2017-18 Austrian football championship

The **2017-18 Austrian football championship** was the 106th season of a top Austrian league and the 43rd  under the name Bundesliga. The league was played by ten teams. They determined the Austrian football champions in four rounds. Lower Austria and Vienna each had two clubs, Burgenland, Carinthia, Upper Austria, Salzburg, Styria and Vorarlberg each had one. Tyrol was the only federal state with no team in Austria's top division

TSV Hartberg and FC Wacker Innsbruck were promoted to the Bundesliga. SKN St. Pölten stayed in the Bundesliga after they won in a relegation versus SC Wiener Neustadt.  In the 2017-18 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 became Austrian champions for the fifth time in a row and for the twelfth time overall.

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|25|8|3|83|
|2.|**SK Sturm Graz**|36|22|4|10|70|
|3.|**SK Rapid Wien**|36|17|11|8|62|
|4.|**LASK**|36|17|6|13|57|
|5.|** FC Admira Wacker Mödling**|36|15|6|15|51|
|6.|**SV Mattersburg**|36|12|10|14|46|
|7.|**FK Austria Wien**|36|12|7|17|43|
|8.|**SCR Altach**|36|10|8|18|38|
|9.|**Wolfsberger AC**|36|8|9|19|33|
|10.|**SKN St. Pölten**|36|5|5|26|20|

### Round 1

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|22 July 2017|**LASK**|Admira-Wacker Mödling|3-0|
|22 July 2017|SK Rapid Wien|SV Mattersburg|2-2|
|22 July 2017|Wolfsberger AC|**FC Red Bull Salzburg**|0-2|
|23 July 2017|**SCR Altach**|FK Austria Wien|3-0|
|23 July 2017|**SK Sturm Graz**|SKN St. Pölten|3-2|

### Round 2

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|29 July 2017|FC Red Bull Salzburg|LASK|1-1|
|29 July 2017|SKN St. Pölten|**SK Rapid Wien **|1-4|
|29 July 2017|**SV Mattersburg  **|Wolfsberger AC|1-0|
|30 July 2017|FK Austria Wien|**SK Sturm Graz**|2-3|
|30 July 2017|**Admira-Wacker Mödling  **|SCR Altach|4-1|

### Round 3

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|5 August 2017|**FC Red Bull Salzburg**|Admira-Wacker Mödling|5-1|
|5 August 2017|**LASK  **|SKN St. Pölten|2-0|
|6 August 2017|SK Rapid Wien|FK Austria Wien|2-2|
|6 August 2017|SV Mattersburg|**SK Sturm Graz**|2-3|
|6 August 2017|**Wolfsberger AC   **|SCR Altach|1-0|

### Round 4

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|12 August 2017|**FK Austria Wien **|LASK|2-0|
|12 August 2017|SCR Altach|**FC Red Bull Salzburg**|0-1|
|12 August 2017|SKN St. Pölten|SV Mattersburg|0-0|
|12 August 2017|**SK Sturm Graz**|Wolfsberger AC|2-1|
|13 August 2017|**  Admira-Wacker Mödling   **|SK Rapid Wien|3-1|

### Round 5

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|19 August 2017|SK Rapid Wien|**SK Sturm Graz**|1-2|
|19 August 2017|**Wolfsberger AC**|Admira-Wacker Mödling|2-0|
|20 August 2017|**FC Red Bull Salzburg**|SKN St. Pölten|5-1|
|20 August 2017|LASK|SCR Altach|0-0|
|20 August 2017|SV Mattersburg|**FK Austria Wien **|1-3|

### Round 6

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|26 August 2017|**SK Rapid Wien**|LASK|1-0|
|26 August 2017|**Wolfsberger AC**|SKN St. Pölten|2-1|
|27 August 2017|Admira-Wacker Mödling|**FK Austria Wien **|1-3|
|27 August 2017|**SCR Altach**|SV Mattersburg|1-0|
|27 August 2017|**SK Sturm Graz**|FC Red Bull Salzburg|1-0|

