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2024–25 Austrian Football Bundesliga

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Austrian Bundesliga
Season2024–25
Dates2 August 2024 – 25 May 2025
ChampionsSturm Graz
(5th title)
RelegatedAustria Klagenfurt
Champions LeagueSturm Graz
Salzburg
Europa LeagueWolfsberg
Conference LeagueAustria Wien
Top goalscorerRonivaldo (14 goals)
Biggest home winSturm Graz 7–0 Austria Klagenfurt
(23 November 2024)
Biggest away winLASK 1–5 Wolfsberg
(1 September 2024)
Highest scoringSturm Graz 7–0 Austria Klagenfurt
(23 November 2024)
Longest winning runAustria Wien (8)
Longest unbeaten runRB Salzburg (12)
Longest winless runAltach (14)
Longest losing runLASK (5)
Total attendance1,585,528
Average attendance8,257
2025–26 →
All statistics correct as of 14 December 2024.

The 2024–25 Austrian Football Bundesliga, also known as Admiral Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, is the 113th season of top-tier football in Austria. Sturm Graz successfully defended their championship. The season began on 2 August 2024 and concluded on 25 May 2025.

Teams

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SC Austria Lustenau were relegated to the 2024–25 Austrian Football Second League after finishing in last place in the 2023–24 Relegation Round, ending their two years stay in the top flight. Grazer AK was promoted as champions of the 2023–24 Austrian Football Second League, ending a seventeen-year hiatus from the top flight.

Stadia and locations

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Location of teams in the 2024–25 Austrian Football Bundesliga

Team

Location

Venue

Capacity

Austria Klagenfurt Klagenfurt Wörthersee Stadion 29,863
Austria Wien Vienna Generali Arena 17,656
Blau-Weiß Linz Linz Hofmann Personal Stadion 5,595
Grazer AK Graz Merkur-Arena 16,364
LASK Linz Raiffeisen Arena 19,080
SK Rapid Vienna Allianz Stadion (Vienna) 28,600
Red Bull Salzburg Wals-Siezenheim Red Bull Arena 30,188
Rheindorf Altach Altach Stadion Schnabelholz 8,500
Sturm Graz Graz Merkur-Arena 16,364
TSV Hartberg Hartberg Profertil Arena Hartberg 4,635
Wolfsberger AC Wolfsberg Lavanttal-Arena 7,300
WSG Tirol Innsbruck Tivoli Stadion Tirol 16,008

