# 2022–23 Austrian Football Bundesliga

The 2022–23 Austrian Football Bundesliga, also known as Admiral Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, was the 111th season of top-tier football in Austria. Red Bull Salzburg were the nine-times defending champions. The season began on 22 July 2022. The regular season scheduled for November was postponed until the conclusion of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The league resumed on 10 February and concluded on 3 June 2023. Red Bull Salzburg defended their title for the tenth consecutive season.

## Teams
### Changes

Admira Wacker Mödling were relegated to the 2022–23 Austrian Football Second League after finishing in last place in the 2021–22 Relegation Round, ending their eleven-year stay in the top flight. Austria Lustenau were promoted, after a twenty-two year hiatus, as champions of the 2021–22 Austrian Football Second League.

### Stadia and locations

| Team | Location | Venue | Capacity |
| Austria Klagenfurt | Klagenfurt | Wörthersee Stadion | 29,863 |
| Austria Lustenau | Lustenau | Reichshofstadion | 8,800 |
| Austria Wien | Vienna | Generali Arena | 17,500 |
| LASK | Linz | Raiffeisen Arena | 19,080 |
| 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 |
| 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 |

### Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Austria Klagenfurt | Peter Pacult | Markus Pink | Capelli Sport | 28 Black |
| Austria Lustenau | Markus Mader | Matthias Maak | Uhlsport | Hypo Vorarlberg Bank |
| Austria Wien | Cem Sekerlioglu | Lukas Mühl | Nike | Frankstahl |
| LASK | Dietmar Kühbauer | Alexander Schlager | BWT | Backaldrin Kornspritz |
| Rapid Wien | Zoran Barisic | Maximilian Hofmann | Puma | Wien Energie |
| Red Bull Salzburg | Matthias Jaissle | Andreas Ulmer | Nike | Red Bull |
| Rheindorf Altach | Miroslav Klose | Jan Zwischenbrugger | Jako | Cashpoint |
| Sturm Graz | Christian Ilzer | Stefan Hierländer | Nike | Puntigamer |
| SV Ried | Christian Heinle | Marcel Ziegl | Hummel | Guntamatic |
| TSV Hartberg | Klaus Schmidt | René Swete | Adidas | Eggerglas, Admiral, Profertil, Spermbooster, Boxxenstopp |
| Wolfsberger AC | Robin Dutt | Mario Leitgeb | San Sirro | RZ Pellets |
| WSG Tirol | Thomas Silberberger | Ferdinand Oswald | Puma | Swarovski |

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Red Bull Salzburg | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 49 | 13 | +36 | 55 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 2 | Sturm Graz | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 37 | 15 | +22 | 48 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 3 | LASK | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 38 | 28 | +10 | 38 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 4 | Rapid Wien | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 34 | 26 | +8 | 33 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 5 | Austria Wien | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 37 | 31 | +6 | 32 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 6 | Austria Klagenfurt | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 35 | 40 | −5 | 30 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 7 | WSG Tirol | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 32 | 37 | −5 | 28 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 8 | Austria Lustenau | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 37 | −8 | 27 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 9 | Wolfsberger AC | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 35 | 41 | −6 | 21 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 10 | Hartberg | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 22 | 42 | −20 | 18 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 11 | SV Ried | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 32 | −16 | 18 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 12 | Rheindorf Altach | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 44 | −22 | 17 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
* ↑ Austria Wien were deducted 3 points due to license violation.

### Results

| Home \ Away | KLA | LUS | AWI | ALT | HAR | LIN | RWI | RBS | STU | RIE | WAT | WOL |
| Austria Klagenfurt | — | 2–1 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–3 |
| Austria Lustenau | 4–2 | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–6 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 |
| Austria Wien | 3–1 | 2–2 | — | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Rheindorf Altach | 1–4 | 1–2 | 3–2 | — | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| Hartberg | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | — | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–5 | 2–1 |
| LASK | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 0–3 | — | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 4–1 |
| Rapid Wien | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–4 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 |
| Red Bull Salzburg | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Sturm Graz | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 |
| SV Ried | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | — | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| WSG Tirol | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–5 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | — | 1–3 |
| Wolfsberger AC | 3–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | — |

## Results by round

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Austria Klagenfurt | L | L | D | W | L | D | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | D | L | L | L | W | W | W | L |
| Austria Lustenau | W | L | D | W | W | L | D | D | L | L | L | L | D | D | D | W | L | W | L | L | W | W |
| Austria Wien | L | D | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | L | D | W | D | L | W | L | W | W | L | W |
| LASK | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | D | L | D | L | W | D | W | L | D | W | D | W | W | L | D |
| Rapid Wien | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | L | D | W | L | L | L | D | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | L |
| Red Bull Salzburg | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D |
| Rheindorf Altach | L | D | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | L | W | W | L | D | L | L | L | D | L | L | D |
| Sturm Graz | D | W | D | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | D | W | W | L | W | W | W |
| SV Ried | L | W | D | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | W | D | L | D | L | W | D | L | L | W | D |
| Hartberg | W | L | L | L | L | W | D | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | W | L | L | W | L | D |
| Wolfsberger AC | D | D | L | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | D |
| WSG Tirol | L | W | D | L | W | L | L | D | W | L | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | D | L | L | L |