### Round 7

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|9 September 2017|FK Austria Wien|Wolfsberger AC|2-2|
|9 September 2017|**LASK **|SK Sturm Graz|2-1|
|9 September 2017|SKN St. Pölten|**SCR Altach**|1-2|
|9 September 2017|SV Mattersburg|**Admira-Wacker Mödling **|0-5|
|10 September 2017|FC Red Bull Salzburg|SK Rapid Wien|2-2|

### Round 8

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|16 September 2017|**Admira-Wacker Mödling **|SK Sturm Graz|2-1|
|16 September 2017|SCR Altach|SK Rapid Wien|2-2|
|16 September 2017|Wolfsberger AC|LASK|0-0|
|17  September 2017|**FK Austria Wien  **|SKN St. Pölten|5-1|
|17 September 2017|SV Mattersburg|**FC Red Bull Salzburg**|1-2|

### Round 9

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|23 September 2017|LASK|SV Mattersburg|2-2|
|23 September 2017|**SK Rapid Wien**|Wolfsberger AC|4-2|
|23 September 2017|SKN St. Pölten|Admira-Wacker Mödling|1-1|
|23 September 2017|SK Sturm Graz|SCR Altach|0-0|
|24 September 2017|FC Red Bull Salzburg|FK Austria Wien|0-0|

### Round 10

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|30 September 2017|**Admira-Wacker Mödling **|LASK|4-2|
|30 September 2017|SV Mattersburg|**SK Rapid Wien**|0-1|
|30 September 2017|SKN St. Pölten|**SK Sturm Graz **|0-3|
|1 October 2017|**FK Austria Wien  **|SCR Altach|2-0|
|1 October 2017|**FC Red Bull Salzburg**|Wolfsberger AC|2-1|

### Round 11

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|14 October 2017|LASK|**FC Red Bull Salzburg**|1-3|
|14 October 2017|**SK Rapid Wien**|SKN St. Pölten|1-0|
|14 October 2017|SCR Altach|Admira-Wacker Mödling|2-2|
|14 October 2017|Wolfsberger AC|SV Mattersburg|2-2|
|15 October 2017|**SK Sturm Graz **|FK Austria Wien|3-0|

### Round 12

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|21 October 2017|**SCR Altach **|Wolfsberger AC|3-2|
|21 October 2017|SKN St. Pölten|**LASK   **|0-1|
|21 October 2017|**SK Sturm Graz **|SV Mattersburg|3-2|
|22 October 2017|FK Austria Wien|**SK Rapid Wien**|0-1|
|22 October 2017|Admira-Wacker Mödling|FC Red Bull Salzburg|1-1|

### Round 13

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|28 October 2017|**FC Red Bull Salzburg**|SCR Altach|2-0|
|28 October 2017|LASK|FK Austria Wien|2-2|
|28 October 2017|**SK Rapid Wien**|Admira-Wacker Mödling|1-0|
|28 October 2017|SV Mattersburg|SKN St. Pölten|1-1|
|29 October 2017|Wolfsberger AC|**SK Sturm Graz **|0-2|

### Round 14

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|4 November 2017|Admira-Wacker Mödling|Wolfsberger AC|0-0|
|4 November 2017|SCR Altach|**LASK   **|2-4|
|4 November 2017|SK Sturm Graz|SK Rapid Wien|1-0|
|5 November 2017|FK Austria Wien|SV Mattersburg|1-3|
|5 November 2017|SKN St. Pölten|**FC Red Bull Salzburg**|1-3|

### Round 15

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|18 November 2017|FK Austria Wien|**Admira-Wacker Mödling   **|2-3|
|18 November 2017|LASK|**SK Rapid Wien**|1-2|
|18 November 2017|SKN St. Pölten|Wolfsberger AC|0-0|
|18 November 2017|**SV Mattersburg  **|SCR Altach|1-0|
|19 November 2017|**FC Red Bull Salzburg**|SK Sturm Graz|5-0|

