2015-16 Austrian football championship

The **2015-16 Austrian football championship** was the 105th season of a top Austrian league and the 42nd  under the name Bundesliga. The league was played by ten teams. They determined the Austrian football champions in four rounds. Salzburg and Vienna each had two clubs, Burgenland, Carinthia, Lower Austria, Upper Austria, Styria and Vorarlberg each had one. Tyrol was the only federal state not represented by a team in Austria's top division.  SKN St. Pölten was promoted to the Bundesliga.  In the 2015-16 season, as in previous years, ten clubs competed against each other in a total of 36 rounds. Each team played twice at home and away against every other team. FC Red Bull Salzburg secured the championship title. It was the 10th title.

The sports betting provider _Tipico_ was the main sponsor. The official league name was _Tipico-Bundesliga_. The TV provider _sky Deutschland AG_ had the rights to show all Bundesliga games in full length. They were broadcasted on _Sky Sport Austria_ channel .

## Final table

|Pl.|Name|M|W|D|L|P|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1.|**FC Red Bull Salzburg**|36|21|11|4|74|
|2.|**SK Rapid Wien**|36|20|5|11|65|
|3.|**FK Austria Wien**|36|17|8|11|59|
|4.|** FC Admira Wacker Mödling**|36|13|11|12|50|
|5.|**SK Sturm Graz**|36|12|12|12|48|
|6.|**Wolfsberger AC**|36|11|10|15|43|
|7.|**SV Ried**|36|11|9|16|42|
|8.|**SCR Altach**|36|11|7|18|40|
|9.|**SV Mattersburg**|36|10|9|17|39|
|10.|**SV Grödig**|36|9|8|19|35|

### Round 1

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|25 July 2015|** SK Rapid Wien**|SV Ried|3-0|
|25 July 2015|**SV Grödig**|SCR Altach|2-1|
|25 July 2015|**SV Mattersburg**|FC Red Bull Salzburg|2-1|
|25 July 2015|SK Sturm Graz|Admira-Wacker Mödling|1-1|
|26 July 2015|Wolfsberger AC|** FK Austria Wien**|0-2|

### Round 2

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1 August 2015|**Admira-Wacker Mödling  **|SV Mattersburg|2-1|
|1 August 2015|FC Red Bull Salzburg|** SK Rapid Wien**|1-2|
|2 August 2015|**FK Austria Wien**|SCR Altach|3-1|
|2 August 2015|SV Ried|Wolfsberger AC|0-0|
|2 August 2015|SK Sturm Graz|SV Grödig|1-1|

### Round 3

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|8 August 2015|Admira-Wacker Mödling|FC Red Bull Salzburg|2-2|
|8 August 2015|SV Grödig|FK Austria Wien|2-2|
|8 August 2015|**SV Mattersburg **|SV Ried|4-1|
|9 August 2015|** SK Rapid Wien**|Wolfsberger AC|2-1|
|9 August 2015|SCR Altach|**SK Sturm Graz**|0-1|

### Round 4

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|11 August 2015|SV Ried|**FC Red Bull Salzburg**|1-4|
|12 August 2015|FK Austria Wien|** SK Rapid Wien**|2-5|
|12 August 2015|** SCR Altach**|SV Mattersburg|3-1|
|12 August 2015|SV Grödig|**Admira-Wacker Mödling    **|2-3|
|12 August 2015|Wolfsberger AC|**SK Sturm Graz**|0-2|

### Round 5

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|15 August 2015|**FK Austria Wien **|SV Mattersburg|5-1|
|15 August 2015|**Admira-Wacker Mödling    **|SV Ried|3-1|
|15 August 2015|**FC Red Bull Salzburg**|SCR Altach|2-0|
|15 August 2015|**Wolfsberger AC **|SV Grödig|3-2|
|16 August 2015|SK Sturm Graz|SK Rapid Wien|2-2|

