Sturm Graz had until to this point an average season as they sit in the fifth position with 32 points out of the opening 22 games. However, one player clearly stood out in this squad: Kiril Despodov. The 23-year-old Bulgarian who is on loan from Cagliari at Sturm Graz scored...
From July to December the first season of WSG Tirol in the Austrian Bundesliga wasn’t really enjoyable for them. They collected just 12 points in the opening 18 games of the season and lost six games in a row before the winter break arrived. When they finally got their break...
RB Salzburg currently sit in the second position of the Austrian Bundesliga behind LASK Linz. This is quite unusual for them as they dominated the league within the last few years and 2012/13 was the last time that the winner of Austria’s top-flight wasn’t RB Salzburg as back then Austria...
While we've had a number of midfielders and attackers in the Austrian Bundesliga make a name for themselves after their departure to bigger leagues (for example Erling Haaland at Borussia Dortmund or Sadio Mané at Liverpool), it now seems that we have several interesting young defenders in Austria. RB Salzburg...
Austria Vienna's season after the opening 22 games has been horrible. They sit seventh after the first 22 matches in the Austrian Bundesliga, which means that they will be part of the relegation play-off since the 12 teams now get divided into two groups. The Veilchen were the last club...
Shon Weissman is currently the best goalscorer in the Austrian Bundesliga and also tops the list when we add assists to the equation. In 20 appearances, he scored an impressive figure of 20 goals and provided three assists. The Israeli joined Wolfsberger AC at the start of this season from Maccabi...
Ahead of this match, Austria Vienna sat in the seventh position with 23 points while Hartberg were with six points in front of them in sixth place. There were only two matchdays remaining and Vienna needed to win this match against Sturm Graz and get three points next week against...
The 2012/13 season was the last time a team than RB Salzburg had won the Austrian Bundesliga as Austria Vienna under their coach Peter Stöger ended that campaign in first place. Now, seven years later, Austria Vienna is far away from the race for the championship as they sat ahead...
Red Bull Salzburg work based on one of the best systems in modern football and, as the part of bigger Red Bull conglomerate, circulate capital in the most sustainable ways. Season in season out they bring out to light a new youngster that will blind the world with his talents...
The clash between RB Salzburg and LASK Linz was one of the best matches of the Austrian Bundesliga this season as Salzburg sat in the first position with 44 points after the opening 18 games while Linz were just two points behind them. After the winter break, the Austrian top-flight...
Erling Braut Haaland, Guido Burgstaller, Sadio Mané, Philipp Zulechner, Naby Keita and Julian Baumgartlinger are just a few of many players who played during the early stages of their careers in the Austrian Bundesliga to then join clubs in the bigger European leagues (mostly in the Bundesliga). Also, RB Salzburg...
Next weekend the Austrian Bundesliga will return from the winter break and the matches of the 19th matchday will take place. However, within the last three days, the four quarter-finals of the OFB Cup took place. Ahead of the most interesting match of this round, LASK Linz vs Sturm Graz,...
Quite surely, for people who don’t live in Austria TSV Hartberg is a team which they have never or rarely heard of. That’s logical since this is only their second season in the Austrian top-flight. They finished the last campaign in the 11th position and just two points ahead of...
After the opening 18 games of this season in the Austrian Bundesliga, Austria Vienna showed until now quite disappointing performances as they sit in the seventh position. If they still sit in this position after the first 22 games of this season, they won’t be in the playoff for the...
Within the last few months, one of the most interesting questions in European football was which club Erling Braut Haaland would join. It was clear that he would leave RB Salzburg either in the winter transfer window or at the latest in the summer of 2020, but since he showed...
Rapid Wien have been performing very well in this 2019/20 Austrian Bundesliga season. They're currently sitting third in the table with 32 points, 10 points away from second-placed LASK and 12 away from table-toppers Red Bull Salzburg. Dietmar Kühbauer's side have been both prolific and solid at the back this...
With 31 points out of the opening 18 games, Wolfsberger AC sit in comfortable fourth position in the Austrian Bundesliga. They were in the exact same position last season at this stage of the year and so they continue to prove that they are among the best teams in country....
2019 saw many young footballers break through and come into the spotlight, but one name truly shone brighter than the rest. Erling Braut Haaland burst into the limelight this year like nobody else has in a long time, and with good reason. He first came to widespread attention earlier this...
Sadio Mané, Naby Keïta, Marcel Sabitzer, Dayot Upamecano, Kevin Kampl, Munas Dabbur and Takumi Minamino are just a few players who developed their skills at RB Salzburg and then moved on to join bigger clubs in Europe. Salzburg are already known for their development of young talents and made a...
With all of the excitement surrounding Red Bull Salzburg’s attacking phenom Erling Haaland and Liverpool-bound Takumi Minamino, it seems unfair that Hwang Hee-Chan has fallen somewhat into the background. The South Korean forward has been in electric form this season with nine goals and seven assists in all competitions for...
