2020–21 Red Bull Salzburg season

The 2020- 21  Red Bull Salzburg season  was the 88th season in club history. It was the 32nd season in the highest Austrian football league.  They could defend their title in the  Austrian League and Austrian Cup. In the UEFA Champions League, they qualified for the group stage after defeating Maccabi Tel Aviv in the playoffs. In the Europa League knockout phase, they were defeated by Villarreal in the round of 32.

Squad
 Goalkeepers:33 Alexander Walke,1  Cican Stankovic, 23Nico Mantl  
 Defenders:   95 Bernardo, 17 Andreas Ulmer,   25 Patrick Farkas, 43 Rasmus Kristensen, 5 Albert Vallci, 39 Maximilian Wöber, 22 Oumar Solet, 70 Amar Dedic, 
 Midfielders:  45 Enock Mwepu, 16 Zlatko Junuzovic, 21 Luka Sucic 28 Antoine Bernède, 19 Mohamed Camara,  77 Noah Okafor, 13 Nicolas Seiwald, 11 Brenden Aaronson
 Forwards:  20 Patson Daka, 7 Sekou Koita, 8 Mergim Berisha, 27 Karim Adeyemi
 Coaching staff: Jesse Marsch (Head coach), Franz Schiemer, Rene Aufhauser (Assistance coaches), Herbert Ilsanker (Goalkeeper coach)

Matches
Note: There were different restrictions for visitors due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Champion stage

Table
TeamMWDLGoalsPoints1. FC Red Bull Salzburg32252594ː3351 (26)|-
|2.||align=left| SK Rapid Wien ||32||17||8||7||64ː40||36 (22)
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|3.||align=left|SK Sturm Graz ||32||16||8||8||52ː34||36 (19)
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|4.||align=left|LASK||32||15||6||11||55ː41||30 (21)
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|5.||align=left|Wolfsberger AC ||32||13||5||14||52ː62||27 (14)6. WSG Tirol 321081453ː6023 (15) 

The halved points from the basic round are in brackets.

Austrian Cup
The number of visitors was limited to 1200 due to the Coronavirus pandemic. From the Round of 16 onwards no visitors were allowed.

Champions League qualification

Champions League, Group A

RankTeamWDLGoalsPoints 1 FC Bayern Munich51018ː516 2 Atlético Madrid2317ː89 3 FC Salzburg11410ː174 4FC Lokomotiv Moscow0335:103

Europa League, Round of 32

UEFA Youth League
A week before the start of the competition, the organizing UEFA announced that it would not be holding the competition. This was due to the critical COVID-19 situation, due to which Europe-wide travel restrictions were imposed.

Friendly matches

Top scorers
 Goals Name 1  27Patson Daka  2 14 Sekou Koita  Mërgim Berisha 37 Karim Adeyemi

References 

Category:FC Red Bull Salzburg seasons
Category:2020–21 in European football