2018–19 Austrian Football Bundesliga

Austrian Bundesliga
Season	2018–19
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The 2018–19 Austrian Football Bundesliga is the 107th season of top-tier football in Austria. Red Bull Salzburg are the defending champions.

Teams

Changes

The league expanded from 10 to 12 teams. 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.

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 Linz	Linz	Waldstadion Pasching	7,870
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	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

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Red Bull Salzburg	10	10	0	0	26	8	+18	30	Qualification for the Championship round
2	St. Pölten	10	6	3	1	16	7	+9	21
3	LASK Linz	10	6	2	2	13	6	+7	20
4	Austria Wien	10	5	1	4	10	10	0	16
5	Wolfsberger AC	10	4	2	4	19	16	+3	14
6	Sturm Graz	10	3	4	3	14	15	−1	13
7	Rapid Wien	10	3	3	4	10	10	0	12	Qualification for the Relegation round
8	Mattersburg	10	3	1	6	11	22	−11	10
9	Hartberg	10	3	0	7	13	19	−6	9
10	Rheindorf Altach	10	2	2	6	15	17	−2	8
11	Admira Wacker Mödling	10	2	2	6	9	19	−10	8
12	Wacker Innsbruck	10	3	0	7	12	19	−7	9

Updated to match(es) played on 7 October 2018. 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

First half of season

Home \ Away	ADM	AWI	LIN	RWI	RBS	ALT	StP	STU	MAT	HAR	INN	WOL
Admira Wacker Mödling	—		0–1	0–3		2–4		2–3	0–0
Austria Wien	4–0	—	0–3						2–1		2–1
LASK Linz			—	2–1			0–0	0–0				2–0
Rapid Wien		0–1		—		1–1	0–2		1–0		2–1	0–0
Red Bull Salzburg	3–1	2–0	3–1	2–1	—					2–0
Rheindorf Altach		2–0			2–3	—	1–2		2–3		1–2	0–1
St. Pölten	0–0	0–0			1–3		—	2–0		3–0		4–3
Sturm Graz				1–1	1–2	1–1		—	1–2	3–2
Mattersburg			1–3		0–2				—		2–1	0–6
TSV Hartberg	0–1	0–1	0–1			2–1			4–2	—
Wacker Innsbruck	1–3		1–0				0–2	2–3		2–1	—
Wolfsberger		1–0			1–4			1–1		3–4	3–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 7 October 2018. Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga (in German)
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 29 August 2018^[1]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Marc Andre Schmerböck	Wolfsberger AC	5
2	Johannes Aigner	Rheindorf Altach	4
	Moanes Dabour	Red Bull Salzburg
	Smail Prevljak	Red Bull Salzburg
5	René Gartler	St. Pölten	3
	Lukas Grozurek	Sturm Graz
	Martin Harrer	Wacker Innsbruck
	Michael Liendl	Wolfsberger AC
	Markus Pink	Sturm Graz
10	Deni Alar	Rapid Wien	2
	Zlatko Dedić	Wacker Innsbruck
	Kristijan Dobras	Rheindorf Altach
	Bright Edomwonyi	Austria Wien
	Alexander Grünwald	Austria Wien
	Marko Kvasina	SV Mattersburg
	Christian Ramsebner	LASK Linz

References

↑ "Bundesliga.at". Archived from the original on 2016-11-19. Retrieved 2018-08-29.

External links

Official website (in German)

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[1] "Bundesliga.at". Archived from the original on 2016-11-19. Retrieved 2018-08-29.

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