2018–19 Red Bull Salzburg season

The 2018-19 Red Bull Salzburg season was the 86rd season in club history. Red Bull Salzburg won the championship and the and the Austrian Cup. Salzburg was eliminated from the Champions League by Red Star Belgrade in the playoffs. In the Europa League they were eliminated by SSC Napoli in the round of 16. In the group stage Salzburg won all six matches.

Squad

2018/19

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Matches

29 July 2018 1 FC Red Bull Salzburg 3-1 LASK Salzburg
17:00
  • Schlager  22' (o.g.)
  • Dabbur  31'38'
Report
  • Ullmann  68' (pen.)
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 11.532
Referee: Harald Lechner
4 August 2018 2 SV Mattersburg 0-2 FC Red Bull Salzburg Mattersburg
17:00 Report
  • Ramalho  92'
  • Dabbur  94'
Stadium: Pappelstadion
Attendance: 3.500
Referee: Julian Weinberger
11 August 2018 3 FC Red Bull Salzburg 2-0 FK Austria Wien Salzburg
17:00
  • Daka  39'
  • Dabbur  77'
Report Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 10.437
Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber
11 August 2018 4 FC Red Bull Salzburg 2-0 TSV Hartberg Salzburg
17:00
  • Prevljak  49'60'
Report Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 7.843
Referee: Oliver Drachta
25 August 2018 5 SCR Altach 2-3 FC Red Bull Salzburg Altach
17:00
  • Fischer  10'
  • Dobras  58'
Report
  • Prevljak  4'21'
  • Schlager  83'
Stadium: Stadion Schnabelholz
Attendance: 4.125
Referee: Walter Altmann
2 September 2018 6 FC Red Bull Salzburg 3-1 FC Admira Wacker Mödling Salzburg
17:00
  • Minamino  44'
  • Mwepu  60'
  • Haidara  88'
Report
  • Vorsager  68'
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 6.489
Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer
15 September 2018 7 SKN St. Pölten 1-3 FC Red Bull Salzburg St. Pölten
17:00
  • Pongracic  26' (o.g.)
Report
  • Schlager  45'
  • Wolf  66'
  • Gulbrandsen  97'
Stadium: NV Arena
Attendance: 5.511
Referee: Andreas Heiss
23 September 2018 8 FC Red Bull Salzburg 2-1 SK Rapid Wien Salzburg
17:00
  • Minamino  36'
  • Dabbur  76'
Report
  • Hofmann  89'
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 15.973
Referee: Alexander Harkam
29 September 2018 9 Wolfsberger AC 1-4 FC Red Bull Salzburg Wolfsberg
17:00
  • Orgill  72'
Report
  • Junuzovic  47'
  • Dabbur  56'95'
  • Yabo  96'
Stadium: Lavanttalarena
Attendance: 4.655
Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber
7 October 2018 10 SK Sturm Graz 1-2 FC Red Bull Salzburg Graz
17:00
  • Zulj  43'
Report
  • Gulbrandsen  28'
  • Lainer  53'
Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium
Attendance: 11.147
Referee: Julian Weinberger
20 October 2018 11 FC Red Bull Salzburg 1-1 FC Wacker Innsbruck Salzburg
17:00
  • Junuzovic  71'
Report
  • Dieng  73'
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 11.033
Referee: Harald Lechner
28 October 2018 12 LASK 3-3 FC Red Bull Salzburg Pasching
17:00
  • Trauner  30'
  • Goiginger  45'
  • Otubanjo  58'
Report
  • Dabbur  12' (pen.)
  • Haidara  27'
  • Prevljak  83'
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 6.009
Referee: Gerhard Grobelnik
4 November 2018 13 FC Red Bull Salzburg 2-1 SV Mattersburg Salzburg
14:30
  • Onguene  70'
  • Wolf  93'
Report
  • Kvasina  87'
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 8.652
Referee: Rene Eisner
11 November 2018 14 FK Austria Wien 0-2 FC Red Bull Salzburg Vienna
17:00 Report
  • Schlager  87'
  • Minamino  94'
Stadium: Viola Park
Attendance: 10.507
Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer
24 November 2018 15 TSV Hartberg 0-4 FC Red Bull Salzburg Hartberg
17:00 Report
  • Samassekou  49'
  • Wolf  63'
  • Schlager  88'
  • Junuzovic  93'
Stadium: Stadion Hartberg
Attendance: 4.860
Referee: Dominik Ouschan
2 December 2018 16 FC Red Bull Salzburg 1-0 SCR Altach Salzburg
14:30
  • Minamino  18'
Report Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 5.797
Referee: Alexander Harkam
8 December 2018 17 FC Admira Wacker Mödling 2-2 FC Red Bull Salzburg Südstadt
18:30
  • Schmidt  36'46'
Report
  • Dabbur  55'
  • Wolf  69'
Stadium: BSFZ-Arena
Attendance: 1.900
Referee: Christian-Petru Ciochirca
16 December 2018 18 FC Red Bull Salzburg 5-1 SKN St. Pölten Salzburg
14:30
  • Prevljak  3}'9'24'41'
  • Junuzovic  30'
Report
  • Ouedraogo  80'
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 5.727
Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber
24 February 2019 19 SK Rapid Wien 2-0 FC Red Bull Salzburg Vienna
17:00
  • Berisha  65'
  • Schwab  81'
Report Stadium: Allianz Stadion
Attendance: 19.440
Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer
2 March 2019 20 FC Red Bull Salzburg 3-0 Wolfsberger AC Salzburg
17:00
  • Dabbur  4'68'
  • Wolf  29'
Report Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 6.111
Referee: Rene Eisner
10 March 2019 21 FC Red Bull Salzburg 0-0 SK Sturm Graz Salzburg
17:00 Report Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 10.142
Referee: Oliver Drachta
17 March 2019 22 FC Wacker Innsbruck 0-2 FC Red Bull Salzburg Innsbruck
17:00 Report
  • Dabbur  21'
  • Szoboszlai  91'
Stadium: Tivoli
Attendance: 6.476
Referee: Harald Lechner

