# 2023–24 FC Red Bull Salzburg season

The 2023–24 season was the 91st season in the existence of FC Red Bull Salzburg and the club's 35th 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 and the UEFA Champions League.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 30 June 2024
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 | SRB | Aleksa Terzić |
| 4 | DF | GER | Hendry Blank |
| 5 | DF | SUI | Bryan Okoh |
| 6 | DF | AUT | Samson Baidoo |
| 7 | MF | ARG | Nicolás Capaldo |
| 10 | MF | CRO | Luka Sučić |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Fernando |
| 13 | GK | GER | Timo Horn |
| 14 | MF | DEN | Maurits Kjærgaard |
| 15 | MF | MLI | Mamady Diambou |
| 17 | DF | AUT | Andreas Ulmer (captain) |
| 18 | MF | DEN | Mads Bidstrup |
| 19 | FW | CIV | Karim Konaté |
| 20 | MF | MLI | Sekou Koita |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | FW | SRB | Petar Ratkov |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Oumar Solet |
| 23 | FW | CRO | Roko Šimić |
| 24 | GK | AUT | Alexander Schlager |
| 25 | DF | AUT | Flavius Daniliuc (on loan from Salernitana) |
| 27 | MF | FRA | Lucas Gourna-Douath |
| 28 | FW | DEN | Adam Daghim |
| 29 | DF | MLI | Daouda Guindo |
| 30 | MF | ISR | Oscar Gloukh |
| 31 | DF | SRB | Strahinja Pavlović |
| 32 | MF | GHA | Forson Amankwah |
| 36 | MF | AUT | Justin Omoregie |
| 39 | DF | GER | Leandro Morgalla |
| 41 | GK | GER | Jonas Krumrey |
| 45 | FW | MLI | Dorgeles Nene |
| 49 | MF | MLI | Moussa Kounfolo Yeo |
| 55 | DF | AUT | Lukas Wallner |
| 70 | DF | BIH | Amar Dedić |

## Transfers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | SRB | Aleksa Terzić (from Fiorentina) |
| 18 | MF | DEN | Mads Bidstrup (from Brentford) |
| 21 | FW | SRB | Petar Ratkov (from FK TSC) |
| 24 | GK | AUT | Alexander Schlager (from LASK) |
| 39 | DF | GER | Leandro Morgalla (from TSV 1860 Munich) |
| — | MF | MLI | Mamady Diambou (previously on loan at Luzern) |
| — | FW | MLI | Dorgeles Nene (previously on loan at Westerlo) |
| — | DF | POL | Kamil Piątkowski (previously on loan at Gent) |
| — | FW | CRO | Roko Šimić (previously on loan at Zürich) |
| — | GK | GER | Timo Horn (Free Agent) |
| — | DF | AUT | Flavius Daniliuc (from Salernitana on loan) |
| — | DF | GER | Hendry Blank (from Borussia Dortmund II) |
| — | FW | DEN | Adam Daghim (from FC Liefering) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | DF | GER | Nico Mantl (on loan to Viborg FF) |
| 2 | DF | BEL | Ignace Van der Brempt (on loan to Hamburger SV) |
| 4 | DF | POL | Kamil Piątkowski (on loan to Granada CF) |
| 8 | MF | AUT | Dijon Kameri (on loan to Grasshopper Club Zürich) |
| 9 | FW | AUT | Junior Adamu (to Freiburg) |
| 13 | MF | AUT | Nicolas Seiwald (to RB Leipzig) |
| 18 | GK | SUI | Philipp Köhn (to Monaco) |
| 30 | FW | SVN | Benjamin Šeško (to RB Leipzig) |
| 33 | GK | GER | Alexander Walke (retired) |
| 40 | GK | CZE | Adam Stejskal (to WSG Tirol) |
| 44 | MF | NGA | Samson Tijani (on loan to Wolfsberger AC) |
| 49 | DF | AUT | Lukas Ibertsberger (on loan to Wolfsberger AC) |
| 77 | FW | SUI | Noah Okafor (to Milan) |
| 95 | DF | BRA | Bernardo (to VfL Bochum) |
| — | DF | AUT | Raphael Hofer (on loan to Blau-Weiß Linz) |

## 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 | 29 July 2023 | 19 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 32 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 74 | 29 | +45 | 062.50 |
| Austrian Cup | 23 July 2023 | 4 April 2024 | First round | Semi-finals | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | +10 | 060.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 20 September 2023 | 12 December 2023 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 016.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 24 | 9 | 10 | 95 | 44 | +51 | 055.81 |
Source: Soccerway

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Red Bull Salzburg | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 45 | 12 | +33 | 50 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 2 | Sturm Graz | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 37 | 15 | +22 | 46 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 3 | LASK | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 18 | +8 | 35 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 4 | Austria Klagenfurt | 22 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 29 | 27 | +2 | 34 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 5 | Hartberg | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 28 | +5 | 34 | Qualification for the Championship round |
* 1 2 Head to head points: Klagenfurt 4, TSV Hartberg 1.

