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 change

2018/19

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Matches change

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 change

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 change

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)

[3] [4]

Austrian Cup change

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
Report Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion
Attendance: 24.200
Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber

Champions League qualification change

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[5]
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 change

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 change

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 change

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 change

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 change

Goals Name
1 20 Munas Dabbur[6]
2 10 Smail Prevljak
3 8 Hannes Wolf

[7]

References change

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