Personnel and kits

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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 sponsors
Main Other(s)
Austria Klagenfurt Austria Peter Pacult Austria Thorsten Mahrer Capelli Sport None
List
    • Front: Kärnten Sport, Stadtwerke Klagenfurt, Vivamayr, Kelag, Erlebnis Sportpark Klagenfurt
    • Back: Stadtwerke Klagenfurt
    • Sleeves: Hirter, Autohaus Sintschnig, Nissan
    • Shorts: Klagenfurt, REISSWOLF, Kleine Zeitung
    • Socks: None
    • Alternate: None
Austria Wien Austria Stephan Helm Austria Manfred Fischer Macron Frankstahl (H)/Steelcoin (A)
List
    • Front: Wien Holding
    • Back: Wien Holding
    • Sleeves: MTEL Austria, Wien Holding
    • Shorts: Schuller Eh'klar, Wien Holding, Marsbet
    • Socks: Wien Holding
    • Alternate: Steelcoin
Blau-Weiß Linz Austria Gerald Scheiblehner Austria Fabio Strauss Uhlsport Linz AG
List
Grazer AK Austria Ferdinand Feldhofer Austria Marco Perchtold Macron Mapei
List
    • Front: Energie Steiermark, Grawe, Köck KFZ-Technik Meisterbetrieb
    • Back: Salanettis, Grapos Headquarter
    • Sleeves: bm-romar, Ziesler GmbH
    • Shorts: tim Austria, Kleine Zeitung, Energie Steiermark
    • Socks: Energie Graz
    • Alternate: Energie Steiermark
LASK Austria Markus Schopp Austria Robert Zulj Adidas Backaldrin Kornspitz
List
SK Rapid Austria Stefan Kulovits (interim) Austria Matthias Seidl Puma Wien Energie
List
Red Bull Salzburg Germany Thomas Letsch Germany Janis Blaswich Puma Red Bull
List
Rheindorf Altach Austria Fabio Ingolitsch Austria Jan Zwischenbrugger Jako Cashpoint
List
Sturm Graz Austria Jürgen Säumel Austria Stefan Hierländer Nike Puntigamer
List
    • Front: Grawe, Puntigamer
    • Back: Puntigamer, Grapos Headquarter
    • Sleeves: Steirisches Kürbiskernöl
    • Shorts: tim Austria (H)/Graz (A), Kleine Zeitung, Energie Steiermark
    • Socks: Sieme Weingüter
    • Alternate: Energie Steiermark
TSV Hartberg Austria Manfred Schmid Austria Jürgen Heil Adidas Eggerglas
List
    • Front: ADMIRAL Sportwetten, PROFERTIL Sperm Booster, Kühlanlagen Postl, PROMACULA, Faustmann Möbel, KAPO Fenster und Türen, 11teamsports, Alois Schweighofer GmbH, Steiermark, Hartberg
    • Back: Hochegger Dächer, MOLIN Industrie, KE KELIT
    • Sleeves: Objekttischlerei Gleichweit, Menopearl
    • Shorts: Boxxenstop, Energie Hartberg, MM Kanal-Rohr-Sanierung, Energie Steiermark
    • Socks: Kühlanlagen Postl
    • Alternate: None
Wolfsberger AC Austria Dietmar Kühbauer Austria Dominik Baumgartner Adidas RZ Ökostrom
List
    • Front: Robitsch Obst und Gemüse, Kärnten Sport, 11teamsports, Radio Kärnten, velox.at, Kelag
    • Back: Salanettis
    • Sleeves: Velox Bau-Systeme, ADMIRAL
    • Shorts: Eskimo Eiszeit Kärnten, HERWA Multiclean Gebäudereinigung, Beschriftung Grafik Druck, Gigasport, Kleine Zeitung
    • Socks: BMW Gönitzer
    • Alternate: SBH Rohstoffhandels
WSG Tirol Austria Philipp Semlic Austria Valentino Müller Puma CATL
List

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in the table Incoming manager Date of appointment Ref.
Red Bull Salzburg Germany Onur Çinel (caretaker) End of caretaker spell 30 June 2024 Pre-season Netherlands Pepijn Lijnders 1 July 2024 [1]
Wolfsberger AC Austria Manfred Schmid Sacked 30 June 2024 Austria Dietmar Kühbauer 1 July 2024 [2] [3]
WSG Tirol Austria Thomas Silberberger Signed by Admira Wacker 30 June 2024 Austria Philipp Semlic 1 July 2024 [4]
Austria Wien Austria Christian Wegleitner (caretaker) End of caretaker spell 30 June 2024 Austria Stephan Helm 1 July 2024 [5]
LASK Austria Thomas Darasz Sacked 3 September 2024 11th Austria Markus Schopp 3 September 2024 [6]
TSV Hartberg Austria Markus Schopp Signed by LASK 3 September 2024 12th Austria Markus Karner (caretaker) 3 September 2024 [7]
Austria Markus Karner (caretaker) End of caretaker spell 22 September 2024 12th Austria Manfred Schmid 22 September 2024 [8]
SCR Altach Austria Joachim Standfest Sacked 30 September 2024 10th Cameroon Louis Ngwat-Mahop (caretaker) 30 September 2024 [9]
Sturm Graz Austria Christian Ilzer Signed by Hoffenheim 15 November 2024 1st Austria Jürgen Säumel (caretaker) 15 November 2024 [10]
Red Bull Salzburg Netherlands Pepijn Lijnders Sacked 16 December 2024 5th Germany Thomas Letsch 18 December 2024 [11]

Regular season

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sturm Graz 22 14 4 4 51 28 +23 46 Qualification for the Championship round
2 Austria Wien 22 14 4 4 36 19 +17 46
3 Red Bull Salzburg 22 10 8 4 33 22 +11 38
4 Wolfsberg 22 11 3 8 44 30 +14 36
5 Rapid Wien 22 9 7 6 32 24 +8 34
6 Blau-Weiß Linz 22 10 3 9 30 29 +1 33
7 LASK 22 9 4 9 32 33 −1 31 Qualification for the Relegation round
8 TSV Hartberg 22 6 8 8 24 31 −7 26
9 Austria Klagenfurt 22 5 6 11 22 44 −22 21
10 WSG Tirol 22 4 7 11 20 31 −11 19
11 Grazer AK 22 3 7 12 27 45 −18 16
12 Rheindorf Altach 22 3 7 12 20 35 −15 16
Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Matches won; 6) Away matches won; 7) Away goals scored.[12]

Results

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Home \ Away AKL AWI BWL GAK HAR LSK RWI RBS ALT STU TIR WAC
Austria Klagenfurt — 0–1 3–1 4–2 2–2 1–2 1–1 0–0 2–2 0–2 0–3 2–1
Austria Wien 2–0 — 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 3–0 2–2 3–0 3–1
Blau-Weiß Linz 2–1 1–0 — 1–2 4–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 1–3 1–2 2–1 0–1
Grazer AK 0–1 1–2 2–2 — 0–3 0–0 1–1 2–3 1–1 1–2 2–1 2–3
Hartberg 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 — 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 0–3
LASK 4–0 1–3 0–0 4–2 1–1 — 2–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–5
Rapid Wien 2–0 2–1 0–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 — 3–2 5–0 1–0 2–0 1–3
Red Bull Salzburg 3–0 2–0 5–1 0–0 4–0 1–2 2–2 — 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–0
Rheindorf Altach 2–2 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 — 1–1 1–2 2–0
Sturm Graz 7–0 2–2 2–1 5–2 2–0 4–2 1–1 5–0 2–1 — 4–2 0–3
WSG Tirol 0–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–3 — 3–3
Wolfsberg 4–1 0–1 1–2 4–2 2–3 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 3–0 1–3 —
Updated to match(es) played on 9 March 2025. Source: https://www.bundesliga.at/de/spielplan/
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship round

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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 23, Austria Wien 23, Red Bull Salzburg 19, Wolfsberger 18, Rapid Wien 17, and Blau-Weiß Linz 16. The points of Blau-Weiß Linz were rounded down – in the event of any ties on points at the end of the playoffs, a half point will be added for them.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification STU RBS AWI WAC RWI BWL
1 Sturm Graz (C) 32 19 6 7 66 39 +27 40 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round — 4–2 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–0
2 Red Bull Salzburg 32 16 9 7 53 36 +17 38 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round 1–2 — 2–0 1–1 4–2 2–1
3 Austria Wien 32 18 6 8 47 32 +15 37 Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round 2–1 1–3 — 0–0 1–2 2–2
4 Wolfsberg 32 16 7 9 60 38 +22 37 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[a] 1–1 2–1 1–2 — 5–1 2–0
5 Rapid Wien (Q) 32 12 8 12 43 42 +1 27 Qualification for the Conference League play-offs 3–1 0–2 2–0 0–1 — 0–0
6 Blau-Weiß Linz 32 11 5 16 37 45 −8 21 0–1 1–2 0–2 1–2 2–1 —
Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points with (possible) half points subtracted due to rounding; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Matches won; 9) Away matches won; 10) Away goals scored.[13]
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:
  1. ^ The 2024–25 Austrian Cup winners (Wolfsberg) qualify for the Europa League third qualifying round.

