# 2021–22 FC Red Bull Salzburg season

The 2021–22 season was the 89th season in the existence of the FC Red Bull Salzburg, and the club's 33rd consecutive season in the top flight of the Austrian football. In addition to the domestic league, Salzburg participated in this season's editions of the Austrian Cup and the UEFA Champions League.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 1 January 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 |
| 1 | GK | GER | Nico Mantl |
| 3 | DF | SUI | Bryan Okoh |
| 4 | DF | POL | Kamil Piątkowski |
| 5 | DF | AUT | Albert Vallçi |
| 6 | DF | CMR | Jérôme Onguéné |
| 7 | MF | ARG | Nicolás Capaldo |
| 9 | FW | AUT | Junior Adamu |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Antoine Bernède |
| 11 | MF | USA | Brenden Aaronson |
| 13 | MF | AUT | Nicolas Seiwald |
| 14 | MF | DEN | Maurits Kjaergaard |
| 15 | MF | MLI | Mamady Diambou |
| 16 | MF | AUT | Zlatko Junuzović (vice-captain) |
| 17 | DF | AUT | Andreas Ulmer (captain) |
| 18 | GK | SUI | Philipp Köhn |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | MLI | Mohamed Camara |
| 20 | FW | MLI | Sékou Koïta |
| 21 | MF | CRO | Luka Sučić |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Oumar Solet |
| 27 | FW | GER | Karim Adeyemi |
| 29 | DF | GER | Kilian Ludewig |
| 30 | FW | SVN | Benjamin Šeško |
| 33 | GK | GER | Alexander Walke |
| 37 | DF | MLI | Daouda Guindo |
| 39 | DF | AUT | Maximilian Wöber |
| 43 | DF | DEN | Rasmus Kristensen |
| 77 | FW | SUI | Noah Okafor |
| 95 | DF | BRA | Bernardo |
| — | MF | MLI | Youba Diarra |
| — | MF | NGA | Samson Tijani |

### Out on loan

    As of 1 January 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 | SUI | Jasper van der Werff (at SC Paderborn until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | BIH | Darko Todorović (at Akhmat Grozny until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | BIH | Amar Dedić (at Wolfsberger AC until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | MLI | Ousmane Diakité (at St. Gallen until 30 June 2022) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | MLI | Mamadou Sangare (at Grazer AK until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | GHA | Gideon Mensah (at Bordeaux until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | BRA | Luis Phelipe (at Lugano until 30 June 2022) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Player | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2021 | MF | Nicolás Capaldo | Boca Juniors | €4,500,000 |
| 1 July 2021 | DF | Kamil Piątkowski | Raków Częstochowa | €5,000,000 |
| 2 July 2021 | MF | Bernardo | Brighton & Hove Albion | Undisclosed |
| 17 July 2021 | FW | Roko Šimić | Lokomotiva Zagreb | €4,000,000 |
| 12 January 2022 | MF | Oumar Diakité | ASEC Mimosas | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2022 | DF | Ignace Van Der Brempt | Club Brugge | €5,000,000 |
| 7 February 2022 | MF | Lawrence Agyekum | WAFA SC | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Start date | Position | Nationality | Player | From | End date | Ref. |

### Out

| Date | Position | Player | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2021 | DF | David Affengruber | Sturm Graz | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2021 | MF | Majeed Ashimeru | Anderlecht | €1,500,000 |
| 1 July 2021 | FW | Patson Daka | Leicester City | €30,000,000 |
| 1 July 2021 | DF | Patrick Farkas | Luzern | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2021 | MF | Masaya Okugawa | Arminia Bielefeld | €1,000,000 |
| 1 July 2021 | MF | Peter Pokorný | Real Sociedad | €2,000,000 |
| 1 July 2021 | DF | André Ramalho | PSV Eindhoven | €2,500,000 |
| 1 July 2021 | GK | Cican Stanković | AEK Athens | €1,150,000 |
| 6 July 2021 | MF | Enock Mwepu | Brighton & Hove Albion | €23,000,000 |
| 10 July 2021 | FW | Samuel Tetteh | Adanaspor | Undisclosed |
| 2 September 2021 | FW | Mërgim Berisha | Fenerbahçe | €5,000,000 |
| 1 January 2022 | GK | Carlos Miguel Coronel | New York Red Bulls | Undisclosed |

### Loans out

| Start date | Position | Player | To | End date |
| 1 July 2021 | DF | Amar Dedić | Wolfsberger AC | End of season |
| 1 July 2021 | MF | Ousmane Diakité | St. Gallen | 4 January 2022 |
| 1 July 2021 | DF | Lucho | FC Liefering | End of season |
| 1 July 2021 | MF | Daniel Owusu | FC Liefering | End of season |
| 1 July 2021 | MF | Mamadou Sangare | Grazer AK | End of season |
| 1 July 2021 | MF | Samson Tijani | FC Liefering | 31 December 2021 |
| 1 July 2021 | DF | Jasper van der Werff | SC Paderborn | End of season |
| 17 July 2021 | FW | Roko Šimić | FC Liefering | End of season |
| 28 July 2021 | FW | Luis Phelipe | FC Lugano | 8 February 2022 |
| 3 August 2021 | DF | Gideon Mensah | Bordeaux | End of season |
| 3 September 2021 | DF | Darko Todorović | Akhmat Grozny | End of season |
| 8 January 2022 | MF | Youba Diarra | TSV Hartberg | End of season |
| 13 January 2022 | MF | Oumar Diakité | FC Liefering | End of season |
| 13 January 2022 | DF | Kilian Ludewig | Willem II | End of season |
| 27 January 2022 | MF | Dorgeles Nene | SV Ried | End of season |
| 8 February 2022 | MF | Lawrence Agyekum | FC Liefering | End of season |

### Released

| Date | Position | Nationality | Player | Joined | Date | Ref. |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## 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 | 23 July 2021 | 21 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 32 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 77 | 19 | +58 | 078.13 |
| Austrian Cup | 16 July 2021 | 1 May 2022 | First round | Winners | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 3 | +19 | 083.33 |
| Champions League | 17 August 2021 | 8 March 2022 | Play-off round | Round of 16 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 16 | −2 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 48 | 35 | 8 | 5 | 113 | 38 | +75 | 072.92 |
Last updated: 21 May 2022 Source: Soccerway

### Bundesliga
#### League table

Austrian Bundesliga regular season table :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Red Bull Salzburg | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 50 | 13 | +37 | 55 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 2 | Sturm Graz | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 46 | 32 | +14 | 37 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 3 | Wolfsberger AC | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 32 | +2 | 37 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 4 | Austria Wien | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 31 | 23 | +8 | 33 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 5 | Rapid Wien | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 31 | +4 | 31 | 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: 5 March 2022. 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 | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | D | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 22 June 2021.

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Red Bull Salzburg (C) | 32 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 77 | 19 | +58 | 52 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Sturm Graz | 32 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 62 | 46 | +16 | 37 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Austria Wien | 32 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 44 | 39 | +5 | 29 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round |
| 4 | Wolfsberger AC | 32 | 14 | 5 | 13 | 48 | 53 | −5 | 28 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Rapid Wien (O) | 32 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 48 | 45 | +3 | 25 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 21 May 2022. Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga

#### 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 | W | W | W | L | W | W | D |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Champions League
#### Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2021.

#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2021.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | LIL | SAL | SEV | WOL |
| 1 | Lille | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| 2 | Red Bull Salzburg | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| 3 | Sevilla | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | Transfer to Europa League | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | VfL Wolfsburg | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 5 | | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — |

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 13 December 2021.