The 2021–22 Austrian Football Bundesliga, also known as Admiral Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, was the 110th season of top-tier football in Austria. The title was won by Red Bull Salzburg for the sixteenth time in their history, and ninth time in a row.
Teams Changes St. Pölten was relegated to the 2021-22 Austrian Football Second League after finishing in last place in the 2020-21 Relegation Round. SK Austria Klagenfurt was promoted as champions of the 2020–21 Austrian Football Second League, despite finishing third in that competition. FC Blau-Weiß Linz finished in first, but did not apply for a Bundesliga license and FC Liefering took second place, but as a feeder team for FC Red Bull Salzburg, were also ineligible for promotion.
Stadia and locations
TeamLocationVenueCapacityAdmira Wacker MödlingMaria EnzersdorfBSFZ-Arena7,000SK Austria KlagenfurtKlagenfurtWörthersee Stadion29,863Austria WienViennaGenerali Arena17,500LASKLinzWaldstadion Pasching6,009Rapid WienViennaAllianz Stadion28,000Red Bull SalzburgWals-SiezenheimRed Bull Arena17,218 (30,188)Rheindorf AltachAltachStadion Schnabelholz8,500Sturm GrazGrazMerkur-Arena16,364SV RiedRied im InnkreisKeine Sorgen Arena7,680TSV HartbergHartbergProfertil Arena Hartberg4,635Wolfsberger ACWolfsbergLavanttal-Arena7,300WSG TirolInnsbruckTivoli Stadion Tirol16,008
Regular season League table
Results
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 27, Sturm Graz 18, Wolfsberger AC 18, Austria Wien 16, Rapid Wien 15, and Austria Klagenfurt 15. The points of all teams but Austria Klagenfurt 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.
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: Ried 14, LASK 12, Tirol 11, Hartberg 11, Admira Wacker 10, and Rheindorf Altach 6. The points of Ried, LASK, Tirol, and Rheindorf Altach 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.
Europa 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 Europa Conference League second qualifying round.
Semi-final
Final
Statistics Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Karim AdeyemiRed Bull Salzburg19 Giacomo VrioniWSG Tirol193 Jakob JantscherSturm Graz144 Manprit SarkariaSturm Graz135 Markus PinkAustria Klagenfurt126 Kelvin YeboahSturm Graz11 Tai BariboWolfsberger AC118 Dario TadićHartberg10 Sascha HorvathLASK10108 players9
Awards Annual awards AwardWinnerClubPlayer of the Year Jakob Jantscher Sturm GrazTop goalscorer Karim AdeyemiRed Bull SalzburgManager of the Year Matthias Jaissle Red Bull SalzburgBreakthrough of the Year Nicolas Seiwald Red Bull Salzburg
Team of the Year
Team of the YearGoalkeeper Patrick Pentz (Austria Wien)Defence Rasmus Kristensen (Red Bull Salzburg) Maximilian Wöber (Red Bull Salzburg) Gregory Wüthrich (Sturm Graz) Andreas Ulmer (Red Bull Salzburg)Midfield Manprit Sarkaria (Sturm Graz) Mohamed Camara (Red Bull Salzburg) Nicolas Seiwald (Red Bull Salzburg) Marco Grüll (Rapid Wien)Attack Karim Adeyemi (Red Bull Salzburg) Jakob Jantscher (Sturm Graz)
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