2023–24 Austrian Football Bundesliga

Austrian Bundesliga 2023–24
Season information
Dates	28 July 2023–June 2024
Winners	Sturm Graz (4th title)
Relegated	Austria Lustenau
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League	Sturm Graz Red Bull Salzburg
Europa League	Rapid Wien LASK
Season statistics
Matches played	186
Goals scored	472
Average	2.54
Top goalscorer	Karim Konaté (19)
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The 2023–24 Austrian Football Bundesliga, also known as Admiral Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, was the 112th season of top-tier football in Austria. Red Bull Salzburg were the ten-times defending champions. The season is scheduled to begin in mid to late July 2023 and end in early June 2024.

The title was won by Sturm Graz, their fourth top-flight title.

Teams

Changes

SV Guntamatic Ried were relegated to the 2022–23 Austrian Football Second League after finishing in last place in the 2022–23 Relegation Round, ending their three years stay in the top flight. Blau-Weiß Linz promoted for the first time in history from this season, as champions of the 2022–23 Austrian Football Second League.

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Venue	Capacity
Austria Klagenfurt	Klagenfurt	Wörthersee Stadion	29,863
Austria Lustenau	Lustenau	Reichshofstadion	8,800
Austria Wien	Vienna	Generali Arena	17,656
Blau-Weiß Linz	Linz	Hofmann Personal Stadion	5,595
LASK	Linz	Raiffeisen Arena	19,080
SK Rapid	Vienna	Allianz Stadion	28,000
Red Bull Salzburg	Wals-Siezenheim	Red Bull Arena	17,218 (30,188)
Rheindorf Altach	Altach	Stadion Schnabelholz	8,500
Sturm Graz	Graz	Merkur-Arena	16,364
TSV Hartberg	Hartberg	Profertil Arena Hartberg	4,635
Wolfsberger AC	Wolfsberg	Lavanttal-Arena	7,300
WSG Tirol	Innsbruck	Tivoli Stadion Tirol	16,008

