2024–25 Austrian Football Bundesliga

The 2024–25 Austrian Football Bundesliga, also known as Admiral Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, is the 113th season of top-tier football in Austria. Sturm Graz are the defending champions. The season began on 2 August 2024, and is scheduled to conclude on 25 May 2025.

Austrian Bundesliga

Season	2024–25
Dates	2 August 2024 – 25 May 2025
Top goalscorer	Ronivaldo (13 goals)
Biggest home win	Sturm Graz 5–0 Red Bull Salzburg (5 October 2024)
Biggest away win	LASK 1–5 Wolfsberg (1 September 2024)
← 2023–24 2025–26 → All statistics correct as of 14 December 2024.

Teams

SC Austria Lustenau were relegated to the 2024–25 Austrian Football Second League after finishing in last place in the 2023–24 Relegation Round, ending their two years stay in the top flight. Grazer AK was promoted as champions of the 2023–24 Austrian Football Second League, ending a seventeen year hiatus from the top flight.

Stadia and locations

Austria Wien

Sturm

GAK

LASK

Salzburg

Hartberg

Rapid

WSG Tirol

BWL

Wolfsberg

Altach

Austria Klagenfurt

Location of teams in the 2024–25 Austrian Football Bundesliga

Team	Location	Venue	Capacity
Austria Klagenfurt	Klagenfurt	Wörthersee Stadion	29,863
Austria Wien	Vienna	Generali Arena	17,656
Blau-Weiß Linz	Linz	Hofmann Personal Stadion	5,595
Grazer AK	Graz	Merkur-Arena	16,364
LASK	Linz	Raiffeisen Arena	19,080
SK Rapid	Vienna	Allianz Stadion (Vienna)	28,600
Red Bull Salzburg	Wals-Siezenheim	Red Bull Arena	30,188
Rheindorf Altach	Altach	Stadion Schnabelholz	8,500
Sturm Graz	Graz	Merkur-Arena	16,364
TSV Hartberg	Hartberg	Profertil Arena Hartberg	4,635
Wolfsberger AC	Wolfsberg	Lavanttal-Arena	7,300
WSG Tirol	Innsbruck	Tivoli Stadion Tirol	16,008

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.

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsors
				Main	Other(s)0
Austria Klagenfurt	Peter Pacult	Thorsten Mahrer	Capelli Sport	None	List Front: Kärnten Sport, Stadtwerke Klagenfurt, Vivamayr, Kelag, Erlebnis Sportpark Klagenfurt Back: Stadtwerke Klagenfurt Sleeves: Hirter, Autohaus Sintschnig, Nissan Shorts: Klagenfurt, REISSWOLF, Kleine Zeitung Socks: None Alternate: None
Austria Wien	Stephan Helm	Manfred Fischer	Macron	Frankstahl (H)/Steelcoin (A)	List Front: Wien Holding Back: Wien Holding Sleeves: MTEL Austria, Wien Holding Shorts: Schuller Eh'klar, Wien Holding, Marsbet Socks: Wien Holding Alternate: Steelcoin
Blau-Weiß Linz	Gerald Scheiblehner	Fabio Strauss	Uhlsport	Linz AG	List Front: Linz, Linz AG Back: Linz Airport Sleeves: Personal Hofmann, Oberösterreichische Nachrichten, Linz AG Shorts: Gasteiner Mineral Water, Autohaus Leeb in Wels Socks: Liwest Alternate: None
Grazer AK	Ferdinand Feldhofer	Marco Perchtold	Macron	Mapei	List Front: Energie Steiermark, Grawe, Köck KFZ-Technik Meisterbetrieb Back: Salanettis, Grapos Headquarter Sleeves: bm-romar, Ziesler GmbH Shorts: tim Austria, Kleine Zeitung, Energie Steiermark Socks: Energie Graz Alternate: Energie Steiermark
LASK	Markus Schopp	Robert Zulj	Adidas	Backaldrin Kornspitz	List Front: BWT, Oberösterreich, BWT Change the world - Sip by sip Back: Energie AG, Zipfer Sleeves: Raiffeisenlandesbank Oberösterreich, Aspöck Shorts: Franz Oberndorfer GmbH, HYPO Oberösterreich, BWT, Nerobet Socks: Molto Luce Alternate: HYPO Oberösterreich
SK Rapid	Stefan Kulovits (interim)	Matthias Seidl	Puma	Wien Energie	List Front: None Back: spusu, Allianz Sleeves: Raiffeisenlandesbank Oberösterreich Shorts: Allianz, Wiener Zucker Socks: easystaff Alternate: foodaffairs
Red Bull Salzburg	Thomas Letsch	Janis Blaswich	Puma	Red Bull	List Front: None Back: Red Bull Sleeves: Rauch Shorts: None Socks: None Alternate: Rauch
Rheindorf Altach	Fabio Ingolitsch	Jan Zwischenbrugger	Jako	Cashpoint	List Front: Gunz Warenhandels Back: Markus Stolz GmbH, Waibel Workwear Sleeves: Pfanner Shorts: Vorarlberger Kraftwerke, Grand Casino Liechtenstein Socks: Vorarlberger Nachrichten Alternate: Gebrüder Weiss
Sturm Graz	Jürgen Säumel	Stefan Hierländer	Nike	Puntigamer	List Front: Grawe, Puntigamer Back: Puntigamer, Grapos Headquarter Sleeves: Steirisches Kürbiskernöl Shorts: tim Austria (H)/Graz (A), Kleine Zeitung, Energie Steiermark Socks: Sieme Weingüter Alternate: Energie Steiermark
TSV Hartberg	Manfred Schmid	Jürgen Heil	Adidas	Eggerglas	List Front: ADMIRAL Sportwetten, PROFERTIL Sperm Booster, Kühlanlagen Postl, PROMACULA, Faustmann Möbel, KAPO Fenster und Türen, 11teamsports, Alois Schweighofer GmbH, Steiermark, Hartberg Back: Hochegger Dächer, MOLIN Industrie, KE KELIT Sleeves: Objekttischlerei Gleichweit, Menopearl Shorts: Boxxenstop, Energie Hartberg, MM Kanal-Rohr-Sanierung, Energie Steiermark Socks: Kühlanlagen Postl Alternate: None
Wolfsberger AC	Dietmar Kühbauer	Dominik Baumgartner	Adidas	RZ Ökostrom	List Front: Robitsch Obst und Gemüse, Kärnten Sport, 11teamsports, Radio Kärnten, velox.at, Kelag Back: Salanettis Sleeves: Velox Bau-Systeme, ADMIRAL Shorts: Eskimo Eiszeit Kärnten, HERWA Multiclean Gebäudereinigung, Beschriftung Grafik Druck, Gigasport, Kleine Zeitung Socks: BMW Gönitzer Alternate: SBH Rohstoffhandels
WSG Tirol	Philipp Semlic	Valentino Müller	Puma	CATL	List Front: Tiroler Tageszeitung, Tiroler Versicherung, Herz für den Tiroler Fussball Back: Tirol Sleeves: Tiroler Tageszeitung, Tiroler Wasserkraft, 11teamsports Shorts: Fröschl Bau Socks: Volksbank Tirol, Union Investment Alternate: Tiroler Versicherung

