2015–16 Austrian Football Bundesliga

The 2015–16 Austrian Football Bundesliga was the 104th season of top-tier football in Austria. Red Bull Salzburg were the defending champions.

Austrian Bundesliga

Season	2015–16
Dates	25 July 2015 – 15 May 2016
Champions	Red Bull Salzburg
Relegated	Grödig
Champions League	Red Bull Salzburg
Europa League	Rapid Wien Austria Wien Admira Wacker Mödling
Matches played	180
Goals scored	477 (2.65 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jonathan Soriano (21)
Biggest home win	Salzburg 8–0 Admira (17 October 2015)
Biggest away win	Mattersburg 0-9 Austria (23 April 2016)
Highest scoring	Mattersburg 0-9 Austria (23 April 2016)
Longest winning run	Austria (5 games) Rapid (5 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Red Bull (14 games)
Longest winless run	Grödig (11 games)
Longest losing run	Altach (4 games) Grödig (4 games)
← 2014–15 2016–17 → All statistics correct as of 18 May 2016.

Division

The Bundesliga is the highest division in Austrian football. Which took place in the 2015/16 season for the 42nd time and determined the 104. Austrian soccer champion. The main sponsor was, as for the two previous years, the sports betting company Tipico, which is the reason why the official league name is Tipico Bundesliga.^[1]

Salzburg and Vienna each had two teams, Burgenland, Carinthia, Lower Austria, Upper Austria, Styria and Vorarlberg each had one. Tyrol was the only state without a team in Austria's highest league. In the 2014/15 season, the SC Wiener Neustadt went down into the First League, while the SV Mattersburg moved up.

The TV provider Sky Germany AG had the rights to show all Bundesliga games in full-length which were broadcast on the Sky sport Austria pay television channel. The channel broadcast all games as conference calls and individually. In addition, the ORF had the rights to broadcast a game of their choice, which was as a single match labeled the "top match of the round" – which usually took place Sundays, when the midweek rounds were on Wednesdays. This was not possible though in the last two rounds where all games had to be broadcast simultaneously. In addition, the ORF was allowed to show a 45-minute summary of the remaining four games of each round.

Mode

In the 2015/16 season were ten clubs in 36 rounds against each other, as in previous years. Each team played twice at home and twice away against every other team.

Because the European Cup results of the Austrian team in the 2014–15 season, they fell at the end of the season back to 16th place of the UEFA coefficient. Therefore, the Bundesliga and the ÖFB Cup played only one starting position for the Champions League and two in the Europa League in the 2015/16 season. The champions of the Bundesliga is entitled to participate in the qualification for the UEFA Champions League and rises to the second qualifying round: The cup winners, runners-up and third place in the Bundesliga games, play in the qualification for the UEFA Europa League and depending on the results, get in the third, second or first round in the competition. The initial rounds can shift due to the selection of players in favor of the Austrian National Team, from the defending champion of the Champions League or Europa League. After the Cup victory went to FC Red Bull Salzburg, who qualified for the Champions League, the fourth international position fell to the fourth place team in the Bundesliga. Coincidentally, this was also the Cup finalist, FC Admira Wacker Mödling.^[2] The last placed team in the top division, the Bundesliga, SV Grödig, should have relegated to the First League, but withdrew from the professional sector at the end of the season.^[3]

Teams

SV Mattersburg, the 2014–15 First League champion, returned to the top level two years after their relegation.

Stadia and locations

 

 

Admira

 

Austria

 

Graz

 

Grödig

 

Rapid

 

Ried

 

Salzburg

 

Mattersburg

 

Wolfsberger AC

 

Altach

class=notpageimage|

Location of teams in the 2015–16 Austrian Football Bundesliga

Team	Location	Venue	Capacity
Admira Wacker Mödling	Maria Enzersdorf	BSFZ-Arena	10,800
Austria Wien	Vienna	Generali Arena	12,639
Grödig	Grödig	DAS.GOLDBERG Stadion	4,036
Rapid Wien	Vienna	Ernst-Happel-Stadion	50,865
Red Bull Salzburg	Wals-Siezenheim	Red Bull Arena	30,188
Rheindorf Altach	Altach	Cashpoint Arena	8,500
SV Ried	Ried im Innkreis	Keine Sorgen Arena	7,334
Sturm Graz	Graz	UPC-Arena	15,323
SV Mattersburg	Mattersburg	Pappelstadion	17,100
Wolfsberger AC	Wolfsberg	Lavanttal-Arena	7,300

