2025–26 Austrian Football Bundesliga
The 2025–26 Austrian Football Bundesliga, also known as Admiral Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, is the 114th season of top-tier football in Austria. Sturm Graz is two-time defending champion. The season began on 1 August 2025 and will end on 24 May 2026. This will be the final season with the halving of points after the regular season, which was instituted for the 2018–19 season.
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2025–26 Austrian Football Bundesliga
The 2025–26 Austrian Football Bundesliga, also known as Admiral Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, is the 114th season of top-tier football in Austria. Sturm Graz is two-time defending champion. The season began on 1 August 2025 and will end on 24 May 2026. This will be the final season with the halving of points after the regular season, which was instituted for the 2018–19 season.
Teams
2025–26 Austrian Football Bundesliga
Austria Klagenfurt were relegated to the 2025–26 Austrian Football Second League after finishing in last place in the 2024–25 Relegation Round, ending four-year run in the top flight. SV Ried was promoted as champions of the 2024–25 Austrian Football Second League, returning just two years after its relegation.
Stadia and locations
<table><thead><tr><th>Team</th><th>Location</th><th>Venue</th><th>Capacity</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Austria Wien</td><td>Vienna</td><td>Generali Arena</td><td>17,656</td></tr><tr><td>Blau-Weiß Linz</td><td>Linz</td><td>Hofmann Personal Stadion</td><td>5,595</td></tr><tr><td>Grazer AK</td><td>Graz</td><td>Merkur-Arena</td><td>16,364</td></tr><tr><td>LASK</td><td>Linz</td><td>Raiffeisen Arena</td><td>19,080</td></tr><tr><td>SK Rapid</td><td>Vienna</td><td>Allianz Stadion (Vienna)</td><td>28,600</td></tr><tr><td>Red Bull Salzburg</td><td>Wals-Siezenheim</td><td>Red Bull Arena</td><td>30,188</td></tr><tr><td>Rheindorf Altach</td><td>Altach</td><td>Stadion Schnabelholz</td><td>8,500</td></tr><tr><td>SV Ried</td><td>Ried im Innkreis</td><td>Keine Sorgen Arena</td><td>7,680</td></tr><tr><td>Sturm Graz</td><td>Graz</td><td>Merkur-Arena</td><td>16,364</td></tr><tr><td>TSV Hartberg</td><td>Hartberg</td><td>Profertil Arena Hartberg</td><td>4,635</td></tr><tr><td>Wolfsberger AC</td><td>Wolfsberg</td><td>Lavanttal-Arena</td><td>7,300</td></tr><tr><td>WSG Tirol</td><td>Innsbruck</td><td>Tivoli Stadion Tirol</td><td>16,008</td></tr></tbody></table>
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.
<table><thead><tr><th>Team</th><th>Manager</th><th>Captain</th><th>Kit manufacturer</th><th>Shirt sponsors</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Main</td><td>Other(s)0</td></tr><tr><td>Austria Wien</td><td>Stephan Helm</td><td>Manfred Fischer</td><td>Macron</td><td>Frankstahl (H)/Steelcoin (A)</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Blau-Weiß Linz</td><td>Michael Köllner</td><td>Fabio Strauss</td><td>Uhlsport</td><td>Linz AG</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Grazer AK</td><td>Ferdinand Feldhofer</td><td>Daniel Maderner</td><td>Macron</td><td>Mapei</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>LASK</td><td>Dietmar Kühbauer</td><td>Sascha Horvath</td><td>Adidas</td><td>Backaldrin Kornspitz</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Rapid Wien</td><td>Johannes Hoff Thorup</td><td>Matthias Seidl</td><td>Puma</td><td>Wien Energie</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Red Bull Salzburg</td><td>Daniel Beichler</td><td>Mads Bidstrup</td><td>Puma</td><td>Red Bull</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Rheindorf Altach</td><td>Ognjen Zaric</td><td>Lukas Jäger</td><td>Jako</td><td>Cashpoint</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Ried</td><td>Maximilian Senft</td><td>Andreas Leitner</td><td>Hummel</td><td>Oberbank</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Sturm Graz</td><td>Fabio Ingolitsch</td><td>Stefan Hierländer</td><td>Nike</td><td>Puntigamer</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>TSV Hartberg</td><td>Manfred Schmid</td><td>Jürgen Heil</td><td>Adidas</td><td>Eggerglas</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Wolfsberger AC</td><td>Ismail Atalan</td><td>Dominik Baumgartner</td><td>Adidas</td><td>RZ Ökostrom</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>WSG Tirol</td><td>Philipp Semlic</td><td>Valentino Müller</td><td>Puma</td><td>CATL</td><td>List</td></tr></tbody></table>
Managerial changes
<table><thead><tr><th>Team</th><th>Outgoing manager</th><th>Manner of departure</th><th>Date of vacancy</th><th>Position in the table</th><th>Incoming manager</th><th>Date of appointment</th><th>Ref.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Blau-Weiß Linz</td><td>Gerald Scheiblehner</td><td>Signed by Grasshopper</td><td>23 June 2025</td><td>Pre-season</td><td>Mitja Mörec</td><td>5 July 2025</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>SK Rapid Wien</td><td>Stefan Kulovits (caretaker)</td><td>End of caretaker spell</td><td>30 June 2025</td><td>Peter Stöger</td><td>1 July 2025</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>LASK</td><td>Maximilian Ritscher (caretaker)</td><td>30 June 2025</td><td>João Sacramento</td><td>1 July 2025</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>LASK</td><td>João Sacramento</td><td>Mutual consent</td><td>23 September 2025</td><td>10th</td><td>Dietmar Kühbauer</td><td>9 October 2025</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Wolfsberger AC</td><td>Dietmar Kühbauer</td><td>Signed by LASK</td><td>9 October 2025</td><td>4th</td><td>Peter Pacult</td><td>13 October 2025</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Wolfsberger AC</td><td>Peter Pacult</td><td>Sacked</td><td>12 November 2025</td><td>4th</td><td>Ismail Atalan</td><td>12 November 2025</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Rapid Wien</td><td>Peter Stöger</td><td>28 November 2025</td><td>2nd</td><td>Johannes Hoff Thorup</td><td>12 November 2025</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Blau-Weiß Linz</td><td>Mitja Mörec</td><td>30 November 2025</td><td>12th</td><td>Michael Köllner</td><td>21 December 2025</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Sturm Graz</td><td>Jürgen Säumel</td><td>22 December 2025</td><td>3rd</td><td>Fabio Ingolitsch</td><td>29 December 2025</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Rheindorf Altach</td><td>Fabio Ingolitsch</td><td>Signed by SK Sturm Graz</td><td>29 December 2025</td><td>9th</td><td>Ognjen Zaric</td><td>9 January 2026</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Red Bull Salzburg</td><td>Thomas Letsch</td><td>Sacked</td><td>17 February 2026</td><td>1st</td><td>Daniel Beichler</td><td>18 February 2026</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Regular season
League table
<table><thead><tr><th>Pos</th><th>Team</th><th>Pld</th><th>W</th><th>D</th><th>L</th><th>GF</th><th>GA</th><th>GD</th><th>Pts</th><th>Qualification</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Sturm Graz</td><td>22</td><td>12</td><td>2</td><td>8</td><td>33</td><td>26</td><td>+7</td><td>38</td><td>Qualification for the Championship round</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Red Bull Salzburg</td><td>22</td><td>10</td><td>7</td><td>5</td><td>42</td><td>26</td><td>+16</td><td>37</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>LASK</td><td>22</td><td>11</td><td>4</td><td>7</td><td>32</td><td>30</td><td>+2</td><td>37</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Austria Wien</td><td>22</td><td>11</td><td>3</td><td>8</td><td>34</td><td>30</td><td>+4</td><td>36</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>SK Rapid</td><td>22</td><td>9</td><td>6</td><td>7</td><td>26</td><td>25</td><td>+1</td><td>33</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>TSV Hartberg</td><td>22</td><td>8</td><td>9</td><td>5</td><td>29</td><td>24</td><td>+5</td><td>33</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>WSG Tirol</td><td>22</td><td>8</td><td>7</td><td>7</td><td>31</td><td>30</td><td>+1</td><td>31</td><td>Qualification for the Relegation round</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>SCR Altach</td><td>22</td><td>7</td><td>8</td><td>7</td><td>22</td><td>23</td><td>−1</td><td>29</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>SV Ried</td><td>22</td><td>8</td><td>4</td><td>10</td><td>26</td><td>30</td><td>−4</td><td>28</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Wolfsberg</td><td>22</td><td>7</td><td>5</td><td>10</td><td>31</td><td>32</td><td>−1</td><td>26</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>Grazer AK</td><td>22</td><td>4</td><td>8</td><td>10</td><td>22</td><td>36</td><td>−14</td><td>20</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>Blau-Weiß Linz</td><td>22</td><td>4</td><td>3</td><td>15</td><td>20</td><td>36</td><td>−16</td><td>15</td></tr></tbody></table>
Championship round
2025–26 Austrian Football Bundesliga
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 19, Red Bull Salzburg 18, LASK 18, Austria Wien 18, Rapid Wien 16 and Hartberg 16. The points of Red Bull Salzburg, LASK, Rapid Wien and Hartberg 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.
<table><thead><tr><th>Pos</th><th>Team</th><th>Pld</th><th>W</th><th>D</th><th>L</th><th>GF</th><th>GA</th><th>GD</th><th>Pts</th><th>Qualification</th><th></th><th>STU</th><th>RWI</th><th>AWI</th><th>RBS</th><th>LSK</th><th>HAR</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Sturm Graz</td><td>24</td><td>13</td><td>3</td><td>8</td><td>39</td><td>29</td><td>+10</td><td>23</td><td>Qualification for the Champions League play-off round</td><td></td><td>—</td><td>17 May</td><td>26 Apr</td><td>1–1</td><td>22 Apr</td><td>12 Apr</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>SK Rapid</td><td>24</td><td>11</td><td>6</td><td>7</td><td>31</td><td>27</td><td>+4</td><td>22</td><td>Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round</td><td></td><td>5 Apr</td><td>—</td><td>10 May</td><td>26 Apr</td><td>4–2</td><td>22 Apr</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Austria Wien</td><td>24</td><td>12</td><td>3</td><td>9</td><td>37</td><td>35</td><td>+2</td><td>21</td><td>Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round</td><td></td><td>2–5</td><td>12 Apr</td><td>—</td><td>19 Apr</td><td>17 May</td><td>3 May</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Red Bull Salzburg</td><td>24</td><td>10</td><td>8</td><td>6</td><td>43</td><td>28</td><td>+15</td><td>19</td><td>Qualification for the Conference League play-offs</td><td></td><td>3 May</td><td>0–1</td><td>22 Apr</td><td>—</td><td>10 Apr</td><td>17 May</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>LASK</td><td>24</td><td>11</td><td>5</td><td>8</td><td>34</td><td>34</td><td>0</td><td>19</td><td></td><td>19 Apr</td><td>4 May</td><td>5 Apr</td><td>10 May</td><td>—</td><td>0–0</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Hartberg</td><td>24</td><td>8</td><td>10</td><td>6</td><td>29</td><td>25</td><td>+4</td><td>17</td><td></td><td></td><td>10 May</td><td>19 Apr</td><td>0–1</td><td>5 Apr</td><td>26 Apr</td><td>—</td></tr></tbody></table>
Relegation round
2025–26 Austrian Football Bundesliga
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: WSG Tirol 15, Rheindorf Altach 14, Ried 14, Wolfsberger AC 13, Grazer AK 10, and Blau-Weiß Linz 7. The points of WSG Tirol, Rheindorf Altach, and 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 those teams.
<table><thead><tr><th>Pos</th><th>Team</th><th>Pld</th><th>W</th><th>D</th><th>L</th><th>GF</th><th>GA</th><th>GD</th><th>Pts</th><th>Qualification</th><th></th><th>ALT</th><th>RIE</th><th>GAK</th><th>TIR</th><th>WAC</th><th>BWL</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Rheindorf Altach</td><td>24</td><td>8</td><td>9</td><td>7</td><td>26</td><td>25</td><td>+1</td><td>18</td><td>Qualification for the Conference League play-offs</td><td></td><td>—</td><td>16 May</td><td>11 Apr</td><td>21 Apr</td><td>4 May</td><td>3–1</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Ried</td><td>24</td><td>9</td><td>4</td><td>11</td><td>30</td><td>34</td><td>−4</td><td>17</td><td></td><td></td><td>3 Apr</td><td>—</td><td>21 Apr</td><td>2–1</td><td>9 May</td><td>2 May</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Grazer AK</td><td>24</td><td>6</td><td>8</td><td>10</td><td>29</td><td>37</td><td>−8</td><td>16</td><td></td><td>9 May</td><td>17 Apr</td><td>—</td><td>2 May</td><td>2–0</td><td>4 Apr</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>WSG Tirol</td><td>24</td><td>8</td><td>7</td><td>9</td><td>33</td><td>37</td><td>−4</td><td>15</td><td></td><td>18 Apr</td><td>25 Apr</td><td>1–5</td><td>—</td><td>4 Apr</td><td>9 May</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Wolfsberger AC</td><td>24</td><td>7</td><td>6</td><td>11</td><td>32</td><td>35</td><td>−3</td><td>14</td><td></td><td>1–1</td><td>11 Apr</td><td>25 Apr</td><td>16 May</td><td>—</td><td>18 Apr</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Blau-Weiß Linz</td><td>24</td><td>5</td><td>3</td><td>16</td><td>24</td><td>41</td><td>−17</td><td>10</td><td>Relegation to Austrian Football Second League</td><td></td><td>24 Apr</td><td>3–2</td><td>16 May</td><td>11 Apr</td><td>21 Apr</td><td>—</td></tr></tbody></table>
Conference League play-offs
2025–26 Austrian Football Bundesliga
The winner of the relegation round and the fourth- and fifth-placed teams from the championship round play to determine the qualifier to the Conference League second qualifying round. If the cup winner finishes in places 1-4 of the championship round, playoff spots will extend down to the second-placed team in the relegation round.
Statistics
Top scorers
<table><thead><tr><th>Rank</th><th>Player</th><th>Club</th><th>Goals</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Elias Havel</td><td>Hartberg</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>Otar Kiteishvili</td><td>Sturm Graz</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Johannes Eggestein</td><td>Austria Wien</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><td>Valentino Müller</td><td>WSG Tirol</td></tr><tr><td>Petar Ratkov</td><td>Red Bull Salzburg</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Kingstone Mutandwa</td><td>SV Ried</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>Moses Usor</td><td>LASK</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Kerim Alajbegović</td><td>Red Bull Salzburg</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>Nikolai Baden</td><td>WSG Tirol</td></tr><tr><td>Patrick Greil</td><td>SCR Altach</td></tr><tr><td>Ramiz Harakaté</td><td>Grazer AK</td></tr></tbody></table>