### Round 6

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|22 August 2015|**SK Rapid Wien**|SV Grödig|3-0|
|22 August 2015|**SV Mattersburg**|Wolfsberger AC|1-0|
|22 August 2015|**SV Ried **|SK Sturm Graz|1-0|
|23 August 2015|FC Red Bull Salzburg|FK Austria Wien|2-2|
|23 August 2015|SCR Altach|**Admira-Wacker Mödling    **|1-2|

### Round 7

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|29 August 2015|Admira-Wacker Mödling|**FK Austria Wien **|0-1|
|29 August 2015|SK Rapid Wien|**SV Mattersburg**|2-4|
|29 August 2015|**SV Grödig **|SV Ried|4-1|
|30 August 2015|SK Sturm Graz|**FC Red Bull Salzburg**|2-3|
|30 August 2015|Wolfsberger AC|** SCR Altach   **|0-2|

### Round 8

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|12 September 2015|FK Austria Wien|SV Ried|1-1|
|12 September 2015|**Admira-Wacker Mödling   **|Wolfsberger AC|1-0|
|12 September 2015|**FC Red Bull Salzburg**|SV Grödig|4-2|
|12 September 2015|** SCR Altach   **|SK Rapid Wien|2-0|
|13 September 2015|**SV Mattersburg**|SK Sturm Graz|2-0|

### Round 9

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|19 September 2015|SV Grödig|SV Mattersburg|1-1|
|19 September 2015|**SV Ried **|SCR Altach|2-0|
|19 September 2015|**SK Sturm Graz**|FK Austria Wien|2-0|
|19 September 2015|Wolfsberger AC|FC Red Bull Salzburg|1-1|
|20 September 2015|**SK Rapid Wien **|Admira-Wacker Mödling|2-0|

### Round 10

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|26 September 2015|**FK Austria Wien  **|Wolfsberger AC|1-0|
|26 September 2015|**FC Red Bull Salzburg **|SV Mattersburg|4-2|
|26 September 2015|** SCR Altach **|SV Grödig|1-0|
|26 September 2015|SV Ried|**SK Rapid Wien **|0-1|
|27 September 2015|Admira-Wacker Mödling|**SK Sturm Graz**|0-1|

### Round 11

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|3 October 2015|SCR Altach|**FK Austria Wien  **|1-2|
|3 October 2015|**SV Grödig **|SK Sturm Graz|3-0|
|3 October 2015|SV Mattersburg|**Admira-Wacker Mödling   **|0-4|
|3 October 2015|Wolfsberger AC|SV Ried|1-1|
|4 October 2015|SK Rapid Wien|**FC Red Bull Salzburg **|1-2|

### Round 12

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|17 October 2015|**FK Austria Wien  **|SV Grödig|2-1|
|17 October 2015|**FC Red Bull Salzburg **|Admira-Wacker Mödling|8-0|
|17 October 2015|SV Ried|** SV Mattersburg**|0-1|
|17 October 2015|**SK Sturm Graz **|SCR Altach|3-1|
|18 October 2015|**Wolfsberger AC  **|SK Rapid Wien|2-1|

### Round 13

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|24 October 2015|Admira-Wacker Mödling|SV Grödig|0-0|
|24 October 2015|**FC Red Bull Salzburg **|SV Ried|2-1|
|24 October 2015|**SV Mattersburg**|SCR Altach|2-1|
|24 October 2015|**SK Sturm Graz **|Wolfsberger AC|2-0|
|25 October 2015|SK Rapid Wien|**FK Austria Wien  **|1-2|

### Round 14

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|31 October 2015|**SK Rapid Wien **|SK Sturm Graz|2-1|
|31 October 2015|**SCR Altach**|FC Red Bull Salzburg|1-0|
|31 October 2015|SV Ried|Admira-Wacker Mödling|1-1|
|31 October 2015|**SV Grödig **|Wolfsberger AC|1-0|
|1 November 2015|SV Mattersburg|**FK Austria Wien  **|1-2|

