# 2020–21 FC Red Bull Salzburg season

The 2020–21 season was the 88th season in the existence of FC Red Bull Salzburg and the club's 32nd consecutive season in the top flight of Austrian football. They were the defending Austrian League and Austrian Cup champions. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 until 30 June 2021.

## Season events

On 29 June, Alexander Walke signed a new one-year contract with the club.
On 8 July, Hwang Hee-chan moved from Red Bull Salzburg to RB Leipzig.
On 10 July, Red Bull Salzburg terminated their contract with Abdourahmane Barry.
On 13 July, Red Bull Salzburg announced the signing of Federico Crescenti from St. Gallen.
On 15 July, Luka Sučić signed a new contract with Red Bull Salzburg, until the summer of 2024.
On 16 July, Red Bull Salzburg announced the signing of Samson Tijani from Collins Edwin on a contract until 31 May 2025.
On 17 July, Amar Dedić signed a new contract with Red Bull Salzburg until 30 June 2024.
On 19 July, Red Bull Salzburg announced the signing of Oumar Solet on a five-year contract from Olympique Lyonnais.
On 27 July, Kim Jung-min left Red Bull Salzburg to join Vitória de Guimarães.
On 29 July, Philipp Köhn joined FC Wil on loan for the season.
On 11 August, Samuel Tetteh joined New York Red Bulls on loan until the end of 2020, whilst Darko Todorović joined Hajduk Split on a season-long loan deal the follow day, and Samson Tijani joined on TSV Hartberg on a similar deal on 13 August.
On 15 August, Alexander Schmidt left Red Bull Salzburg to sign for LASK.
On 17 August, Kilian Ludewig's loan deal at Barnsley was extended for the 2020–21 season.
On 26 August, Peter Pokorný joined SKN St. Pölten on a season-long loan deal.
On 28 August, Red Bull Salzburg's Austrian Cup match against Bregenz, scheduled for 29 August, was postponed after one of the Bregenz players tested positive for COVID-19.
On 31 August, Smail Prevljak left Red Bull Salzburg to sign permanently for KAS Eupen.
On 1 September, Luca Meisl left Red Bull Salzburg to sign permanently for SV Ried, whilst Gideon Mensah moved to Vitória de Guimarães on a season-long loan deal with the option to make the move permanent.
On 3 September, Red Bull Salzburg announced the signing of Mamadou Sangare to a five-year contract from Yeelen Olympique, whilst their Austrian Cup game against SC Bregenz was confirmed for 20:45 on 9 September.
On 5 October, Kilian Ludewig had his loan deal with Barnsley terminated, and was sent on loan to Schalke 04 for the season.
On 6 October, Albert Vallci extended his contract with Red Bull Salzburg until the summer of 2024. On 10 October, Chukwubuike Adamu extended his contract with Red Bull Salzburg until the summer of 2025.
On 16 October, Red Bull Salzburg announced the signing of Brenden Aaronson from Philadelphia Union on a contract until the summer of 2025, with Aaronson joining up with Salzburg over the winter break.
On 17 December, Dominik Szoboszlai was sold to RB Leipzig for an undisclosed amount. The Following day, 18 December, Zlatko Junuzović extended his contract with Red Bull Salzburg until 30 June 2022.
On 22 December, Red Bull Salzburg announced that Mali Internationals, Mohamed Camara and Sékou Koïta had tested positive for a banned substance following their recent International break.
On 4 January, Red Bull Salzburg announced the signings of Mamady Diambou, Dorgeles Nene and Daouda Guindo from Guidars FC, all on contracts until May 2025.
On 13 January, Red Bull Salzburg announced that Majeed Ashimeru had joined RSC Anderlecht on loan for the rest of the season, whilst Jérôme Onguéné moved to Genoa on a similar deal on 15 January.
On 18 January, Hungarian winger Csaba Bukta joined Rheindorf Altach on loan for the remainder of the season.
The next day, 19 January, Red Bull Salzburg sent Samuel Tetteh on loan to SKN St. Pölten, and re-signed Bernardo on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion for the remainder of the season.
On 20 January, Red Bull Salzburg announced the signing of Lucho from AAF Popayán, before sending him out on loan to SV Horn the following day. On 26 January, Red Bull Salzburg announced the signing of Rocco Zikovic from NK Istra on a contract until May 2023.
On 28 January, Daniel Antosch joined SV Horn on loan for the remainder of the season, whilst Nico Mantl joined from SpVgg Unterhaching on a contract until July 2025.
On 31 January Masaya Okugawa joined Arminia Bielefeld on loan for the remainder of the season, with Red Bull Salzburg announcing the signing of Kamil Piątkowski from Raków Częstochowa on a contract running to June 2026, with the defender joining in the summer transfer window.
On 8 February, Red Bull Salzburg announced the signing of Forson Amankwah and Daniel Owusu from West African Football Academy, with Owusu joining SV Horn on loan for the remainder of the season.
On 26 February, goalkeeper Carlos Miguel joined New York Red Bulls on loan until 31 December 2021, with Youba Diarra also joining New York Red Bulls on loan until 31 December 2021 on 1 March.
On 21 May, Alexander Walke signed a new one-year contract with Red Bull Salzburg, keeping him at the club until the summer of 2022.

