| Season | 2015–16 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 25 July 2015 – 15 May 2016 |
| Champions | Red Bull Salzburg |
| Relegated | Grödig |
| Champions League | Red Bull Salzburg |
| Europa League | Rapid Wien Austria Wien Admira Wacker Mödling |
| Matches | 180 |
| Goals | 477 (2.65 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Jonathan Soriano (21) |
| Biggest home win | Salzburg 8–0Admira (17 October 2015) |
| Biggest away win | Mattersburg 0-9Austria (23 April 2016) |
| Highest scoring | Mattersburg 0-9Austria (23 April 2016) |
| Longest winning run | Austria (5 games) Rapid (5 games) |
| Longest unbeaten run | Red Bull (14 games) |
| Longest winless run | Grödig (11 games) |
| Longest losing run | Altach (4 games) Grödig (4 games) |
2016–17 → All statistics correct as of 18 May 2016. | |
The2015–16Austrian Football Bundesliga was the 104th season of top-tierfootball inAustria.Red Bull Salzburg were the defending champions.
TheBundesliga is the highest division inAustrian football. Which took place in the 2015/16 season for the 42nd time and determined the 104. Austrian soccer champion. The main sponsor was, as for the two previous years, the sports betting companyTipico, which is the reason why the official league name isTipico Bundesliga.[1]
Salzburg and Vienna each had two teams, Burgenland, Carinthia, Lower Austria, Upper Austria, Styria and Vorarlberg each had one. Tyrol was the only state without a team in Austria's highest league. In the 2014/15 season, theSC Wiener Neustadt went down into the First League, while theSV Mattersburg moved up.
The TV provider Sky Germany AG had the rights to show all Bundesliga games in full-length which were broadcast on the Sky sport Austria pay television channel. The channel broadcast all games as conference calls and individually. In addition, theORF had the rights to broadcast a game of their choice, which was as a single match labeled the "top match of the round" – which usually took place Sundays, when the midweek rounds were on Wednesdays. This was not possible though in the last two rounds where all games had to be broadcast simultaneously. In addition, the ORF was allowed to show a 45-minute summary of the remaining four games of each round.
In the 2015/16 season were ten clubs in 36 rounds against each other, as in previous years. Each team played twice at home and twice away against every other team.
Because the European Cup results of the Austrian team in the 2014–15 season, they fell at the end of the season back to 16th place of theUEFA coefficient. Therefore, the Bundesliga and theÖFB Cup played only one starting position for theChampions League and two in theEuropa League in the 2015/16 season. The champions of the Bundesliga is entitled to participate in the qualification for the UEFA Champions League and rises to the second qualifying round: The cup winners, runners-up and third place in the Bundesliga games, play in the qualification for the UEFA Europa League and depending on the results, get in the third, second or first round in the competition. The initial rounds can shift due to the selection of players in favor of the Austria national team, from the defending champion of the Champions League or Europa League. After the Cup victory went toFC Red Bull Salzburg, who qualified for the Champions League, the fourth international position fell to the fourth place team in the Bundesliga. Coincidentally, this was also the Cup finalist,FC Admira Wacker Mödling.[2]The last placed team in the top division, the Bundesliga, SV Grödig, should have relegated to the First League, but withdrew from the professional sector at the end of the season.[3]
SV Mattersburg, the2014–15 First League champion, returned to the top level two years after their relegation.
| Team | Chairman | Manager | Manufacturer | Sponsors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Admira Wacker |  Philip Thonhauser | Ernst Baumeister | Nike | Flyeralarm |
| SCR Altach | Johannes Engl | Damir Canadi | Jako | Cashpoint |
| Austria Wien | Wolfgang Katzian |  Thorsten Fink | Nike | Verbund |
| SV Grödig | Anton Haas | Peter Schöttel | Nike | Interwetten |
| Rapid Wien | Michael Krammer | Zoran Barisic | adidas | Wien Energie |
| SV Ried | Johann Willminger | Paul Gludovatz | hummel | Josko |
| RB Salzburg | Rudolf Theierl |  Óscar García | Nike | Red Bull |
| Sturm Graz | Christian Jauk | Franco Foda | Lotto | Puntigamer |
| SV Mattersburg | Martin Pucher | Ivica Vastić | Umbro | Bauwelt Koch |
| Wolfsberger AC | Dietmar Riegler | Heimo Pfeifenberger | Jako | RZ Pellets |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red Bull Salzburg(C) | 36 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 71 | 33 | +38 | 74 | Qualification for theChampions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Rapid Wien | 36 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 66 | 42 | +24 | 65 | Qualification for theEuropa League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Austria Wien | 36 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 65 | 48 | +17 | 59 | Qualification for theEuropa League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Admira Wacker Mödling | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 45 | 51 | −6 | 50 | Qualification for theEuropa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Sturm Graz | 36 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 48 | |
| 6 | Wolfsberger AC | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 33 | 36 | −3 | 43 | |
| 7 | Ried | 36 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 36 | 52 | −16 | 42 | |
| 8 | Rheindorf Altach | 36 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 39 | 49 | −10 | 40 | |
| 9 | Mattersburg | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 40 | 70 | −30 | 39 | |
| 10 | Grödig(R) | 36 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 42 | 56 | −14 | 35 | Withdrawal toregional leagues[a] |
First half of season[edit]
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The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.
| Team \ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
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| Red Bull Salzburg | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Rapid Wien | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Austria Wien | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Admira Wacker Mödling | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Sturm Graz | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Wolfsberger AC | 9 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Ried | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Rheindorf Altach | 7 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Mattersburg | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Grödig | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Leader / 2016–17 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round | |
| 2016–17 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round | |
| 2016–17 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round | |
| Relegation to2016–17 First League |
Source:[7]
The Player of the Year awarded to
Naby Keïta (Red Bull Salzburg)
The Top goalscorer of the Year awarded toJonathan Soriano (Red Bull Salzburg)
The Goalkeeper of the Year awarded toAlexander Walke (Red Bull Salzburg)
| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rapid Wien | 303,484 | 31,700 | 12,300 | 16,860 | +0.5%† |
| 2 | Sturm Graz | 152,910 | 14,876 | 5,129 | 8,495 | −16.2%† |
| 3 | Red Bull Salzburg | 152,694 | 16,405 | 3,755 | 8,483 | −15.3%† |
| 4 | Austria Wien | 129,636 | 12,500 | 5,493 | 7,202 | +6.7%† |
| 5 | Mattersburg | 88,495 | 9,645 | 2,605 | 4,916 | +36.9%1 |
| 6 | Rheindorf Altach | 86,018 | 7,268 | 3,071 | 4,779 | −10.8%† |
| 7 | Ried | 72,576 | 5,541 | 2,978 | 4,032 | −2.3%† |
| 8 | Wolfsberger AC | 64,019 | 5,933 | 2,692 | 3,557 | −32.5%† |
| 9 | Admira Wacker Mödling | 51,293 | 5,487 | 1,604 | 2,850 | −10.0%† |
| 10 | Grödig | 28,199 | 2,845 | 1,028 | 1,567 | −5.0%† |
| League total | 1,129,324 | 31,700 | 1,142 | 6,274 | −4.6%† |
Updated to games played on 22 May 2016
Source:bundesliga.at
Notes:
1: Team played last season inErste Liga
