2019–20 Austrian Football Bundesliga

The 2019–20 Austrian Football Bundesliga , also known as Tipico Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, is the 108th season of top-tier football in Austria. Red Bull Salzburg are the six-times defending champions.

Austrian Bundesliga
Season2019–20
Dates26 July 2019 – 4 July 2020
Matches played132
Goals scored242 (1.83 per match)
Top goalscorerShon Weissman
(26 goals)[1]
Biggest home winRed Bull Salzburg 6 – 0 Rheindorf Altach
Rheindorf Altach 6 – 0 St. Pölten
Biggest away winSt. Pölten 0 – 6 Red Bull Salzburg
Highest scoringRed Bull Salzburg 7 – 2 Hartberg
Longest winning runRed Bull Salzburg (7 games)
Longest unbeaten runRed Bull Salzburg (18 games)
Longest winless runAdmira Wacker Mödling (9 games)
Longest losing runMattersburg (6 games)
2020–21 →

In March 2020 the league matches were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

Teams

Changes

Wacker Innsbruck were relegated after just one season. WSG Tirol was promoted as champions of the 2018–19 Austrian Football Second League for the first time since 1970–71 season.

Stadia and locations
Location of teams in the 2019–20 Austrian Football Bundesliga

Team

Location

Venue

Capacity

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 Mattersburg Mattersburg Pappelstadion 17,100
TSV Hartberg Hartberg Stadion Hartberg 5,000
Wolfsberger AC Wolfsberg Lavanttal-Arena 7,300
WSG Tirol Innsbruck Tivoli-Neu 16,008

Regular season

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Red Bull Salzburg 22 14 6 2 74 26 +48 48 Qualification for the Championship round
2 LASK[lower-alpha 1] 22 17 3 2 50 20 +30 42
3 Rapid Wien 22 11 7 4 47 26 +21 40
4 Wolfsberg 22 11 5 6 50 27 +23 38
5 Sturm Graz 22 9 5 8 37 28 +9 32
6 Hartberg 22 8 5 9 36 50 −14 29
7 Austria Wien 22 5 10 7 33 36 −3 25 Qualification for the Relegation round
8 Rheindorf Altach 22 7 3 12 34 44 −10 24
9 Admira Wacker Mödling 22 4 7 11 22 43 −21 19
10 WSG Tirol 22 5 4 13 26 50 −24 19
11 Mattersburg 22 5 3 14 26 52 −26 18
12 St. Pölten 22 3 8 11 21 54 −33 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.
Notes:
  1. LASK were deducted 12 points due to violation of pandemic restrictions.[3]

