The 2019–20 Austrian Football Bundesliga, also known as Tipico Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, was the 108th season of top-tier football in Austria. Red Bull Salzburg are the six-times defending champions.
In March 2020, the league matches were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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
TeamLocationVenueCapacityAdmira Wacker MödlingMaria EnzersdorfBSFZ-Arena7,000Austria WienViennaGenerali Arena17,500LASKLinzWaldstadion Pasching6,009Rapid WienViennaAllianz Stadion28,000Red Bull SalzburgWals-SiezenheimRed Bull Arena17,218 (30,188)Rheindorf AltachAltachStadion Schnabelholz8,500St. Pölten Sankt Pölten NV Arena 8,000Sturm GrazGrazMerkur-Arena16,364SV MattersburgMattersburgPappelstadion17,100TSV Hartberg Hartberg Stadion Hartberg 5,000Wolfsberger ACWolfsbergLavanttal-Arena7,300WSG TirolInnsbruckTivoli-Neu 16,008
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 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.
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.
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
Hartberg won 3–2 on aggregate.
Statistics Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Shon Weissman Wolfsberger AC 30 2 Patson Daka Red Bull Salzburg 243 Taxiarchis Fountas Rapid Wien19 Dario Tadić Hartberg 5 Christoph Monschein Austria Wien 17 6 Erling Haaland Red Bull Salzburg 167 Sinan Bakış Admira Wacker Mödling12 Zlatko Dedić WSG Tirol Andreas Gruber Mattersburg Klauss LASK Awards AwardWinnerClubPlayer of the Year Erling Haaland Red Bull Salzburg Top goalscorer Shon WeissmanWolfsberger ACManager of the Year Jesse Marsch Red Bull SalzburgBreakthrough of the Year Erling Haaland Red Bull Salzburg
Team of the YearGoalkeeper Alexander Schlager (LASK)Defence
Anastasios Avlonitis (Sturm Graz) Jano (Mattersburg)Gernot Trauner (LASK)Midfield Reinhold Ranftl (LASK)Michael Liendl (Wolfsberg) Zlatko Junuzović (Red Bull Salzburg) Andreas Ulmer (Red Bull Salzburg)Attack Shon Weissman (Wolfsberg)Taxiarchis Fountas (Rapid Wien)Rajko Rep (Hartberg)
References
External links