The 2022–23 Austrian Football Bundesliga, also known as Admiral Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, was the 111th season of top-tier football in Austria. Red Bull Salzburg were the nine-times defending champions. The season began on 22 July 2022. The regular season scheduled for November was postponed until the conclusion of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The league resumed on 10 February and concluded on 3 June 2023. Red Bull Salzburg defended their title for the tenth consecutive season.
Teams Changes Admira Wacker Mödling were relegated to the 2022–23 Austrian Football Second League after finishing in last place in the 2021–22 Relegation Round, ending their eleven-year stay in the top flight. Austria Lustenau were promoted, after a twenty-two year hiatus, as champions of the 2021–22 Austrian Football Second League.
Stadia and locations
TeamLocationVenueCapacityAustria KlagenfurtKlagenfurt Wörthersee Stadion 29,863Austria LustenauLustenauReichshofstadion8,800Austria WienViennaGenerali Arena17,500LASKLinzWaldstadion PaschingRaiffeisen Arena6,00919,080Rapid WienViennaAllianz Stadion28,000Red Bull SalzburgWals-SiezenheimRed Bull Arena17,218 (30,188)Rheindorf AltachAltachStadion Schnabelholz8,500Sturm GrazGrazMerkur-Arena16,364SV Ried Ried im Innkreis Keine Sorgen Arena 7,680TSV Hartberg Hartberg Stadion Hartberg4,635Wolfsberger ACWolfsbergLavanttal-Arena7,300WSG TirolInnsbruckTivoli Stadion Tirol 16,008 LASK moved to Raiffeisen Arena in February 2023.
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 sponsor Austria Klagenfurt Peter Pacult Markus Pink Capelli Sport 28 BlackAustria Lustenau Markus Mader Matthias Maak Uhlsport Hypo Vorarlberg BankAustria Wien Cem Sekerlioglu Lukas Mühl Nike FrankstahlLASK Dietmar Kühbauer Alexander Schlager BWT Backaldrin KornspritzRapid Wien Zoran Barisic Maximilian Hofmann Puma Wien EnergieRed Bull Salzburg Matthias Jaissle Andreas Ulmer Nike Red BullRheindorf Altach Miroslav Klose Jan Zwischenbrugger Jako CashpointSturm Graz Christian Ilzer Stefan Hierländer Nike PuntigamerSV Ried Christian Heinle Marcel Ziegl Hummel GuntamaticTSV Hartberg Klaus Schmidt René Swete Adidas Eggerglas, Admiral, Profertil, Spermbooster, BoxxenstoppWolfsberger AC Robin Dutt Mario Leitgeb San Sirro RZ PelletsWSG Tirol Thomas Silberberger Ferdinand Oswald Puma Swarovski
Regular season League table
Results
Results by round
Positions by round
Placement Progression
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, Sturm Graz 24, LASK 19, Austria Wien 16, Rapid Wien 16, and Austria Klagenfurt 15. The points of Red Bull Salzburg and Rapid Wien 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: Tirol 14, Lustenau 13, Wolfsberg 10, Hartberg 9, Ried 9, and Rheindorf Altach 8. The points of Lustenau, Hartberg and Rheindorf Altach 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 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 Europa Conference League second qualifying round.
Semi-final
Final
Statistics Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Guido BurgstallerRapid Wien212 Haris TabakovićAustria Wien17 Tai BariboWolfsberger AC4 Benjamin ŠeškoRed Bull Salzburg16 Markus PinkAustria Klagenfurt6Lukas FridrikasAustria Lustenau157 Keito NakamuraLASK148 Marin LjubičićLASK129 Robert ŽuljLASK1110 Atdhe NuhiuRheindorf Altach10 Junior AdamuRed Bull Salzburg9 Manprit SarkariaSturm Graz9 Emanuel EmeghaSturm Graz
Hat-tricks
Player Club Against Result Date Marin Ljubičić LASK Wolfsberger AC5–1 (H) Markus Pink Austria Klagenfurt Rheindorf Altach4–1 (A) Guido Burgstaller Rapid Wien Hartberg5–1 (H) Benjamin Šeško Red Bull Salzburg Rapid Wien4–2 (A)
Discipline Player Most yellow cards: 8 Lukas Jäger (SC Rheindorf Altach)
Most red cards: 2 David Ungar (SV Ried)
Club Most yellow cards: 60 Rapid Vienna
Most red cards: 7 SV Ried
Fewest yellow cards: 38 Wolfsberger AC
Fewest red cards: 1 TSV Hartberg Austria Wien Sturm Graz Wolfsberger AC Awards Annual awards AwardWinnerClubPlayer of the Season Nicolas SeiwaldRed Bull SalzburgGoalkeeper of the Season Philipp KöhnRed Bull SalzburgNewcomer of the Season Emanuel EmeghaSturm GrazCoach of the Season Christian IlzerSturm Graz
Team of the Year
Team of the YearGoalkeeper Philipp Köhn (Red Bull Salzburg)Defence Amar Dedić (Red Bull Salzburg) Strahinja Pavlović (Red Bull Salzburg) Gregory Wüthrich (Sturm Graz) David Schnegg (Sturm Graz)Midfield Alexander Prass (Sturm Graz) Jon Gorenc Stanković (Sturm Graz) Nicolas Seiwald (Red Bull Salzburg) Manprit Sarkaria (Sturm Graz)Attack Guido Burgstaller (Rapid Wien) Haris Tabaković (Austria Wien)
Attendances Rapid Wien drew the highest average home attendance in the 2022-23 edition of the Austrian Football Bundesliga.
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