2015–16 Red Bull Salzburg season

The 2015-16 Red Bull Salzburg season was the 83rd season in club history. They were able to defend their titels in the championship and in the Cup. It was the third double win in a row. In the Championsleague they were defeatet by Malmö FF. In the Europa League play off they lost versus Dinamo Minsk. The U19 team played for the first time in the UEFA Youth League.

Squad[change]

2015/16	Goalkeepers:1 Cican Stankovic (5/0) 33 Alexander Walke (31/0), 31Airton (0/0) Defenders:2 Benno Schmitz (24/0), 4 Dayot Upamecano (2/0) 6 Christian Schwegler (25/1), 17 Andreas Ulmer (34/2), 5 Duje Caleta-Car (31/2), 3 Paulo Miranda (30/0), 22 Stefan Lainer (21/1), 28 Asger Sörensen (2/0)), 95 Bernardo (13/0) Midfielders: 7 Reinhold Yabo (0/0), 8 Naby Keita (29/12),14 Valon Berisha (33/5), 20 David Atanga (6/0), 23 Hany Mukhtar (14/1), 24 Christoph Leitgeb (3/0), 37 Valentino Lazaro (17/2), 27 Konrad Laimer (18/1), 55 Xaver Schlager (2/0), 55 Yasin Pehlivan (16/0) Forwards:18 Takumi Minamino (32/10), 26 Jonatan Soriano (27/21) , 16 Omer Damari (16/4), 15 Yordy Reyna (16/3), 37 Dimitri Oberlin (12/3) 46 Smail Prevljak (7/1), 48 Hee-Chan Hwang (13/0) Coaching staff:Peter Zeidler (Head coach till December 2015), Thomas Letsch (Head coach December 2015), Oscar Garcia (Head coach), Ruben Martinez, René Aufhauser (Assistance coaches), Herbert Ilsanker, Heinz Arzberger (Goalkeeper coaches)

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Matches[change]

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25 July 2015 1	SV Mattersburg	2-1	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Mattersburg
16ː00	Pink Goal 1' Ibser Goal 93'	Report	Keita Goal 83'	Stadium: Pappelstadion Attendance: 8.500 Referee: Harald Lechner

1 August 2015 2	FC Red Bull Salzburg	1-2	SK Rapid Wien	Salzburg
16:00	Oberlin Goal 66'	Report	Petsos Goal 15' Schwab Goal 33'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 17.500 Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer

8 August 2015 3	FC Admira Wacker Mödling	2-2	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Südstadt
18ː30	Starkl Goal 17' Lackner Goal 32'	Report	Reyna Goal 7' Keita Goal 34'	Stadium: BSFZ-Arena Attendance: 2.900 Referee: Andreas Heiss

11 August 2015 4	SV Ried	1-4	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Ried
18ː30	Schubert Goal 89'	Report	Minamino Goal 10', 38' Damari Goal 26', 43'	Stadium: Josko Arena Attendance: 4.720 Referee: Andreas Kollegger

15 August 2015 5	FC Red Bull Salzburg	2-0	SCR Altach	Salzburg
18ː30	Damari Goal 5' Keita Goal 90'	Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 7.539 Referee: Harald Lechner

23 August 2015 6	FC Red Bull Salzburg	2-2	FK Austria Wien	Salzburg
16ː30	Prevljak Goal 25' Lainer Goal 75'	Report	Grünwald Goal 17' Kayode Goal 49'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 9.292 Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer

30 August 2015 7	SK Sturm Graz	2-3	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Graz
16ː30	Hadzic Goal 70' Tadic Goal 88'	Report	Spendlhofer Goal 2' (o.g.) Reyna Goal 53' Minamino Goal 66'	Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium Attendance: 11.176 Referee: Markus Hameter

12 September 2015 8	FC Red Bull Salzburg	4-2	SV Grödig	Salzburg
18ː30	Minamino Goal 34', 71' Keita Goal 51' Soriano Goal 74' (pen.)	Report	Venuto Goal 19' Ulmer Goal 26' (o.g.)	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 8.365 Referee: Oliver Drachta

19 September 2015 9	Wolfsberger AC	1-1	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Wolfsberg
18ː30	Ouedraogo Goal 39'	Report	Soriano Goal 47'	Stadium: Lavanttalarena Attendance: 3.850 Referee: Harald Lechner

19 September 2015 10	FC Red Bull Salzburg	4-2	SV Mattersburg	Salzburg
17:00	Soriano Goal 5', 51', 67', 85' (pen.)	Report	Farkas Goal 21' Jano Goal 25'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 6.271 Referee: Alexander Harkam