Champion stage

31 March 2019 23 FC Red Bull Salzburg 5-1 FK Austria Wien Salzburg
17:00
  • Dabbur  34'75' (pen.)86'91'
  • Minamino  47'
Report
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 10.228
Referee: Oliver Drachta
7 April 2019 24 LASK 0-2 FC Red Bull Salzburg Pasching
17:00 Report
  • Gulbrandsen  19'
  • Daka  91'
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 6.087
Referee: Alexander Harkam
14 April 2019 25 FC Red Bull Salzburg 3-1 SK Sturm Graz Salzburg
17:00
  • Gulbrandsen  53'
  • Dabbur  67'
  • Szoboszlai  71'
Report
  • Lema  40'
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 5.200
Referee: Julian Weinberger
21 April 2019 26 SKN St. Pölten 1-1 FC Red Bull Salzburg St. Pölten
14:30
  • Gartler  65' (pen.)
Report
  • Prevljak  33' (pen.)
Stadium: NV Arena
Attendance: 3.514
Referee: Gerhard Grobelnik
24 April 2019 27 FC Red Bull Salzburg 3-1 Wolfsberger AC Salzburg
19:00
  • Onguene  88'
  • Dabbur  90'
  • Minamino  94'
Report
  • Koita  55'
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 6.181
Referee: Andreas Heiss
28 April 2019 28 Wolfsberger AC 2-1 FC Red Bull Salzburg Wolfsberg
14:30
  • Friesenbichler  35'
  • Ritzmaier  72'
Report
  • Gulbrandsen  66'
Stadium: Lavanttal Arena
Attendance: 3.409
Referee: Markus Hameter
5 May 2019 29 FK Austria Wien 1-2 FC Red Bull Salzburg Vienna
17:00
  • Prokop  71'
Report
  • Schlager  82'
  • Wolf  86'
Stadium: Viola Park
Attendance: 9.578
Referee: Alexander Harkam
12 May 2019 30 FC Red Bull Salzburg 2-1 LASK Salzburg
17:00
  • Haaland  13'
  • Gulbrandsen  37'
Report
  • Trauner  49'
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 11.457
Referee: Rene Eisner
19 May 2019 31 SK Sturm Graz 1-2 FC Red Bull Salzburg Graz
17:00
  • Kiteishvili  27'
Report
  • Daka  10'
  • Szoboszlai  65'
Stadium: Liebenauer stadium
Attendance: 11.486
Referee: Harald Lechner
26 May 2019 32 FC Red Bull Salzburg 7-0 SKN St. Pölten Salzburg
17:00
  • Dabbur  9'47'
  • Vallci  36'
  • Gulbrandsen  56'
  • Wolf  66'87'
  • Onguene  82'
Report Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 16.200
Referee: Josef Spurny


