2020–21 Red Bull Salzburg season

The 2020- 21 Red Bull Salzburg season was the 88th season in club history. It was the 32nd season in the highest Austrian football league. They could defend their title in the Austrian League and Austrian Cup. In the UEFA Champions League, they qualified for the group stage after defeating Maccabi Tel Aviv in the playoffs. In the Europa League knockout phase, they were defeated by Villarreal in the round of 32.

Squad

Matches

Note: There were different restrictions for visitors due to the coronavirus pandemic. [1]

13 September 2020 1 Wolfsberger AC 1-3 FC Red Bull Salzburg Wolfsberg
17ː00
  • Vizinger  93'
Report
  • Peretz  21' (o.g.)
  • Daka  26'
  • Koita  82'
Stadium: Lavanttal Arena
Attendance: 2.500
Referee: Markus Hameter
19 September 2020 2 FC Red Bull Salzburg 4-1 SCR Altach Salzburg
17:00
  • Szoboszlai  35' (pen.)
  • Daka  40'
  • Koita  47'
  • Kristensen  63'
Report
  • Tartarotti  33'
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 3.000
Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber
26 September 2020 3 SV Ried 1-3 FC Red Bull Salzburg Ried
17:00
  • Wießmeier  83'
Report
  • M. Berisha  4̹̹̹̹̹̹̹̹̹̘6'54'
  • Daka  96'
Stadium: Josko Arena
Attendance: 2.700
Referee: Felix Ouschan
4 October 2020 4 FC Red Bull Salzburg 7-1 TSV Hartberg Salzburg
14ː30
  • Onguene  15'
  • Vallci  26'
  • Koita  47'92'
  • Daka  70'79'
  • Okafor  88' (pen.)
Report
  • Rakowitz  84'
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 3.000
Referee: Andreas Heiss
24 October 2020 5 FK Austria Wien 0-2 FC Red Bull Salzburg Vienna
17:00 Report
  • M. Berisha  62'
  • Daka  91'
Stadium: Viola Park
Attendance: 3.000
Referee: Walter Altmann
31 October 2020 6 FC Red Bull Salzburg 5-0 WSG Tirol Salzburg
17:00
  • Okafor  3'34'57'
  • Koita  74'83' (pen.)
Report Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 1.500
Referee: Christian-Petru Ciochirca
8 November 2020 7 SK Rapid Wien 1-1 FC Red Bull Salzburg Vienna
17:00
  • Knasmüllner  85'
Report
  • Koita  29'
Stadium: Allianz Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Oliver Drachta
21 November 2020 8 FC Red Bull Salzburg 1-3 SK Sturm Graz Salzburg
17:00
  • M. Berisha  86'
Report
  • Ljubic  48'
  • Jantscher  52'59'
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Josef Spurny
28 November 2020 9 SKN St. Pölten 2-8 FC Red Bull Salzburg St. Pölten
17:00
  • Hugi  32'
  • Schmidt  60'
Report
  • M. Berisha  7'
  • Szoboszlai  13' (pen.)25' (pen.)52'
  • Adeyemi  22'
  • Koita  70'77'89'
Stadium: NV Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber
5 December 2020 10 FC Admira Wacker Mödling 1-0 FC Red Bull Salzburg Südstadt
17:00
  • Kerschbaum  69'
Report Stadium: BSFZ Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Gerhard Grobelnik
13 December 2020 11 FC Red Bull Salzburg 3-1 LASK Salzburg
17:00
  • Daka  54'
  • M. Berisha  62'
  • Mwepu  90̹̹̹̹3'
Report
  • Eggestein  28'
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Harald Lechner
20 December 2020 12 FC Red Bull Salzburg 2-3 Wolfsberger AC Salzburg
14ː30
  • M. Berisha  64'
  • Daka  69'
Report
  • Scherzer  50'
  • Joveljic  52'
  • Peretz  79'
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Julian Weinberger
24 January 2021 13 SCR Altach 0-2 FC Red Bull Salzburg Altach
14ː30 Report ̽*Zwischenbrugger  48' (o.g.)
  • Daka  63'
Stadium: Stadion Schnabelholz
Attendance: 0
Referee: Walter Altmann
27 January 2021 14 FC Red Bull Salzburg 3-0 SV Ried Salzburg
18ː30
  • Kristensen  15'
  • Koita  29'
  • Daka  45'
Report Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andreas Heiss
30 January 2021 15 TSV Hartberg 0-3 FC Red Bull Salzburg Hartberg
17:00 Report
  • Koita  14' (pen.)
  • Daka  35'
  • Mwepu  79'
Stadium: Stadion Hartberg
Attendance: 0
Referee: Markus Hameter
10 February 2021 16 FC Red Bull Salzburg 3-1 FK Austria Wien Salzburg
20:30
  • Koita  65'
  • Aaronson  72'
  • Sucic  94'
Report
  • Teigl  59'
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Dieter Muckenhammer
13 February 2021 17 WSG Tirol 2-4 FC Red Bull Salzburg Innsbruck
17:00
  • Koch  10'
  • Baden Frederiksen  78' (pen.)
Report
  • Daka  31'89'
  • M. Berisha  79'
  • Koita  90'
Stadium: Tivoli
Attendance: 0
Referee: Christian-Petru Ciochirca
21 February 2021 18 FC Red Bull Salzburg 4-2 SK Rapid Wien Salzburg
17:00
  • Daka  30'63'70'
  • Adeyemi  92'
Report
  • Schuster  91'
  • Kara  94'
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 3.416
Referee: Alexander Harkam
28 February 2021 19 SK Sturm Graz 2-1 FC Red Bull Salzburg Klagenfurt
17:00
  • Jäger  9'
  • Ljubic  22'
Report
Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Oliver Drachta
7 March 2021 20 FC Red Bull Salzburg 4-1 SKN St. Pölten Salzburg
14ː30
  • Daka  18'
  • Mwepu  33'
  • Aaronson  69'
  • M. Berisha  94' (pen.)
Report
  • Booth  12'
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Harald Lechner
13 March 2021 21 FC Red Bull Salzburg 3-1 FC Admira Wacker Mödling Salzburg
19:00
  • Bernede  13'
  • Kristensen  23'
  • Daka  30'
Report
  • Datkovic  60'
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Christian-Petru Ciochirca
20 March 2021 22 LASK 0-1 FC Red Bull Salzburg Pasching
14:30 Report Daka  13' Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Markus Hameter