### Round 15

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|7 November 2015|FK Austria Wien|FC Red Bull Salzburg|1-1|
|7 November 2015|Admira-Wacker Mödling|SCR Altach|1-1|
|7 November 2015|**SK Sturm Graz **|SV Ried|3-2|
|7 November 2015|**Wolfsberger AC **|SV Mattersburg|2-1|
|8 November 2015|**SV Grödig **|SK Rapid Wien|2-1|

### Round 16

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|21 November 2015|FK Austria Wien|Admira-Wacker Mödling|1-1|
|21 November 2015|**SCR Altach**|Wolfsberger AC|2-1|
|21 November 2015|**SV Ried **|SV Grödig|1-0|
|21 November 2015|SV Mattersburg|**SK Rapid Wien  **|1-6|
|22 November 2015|**FC Red Bull Salzburg **|SK Sturm Graz|3-1|

### Round 17

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|28 November 2015|SV Grödig|FC Red Bull Salzburg|1-1|
|28 November 2015|SK Sturm Graz|SV Mattersburg|0-0|
|28 November 2015|**Wolfsberger AC**|Admira-Wacker Mödling|4-0|
|29 November 2015|**SK Rapid Wien  **|SCR Altach|3-1|
|29 November 2015|**SV Ried **|FK Austria Wien|4-2|

### Round 18

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1 December 2015|FC Red Bull Salzburg|Wolfsberger AC|1-1|
|2 December 2015|**FK Austria Wien   **|SK Sturm Graz|2-1|
|2 December 2015|**Admira-Wacker Mödling   **|SK Rapid Wien|2-1|
|2 December 2015|SCR Altach|**SV Ried **|1-3|
|2 December 2015|SV Mattersburg|**SV Grödig **|0-2|

### Round 19

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|5 December 2015|**SK Rapid Wien **|SV Ried|2-1|
|5 December 2015|SV Grödig|**SCR Altach**|0-3|
|5 December 2015|SK Sturm Graz|Admira-Wacker Mödling|1-1|
|5 December 2015|**Wolfsberger AC**|FK Austria Wien|2-0|
|6 December 2015|SV Mattersburg|FC Red Bull Salzburg|0-0|

### Round 20

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|12 December 2015|FK Austria Wien|**SCR Altach**|1-2|
|12 December 2015|Admira-Wacker Mödling|SV Mattersburg|1-1|
|12 December 2015|**SV Ried **|Wolfsberger AC|1-0|
|12 December 2015|**SK Sturm Graz  **|SV Grödig|2-0|
|13 December 2015|**FC Red Bull Salzburg **|SK Rapid Wien|2-0|

### Round 21

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|6 February 2016|**SK Rapid Wien **|Wolfsberger AC|3-0|
|6 February 2016|SV Grödig|**FK Austria Wien **|0-1|
|6 February 2016|SCR Altach|SK Sturm Graz|2-2|
|6 February 2016|SV Mattersburg|SV Ried|3-3|
|7 February 2016|Admira-Wacker Mödling|**FC Red Bull Salzburg **|1-2|

### Round 22

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|13 February 2016|SCR Altach|**SV Mattersburg  **|1-2|
|13 February 2016|SV Grödig|Admira-Wacker Mödling|2-2|
|13 February 2016|** SV Ried **|FC Red Bull Salzburg|1-0|
|13 February 2016|Wolfsberger AC|SK Sturm Graz|0-0|
|14 February 2016|FK Austria Wien|**SK Rapid Wien **|0-3|

### Round 23

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|20 February 2016|FK Austria Wien|SV Mattersburg|2-2|
|20 February 2016|Admira-Wacker Mödling|SV Ried|0-0|
|20 February 2016|** FC Red Bull Salzburg  **|SCR Altach|2-0|
|21 February 2016|**Wolfsberger AC**|SV Grödig|2-0|
|22 February 2016|SK Sturm Graz|**SK Rapid Wien **|0-2|

### Round 24

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|27 February 2016|SCR Altach|**Admira-Wacker Mödling  **|1-2|
|27 February 2016|SV Mattersburg|Wolfsberger AC|1-1|
|27 February 2016|SV Ried|**SK Sturm Graz**|0-1|
|28 February 2016|** FC Red Bull Salzburg  **|FK Austria Wien|4-1|
|28 February 2016|**SK Rapid Wien **|SV Grödig|3-2|

