The 2016–17 Austrian Football Bundesliga was the 105th season of top-tier football in Austria. Red Bull Salzburg are the defending champions. The fixtures were announced on 14 June 2016. The season began on 23 July 2016 and ended on 28 May 2017.
Teams St. Pölten, the 2015–16 First League champion, returned to the top level 22 years after their relegation.
Stadia and locations
TeamLocationVenueCapacityAdmira Wacker MödlingMaria EnzersdorfBSFZ-Arena10,800Austria WienViennaErnst-Happel-Stadion50,865Rapid WienViennaAllianz Stadion28,000Red Bull SalzburgWals-SiezenheimRed Bull Arena30,188Rheindorf AltachAltachStadion Schnabelholz8,500Ried im InnkreisKeine Sorgen Arena7,334St. Pölten Sankt Pölten NV Arena 8,000Sturm GrazGrazMerkur-Arena15,323SV MattersburgMattersburgPappelstadion17,100Wolfsberger ACWolfsbergLavanttal-Arena7,300
Personnel and kits Team Chairman Manager Manufacturer Sponsors Admira Wacker Philip Thonhauser Oliver Lederer Nike Flyeralarm SCR Altach Johannes Engl Martin Scherb Jako Cashpoint Austria Wien Wolfgang Katzian Thorsten Fink Nike Verbund Rapid Wien Michael Krammer Damir Canadi adidas Wien Energie SV Ried Johann Willminger Christian Benbennek hummel Josko RB Salzburg Rudolf Theierl Óscar García Nike Red Bull St. Pölten Gottfried Tröstl Jochen Fallmann Jako Hypo Noe Sturm Graz Christian Jauk Franco Foda Lotto Puntigamer SV Mattersburg Martin Pucher Ivica Vastić Puma Bauwelt Koch Wolfsberger AC Dietmar Riegler Heimo Pfeifenberger Jako RZ Pellets
League table
Results
First half of season
Second half of season
Season statistics
Top goalscorers
RankScorerbbClubGoals1 Olarenwaju KayodeAustria172 Deni AlarSturm163 Hwang Hee-chanSalzburg124 Takumi MinaminoSalzburg11 Alexander GrünwaldAustria6 Dimitri OberlinAltach10 Christoph MonscheinAdmira Nikola DovedanAltach9 Jonathan SorianoSalzburg8 Patrick BürgerSV Mattersburg Ismael TajouriAustria JoelintonRapid Wien Christoph KnasmüllnerAdmira Raphael HolzhauserAustria15 Giorgi KvilitaiaRapid Wien7 Moumi NgamaleuAltach Lucas VenutoAustria Philipp ProsenikWolfsberger AC Valon BerishaSalzburg
Attendances
Awards Annual awards Player of the Year
The Player of the Year awarded to Andreas Ulmer (Red Bull Salzburg)
Top goalscorer
The Top goalscorer of the Year awarded to Olarenwaju Kayode (Austria Wien)
Manager of the Year
The Manager of the Year awarded to Oscar Garcia (Red Bull Salzburg)
Breakthrough of the Year The Breakthrough of the Year awarded to Konrad Laimer (Red Bull Salzburg)
Team of the Year
Team of the Season Goalkeeper Alexander Walke (Red Bull Salzburg)Defence Stefan Lainer (Red Bull Salzburg) Paulo Miranda (Red Bull Salzburg) Philipp Netzer (Rheindorf Altach) Charalampos Lykogiannis (Sturm Graz)Midfield Lucas Venuto (Austria Wien) Konrad Laimer (Red Bull Salzburg) Alexander Grünwald (Austria Wien) Valon Berisha (Red Bull Salzburg)Attack Deni Alar (Sturm Graz) Olarenwaju Kayode (Austria Wien)
References
External links