2024–25 Austrian Football Bundesliga

Austrian Bundesliga
Season2024–25
Dates2 August 2024 – 25 May 2025
ChampionsSturm Graz
(5th title)
RelegatedAustria Klagenfurt
Champions LeagueSturm Graz
Salzburg
Europa LeagueWolfsberg
Conference LeagueAustria Wien
Top goalscorerRonivaldo (14 goals)
Biggest home winSturm Graz 7–0 Austria Klagenfurt
(23 November 2024)
Biggest away winLASK 1–5 Wolfsberg
(1 September 2024)
Highest scoringSturm Graz 7–0 Austria Klagenfurt
(23 November 2024)
Longest winning runAustria Wien (8)
Longest unbeaten runRB Salzburg (12)
Longest winless runAltach (14)
Longest losing runLASK (5)
Total attendance1,585,528
Average attendance8,257
All statistics correct as of 15 June 2025.

The 2024–25 Austrian Football Bundesliga, also known as Admiral Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, is the 113th season of top-tier football in Austria. Sturm Graz successfully defended their championship. The season began on 2 August 2024 and concluded on 25 May 2025.

Teams

SC Austria Lustenau were relegated to the 2024–25 Austrian Football Second League after finishing in last place in the 2023–24 Relegation Round, ending their two years stay in the top flight. Grazer AK was promoted as champions of the 2023–24 Austrian Football Second League, ending a seventeen-year hiatus from the top flight.

Stadia and locations

Location of teams in the 2024–25 Austrian Football Bundesliga

Team

Location

Venue

Capacity

Austria Klagenfurt Klagenfurt Wörthersee Stadion 29,863
Austria Wien Vienna Generali Arena 17,656
Blau-Weiß Linz Linz Hofmann Personal Stadion 5,595
Grazer AK Graz Merkur-Arena 16,364
LASK Linz Raiffeisen Arena 19,080
SK Rapid Vienna Allianz Stadion (Vienna) 28,600
Red Bull Salzburg Wals-Siezenheim Red Bull Arena 30,188
Rheindorf Altach Altach Stadion Schnabelholz 8,500
Sturm Graz Graz Merkur-Arena 16,364
TSV Hartberg Hartberg Profertil Arena Hartberg 4,635
Wolfsberger AC Wolfsberg Lavanttal-Arena 7,300
WSG Tirol Innsbruck Tivoli Stadion Tirol 16,008

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsors
Main Other(s)
Austria Klagenfurt Peter Pacult Thorsten Mahrer Capelli Sport None
List
    • Front: Kärnten Sport, Stadtwerke Klagenfurt, Vivamayr, Kelag, Erlebnis Sportpark Klagenfurt
    • Back: Stadtwerke Klagenfurt
    • Sleeves: Hirter, Autohaus Sintschnig, Nissan
    • Shorts: Klagenfurt, REISSWOLF, Kleine Zeitung
    • Socks: None
    • Alternate: None
Austria Wien Stephan Helm Manfred Fischer Macron Frankstahl (H)/Steelcoin (A)
List
    • Front: Wien Holding
    • Back: Wien Holding
    • Sleeves: MTEL Austria, Wien Holding
    • Shorts: Schuller Eh'klar, Wien Holding, Marsbet
    • Socks: Wien Holding
    • Alternate: Steelcoin
Blau-Weiß Linz Gerald Scheiblehner Fabio Strauss Uhlsport Linz AG
List
Grazer AK Ferdinand Feldhofer Marco Perchtold Macron Mapei
List
    • Front: Energie Steiermark, Grawe, Köck KFZ-Technik Meisterbetrieb
    • Back: Salanettis, Grapos Headquarter
    • Sleeves: bm-romar, Ziesler GmbH
    • Shorts: tim Austria, Kleine Zeitung, Energie Steiermark
    • Socks: Energie Graz
    • Alternate: Energie Steiermark
LASK Markus Schopp Robert Zulj Adidas Backaldrin Kornspitz
List
SK Rapid Stefan Kulovits (interim) Matthias Seidl Puma Wien Energie
List
Red Bull Salzburg Thomas Letsch Janis Blaswich Puma Red Bull
List
Rheindorf Altach Fabio Ingolitsch Jan Zwischenbrugger Jako Cashpoint
List
Sturm Graz Jürgen Säumel Stefan Hierländer Nike Puntigamer
List
    • Front: Grawe, Puntigamer
    • Back: Puntigamer, Grapos Headquarter
    • Sleeves: Steirisches Kürbiskernöl
    • Shorts: tim Austria (H)/Graz (A), Kleine Zeitung, Energie Steiermark
    • Socks: Sieme Weingüter
    • Alternate: Energie Steiermark
TSV Hartberg Manfred Schmid Jürgen Heil Adidas Eggerglas
List
    • Front: ADMIRAL Sportwetten, PROFERTIL Sperm Booster, Kühlanlagen Postl, PROMACULA, Faustmann Möbel, KAPO Fenster und Türen, 11teamsports, Alois Schweighofer GmbH, Steiermark, Hartberg
    • Back: Hochegger Dächer, MOLIN Industrie, KE KELIT
    • Sleeves: Objekttischlerei Gleichweit, Menopearl
    • Shorts: Boxxenstop, Energie Hartberg, MM Kanal-Rohr-Sanierung, Energie Steiermark
    • Socks: Kühlanlagen Postl
    • Alternate: None
Wolfsberger AC Dietmar Kühbauer Dominik Baumgartner Adidas RZ Ökostrom
List
    • Front: Robitsch Obst und Gemüse, Kärnten Sport, 11teamsports, Radio Kärnten, velox.at, Kelag
    • Back: Salanettis
    • Sleeves: Velox Bau-Systeme, ADMIRAL
    • Shorts: Eskimo Eiszeit Kärnten, HERWA Multiclean Gebäudereinigung, Beschriftung Grafik Druck, Gigasport, Kleine Zeitung
    • Socks: BMW Gönitzer
    • Alternate: SBH Rohstoffhandels
WSG Tirol Philipp Semlic Valentino Müller Puma CATL
List

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in the table Incoming manager Date of appointment Ref.
Red Bull Salzburg Onur Çinel (caretaker) End of caretaker spell 30 June 2024 Pre-season Pepijn Lijnders 1 July 2024 [1]
Wolfsberger AC Manfred Schmid Sacked 30 June 2024 Dietmar Kühbauer 1 July 2024 [2] [3]
WSG Tirol Thomas Silberberger Signed by Admira Wacker 30 June 2024 Philipp Semlic 1 July 2024 [4]
Austria Wien Christian Wegleitner (caretaker) End of caretaker spell 30 June 2024 Stephan Helm 1 July 2024 [5]
LASK Thomas Darasz Sacked 3 September 2024 11th Markus Schopp 3 September 2024 [6]
TSV Hartberg Markus Schopp Signed by LASK 3 September 2024 12th Markus Karner (caretaker) 3 September 2024 [7]
Markus Karner (caretaker) End of caretaker spell 22 September 2024 12th Manfred Schmid 22 September 2024 [8]
SCR Altach Joachim Standfest Sacked 30 September 2024 10th Louis Ngwat-Mahop (caretaker) 30 September 2024 [9]
Sturm Graz Christian Ilzer Signed by Hoffenheim 15 November 2024 1st Jürgen Säumel (caretaker) 15 November 2024 [10]
Red Bull Salzburg Pepijn Lijnders Sacked 16 December 2024 5th Thomas Letsch 18 December 2024 [11]

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sturm Graz 22 14 4 4 51 28 +23 46 Qualification for the Championship round
2 Austria Wien 22 14 4 4 36 19 +17 46
3 Red Bull Salzburg 22 10 8 4 33 22 +11 38
4 Wolfsberg 22 11 3 8 44 30 +14 36
5 Rapid Wien 22 9 7 6 32 24 +8 34
6 Blau-Weiß Linz 22 10 3 9 30 29 +1 33
7 LASK 22 9 4 9 32 33 −1 31 Qualification for the Relegation round
8 TSV Hartberg 22 6 8 8 24 31 −7 26
9 Austria Klagenfurt 22 5 6 11 22 44 −22 21
10 WSG Tirol 22 4 7 11 20 31 −11 19
11 Grazer AK 22 3 7 12 27 45 −18 16
12 Rheindorf Altach 22 3 7 12 20 35 −15 16
Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Matches won; 6) Away matches won; 7) Away goals scored.[12]

