FC Red Bull Salzburg

**F.C. Red Bull Salzburg** is a football club from Salzburg that plays in the Austrian Bundesliga. The club was known as SV Austria Salzburg until 2005, when the club was bought by the Red Bull Company. They renamed the club and changed the colours from the traditional violet to red and white. Also, the company's logo was added.  Their home stadium is the Red Bull Arena which was opened in 2003 and was renovated for the 2008 Euro.

## History
### SV Austria Salzburg
The club was formed on September 13, 1933 by the unification of the cities two clubs: FC Rapid Salzburg and FC Hertha Salzburg.

In 1952-53 they reached the A-Liga for the first time, the highest division of Austrian football then, beating Kapfenberger SV in the play-offs. They played there for 3 seasons but were relegated in 1959. To stay in the league they signed Erich Probst, who was the second best scorer in the FIFA World Cup 1954. In 20 matches he scored 14 goals, which helped Salzburg stay in the league. He was also the first player of SV Austria who played for the Austrian national football team.

The next years were characterized by ups and downs. The first success was being second in the league in the 1971-72 season. This year was also their first year of playing in the UEFA Cup. The same year they made the Lehener Stadion their homeground. Two years later, in 1974, they reached the Austrian Cup final for the first time. However, the lost to FK Austria Wien 3-2 on global.

The best years of the club were between 1990 and 1997. In these years, the club reached the championship three times, played in the UEFA Champions League and played in the 1994 UEFA Cup final versus Inter Milan. They won their first Austrian Bundesliga title the same year, and the next year too. Their first Champions League in 1994 saw them reach the group stage, however, they were eliminated after finishing in third place out of four. In 2005 the Red Bull Company bought the club because the owners were having problems with money. Some traditional fans left the club and started a new club under the old name SV Austria Salzburg. Ever since 2005, the club has been named FC Red Bull Salzburg.
### FC Red Bull Salzburg
In 2005 the Red Bull Company bought the club because the owners were having problems with money. Some traditional fans left the club and started a new club under the old name SV Austria Salzburg. Ever since 2005, the club has been named FC Red Bull Salzburg. One of the aims of the new owners was to form a team which can play in the UEFA Champions League regularly. This was not reached but the new club was nevertheless successful. In the national league they reached four titles and were four times second. In 2008, they beat FC Banants of Armenia 10-0 on aggregate as part of qualification for the 2008-09 Europa League. In the 2009-10 Europa League the club won their group with 6 victories over Villarreal CF, SS Lazio and Levski Sofia. In the Round of 32 they lost versus Standard Lüttich. Also the next two Euro League group stages were reached. In the 2011–12 Europa League they got second in the group stage behind Athletic Bilbao. Although they lost 1-8 on aggregate to Metalist Kharkiv in the Round of 32, they beat Paris Saint-Germain 2-0 in the group stages.

In the 2013–14 season the team was very successful: They came in first place in the league and got to the round of 16 of the Europa League. In the Europa League, the club won all 6 of their group stage matches. Then they beat AFC Ajax 6-1 on aggregate in the round of 32, but unfortunately lost 1-2 to Basel in the round of 16. In the 2017–18 Europa League, Salzburg reached the semi-finals where they lost to Olympique de Marseille 2-3 on aggregate. They had also beaten Lazio, Borussia Dortmund, and Real Sociedad.

In the 2019-20 season Salzburg reached for the first time the Championsleague group stage. They played versus Liverpool F.C., S.S.C. Napoli and K.R.C. Genk. They reached the 3rd place with seven points. In the following round of 32 in the Euroleague they lost versus Eintracht Frankfurt 3:6. The next season they had to play a playoff-match versus  Maccabi Tel-Aviv. With a 5:2 Salzburg qualified for the group stage and played against  FC Bayern München, Atletico Madrid and Lok Moskau. As 3rd they played in the Euroleague versus Villareal but lost. In the 2021-22 season they were qualified versus Brøndby IF (4:2). In the group stage they played versus  Sevilla F.C., Lille OSC and  VfL Wolfsburg. As 2nd they were qualified for the Round of 16 for the first time in club history. There they lost versus FC Bayern München. (Home:1-1, Away: 1-7)

