# 2019–20 Austrian Football Bundesliga

The 2019–20 Austrian Football Bundesliga, also known as Tipico Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, was the 108th season of top-tier football in Austria. Red Bull Salzburg are the six-times defending champions.
In March 2020, the league matches were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Teams
### Changes

Wacker Innsbruck were relegated after just one season. WSG Tirol was promoted as champions of the 2018–19 Austrian Football Second League for the first time since 1970–71 season.

### Stadia and locations

| Team | Location | Venue | Capacity |
| Admira Wacker Mödling | Maria Enzersdorf | BSFZ-Arena | 7,000 |
| Austria Wien | Vienna | Generali Arena | 17,500 |
| LASK | Linz | Waldstadion Pasching | 6,009 |
| Rapid Wien | Vienna | Allianz Stadion | 28,000 |
| Red Bull Salzburg | Wals-Siezenheim | Red Bull Arena | 17,218 (30,188) |
| Rheindorf Altach | Altach | Stadion Schnabelholz | 8,500 |
| St. Pölten | Sankt Pölten | NV Arena | 8,000 |
| Sturm Graz | Graz | Merkur-Arena | 16,364 |
| SV Mattersburg | Mattersburg | Pappelstadion | 17,100 |
| TSV Hartberg | Hartberg | Stadion Hartberg | 5,000 |
| Wolfsberger AC | Wolfsberg | Lavanttal-Arena | 7,300 |
| WSG Tirol | Innsbruck | Tivoli-Neu | 16,008 |

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Red Bull Salzburg | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 74 | 26 | +48 | 48 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 2 | LASK | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 50 | 20 | +30 | 42 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 3 | Rapid Wien | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 47 | 26 | +21 | 40 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 4 | Wolfsberger AC | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 50 | 27 | +23 | 38 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 5 | Sturm Graz | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 37 | 28 | +9 | 32 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 6 | Hartberg | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 36 | 50 | −14 | 29 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 7 | Austria Wien | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 33 | 36 | −3 | 25 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 8 | Rheindorf Altach | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 34 | 44 | −10 | 24 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 9 | Admira Wacker Mödling | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 43 | −21 | 19 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 10 | WSG Tirol | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 26 | 50 | −24 | 19 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 11 | Mattersburg | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 26 | 52 | −26 | 18 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 12 | St. Pölten | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 54 | −33 | 17 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
* ↑ LASK were deducted 12 points due to violation of pandemic restrictions.

### Results

| Home \ Away | ADM | AWI | ALT | HAR | LIN | MAT | RWI | RBS | STP | STU | WAT | WOL |
| Admira Wacker Mödling | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–3 |
| Austria Wien | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 5–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 |
| Rheindorf Altach | 1–4 | 2–2 | — | 3–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 6–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| Hartberg | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | — | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 |
| LASK | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | — | 7–2 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Mattersburg | 1–2 | 1–5 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | — | 2–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 1–4 |
| Rapid Wien | 5–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | — | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Red Bull Salzburg | 5–0 | 4–1 | 6–0 | 7–2 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 3–2 | — | 2–2 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 5–2 |
| St. Pölten | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–6 | — | 0–4 | 5–1 | 0–4 |
| Sturm Graz | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | — | 2–0 | 0–4 |
| WSG Tirol | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 1–5 | — | 2–0 |
| Wolfsberger AC | 2–2 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | — |

## Championship round

The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded down) before the start of the playoff. As a result, the teams started with the following points before the playoff: Red Bull Salzburg 24, LASK 21 points, Rapid Wien 20, Wolfsberger AC 19, Sturm Graz 16, and Hartberg 14.The points of Hartberg were rounded down – in the event of any ties on points at the end of the playoffs, a half point will be added for this team.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RBS | RWI | WOL | LIN | HAR | STU |
| 1 | Red Bull Salzburg (C) | 32 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 110 | 34 | +76 | 50 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round | — | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 5–2 |
| 2 | Rapid Wien | 32 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 64 | 43 | +21 | 38 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round | 2–7 | — | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 |
| 3 | Wolfsberger AC | 32 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 69 | 43 | +26 | 35 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage | 0–0 | 3–1 | — | 3–3 | 2–4 | 2–0 |
| 4 | LASK | 32 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 67 | 37 | +30 | 33 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–2 | 4–0 |
| 5 | Hartberg (O) | 32 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 52 | 74 | −22 | 27 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off final | 0–6 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–5 | — | 1–2 |
| 6 | Sturm Graz | 32 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 46 | 60 | −14 | 19 | | 1–5 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–4 | — |
* ↑ LASK were deducted 12 regular season points for violating regulations with concern to the coronavirus. Because point totals are halved before the championship round, this resulted in a deduction of 6 championship round points. The punishment was later reduced to 4 points.