## Squad

    As of match played 22 May 2021
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Cican Stankovic | GK | (1992-11-04) 4 November 1992 (age 31) | SV Grödig | 2015 | | 150 | 0 |
| 23 | Nico Mantl | GK | (1996-12-29) 29 December 1996 (age 27) | SpVgg Unterhaching | 2021 | 2025 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | Alexander Walke | GK | (1983-06-06) 6 June 1983 (age 41) | Hansa Rostock | 2010 | 2022 | 229 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 5 | Albert Vallci | DF | (1995-07-02) 2 July 1995 (age 29) | Wacker Innsbruck | 2019 | 2024 | 60 | 5 |
| 15 | André Ramalho | DF | (1992-02-16) 16 February 1992 (age 32) | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 2018 | | 239 | 19 |
| 17 | Andreas Ulmer | DF | (1985-12-30) 30 December 1985 (age 38) | SV Ried | 2008 | | 492 | 22 |
| 22 | Oumar Solet | DF | (2000-02-07) 7 February 2000 (age 24) | Olympique Lyonnais | 2020 | 2025 | 12 | 0 |
| 25 | Patrick Farkas | DF | (1992-09-09) 9 September 1992 (age 32) | SV Mattersburg | 2017 | | 61 | 5 |
| 39 | Maximilian Wöber | DF | (1998-02-04) 4 February 1998 (age 26) | Sevilla | 2019 | 2024 | 69 | 1 |
| 43 | Rasmus Kristensen | DF | (1996-12-29) 29 December 1996 (age 27) | Jong Ajax | 2019 | 2024 | 62 | 4 |
| 95 | Bernardo | DF | (1995-05-14) 14 May 1995 (age 29) | loan from Brighton & Hove Albion | 2021 | 2021 | 41 | 4 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 11 | Brenden Aaronson | MF | (2000-10-22) 22 October 2000 (age 24) | Philadelphia Union | 2020 | 2025 | 25 | 7 |
| 13 | Nicolas Seiwald | MF | (2001-05-04) 4 May 2001 (age 23) | Academy | 2020 | | 18 | 0 |
| 16 | Zlatko Junuzović | MF | (1987-09-26) 26 September 1987 (age 37) | Werder Bremen | 2018 | 2022 | 106 | 12 |
| 19 | Mohamed Camara | MF | (2000-01-06) 6 January 2000 (age 24) | Real Bamako | 2018 | | 41 | 2 |
| 21 | Luka Sučić | MF | (2002-09-08) 8 September 2002 (age 22) | Academy | | 2024 | 27 | 2 |
| 27 | Karim Adeyemi | MF | (2002-01-18) 18 January 2002 (age 22) | SpVgg Unterhaching | 2018 | 2022 | 49 | 10 |
| 28 | Antoine Bernède | MF | (1999-05-26) 26 May 1999 (age 25) | Paris Saint-Germain | 2019 | | 43 | 1 |
| 45 | Enock Mwepu | MF | (1998-01-01) 1 January 1998 (age 26) | Kafue Celtic | 2017 | 2024 | 119 | 17 |
| | Ousmane Diakité | MF | (2000-07-25) 25 July 2000 (age 24) | Yeelen Olympique | 2018 | | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | Sékou Koïta | FW | (1999-11-28) 28 November 1999 (age 24) | USC Kita | 2018 | 2024 | 52 | 27 |
| 8 | Mërgim Berisha | FW | (1998-05-11) 11 May 1998 (age 26) | Academy | 2014 | | 52 | 23 |
| 20 | Patson Daka | FW | (1998-10-09) 9 October 1998 (age 26) | Kafue Celtic | 2017 | 2024 | 125 | 68 |
| 30 | Benjamin Šeško | FW | (2003-05-31) 31 May 2003 (age 21) | NK Domžale | 2019 | 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | Antonin Svoboda | FW | (2002-03-14) 14 March 2002 (age 22) | Academy | 2021 | | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | David Affengruber | FW | (2001-03-19) 19 March 2001 (age 23) | Academy | 2021 | | 6 | 0 |
| 77 | Noah Okafor | FW | (2000-05-24) 24 May 2000 (age 24) | Basel | 2020 | 2024 | 43 | 10 |
| FC Liefering Players ||||||||||
| 14 | Maurits Kjaergaard | MF | (2003-02-26) 26 February 2003 (age 21) | Lyngby | 2019 | 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| 70 | Amar Dedić | DF | (2002-08-18) 18 August 2002 (age 22) | Sturm Graz | 2015 | 2024 | 1 | 0 |
