2012–13 Austrian Football Bundesliga

The 2012–13 Austrian Football Bundesliga was the 101st season of top-tier football in Austria. The season began on 21 July 2012 and ended on 26 May 2013, with the winter break held between 22 December 2012 and 9 February 2013.

Austrian Football Bundesliga

Season	2012–13
Dates	21 July 2012 – 26 May 2013
Champions	Austria Wien
Relegated	SV Mattersburg
Champions League	Austria Wien Red Bull Salzburg
Europa League	Rapid Wien Sturm Graz
Matches played	180
Goals scored	550 (3.06 per match)
Top goalscorer	Philipp Hosiner (32 goals)
Biggest home win	Red Bull Salzburg 7–0 Mattersburg
Biggest away win	Wiener Neustadt 0–6 Red Bull Salzburg
Highest scoring	Admira Wacker Mödling 4–6 Austria Wien
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

Teams

Stadia and locations

Admira

Austria

Graz

Innsbruck

Mattersburg

Rapid

Ried

Salzburg

Wiener Neustadt

Wolfsberger AC

Location of teams in the 2012–13 Austrian Football Bundesliga

Team	Location	Venue	Capacity
Admira	Maria Enzersdorf	Trenkwalder Arena	12,000
Austria Wien	Vienna	Franz Horr Stadium	14,100
SV Mattersburg	Mattersburg	Pappelstadion	15,100
Rapid Wien	Vienna	Gerhard Hanappi Stadium	18,500
Red Bull Salzburg	Wals-Siezenheim	Red Bull Arena	30,188
SV Ried	Ried im Innkreis	Keine Sorgen Arena	7,680
Sturm Graz	Graz	UPC-Arena	15,400
Wacker Innsbruck	Innsbruck	Tivoli-Neu	16,008
Wiener Neustadt	Wiener Neustadt	Stadion Wiener Neustadt	7,500
Wolfsberger AC	Wolfsberg	Lavanttal-Arena	8,000

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Austria Wien (C)	36	25	7	4	84	31	+53	82	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2	Red Bull Salzburg	36	22	11	3	91	39	+52	77
3	Rapid Wien	36	16	9	11	57	39	+18	57	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4	Sturm Graz	36	13	9	14	49	56	−7	48	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
5	Wolfsberger AC	36	12	11	13	53	56	−3	47
6	SV Ried	36	13	7	16	60	59	+1	46
7	Wiener Neustadt	36	9	9	18	32	60	−28	36
8	Wacker Innsbruck	36	11	3	22	41	75	−34	36
9	Admira Wacker Mödling	36	9	8	19	47	68	−21	35
10	Mattersburg (R)	36	9	8	19	36	67	−31	35	Relegation to Austrian First Football League

Source: weltfussball.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

All club will play four times against each other, twice home and twice away, for a total of 36 matches.

First half of season Home \ Away ADM AWI MAT RWI RBS RIE STU WKR WN WOL Admira Wacker Mödling 4–6 5–1 0–2 4–4 0–2 1–2 4–1 4–0 1–1 Austria Wien 1–0 3–1 2–0 0–1 6–1 0–1 2–0 3–0 1–1 Mattersburg 3–0 2–4 0–3 1–3 2–1 3–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 Rapid Wien 0–0 0–3 3–0 2–0 4–3 3–0 4–0 1–1 0–2 Red Bull Salzburg 5–0 0–0 3–2 0–2 1–1 3–2 2–0 1–1 4–1 Ried 1–1 0–1 6–1 0–2 3–1 0–1 2–0 3–1 0–2 Sturm Graz 3–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–2 3–1 3–0 3–1 4–1 Wacker Innsbruck 1–2 0–3 2–1 0–2 0–4 1–0 0–1 2–3 0–1 Wiener Neustadt 2–1 0–2 0–0 0–1 0–3 2–3 1–1 0–1 2–1 Wolfsberger AC 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–2 2–5 1–1 2–2 6–0 Source: weltfussball.de (in German) Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season Home \ Away ADM AWI MAT RWI RBS RIE STU WKR WN WOL Admira Wacker Mödling 0–2 1–0 0–2 1–1 0–3 3–0 4–3 1–2 0–1 Austria Wien 4–0 4–0 2–2 1–1 3–1 3–1 4–0 3–1 0–4 Mattersburg 0–1 0–4 2–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 3–1 Rapid Wien 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–3 3–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 Red Bull Salzburg 2–1 3–0 7–0 3–3 2–2 3–0 3–1 3–1 6–2 Ried 4–1 1–3 1–1 3–2 2–2 1–2 3–0 2–1 1–1 Sturm Graz 1–2 1–1 2–2 1–3 1–1 3–1 3–2 0–3 1–3 Wacker Innsbruck 3–1 0–3 2–0 1–1 2–3 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–3 Wiener Neustadt 3–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–6 0–0 1–0 2–2 2–0 Wolfsberger AC 0–0 3–6 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–3 3–0 2–3 1–1 Source: weltfussball.de (in German) Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[1]
1	Philipp Hosiner	Admira / Austria Wien	32
2	Jonathan Soriano	Red Bull Salzburg	26
3	Sadio Mané	Red Bull Salzburg	16
4	Deni Alar	Rapid Wien	15
	René Gartler	Ried
6	Terrence Boyd	Rapid Wien	13
7	Richard Sukuta-Pasu	Sturm Graz	12
8	Alan	Red Bull Salzburg	11
	Robert Žulj	Ried
10	Christian Falk	Wolfsberger AC	10
	Alexander Gorgon	Austria Wien
	Tomáš Jun	Austria Wien
	Mihret Topčagić	Wolfsberger AC

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Håvard Nielsen	Red Bull Salzburg	Admira	4–4	18 August 2012
Günter Friesenbichler	Wiener Neustadt	Wacker Innsbruck	3–2	18 August 2012
Christian Falk	Wolfsberger AC	Wiener Neustadt	6–0	15 September 2012
Philipp Hosiner	Austria Wien	Admira	6–4[2]	27 October 2012
Philipp Hosiner	Austria Wien	Ried	6–1[3]	4 November 2012
René Gartler	Ried	Mattersburg	6–1[4]	10 November 2012
Deni Alar	Rapid Wien	Ried	4–3[5]	1 December 2012
Philipp Hosiner	Austria Wien	Wolfsberger AC	6–3	8 December 2012
Sadio Mané	Red Bull Salzburg	Mattersburg	7–0	15 December 2012
Alan	Red Bull Salzburg	Wolfsberger AC	6–2	20 April 2013
Jonathan Soriano	Red Bull Salzburg	Wolfsberger AC	6–2	20 April 2013