4 October 2015 11	SK Rapid Wien	1-2	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Vienna
16ː30	Stangl Goal 18'	Report	Minamino Goal 43' Schwegler Goal 65'	Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion Attendance: 23.200 Referee: Dominik Ouschan

17 October 2015 12	FC Red Bull Salzburg	8-0	FC Admira Wacker Mödling	Salzburg
16ː00	Soriano Goal 31', 53' v. Berisha Goal 44', 70' Keita Goal 56' Minamino Goal 64' Damari Goal 75' Mukhtar Goal 86'	Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 7.715 Referee: Dieter Muckenhammer

24 October 2015 13	FC Red Bull Salzburg	2-1	SV Ried	Salzburg
18ː30	̈*Soriano Goal 8' Keita Goal 32'	Report	̈*Möschl Goal 27'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 10.581 Referee: Andreas Kollegger

31 October 2015 14	SCR Altach	1-0	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Altach
18ː30	Roth Goal 64'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Schnabelholz Attendance: 5.372 Referee: Julian Weinberger

7 November 2015 15	FK Austria Wien	1-1	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Vienna
16:00	Friesenbichler Goal 79'	Report	Miranda Goal 24'	Stadium: Viola Park Attendance: 11.858 Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer

22 November 2015 16	FC Red Bull Salzburg	3-1	SK Sturm Graz	Salzburg
16:30	Soriano Goal 21', 93' Keita Goal 87'	Report	Lykogiannis Goal 77'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 9.623 Referee: Alain Bieri

28 November 2015 17	SV Grödig	1-1	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Grödig
18ː30	Rasner Goal 55'	Report	Soriano Goal 16'	Stadium: Untersberg-Arena Attendance: 2.036 Referee: Oliver Drachta

1 December 2015 18	FC Red Bull Salzburg	1-1	Wolfsberger AC	Salzburg
19:00	Soriano Goal 63'	Report	Wernitznig Goal 34'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 4.632 Referee: Harald Lechner

6 December 2015 19	SV Mattersburg	0-0	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Mattersburg
16ː30		Report		Stadium: Pappelstadion Attendance: 5.200 Referee: Julian Weinberger

13 December 2015 20	FC Red Bull Salzburg	2-0	SK Rapid Wien	Salzburg
16ː30	Soriano Goal 36' Keita Goal 56'	Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 14.150 Referee: Alexander Harkam

7 February 2016 21	FC Admira Wacker Mödling	1-2	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Südstadt
16ː30	Spiridonovic Goal 51'	Report	V. Berisha Goal 50' Soriano Goal 74'	Stadium: BSFZ-Arena Attendance: 3.000 Referee: Dominik Ouschan

13 February 2016 22	SV Ried	1-0	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Ried
16ː00	Fröschl Goal 62'	Report		Stadium: Josko Arena Attendance: 5.120 Referee: Andreas Kollegger

20 February 2016 23	FC Red Bull Salzburg	2-0	SCR Altach	Salzburg
18ː30	Miranda Goal 70' Oberlin Goal 83'	Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 5.749 Referee: Markus Hameter

28 February 2016 24	FC Red Bull Salzburg	4-1	FK Austria Wien	Salzburg
16ː30	Keita Goal 12', 33' Soriano Goal 35' Minamino Goal 70'	Report	Kayode Goal 17'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 10.657 Referee: Oliver Drachta

2 March 2016 25	SK Sturm Graz	0-0	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Graz
20:30		Report		Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium Attendance: 5.900 Referee: Julian Weinberger

5 March 2016 26	FC Red Bull Salzburg	3-0	SV Grödig	Salzburg
16ː00	Soriano Goal 6' Minamino Goal 54' Ulmer Goal 68'	Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 7.100 Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer

12 March 2016 27	Wolfsberger AC	1-1	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Hartberg
16ː00	JacoboGoal 85' (pen.)	Report	Soriano Goal 13' (pen.)	Stadium: Lavanttalarena Attendance: 5.050 Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber

19 March 2016 28	FC Red Bull Salzburg	2-1	SV Mattersburg	Salzburg
18ː30	V. Berisha Goal 16' Soriano Goal 24' (pen.)	Report	Ibser Goal 56'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 6.494 Referee: Dieter Muckenhammer

3 April 2016 29	SK Rapid Wien	1-1	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Vienna
15ː00	Schaub Goal 46'	Report	Caleta-Car Goal 75'	Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion Attendance: 24.800 Referee: Markus Hameter

10 April 2016 30	FC Red Bull Salzburg	1-0	FC Admira Wacker Mödling	Salzburg
16ː30	Soriano Goal 61'	Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 8.100 Referee: Dominik Ouschan