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in the table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment	Ref.
Red Bull Salzburg	Onur Çinel (caretaker)	End of caretaker spell	30 June 2024	Pre-season	Pepijn Lijnders	1 July 2024	[1]
Wolfsberger AC	Manfred Schmid	Sacked	30 June 2024		Dietmar Kühbauer	1 July 2024	[2] [3]
WSG Tirol	Thomas Silberberger	Signed by Admira Wacker	30 June 2024		Philipp Semlic	1 July 2024	[4]
Austria Wien	Christian Wegleitner (caretaker)	End of caretaker spell	30 June 2024		Stephan Helm	1 July 2024	[5]
LASK	Thomas Darasz	Sacked	3 September 2024	11th	Markus Schopp	3 September 2024	[6]
TSV Hartberg	Markus Schopp	Signed by LASK	3 September 2024	12th	Markus Karner (caretaker)	3 September 2024	[7]
	Markus Karner (caretaker)	End of caretaker spell	22 September 2024	12th	Manfred Schmid	22 September 2024	[8]
SCR Altach	Joachim Standfest	Sacked	30 September 2024	10th	Louis Ngwat-Mahop (caretaker)	30 September 2024	[9]
Sturm Graz	Christian Ilzer	Signed by Hoffenheim	15 November 2024	1st	Jürgen Säumel (caretaker)	15 November 2024	[10]
Red Bull Salzburg	Pepijn Lijnders	Sacked	16 December 2024	5th	Thomas Letsch	18 December 2024	[11]

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sturm Graz	22	14	4	4	51	28	+23	46	Qualification for the Championship round
2	Austria Wien	22	14	4	4	36	19	+17	46
3	Red Bull Salzburg	22	10	8	4	33	22	+11	38
4	Wolfsberg	22	11	3	8	44	30	+14	36
5	Rapid Wien	22	9	7	6	32	24	+8	34
6	Blau-Weiß Linz	22	10	3	9	30	29	+1	33
7	LASK	22	9	4	9	32	33	−1	31	Qualification for the Relegation round
8	TSV Hartberg	22	6	8	8	24	31	−7	26
9	Austria Klagenfurt	22	5	6	11	22	44	−22	21
10	WSG Tirol	22	4	7	11	20	31	−11	19
11	Grazer AK	22	3	7	12	27	45	−18	16
12	Rheindorf Altach	22	3	7	12	20	35	−15	16

Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Matches won; 6) Away matches won; 7) Away goals scored.^[12]