| | Rocco Zikovic | DF | (2005-01-21) 21 January 2005 (age 19) | NK Istra | 2021 | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| | Daouda Guindo | DF | (2002-10-14) 14 October 2002 (age 22) | Guidars FC | 2021 | 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| | Bryan Okoh | DF | (2003-05-16) 16 May 2003 (age 21) | Lausanne-Sport | 2019 | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| | Luis Phelipe | MF | (2001-02-12) 12 February 2001 (age 23) | Red Bull Brasil | 2019 | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| | Forson Amankwah | MF | (2002-12-31) 31 December 2002 (age 21) | WAFA | 2021 | 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| | Mamady Diambou | MF | (2002-11-11) 11 November 2002 (age 21) | Guidars FC | 2021 | 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| | Mamadou Sangare | MF | (2002-07-26) 26 July 2002 (age 22) | Yeelen Olympique | 2020 | 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| | Dorgeles Nene | FW | (2002-12-23) 23 December 2002 (age 21) | Guidars FC | 2021 | 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| | Federico Crescenti | FW | (2004-07-13) 13 July 2004 (age 20) | St. Gallen | 2020 | | 0 | 0 |
| Out on loan ||||||||||
| 3 | Jasper van der Werff | DF | (1998-12-09) 9 December 1998 (age 25) | St.Gallen | 2018 | | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | Majeed Ashimeru | MF | (1997-10-10) 10 October 1997 (age 27) | West African Football Academy | 2017 | 2024 | 42 | 3 |
| 6 | Jérôme Onguéné | DF | (1997-12-22) 22 December 1997 (age 26) | VfB Stuttgart | 2018 | | 92 | 11 |
| 9 | Chukwubuike Adamu | FW | (2001-06-06) 6 June 2001 (age 23) | Academy | 2020 | 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Philipp Köhn | GK | (1998-04-02) 2 April 1998 (age 26) | RB Leipzig | 2019 | | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Carlos Miguel | GK | (1996-12-29) 29 December 1996 (age 27) | Academy | 2017 | | 11 | 0 |
| 37 | Masaya Okugawa | MF | (1996-04-14) 14 April 1996 (age 28) | Kyoto Sanga | 2015 | | 46 | 14 |
| 44 | Youba Diarra | MF | (1998-09-07) 7 September 1998 (age 26) | Yeelen Olympique | 2018 | | 0 | 0 |
| | Daniel Antosch | GK | (2000-03-07) 7 March 2000 (age 24) | Academy | 2018 | | 0 | 0 |
| | Darko Todorović | DF | (1997-05-05) 5 May 1997 (age 27) | Sloboda Tuzla | 2018 | | 14 | 0 |
| | Lucho | DF | (2003-01-03) 3 January 2003 (age 21) | AAF Popayán | 2021 | 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| | Kilian Ludewig | DF | (2000-03-05) 5 March 2000 (age 24) | Academy | 2018 | | 0 | 0 |
| | Gideon Mensah | DF | (1998-07-18) 18 July 1998 (age 26) | West African Football Academy | 2016 | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| | Csaba Bukta | MF | (2001-07-25) 25 July 2001 (age 23) | Debreceni | 2017 | | 0 | 0 |
| | Samson Tijani | MF | (2002-05-17) 17 May 2002 (age 22) | Collins Edwin | 2020 | 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| | Peter Pokorný | MF | (2001-08-08) 8 August 2001 (age 23) | AS Trenčín | 2018 | | 0 | 0 |
| | Samuel Tetteh | FW | (1996-07-28) 28 July 1996 (age 28) | West African Football Academy | 2016 | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| | Daniel Owusu | FW | (2003-01-25) 25 January 2003 (age 21) | WAFA | 2021 | 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 14 | Dominik Szoboszlai | MF | (2000-10-25) 25 October 2000 (age 24) | Academy | 2017 | | 82 | 25 |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | SUI | Jasper van der Werff (at Basel) |
| 4 | MF | GHA | Majeed Ashimeru (at Anderlecht) |
| 6 | DF | CMR | Jérôme Onguéné (at Genoa) |
| 9 | FW | AUT | Chukwubuike Adamu (at St.Gallen) |
| 23 | GK | SUI | Philipp Köhn (at Wil) |
| 31 | GK | BRA | Carlos Miguel (at New York Red Bulls) |
| 37 | MF | JPN | Masaya Okugawa (at Arminia Bielefeld) |
| 44 | MF | MLI | Youba Diarra (at New York Red Bulls) |
| — | GK | AUT | Daniel Antosch (at SV Horn) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | BIH | Darko Todorović (at Hajduk Split) |
| — | DF | COL | Lucho (at SV Horn) |
| — | DF | GER | Kilian Ludewig (at Schalke) |
| — | DF | GHA | Gideon Mensah (at Vitória de Guimarães) |
| — | MF | HUN | Csaba Bukta (at Rheindorf Altach) |
| — | MF | NGA | Samson Tijani (at TSV Hartberg) |
| — | MF | SVK | Peter Pokorný (at SKN St. Pölten) |
| — | FW | GHA | Daniel Owusu (at SV Horn) |
| — | FW | GHA | Samuel Tetteh (at SKN St. Pölten) |

## Coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| Manager | Jesse Marsch |
| Assistant manager | René Aufhauser |
| Assistant manager | Franz Schiemer |
| Goalkeeper coach | Herbert Ilsanker |
| Chief analyst | Alexander Schmalhofer |
| Athletic coach | Sebastian Kirchner |
| Rehab coach | Ralf Neumann |
| Video analyst | Victor Bertini |

## Kits

| Third and Away (Europe) | Home (Europe) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 13 July 2020 | FW | Federico Crescenti | St. Gallen | Undisclosed |
| 19 July 2020 | DF | Oumar Solet | Olympique Lyonnais | Undisclosed |
| 3 September 2020 | MF | Mamadou Sangare | Yeelen Olympique | Undisclosed |
| 16 October 2020† | MF | Brenden Aaronson | Philadelphia Union | Undisclosed |
| 4 January 2021 | DF | Daouda Guindo | Guidars FC | Undisclosed |
| 4 January 2021 | MF | Mamady Diambou | Guidars FC | Undisclosed |
| 4 January 2021 | FW | Dorgeles Nene | Guidars FC | Undisclosed |
| 20 January 2021 | DF | Lucho | AAF Popayán | Undisclosed |
| 26 January 2021 | DF | Rocco Zikovic | NK Istra | Undisclosed |
| 28 January 2021 | GK | Nico Mantl | SpVgg Unterhaching | Undisclosed |
| 1 February 2021†† | DF | Kamil Piątkowski | Raków Częstochowa | Undisclosed |
| 8 February 2021 | MF | Forson Amankwah | WAFA | Undisclosed |
| 8 February 2021 | FW | Daniel Owusu | WAFA | Undisclosed |
    † Aaronson's move was announced on the above date, but was not finalised until 1 January 2021.
    †† Piątkowski's move was announced on the above date, but was not finalised until 1 July 2021.

### Loans in

| Start date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | End date | Ref. |
| 19 January 2021 | DF | | Bernardo | Brighton & Hove Albion | End of season | |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 8 July 2020 | FW | Hwang Hee-chan | RB Leipzig | Undisclosed |
| 27 July 2020 | MF | Kim Jung-min | Vitória de Guimarães | Undisclosed |
| 15 August 2020 | FW | Alexander Schmidt | LASK | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2020 | FW | Smail Prevljak | KAS Eupen | Undisclosed |
| 1 September 2020 | DF | Luca Meisl | SV Ried | Undisclosed |
| 17 December 2020† | MF | Dominik Szoboszlai | RB Leipzig | Undisclosed |
    † Szoboszlai's move was announced on the above date, but was not finalised until 1 January 2021.