16 April 2016 31	FC Red Bull Salzburg	2-1	SV Ried	Salzburg
16ː00	Keita Goal 35' Soriano Goal 92'	Report	Elsneg Goal 54'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 9.400 Referee: Julian Weinberger

23 April 2016 32	SCR Altach	1-3	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Altach
18ː30	Aigner Goal 22'	Report	Keita Goal 3' Caleta-Car Goal 19' Laimer Goal 96'	Stadium: Stadion Schnabelholz Attendance: 5.117 Referee: Dieter Muckenhammer

1 May 2016 33	FK Austria Wien	0-2	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Vienna
16ː30		Report	Lazaro Goal 36' Reyna Goal 93'	Stadium: Viola Park Attendance: 7.500 Referee: Alexander Harkam

7 May 2016 34	FC Red Bull Salzburg	1-1	SK Sturm Graz	Salzburg
18ː30	Berisha Goal 15'	Report	Edomwonyi Goal 70'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 11.327 Referee: Dominik Ouschan

11 May 2016 35	SV Grödig	1-2	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Grödig
20ː30	Schütz Goal 15'	Report	Minamino Goal 31' Oberlin Goal 72'	Stadium: Untersberg-Arena Attendance: 2.207 Referee: Christopher Jäger

15 May 2016 36	FC Red Bull Salzburg	1-0	Wolfsberger AC	Salzburg
17:30	Lazaro Goal 56'	Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 14.138 Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber

Table[change]

	Team	M	W	D	L	Goals	Points
1.	FC Red Bull Salzburg	36	21	11	4	71ː33	74
2.	SK Rapid Wien	36	20	5	11	66ː42	65
3.	FK Austria Wien	36	17	8	11	65ː48	59
4.	FC Admira Wacker	36	13	11	12	45ː51	50
5.	SK Sturm Graz	36	12	12	12	40ː40	48
6.	Wolfsberger AC	36	11	10	15	33ː36	43
7.	SV Ried	36	11	9	16	36ː52	42
8.	SCR Altach	36	11	7	18	39ː49	40
9.	SV Mattersburg	36	10	9	17	40ː70	39
10.	SV Grödig	36	9	8	19	42ː56	35

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Austrian Cup[change]

18 July 2015 1	Deutschlandsberger SC	0-7	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Deutschlandsberg
17		Report	Soriano Goal 12', 51', 77' Djuricin Goal 54', 58', 61' Minamino Goal 88'	Stadium: Koralmstadion Attendance: 3.500 Referee: Markus Hameter

22 September 2015	SV Horn	2-3 (a.e.t.)	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Horn
19ː30	Sakaki Goal 8' Rakowitz Goal 86'		Minamino Goal 19' Prevljak Goal 41' Soriano Goal 92'	Stadium: Arena Horn Attendance: 3.520 Referee: Andreas Kollegger

27 October 2015 Round of 16	FC Red Bull Salzburg	4-2	SV Ried	Salzburg
19:00	Soriano Goal 31', 72' V. Berisha Goal 88' Keita Goal 90'	Report	Kragl Goal 5' Gavilán Goal 11'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 3.911 Referee: Alexander Harkam

10 February 2016 Quarterfinals	SK Sturm Graz	0-1	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Graz
20ː30		Report	Lainer Goal 29'	Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium Attendance: 6.248 Referee: Harald Lechner

20 April 2016 Semifinals	FC Red Bull Salzburg	5-2	FK Austria Wien	Salzburg
20ː30	Soriano Goal 57' Ulmer Goal 60' Larsen Goal 72' (o.g.) Laimer Goal 81', 87'	Report	Venuto Goal 12' Grünwald Goal 82'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 6.173 Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber

19 May 2016 Final	FC Red Bull Salzburg	5-0	FC Admira Wacker Mödling	Klagenfurt
20:30	Soriano Goal 7', 65', 86' (pen.) Keita Goal 28' Laimer Goal 73'	Report		Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion Attendance: 10.200 Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer

Champions League qualification[change]

29 July 2015 3 1st leg	FC Red Bull Salzburg	2-0	Malmö FF	Salzburg
19ː00	Ulmer Goal 51' Hinteregger Goal 89' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 15.027 Referee: Luca Banti

5 August 2015 3 2nd leg	Malmö FF	3-0	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Malmö
20ː30	Djurdic Goal 7' Rosenberg Goal 14' Rodic Goal 42'	Report		Stadium: Malmö stadium Attendance: 19.522 Referee: Michael Koukoulakis

Europa League qualification[change]

20 August 2015 Play-off, 1st leg	FC Dinamo Minsk	2-0	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Brest
18:00	Rassadkin Goal 57' Adamovic Goal 93'	Report		Stadium: Brestsky Stadion Attendance: 9.500 Referee: Miroslav Zelinka

