# 2023–24 Austrian Football Bundesliga

The 2023–24 Austrian Football Bundesliga, also known as Admiral Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, was the 112th season of top-tier football in Austria. Red Bull Salzburg were the ten-times defending champions. The season began on 28 July 2023 and concluded on 28 May 2024. Sturm Graz won their fourth Bundesliga title, ending Salzburg's ten-year streak.

## Teams
### Changes

SV Guntamatic Ried were relegated to the 2023–24 Austrian Football Second League after finishing in last place in the 2022–23 Relegation Round, ending their three years stay in the top flight. Blau-Weiß Linz promoted for the first time in history from this season, as champions of the 2022–23 Austrian Football Second League.

### Stadia and locations

| Team | Location | Venue | Capacity |
| Austria Klagenfurt | Klagenfurt | Wörthersee Stadion | 29,863 |
| Austria Lustenau | Lustenau | Reichshofstadion | 5,138 |
| Austria Wien | Vienna | Generali Arena | 17,656 |
| Blau-Weiß Linz | Linz | Hofmann Personal Stadion | 5,595 |
| LASK | Linz | Raiffeisen Arena | 19,080 |
| SK Rapid | 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 |
| TSV Hartberg | Hartberg | Profertil Arena 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 sponsors (front) | Shirt sponsors (back) | Shirt sponsors (sleeve) | Shorts sponsor | Socks sponsor | Alternative shirt sponsor |
| Austria Klagenfurt | Peter Pacult | Thorsten Mahrer | Capelli Sport | Das Wien-Das Kärnten Gratiszeitung, Stadtwerke Klagenfurt, Kelag, Kärnten Sport, Vivamayr | Stadtwerke Klagenfurt | Hirter, Autohaus Sintschnig, Nissan | Klagenfurt, Hirter, Kleine Zeitung | None | None |
| Austria Lustenau | Andreas Heraf | Matthias Maak | Uhlsport | Union Investment, Hervis Sports, 11teamsports | Vorarlberger Kraftwerke, Jäger-Aquatec | Lech Zürs am Arlberg | Vorarlberger Kraftwerke, Mohrenbräu, Vorarlberger Nachrichten, Privis | None | Mohrenbräu |
| Austria Wien | Michael Wimmer | Manfred Fischer | Nike | Frankstahl, Wien Holding | Assicurazioni Generali | Wien Holding | Schuller Eh'klar, Wien Holding, Marsbet | Wien Holding | Steelcoin |
| Blau-Weiß Linz | Gerald Scheiblehner | Michael Brandner | Uhlsport | Linz AG, Linz | Linz Airport | Personal Hofmann, Oberösterreichische Nachrichten | None | Liwest | No alternate sponsor |
| LASK | Thomas Darazs | Robert Zulj | BWT | Backaldrin Kornspitz, Oberösterreich, BWT Change the world - Sip by sip | Energie AG, Zipfer | Raiffeisenlandesbank Oberösterreich | Franz Oberdorfer GmbH, HYPO Oberösterreich, BWT, SAR Anlagenbau | Molto Luce | HYPO Oberösterreich |
| SK Rapid | Robert Klauß | Guido Burgstaller | Puma | Wien Energie | spusu, Allianz | None | Wiener Zucker, Allianz | Easystaff | foodaffairs |
| Red Bull Salzburg | Onur Çinel (caretaker) | Andreas Ulmer | Nike | Red Bull | None | Rauch | None | None | Rauch |
| Rheindorf Altach | Joachim Standfest | Jan Zwischenbrugger | Jako | Cashpoint, Gunz Warenhandels | Markus Stolz GmbH, Waibel Workwear | Pfanner | Vorarlberger Kraftwerke, Fohrenburger | Vorarlberger Nachrichten | Gebrüder Weiss |
| Sturm Graz | Christian Ilzer | Stefan Hierländer | Nike | Puntigamer, Grawe | Puntigamer | Steirisches Kürbiskernöl | TIM Carsharing, Kleine Zeitung, Energie Steiermark | Sieme Weingüter | Energie Steiermark |
| TSV Hartberg | Markus Schopp | Jürgen Heil | Adidas | Eggerglas, ADMIRAL Sportwetten, PROFERTIL Sperm Booster, Kühlanlagen Postl, 11teamsports, Steiermark, Hartberg, PROMACULA, Alois Schweighofer GmbH, Faustmann Möbel | Objekttischlerei Gleichweit | Hochegger Dächer, MOLIN Industrie, KE KELIT | BMW Harmtodt, Energie Hartberg, Boxxenstop, MM Kanal-Rohr-Sanierung, Energie Steiermark | Kühlanlagen Postl | No alternate sponsor |
| Wolfsberger AC | Manfred Schmid | Mario Leitgeb | San Sirro | RZ Pellets, Robitsch Obst und Gemüse, wesa.at, Kelag, Kärnten Sport, Kärnten ORF, velox.at | Sorger Salanettis | Velox Bau-Systeme, ADMIRAL | Eskimo Eiszeit Kärnten, Beschriftung Grafik Druck, HERWA Multiclean Gebäudereinigung, Gigasport, Kleine Zeitung | BMW Gönitzer | SBH Rohstoffhandels |
| WSG Tirol | Thomas Silberberger | Ferdinand Oswald | Puma | Tiroler Tageszeitung, Tiroler Versicherung, Herz für den Tiroler Fussball | Tirol | Tiroler Wasserkraft, 11teamsports | Fröschl Bau | Volksbank Tirol, Union Investment | Tiroler Versicherung |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in the table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Rheindorf Altach | Klaus Schmidt | End of contract | 2 June 2023 | Pre-season | Joachim Standfest | 12 June 2023 |
| LASK | Dietmar Kühbauer | Mutual consent | 6 June 2023 | Pre-season | Thomas Sageder | 6 June 2023 |
| Red Bull Salzburg | Matthias Jaissle | Sacked | 28 July 2023 | Pre-season | Alexander Hauser (caretaker) | 28 July 2023 |
| Red Bull Salzburg | Alexander Hauser (caretaker) | End of caretaker spell | 31 July 2023 | 3rd | Gerhard Struber | 31 July 2023 |
| Austria Lustenau | Markus Mader | Resigned | 13 November 2023 | 12th | Alexander Schneider (caretaker) | 13 November 2023 |
| SK Rapid | Zoran Barišić | Sacked | 15 November 2023 | 8th | Robert Klauß | 20 November 2023 |
| Austria Lustenau | Alexander Schneider (caretaker) | End of caretaker spell | 19 December 2023 | 12th | Andreas Heraf | 19 December 2023 |
| LASK | Thomas Sageder | Sacked | 10 April 2024 | 4th | Thomas Darazs | 10 April 2024 |
| Red Bull Salzburg | Gerhard Struber | Sacked | 15 April 2024 | 1st | Onur Çinel (caretaker) | 15 April 2024 |