Results

Home \ Away AKL AWI BWL GAK HAR LSK RWI RBS ALT STU TIR WAC
Austria Klagenfurt — 0–1 3–1 4–2 2–2 1–2 1–1 0–0 2–2 0–2 0–3 2–1
Austria Wien 2–0 — 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 3–0 2–2 3–0 3–1
Blau-Weiß Linz 2–1 1–0 — 1–2 4–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 1–3 1–2 2–1 0–1
Grazer AK 0–1 1–2 2–2 — 0–3 0–0 1–1 2–3 1–1 1–2 2–1 2–3
Hartberg 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 — 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 0–3
LASK 4–0 1–3 0–0 4–2 1–1 — 2–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–5
Rapid Wien 2–0 2–1 0–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 — 3–2 5–0 1–0 2–0 1–3
Red Bull Salzburg 3–0 2–0 5–1 0–0 4–0 1–2 2–2 — 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–0
Rheindorf Altach 2–2 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 — 1–1 1–2 2–0
Sturm Graz 7–0 2–2 2–1 5–2 2–0 4–2 1–1 5–0 2–1 — 4–2 0–3
WSG Tirol 0–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–3 — 3–3
Wolfsberg 4–1 0–1 1–2 4–2 2–3 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 3–0 1–3 —
Updated to match(es) played on 9 March 2025. Source: https://www.bundesliga.at/de/spielplan/
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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: Sturm Graz 23, Austria Wien 23, Red Bull Salzburg 19, Wolfsberger 18, Rapid Wien 17, and Blau-Weiß Linz 16. The points of Blau-Weiß Linz were rounded down – in the event of any ties on points at the end of the playoffs, a half point will be added for them.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification STU RBS AWI WAC RWI BWL
1 Sturm Graz (C) 32 19 6 7 66 39 +27 40 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round — 4–2 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–0
2 Red Bull Salzburg 32 16 9 7 53 36 +17 38 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round 1–2 — 2–0 1–1 4–2 2–1
3 Austria Wien 32 18 6 8 47 32 +15 37 Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round 2–1 1–3 — 0–0 1–2 2–2
4 Wolfsberg 32 16 7 9 60 38 +22 37 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[a] 1–1 2–1 1–2 — 5–1 2–0
5 Rapid Wien (O) 32 12 8 12 43 42 +1 27 Qualification for the Conference League play-offs 3–1 0–2 2–0 0–1 — 0–0
6 Blau-Weiß Linz 32 11 5 16 37 45 −8 21 0–1 1–2 0–2 1–2 2–1 —
Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points with (possible) half points subtracted due to rounding; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Matches won; 9) Away matches won; 10) Away goals scored.[13]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners
Notes:
  1. ^ The 2024–25 Austrian Cup winners (Wolfsberg) qualify for the Europa League third qualifying round.

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: LASK 15, TSV Hartberg 13, Austria Klagenfurt 10, WSG Tirol 9, Grazer AK 8, and Rheindorf Altach 8. The points of LASK, Austria Klagenfurt, and WSG Tirol were rounded down – in the event of any ties on points at the end of the playoffs, a half point will be added for those teams.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LSK HAR TIR GAK ALT AKL
1 LASK 32 16 6 10 51 36 +15 38 Qualification for the Conference League play-offs — 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 6–0
2 TSV Hartberg 32 11 11 10 40 40 0 31 0–1 — 3–2 1–1 2–0 2–3
3 WSG Tirol 32 7 9 16 35 50 −15 20 1–3 1–3 — 1–1 1–0 5–3
4 Grazer AK 32 5 13 14 34 54 −20 20 1–0 0–3 0–0 — 1–0 1–1
5 Rheindorf Altach 32 5 11 16 29 46 −17 18 0–2 1–1 3–0 2–2 — 0–0
6 Austria Klagenfurt (R) 32 6 9 17 33 70 −37 16 Relegation to Austrian Football Second League 1–4 0–1 1–4 0–0 2–3 —
Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points with (possible) half points subtracted due to rounding; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Matches won; 9) Away matches won; 10) Away goals scored.[13]
(R) Relegated

Conference League play-offs

The winner and runner-up of the relegation round and the fifth-placed team from the championship round play to determine the qualifier to the Conference League second qualifying round.

Semi-final Final
7 LASK 3 0 3
7 LASK 2 5 Rapid Wien 1 3 4
8 Hartberg 0

Semi-final

26 May 2025 LASK 2–0HartbergLinz
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)
  • Entrup 21'
  • Andrade 64'
 Report Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena
Attendance: 8,100
Referee: Julian Weinberger

Final

29 May 2025 LASK 3–1 Rapid Wien Linz
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report
Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena
Attendance: 13,200
Referee: Alexander Harkam
1 June 2025 Rapid Wien 3–0 LASK Vienna
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report Stadium: Allianz Stadion
Referee: Christopher Jäeger

Statistics

Top scorers

[14]

1 Ronivaldo Blau-Weiß Linz 14
2 Dorgeles Nene Red Bull Salzburg 13
Maximilian Entrup LASK
4 Dominik Fitz Austria Wien 12
Otar Kiteishvili Sturm Graz
Patrik Mijić Hartberg
7 Maurice Malone Austria Wien 11
William Bøving Sturm Graz
Mika Biereth Sturm Graz

See also

Notes

References

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  9. ^ "SCR Altach stellt Joachim Standfest frei". www.scra.at (in German). 2024-09-30. Retrieved 2024-10-04.
  10. ^ "Günstige Fußballtrikots". Säumel bleibt Cheftrainer von Sturm Graz (in German). 17 December 2024. Archived from the original on 29 April 2025.
  11. ^ "Thomas Letsch neuer Trainer des FC Red Bull Salzburg". www.redbullsalzburg.at (in German). 2024-12-18. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
  12. ^ "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
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