27 August 2015 Play off, 2nd leg	FC Red Bull Salzburg	2-0 (a.e.t.) (2-3 p)	FC Dinamo Minsk	Salzburg
20ː30	Minamino Goal 11' Soriano Goal 58'	Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 7.849 Referee: Kevin Blom
	Penalties
	Hinteregger Penalty scored Soriano Penalty scored Minamino Penalty missed Atanga Penalty missed V.Berisha Penalty missed		BecirajPenalty scored Korytko Penalty missed Begunov Penalty scored Politevich Penalty scored

UEFA Youth League[change]

30 September 2015 1, 1st leg	FC Red Bull Salzburg U19	4-0	FK Željezničar Sarajevo U19	Grödig
18:00	Oberlin Goal 19' Raischl Goal 26' Hödl Goal 67' Grabovac Goal 75'	Report		Stadium: Untersberg-Arena Attendance: 882 Referee: Zbynek Proske

14 October 2015 1, 2nd leg	FK Željezničar Sarajevo U19	2-1	FC Red Bull Salzburg U19	Sarajevo
20ː00	Mujagic Goal 7' Hajdarevic Goal 26'	Report	Hödl Goal 82'	Stadium: Grbavica Stadion Referee: Bartosz Frankowski

4 November 2015 2, 1st leg	Besiktas Istanbul U19	1-0	FC Red Bull Salzburg U19	Istanbul
12:00	Basaran Goal 69'	Report		Stadium: Maltepe Stadion Attendance: 100 Referee: Dejan Jakimovski

24 November 2015 2, 2nd leg	FC Red Bull Salzburg U19	5-1	Besiktas Istanbul U19	Grödig
18ː00	Oberlin Goal 13', 74', 77' Upamecano Goal 59' Schlager Goal 66'	Report	Afkan Goal 36'	Stadium: Untersberg-Arena Attendance: 800 Referee: Sandor Ando-Szabo

10 February 2016 Play off	FC Red Bull Salzburg U19	0-4	AS Roma U19	Salzburg
18ː00	Oberlin Goal 13', 74', 77' Upamecano Goal 59' Schlager Goal 66'	Report	Marchizza Goal 8' (pen.) Umar Goal 17' Soleri Goal 39' Di Livio Goal 72'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 1.080 Referee: Radu Marian Petrescu

Friendly matches[change]

8 July 2015 Friendly	FC Red Bull Salzburg	3-1	West Bromwich Albion F.C.	Schladming
18:00	Soriano Goal 28', 39' Minamino Goal 65'	Report	Nabi Goal 67'	Stadium: Athletic Area Referee: Rene Eisner

11 July 2015 Friendly	FC Red Bull Salzburg	2-0	Southampton F.C.	Salzburg
18ː10	Nielsen Goal 20' Oberlin Goal 24'	Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 10.832 Referee: Sebastian Gishamer

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11 July 2015 Friendly	FC Red Bull Salzburg	0-4	Werder Bremen	Salzburg
16:00		Report	Bargfrede Goal 16' Ujah Goal 22' Garcia Goal 27' Di Santo Goal 45'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 10.832 Referee: Christopher Jäger

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21 July 2015 Friendly	FC Red Bull Salzburg	1-1	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Salzburg
19ː00	Atanga Goal 19'	Report	Mehmedi Goal 64'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 11.427 Referee: Sebastian Gishamer

23 January 2016 Friendly	FC Red Bull Salzburg	0-1	FSV Frankfurt	Belek
14ː30		Report	Dedic Goal 37'	Stadium: Arcadia Sport Resort

29 January 2016 Friendly	FC Red Bull Salzburg	0-1	Mlada Boleslav	Salzburg
14:00		Report	Skalak Goal 78'	Stadium: Akedemie Liefering Attendance: 400 Referee: Bernd Hirschbichler

30 January 2016 Friendly	FC Red Bull Salzburg	1-1	SV Sandhausen	Salzburg
14:00	Atanga Goal 34'	Report	Roßbach Goal 32'	Stadium: Akedemie Liefering Attendance: 400 Referee: Christian Struz

Topscorer[change]

	Goals	Name
1	21	Jonatan Soriano
2	12	Naby Keita
3	5	Valon Berisha

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References[change]

↑ FC Salzburg Wiki
↑ Austria Soccer
↑ Austria Soccer
↑ Playing time: 45 min. without changing sides
↑ Playing time: 45 min. without changing sides
↑ Bundesliga.at

[1] FC Salzburg Wiki

[2] Austria Soccer

[3] Austria Soccer

[4] Playing time: 45 min. without changing sides

[5] Playing time: 45 min. without changing sides

[6] Bundesliga.at

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