The 2025–26 Austrian Football Bundesliga, also known as Admiral Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, was the 114th season of top-tier football in Austria. Sturm Graz were the two-time defending champion. The season began on 1 August 2025 and ended on 17 May 2026. This was the final season with the halving of points after the regular season, which was instituted for the 2018–19 season.
Teams Austria Klagenfurt were relegated to the 2025–26 Austrian Football Second League after finishing in last place in the 2024–25 Relegation Round, ending four-year run in the top flight. SV Ried was promoted as champions of the 2024–25 Austrian Football Second League, returning just two years after its relegation.
Stadia and locations
TeamLocationVenueCapacityAustria WienViennaGenerali Arena17,656Blau-Weiß Linz LinzHofmann Personal Stadion 5,595Grazer AKGrazMerkur-Arena16,364LASKLinzRaiffeisen Arena19,080SK RapidViennaAllianz Stadion (Vienna)28,600Red Bull SalzburgWals-SiezenheimRed Bull Arena30,188Rheindorf AltachAltachStadion Schnabelholz8,500SV Ried Ried im Innkreis Keine Sorgen Arena 7,680Sturm GrazGrazMerkur-Arena16,364TSV Hartberg Hartberg Profertil Arena Hartberg5,024Wolfsberger ACWolfsbergLavanttal-Arena7,300WSG TirolInnsbruckTivoli Stadion Tirol 16,008
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 sponsorsMainOther(s)Austria Wien Stephan Helm Manfred Fischer Macron Frankstahl (H)/Steelcoin (A)Blau-Weiß Linz Michael Köllner Fabio Strauss Uhlsport Linz AG Grazer AK Ferdinand Feldhofer Daniel Maderner Macron MapeiLASK Dietmar Kühbauer Sascha Horvath Adidas Backaldrin KornspitzRapid Wien Johannes Hoff Thorup Matthias Seidl Puma Wien EnergieRed Bull Salzburg Daniel Beichler Mads Bidstrup Puma Red BullRheindorf Altach Ognjen Zaric Lukas Jäger Jako CashpointRied Maximilian Senft Andreas Leitner Hummel OberbankSturm Graz Fabio Ingolitsch Stefan Hierländer Nike PuntigamerTSV Hartberg Manfred Schmid Jürgen Heil Adidas EggerglasWolfsberger AC Thomas Silberberger Dominik Baumgartner Adidas RZ ÖkostromWSG Tirol Philipp Semlic Valentino Müller Puma CATL
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in the tableIncoming managerDate of appointmentBlau-Weiß Linz Gerald ScheiblehnerSigned by Grasshopper23 June 2025Pre-season Mitja Mörec5 July 2025SK Rapid Wien Stefan Kulovits (caretaker)End of caretaker spell30 June 2025 Peter Stöger1 July 2025LASK Maximilian Ritscher (caretaker)30 June 2025 João Sacramento1 July 2025LASK João SacramentoMutual consent23 September 202510th Dietmar Kühbauer9 October 2025Wolfsberger AC Dietmar KühbauerSigned by LASK9 October 20254th Peter Pacult13 October 2025Wolfsberger AC Peter PacultSacked12 November 20254th Ismail Atalan12 November 2025Rapid Wien Peter Stöger28 November 20252nd Johannes Hoff Thorup30 December 2025Blau-Weiß Linz Mitja Mörec30 November 202512th Michael Köllner21 December 2025Sturm Graz Jürgen Säumel22 December 20253rd Fabio Ingolitsch29 December 2025Rheindorf Altach Fabio IngolitschSigned by SK Sturm Graz29 December 20259th Ognjen Zaric9 January 2026Red Bull Salzburg Thomas LetschSacked17 February 20261st Daniel Beichler18 February 2026Wolfsberger AC Ismail Atalan7 April 202611th Thomas Silberberger8 April 2026
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: Sturm Graz 19, Red Bull Salzburg 18, LASK 18, Austria Wien 18, Rapid Wien 16 and Hartberg 16. The points of Red Bull Salzburg, LASK, Rapid Wien and Hartberg were rounded down – in the event of any ties on points at the end of the playoffs, a half point would be added for them.
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: WSG Tirol 15, Rheindorf Altach 14, Ried 14, Wolfsberger AC 13, Grazer AK 10, and Blau-Weiß Linz 7. The points of WSG Tirol, Rheindorf Altach, and Blau-Weiß Linz were rounded down – in the event of any ties on points at the end of the playoffs, a half point would be added for those teams.
Conference League play-offs The winner and runner-up of the relegation round and the fifth-placed team from the championship round played to determine the qualifier to the Conference League second qualifying round.
Semi-final
Final
Statistics Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Otar KiteishviliSturm Graz152 Kingstone MutandwaSV Ried143 Elias HavelHartberg13 Moses UsorLASK5 Patrick GreilSCR Altach126 Ramiz HarakatéGrazer AK117 Samuel AdeniranLASK10 Valentino MüllerWSG Tirol9 Kerim AlajbegovićRed Bull Salzburg9 Nikolai BadenWSG Tirol Johannes EggesteinAustria Wien Petar RatkovRed Bull Salzburg RonivaldoBlau-Weiß Linz Shon WeissmanBlau-Weiß Linz
Hat-tricks Awards Annual awards AwardWinnerClubPlayer of the Season Otar KiteishviliSturm GrazGoalkeeper of the Season Tom Ritzy HülsmannHartbergNewcomer of the Season Kerim AlajbegovicRed Bull SalzburgCoach of the Season Dietmar KühbauerLASK Team of the Year
Team of the YearGoalkeeper Tom Ritzy Hülsmann (Hartberg)Defence Andrés Andrade (LASK) Aleksandar Dragović (Austria Wien) Modou Kéba Cissé (LASK)Midfield Kerim Alajbegovic (Red Bull Salzburg) Otar Kiteishvili (Sturm Graz) Sascha Horvath (LASK) Patrick Greil (Altach) Kasper Jørgensen (LASK)Attack Saša Kalajdžić (LASK) Moses Usor (LASK)
See also 2025–26 Austrian Football Second League 2025–26 Austrian Cup
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