#### Result summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga

#### Result 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 | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | D | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | W |
| Position | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sturm Graz (C) | 32 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 56 | 23 | +33 | 44 | Qualification for the Champions League league stage |
| 2 | Red Bull Salzburg | 32 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 74 | 29 | +45 | 42 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | LASK | 32 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 43 | 33 | +10 | 34 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round |
| 4 | Rapid Wien | 32 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 47 | 35 | +12 | 28 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Hartberg | 32 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 49 | 52 | −3 | 28 | Qualification for the Conference League play-offs |
* ↑ Since the Europa League winners, Atalanta qualified for the Champions League via league position, Red Bull Salzburg were promoted from the Champions League second qualifying round to the third qualifying round as one of the two teams with the highest coefficient in the second qualifying round.
* ↑ The 2023–24 Austrian Cup winners qualified for the Europa League play-off round. Since the cup winners (Sturm Graz) qualified based on league position, the Europa League spot was passed to the third-placed team.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | D | L | W | L | D | L | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Champions League

The draw for the group stage was held on 31 August 2023 in Monaco. Die Roten Bullen were drawn against Benfica, Inter Milan and Real Sociedad.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Real Sociedad | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Inter Milan | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Benfica | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 4 | Transfer to Europa League |
| 4 | Red Bull Salzburg | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 4 | |
* 1 2 Tied on head-to-head points, goal difference, and goals scored. Goal difference in all matches: Real Sociedad +5, Inter Milan +3.
* 1 2 Tied on head-to-head points, goal difference, goals scored, and goal difference in all matches. Goals scored in all matches: Benfica 7, Red Bull Salzburg 4.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 19 May 2024
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | Austrian Cup | Austrian Cup | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | GER | Nico Mantl | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | GER | Timo Horn | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | AUT | Alexander Schlager | 39 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | AUT | Aleksa Terzić | 22 | 1 | 13+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | POL | Kamil Piątkowski | 10 | 1 | 4+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | AUT | Samson Baidoo | 23 | 2 | 14+3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | AUT | Andreas Ulmer | 18 | 0 | 6+7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Oumar Solet | 28 | 2 | 19+2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | AUT | Flavius Daniliuc | 12 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | MLI | Daouda Guindo | 21 | 0 | 13+5 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | SRB | Strahinja Pavlović | 37 | 4 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | GER | Leandro Morgalla | 5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | AUT | Lukas Wallner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | DF | BIH | Amar Dedić | 31 | 5 | 18+3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | ARG | Nicolás Capaldo | 16 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | AUT | Dijon Kameri | 8 | 1 | 2+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | CRO | Luka Sučić | 32 | 5 | 17+5 | 3 | 3+1 | 1 | 4+2 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | DEN | Maurits Kjærgaard | 24 | 3 | 15+2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | MLI | Mamady Diambou | 16 | 0 | 8+6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | DEN | Mads Bidstrup | 36 | 2 | 21+4 | 2 | 4+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | MLI | Sekou Koita | 24 | 8 | 4+15 | 8 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | FRA | Lucas Gourna-Douath | 35 | 1 | 20+8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | ISR | Oscar Gloukh | 40 | 9 | 25+4 | 7 | 4+1 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 32 | MF | GHA | Forson Amankwah | 29 | 4 | 14+9 | 2 | 1+1 | 2 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 49 | MF | MLI | Moussa Kounfolo Yeo | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 11 | FW | BRA | Fernando | 14 | 6 | 8+3 | 4 | 1+1 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | CIV | Karim Konaté | 38 | 22 | 22+7 | 20 | 3+1 | 2 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | SRB | Petar Ratkov | 35 | 6 | 12+12 | 5 | 3+2 | 1 | 2+4 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | CRO | Roko Šimić | 38 | 6 | 16+12 | 5 | 1+3 | 0 | 4+2 | 1 |
| 28 | FW | DEN | Adam Daghim | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | MLI | Dorgeles Nene | 31 | 5 | 6+18 | 5 | 1+2 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |