# 2024–25 FC Red Bull Salzburg season

The 2024–25 season is the 92nd season in the history of Red Bull Salzburg, and the club's 36th consecutive season in the top flight of Austrian football. In addition to the domestic league, the club is participating in the Austrian Cup, the UEFA Champions League, and a debut participation in the FIFA Club World Cup.

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| DF | Kamil Piątkowski | Granada | Loan return | 30 June 2024 |
| MF | Mamadou Sangaré | TSV Hartberg | Loan return | 30 June 2024 |
| MF | Samson Tijani | Wolfsberger AC | Loan return | 30 June 2024 |
| DF | Ignace Van Der Brempt | Hamburger SV | Loan return | 30 June 2024 |
| MF | Dijon Kameri | Grasshopper Club Zurich | Loan return | 30 June 2024 |
| GK | Nico Mantl | Viborg | Loan return | 30 June 2024 |
| MF | Lawrence Agyekum | FC Liefering | Loan return | 30 June 2024 |
| DF | Lukas Ibertsberger | Wolfsberger AC | Loan return | 30 June 2024 |
| FW | Federico Crescenti | Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz | Loan return | 30 June 2024 |
| DF | Lucho | Kapfenberger SV | Loan return | 30 June 2024 |
| GK | Janis Blaswich | RB Leipzig | Loan (€1,000,000) | 1 July 2024 |
| MF | Takumu Kawamura | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | €1,500,000 | 1 July 2024 |
| MF | Oliver Lukić | FC Liefering | Promoted | 1 July 2024 |
| GK | Salko Hamzić | FC Liefering | Promoted | 1 July 2024 |
| MF | Bobby Clark | Liverpool | €11,800,000 | 22 August 2024 |
| FW | Nicolò Turco | FC Liefering | Loan return | 28 August 2024 |
| FW | Edmund Baidoo | Sogndal | €3,300,000 | 29 August 2024 |
| DF | Joane Gadou | Paris Saint-Germain | €10,000,000 | 3 September 2024 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| DF | Andreas Ulmer | — | End of contract | 1 July 2024 |
| FW | Sékou Koïta | CSKA Moscow | End of contract | 1 July 2024 |
| GK | Nico Mantl | Arouca | €500,000 | 1 July 2024 |
| MF | Mamadou Sangaré | Rapid Wien | €700,000 | 1 July 2024 |
| DF | Lukas Ibertsberger | FC Blau-Weiß Linz | Undisclosed | 1 July 2024 |
| FW | Federico Crescenti | Vaduz | Loan | 1 July 2024 |
| DF | Justin Omoregie | TSV Hartberg | Loan | 1 July 2024 |
| MF | Lawrence Agyekum | Cercle Brugge | Loan | 4 July 2024 |
| DF | Kilian Ludewig | — | Contract termination | 5 July 2024 |
| DF | Lucho | Skënderbeu Korçë | Undisclosed | 10 July 2024 |
| DF | Strahinja Pavlović | AC Milan | €18,000,000 | 31 July 2024 |
| GK | Timo Horn | VfL Bochum | End of contract | 1 August 2024 |
| MF | Luka Sučić | Real Sociedad | €10,000,000 | 2 August 2024 |
| MF | Forson Amankwah | Norwich City | €4,500,000 | 9 August 2024 |
| DF | Lukas Wallner | Hannover 96 II | Free | 14 August 2024 |
| GK | Jonas Krumrey | Lyngby | Loan | 20 August 2024 |
| MF | Dijon Kameri | Rheindorf Altach | Loan | 21 August 2024 |
| FW | Nicolò Turco | Milan Futuro | Loan | 29 August 2024 |
| FW | Roko Šimić | Cardiff City | €2,000,000 | 30 August 2024 |
| DF | Ignace Van Der Brempt | Como | Loan | 30 August 2024 |
| MF | Samson Tijani | Fredrikstad | Loan | 2 September 2024 |
| MF | Soumaïla Diabaté | FC Blau-Weiß Linz | Loan | 5 September 2024 |
| DF | Oumar Solet | — | Contract termination | 14 September 2024 |

## Friendlies
### Pre-season

The pre-season training is scheduled to commence on 24 June, followed by a training camp in Saalfelden from 6 to 17 July.

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Bundesliga | 2 August 2024 | | Matchday 1 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 32 | 22 | +10 | 042.86 |
| Austrian Cup | 26 July 2024 | | First round | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 075.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 6 August 2024 | | Third qualifying round | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 32 | −19 | 025.00 |
| FIFA Club World Cup | 18 June 2025 | | Group stage | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 59 | 56 | +3 | 040.54 |
Last updated: 14 December 2024 Source: Soccerway

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 2 | Austria Wien (Q) | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 19 | +15 | 43 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 3 | Wolfsberg (Q) | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 44 | 29 | +15 | 36 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 4 | Red Bull Salzburg (Q) | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 32 | 22 | +10 | 35 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 5 | LASK | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 29 | +1 | 31 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 6 | SK Rapid | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 24 | +5 | 31 | Qualification for the Championship round |
* 1 2 Head to head points: LASK 4, Rapid 1.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AWI | WAC | RBS | 5th | 6th |
| 2 | Austria Wien | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round | — | | | | |
| 3 | Wolfsberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round | | — | | | |
| 4 | Red Bull Salzburg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for the Conference League play-offs | | | — | | |
| 5 | 5th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | — | |
| 6 | 6th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | — |
* ↑ The 2024–25 Austrian Cup winners qualify for the Europa League third qualifying round. If the cup winners finish in the top three, the Conference League berth will be passed to the fourth place team.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 14 December 2024. Source: Bundesliga

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | P | L | - | D | W | L | W | D |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Champions League
#### Third qualifying round
##### League Path
#### League phase

The draw for the league phase was held on 29 August 2024.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 32 | RB Leipzig | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 15 | −7 | 3 |
| 33 | Girona | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 3 |
| 34 | Red Bull Salzburg | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 27 | −22 | 3 |
| 35 | Slovan Bratislava | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 27 | −20 | 0 |
| 36 | Young Boys | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 24 | −21 | 0 |
| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | L | L | L | W | L | L | | |
| Position | 31 | 34 | 34 | 30 | 32 | 32 | | |
| Points | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | | |

### FIFA Club World Cup
#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 5 December 2024.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Real Madrid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Al Hilal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Pachuca | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Red Bull Salzburg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |