2016–17 Austrian Football Bundesliga

| continentalcup1 = Champions League | continentalcup1 qualifiers = Red Bull Salzburg | continentalcup2 = Europa League | continentalcup2 qualifiers = Austria Wien
Sturm Graz
Rheindorf Altach | league topscorer = Olarenwaju Kayode (17 goals) | biggest home win = Wolfsberg 5–0 Mödling
Rapid Wien 5–0 Ried
Salzburg 5–0 Austria Wien | biggest away win = Mödling 1–6 Austria Wien
Altach 0–5 Salzburg
Ried 1–6 Salzburg | highest scoring = Mödling 1–6 Austria Wien
Ried 1–6 Salzburg | longest wins = | longest unbeaten = | longest winless = | longest losses = | highest attendance = 25,452
Rapid Wien 1–2 Sturm Graz
(27 November 2016) | lowest attendance = 1,258
St. Pölten 0–4 Wolfsberg
(30 November 2016) | attendance = 1,268,237 | average attendance = 7,046 | matches = 180 | total goals = 488 | prevseason = 2015–16 | nextseason = 2017–18 }} The 2016–17 Austrian Football Bundesliga was the 105th season of top-tier football in Austria. Red Bull Salzburg are the defending champions. The fixtures were announced on 14 June 2016.[1] The season began on 23 July 2016 and ended on 28 May 2017.

Austrian Bundesliga

Season	2016–17
Dates	23 July 2016 – 28 May 2017
Champions	Red Bull Salzburg
Relegated	nowrap

Teams

St. Pölten, the 2015–16 First League champion, returned to the top level 22 years after their relegation.

Stadia and locations

Admira

Austria

Graz

St. Pölten

Rapid

Ried

Salzburg

Mattersburg

Wolfsberg

Altach

Location of teams in the 2016–17 Austrian Football Bundesliga

Team	Location	Venue	Capacity
Admira Wacker Mödling	Maria Enzersdorf	BSFZ-Arena	10,800
Austria Wien	Vienna	Ernst-Happel-Stadion	50,000
Rapid Wien	Vienna	Allianz Stadion	28,000
Red Bull Salzburg	Wals-Siezenheim	Red Bull Arena	30,188
Rheindorf Altach	Altach	Stadion Schnabelholz	8,500
SV Ried	Ried im Innkreis	Keine Sorgen Arena	7,334
St. Pölten	Sankt Pölten	NV Arena	8,000
Sturm Graz	Graz	Merkur-Arena	15,323
SV Mattersburg	Mattersburg	Pappelstadion	17,100
Wolfsberger AC	Wolfsberg	Lavanttal-Arena	7,300

Personnel and kits

Team	Chairman	Manager	Manufacturer	Sponsors
Admira Wacker	Philip Thonhauser	Oliver Lederer	Nike	Flyeralarm
SCR Altach	Johannes Engl	Martin Scherb	Jako	Cashpoint
Austria Wien	Wolfgang Katzian	Thorsten Fink	Nike	Verbund
Rapid Wien	Michael Krammer	Damir Canadi	adidas	Wien Energie
SV Ried	Johann Willminger	Christian Benbennek	hummel	Josko
RB Salzburg	Rudolf Theierl	Óscar García	Nike	Red Bull
St. Pölten	Gottfried Tröstl	Jochen Fallmann	Jako	Hypo Noe
Sturm Graz	Christian Jauk	Franco Foda	Lotto	Puntigamer
SV Mattersburg	Martin Pucher	Ivica Vastić	Puma	Bauwelt Koch
Wolfsberger AC	Dietmar Riegler	Heimo Pfeifenberger	Jako	RZ Pellets

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Red Bull Salzburg (C)	36	25	6	5	74	24	+50	81	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
2	Austria Wien	36	20	3	13	72	50	+22	63	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
3	Sturm Graz	36	19	3	14	55	39	+16	60	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
4	Rheindorf Altach	36	15	8	13	46	49	−3	53	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
5	Rapid Wien	36	12	10	14	52	42	+10	46
6	Admira Wacker Mödling	36	13	7	16	36	55	−19	46
7	Mattersburg	36	12	7	17	39	54	−15	43
8	Wolfsberger AC	36	11	9	16	40	59	−19	42
9	St. Pölten	36	9	10	17	41	60	−19	37
10	Ried (R)	36	10	5	21	33	56	−23	35	Relegation to the Austrian Football First League

Source: weltfussball.de (in German), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Matches won; 5) Away matches won; 6) Head-to-head points; 7) Head-to-head goal difference; 8) Head-to-head goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Since the winners of the 2016–17 Austrian Cup, Red Bull Salzburg, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the Austrian Cup winners (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the second-placed team, the spot awarded to the second-placed team was passed to the third-placed team, and the spot awarded to the third-placed team was passed to the fourth-placed team.

Results

First half of season Home \ Away ADM AWI ALT RWI RBS RIE StP STU MAT WOL Admira Wacker Mödling — 0–2 1–2 1–2 0–4 1–0 1–1 0–3 1–0 4–1 Austria Wien 1–2 — 3–1 1–4 1–3 2–0 2–1 2–0 3–1 4–1 Rheindorf Altach 2–0 5–1 — 1–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 Rapid Wien 4–0 0–2 1–1 — 0–0 5–0 1–0 1–2 3–0 0–1 Red Bull Salzburg 0–1 4–1 4–1 2–1 — 1–0 2–0 0–1 3–1 1–1 Ried 2–1 1–1 2–1 4–2 0–2 — 1–2 1–0 2–1 0–1 St. Pölten 2–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–5 2–3 — 1–3 2–2 0–4 Sturm Graz 0–2 3–1 3–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–2 — 2–2 3–0 Mattersburg 0–1 0–2 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 — 3–1 Wolfsberger 5–0 0–3 1–2 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 0–4 3–0 — Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga (in German) Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Second half of season Home \ Away ADM AWI ALT RWI RBS RIE StP STU MAT WOL Admira Wacker Mödling — 1–6 1–1 3–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–2 3–2 Austria Wien 0–2 — 1–3 1–1 2–3 3–0 1–2 4–1 2–0 3–0 Rheindorf Altach 0–0 1–1 — 3–1 0–5 0–2 1–2 1–2 3–0 2–1 Rapid Wien 0–0 0–2 3–0 — 0–1 3–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 4–0 Red Bull Salzburg 2–0 5–0 1–0 1–0 — 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 Ried 1–0 0–3 2–0 3–0 1–6 — 1–1 0–3 2–3 1–1 St. Pölten 2–2 2–1 3–3 1–1 1–2 1–0 — 2–1 1–0 1–1 Sturm Graz 2–1 0–4 3–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 3–2 — 0–2 4–0 Mattersburg 2–0 0–3 1–0 1–3 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 — 2–1 Wolfsberger 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 — Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga (in German) Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers As of 29 May 2017[2] Rank Scorerbb Club Goals 1 Olarenwaju Kayode Austria 17 2 Deni Alar Sturm 16 3 Hwang Hee-chan Salzburg 12 4 Takumi Minamino Salzburg 11 Alexander Grünwald Austria 6 Dimitri Oberlin Altach 10 Christoph Monschein Admira Nikola Dovedan Altach 9 Jonathan Soriano Salzburg 8 Patrick Bürger SV Mattersburg Ismael Tajouri Austria Joelinton Rapid Wien Christoph Knasmüllner Admira Raphael Holzhauser Austria 15 Giorgi Kvilitaia Rapid Wien 7 Moumi Ngamaleu Altach Lucas Venuto Austria Philipp Prosenik WAC Valon Berisha Salzburg Top assists As of 25 May 2017[3] Rank Scorer Club Assists 1 Valon Berisha Salzburg 8 2 Michael Ambichl St. Pölten 7 Alexander Grünwald Austria Raphael Holzhauser Austria Stefan Lainer Salzburg 6 Sascha Horvath Sturm 6 Valentino Lazaro Salzburg Ismael Tajouri Austria 9 Nikola Dovedan Altach 5 Stefan Maierhofer Mattersburg Mario Pavelić Rapid Wien Michael Perlak Mattersburg Jonathan Soriano Salzburg Joachim Standfest WAC Lucas Venuto Austria Attendances Pos Team Total High Low Average Change 1 SK Rapid Wien 378,594 25,452 16,815 21,033 +24.8%^† 2 Sturm Graz 189,544 16,604 7,487 10,530 +24.0%^† 3 Austria Wien 142,590 15,576 5,143 7,921 +10.6%^† 4 Red Bull Salzburg 140,984 15,692 3,889 7,832 −7.7%^† 5 Rheindorf Altach 95,930 7,462 3,836 5,329 +11.5%^† 6 Ried 73,848 6,611 2,448 4,102 +1.7%^† 7 St. Pölten 67,234 7,871 1,258 3,735 +36.7%^1 8 Wolfsberger AC 66,747 6,110 2,572 3,708 +4.3%^† 9 Mattersburg 64,939 9,527 1,890 3,607 −26.6%^† 10 Admira Wacker Mödling 47,827 5,036 1,576 2,657 −6.7%^† League total 1,268,237 25,452 1,258 7,046 +12.4%^† Source: bundesliga.at Notes: 1: Team played last season in First League References "Spielplan für die tipico Bundesliga 2016/17". www.bundesliga.at. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2016. "Bundesliga.at - Torschützenliste" (in German). Archived from the original on 2016-11-19. Retrieved 18 November 2016. "Summary - Bundesliga - Austria - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway". Retrieved 18 November 2016. External links Official website (in German)