The 2015–16 Austrian Football Bundesliga was the 104th season of top-tier football in Austria. Red Bull Salzburg were the defending champions. Division The Bundesliga is the highest division in Austrian football. Which took place in the 2015/16 season for the 42nd time and determined the 104. Austrian soccer champion. The main sponsor was, as for the two previous years, the sports betting company Tipico, which is the reason why the official league name is Tipico Bundesliga.

Salzburg and Vienna each had two teams, Burgenland, Carinthia, Lower Austria, Upper Austria, Styria and Vorarlberg each had one. Tyrol was the only state without a team in Austria's highest league. In the 2014/15 season, the SC Wiener Neustadt went down into the First League, while the SV Mattersburg moved up.

The TV provider Sky Germany AG had the rights to show all Bundesliga games in full-length which were broadcast on the Sky sport Austria pay television channel. The channel broadcast all games as conference calls and individually. In addition, the ORF had the rights to broadcast a game of their choice, which was as a single match labeled the "top match of the round" – which usually took place Sundays, when the midweek rounds were on Wednesdays. This was not possible though in the last two rounds where all games had to be broadcast simultaneously. In addition, the ORF was allowed to show a 45-minute summary of the remaining four games of each round.

Mode In the 2015/16 season were ten clubs in 36 rounds against each other, as in previous years. Each team played twice at home and twice away against every other team.

Because the European Cup results of the Austrian team in the 2014–15 season, they fell at the end of the season back to 16th place of the UEFA coefficient. Therefore, the Bundesliga and the ÖFB Cup played only one starting position for the Champions League and two in the Europa League in the 2015/16 season. The champions of the Bundesliga is entitled to participate in the qualification for the UEFA Champions League and rises to the second qualifying round: The cup winners, runners-up and third place in the Bundesliga games, play in the qualification for the UEFA Europa League and depending on the results, get in the third, second or first round in the competition. The initial rounds can shift due to the selection of players in favor of the Austria national team, from the defending champion of the Champions League or Europa League. After the Cup victory went to FC Red Bull Salzburg, who qualified for the Champions League, the fourth international position fell to the fourth place team in the Bundesliga. Coincidentally, this was also the Cup finalist, FC Admira Wacker Mödling. The last placed team in the top division, the Bundesliga, SV Grödig, should have relegated to the First League, but withdrew from the professional sector at the end of the season.

Teams SV Mattersburg, the 2014–15 First League champion, returned to the top level two years after their relegation.

Stadia and locations

TeamLocationVenueCapacityAdmira Wacker MödlingMaria EnzersdorfBSFZ-Arena10,800Austria WienViennaGenerali Arena12,639GrödigGrödigDAS.GOLDBERG Stadion4,036Rapid WienViennaErnst-Happel-Stadion50,865Red Bull SalzburgWals-SiezenheimRed Bull Arena30,188Rheindorf AltachAltachCashpoint Arena8,500Ried im InnkreisKeine Sorgen Arena7,334Sturm GrazGrazUPC-Arena15,323SV MattersburgMattersburgPappelstadion17,100Wolfsberger ACWolfsbergLavanttal-Arena7,300

Personnel and kits Team Chairman Manager Manufacturer Sponsors Admira Wacker Philip Thonhauser Ernst Baumeister Nike Flyeralarm SCR Altach Johannes Engl Damir Canadi Jako Cashpoint Austria Wien Wolfgang Katzian Thorsten Fink Nike Verbund SV Grödig Anton Haas Peter Schöttel Nike Interwetten Rapid Wien Michael Krammer Zoran Barisic adidas Wien Energie SV Ried Johann Willminger Paul Gludovatz hummel Josko RB Salzburg Rudolf Theierl Óscar García Nike Red Bull Sturm Graz Christian Jauk Franco Foda Lotto Puntigamer SV Mattersburg Martin Pucher Ivica Vastić Umbro Bauwelt Koch Wolfsberger AC Dietmar Riegler Heimo Pfeifenberger Jako RZ Pellets

League table

Results

First half of season

Second half of season

Season statistics

Top goalscorers .

RankScorerClubGoals1 Jonathan SorianoRed Bull Salzburg212 Alexander GorgonAustria Wien193 Olarenwaju KayodeAustria Wien134 Naby KeïtaRed Bull Salzburg125 Johannes AignerSC Rheindorf Altach10 Takumi MinaminoRed Bull Salzburg Lucas VenutoSV Grödig/Austria Wien8 Alexander GrünwaldAustria Wien9 Issiaka OuédraogoWolfsberger AC10 Dieter ElsnegSV Ried8 Roman KienastSturm Graz Markus PinkSV Mattersburg Stefan SchwabRapid Wien

Positions by round The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.

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Leader / 2016–17 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round 2016–17 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round 2016–17 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round Relegation to 2016–17 First League

Awards Annual awards Source: Player of the Year

The Player of the Year awarded to Naby Keïta (Red Bull Salzburg)

Top goalscorer

The Top goalscorer of the Year awarded to Jonathan Soriano (Red Bull Salzburg)

Goalkeeper of the Year

The Goalkeeper of the Year awarded to Alexander Walke (Red Bull Salzburg) Team of the Year

Team of the YearGoalkeeper Alexander Walke (Red Bull Salzburg)Defence Stefan Stangl (Rapid Wien) Duje Ćaleta-Car (Red Bull Salzburg) Christoph Schösswendter (Admira Wacker) Christian Schwegler (Red Bull Salzburg)Midfield Stefan Schwab (Rapid Wien) Naby Keïta (Red Bull Salzburg) Florian Kainz (Rapid Wien) Alexander Gorgon (Austria Wien)Attack Jonatan Soriano (Red Bull Salzburg) Olarenwaju Kayode (Austria Wien)

Attendances

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