Champion stage

4 April 2021 23 FC Red Bull Salzburg 3-1 SK Sturm Graz Salzburg
17ː00
  • Daka  3'5'11'
Report
  • Dante  13'
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Julian Weinberger
11 April 2021 24 SK Rapid Wien 0-3 FC Red Bull Salzburg Vienna
17:00 Report
  • Ramalho  36'
  • Adeyemi  93'95'
Stadium: Allianz Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber
11 April 2021 25 FC Red Bull Salzburg 2-0 LASK Salzburg
14:30
  • M. Berisha  87'
  • Okafor  93'
Report Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Alexander Harkam
21 April 2021 26 WSG Tirol 3-2 FC Red Bull Salzburg Innsbruck
18:30
  • Baden Frederiksen  29'76'
  • Smith  89'
Report
  • Mwepu  12'
  • Aaronson  58'
Stadium: Tivoli
Attendance: 0
Referee: Stefan Ebner
25 April 2021 27 Wolfsberger AC 1-2 FC Red Bull Salzburg Hartberg
14:30
  • Joveljic  29'
Report
  • Daka  13'
  • M. Berisha  48'
Stadium: Lavanttalarena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Harald Lechner
28 April 2021 28 FC Red Bull Salzburg 1-1 Wolfsberger AC Salzburg
18ː30
  • Adeyemi  86'
Report
  • Affengruber  69' (o.g.)
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Dieter Muckenhammer
9 May 2021 29 SK Sturm Graz 1-3 FC Red Bull Salzburg Graz
14:30
  • Kiteishvili  56'
Report
  • Aaronson  20'78'
  • Junuzovic  83'
Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Gerhard Grobelnik
12 May 2021 30 FC Red Bull Salzburg 2-0 SK Rapid Wien Salzburg
20ː30
  • Daka  32'56'
Report Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Markus Hameter
16 May 2021 31 LASK 2-5 FC Red Bull Salzburg Pasching
17ː00
  • Eggestein  19'
  • Reiter  84'
Report
  • Mwepu  20'
  • Okafor  21'
  • Daka  44'
  • Adeyemi 67'71'
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Harald Lechner
22 May 2021 32 FC Red Bull Salzburg 4-0 WSG Tirol Salzburg
17:00
  • Bernardo  8'
  • M. Berisha  26'43' (pen.)
  • Camara  66'
Report Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 3.000
Referee: Christian-Petru Ciochirca