In the Championsleague group stage 2022-23 they played versus Chelsea, AC Milan and Dinamo Zagreb. They reached the 3rd place and played in the Europa Leage play off versus the later finalist AS Roma (1-0, 0-2). In the league  they reached the 10th championtitel in a row. So they were qualified again for the UEFA Champions League. In the Cup they lost in the quarterfinals versus SK Sturm Graz. This team was also a hard opponent in the league.
On 19 July 2023 it was offialy announced that sporting director Christoph Freund left the club after 17 years and moved to FC Bayern München.  On 28 July   Jaissle was released from office because of negotiations with the Saudi club Al-Ahli SFC shortly before the start of the championship. In a press conference on July 31, 2023, Gerhard Struber was introduced as the new head coach. He received a two-year contract. He was a coach at the Red Bull Football Academy and at FC Liefering for eight years earlier. He has already worked once for Salzburg as an assistant coach. His contract was terminated in April 2024.  Onur Cinel, the coach of FC Liefering, took over the coaching position until the end of the season. After 10 titels in a row RB Salzburg finished at the second place.

On 15 May 2024 it was announced that Pepijn Lijnders will be coach for the next three seasons. He was a former assistance coach for  Jürgen Klopp at Liverpool FC. The team was only in fifth place in the league at the winter break, ten points behind league leaders SK Sturm Graz. As a result, Lijnders was dismissed in December 2024.  With an average points of 1.64, he had the worst points average of all 14 Red Bull coaches at that time. After a weak Champions League season and poor results in the league, the club parted ways with the coach in December 2024. His successor was Thomas Letsch, who had already worked as coach of FC Liefering in Salzburg.   Under Letsch, qualification for the Europa League knockout stage was missed. Successes in the league were also limited.

Letsch was dismissed in February 2026. Daniel Beichler, the coach of FC Liefering, was appointed as his successor. 

## FC Red Bull Salzburg (women)

 File:FC RB Salzburg gegen SK Sturm Graz(2023-05-21) 65.jpg | U16 team 
 File:FC Red Bull Salzburg gegen LASK U16-Mädchen ( 2023-08-04) 14.jpg |First match versus LASK 
 File:FC Red Bull Salzburg gegen FC Blau-Weiß Linz (2025-04-06 Österreichische Bundesliga) 72.jpg| Honor for the U20 team Champion Future league 
File:FC Red Bull Salzburg (Women) gegen SKN St. Pölten (Women)-2025-09-06 Frauen-Bundesliga-Vierte Runde 29.jpg|thumb|FC RB Salzburg versus SKN St.Pölten

With the 2023/24 season, FC Red Bull Salzburg will enter women's football .As  first step, a U16 team   will start championship   at Bergheim. There will be a cooperation with FC Bergheim because there were good structures and several years of experience in women's football.  On 4 August 2023 the girls played their first official match versus LASK. The score was 5:0. 

A U20 team was formed in the 2024-25 season. The team plays in the Future league. The team won the league in their first season.  They were able to repeat their title in the 2025-26 season. 

In December 2024, it was announced that from the 2025-26 season, the women's division of FC Bergheim would compete in the Austrian Bundesliga as FC Red Bull Salzburg Women.  On 16 August 2025 the team played its first match in the Bundesliga versus FC Blau-Weiß Linz / Kleinmünchen. 

## Supporters
After the Red Bull take over of SV Austria Salzburg some group of fans were unhappy because the new club has other colours and did not accept the history of the club. After some negotiations these fans left the club and founded a new one under the name SV (Sportverein) Austria Salzburg. The new club is playing in the Regionalliga West

In the meantime Red Bull Salzburg has 67 official fan clubs all over Austria. 
## Social media
On Social Media the club has over one million followers. 
*    *Facebook*: 464.000
*    *Instagram*: 253.300
*    *TikTok*: 183.100
*    *Twitter*: 85.900
*    *YouTube*: 40.200
*    *LinkedIn*: 5.500

## Second Squad
FC Liefering, which currently plays in the Austrian Second League, has been a reserve team for Salzburg.

## European competition history as SV Austria Salzburg 
## European competition history as FC Salzburg
## Statistics
### League Position 
## Players 
### Current squad 
### Coaching staff
## Current women squad
### Coaching staff
## Current women squad (U20)
### Coaching staff
## Gallery

File:Salzburg Meister 2007.jpg|Champion 2006/07
File:FC Red Bull Salzburg Meister 2009.jpg|Champion 2008/09
File:20100513 Finalspiel Sturm Salzburg DSCN1743 (155).JPG|Champion 2009/10
File:FC Red Bull Salzburg - Champion of the Austrian Football Bundesliga 2011-12 (01).jpg|Champion 2011/12
File:Meistertellerübergabe 42.jpg|Champion 2017/18
File:Offizielle Tellerübergabe Meister 2019 17.jpg|Champion 2018/19
File:FC RB Salzburg gegen WSG Tirol ( mit Meistertellerübergabe 22. Mai 2021) 56.jpg|Champion 2020/21
File:FC RB Salzburg gegen FK Austria Wien (2022-04-24) 75.jpg|Champion 2021/22
File:FC RB Salzburg gegen SK Austria Klagenfurt (2023-05-28)- Übergabe des Meistertellers 31.jpg|Champion 2022/23