### Positions by round

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Red Bull Salzburg | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sturm Graz | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| LASK | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Rapid Wien | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Austria Wien | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| Austria Klagenfurt | 11 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
| WSG Tirol | 9 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| Austria Lustenau | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Wolfsberger AC | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Hartberg | 4 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| SV Ried | 10 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 |
| Rheindorf Altach | 8 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 |
* Relegation to Austrian 2. Liga

### Placement Progression
## 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 27, Sturm Graz 24, LASK 19, Austria Wien 16, Rapid Wien 16, and Austria Klagenfurt 15. The points of Red Bull Salzburg and Rapid Wien 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 | STU | LIN | RWI | AWI | KLA |
| 1 | Red Bull Salzburg (C) | 32 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 67 | 22 | +45 | 49 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 3–2 |
| 2 | Sturm Graz | 32 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 57 | 29 | +28 | 42 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round | 0–2 | — | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 |
| 3 | LASK | 32 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 54 | 38 | +16 | 35 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round | 0–1 | 2–1 | — | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 |
| 4 | Rapid Wien | 32 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 50 | 47 | +3 | 25 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | — | 3–3 | 3–1 |
| 5 | Austria Wien (O) | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 55 | 52 | +3 | 24 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | — | 1–2 |
| 6 | Austria Klagenfurt | 32 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 45 | 63 | −18 | 23 | | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — |

## 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: Tirol 14, Lustenau 13, Wolfsberg 10, Hartberg 9, Ried 9, and Rheindorf Altach 8. The points of Lustenau, Hartberg 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 | WOL | LUS | WAT | HAR | ALT | RIE |
| 1 | Wolfsberger AC | 32 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 51 | 51 | 0 | 31 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs | — | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Austria Lustenau | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 50 | 54 | −4 | 29 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs | 1–3 | — | 2–4 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| 3 | WSG Tirol | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 44 | 53 | −9 | 24 | | 4–0 | 0–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| 4 | Hartberg | 32 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 39 | 56 | −17 | 24 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | 5–0 | — | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| 5 | Rheindorf Altach | 32 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 29 | 53 | −24 | 19 | | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 |
| 6 | Ried (R) | 32 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 27 | 50 | −23 | 14 | Relegation to Austrian Football Second League | 1–2 | 4–4 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | — |

## Europa Conference League play-offs

The winner and runner-up of the relegation round, the fifth-placed team from the championship round play to determine the qualifier to the Europa Conference League second qualifying round.
| Semi-final | Semi-final | Semi-final | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| | | | 8 | Austria Lustenau | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Wolfsberger AC | 1 | 5 | Austria Wien | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 8 | Austria Lustenau | 2 | | | | | |

### Final
## Statistics
### Top scorers

    As of 5 June 2023
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Guido Burgstaller | Rapid Wien | 21 |
| 2 | Haris Tabaković | Austria Wien | 17 |
| 2 | Tai Baribo | Wolfsberger AC | 17 |
| 4 | Benjamin Šeško | Red Bull Salzburg | 16 |
| 4 | Markus Pink | Austria Klagenfurt | 16 |
| 6 | Lukas Fridrikas | Austria Lustenau | 15 |
| 7 | Keito Nakamura | LASK | 14 |
| 8 | Marin Ljubičić | LASK | 12 |
| 9 | Robert Žulj | LASK | 11 |
| 10 | Atdhe Nuhiu | Rheindorf Altach | 10 |
| 10 | Junior Adamu | Red Bull Salzburg | 10 |
| 9 | Manprit Sarkaria | Sturm Graz | 9 |
| 9 | Emanuel Emegha | Sturm Graz | 9 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | Club | Against | Result | Date |
| Marin Ljubičić | LASK | Wolfsberger AC | 5–1 (H) | 6 August 2022 |
| Markus Pink | Austria Klagenfurt | Rheindorf Altach | 4–1 (A) | 17 September 2022 |
| Guido Burgstaller | Rapid Wien | Hartberg | 5–1 (H) | 26 October 2022 |
| Benjamin Šeško | Red Bull Salzburg | Rapid Wien | 4–2 (A) | 5 March 2023 |

### Discipline
#### Player

* Most yellow cards: 8
** Lukas Jäger (SC Rheindorf Altach)
* Most red cards: 2
** David Ungar (SV Ried)

#### Club

* Most yellow cards: 60
** Rapid Vienna
* Most red cards: 7
** SV Ried
* Fewest yellow cards: 38
** Wolfsberger AC
* Fewest red cards: 1
** TSV Hartberg
** Austria Wien
** Sturm Graz
** Wolfsberger AC

## Attendances

Rapid Wien drew the highest average home attendance in the 2022-23 edition of the Austrian Football Bundesliga.
| # | Football club | Home games | Average attendance |
| 1 | Rapid Wien | 16 | 18,846 |
| 2 | Sturm Graz | 16 | 13,282 |
| 3 | Red Bull Salzburg | 16 | 12,364 |
| 4 | Austria Wien | 17 | 11,588 |
| 5 | LASK | 16 | 8,606 |
| 6 | SCR Altach | 16 | 4,960 |
| 7 | SV Ried | 16 | 4,558 |
| 8 | Austria Klagenfurt | 16 | 4,361 |
| 9 | Austria Lustenau | 17 | 4,061 |
| 10 | Wolfsberger AC | 17 | 3,025 |
| 11 | TSV Hartberg | 16 | 2,538 |
| 12 | WSG Tirol | 16 | 2,439 |