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | 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 |
| 6 | Rapid Wien | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 38 | 21 | +17 | 33 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 7 | Austria Wien | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 22 | +3 | 33 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 8 | Wolfsberger AC | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 32 | −3 | 30 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 9 | SCR Altach | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 30 | −13 | 19 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 10 | Blau-Weiß Linz | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 38 | −16 | 19 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 11 | WSG Tirol | 22 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 20 | 42 | −22 | 14 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 12 | Austria Lustenau | 22 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 49 | −36 | 10 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
* ↑ Upper stand remains closed during league matches.
* 1 2 Head to head points: Klagenfurt 4, TSV Hartberg 1.
* 1 2 Head to head points: Rapid 4, Austria Wien 1.

### Results

| Home \ Away | AKL | ALU | AWI | BWL | LSK | RWI | RBS | ALT | STU | HAR | WAC | WSG |
| Austria Klagenfurt | — | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Austria Lustenau | 0–1 | — | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–5 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 2–3 |
| Austria Wien | 2–2 | 1–0 | — | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Blau-Weiß Linz | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | — | 2–0 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| LASK | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Rapid Wien | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | — | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 |
| Red Bull Salzburg | 1–0 | 7–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | — | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Rheindorf Altach | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | — | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Sturm Graz | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| TSV Hartberg | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Wolfsberger AC | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | — | 4–1 |
| WSG Tirol | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | — |

## 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 25, Sturm Graz 23, LASK 17, Austria Klagenfurt 17, TSV Hartberg 17, and Rapid Wien 16. The points of LASK and Rapid Wien were rounded down – in the event of any ties on points at the end of the playoffs, a half point was added for these teams.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | STU | RBS | LIN | RWI | HAR | AKL |
| 1 | Sturm Graz (C) | 32 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 56 | 23 | +33 | 44 | Qualification for the Champions League league stage | — | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Red Bull Salzburg | 32 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 74 | 29 | +45 | 42 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round | 2–2 | — | 7–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 4–2 |
| 3 | LASK | 32 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 43 | 33 | +10 | 34 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round | 2–2 | 3–1 | — | 5–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 |
| 4 | Rapid Wien | 32 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 47 | 35 | +12 | 28 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–3 | 1–1 |
| 5 | Hartberg | 32 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 49 | 52 | −3 | 28 | Qualification for the Conference League play-offs | 1–3 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 0–3 | — | 3–2 |
| 6 | Austria Klagenfurt | 32 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 40 | 50 | −10 | 22 | | 0–4 | 4–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | — |
* ↑ 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.