Personnel and kits

Team	Chairman	Manager	Manufacturer	Sponsors
Admira Wacker	Philip Thonhauser	Ernst Baumeister	Nike	Flyeralarm
SCR Altach	Johannes Engl	Damir Canadi	Jako	Cashpoint
Austria Wien	Wolfgang Katzian	Thorsten Fink	Nike	Verbund
SV Grödig	Anton Haas	Peter Schöttel	Nike	Interwetten
Rapid Wien	Michael Krammer	Zoran Barisic	adidas	Wien Energie
SV Ried	Johann Willminger	Paul Gludovatz	hummel	Josko
RB Salzburg	Rudolf Theierl	Óscar García	Nike	Red Bull
Sturm Graz	Christian Jauk	Franco Foda	Lotto	Puntigamer
SV Mattersburg	Martin Pucher	Ivica Vastić	Umbro	Bauwelt Koch
Wolfsberger AC	Dietmar Riegler	Heimo Pfeifenberger	Jako	RZ Pellets

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Red Bull Salzburg (C)	36	21	11	4	71	33	+38	74	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round^[a]
2	Rapid Wien	36	20	5	11	66	42	+24	65	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
3	Austria Wien	36	17	8	11	65	48	+17	59	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
4	Admira Wacker Mödling	36	13	11	12	45	51	−6	50	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
5	Sturm Graz	36	12	12	12	40	40	0	48
6	Wolfsberger AC	36	11	10	15	33	36	−3	43
7	Ried	36	11	9	16	36	52	−16	42
8	Rheindorf Altach	36	11	7	18	39	49	−10	40
9	Mattersburg	36	10	9	17	40	70	−30	39
10	Grödig (R)	36	9	8	19	42	56	−14	35	Withdrawal to the regional leagues^[b]

Source: weltfussball.de (in German), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Less matches awarded against; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Matches won; 6) Away matches won; 7) Head-to-head points; 8) Head-to-head goal difference; 9) Head-to-head goals scored.^[5]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Since the winners of the 2015–16 Austrian Cup, Red Bull Salzburg, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the Austrian Cup winners (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the second-placed team, the spot awarded to the second-placed team was passed to the third-placed team, and the spot awarded to the third-placed team was passed to the fourth-placed team.
2. Grödig would have been relegated to the Austrian Football First League, but withdrew their application for First League licence.^[4]