### Loans out

| Start date | Position | Name | To | End date |
| 9 January 2020 | DF | Jasper van der Werff | Basel | End of 2020/21 Season |
| 29 July 2020 | GK | Philipp Köhn | FC Wil | End of season |
| 11 August 2020 | FW | Samuel Tetteh | New York Red Bulls | 31 December 2020 |
| 12 August 2020 | DF | Darko Todorović | Hajduk Split | End of season |
| 13 August 2020 | MF | Samson Tijani | TSV Hartberg | End of season |
| 17 August 2020 | DF | Kilian Ludewig | Barnsley | 5 October 2020 |
| 26 August 2020 | MF | Peter Pokorný | SKN St. Pölten | End of season |
| 1 September 2020 | DF | Gideon Mensah | Vitória de Guimarães | End of season |
| 5 October 2020 | DF | Kilian Ludewig | Schalke 04 | End of season |
| 13 January 2021 | MF | Majeed Ashimeru | RSC Anderlecht | End of season |
| 15 January 2021 | DF | Jérôme Onguéné | Genoa | End of season |
| 18 January 2021 | MF | Csaba Bukta | Rheindorf Altach | End of season |
| 19 January 2021 | FW | Samuel Tetteh | SKN St. Pölten | End of season |
| 21 January 2021 | DF | Lucho | SV Horn | End of season |
| 28 January 2021 | GK | Daniel Antosch | SV Horn | End of season |
| 31 January 2021 | MF | Masaya Okugawa | Arminia Bielefeld | End of season |
| 8 February 2021 | FW | Daniel Owusu | SV Horn | End of season |
| 15 February 2021 | FW | Chukwubuike Adamu | St.Gallen | End of season |
| 26 February 2021 | GK | Carlos Miguel | New York Red Bulls | 31 December 2021 |
| 1 March 2021 | MF | Youba Diarra | New York Red Bulls | 31 December 2021 |

### Released

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | Joined | Date | Ref. |
| 10 July 2020 | DF | | Abdourahmane Barry | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 19 August 2020 | |

## Competitions
### Overview

| 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 | 13 September 2020 | 22 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 32 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 94 | 33 | +61 | 078.13 |
| Austrian Cup | 9 September 2020 | 1 May 2021 | First round | Winners | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 2 | +26 | 100.00 |
| Champions League | 22 September 2020 | 9 December 2020 | Play-off round | Group stage | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 19 | −4 | 037.50 |
| Europa League | 18 February 2021 | 25 February 2021 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 48 | 34 | 3 | 11 | 138 | 58 | +80 | 070.83 |
Last updated: 22 May 2021 Source: Soccerway

### Bundesliga
#### Regular stage
##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Red Bull Salzburg | 22 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 67 | 24 | +43 | 52 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 2 | Rapid Wien | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 43 | 25 | +18 | 45 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 3 | LASK | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 42 | 21 | +21 | 42 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 4 | Sturm Graz | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 20 | +14 | 39 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 5 | Wolfsberger AC | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 40 | 39 | +1 | 33 | Qualification for the Championship round |

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 20 March 2021. Source: See Results

##### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W |
| Position | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

##### Results
#### Championship stage
##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 22 May 2021. Source: See Results

##### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Red Bull Salzburg (C) | 32 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 94 | 33 | +61 | 51 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
| 2 | Rapid Wien | 32 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 64 | 40 | +24 | 36 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Sturm Graz | 32 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 52 | 34 | +18 | 36 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round |
| 4 | LASK | 32 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 55 | 41 | +14 | 30 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Wolfsberger AC | 32 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 52 | 62 | −10 | 27 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off final |

### UEFA Champions League
#### Qualifying rounds
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Bayern Munich | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 5 | +13 | 16 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Atlético Madrid | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Red Bull Salzburg | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 17 | −7 | 4 | Transfer to Europa League |
| 4 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 3 | |

### UEFA Europa League
#### Knockout phase
## Statistics

    As of match played 22 May 2021

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | Austrian Cup | Austrian Cup | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | AUT | Cican Stankovic | 45 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | AUT | Albert Vallci | 26 | 2 | 13+4 | 1 | 4+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | MLI | Sékou Koïta | 29 | 17 | 8+9 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 6+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | GER | Mërgim Berisha | 42 | 22 | 24+4 | 14 | 3+1 | 3 | 6+2 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | USA | Brenden Aaronson | 25 | 7 | 15+5 | 5 | 2+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | AUT | Nicolas Seiwald | 18 | 0 | 5+10 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | DEN | Maurits Kjaergaard | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | BRA | André Ramalho | 43 | 2 | 26+2 | 1 | 5+1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | AUT | Zlatko Junuzović | 39 | 2 | 19+6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | AUT | Andreas Ulmer | 44 | 0 | 24+6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | MLI | Mohamed Camara | 26 | 2 | 9+6 | 0 | 3+1 | 2 | 6+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ZAM | Patson Daka | 42 | 34 | 21+7 | 27 | 5+1 | 5 | 5+1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | CRO | Luka Sučić | 27 | 2 | 8+9 | 1 | 2+3 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Oumar Solet | 12 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | GER | Nico Mantl | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | AUT | Patrick Farkas | 12 | 0 | 4+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | GER | Karim Adeyemi | 38 | 9 | 11+18 | 7 | 0+4 | 1 | 0+3 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Antoine Bernède | 25 | 1 | 17+2 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | SVN | Benjamin Šeško | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | FW | CZE | Antonin Svoboda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | AUT | Maximilian Wöber | 35 | 1 | 20+1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 42 | FW | AUT | David Affengruber | 6 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | DF | DEN | Rasmus Kristensen | 43 | 4 | 24+6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | ZAM | Enock Mwepu | 45 | 10 | 22+7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 70 | DF | BIH | Amar Dedić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | SUI | Noah Okafor | 29 | 6 | 12+6 | 6 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 95 | DF | BRA | Bernardo | 15 | 1 | 5+9 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players also registered for Liefering : ||||||||||||||
| Players away on loan : ||||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | GHA | Majeed Ashimeru | 13 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | CMR | Jérôme Onguéné | 15 | 1 | 6+3 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | AUT | Chukwubuike Adamu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | BRA | Carlos Miguel | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | JPN | Masaya Okugawa | 14 | 3 | 3+4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left Red Bull Salzburg during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 14 | MF | HUN | Dominik Szoboszlai | 22 | 9 | 11+1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Bundesliga | Austrian Cup | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 20 | Patson Daka | 27 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 34 |
| 2 | FW | 8 | Mërgim Berisha | 14 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 22 |
| 3 | FW | 7 | Sékou Koïta | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 4 | MF | 45 | Enock Mwepu | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 5 | MF | 27 | Karim Adeyemi | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | MF | 14 | Dominik Szoboszlai | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 7 | MF | 11 | Brenden Aaronson | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | FW | 77 | Noah Okafor | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | DF | 43 | Rasmus Kristensen | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | MF | 37 | Masaya Okugawa | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | | | Own goal | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | DF | 5 | Albert Vallci | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | MF | 21 | Luka Sučić | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | DF | 15 | André Ramalho | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | MF | 16 | Zlatko Junuzović | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | MF | 19 | Mohamed Camara | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | DF | 6 | Jérôme Onguéné | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | 28 | Antoine Bernède | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | DF | 95 | Bernardo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | DF | 39 | Maximilian Wöber | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 91 | 28 | 15 | 1 | 135 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Bundesliga | Austrian Cup | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Europa League | Total |
| 1 | GK | 1 | Cican Stankovic | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 2 | GK | 31 | Carlos Miguel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | GK | 23 | Nico Mantl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | Austrian Cup | Austrian Cup | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Cican Stankovic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Albert Vallci | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Sékou Koïta | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | Mërgim Berisha | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Nicolas Seiwald | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | André Ramalho | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | Zlatko Junuzović | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Andreas Ulmer | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Mohamed Camara | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Patson Daka | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Oumar Solet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Patrick Farkas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Karim Adeyemi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Antoine Bernède | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 39 | DF | Maximilian Wöber | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 43 | DF | Rasmus Kristensen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | Enock Mwepu | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | Noah Okafor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 95 | DF | Bernardo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | Majeed Ashimeru | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players who left Red Bull Salzburg during the season: ||||||||||||
| 14 | MF | Dominik Szoboszlai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 47 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 77 | 3 |