### Round 16

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|25 November 2017|**Admira-Wacker Mödling   **|SV Mattersburg|2-0|
|25 November 2017|**SCR Altach **|SKN St. Pölten ****|3-0|
|25 November 2017|** SK Sturm Graz**|LASK|1-0|
|26 November 2017|SK Rapid Wien|**FC Red Bull Salzburg**|2-3|
|26 November 2017|Wolfsberger AC|**FK Austria Wien  **|1-2|

### Round 17

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|28 November 2017|** SK Sturm Graz**|Admira-Wacker Mödling|6-1|
|29 November 2017|**FC Red Bull Salzburg**|SV Mattersburg|2-0|
|29 November 2017|**LASK   **|Wolfsberger AC|2-0|
|29 November 2017|SK Rapid Wien|**SCR Altach **|1-2|
|29 November 2017|**SKN St. Pölten **|FK Austria Wien|1-0|

### Round 18

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2 December 2017|**Admira-Wacker Mödling   **|SKN St. Pölten|1-0|
|2 December 2017|SCR Altach|** SK Sturm Graz**|1-2|
|2 December 2017|**SV Mattersburg    **|LASK|1-0|
|2 December 2017|Wolfsberger AC|SK Rapid Wien|0-0|
|3 December 2017|FK Austria Wien|FC Red Bull Salzburg|1-1|

### Round 19

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|9 December 2017|** LASK  **|Admira-Wacker Mödling|2-1|
|9 December 2017|SK Rapid Wien|SV Mattersburg|2-2|
|9 December 2017|** SK Sturm Graz**|SKN St. Pölten|3-2|
|12 December 2017|**SCR Altach **|FK Austria Wien|1-0|
|12 December 2017|Wolfsberger AC|FC Red Bull Salzburg|0-0|

### Round 20

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|16 December 2017|**Admira-Wacker Mödling  **|SCR Altach|3-1|
|16 December 2017|FC Red Bull Salzburg|LASK|0-0|
|16 December 2017|SKN St. Pölten|**SK Rapid Wien   **|0-5|
|16 December 2017|**SV Mattersburg **|Wolfsberger AC|5-1|
|17 December 2017|**FK Austria Wien **|SK Sturm Graz|1-0|

### Round 21

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|3 February 2018|**FC Red Bull Salzburg  **|Admira-Wacker Mödling|2-1|
|3 February 2018|**LASK  **|SKN St. Pölten|2-1|
|3 February 2018|**SV Mattersburg **|SK Sturm Graz|1-0|
|3 February 2018|Wolfsberger AC|SCR Altach|0-0|
|4 February 2018|SK Rapid Wien|FK Austria Wien|1-1|

### Round 20

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|16 December 2017|**Admira-Wacker Mödling  **|SCR Altach|3-1|
|16 December 2017|FC Red Bull Salzburg|LASK|0-0|
|16 December 2017|SKN St. Pölten|**SK Rapid Wien   **|0-5|
|16 December 2017|**SV Mattersburg **|Wolfsberger AC|5-1|
|17 December 2017|**FK Austria Wien **|SK Sturm Graz|1-0|

### Round 22

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|10 February 2018|FK Austria Wien|**LASK  **|1-3|
|10 February 2018|SCR Altach|**FC Red Bull Salzburg  **|0-1|
|10 February 2018|SKN St. Pölten|**SV Mattersburg **|0-3|
|10 February 2018|SK Sturm Graz|**Wolfsberger AC **|0-1|
|11 February 2018|**Admira-Wacker Mödling  **|SK Rapid Wien|2-1|

### Round 23

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|17 February 2018|**LASK  **|SCR Altach|2-0|
|17 February 2018|SK Rapid Wien|SK Sturm Graz|1-1|
|17 February 2018|**SV Mattersburg **|FK Austria Wien|2-1|
|17 February 2018|Wolfsberger AC|**Admira-Wacker Mödling  **|1-3|
|18 February 2018|**FC Red Bull Salzburg  **|SKN St. Pölten|4-0|