Results
Home \ Away ADM AWI ALT HAR LIN MAT RWI RBS STP STU WAT WOL
Admira Wacker Mödling — 0–0 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–3 0–3 1–1 1–1 0–2 3–1 0–3
Austria Wien 1–1 — 2–0 5–0 0–3 2–1 1–3 2–2 0–0 1–0 2–3 1–1
Rheindorf Altach 1–4 2–2 — 3–3 0–1 0–2 0–3 3–2 6–0 1–2 3–2 2–1
Hartberg 4–1 2–2 2–1 — 1–2 3–1 2–2 2–2 3–2 1–0 0–3 0–2
LASK 1–0 2–0 2–0 5–1 — 7–2 0–4 2–2 4–1 3–3 1–1 0–1
Mattersburg 1–2 1–5 0–0 2–1 0–1 — 2–3 0–3 0–1 3–3 0–2 1–4
Rapid Wien 5–0 2–2 2–1 3–3 1–2 3–1 — 0–2 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–1
Red Bull Salzburg 5–0 4–1 6–0 7–2 2–3 4–1 3–2 — 2–2 2–0 5–1 5–2
St. Pölten 2–2 2–2 0–3 1–3 0–3 0–0 2–2 0–6 — 0–4 5–1 0–4
Sturm Graz 4–1 1–1 1–2 3–1 0–2 1–2 0–1 1–1 3–0 — 2–0 0–4
WSG Tirol 1–1 3–1 0–4 0–1 0–2 1–3 0–2 1–5 1–1 1–5 — 2–0
Wolfsberger AC 2–2 3–0 5–2 3–0 1–3 5–0 2–2 0–3 4–0 0–1 2–2 —
Source: soccerway.com
Colours: 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 24, LASK 21 points, Rapid Wien 20, Wolfsberger AC 19, Sturm Graz 16, and Hartberg 14.The points of Hartberg were rounded down – in the event of any ties on points at the end of the playoffs, a half point will be added for this team.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RBS LIN RWI WOL HAR STU
1 Red Bull Salzburg (X) 29 19 8 2 99 32 +67 41 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round — 3–1 2–0 2–2 28 Jun 1 Jul
2 LASK[lower-alpha 1] (W) 29 20 4 5 66 30 +36 33 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round 5 Jul — 0–1 28 Jun 1–2 4–0
3 Rapid Wien (A) 29 15 7 7 57 37 +20 32 Qualification for the Europa League group stage 2–7 1 Jul — 2–1 0–1 4–0
4 Wolfsberg (B) 29 13 8 8 62 39 +23 28 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round 0–0 3–3 5 Jul — 2–4 2–0
5 Hartberg (Y) 29 11 5 13 45 67 −22 23 Qualification for the Europa League play-off final 0–6 1–5 0–1 1 Jul — 1–2
6 Sturm Graz (Z) 29 10 6 13 43 46 −3 20 1–5 0–2 28 Jun 1–2 5 Jul —
Updated to match(es) played on 24 June 2020. Source:
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.[5]
(A) Assured a place of at least Europa League play-off final; (B) Cannot qualified to the Champions League play-off round directly through internal league results; (W) Assured a place of at least Europa League Third qualifying round; (X) Assured a place of at least Europa League Group stage; (Y) Cannot qualified to the Champions League through internal league results; (Z) Cannot qualified to the Champions League and Europa League group stage directly through internal league results.
Notes:
  1. LASK were deducted four points for violating regulations with concern to the coronavirus.[4]

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: Austria Wien 12, Rheindorf Altach 12, Admira Wacker Mödling 9, WSG Tirol 9, Mattersburg 9, and St. Pölten 8. The points of Austria Wien, Admira Wacker Mödling, WSG Tirol, and St. Pölten 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 AWI ALT STP MAT ADM WAT
1 Austria Wien (Q) 30 10 11 9 46 46 0 28 Qualification for the Europa League play-off semi-final — 0–2 2–5 4 Jul 1–0 1–0
2 Rheindorf Altach (Q) 30 10 8 12 44 49 −5 26 30 Jun — 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1
3 St. Pölten 30 6 10 14 34 65 −31 19 1–1 4 Jul — 1–0 0–3 1–1
4 Mattersburg 30 7 6 17 35 62 −27 18 1–4 1–1 2–0 — 1–2 30 Jun
5 Admira Wacker Mödling 30 6 9 15 29 54 −25 17 0–2 1–1 30 Jun 0–2 — 0–3
6 WSG Tirol 30 6 7 17 33 62 −29 15 Relegation to the Austrian Football Second League 1–2 0–1 0–5 0–1 4 Jul —
Updated to match(es) played on 27 June 2020. Source:
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.[6]
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Europa League play-offs

The winner and the runner-up of the relegation round will play a one-legged play-off semi-final match against each other. The winner will play a two-legged final against the fifth-placed team from the championship round to determine the third Europa League participant.[7]

Semi-final
v

Final
v
v

Statistics

Top scorers
As of 24 June 2020[1]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Shon Weissman Wolfsberg 26
2 Patson Daka Red Bull Salzburg 23
3 Taxiarchis Fountas Rapid Wien 18
4 Erling Haaland Red Bull Salzburg 16
Christoph Monschein Austria Wien
6 Dario Tadić Hartberg 14
7 Andreas Gruber Mattersburg 12
8 Sinan Bakış Admira Wacker Mödling 11
Zlatko Dedić WSG Tirol
Klauss LASK

References
  1. "Tore". Bundesliga (in German). Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  2. "Bundesliga.at - Tipico Bundesliga unterbricht bis Anfang Mai". www.bundesliga.at.
  3. "LASK Linz deducted points for coronavirus team training violations". Sports Illustrated. 28 May 2020.
  4. "LASK Linz lose Austrian Bundesliga title lead after points deduction for breaking coronavirus rules". Evening Standard. 29 May 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  5. "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  6. "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  7. "Die Details der Ligareform: so wird ab 2018/19 gespielt". 2 December 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
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