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[change]

Goalkeepers:33 Alexander Walke,1 Cican Stankovic, 23Nico Mantl
Defenders: 95 Bernardo, 17 Andreas Ulmer, 25 Patrick Farkas, 43 Rasmus Kristensen, 5 Albert Vallci, 39 Maximilian Wöber, 22 Oumar Solet, 70 Amar Dedic,
Midfielders: 45 Enock Mwepu, 16 Zlatko Junuzovic, 21 Luka Sucic 28 Antoine Bernède, 19 Mohamed Camara, 77 Noah Okafor, 13 Nicolas Seiwald, 11 Brenden Aaronson
Forwards: 20 Patson Daka, 7 Sekou Koita, 8 Mergim Berisha, 27 Karim Adeyemi
Coaching staff: Jesse Marsch (Head coach), Franz Schiemer, Rene Aufhauser (Assistance coaches), Herbert Ilsanker (Goalkeeper coach)

Matches[change]

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 Goal 93'	Report	Peretz Goal 21' (o.g.) Daka Goal 26' Koita Goal 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 Goal 35' (pen.) Daka Goal 40' Koita Goal 47' Kristensen Goal 63'	Report	Tartarotti Goal 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 Goal 83'	Report	M. Berisha Goal 4̹̹̹̹̹̹̹̹̹̘6', 54' Daka Goal 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 Goal 15' Vallci Goal 26' Koita Goal 47', 92' Daka Goal 70', 79' Okafor Goal 88' (pen.)	Report	Rakowitz Goal 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 Goal 62' Daka Goal 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 Goal 3', 34', 57' Koita Goal 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 Goal 85'	Report	Koita Goal 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 Goal 86'	Report	Ljubic Goal 48' Jantscher Goal 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 Goal 32' Schmidt Goal 60'	Report	M. Berisha Goal 7' Szoboszlai Goal 13' (pen.), 25' (pen.), 52' Adeyemi Goal 22' Koita Goal 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 Goal 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 Goal 54' M. Berisha Goal 62' Mwepu Goal 90̹̹̹̹3'	Report	Eggestein Goal 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 Goal 64' Daka Goal 69'	Report	Scherzer Goal 50' Joveljic Goal 52' Peretz Goal 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 Goal 48' (o.g.) Daka Goal 63'	Stadium: Stadion Schnabelholz Attendance: 0 Referee: Walter Altmann

27 January 2021 14	FC Red Bull Salzburg	3-0	SV Ried	Salzburg
18ː30	Kristensen Goal 15' Koita Goal 29' Daka Goal 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 Goal 14' (pen.) Daka Goal 35' Mwepu Goal 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 Goal 65' Aaronson Goal 72' Sucic Goal 94'	Report	Teigl Goal 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 Goal 10' Baden Frederiksen Goal 78' (pen.)	Report	Daka Goal 31', 89' M. Berisha Goal 79' Koita Goal 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 Goal 30', 63', 70' Adeyemi Goal 92'	Report	Schuster Goal 91' Kara Goal 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 Goal 9' Ljubic Goal 22'	Report	Daka Goal 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Oliver Drachta

7 March 2021 20	FC Red Bull Salzburg	4-1	SKN St. Pölten	Salzburg
14ː30	Daka Goal 18' Mwepu Goal 33' Aaronson Goal 69' M. Berisha Goal 94' (pen.)	Report	Booth Goal 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 Goal 13' Kristensen Goal 23' Daka Goal 30'	Report	Datkovic Goal 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 Goal 13'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Markus Hameter

Champion stage[change]

4 April 2021 23	FC Red Bull Salzburg	3-1	SK Sturm Graz	Salzburg
17ː00	Daka Goal 3', 5', 11'	Report	Dante Goal 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 Goal 36' Adeyemi Goal 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 Goal 87' Okafor Goal 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 Goal 29', 76' Smith Goal 89'	Report	Mwepu Goal 12' Aaronson Goal 58'	Stadium: Tivoli Attendance: 0 Referee: Stefan Ebner

