# 2020–21 Austrian Football Bundesliga

The 2020–21 Austrian Football Bundesliga, also known as Tipico Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, was the 109th season of top-tier football in Austria. Red Bull Salzburg were the seven-times defending champions.

## Teams
### Changes

Mattersburg withdrew from the Bundesliga after 17 seasons due to filing for insolvency, sparing WSG Tirol from relegation. SV Ried was promoted as champions of the 2019–20 Austrian Football Second League after having been relegated from the Bundesliga at the end of the 2016–17 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 Ried | Ried im Innkreis | Keine Sorgen Arena | 7,680 |
| TSV Hartberg | Hartberg | Stadion Hartberg | 4,635 |
| Wolfsberger AC | Wolfsberg | Lavanttal-Arena | 7,300 |
| WSG Tirol | Innsbruck | Tivoli Stadion Tirol | 16,008 |

### Managerial changes
## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | 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 |
| 6 | WSG Tirol | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 30 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 7 | Hartberg | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 38 | −13 | 29 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 8 | Austria Wien | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 31 | 32 | −1 | 25 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 9 | St. Pölten | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 43 | −10 | 21 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 10 | Rheindorf Altach | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 43 | −23 | 21 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 11 | Ried | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 46 | −25 | 16 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 12 | Admira Wacker Mödling | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 50 | −28 | 14 | Qualification for the Relegation round |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ADM | AWI | ALT | HAR | LIN | WAT | RWI | RBS | STP | STU | RIE | WOL |
| Admira Wacker Mödling | — | 0–4 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 |
| Austria Wien | 2–2 | — | 5–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 3–5 |
| Rheindorf Altach | 4–2 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Hartberg | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| LASK | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | — | 2–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| WSG Tirol | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 4–1 |
| Rapid Wien | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Red Bull Salzburg | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 7–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 4–2 | — | 4–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–3 |
| St. Pölten | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–8 | — | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 |
| Sturm Graz | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| SV Ried | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 4–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | — | 0–4 |
| Wolfsberger AC | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 3–5 | 3–4 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — |

## 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 26, Rapid Wien 22, LASK 21, Sturm Graz 19, Wolfsberger AC 16, and WSG Tirol 15. The points of Rapid Wien, Sturm Graz and Wolfsberger AC 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 | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RBS | RWI | STU | LIN | WOL | WAT |
| 1 | Red Bull Salzburg (C) | 32 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 94 | 33 | +61 | 51 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round | — | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Rapid Wien | 32 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 64 | 40 | +24 | 36 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round | 0–3 | — | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 |
| 3 | Sturm Graz | 32 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 52 | 34 | +18 | 36 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round | 1–3 | 4–1 | — | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 |
| 4 | LASK | 32 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 55 | 41 | +14 | 30 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round | 2–5 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 3–3 |
| 5 | Wolfsberger AC | 32 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 52 | 62 | −10 | 27 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off final | 1–2 | 1–8 | 1–3 | 0–4 | — | 2–0 |
| 6 | WSG Tirol | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 53 | 60 | −7 | 23 | | 3–2 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | — |

## 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: Hartberg 14, Austria Wien 12, St. Pölten 10, Rheindorf Altach 10, Ried 8, and Admira Wacker Mödling 7. The points of Hartberg, Austria Wien, St. Pölten and Rheindorf Altach 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 | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | HAR | AWI | RIE | ALT | ADM | STP |
| 1 | Hartberg | 32 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 32 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off semi-final | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| 2 | Austria Wien (O) | 32 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 47 | 43 | +4 | 29 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off semi-final | 3–1 | — | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Ried | 32 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 34 | 57 | −23 | 25 | | 3–2 | 3–2 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| 4 | Rheindorf Altach | 32 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 33 | 55 | −22 | 23 | | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | — | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| 5 | Admira Wacker Mödling | 32 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 58 | −31 | 19 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 |
| 6 | St. Pölten (R) | 32 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 39 | 57 | −18 | 13 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 | — |
* ↑ Since the top two teams of the 2020–21 Austrian Football Second League did not receive a license for the Bundesliga, relegation play-offs will be played between the last-placed club from the Bundesliga and the best-placed club with a license from the Second League.

## Europa Conference 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 qualifier to the Europa Conference League second qualifying round.

### Final

Austria Wien won 5–1 on aggregate.

## Relegation play-offs

Since the top two teams of the 2020–21 Austrian Football Second League did not receive a license for the Bundesliga, relegation play-offs were played between the last-placed club from the Bundesliga and the best-placed club with a license from the Second League.
Austria Klagenfurt won 5–0 on aggregate.

## Statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Patson Daka | Red Bull Salzburg | 27 |
| 2 | Nikolai Baden Frederiksen | WSG Tirol | 18 |
| 2 | Dejan Joveljić | Wolfsberger AC | 18 |
| 4 | Ercan Kara | Rapid Wien | 15 |
| 5 | Mërgim Berisha | Red Bull Salzburg | 14 |
| 5 | Sékou Koïta | Red Bull Salzburg | 14 |
| 7 | Alexander Schmidt | St. Pölten | 13 |
| 8 | Johannes Eggestein | LASK | 12 |
| 8 | Christoph Knasmüllner | Rapid Wien | 12 |
| 10 | Marco Grüll | Ried | 11 |

## Awards
### Annual awards

| Award | Winner | Club |
| Player of the Year | Patson Daka | Red Bull Salzburg |
| Top goalscorer | Patson Daka | Red Bull Salzburg |
| Manager of the Year | Jesse Marsch | Red Bull Salzburg |
| Breakthrough of the Year | Saša Kalajdžić | VfB Stuttgart |
Team of the Year :
| Goalkeeper | Patrick Pentz (Austria Wien) | Patrick Pentz (Austria Wien) | Patrick Pentz (Austria Wien) | Patrick Pentz (Austria Wien) |
| Defence | Rasmus Kristensen (Red Bull Salzburg) | André Ramalho (Red Bull Salzburg) | David Nemeth (Sturm Graz) | Andreas Ulmer (Red Bull Salzburg) |
| Midfield | Enock Mwepu (Red Bull Salzburg) | Jon Gorenc Stanković (Sturm Graz) | Zlatko Junuzović (Red Bull Salzburg) | Jakob Jantscher (Sturm Graz) |
| Attack | Patson Daka (Red Bull Salzburg) | Ercan Kara (Rapid Wien) |