### Round 24

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|24 February 2018|**Admira-Wacker Mödling  **|FK Austria Wien|2-1|
|24 February 2018|**SK Rapid Wien**|LASK|2-0|
|24 February 2018|SCR Altach|SV Mattersburg|1-1|
|24 February 2018|Wolfsberger AC|**SKN St. Pölten    **|0-1|
|25 February 2018|SK Sturm Graz|**FC Red Bull Salzburg  **|2-4|

### Round 25

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|3 March 2018|**FK Austria Wien   **|Wolfsberger AC|2-0|
|3 March 2018|LASK|**SK Sturm Graz **|0-2|
|3 March 2018|SKN St. Pölten|** SCR Altach **|1-2|
|3 March 2018|**SV Mattersburg **|Admira-Wacker Mödling|3-2|
|4 March 2018|**FC Red Bull Salzburg  **|SK Rapid Wien|1-0|

### Round 26

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|10 March 2018|**FK Austria Wien   **|SKN St. Pölten|4-0|
|10 March 2018|Admira-Wacker Mödling|**SK Sturm Graz **|2-4|
|10 March 2018|SCR Altach|SK Rapid Wien|0-0|
|10 March 2018|Wolfsberger AC|**LASK    **|0-3|
|11 March 2018|SV Mattersburg|FC Red Bull Salzburg|2-2|

### Round 27

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|17 March 2018|**LASK    **|SV Mattersburg|3-1|
|17 March 2018|**SK Rapid Wien**|Wolfsberger AC|5-1|
|17 March 2018|SKN St. Pölten|**Admira-Wacker Mödling **|1-2|
|17 March 2018|**SK Sturm Graz **|SCR Altach|1-0|
|18 March 2018|** FC Red Bull Salzburg    **|FK Austria Wien|5-0|

### Round 28

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|31 March 2018|**FK Austria Wien  **|SCR Altach|2-1|
|31 March 2018|Admira-Wacker Mödling|**LASK    **|0-1|
|31 March 2018|** FC Red Bull Salzburg    **|Wolfsberger AC|2-0|
|31 March 2018|SKN St. Pölten|**SK Sturm Graz **|1-5|
|1 April 2018|SV Mattersburg|**SK Rapid Wien**|2-4|

### Round 29

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|7 April 2018|**SK Rapid Wien**|SKN St. Pölten|2-1|
|7 April 2018|SCR Altach|**Admira-Wacker Mödling**|1-2|
|7 April 2018|SK Sturm Graz|**FK Austria Wien  **|0-2|
|7 April 2018|Wolfsberger AC|**SV Mattersburg   **|0-2|
|8 April 2018|**LASK    **|FC Red Bull Salzburg|1-0|

### Round 30

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|14 April 2018|**SCR Altach **|Wolfsberger AC|2-1|
|14 April 2018|SKN St. Pölten|**LASK    **|1-3|
|14 April 2018|**SK Sturm Graz**|SV Mattersburg|3-0|
|15 April 2018|FK Austria Wien|**SK Rapid Wien**|0-4|
|15 April 2018|Admira-Wacker Mödling|**FC Red Bull Salzburg**|2-6|

### Round 31

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|21 April 2018|**LASK    **|FK Austria Wien|1-0|
|21 April 2018|SV Mattersburg|SKN St. Pölten|1-1|
|21 April 2018|**Wolfsberger AC   **|SK Sturm Graz|2-1|
|22 April 2018|**FC Red Bull Salzburg**|SCR Altach|3-1|
|22 April 2018|**SK Rapid Wien**|Admira-Wacker Mödling|4-1|

### Round 32

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|28 April 2018|FK Austria Wien|**SV Mattersburg   **|2-3|
|28 April 2018|** Admira-Wacker Mödling**|Wolfsberger AC|4-2|
|28 April 2018|SCR Altach|**LASK    **|0-2|
|29 April 2018|SKN St. Pölten|**FC Red Bull Salzburg**|0-2|
|29 April 2018|**SK Sturm Graz**|SK Rapid Wien|4-2|