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsors (front)	Shirt sponsors (back)	Shirt sponsors (sleeve)	Shorts sponsor	Socks sponsor	Alternative shirt sponsor
Austria Klagenfurt	Peter Pacult	Thorsten Mahrer	Capelli Sport	Das Wien-Das Kärnten Gratiszeitung, Stadtwerke Klagenfurt, Kelag, Kärnten Sport, Vivamayr	Stadtwerke Klagenfurt	Hirter, Autohaus Sintschnig, Nissan	Klagenfurt, Hirter, Kleine Zeitung	None	None
Austria Lustenau	Markus Mader	Matthias Maak	Uhlsport	Union Investment, Hervis Sports, 11teamsports	Vorarlberger Kraftwerke, Jäger-Aquatec	Lech Zürs am Arlberg	Vorarlberger Kraftwerke, Mohrenbräu, Vorarlberger Nachrichten, Privis	None	Mohrenbräu
Austria Wien	Michael Wimmer	Manfred Fischer	Nike	Frankstahl, Wien Holding	Assicurazioni Generali	Wien Holding	Schuller Eh'klar, Wien Holding, Marsbet	Wien Holding	Steelcoin
Blau-Weiß Linz	Gerald Scheiblehner	Michael Brandner	Uhlsport	Linz AG, Linz	Linz Airport	Personal Hofmann, Oberösterreichische Nachrichten]	None	Liwest	No alternate sponsor
LASK	Thomas Sageder	Robert Zulj	BWT	Backaldrin Kornspitz, Oberösterreich, BWT Change the world - Sip by sip	Energie AG, Zipfer	Raiffeisenlandesbank Oberösterreich	Franz Oberdorfer GmbH, HYPO Oberösterreich, BWT, SAR Anlagenbau	Molto Luce	HYPO Oberösterreich
SK Rapid	Zoran Barisic	Guido Burgstaller	Puma	Wien Energie	Spusu, Allianz	None	Wiener Zucker, Allianz	Easystaff	foodaffairs
Red Bull Salzburg	Gerhard Struber	Andreas Ulmer	Nike	Red Bull	None	Rauch	None	None	Rauch
Rheindorf Altach	Joachim Standfest	Jan Zwischenbrugger	Jako	Cashpoint, Gunz Warenhandels	Markus Stolz GmbH, Waibel Workwear	Pfanner	Vorarlberger Kraftwerke, Fohrenburger	Vorarlberger Nachrichten	Gebrüder Weiss
Sturm Graz	Christian Ilzer	Stefan Hierländer	Nike	Puntigamer, Grawe	Puntigamer	Steirisches Kürbiskernöl	TIM Carsharing, Kleine Zeitung, Energie Steiermark	Sieme Weingüter	Energie Steiermark
TSV Hartberg	Markus Schopp	Jürgen Heil	Adidas	Eggerglas, ADMIRAL Sportwetten, PROFERTIL Sperm Booster, Kühlanlagen Postl, 11teamsports, Steiermark, Hartberg, PROMACULA, Alois Schweighofer GmbH, Faustmann Möbel	Objekttischlerei Gleichweit	Hochegger Dächer, MOLIN Industrie, KE KELIT	BMW Harmtodt, Energie Hartberg, Boxxenstop, MM Kanal-Rohr-Sanierung, Energie Steiermark	Kühlanlagen Postl	No alternate sponsor
Wolfsberger AC	Manfred Schmid	Mario Leitgeb	San Sirro	RZ Pellets, Robitsch Obst und Gemüse, wesa.at, Kelag, Kärnten Sport, Kärnten ORF, velox.at	Sorger Salanettis	Velox Bau-Systeme, ADMIRAL	Eskimo Eiszeit Kärnten, Beschriftung Grafik Druck, HERWA Multiclean Gebäudereinigung, Gigasport, Kleine Zeitung	BMW Gönitzer	SBH Rohstoffhandels
WSG Tirol	Thomas Silberberger	Ferdinand Oswald	Puma	Tiroler Tageszeitung, Tiroler Versicherung, Herz für den Tiroler Fussball	Tirol	Tiroler Wasserkraft, 11teamsports	Fröschl Bau	Volksbank Tirol, Union Investment	Tiroler Versicherung

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in the table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Rheindorf Altach	Klaus Schmidt	End of contract	02 June 2023	Pre-season	Joachim Standfest	12 June 2023
LASK	Dietmar Kühbauer	Mutual consent	06 June 2023		Thomas Sageder	06 June 2023
Red Bull Salzburg	Matthias Jaissle	Sacked	28 July 2023		Alexander Hauser (caretaker)	28 July 2023
	Alexander Hauser (caretaker)	End of caretaker spell	31 July 2023	3rd	Gerhard Struber	31 July 2023

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Red Bull Salzburg	9	7	1	1	22	5	+17	22	Championship round
2	Sturm Graz	9	6	3	0	16	5	+11	21
3	TSV Hartberg	10	4	4	2	15	14	+1	16
4	LASK	9	4	3	2	12	7	+5	15
5	SK Rapid	10	3	5	2	20	9	+11	14
6	Austria Klagenfurt	9	3	5	1	13	9	+4	14
7	Wolfsberger AC	9	3	4	2	14	15	−1	13	Relegation round
8	Rheindorf Altach	9	3	3	3	9	11	−2	12
9	Austria Wien	10	2	3	5	10	13	−3	9
10	Blau-Weiß Linz	10	2	3	5	11	23	−12	9
11	WSG Tirol	10	1	2	7	10	22	−12	5
12	Austria Lustenau	10	0	2	8	5	24	−19	2

Updated to match(es) played on 7 October 2023. 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.