## Honours 
**Austrian Bundesliga**
***Champions (17):** 1993–94*, 1994–95*, 1996–97*, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020- 21, 2021-22, 2022-23
*Runners-up (5): 2005–06, 2007–08, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2023-24
**Austrian Cup**
***Winners (9):** 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22
*Runners-up (5): 1973–74*, 1979–80*, 1980–81*, 1999–2000*, 2017–18

**Austrian Supercup**
***Winners (3):** 1994*, 1995*, 1997*

**UEFA Cup**
***Runners-up:** 1994*
* as Austria Salzburg*
UEFA Europa League
***Semifinals:** 2019-20
**UEFA Champions League**
***Round of 16:** 2021-22
**UEFA Youth League**
***Winners:** 2016-17
***Runner-up:** 2021-22
## FC Red Bull Salzburg (women) 
### ÖFB Future League (U20) 
***Winners:** 2024-25, 2025-26

## Manager history

File:FIFA WC-qualification 2014 - Austria vs Ireland 2013-09-10 - Giovanni Trapattoni 03 (cropped).JPG|Giovanni Trapattoni
File:Co Adriaanse 2009.JPG|Co Adriaanse
File:Huub Stevens - Red Bull Salzburg - 2009.jpg|Huub Stevens
File:Ricardo Moniz1.JPG|Ricardo Moniz
File:Roger Schmidt1.JPG|Roger Schmidt
File:FC Red Bull Salzburg gegen Young Boys Bern (1.Juli 2016) 11.jpg|Adolf Hütter
File:FC Liefering gegen Kapfenberger SV 20.JPG|Peter Zeidler
File:FC Liefering gegen WSG Wattens (19. Mai 2017) 26.jpg|Thomas Letsch
File:FK Liepaja gegen FC Salzburg (CL-Quali) 42.jpg|Oscar Garcia
File:Fanclubs Weihnachtsfeier 44.jpg|Marco Rose
File:Fanclubs Weihnachtsfeier 2019 04.jpg|Jesse Marsch
File:FC Red Bull Salzburg gegen SC Kalsdorf (22. September 2021) 41.jpg|Matthias Jaissle
File:Erstes Trainingin der neuen Saison 19.JPG|Gerhard Struber
File:FC Liefering gegen SV Ried (2023-08-25) 07.jpg|Onur Cinel
File:FC Red Bull Salzburg gegen FC Blau-Weiß Linz (2024-08-10) 11.jpg|Pepijn Lijnders
FC Liefering gegen SV Lafnitz (2024-05-25) 06.jpg|Daniel Beichler

## Red Bull Salzburg Academy
The Red Bull Football and Icehockey Academy is the training center for the junior teams of FC Red Bull Salzburg and the EC Red Bull Salzburg. It was built from 2012 to 2014.It has training opportunities for 200 footballers and 200 icehockey players. You can find six football field and one indoor field. 120 footballers are in the boarding school. The Academy is connected with five schools. The principle of the Academy is 51% education and 49% sport.
;Toto Jugendliga U 15
*       Champion: 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021,2023, 2024
; Toto Jugendliga U 16
*  Meister: 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021,2023
;Toto Jugendliga U 18
*       Champion: 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021,2023, 2024
; UEFA Youth Leage
*Winner 2017 (The U19 team of FC Red Bull Salzburg is made up from players from the academy U18 and FC Liefering.)

### Notable Players
*    Konrad Laimer
*    Xaver Schlager
*    Martin Hinteregger
*    Sandro Ingolitsch
### Gallery Academy Red Bull Salzburg

File:Tag der offenen Tür Red Bull Fußball- und Eishockeyakademie 46.JPG|Indoor football field
File:FC RB Salzburg Akademie Hauptplatz.jpg|Main football field
File:Next Generation Trophy U18-Turnier des FC Red Bull Salzburg.JPG|Main building
File:Next Generation Trophy 2014 Spiel um den drit. Platz RasenBallsport Leipzig gegen New York Red Bulls 10.JPG|Main building and main stand

## Related pages
*Red Bull New York
*RB Leipzig
*Red Bull Brasil

## References