## 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 16, Wolfsberg 15, Rheindorf Altach 9, Blau-Weiß Linz 9, Tirol 7, and Lustenau 5. The points of Austria Wien, Rheindorf Altach and Blau-Weiß Linz 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 | AWI | BWL | ALT | WAT | LUS |
| 1 | Wolfsberger AC | 32 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 41 | 39 | +2 | 31 | Qualification for the Conference League play-offs | — | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| 2 | Austria Wien (O) | 32 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 35 | 34 | +1 | 29 | Qualification for the Conference League play-offs | 0–4 | — | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Blau-Weiß Linz | 32 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 33 | 48 | −15 | 22 | | 0–0 | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 |
| 4 | Rheindorf Altach | 32 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 27 | 40 | −13 | 21 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | — | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| 5 | WSG Tirol | 32 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 29 | 55 | −26 | 19 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | — | 0–0 |
| 6 | Austria Lustenau (R) | 32 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 22 | 58 | −36 | 16 | Relegation to Austrian Football Second League | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | — |

## 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 Conference League second qualifying round.
| Semi-final | Semi-final | Semi-final | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| | | | 8 | Austria Wien | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Wolfsberger AC | 1 | 5 | Hartberg | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Austria Wien | 2 | | | | | |

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

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Karim Konaté | Red Bull Salzburg | 20 |
| 2 | Marco Grüll | SK Rapid | 13 |
| 2 | Maximilian Entrup | TSV Hartberg | 13 |
| 4 | Donis Avdijaj | Hartberg | 12 |
| 4 | Thierno Ballo | Wolfsberger AC | 12 |
| 4 | Marin Ljubičić | LASK | 12 |
| 7 | Andreas Gruber | SK Rapid | 11 |
| 8 | Dominik Fitz | Austria Wien | 10 |
| 8 | Ronivaldo | Blau-Weiß Linz | 10 |
| 8 | Augustine Boakye | Wolfsberger AC | 10 |
| 8 | Sinan Karweina | Austria Klagenfurt | 10 |
| 12 | Andy Irving | Austria Klagenfurt | 9 |
| 12 | Robert Žulj | LASK | 9 |
| 12 | Otar Kiteishvili | Sturm Graz | 9 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | Club | Against | Result | Date |
| Marco Grüll | SK Rapid | TSV Hartberg | 0–3 (A) | 31 March 2024 |
| Marin Ljubičić | LASK | Red Bull Salzburg | 3–1 (H) | 12 April 2024 |

### Discipline
#### Player

* Most yellow cards: 10
** Mike-Steven Bähre (Rheindorf Altach)
* Most red cards: 2
** Pius Grabher (Austria Lustenau)
** Marvin Martins (Austria Wien)
** Terence Kongolo (SK Rapid)

#### Club

* Most yellow cards: 82
** Rheindorf Altach
* Most red cards: 5
** Austria Wien
* Fewest yellow cards: 52
** SK Rapid
* Fewest red cards: 0
** Austria Klagenfurt

## Attendances

Rapid Wien drew the highest average home attendance in the 2023-24 edition of the Austrian Football Bundesliga.
| # | Football club | Home games | Average attendance |
| 1 | Rapid Wien | 11 | 18,651 |
| 2 | Sturm Graz | 11 | 14,657 |
| 3 | Austria Wien | 11 | 12,418 |
| 4 | LASK | 11 | 12,121 |
| 5 | Red Bull Salzburg | 11 | 11,457 |
| 6 | SCR Altach | 11 | 5,360 |
| 7 | BW Linz | 11 | 4,991 |
| 8 | Austria Klagenfurt | 11 | 4,526 |
| 9 | Austria Lustenau | 11 | 3,956 |
| 10 | Wolfsberger AC | 11 | 3,647 |
| 11 | TSV Hartberg | 11 | 2,925 |
| 12 | WSG Tirol | 11 | 2,010 |