### Round 33

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|5 May 2018|FK Austria Wien|Admira-Wacker Mödling|0-0|
|5 May 2018|LASK|**SK Rapid Wien**|0-2|
|5 May 2018|SKN St. Pölten|**Wolfsberger AC  **|0-1|
|5 May 2018|SV Mattersburg|**SCR Altach**|0-1|
|6 May 2018|**FC Red Bull Salzburg**|SK Sturm Graz|4-1|

### Round 34

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|12 May 2018|Admira-Wacker Mödling|SV Mattersburg|1-1|
|12 May 2018|SCR Altach|**SKN St. Pölten   **|1-3|
|12 May 2018|**SK Sturm Graz**|LASK|3-1|
|13 May 2018|SK Rapid Wien|**FC Red Bull Salzburg**|1-4|
|15 May 2018|**Wolfsberger AC  **|FK Austria Wien|2-1|

### Round 35

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|20 May 2018|**FC Red Bull Salzburg**|SV Mattersburg|1-0|
|20 May 2018|LASK|**Wolfsberger AC  **|1-3|
|20 May 2018|**SK Rapid Wien**|SCR Altach|4-1|
|20 May 2018|**SKN St. Pölten   **|FK Austria Wien|2-0|
|20 May 2018|**SK Sturm Graz**|Admira-Wacker Mödling|2-0|

### Round 36

|Date|Team 1|Team2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|27 May 2018|**FK Austria Wien **|FC Red Bull Salzburg|4-0|
|27 May 2018|Admira-Wacker Mödling|**SKN St. Pölten   **|0-2|
|27 May 2018|SCR Altach|SK Sturm Graz|0-0|
|27 May 2018|**SV Mattersburg   **|LASK|2-1|
|27 May 2018|Wolfsberger AC|SK Rapid Wien|0-0|

## Champion squad

|align="center" colspan="2"|<span style="color:#FFFFFF;"> **FC Red Bull Salzburg** </span>|
| --- | --- |
|* **Goalkeepers**:_33_ Alexander Walke,_31_ Carlos Coronel,_1_  Cican Stankovic * **Defenders**:  _3_ Paulo Miranda,  _5_ Duje Caleta-Car, _6_ Jerome Onguene, _17_ Andreas Ulmer, _22_ Stefan Lainer, _23_ Stefan Stangl, _25_ Patrick Farkas, _34_ Marin Pongracic, _44_ Igor, _55_ Luca Meisl * **Midfielders**:_4_ Amadou Haidara,  _7_ Reinhold Yabo, _8_ Diadie Samassekou, _11_ Marc Rzatkowski,_13_ Hannes Wolf, _14_ Valon Berisha,  _42_ Xaver Schlager,  _24_ Christoph Leitgeb, _20_ David Atanga, _45_ Enock Mwepu * **Forwards**:_9_ Munas Dabbur, _18_ Takumi Minamino,  _19_ Hee-Chan Hwang, _21_ Fredrik Gulbrandsen, _29_ Samuel Tetteh, _41_ Patson Daka, * **Coaching staff** Marco Rose (Head coach), Rene Aufhauser, Rene Maric, Alexander Zickler (Assistance coaches), Herbert Ilsanker (Goalkeeper coach)||

## Top scorer

|Name|Club|Goals|
| --- | --- | --- |
|Munas Dabbur|FC Red Bull Salzburg|22|
|Deni Alar|SK Sturm Graz|20|
|Smail Prevljak|SV Mattersburg|16|

## Infobox (football league season)

- **competition**: Austrian Bundesliga
- **season**: 2017-18
- **dates**: 22 July 2017– 27 May 2018
- **matches**: 180
- **total goals**: 520
- **league topscorer section**: Top scorers
- **league topscorer**: Munas Dabbur
(22 goals)
- **highest attendance**: 26.000

(6 August 2017)
- **attendance**: 1.165.603
- **average attendance**: 6.476
- **prevseason**: 2016-17 Austrian football championship, 2016-17
- **nextseason**: 2018-19 Austrian football championship, 2018-19