# 2022–23 FC Red Bull Salzburg season

The 2022–23 season was the 90th season in the existence of FC Red Bull Salzburg and the club's 34th consecutive season in the top flight of Austrian football. In addition to the domestic league, Salzburg participated in this season's editions of the Austrian Cup, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 27 January 2023
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GER | Nico Mantl |
| 2 | DF | BEL | Ignace Van der Brempt |
| 3 | DF | SUI | Bryan Okoh |
| 4 | DF | POL | Kamil Piątkowski |
| 5 | DF | AUT | Albert Vallçi |
| 6 | DF | AUT | Samson Baidoo |
| 7 | MF | ARG | Nicolás Capaldo |
| 8 | MF | AUT | Dijon Kameri |
| 9 | FW | AUT | Junior Adamu |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Antoine Bernède |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Fernando |
| 13 | MF | AUT | Nicolas Seiwald |
| 14 | MF | DEN | Maurits Kjærgaard |
| 15 | MF | MLI | Mamady Diambou |
| 17 | DF | AUT | Andreas Ulmer (captain) |
| 18 | GK | SUI | Philipp Köhn |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | FW | MLI | Sekou Koita |
| 21 | MF | CRO | Luka Sučić |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Oumar Solet |
| 23 | FW | CRO | Roko Šimić |
| 24 | MF | MLI | Youba Diarra |
| 27 | MF | FRA | Lucas Gourna-Douath |
| 30 | FW | SVN | Benjamin Šeško |
| 31 | DF | SRB | Strahinja Pavlović |
| 33 | GK | GER | Alexander Walke |
| 37 | MF | ISR | Oscar Gloukh |
| 39 | DF | AUT | Maximilian Wöber |
| 40 | GK | CZE | Adam Stejskal |
| 44 | MF | NGA | Samson Tijani |
| 70 | DF | BIH | Amar Dedić |
| 77 | FW | SUI | Noah Okafor |
| 95 | DF | BRA | Bernardo |

### Out on loan

    As of 2 July 2022
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | MLI | Daouda Guindo (at St. Gallen until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | GER | Kilian Ludewig (at Aalborg BK until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | GHA | Lawrence Agyekum (at FC Liefering until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | CIV | Karim Konaté (at FC Liefering until 30 June 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | MLI | Mamadou Sangare (at SV Zulte Waregem until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | GHA | Gideon Mensah (at Bordeaux until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | MLI | Dorgeles Nene (at Westerlo until 30 June 2023) |

## Transfers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Fernando (from Shakhtar Donetsk) |
| 27 | MF | FRA | Lucas Gourna-Douath (from Saint-Étienne) |
| 31 | DF | SRB | Strahinja Pavlović (from Monaco, previously on loan at Basel) |
| — | FW | CIV | Karim Konaté (from ASEC Mimosas) |
| 37 | MF | ISR | Oscar Gloukh (from Maccabi Tel Aviv) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | DF | CMR | Jérôme Onguéné (to Eintracht Frankfurt) |
| 11 | MF | USA | Brenden Aaronson (to Leeds United) |
| 16 | MF | AUT | Zlatko Junuzović (retired) |
| 27 | FW | GER | Karim Adeyemi (to Borussia Dortmund) |
| 39 | DF | AUT | Maximilian Wöber (to Leeds United) |
| 43 | DF | DEN | Rasmus Kristensen (to Leeds United) |
| — | FW | CIV | Karim Konaté (on loan to Liefering) |
| — | DF | GER | Kilian Ludewig (on loan to AaB, previously on loan at Willem II) |
| — | DF | MLI | Daouda Guindo (on loan to St. Gallen, previously on loan at Liefering) |
| — | MF | GHA | Forson Amankwah (on loan to SCR Altach, previously on loan at Liefering) |
| — | MF | MLI | Mamadou Sangare (on loan to Zulte Waregem, previously on loan at GAK) |
| — | FW | MLI | Dorgeles Nene (on loan to Westerlo, previously on loan at Ried) |
| — | DF | SUI | Jasper van der Werff (to Paderborn, previously on loan) |
| — | DF | BIH | Darko Todorović (to Akhmat Grozny, previously on loan) |

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Bundesliga | 22 July 2022 | 23 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 32 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 67 | 22 | +45 | 071.88 |
| Austrian Cup | 30 August 2022 | 2 February 2023 | First round | Quarter-finals | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 075.00 |
| Champions League | 6 September 2022 | 2 November 2022 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 016.67 |
| Europa League | 16 February 2023 | 23 February 2023 | Knockout round play-offs | Knockout round play-offs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 86 | 35 | +51 | 063.64 |
Source: Soccerway

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Red Bull Salzburg | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 49 | 13 | +36 | 55 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 2 | Sturm Graz | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 37 | 15 | +22 | 48 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 3 | LASK | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 38 | 28 | +10 | 38 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 4 | Rapid Wien | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 34 | 26 | +8 | 33 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 5 | Austria Wien | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 37 | 31 | +6 | 32 | Qualification for the Championship round |
* ↑ Austria Wien were deducted 3 points due to license violation.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 19 March 2023. Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D |
| Position | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 25 August 2022 in Istanbul, Turkey. Die Roten Bullen were drawn against Milan, Chelsea and Dinamo Zagreb.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Chelsea | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Milan | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Red Bull Salzburg | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 6 | Transfer to Europa League |
| 4 | Dinamo Zagreb | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 4 | |

### UEFA Europa League
#### Knockout phase
##### Knockout round play-offs

The draw for the knockout round play-offs was held on 7 November 2022 in Nyon, Switzerland. Die Roten Bullen were drawn against Roma.