25 April 2021 27	Wolfsberger AC	1-2	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Hartberg
14:30	Joveljic Goal 29'	Report	Daka Goal 13' M. Berisha Goal 48'	Stadium: Lavanttalarena Attendance: 0 Referee: Harald Lechner

28 April 2021 28	FC Red Bull Salzburg	1-1	Wolfsberger AC	Salzburg
18ː30	Adeyemi Goal 86'	Report	Affengruber Goal 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 Goal 56'	Report	Aaronson Goal 20', 78' Junuzovic Goal 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 Goal 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 Goal 19' Reiter Goal 84'	Report	Mwepu Goal 20' Okafor Goal 21' Daka Goal 44' AdeyemiGoal 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 Goal 8' M. Berisha Goal 26', 43' (pen.) Camara Goal 66'	Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 3.000 Referee: Christian-Petru Ciochirca

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Table[change]

	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[change]

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 Goal 13' Daka Goal 17' (pen.), 22', 38', 39' Camara Goal 28' Mwepu Goal 34' Sucic Goal 43' (pen.) Okugawa Goal 49' Wöber Goal 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 Goal 22' Mwepu Goal 77' Ramalho Goal 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 Goal 16' M. Berisha Goal 19' Koita Goal 23' Daka Goal 74' Camara Goal 83' (pen.) Kristensen Goal 88'	Report	Fountas Goal 45̟1' (pen.) Ullmann Goal 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 Goal 41' Adeyemi Goal 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 Goal 36', 54' M. Berisha Goal 72' Aaronson Goal 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 Goal 45' Aaronson Goal 67' Mwepu Goal 88'	Report		Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Walter Altmann

Champions League qualification[change]

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

Champions League, Group A[change]

21 October 2020 1	FC Red Bull Salzburg	2-2	FC Lokomotiv Moscow	Salzburg
18ː55	Szoboszlai Goal 45' Junuzovic Goal 50'	Report	Eder Goal 19' Lisakovich Goal 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 Goal 29' Felix Goal 52', 85'	Report	Szoboszlai Goal 40' Almeida Goal 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 Goal 4' Okugawa Goal 66'	Report	Lewandowski Goal 21', 88' Kristensen Goal 44' (o.g.) Boateng Goal 79' Sané Goal 83' Hernández Goal 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 Goal 43' Coman Goal 52' Sane Goal 68'	Report	M. Berisha Goal 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 Goal 79' (pen.)	Report	M. Berisha Goal 28', 41' Adeyemi Goal 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 Goal 39' Carrasco Goal 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[change]

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

UEFA Youth League[change]

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[change]

3 August 2020 Friendly	FC Red Bull Salzburg	2-2	NK Bravo Laibach	Bramberg
17:00	Szoboszlai Goal 18' Adeyemi Goal 48'	Report	Zinko Goal 4', 78'	Referee: Thomas Hochstaffl

8 August 2020 Friendly	FC Red Bull Salzburg	4-1	OGC Nice	Zell am See
16ː00	Koita Goal 49' Junuzovic Goal 55' M. Berisha Goal 59', 62'	Report	Gouiri Goal 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 Goal 1' Daka Goal 76'	Report		Stadium: Akedemie Liefering Referee: Marina Aufschnaiter

22 August 2020 Friendly	FC Red Bull Salzburg	1-4	AFC Ajax	Salzburg
16ː00	Koita Goal 9'	Report	Gravenberch Goal 2' Antony Goal 15' Van de Beek Goal 67' Rensch Goal 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 Goal 3', 13'	Report	Brewster Goal 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 Goal 5' Adeyemi Goal 13' Daka Goal 36'	Report		Stadium: Akedemie Liefering

Top scorers[change]

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

References[change]

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

[auto1-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "Fussball in Österreich ™1 (Bundesliga) 2020/21". www.austriasoccer.at. Retrieved 22 February 2024.

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