## Relegation round

The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded down) before the start of the playoff. As a result, the teams started with the following points before the playoff: Austria Wien 12, Rheindorf Altach 12, Admira Wacker Mödling 9, WSG Tirol 9, Mattersburg 9, and St. Pölten 8. The points of Austria Wien, Admira Wacker Mödling, WSG Tirol, and St. Pölten were rounded down – in the event of any ties on points at the end of the playoffs, a half point will be added for these teams.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | AWI | ALT | STP | MAT | ADM | WAT |
| 1 | Austria Wien | 32 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 49 | 47 | +2 | 34 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off semi-final | — | 0–2 | 2–5 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Rheindorf Altach | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 45 | 53 | −8 | 26 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off semi-final | 1–2 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| 3 | St. Pölten | 32 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 39 | 65 | −26 | 25 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 |
| 4 | Mattersburg (R) | 32 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 39 | 64 | −25 | 21 | Withdrawal | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–2 | 4–1 |
| 5 | Admira Wacker Mödling | 32 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 29 | 57 | −28 | 18 | | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | — | 0–3 |
| 6 | WSG Tirol | 32 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 34 | 66 | −32 | 16 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — |
* ↑ Mattersburg filed for insolvency and withdrew from the Bundesliga on 5 August 2020, sparing WSG Tirol from relegation.

## Europa League play-offs

The winner and the runner-up of the relegation round played a one-legged play-off semi-final match against each other. The winner played a two-legged final against the fifth-placed team from the championship round to determine the third Europa League participant.

### Final

Hartberg won 3–2 on aggregate.

## Statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Shon Weissman | Wolfsberger AC | 30 |
| 2 | Patson Daka | Red Bull Salzburg | 24 |
| 3 | Taxiarchis Fountas | Rapid Wien | 19 |
| 3 | Dario Tadić | Hartberg | 19 |
| 5 | Christoph Monschein | Austria Wien | 17 |
| 6 | Erling Haaland | Red Bull Salzburg | 16 |
| 7 | Sinan Bakış | Admira Wacker Mödling | 12 |
| 7 | Zlatko Dedić | WSG Tirol | 12 |
| 7 | Andreas Gruber | Mattersburg | 12 |
| 7 | Klauss | LASK | 12 |

## Awards

| Award | Winner | Club |
| Player of the Year | Erling Haaland | Red Bull Salzburg |
| Top goalscorer | Shon Weissman | Wolfsberger AC |
| Manager of the Year | Jesse Marsch | Red Bull Salzburg |
| Breakthrough of the Year | Erling Haaland | Red Bull Salzburg |
Team of the Year :
| Goalkeeper | Alexander Schlager (LASK) | Alexander Schlager (LASK) | Alexander Schlager (LASK) | Alexander Schlager (LASK) | Alexander Schlager (LASK) | Alexander Schlager (LASK) | Alexander Schlager (LASK) | Alexander Schlager (LASK) | Alexander Schlager (LASK) | Alexander Schlager (LASK) | Alexander Schlager (LASK) | Alexander Schlager (LASK) |
| Defence | Anastasios Avlonitis (Sturm Graz) | Anastasios Avlonitis (Sturm Graz) | Anastasios Avlonitis (Sturm Graz) | Anastasios Avlonitis (Sturm Graz) | Jano (Mattersburg) | Jano (Mattersburg) | Jano (Mattersburg) | Jano (Mattersburg) | Gernot Trauner (LASK) | Gernot Trauner (LASK) | Gernot Trauner (LASK) | Gernot Trauner (LASK) |
| Midfield | Reinhold Ranftl (LASK) | Reinhold Ranftl (LASK) | Reinhold Ranftl (LASK) | Michael Liendl (Wolfsberg) | Michael Liendl (Wolfsberg) | Michael Liendl (Wolfsberg) | Zlatko Junuzović (Red Bull Salzburg) | Zlatko Junuzović (Red Bull Salzburg) | Zlatko Junuzović (Red Bull Salzburg) | Andreas Ulmer (Red Bull Salzburg) | Andreas Ulmer (Red Bull Salzburg) | Andreas Ulmer (Red Bull Salzburg) |
| Attack | Shon Weissman (Wolfsberg) | Shon Weissman (Wolfsberg) | Shon Weissman (Wolfsberg) | Shon Weissman (Wolfsberg) | Taxiarchis Fountas (Rapid Wien) | Taxiarchis Fountas (Rapid Wien) | Taxiarchis Fountas (Rapid Wien) | Taxiarchis Fountas (Rapid Wien) | Rajko Rep (Hartberg) | Rajko Rep (Hartberg) | Rajko Rep (Hartberg) | Rajko Rep (Hartberg) |