2015–16 Austrian Football Bundesliga

Austrian Bundesliga
Season 2015–16
Champions Red Bull Salzburg
Relegated Grödig
Champions League Red Bull Salzburg
Europa League Rapid Wien
Austria Wien
Admira Wacker Mödling
Matches played 180
Goals scored 477 (2.65 per match)
Top goalscorer Jonathan Soriano (21)
Biggest home win Salzburg 8–0 Admira
(17 October 2015)
Biggest away win Mattersburg 0-9 Austria
(23 April 2016)
Highest scoring Mattersburg 0-9 Austria
(23 April 2016)
Longest winning run Austria (5 games)
Rapid (5 games)
Longest unbeaten run Red Bull (14 games)
Longest winless run Grödig (11 games)
Longest losing run Altach (4 games)
Grödig (4 games)

All statistics correct as of 18 May 2016.

The 2015–16 Austrian Football Bundesliga was the 104th season of top-tier football in Austria. Red Bull Salzburg were the defending champions.

Division

The Bundesliga is the highest division in Austrian football. Which took place in the 2015/16 season for the 42nd time and determined the 104. Austrian soccer champion. The main sponsor was, as for the two previous years, the sports betting company Tipico, which is the reason why the official league name is Tipico Bundesliga.[1]

Salzburg and Vienna each had two teams, Burgenland, Carinthia, Lower Austria, Upper Austria, Styria and Vorarlberg each had one. Tyrol was the only state without a team in Austria's highest league. In the 2014/15 season, the SC Wiener Neustadt went down into the First League, while the SV Mattersburg moved up.

The TV provider Sky Germany AG had the rights to show all Bundesliga games in full-length which were broadcast on the Sky sport Austria pay television channel. The channel broadcast all games as conference calls and individually. In addition, the ORF had the rights to broadcast a game of their choice, which was as a single match labeled the "top match of the round" – which usually took place Sundays, when the midweek rounds were on Wednesdays. This was not possible though in the last two rounds where all games had to be broadcast simultaneously. In addition, the ORF was allowed to show a 45-minute summary of the remaining four games of each round.

Mode

In the 2015/16 season were ten clubs in 36 rounds against each other, as in previous years. Each team played twice at home and twice away against every other team.

Because the European Cup results of the Austrian team in the 2014/2015 season, they fell at the end of the season back to 16th place of the UEFA coefficient. Therefore, the Bundesliga and the ÖFB Cup played only one starting position for the Champions League and two in the Europa League in the 2015/16 season. The champions of the Bundesliga is entitled to participate in the qualification for the UEFA Champions League and rises to the second qualifying round: The cup winners, runners-up and third place in the Bundesliga games, play in the qualification for the UEFA Europa League and depending on the results, get in the third, second or first round in the competition. The initial rounds can shift due to the selection of players in favor of the Austrian National Team, from the defending champion of the Champions League or Europa League. After the Cup victory went to FC Red Bull Salzburg, who qualified for the Champions League, the fourth international position fell to the fourth place team in the Bundesliga. Coincidentally, this was also the Cup finalist, FC Admira Wacker Mödling.[2] The last placed team in the top division, the Bundesliga, SV Grödig, should have relegated to the First League, but withdrew from the professional sector at the end of the season.[3]

Teams

SV Mattersburg, the 2014–15 First League champion, returned to the top level two years after their relegation.

Stadia and locations

Location of teams in the 2015–16 Austrian Football Bundesliga

Team

Location

Venue

Capacity

Admira Wacker Mödling Maria Enzersdorf BSFZ-Arena 10,800
Austria Wien Vienna Generali Arena 12,639
Grödig Grödig DAS.GOLDBERG Stadion 4,036
Rapid Wien Vienna Ernst-Happel-Stadion 50,000
Red Bull Salzburg Wals-Siezenheim Red Bull Arena 30,188
Rheindorf Altach Altach Cashpoint Arena 8,500
SV Ried Ried im Innkreis Keine Sorgen Arena 7,334
Sturm Graz Graz UPC-Arena 15,323
SV Mattersburg Mattersburg Pappelstadion 17,100
Wolfsberger AC Wolfsberg Lavanttal-Arena 7,300

Personnel and kits

Team Chairman Manager Manufacturer Sponsors
Admira Wacker Austria Philip Thonhauser Austria Ernst Baumeister Nike Flyeralarm
SCR Altach Austria Johannes Engl Austria Damir Canadi Jako Cashpoint
Austria Wien Austria Wolfgang Katzian Germany Thorsten Fink Nike Verbund
SV Grödig Austria Anton Haas Austria Peter Schöttel Nike Interwetten
Rapid Wien Austria Michael Krammer Austria Zoran Barisic adidas Wien Energie
SV Ried Austria Johann Willminger Austria Paul Gludovatz hummel Josko
RB Salzburg Austria Rudolf Theierl Spain Óscar García Nike Red Bull
Sturm Graz Austria Christian Jauk Germany Franco Foda Lotto Puntigamer
SV Mattersburg Austria Martin Pucher Austria Ivica Vastić Umbro Bauwelt Koch
Wolfsberger AC Austria Dietmar Riegler Austria Heimo Pfeifenberger Jako RZ Pellets

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Red Bull Salzburg (C) 36 21 11 4 71 33 +38 74 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
2 Rapid Wien 36 20 5 11 66 42 +24 65 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
3 Austria Wien 36 17 8 11 65 48 +17 59 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
4 Admira Wacker Mödling 36 13 11 12 45 51 6 50 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
5 Sturm Graz 36 12 12 12 40 40 0 48
6 Wolfsberger AC 36 11 10 15 33 36 3 43
7 Ried 36 11 9 16 36 52 16 42
8 Rheindorf Altach 36 11 7 18 39 49 10 40
9 Mattersburg 36 10 9 17 40 70 30 39
10 Grödig (R) 36 9 8 19 42 56 14 35 Withdrawal to Austrian Regional Leagues[lower-alpha 2]
Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Less matches awarded against; 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]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Red Bull Salzburg qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Austrian Cup. Their awarded qualification spot as cup winners was passed down the league as they had already qualified for European competition based on their league position.
  2. Grödig would have been relegated to the Austrian Football First League, but withdrew their application for First League licence.[4]

Results

First half of season

Home ╲ Away ADM AWI ALTGRÖRWIRBSRIESTUMATWOL
Admira Wacker Mödling 01 11 00 21 22 31 01 21 10
Austria Wien 11 31 21 25 11 11 21 51 10
Rheindorf Altach 12 12 10 20 10 13 01 31 21
Grödig 23 22 21 21 11 41 30 11 10
Rapid Wien 20 12 31 30 12 30 21 24 21
Red Bull Salzburg 80 22 20 42 12 21 31 42 11
Ried 11 42 20 10 01 14 10 01 00
Sturm Graz 11 20 31 11 22 23 32 00 20
Mattersburg 04 12 21 02 16 21 41 20 10
Wolfsberger AC 40 02 02 32 21 11 11 02 21

Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season

Home ╲ Away ADM AWI ALTGRÖRWIRBSRIESTUMATWOL
Admira Wacker Mödling 03 21 11 13 12 00 10 11 02
Austria Wien 31 12 02 03 02 31 30 22 00
Rheindorf Altach 12 20 10 00 13 00 22 12 11
Grödig 22 01 03 20 12 22 13 01 01
Rapid Wien 04 10 11 32 11 21 20 30 30
Red Bull Salzburg 10 41 20 30 20 21 11 21 10
Ried 10 05 02 20 10 10 01 10 10
Sturm Graz 11 11 41 20 02 00 00 11 10
Mattersburg 03 09 00 23 02 00 33 10 11
Wolfsberger AC 12 20 10 20 22 11 10 00 20

Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 15 May 2016.[6]
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Spain Jonathan Soriano Red Bull Salzburg 21
2 Austria Alexander Gorgon Austria Wien 19
3 Nigeria Olarenwaju Kayode Austria Wien 13
4 Guinea Naby Keïta Red Bull Salzburg 12
5 Austria Johannes Aigner SC Rheindorf Altach 10
Japan Takumi Minamino Red Bull Salzburg
Brazil Lucas Venuto SV Grödig/Austria Wien
8 Austria Alexander Grünwald Austria Wien 9
Burkina Faso Issiaka Ouédraogo Wolfsberger AC
10 Austria Dieter Elsneg SV Ried 8
Austria Roman Kienast Sturm Graz
Austria Markus Pink SV Mattersburg
Austria Stefan Schwab Rapid Wien

Top assists

As of 15 May 2016.[7]
Rank Scorer Club Assists
1 Austria Florian Kainz SK Rapid Wien 17
2 Norway Valon Berisha FC Red Bull Salzburg 8
Austria Alexander Grünwald FK Austria Wien
Germany Steffen Hofmann SK Rapid Wien
Spain Jonathan Soriano FC Red Bull Salzburg
6 Austria Dieter Elsneg SV Ried 7
Guinea Naby Keïta FC Red Bull Salzburg
Austria Alexander Gorgon FK Austria Wien
9 Austria Philipp Schobesberger SK Rapid Wien 6

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.

Team \ Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
Red Bull Salzburg 7 9 7 7 5 6 5 5 4 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Rapid Wien 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Austria Wien 2 1 2 4 3 3 2 3 5 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Admira Wacker Mödling 5 3 4 3 2 2 3 1 2 4 4 4 6 4 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 5 4 4
Sturm Graz 5 6 6 2 4 4 6 7 6 6 6 6 5 6 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 5 5 4 4 5 4 5 5
Wolfsberger AC 9 7 8 9 8 8 9 10 10 10 10 9 9 10 9 10 10 10 9 10 10 10 10 9 8 7 7 8 8 7 8 6 6 6 6 6
Ried 10 8 9 10 10 9 10 9 9 9 9 10 10 9 10 9 9 9 10 9 9 8 7 7 7 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 7 7 7 7
Rheindorf Altach 7 10 10 8 9 10 8 6 8 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 6 6 7 8 8 9 9 8 7 7 8 7 8 9 8 8 8
Mattersburg 3 5 3 5 6 5 4 4 3 5 5 5 4 5 6 6 6 7 6 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 6 6 6 7 8 9 9 9
Grödig 3 3 4 6 7 7 7 8 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 8 8 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Leader / 2016-17 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round
2016–17 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round
2016–17 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round
Relegation to 2016–17 First League

Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Rapid Wien 303,484 31,700 12,300 16,860 0.0053667262969588+0.5%
2 Sturm Graz 152,910 14,876 5,129 8,495 -0.8384326885116516.1%
3 Red Bull Salzburg 152,694 16,405 3,755 8,483 -0.847198641765715.2%
4 Austria Wien 129,636 12,500 5,493 7,202 0.06727919383521+6.7%
5 Mattersburg 88,495 9,645 2,605 4,916 0.36897800055695+36.8%1
6 Rheindorf Altach 86,018 7,268 3,071 4,779 -0.8921037894343810.7%
7 Ried 72,576 5,541 2,978 4,032 -0.976744186046512.3%
8 Wolfsberger AC 64,019 5,933 2,692 3,557 -0.6745685567987932.5%
9 Admira Wacker Mödling 51,293 5,487 1,604 2,850 -0.8996212121212110.0%
10 Grödig 28,199 2,845 1,028 1,567 -0.949696969696975.0%
League total 1,129,324 31,700 1,142 6,274 -0.954075425790754.5%

Updated to games played on 22 May 2016
Source: bundesliga.at

Notes:
1: Team played last season in Erste Liga

References

  1. "Tabelle" (in German). Bundesliga. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
  2. "Cupfinal-Verlierer nicht in EL" (in German). Laola1. 2013-09-20. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
  3. "Lizenzverzicht – SV Grödig nicht mehr Mitglied der Bundesliga" (in German). Bundesliga. 2016-09-05. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
  4. "Lizenzverzicht – SV Grödig nicht mehr Mitglied der Bundesliga" (in German). 17 May 2016.
  5. "Bundesliga 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  6. "Tore" (in German). Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  7. "Vorlagen" (in German). Retrieved 15 May 2016.

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