt 29 8 11 10 40 52 −12 20 0–6 8 May 1–3 15 May 2–3 —
Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2022. Source:
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) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

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: 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 HAR ADM RIE ALT
1 WSG Tirol 29 9 9 11 40 53 −13 24 Qualification to Europa Conference League play-offs — 4–0 14 May 0–0 2–0 0–3
2 LASK 29 8 10 11 37 37 0 21 6–0 — 7 May 21 May 0–2 2–1
3 Hartberg 29 7 10 12 37 39 −2 20 0–1 0–0 — 1–2 21 May 4–0
4 Admira Wacker Mödling 29 6 12 11 34 39 −5 20 7 May 1–1 1–3 — 2–0 14 May
5 Ried 29 8 10 11 37 51 −14 19 2–3 14 May 0–0 1–1 — 1–2
6 Rheindorf Altach 29 5 7 17 18 47 −29 15 Relegation to the Austrian Football Second League 21 May 0–0 0–0 2–2 7 May —
Updated to match(es) played on 26 April 2022. Source:
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]

Europa Conference League play-offs

The winner of the relegation round, the fourth-placed team from the championship round and the fifth-placed team from the championship round play to determine the qualifier to the Europa Conference League second qualifying round.

Statistics

Top scorers
As of 27 April 2022[6][7]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Karim Adeyemi Red Bull Salzburg 17
2 Giacomo Vrioni WSG Tirol 15
3 Markus Pink Austria Klagenfurt 12
Manprit Sarkaria Sturm Graz
Jakob Jantscher Sturm Graz
6 Kelvin Yeboah Sturm Graz 11
7 Dario Tadić Hartberg 10
8 Tai Baribo Wolfsberger AC 9
Marco Djuricin Austria Wien
Sascha Horvath LASK
Ercan Kara Rapid Wien
Roman Kerschbaum Admira Wacker Mödling
Noah Okafor Red Bull Salzburg

Top assists
As of 24 April 2022[8]
Rank Player Club Assists
1 Jakob Jantscher Sturm Graz 12
Stefan Nutz Ried
3 Noah Okafor Red Bull Salzburg 8
Nicolas Seiwald Red Bull Salzburg
5 Marco Grüll Rapid Wien 7
6 Eliel Peretz Wolfsberger AC 6
7 Michael Liendl Wolfsberger AC 5
8 Eight players 4

References
  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. "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. Topscorers (Flashscore)
  7. Torschützenliste (Bundesliga)
  8. Vorlagen (Bundesliga)
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