Results

Home \ Away	AKL	AWI	BWL	GAK	HAR	LSK	RWI	RBS	ALT	STU	TIR	WAC
Austria Klagenfurt	—	0–1	3–1	4–2	2–2	1–2	1–1	0–0	2–2	0–2	0–3	2–1
Austria Wien	2–0	—	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	3–0	2–2	3–0	3–1
Blau-Weiß Linz	2–1	1–0	—	1–2	4–1	1–0	3–0	2–0	1–3	1–2	2–1	0–1
Grazer AK	0–1	1–2	2–2	—	0–3	0–0	1–1	2–3	1–1	1–2	2–1	2–3
Hartberg	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	—	1–2	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–0	0–3
LASK	4–0	1–3	0–0	4–2	1–1	—	2–1	0–1	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–5
Rapid Wien	2–0	2–1	0–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	—	3–2	5–0	1–0	2–0	1–3
Red Bull Salzburg	3–0	2–0	5–1	0–0	4–0	1–2	2–2	—	2–1	3–1	1–1	1–0
Rheindorf Altach	2–2	1–1	0–1	1–2	0–0	1–2	0–1	1–1	—	1–1	1–2	2–0
Sturm Graz	7–0	2–2	2–1	5–2	2–0	4–2	1–1	5–0	2–1	—	4–2	0–3
WSG Tirol	0–1	0–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–3	—	3–3
Wolfsberg	4–1	0–1	1–2	4–2	2–3	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	3–0	1–3	—

Updated to match(es) played on 9 March 2025. Source: https://www.bundesliga.at/de/spielplan/
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship round

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 23, Austria Wien 23, Red Bull Salzburg 19, Wolfsberger 18, Rapid Wien 17, and Blau-Weiß Linz 16. The points of 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 them.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		STU	AWI	WAC	RBS	RWI	BWL
1	Sturm Graz (X)	30	19	5	6	64	35	+29	39	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round		—	0–1	24 May	4–2	2–0	2–0
2	Austria Wien (Y)	29	17	5	7	42	27	+15	33[a]	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round		2–1	—	0–0	1–3	11 May	24 May
3	Wolfsberg (X)	29	15	6	8	56	35	+21	33[a]	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round		1–1	18 May	—	2–1	5–1	11 May
4	Red Bull Salzburg (Y)	30	14	9	7	47	33	+14	32	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round[b]		1–2	2–0	1–1	—	24 May	2–1
5	Rapid Wien	29	10	8	11	36	36	0	21	Qualification for the Conference League play-offs		18 May	2–0	0–1	0–2	—	0–0
6	Blau-Weiß Linz	29	11	4	14	34	39	−5	20			0–1	0–2	1–2	18 May	2–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 9 May 2025. Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points with (possible) half points subtracted due to rounding; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Matches won; 9) Away matches won; 10) Away goals scored.^[13]
(X) Guaranteed at least Europa League; (Y) Guaranteed at least Conference League
Notes:

1. Head to head points: Austria Wien 7, Wolfsberg 1.
2. The 2024–25 Austrian Cup winners (Wolfsberg) qualify for the Europa League third qualifying round. If they qualify for the Champions League via league position, the Europa League berth will be passed to the third place team.

Relegation round

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: LASK 15, TSV Hartberg 13, Austria Klagenfurt 10, WSG Tirol 9, Grazer AK 8, and Rheindorf Altach 8. The points of LASK, Austria Klagenfurt, and WSG Tirol 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.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LSK	HAR	TIR	ALT	GAK	AKL
1	LASK (Q)	30	16	5	9	51	35	+16	37	Qualification for the Conference League play-offs		—	0–0	2–0	23 May	1–0	6–0
2	TSV Hartberg	30	9	11	10	36	38	−2	25			0–1	—	17 May	2–0	1–1	2–3
3	WSG Tirol	30	7	8	15	32	46	−14	19			1–3	1–3	—	1–0	23 May	5–3
4	Rheindorf Altach	30	5	9	16	29	46	−17	16			0–2	1–1	3–0	—	2–2	17 May
5	Grazer AK	30	4	12	14	32	53	−21	16			17 May	0–3	0–0	1–0	—	1–1
6	Austria Klagenfurt	30	6	8	16	33	69	−36	15	Relegation to Austrian Football Second League		1–4	23 May	1–4	2–3	0–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2025. Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points with (possible) half points subtracted due to rounding; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Matches won; 9) Away matches won; 10) Away goals scored.^[13]
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 16 March 2025^[14]

1	Ronivaldo	Blau-Weiß Linz	13
2	Mika Biereth	Sturm Graz	11
3	Dion Beljo	Rapid Vienna	9
	Ben Bobzien	Austria Klagenfurt
	Dominik Fitz	Austria Wien
	Oscar Gloukh	Red Bull Salzburg
	Otar Kiteishvili	Sturm Graz
8	Maurice Malone	Austria Wien	8
	Patrik Mijić	Hartberg
10	Thierno Ballo	Wolfsberg	7
	William Bøving	Sturm Graz
	Maximilian Entrup	LASK
	Isak Jansson	Rapid Vienna
	Dejan Zukić	Wolfsberg

See also

• 2024–25 Austrian Football Second League
• 2024-25 Austrian Cup

Notes