The 2024–25 Austrian Football Bundesliga, also known as Admiral Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, was the 113th season of top-tier football in Austria. Sturm Graz successfully defended their championship. The season began on 2 August 2024 and concluded on 25 May 2025.
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
TeamLocationVenueCapacityAustria KlagenfurtKlagenfurt Wörthersee Stadion 29,863Austria WienViennaGenerali Arena17,656Blau-Weiß Linz LinzHofmann Personal Stadion 5,595Grazer AKGrazMerkur-Arena16,364LASKLinzRaiffeisen Arena19,080SK RapidViennaAllianz Stadion (Vienna)28,600Red Bull SalzburgWals-SiezenheimRed Bull Arena30,188Rheindorf AltachAltachStadion Schnabelholz8,500Sturm GrazGrazMerkur-Arena16,364TSV Hartberg Hartberg Profertil Arena Hartberg4,635Wolfsberger ACWolfsbergLavanttal-Arena7,300WSG TirolInnsbruckTivoli 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 sponsorsMainOther(s) Austria Klagenfurt Carsten Jancker Thorsten Mahrer Capelli Sport NoneAustria Wien Stephan Helm Manfred Fischer Macron Frankstahl (H)/Steelcoin (A)Blau-Weiß Linz Gerald Scheiblehner Fabio Strauss Uhlsport Linz AG Grazer AK Ferdinand Feldhofer Marco Perchtold Macron MapeiLASK Maximilian Ritscher (caretaker) Robert Zulj Adidas Backaldrin KornspitzSK Rapid Stefan Kulovits (caretaker) Matthias Seidl Puma Wien EnergieRed Bull Salzburg Thomas Letsch Janis Blaswich Puma Red BullRheindorf Altach Fabio Ingolitsch Jan Zwischenbrugger Jako CashpointSturm Graz Jürgen Säumel Stefan Hierländer Nike PuntigamerTSV Hartberg Manfred Schmid Jürgen Heil Adidas EggerglasWolfsberger AC Dietmar Kühbauer Dominik Baumgartner Adidas RZ ÖkostromWSG Tirol Philipp Semlic Valentino Müller Puma CATL
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in the tableIncoming managerDate of appointmentRed Bull Salzburg Onur Çinel (caretaker)End of caretaker spell30 June 2024Pre-season Pepijn Lijnders1 July 2024Wolfsberger AC Manfred SchmidSacked30 June 2024 Dietmar Kühbauer1 July 2024WSG Tirol Thomas SilberbergerSigned by Admira Wacker30 June 2024 Philipp Semlic1 July 2024Austria Wien Christian Wegleitner (caretaker)End of caretaker spell30 June 2024 Stephan Helm1 July 2024LASK Thomas DaraszSacked3 September 202411th Markus Schopp3 September 2024TSV Hartberg Markus SchoppSigned by LASK3 September 202412th Markus Karner (caretaker)3 September 2024 Markus Karner (caretaker)End of caretaker spell22 September 202412th Manfred Schmid22 September 2024SCR Altach Joachim StandfestSacked30 September 202410th Fabio Ingolitsch9 October 2024Grazer AK Gernot MessnerSacked21 October 202412th René Poms22 October 2024Sturm Graz Christian IlzerSigned by Hoffenheim15 November 20241st Jürgen Säumel15 November 2024Red Bull Salzburg Pepijn LijndersSacked16 December 20245th Thomas Letsch18 December 2024Grazer AK René PomsSacked21 March 202511th Ferdinand Feldhofer24 March 2025LASK Markus SchoppSacked21 April 20257th Maximilian Ritscher (caretaker)21 April 2025SK Rapid Wien Robert KlaußSacked24 April 20255th Stefan Kulovits (caretaker)24 April 2025Austria Klagenfurt Peter PacultSacked27 April 202511th Carsten Jancker27 April 2025
Regular season League table
Results
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 would be added for them.
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 would be added for those teams.
Conference League play-offs The winner and runner-up of the relegation round and the fifth-placed team from the championship round played to determine the qualifier to the Conference League second qualifying round.
Semi-final
Final
Statistics Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 RonivaldoBlau-Weiß Linz142 Maximilian EntrupLASK13 Dorgeles NeneRed Bull Salzburg4 Dominik FitzAustria Wien12 Otar KiteishviliSturm Graz Patrik MijićHartberg7 Mika BierethSturm Graz11 William BøvingSturm Graz Maurice MaloneAustria Wien Awards Annual awards AwardWinnerClubPlayer of the Season Otar KiteishviliSturm GrazGoalkeeper of the Season Kjell ScherpenSturm GrazNewcomer of the Season Malick Junior YalcouyéSturm GrazCoach of the Season Dietmar KühbauerWolfsberger AC Team of the Year
Team of the YearGoalkeeper Kjell Scherpen (Sturm Graz)Defence Serge-Philippe Raux- Yao (Rapid Wien) Aleksandar Dragović (Austria Wien) Chibuike Nwaiwu (Wolfsberger AC)Midfield Oscar Gloukh (Red Bull Salzburg) Malick Junior Yalcouyé (Sturm Graz) Otar Kiteishvili (Sturm Graz) Dominik Fitz (Austria Wien) Dejan Zukić (Wolfsberger AC)Attack Ronivaldo (Blau-Weiß Linz) William Bøving (Sturm Graz)
Attendances
Rank Club Averagehttps://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/aut/aveaut25.htm 1 SK Rapid Wien 19,973 2 SK Sturm Graz 15,267 3 FK Austria Wien 13,141 4 LASK Linz 12,115 5 FC RB Salzburg 12,069 6 Grazer AK 8,175 7 FC Blau-Weiss Linz 5,354 8 SC Rheindorf Altach 5,021 9 SK Austria Klagenfurt 4,384 10 Wolfsberger AC 4,219 11 TSV Hartberg Fussball 2,942 12 WSG Tirol 2,039
See also 2024–25 Austrian Football Second League 2024–25 Austrian Cup
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