[1]

Table

Team M W D L Goals Points
1. FC Red Bull Salzburg 32 25 2 5 94ː33 51 (26)
2. SK Rapid Wien 32 17 8 7 64ː40 36 (22)
3. SK Sturm Graz 32 16 8 8 52ː34 36 (19)
4. LASK 32 15 6 11 55ː41 30 (21)
5. Wolfsberger AC 32 13 5 14 52ː62 27 (14)
6. WSG Tirol 32 10 8 14 53ː60 23 (15)

[1] The halved points from the basic round are in brackets.

Austrian Cup

The number of visitors was limited to 1200 due to the Coronavirus pandemic. From the Round of 16 onwards no visitors were allowed.

9 September 2020 1 Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz 0-10 FC Red Bull Salzburg Bregenz
20:25 Report
  • Koita  13'
  • Daka  17' (pen.)22'38'39'
  • Camara  28'
  • Mwepu  34'
  • Sucic  43' (pen.)
  • Okugawa  49'
  • Wöber  56'
Stadium: Bodenseestadion
Attendance: 1.200
Referee: Walter Altmann
17 October 2020 SKN St. Pölten 0-3 FC Red Bull Salzburg St. Pölten
14:45 Report
  • Vallci  22'
  • Mwepu  77'
  • Ramalho  89'
Stadium: NV Arena
Attendance: 1.200
Referee: Julian Weinberger
16 December 2020 Round of 16 FC Red Bull Salzburg 6-2 SK Rapid Wien Salzburg
18:00
  • Szoboszlai  16'
  • M. Berisha  19'
  • Koita  23'
  • Daka  74'
  • Camara  83' (pen.)
  • Kristensen  88'
Report
  • Fountas  45̟1' (pen.)
  • Ullmann  78'
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Walter Altmann
6 February 2021 Quarterfinals FC Red Bull Salzburg 2-0 FK Austria Wien Salzburg
17:00
  • Koita  41'
  • Adeyemi  89'
Report Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber
3 March 2021 Semifinals SK Sturm Graz 0-4 FC Red Bull Salzburg Klagenfurt
21ː05 Report
  • Mwepu  36'54'
  • M. Berisha  72'
  • Aaronson  79'
Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Julian Weinberger
1 May 2021 Final FC Red Bull Salzburg 3-0 LASK Klagenfurt
20:45
  • M. Berisha  45'
  • Aaronson  67'
  • Mwepu  88'
Report Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Walter Altmann

Champions League qualification

22 September 2020 Playoff 1st leg Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. 1-2 FC Red Bull Salzburg Tel Aviv
21ː00
  • Biton  10'
Report
  • Szoboszlai  50' (pen.)
  • Okugawa  58'
Stadium: Bloomfield stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Michael Oliver
Note: Restrictions due to Coronavirus pandemic
30 September 2020 Playoff 2nd leg FC Red Bull Salzburg 3-1 Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. Salzburg
21ː00
  • Daka  16'68'
  • Szoboszlai  45̟4' (pen.)
Report
  • Karzev  30'
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Felix Brych
Note: Restrictions due to Coronavirus pandemic

