2015–16 FK Austria Wien season

The 2015–16 FK Austria Wien season was the 104th season in the club's history.

Background

Background information

Austria Wien received their licence on 30 April without any restrictions.^[1] Austria finished seventh in the 2014–15 Bundesliga^[2] and were the runner–up in the 2014–15 Austrian Cup.^[3] Gerald Baumgartner was sacked by Austria Wien during the 2014–15 season.^[4] Mirko Slomka rejected an offer from Austria Wien.^[5] Felix Magath eventually became the "preferred" choice.^[6] Magath opted not to sign with the club and Thorsten Fink became top candidate for the position.^[5] Fink was eventually hired on 28 May.^[7] He was given a two–year contract plus an option.^[7] Andreas Ogris became the assistant coach.^[8] It was later decided that Ogris would return to the reserve team.^[9] Austria had their first training under Thorsten Fink on 22 June.^[9]

Robert Almer,^[10] Olarenwaju Kayode,^[11] Ognjen Vukojević,^[12] Roi Kahat,^[13] and Richard Windbichler^[14] transferred to Austria Wien. Manuel Ortlechner became a reserve team player for Austria and also became an assistant coach for the under–14 team for the club.^[15] Kevin Friesenbichler was loaned to Austria with the option to purchase after a season.^[16] Heinz Lindner,^[17] Daniel Royer,^[18] Sascha Horvath,^[19] Markus Suttner^[20] and Martin Harrer^[21] left the club. Suttner had been at the club for 14 years.^[21]

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer Window	Contract ends	Transfer fee	Ref.
	GK	Robert Almer	31	Yes	Hannover 96	Transfer	Summer	2017	Undisclosed	[10]
	FW	Olarenwaju Kayode	22	No	Maccabi Netanya	Transfer	Summer	2018	Undisclosed	[11]
	MF	Ognjen Vukojević	31	Yes	Dynamo Kyiv	Transfer	Summer	2017	Free	[12]
	MF	Roi Kahat	23	Yes	Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Transfer	Summer	2019	Undisclosed	[13]
3	DF	Richard Windbichler	24	Yes	Admira Wacker	Transfer	Summer	2017	Undisclosed	[14]
	FW	Kevin Friesenbichler	21	Yes	Benfica	Loan	Summer	—	Undisclosed	[16]
	MF	Lucas Venuto	21	No	SV Grödig	Transfer	Winter	2019	Undisclosed	[22]

Out

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer Window	Transfer fee	Ref.
13	GK	Heinz Lindner	24	Yes	Eintracht Frankfurt	Free Transfer	Summer	Free	[17][23]
	MF	Daniel Royer	25	Yes	FC Midtjylland	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	[18]
21	MF	Sascha Horvath	18	Yes	Sturm Graz	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	[19]
	DF	Markus Suttner	28	Yes	Ingolstadt 04	Transfer	Summer	€700,000	[20]
	FW	Martin Harrer	23	Yes	Rheindorf Altach	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	[21]

Bundesliga

Bundesliga review

Matchdays 1–9

Austria started their Bundesliga campaign with a two–match winning streak.^[24] In the first match,^[25] on 26 July,^[26] Austria defeated Wolfsberg 2–0 with a goal from a penalty shot by Alexander Gorgon and a second half goal from Alexander Grünwald.^[27] Austria finished the matchday in second place.^[26] In the second match,^[28] on 2 August,^[29] Austria defeated Rheindorf Altach 3–1.^[30] Vanče Šikov, Olarenwaju Kayode, and Alexander Gorgon.^[30] Gorgon scored from the penalty mark^[30] for the second consecutive week. César Ortiz scored for Altach.^[30] Austria finished the matchday tied for first place with Rapid Wien.^[29] Then on matchday three,^[31] on 8 August,^[32] Austria dropped their first points of the season when Austria and Grödig finished in a 2–2 draw.^[33] Austria got a goal from Alexander Grünwald and an own goal from Harald Pichler and Grödig got a goal from Benjamin Sulimani and a goal from the penalty mark from Lucas Henrique.^[31] Lukas Rotpuller was sent–off during the match.^[33] Austria finished the matchday in second place.^[32] Austria picked up their first loss^[34] on 12 August^[34] (matchday four)^[35] in the Vienna derby.^[36] Rapid Wien won 5–2.^[36] Alexander Gorgon scored two goals for Austria and Stefan Stangl, Philipp Schobesberger, Stefan Schwab, Steffen Hofmann, and Robert Berić scored for Rapid.^[36] Austria finished the matchday in fourth place.^[34]

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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 the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Rapid Wien	36	20	5	11	66	42	+24	65	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
3	Austria Wien	36	17	8	11	65	48	+17	59	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
4	Admira Wacker Mödling	36	13	11	12	45	51	−6	50	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
5	Sturm Graz	36	12	12	12	40	40	0	48

Source: weltfussball.de (in German), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Less matches awarded against; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Matches won; 6) Away matches won; 7) Head-to-head points; 8) Head-to-head goal difference; 9) Head-to-head goals scored.^[37]
(C) Champions

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
15	9	4	2	28	19	+9	31	4	2	1	15	10	+5	5	2	1	13	9	+4

Last updated: 7 November 2015.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Bundesliga fixtures and results

  Win   Draw   Loss

MD	Date	H/A	Opponent	Res. F–A	Att.	Goalscorers and disciplined players		Table		Ref.
						Austria Wien	Opponent	Pos.	Pts.
1	26 July	A	Wolfsberg	2–0	3,600	Vukojević  20' Gorgon 37' (pen.) Grünwald 59'	Kofler  35' Trdina  48' Sílvio  70'	2	3	[25] [26]
2	2 August	H	Rheindorf Altach	3–1	8,057	Šikov 29' Grünwald  45' Kayode 60' Gorgon 71' (pen.)	Ortiz 33' Hofbauer  37' Netzer  69'	1	6	[28] [29]
3	8 August	A	Grödig	2–2	1,667	Martschinko  58' Grünwald 64'  86' Rotpuller  73' Pichler 80' (o.g.) Holzhauser  90'+5'	Sulimani 53' Henrique 60' (pen.) Rasner  90'+4'	2	7	[31] [32]
4	12 August	H	Rapid Wien	2–5	12,500	Vukojević  36' Holzhauser  39' Gorgon 45+2', 72' Kayode  50' Friesenbichler  78'	Stangl 17' Schobesberger 27' Schwab 33' Sonnleitner  45'+1' Petsos  54' Hofmann S. 56' Berić 66' Auer  80'	4	7	[35] [34]
5	15 August	H	Mattersburg	5–1	5,797	Gorgon 20' (pen.), 45'+3' Kayode 42', 90'+1' Meilinger 87'	Fran  10' Onisiwo 39'	3	10	[38] [39]
6	23 August	A	Red Bull Salzburg	2–2	8,358	Grünwald 17' Šikov  44' Kayode 48' Rotpuller  69'  72'  Meilinger  73' Koch  90'+4' Holzhauser  90'+4'	Prevljak 25' Ulmer  58' Lainer 75'	3	11	[40] [41]
7	29 August	A	Admira Wacker	1–0	4,986	Šikov  37' Martschinko  44' Gorgon 61' (pen.)	Sax  20' Bajrami  43' Ebner  55' Neuhold  60' Schicker  90'+4'	2	14	[42] [43]
8	12 September	H	Ried	1–1	6,044	Holzhauser 45'	Kragl  20' Reifeltshammer  26' Trauner 58' Filipović  61' Janeczek  66' Alberto Prada  88' Gebauer  90'+1'	3	15	[44] [45]
9	19 September	A	Sturm Graz	0–2	8,365	–	Gruber 66' Horvath 76' Tadic  83'	5	15	[46] [47]
10	26 September	H	Wolfsberg	1–0	5,671	Grünwald 76'	Berger  80' Hüttenbrenner  89'	3	18	[48] [49]
11	3 October	A	Rheindorf Altach	2–1	4,902	Kayode 43' Grünwald  45' Koch 65'  90'+3' Rotpuller  80'	Tajouri 18' Pöllhuber  32' Harrer  37' Netzer  45'	3	21	[50] [51]
12	17 October	H	Grödig	2–1	6,311	Gorgon 20', 43' Grünwald  75' Rotpuller  90'	Pichler  36' Djurić  54' 77' Maak  59' Rasner  70' Sulimani  85'	2	24	[52] [53]
13	25 October	A	Rapid Wien	2–1	32,200	Martschinko  33' Hofmann 53' (o.g.) Windbichler  69' Almer  90' Vukojević  90'+3'	Prosenik 74' Dibon  84'	2	27	[54] [55]
14	1 November	A	Mattersburg	2–1	7,804	Zulechner  53' Koch  71' Kayode 81' Rotpuller 84'	Höller  50' Mahrer  64' Röcher  73' Templ 85' Ibser  86'	1	30	[56] [57]
15	7 November	H	Red Bull Salzburg	1–1	11,858	Holzhauser  37' Zulechner  53' David de Paula  63' Friesenbichler 80' Kahat  87'	Paulo Miranda 24'  38' Lainer  84'	1	31	[58] [59]
16	21 November	H	Admira Wacker	1–1	6,985	Rotpuller  60' Kayode 74'	Sax  19' Wostry  22' Spiridonović 90+3'  90+3'	1	32	[60]
17	November 29	A	Ried	2–4	3,175	Kahat 11' Gorgon 22' (pen.) Friesenbichler  72'	Trauner 7'  60' Murg 15', 54'  30' Elsneg 32' (pen.) Filipović  50'	2	32	[61]
18	December 2	H	Sturm Graz	2–1	6,612	Kayode  2' 39' Gorgon 82' Hadzikic  90+3'	Horvath 3' Piesinger  71'	1	35	[62]
19	December 5	A	Wolfsberg	0–2	3,174	Sikov  29' Meilinger  54' Serbest  75'	Sílvio 22' Ouédraogo  30' Hüttenbrenner 72'	1	35	[63]
20	December 12	H	Rheindorf Altach	1–2	6,051	Vukojević 17' Martschinko  60'	Martschinko  57' Ngwat-Mahop 61', 65' Harrer  74'	2	35	[64]
21	February 6	A	Grödig	0–1	1,436	Kahat  38' Gorgon 40' Grünwald  49' Sikov  90' Hadžikić  90+1'	Maak  32' Sulimani  42' Kainz  64'	2	38	[65]
22	February 14	H	Rapid Wien	0–3	10,590	Kayode  13' Sikov  13' Venuto  40'	Murg 9' Hofmann 14' (pen.),  45' Jelić  45', 72'	3	38	[66]
23	February 20	H	Mattersburg	2–2	6,519	Martschinko  7' Novak 38' (o.g.) Gorgon 43' (pen.) Grünwald  85'	Pink 16' Malić  29'  42' Mahrer 89'	3	39	[67]
24	February 28	A	Red Bull Salzburg	1–4	9,727	Vukojević  14' Kayode 17' Windbichler  57' Grünwald  85'	Keïta 12', 33' Soriano 35' Minamino 70' Pehlivan  77'	3	39	[68]
25	March 2	A	Admira Wacker	3–0	3,422	Grünwald 17' Holzhauser  39' Kayode 55' Friesenbichler 90'	–	3	42	[69]
26	March 5	H	Ried	3–1	6,249	Vukojević  18' Rotpuller 59' Grünwald 64' Kayode  85', 90+4' Gorgon  90+3'	Filipović  10', 31' Fröschl  71'	3	45	[70]
27	March 13	A	Sturm Graz	1–1	7,015	Martschinko  33' Meilinger  44' Stryger Larsen 64' Kayode  71' Holzhauser  89'	Kamavuaka  81' Edomwonyi 84'	3	46	[71]
28	March 19	H	Wolfsberg	0–0	6,612	–	Zündel  6' Ouédraogo  41' Sollbauer  49' Drescher  77'	3	47	[72]
29	April 2	A	Rheindorf Altach	0–2	5,321	Kayode  38' Windbichler  41'  Meilinger  82' Gorgon  82' Rotpuller  90+4'	Aigner  37', 42' (pen.) Schreiner 57'	3	47	[73]
30	April 9	H	Grödig	0–2	6,412	Kayode  63'	Strobl  48' Sulimani 58' Ofosu  81', 90'	3	47	[74]
31	April 17	A	Rapid Wien	0–1	25,700		Correa 58'	3	47	[75]
32	April 23	A	Mattersburg	9–0	5,665	Gorgon 10', 35' (pen.),  20' Serbest  24' Kayode 36' Grünwald 51', 69' Rotpuller  72' Friesenbichler 76', 90+3' Venuto 87' de Paula 90'	Prietl  42' Kuster  43'	3	50	[76]
33	May 1	H	Red Bull Salzburg	0–2	6,821	Martschinko  26'	Schwegler  27' Lazaro 37' Ulmer  70' Reyna 90'	3	50	[77]
34	May 7	H	Admira Wacker	3–1	7,055	Gorgon 14', 61' Venuto 24'	Toth  33' Ebner  44' Wostry 59'	3	53	[78]
35	May 11	A	Ried	5–0	3,817	Gorgon 17', 25' Holzhauser 56' Grünwald 62' Rotpuller  85' Venuto 87'	–	3	56	[79]
36	May 15	H	Sturm Graz	3–0	8,982	Vukojević  26' Windbichler  44' Grünwald  70' Friesenbichler 86',  87' Kayode 90',  90' Holzhauser 90+3'	Potzmann  22'  42' Stanković  45' Kayhan  45+1' Avdijaj  45+2' Kamavuaka  692'	3	59	[80]