Results

Home \ Away	AKL	ALU	AWI	BWL	LSK	RWI	RBS	ALT	STU	HAR	WAC	WSG
Austria Klagenfurt	—	1–0	2–2	2–0	1–3	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–3	1–1	2–2	1–0
Austria Lustenau	0–1	—	0–2	2–0	1–3	0–5	0–4	0–3	0–1	0–4	2–3	2–3
Austria Wien	2–2	1–0	—	4–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–3	3–1	0–0	2–0
Blau-Weiß Linz	0–0	0–0	1–2	—	2–0	0–5	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–3	2–0	1–2
LASK	2–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	—	1–1	0–1	1–0	3–1	0–0	0–1	1–0
Rapid Wien	2–3	1–1	3–0	1–0	3–3	—	0–1	4–0	1–1	0–1	3–3	1–1
Red Bull Salzburg	1–0	7–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	2–0	—	3–0	1–1	3–2	1–0	3–0
Rheindorf Altach	0–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	0–2	0–2	—	1–2	1–2	0–0	1–0
Sturm Graz	0–0	2–0	0–1	4–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	—	2–1	4–0	1–0
TSV Hartberg	0–3	2–2	2–1	3–2	0–0	1–0	1–5	0–0	1–1	—	2–0	3–0
Wolfsberger AC	4–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–2	1–2	1–1	1–2	0–3	—	4–1
WSG Tirol	1–3	0–2	0–2	2–4	1–1	1–2	0–2	5–1	0–2	1–0	2–3	—

Source: Bundesliga
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Conference League play-offs

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

	Semi-final					Finals
	7	Wolfsberger AC	1
	8	Austria Wien	2
						8	Austria Wien	2	1	3
						5	Hartberg	1	0	1

Semi-final

21 May 2024	Wolfsberger AC	1–2	Austria Wien	Wolfsberg
20:00	Boakye  64'	Report	Meisl  8' Fitz  90+4'	Stadium: Lavanttal-Arena Referee: Stefan Ebner

Final

24 May 2024	Austria Wien	2–1	Hartberg	Vienna
19:30	Holland  51' Fitz  58' (pen.)	Report	Entrup  84'	Stadium: Generali Arena Referee: Sebastian Gishamer

28 May 2024	Hartberg	0–1 (1–3 agg.)	Austria Wien
19:00			Holland  39'

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Karim Konaté	Red Bull Salzburg	20
2	Marco Grüll	SK Rapid	13
	Maximilian Entrup	TSV Hartberg
4	Donis Avdijaj	Hartberg	12
	Thierno Ballo	Wolfsberger AC
	Marin Ljubičić	LASK
7	Andreas Gruber	SK Rapid	11
8	Dominik Fitz	Austria Wien	10
	Ronivaldo	Blau-Weiß Linz
	Augustine Boakye	Wolfsberger
	Sinan Karweina	Austria Klagenfurt
12	Andy Irving	Austria Klagenfurt	9
	Robert Žulj	LASK
	Otar Kiteishvili	Sturm Graz

Hat-tricks

Player	Club	Against	Result	Date
Marco Grüll	SK Rapid	TSV Hartberg	0–3 (A)	02024-03-31-31 March 2024
Marin Ljubičić	LASK	Red Bull Salzburg	3–1 (H)	02024-04-12-12 April 2024

Discipline

Player

• Most yellow cards: 10
  • Mike-Steven Bähre (Rheindorf Altach)
• Most red cards: 2
  • Pius Grabher (Austria Lustenau)
  • Marvin Martins (Austria Wien)
  • Terence Kongolo (SK Rapid)

Club

• Most yellow cards: 82
  • Rheindorf Altach
• Most red cards: 5
  • Austria Wien
• Fewest yellow cards: 52
  • SK Rapid
• Fewest red cards: 0
  • Austria Klagenfurt

External links

• Official website (German)

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2023–24 in Austrian football
Domestic leagues
Bundesliga · Second League · Regional League
Domestic cups
Austrian Cup
European competitions
Champions League (Final) · Europa League (Final) · Europa Conference League (Final)
2022–23                                                        2024–25