The 2018–19 Austrian Football Bundesliga was the 107th season of top-tier football in Austria. Red Bull Salzburg successfully defended last year's title.
Changes Structural changes The league expanded from 10 to 12 teams. A new format was introduced this season, under which the league is split into a championship round and a relegation round after 22 matches.
Team changes 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.
Teams Stadia and locations
TeamLocationVenueCapacityAdmira Wacker MödlingMaria EnzersdorfBSFZ-Arena10,800Austria WienViennaGenerali Arena17,500LASKPaschingWaldstadion Pasching7,870Rapid WienViennaAllianz Stadion28,000Red Bull SalzburgWals-SiezenheimRed Bull Arena17,218 (30,188)Rheindorf AltachAltachStadion Schnabelholz8,500St. Pölten Sankt Pölten NV Arena 8,000Sturm GrazGrazMerkur-Arena15,323SV MattersburgMattersburgPappelstadion17,100TSV Hartberg Hartberg Stadion Hartberg4,500Wacker Innsbruck Innsbruck Tivoli-Neu 16,000Wolfsberger ACWolfsbergLavanttal-Arena7,300
Regular season League table
Results
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 27 points, LASK 23, Sturm Graz 15, Wolfsberger AC 15, Austria Wien 15 and St. Pölten 15. The points of Red Bull Salzburg and Sturm Graz 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.
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: Mattersburg 14 points, Rapid Wien 13, Hartberg 13, Admira Wacker Mödling 10, Rheindorf Altach 9 and Wacker Innsbruck 8. The points of Mattersburg, Rapid Wien, Admira Wacker Mödling and Wacker Innsbruck 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.
Europa League play-offs The winner and the runner-up of the relegation round played a one-legged play-off semi-final match against each other. The winner played a two-legged final against the fifth-placed team from the championship round to determine the third Europa League participant.
Semi-final
Final
Statistics Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Mu'nas DabburRed Bull Salzburg202 João VictorLASK133 Michael LiendlWolfsberger AC114 Smail PrevljakRed Bull Salzburg105 René GartlerSt. Pölten96 Alexander GrünwaldFK Austria Wien8 Hannes WolfRed Bull Salzburg8 Fredrik GulbrandsenRed Bull Salzburg7 Christoph MonscheinFK Austria Wien Rajko RepTSV Hartberg Awards Annual awards AwardWinnerClubPlayer of the Year Munas Dabbur Red Bull SalzburgTop goalscorer Manager of the Year Marco Rose Red Bull SalzburgBreakthrough of the Year Thomas Goiginger LASK
Team of the YearGoalkeeper Cican Stanković (Red Bull Salzburg)Defence Stefan Lainer (Red Bull Salzburg) Andre Ramalho (Red Bull Salzburg) Gernot Trauner (LASK) Andreas Ulmer (Red Bull Salzburg)Midfield Thomas Goiginger (LASK) Diadie Samassékou (Red Bull Salzburg) Michael Liendl (Wolfsberger) Xaver Schlager (Red Bull Salzburg)Attack Munas Dabbur (Red Bull Salzburg) Joao Victor (LASK)
Attendances Source:
No. Club Average attendance 1 Rapid Wien 16,483 2 Sturm Graz 10,974 3 Austria Wien 10,166 4 RB Salzburg 9,474 5 LASK 5,222 6 Wacker Innsbruck 4,189 7 Rheindorf Altach 4,133 8 Wolfsberger AC 3,664 9 St. Pölten 3,524 10 Hartberg 3,161 11 SV Mattersburg 2,801 12 Admira Wacker 2,688
See also 2018–19 Austrian Football Second League 2018–19 Austrian Cup
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