### Round 25

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1 March 2016|**Wolfsberger AC **|SCR Altach|1-0|
|2 March 2016|Admira-Wacker Mödling|**FK Austria Wien **|0-3|
|2 March 2016|**SK Rapid Wien **|SV Mattersburg|3-0|
|2 March 2016|SV Grödig|SV Ried|2-2|
|2 March 2016|SK Sturm Graz|FC Red Bull Salzburg|0-0|

### Round 26

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|5 March 2016|**FK Austria Wien **|SV Ried|3-1|
|5 March 2016|Admira-Wacker Mödling|**Wolfsberger AC **|0-2|
|5 March 2016|**FC Red Bull Salzburg **|SV Grödig|3-0|
|5 March 2016|** SV Mattersburg    **|SK Sturm Graz|1-0|
|6 March 2016|SCR Altach|SK Rapid Wien|0-0|

### Round 27

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|12 March 2016|SK Rapid Wien|**Admira-Wacker Mödling  **|0-4|
|12 March 2016|SV Grödig|** SV Mattersburg    **|0-1|
|12 March 2016|SV Ried|** SCR Altach **|0-2|
|12 March 2016|Wolfsberger AC|FC Red Bull Salzburg|1-1|
|13 March 2016|SK Sturm Graz|FK Austria Wien|1-1|

### Round 28

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|19 March 2016|FK Austria Wien|Wolfsberger AC|0-0|
|19 March 2016|**Admira-Wacker Mödling  **|SK Sturm Graz|1-0|
|19 March 2016|**FC Red Bull Salzburg  **|SV Mattersburg|2-1|
|19 March 2016|** SCR Altach **|SV Grödig|1-0|
|20 March 2016|**SV Ried   **|SK Rapid Wien|1-0|

### Round 29

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2 April 2016|** SCR Altach **|FK Austria Wien|2-0|
|2 April 2016|SV Grödig|**SK Sturm Graz**|1-3|
|2 April 2016|SV Mattersburg|**Admira-Wacker Mödling  **|0-3|
|2 April 2016|**Wolfsberger AC **|SV Ried|1-0|
|3 April 2016|SK Rapid Wien|FC Red Bull Salzburg|1-1|

### Round 30

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|9 April 2016|FK Austria Wien|**SV Grödig **|0-2|
|9 April 2016|**SV Ried**|SV Mattersburg|1-0|
|9 April 2016|**SK Sturm Graz**|SCR Altach|4-1|
|9 April 2016|Wolfsberger AC|SK Rapid Wien|2-2|
|10 April 2016|** FC Red Bull Salzburg  **|Admira-Wacker Mödling|1-0|

### Round 31

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|16 April 2016|Admira-Wacker Mödling|SV Grödig|1-1|
|16 April 2016|** FC Red Bull Salzburg  **|SV Ried|2-1|
|16 April 2016|SV Mattersburg|SCR Altach|0-0|
|16 April 2016|**SK Sturm Graz**|Wolfsberger AC|1-0|
|17 April 2016|**SK Rapid Wien   **|FK Austria Wien|1-0|

### Round 32

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|23 April 2016|SCR Altach|** FC Red Bull Salzburg  **|1-3|
|23 April 2016|SV Grödig|**Wolfsberger AC   **|0-1|
|23 April 2016|SV Mattersburg|**FK Austria Wien  **|0-9|
|23 April 2016|**SV Ried**|Admira-Wacker Mödling|1-0|
|24 April 2016|**SK Rapid Wien   **|SK Sturm Graz|2-0|

### Round 33

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|30 April 2016|**Admira-Wacker Mödling  **|SCR Altach|2-1|
|30 April 2016|**SV Grödig**|SK Rapid Wien|2-0|
|30 April 2016|SK Sturm Graz|SV Ried|0-0|
|30 April 2016|**Wolfsberger AC   **|SV Mattersburg|2-0|
|1 May 2016|FK Austria Wien|** FC Red Bull Salzburg  **|0-2|

### Round 34

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|7 May 2016|**FK Austria Wien **|Admira-Wacker Mödling|3-1|
|7 May 2016|FC Red Bull Salzburg|SK Sturm Graz|1-1|
|7 May 2016|SCR Altach|Wolfsberger AC|1-1|
|7 May 2016|**SV Ried    **|SV Grödig|2-0|
|8 May 2016|SV Mattersburg|** SK Rapid Wien     **|0-2|

### Round 35

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|11 May 2016|SK Rapid Wien|SCR Altach|1-1|
|11 May 2016|SV Grödig|**FC Red Bull Salzburg **|1-2|
|11 May 2016|SV Ried|**FK Austria Wien **|0-5|
|11 May 2016|SK Sturm Graz|SV Mattersburg|1-1|
|11 May 2016|Wolfsberger AC|**Admira-Wacker Mödling    **|1-2|

### Round 36

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|15 May 2016|**FK Austria Wien **|SK Sturm Graz|3-0|
|15 May 2016|Admira-Wacker Mödling|**SK Rapid Wien**|1-3|
|15 May 2016|**FC Red Bull Salzburg **|Wolfsberger AC|1-0|
|15 May 2016|SCR Altach|SV Ried|0-0|
|15 May 2016|SV Mattersburg|**SV Grödig **|2-3|

## Champion squad

(Matches/goals)
|align="center" colspan="2"|<span style="color:#FFFFFF;"> **FC Red Bull Salzburg** </span>|
| --- | --- |
|* **Goalkeepers**:_1_ Cican Stankovic (5/0) _33_ Alexander Walke (31/0),_31_Airton (0/0) * **Defenders**:_2_ Benno Schmitz (24/0), _4_ Dayot Upamecano (2/0)  _6_ Christian Schwegler (25/1), _17_ Andreas Ulmer (34/2), _5_ Duje Caleta-Car (31/2), _3_ Paulo Miranda (30/0), _22_ Stefan Lainer (21/1), _28_ Asger Sörensen (2/0)), _95_ Bernardo (13/0) _?_ Martin Hinteregger (8/0) * **Midfielders**: _7_ Reinhold Yabo (0/0), _8_ Naby Keita (29/12),_14_ Valon Berisha (33/5), _20_  David Atanga (6/0),  _23_ Hany Mukhtar (14/1), _24_ Christoph Leitgeb (3/0), _37_ Valentino Lazaro (17/2), _27_ Konrad Laimer (18/1), _55_ Xaver Schlager (2/0), _55_ Yasin Pehlivan (16/0) * **Forwards**:_18_ Takumi Minamino (32/10), _26_ Jonatan Soriano (27/21), _16_  Omer Damari (16/4), _15_ Yordy Reyna (16/3), _37_ Dimitri Oberlin (12/3) _46_ Smail Prevljak (7/1), _48_ Hee-Chan Hwang (13/0) * **Coaching staff**:Peter Zeidler ( till Dezember 2015), Thomas Letsch (Caretaker  December 2015), Oscar Garcia (Head coach), Ruben Martinez (Assistance coaach), René Aufhauser (Assistance coaach), Herbert Ilsanker (Goalkeeper coach), Heinz Arzberger (Goalkeeper coach)||

## Top scorer

|Name|Club|Goals|
| --- | --- | --- |
|Jonathan Soriano|FC Red Bull Salzburg|21|
|Alexander Gorgon|FK Austria Wien|19|
|Olarenwaju Kayode|FK Austria Wien|13|

## Infobox (football league season)

- **competition**: Austrian Bundesliga
- **season**: 2015–16
- **winners**: FC Red Bull Salzburg
- **relegated**: SV Grödig
- **matches**: 180
- **total goals**: 477
- **league topscorer**: Jonathan Soriano
(21 goals)
- **prevseason**: 2014-15 Austrian football championship, 2014-15
- **nextseason**: 2016-17 Austrian football championship, 2016-17