Results

First half of season Home \ Away ADM AWI ALT GRÖ RWI RBS RIE STU MAT WOL Admira Wacker Mödling 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–2 3–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 Austria Wien 1–1 3–1 2–1 2–5 1–1 1–1 2–1 5–1 1–0 Rheindorf Altach 1–2 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–3 0–1 3–1 2–1 Grödig 2–3 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 4–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 Rapid Wien 2–0 1–2 3–1 3–0 1–2 3–0 2–1 2–4 2–1 Red Bull Salzburg 8–0 2–2 2–0 4–2 1–2 2–1 3–1 4–2 1–1 Ried 1–1 4–2 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–4 1–0 0–1 0–0 Sturm Graz 1–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 2–2 2–3 3–2 0–0 2–0 Mattersburg 0–4 1–2 2–1 0–2 1–6 2–1 4–1 2–0 1–0 Wolfsberger AC 4–0 0–2 0–2 3–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–1 Source: weltfussball.de (in German) Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season Home \ Away ADM AWI ALT GRÖ RWI RBS RIE STU MAT WOL Admira Wacker Mödling 0–3 2–1 1–1 1–3 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 Austria Wien 3–1 1–2 0–2 0–3 0–2 3–1 3–0 2–2 0–0 Rheindorf Altach 1–2 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–3 0–0 2–2 1–2 1–1 Grödig 2–2 0–1 0–3 2–0 1–2 2–2 1–3 0–1 0–1 Rapid Wien 0–4 1–0 1–1 3–2 1–1 2–1 2–0 3–0 3–0 Red Bull Salzburg 1–0 4–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 Ried 1–0 0–5 0–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 Sturm Graz 1–1 1–1 4–1 2–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 Mattersburg 0–3 0–9 0–0 2–3 0–2 0–0 3–3 1–0 1–1 Wolfsberger AC 1–2 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 Source: weltfussball.de (in German) Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers As of 15 May 2016.^[6] Rank Scorer Club Goals 1   Jonathan Soriano Red Bull Salzburg 21 2   Alexander Gorgon Austria Wien 19 3   Olarenwaju Kayode Austria Wien 13 4   Naby Keïta Red Bull Salzburg 12 5   Johannes Aigner SC Rheindorf Altach 10   Takumi Minamino Red Bull Salzburg   Lucas Venuto SV Grödig/Austria Wien 8   Alexander Grünwald Austria Wien 9   Issiaka Ouédraogo Wolfsberger AC 10   Dieter Elsneg SV Ried 8   Roman Kienast Sturm Graz   Markus Pink SV Mattersburg   Stefan Schwab Rapid Wien Top assists As of 15 May 2016.^[7] Rank Scorer Club Assists 1   Florian Kainz SK Rapid Wien 17 2   Valon Berisha FC Red Bull Salzburg 8   Alexander Grünwald FK Austria Wien   Steffen Hofmann SK Rapid Wien   Jonathan Soriano FC Red Bull Salzburg 6   Dieter Elsneg SV Ried 7   Naby Keïta FC Red Bull Salzburg   Alexander Gorgon FK Austria Wien 9   Philipp Schobesberger SK Rapid Wien 6 Positions by round The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16. Team \ Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Red Bull Salzburg 7 9 7 7 5 6 5 5 4 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rapid Wien 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Austria Wien 2 1 2 4 3 3 2 3 5 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Admira Wacker Mödling 5 3 4 3 2 2 3 1 2 4 4 4 6 4 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 5 4 4 Sturm Graz 5 6 6 2 4 4 6 7 6 6 6 6 5 6 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 5 5 4 4 5 4 5 5 Wolfsberger AC 9 7 8 9 8 8 9 10 10 10 10 9 9 10 9 10 10 10 9 10 10 10 10 9 8 7 7 8 8 7 8 6 6 6 6 6 Ried 10 8 9 10 10 9 10 9 9 9 9 10 10 9 10 9 9 9 10 9 9 8 7 7 7 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 7 7 7 7 Rheindorf Altach 7 10 10 8 9 10 8 6 8 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 6 6 7 8 8 9 9 8 7 7 8 7 8 9 8 8 8 Mattersburg 3 5 3 5 6 5 4 4 3 5 5 5 4 5 6 6 6 7 6 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 6 6 6 7 8 9 9 9 Grödig 3 3 4 6 7 7 7 8 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 8 8 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 Leader / 2016–17 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round 2016–17 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round 2016–17 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round Relegation to 2016–17 First League Awards Annual awards^[8] Player of the Year The Player of the Year awarded to   Naby Keïta (Red Bull Salzburg) Top goalscorer The Top goalscorer of the Year awarded to   Jonathan Soriano (Red Bull Salzburg) Goalkeeper of the Year The Goalkeeper of the Year awarded to   Alexander Walke (Red Bull Salzburg) Attendances Pos Team Total High Low Average Change 1 Rapid Wien 303,484 31,700 12,300 16,860 +0.5%^† 2 Sturm Graz 152,910 14,876 5,129 8,495 −16.2%^† 3 Red Bull Salzburg 152,694 16,405 3,755 8,483 −15.3%^† 4 Austria Wien 129,636 12,500 5,493 7,202 +6.7%^† 5 Mattersburg 88,495 9,645 2,605 4,916 +36.9%^1 6 Rheindorf Altach 86,018 7,268 3,071 4,779 −10.8%^† 7 Ried 72,576 5,541 2,978 4,032 −2.3%^† 8 Wolfsberger AC 64,019 5,933 2,692 3,557 −32.5%^† 9 Admira Wacker Mödling 51,293 5,487 1,604 2,850 −10.0%^† 10 Grödig 28,199 2,845 1,028 1,567 −5.0%^† League total 1,129,324 31,700 1,142 6,274 −4.6%^† Updated to games played on 22 May 2016 Source: bundesliga.at Notes: 1: Team played last season in Erste Liga References "Tabelle" (in German). Bundesliga. Retrieved 2016-09-05. "Cupfinal-Verlierer nicht in EL" (in German). Laola1. 2013-09-20. Retrieved 2016-09-05. (in German). Bundesliga. 2016-09-05. Archived from the original on September 14, 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-05. "Lizenzverzicht – SV Grödig nicht mehr Mitglied der Bundesliga" (in German). 17 May 2016. "Bundesliga 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 27 July 2015. (in German). Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 15 May 2016. (in German). Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2016. "FC Red Bull Salzburg – Austrian Player and Goalkeeper of 2015/16 from FC Red Bull Salzburg". External links   Wikimedia Commons has media related to Österreichische Fußballmeisterschaft 2015/16. Official website (in German)