Relegation round

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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: LASK 15, TSV Hartberg 13, Austria Klagenfurt 10, WSG Tirol 9, Grazer AK 8, and Rheindorf Altach 8. The points of LASK, Austria Klagenfurt, and WSG Tirol were rounded down – in the event of any ties on points at the end of the playoffs, a half point will be added for those teams.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LSK HAR TIR GAK ALT AKL
1 LASK (Q) 32 16 6 10 51 36 +15 38 Qualification for the Conference League play-offs — 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 6–0
2 TSV Hartberg 32 11 11 10 40 40 0 31 0–1 — 3–2 1–1 2–0 2–3
3 WSG Tirol 32 7 9 16 35 50 −15 20 1–3 1–3 — 1–1 1–0 5–3
4 Grazer AK 32 5 13 14 34 54 −20 20 1–0 0–3 0–0 — 1–0 1–1
5 Rheindorf Altach 32 5 11 16 29 46 −17 18 0–2 1–1 3–0 2–2 — 0–0
6 Austria Klagenfurt (R) 32 6 9 17 33 70 −37 16 Relegation to Austrian Football Second League 1–4 0–1 1–4 0–0 2–3 —
Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points with (possible) half points subtracted due to rounding; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Matches won; 9) Away matches won; 10) Away goals scored.[13]
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Conference League play-offs

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The winner and runner-up of the relegation round and the fifth-placed team from the championship round play to determine the qualifier to the Conference League second qualifying round.

Semi-final Final
7 LASK 3
7 LASK 2 5 Rapid Wien 1
8 Hartberg 0

Semi-final

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26 May 2025 LASK 2–0HartbergLinz
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena
Attendance: 8,100
Referee: Julian Weinberger

Final

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29 May 2025 LASK v Rapid Wien Linz
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena
1 June 2025 Rapid Wien v LASK Vienna
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Stadium: Allianz Stadion

Statistics

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Top scorers

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[14]

1 Austria Ronivaldo Blau-Weiß Linz 14
2 Mali Dorgeles Nene Red Bull Salzburg 13
Austria Maximilian Entrup LASK
4 Austria Dominik Fitz Austria Wien 12
Georgia (country) Otar Kiteishvili Sturm Graz
Croatia Patrik Mijić Hartberg
7 Germany Maurice Malone Austria Wien 11
Denmark William Bøving Sturm Graz
Denmark Mika Biereth Sturm Graz

See also

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Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "New coach comes from Liverpool - FC Red Bull Salzburg". www.redbullsalzburg.at. 2024-05-15. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
  2. ^ "Manfred Schmid verlässt das Wolfsrudel". www.rzpelletswac.at. 2024-05-16. Retrieved 2024-10-04.
  3. ^ "Comeback auf der Trainerbank". www.rzpelletswac.at. 2024-05-18. Retrieved 2024-10-04.
  4. ^ "Philipp Semlic wird neuer Cheftrainer der WSG Tirol". www.wsg-fussball.at. 2024-05-22. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
  5. ^ "Stephan Helm übernimmt das violette Traineramt". www.fk-austria.at. 2024-06-10. Retrieved 2024-10-04.
  6. ^ "LASK vollzieht Trainerwechsel". www.lask.at (in German). 2024-09-03. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
  7. ^ "Karner und Prietl übernehmen interimistisch". www.tsv-hartberg-fussball.at (in German). 2024-09-03. Retrieved 2024-10-04.
  8. ^ "Manfred Schmid neuer TSV-Trainer". www.tsv-hartberg-fussball.at (in German). 2024-09-22. Retrieved 2024-10-04.
  9. ^ "SCR Altach stellt Joachim Standfest frei". www.scra.at (in German). 2024-09-30. Retrieved 2024-10-04.
  10. ^ "Günstige Fußballtrikots". Säumel bleibt Cheftrainer von Sturm Graz (in German). 17 December 2024. Archived from the original on 29 April 2025.
  11. ^ "Thomas Letsch neuer Trainer des FC Red Bull Salzburg". www.redbullsalzburg.at (in German). 2024-12-18. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
  12. ^ "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  13. ^ a b "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  14. ^ "Tore". www.bundesliga.at.
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