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Table

Team M W D L Goals Points
1. FC Red Bull Salzburg 32 25 5 2 79:27 52 (27)
2. LASK 32 18 9 5 59:31 40 (23)
3. Wolfsberger AC 32 12 10 10 47:47 31 (15)
4. FK Austria Wien 32 12 6 14 45:48 27 (15)
5. SK Sturm Graz 32 10 10 12 37:40 24 (15)
6. SKN St. Pölten 32 9 9 14 32:50 21 (15)

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Austrian Cup

22 July 2018 1 ASKÖ Oedt 0-6 FC Red Bull Salzburg Oedt
17:15 Report
  • Schlager  9'65'
  • Yabo  45+2'63'
  • Prevljak  74'
  • Dabbur  77' (pen.)
Stadium: Sportanlage
Attendance: 2.112
Referee: Christian-Petru Ciochirca
26 September 2018 2 SC Schwaz 0-6 FC Red Bull Salzburg Schwaz
20:30
  • Sakaki  8'
  • Rakowitz  86'
Report
  • Minamino  28'
  • Prevljak  39'
  • Mwepu  63'
  • Szoboszlai  68'
  • Junuzovic  80'
  • Leitgeb  87'
Stadium: Silberstadt-Arena
Attendance: 1.300
Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer
31 October 2018 Round of 16 SC Austria Lustenau 0-1 FC Red Bull Salzburg Lustenau
18:30 Report
  • Minamino  74'
Stadium: Reichshofstadion
Attendance: 3.500
Referee: Walter Altmann
17 February 2019 Quarterfinals SC Wiener Neustadt 1-2 FC Red Bull Salzburg Wiener Neustadt
15:00
  • Hager  90'
Report
  • Szoboszlai  48'
  • Dabbur  56' (pen.)
Stadium: Wiener Neustadt Stadium
Attendance: 2.170
Referee: Christian-Petru Ciochirca
3 April 2019 Semifinals Grazer AK 0-6 FC Red Bull Salzburg Graz
18:00 Report
  • Dabbur  6'26'
  • Wolf  13'66'
  • Minamino  45'
  • Daka  90+2'
Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium
Attendance: 13.301
Referee: Gerhard Grobelnik
1 May 2019 Final FC Red Bull Salzburg 2-0 SK Rapid Wien Klagenfurt
16:30
  • Farkas  37'
  • Dabbur  39'
Report Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion
Attendance: 24.200
Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber

Champions League qualification

8 August 2018 3 1st leg FC Red Bull Salzburg 3-0 KF Shkendija Salzburg
19:00
  • Dabbur  16'45+3' (pen.)
  • Samassekou  81' (pen.)
Report Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 10.500
Referee: Aliyar Aghayev
14 August 2018 3 2nd leg KF Shkendija 0-1 FC Red Bull Salzburg Skopje
20:15 Report
  • Minamino  90+2'
Stadium: Philip-II-Arena
Attendance: 3.500
Referee: Tamas Bognar
21 August 2018 Play off 1st leg Red Star Belgrade 0-0 FC Red Bull Salzburg Belgrade
21:00 Report Stadium: Stadion Rajko Mitic
Attendance: 200[4]
Referee: Daniele Orsato
29 August 2018 Play off 2nd leg FC Red Bull Salzburg 2-2 Red Star Belgrade Salzburg
21:00
  • Dabbur  45'48' (pen.)
Report
  • Ben Nabouhane  65'66'
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 26.500
Referee: Cüneyt Cakir

Europaleague, Group B

20 September 2018 1 RB Leipzig 2-3 FC Red Bull Salzburg Leipzig
21:00
  • Laimer  70'
  • Poulsen  82'
Report
  • Dabbur  20'
  • Haidara  22'
  • Gulbrandsen  89'
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 24.100
Referee: Andreas Ekberg
4 October 2018 2 FC Red Bull Salzburg 3-1 Celtic Glasgow Salzburg
18:555
  • Dabbur  55'73' (pen.)
  • Minamino  61'
Report
  • Edouard  2'
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 24.100
Referee: Serhiy Bojko
25 October 2018 3 FC Red Bull Salzburg 3-0 Rosenborg BK Salzburg
18:55
  • Dabbur  34'59' (pen.)
  • Wolf  53'
Report Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 20.600
Referee: Irfan Peljto
8 November 2018 4 Rosenborg BK 2-5 FC Red Bull Salzburg Trondheim
21:00
  • Adegbenro  52'
  • Jensen  62'
Report
  • Minamino  6'20'45'
  • Gulbrandsen  37'
  • Hovland  57' (o.g.)
Stadium: Lerkendal-Stadion
Attendance: 12.386
Referee: Aleksei Eskov
29 November 2018 5 FC Red Bull Salzburg 1-0 RB Leipzig Salzburg
18:55
  • Gulbrandsen  74'
Report stadium = Red Bull Arena Attendance: 29.500
Referee: Orel Grinfeld
11 December 2014 6 Celtic Glasgow 1-2 FC Red Bull Salzburg Glasgow
19:00
  • Ntcham  95' (pen.)
Report
  • Dabbur  67'
  • Gulbrandsen  78'
Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 58.000
Referee: Ruddy Buquet