Champions League, Group A

21 October 2020 1 FC Red Bull Salzburg 2-2 FC Lokomotiv Moscow Salzburg
18ː55
  • Szoboszlai  45'
  • Junuzovic  50'
Report
  • Eder  19'
  • Lisakovich  75'
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 3.000
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük
Note: Restrictions due to Coronavirus pandemic
2 October 2020 2 Atlético Madrid 3-2 FC Red Bull Salzburg Madrid
21:00
  • Llorente  29'
  • Felix  52'85'
Report
  • Szoboszlai  40'
  • Almeida  47' (o.g.)
Stadium: Estadio Metropolitano
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ovidiu Alin Hategan
Note: Restrictions due to Coronavirus pandemic
3 November 2020 3 FC Red Bull Salzburg 2-6 FC Bayern Munich Salzburg
21:00
  • M. Berisha  4'
  • Okugawa  66'
Report
  • Lewandowski  21'88'
  • Kristensen  44' (o.g.)
  • Boateng  79'
  • Sané  83'
  • Hernández  92'
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Danny Desmond Makkelie
Note: Restrictions due to Coronavirus pandemic
25 November 2020 4 FC Bayern Munich 3-1 FC Red Bull Salzburg Munich
21:00
  • Lewandowski  43'
  • Coman  52'
  • Sane  68'
Report
  • M. Berisha  73'
Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Orel Grinfeld
Note: Restrictions due to Coronavirus pandemic
1 December 2020 5 FC Lokomotiv Moscow 1-3 FC Red Bull Salzburg Moscow
18ː55
  • Miranchuk  79' (pen.)
Report
  • M. Berisha  28'41'
  • Adeyemi  81'
Stadium: Lok-Arena
Attendance: 7.000
Referee: Ali Palabiyik
Note: Restrictions due to Coronavirus pandemic
10 December 2019 6 FC Red Bull Salzburg 0-2 Atlético Madrid Salzburg
18:55 Report
  • Hermoso  39'
  • Carrasco  86'
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Anthony Taylor
Note: Restrictions due to Coronavirus pandemic


Rank Team W D L Goals Points
1 FC Bayern Munich 5 1 0 18ː5 16
2 Atlético Madrid 2 3 1 7ː8 9
3 FC Salzburg 1 1 4 10ː17 4
4 FC Lokomotiv Moscow 0 3 3 5:10 3

Europa League, Round of 32

18 February 2021 Round of 32, 1st leg FC Red Bull Salzburg 0-2 Villarreal CF Salzburg
21ː00 Report
  • Alcácer  41'
  • Niño  71'
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andris Treimanis
Note: Restrictions due to Coronavirus pandemic
25 February 2021 Round of 32, 2nd leg Villarreal CF 2-1 FC Red Bull Salzburg Villarreal
18:55
  • Moreno  40' (pen.)89'
Report
  • M. Berisha  17'
Stadium: Estadio de la Ceramica
Attendance: 0
Referee: Felix Zwayer
Note: Restrictions due to Coronavirus pandemic

UEFA Youth League

A week before the start of the competition, the organizing UEFA announced that it would not be holding the competition. This was due to the critical COVID-19 situation, due to which Europe-wide travel restrictions were imposed.

Friendly matches

3 August 2020 Friendly FC Red Bull Salzburg 2-2 NK Bravo Laibach Bramberg
17:00
  • Szoboszlai  18'
  • Adeyemi  48'
Report
  • Zinko  4'78'
Referee: Thomas Hochstaffl
8 August 2020 Friendly FC Red Bull Salzburg 4-1 OGC Nice Zell am See
16ː00
  • Koita  49'
  • Junuzovic  55'
  • M. Berisha  59'62'
Report
  • Gouiri  6'
Stadium: Alois Latini Stadion
Referee: Stefan Eder
14 August 2020 Friendly FC Red Bull Salzburg 2-0 Dynamo České Budějovice Salzburg
18:00
  • Koita  1'
  • Daka  76'
Report Stadium: Akedemie Liefering
Referee: Marina Aufschnaiter
22 August 2020 Friendly FC Red Bull Salzburg 1-4 AFC Ajax Salzburg
16ː00
  • Koita  9'
Report
  • Gravenberch  2'
  • Antony  15'
  • Van de Beek  67'
  • Rensch  82'
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 1.250
Referee: Sebastian Gishamer
Note: Restrictions due to Coronavirus pandemic
25 August 2020 Friendly FC Red Bull Salzburg 2-2 Liverpool F.C. Salzburg
16ː00
  • Daka  3'13'
Report
  • Brewster  72'81'
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 1.250
Referee: Dieter Muckenhammer
Note: Restrictions due to Coronavirus pandemic
4 September 2020 Friendly FC Red Bull Salzburg 3-0 Chelsea Salzburg
14:00
  • Mwepu  5'
  • Adeyemi  13'
  • Daka  36'
Report Stadium: Akedemie Liefering

Top scorers

Goals Name
1 27 Patson Daka
2 14 Sekou Koita Mërgim Berisha
3 7 Karim Adeyemi


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Fussball in Österreich ™1 (Bundesliga) 2020/21". www.austriasoccer.at. Retrieved 22 February 2024.