Austrian Cup

Austrian Cup review

In the opening match of the season,^[24] on 17 July, Austria won 3–0 with goals from Alexander Grünwald, Alexander Gorgon, and Philipp Zulechner.^[81]

Austrian Cup Fixtures and results

Rd	Date	H/A	Opponent	Res. F–A	Att.	Goalscorers and disciplined players		Ref.
						Austria Wien	Opponent
1	17 July	A	Oberwart	3–0	2,500	Grünwald 32' Gorgon 67' Kehat  74' Rotpuller  82' Zulechner 85'	Ziger  48' Penzinger  81'	[81]
2	23 September	A	FC Wels	7–0	2,000	Rotpuller 1' Serbest 14' Hsani 18' (o.g.) Gorgon 22' Friesenbichler 28' Sikov  55' Meilinger 57' Salamon  84' Vukojević 86'	Gölemez  51' Mavraj  84' Duvnjak  90'	[82]
3	4 November	H	Rheindorf Altach	2–1	4,805	Friesenbichler 21', 82' Salamon  73' Grünwald  90'+1'	Hofbauer 8' César Ortiz  41' Zwischenbrugger  55' Prokopič  68' Kobras  88'	[83]
4	9 February	H	LASK Linz	1–0	5,204	Friesenbichler 21'  69' Lucas Venuto  31' Serbest  52' Holzhauser  64'	Niko Dovedan  37' Ramsebner  44' Ullmann  55' Cabrera  74'	[84]
5	20 April	A	FC Red Bull Salzburg	2–5	6,173	Venuto 12',  50' Grünwald  78', 82' Holzhauser  60' Kayode  65' Serbest  75' Friesenbichler  85' Martschinko  90'	Soriano 57' Ulmer 60' Stryger Larsen 72' (o.g.) Laimer 81' (87)	[85]

Friendly matches

Friendly fixtures and results

Rd	Date	H/A	Opponent	Res. F–A	Att.	Goalscorers and disciplined players		Ref.
						Austria Wien	Opponent
1	26 June	A	Guntersdorf	5–0				[86]
2	7 July	H	FC Krasnodar	0–0				[87]
3	9 July	H	Union Berlin	1–0				[88]
4	12 July	H	FC Zürich	0–1				[89]
5	12 November	H	Kapfenberger SV	2–2				[90]
6	15 January	H	Werder Bremen	2–2				[91]
7	19 January	A	Heidenheim	0–2				[92]
8	21 January	A	Universitatea Craiova	3–1				[93]
9	27 January	H	Horn	1–0				[94]
10	29 January	H	Basel	3–1				[95]

Player information

Squad and statistics

As of 15 June 2016^[update][96]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		Austrian Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
32	GK	AUT	Patrick Pentz	1	0	1	0	0	0
31	GK	AUT	Osman Hadžikić	16	0	13	0	3	0
1	GK	AUT	Robert Almer	24	0	22	0	2	0
17	DF	DEN	Jens Stryger Larsen	13	1	11	1	2	0
3	DF	AUT	Richard Windbichler	28	0	25	0	3	0
28	DF	AUT	Christoph Martschinko	35	0	33	0	2	0
18	DF	CZE	Patrizio Stronati	5	0	3	0	2	0
30	DF	AUT	Fabian Koch	25	1	22	1	3	0
25	DF	AUT	Thomas Salamon	5	0	3	0	2	0
33	DF	AUT	Lukas Rotpuller	37	3	32	2	5	1
4	DF	MKD	Vanče Šikov	28	1	26	1	2	0
22	DF	AUT	Marco Stark	1	0	1	0	0	0
26	MF	AUT	Raphael Holzhauser	38	4	35	4	3	0
10	MF	AUT	Alexander Grünwald	37	11	33	9	4	2
16	MF	AUT	Dominik Prokop	6	1	5	1	1	0
15	MF	AUT	Tarkan Serbest	24	1	19	0	5	1
19	MF	ISR	Roi Kahat	30	1	28	1	2	0
7	MF	AUT	Marco Meilinger	23	2	18	1	5	1
6	MF	AUT	Mario Leitgeb	3	0	1	0	2	0
23	MF	ESP	David de Paula	21	1	20	1	1	0
5	MF	CRO	Ognjen Vukojević	23	2	19	1	4	1
8	FW	NGA	Olarenwaju Kayode	37	13	34	13	3	0
11	FW	BRA	Lucas Venuto	17	4	15	3	2	1
20	FW	AUT	Alexander Gorgon	40	21	35	19	5	2
9	FW	AUT	Kevin Friesenbichler	35	11	31	6	4	5
16	FW	AUT	Philipp Zulechner	15	1	13	0	2	1
27	FW	AUT	Marko Kvasina	3	0	3	0	0	0