Rank Team W D L Goals Points
1 FC Red Bull Salzburg 6 0 0 17:6 18
2 Celtic Glasgow 3 0 3 6-8 9
3 RB Leipzig 2 1 3 9:8 7
4 Rosenborg BK 0 1 5 4:14 1

Round of 32

14 February 2019 Round of 32 1st leg Club Brugge K.V. 2-1 FC Red Bull Salzburg Brugge
21:00
  • Denswil  64'
  • Moraes  81'
Report
  • Junuzovic  17'
Stadium: Jan Breydel-Stadion
Attendance: 22.000
Referee: Georgi Kabakov
21 February 2019 Round of 32 2nd leg FC Red Bull Salzburg 4-0 Club Brugge K.V. Salzburg
18:55
  • Schlager  17'
  • Daka  29'43'
  • Dabbur  90+4'
Report Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 24.700
Referee: Daniel Siebert

Round of 16

7 March 2019 Round of 16 1st leg SSC Napoli 3-0 FC Red Bull Salzburg Napoli
21:00
  • Milik  10'
  • Ruiz  18'
  • Onguene  58' (o.g.)
Report Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 35.000
Referee: Aleksei Kubalkov
14 March 2019 Round of 16 2nd leg FC Red Bull Salzburg 3-1 Club Brugge K.V. Salzburg
18:55
  • Dabbur  25'
  • Gulbrandsen  65'
  • Leitgeb  90+2'
Report
  • Milik  14'
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 29.500
Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

Friendly matches

4 July 2018 Friendly FC Red Bull Salzburg 3-0 FK Ufa Matrei
18:30
  • Junuzovic  18'
  • Onguene  38'
  • Prevljak  52'
Report Stadium: Tauernstadion
Attendance: Marco Schlacher
7 July 2018 Friendly FC Red Bull Salzburg 5-0 FK Jablonec Bramberg
16:00
  • Wolf  1'
  • Daka  3'
  • Ulmer  39'
  • Dabbur  61' (pen.)
  • Prevljak  87'
Report Stadium: Sportplatz
Referee: Sebastian Gishamer
13 July 2018 Friendly FC Red Bull Salzburg 1-0 FC Utrecht Mondsee
17:00
  • Dabbur  76'
Report
  • Bargfrede  16'
  • Ujah  22'
  • Garcia  27'
  • Di Santo  45'
Stadium: Mondseelandstadion
Attendance: 841
Referee: Manfred Erlinger
14 July 2018 Friendly FC Red Bull Salzburg 3-0 Stade Rennais F.C. Salzburg
11:00
  • Dabbur  50'
  • Prevljak  90'
  • Schlager  91'
Report Stadium: Akademie Liefering
Referee: Christopher Jäger
25 July 2018 Friendly FC Red Bull Salzburg 5-2 Caykur Rizespor Kuchl
18:00
  • Wolf  22'58'
  • Prevljak  24'
  • Minamino  85'
  • Daka  90'
Report
  • Saymak  28'
  • Muriqi  39'
Stadium: Sportplatz
Referee: Florian Jäger
27 January 2019 Friendly Slavia Prag 0-1 FC Red Bull Salzburg Albufeira
16:00 Report
  • Daka  65'
Stadium: Stadio Municipal
1 February 2019 Friendly Beijing Sinobo Guoan 0-2 FC Red Bull Salzburg Faro
13:00 Report
  • Gulbrandsen  34'
  • Haaland  80'
Stadium: Estadio Algarve

Topscorer

Goals Name
1 20 Munas Dabbur[5]
2 10 Smail Prevljak
3 8 Hannes Wolf

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References

  1. FC Salzburg Wiki
  2. 2.0 2.1 Austria Soccer
  3. The halved points from the basic round are in brackets.
  4. Game closed to the public (UEFA sanction due to incidents at Red Star Belgrade's previous European Cup home games)
  5. Also top scorer of the Bundesliga
  6. FC Salzburg Wiki