2023–24 FC Red Bull Salzburg season

The 2023-24 FC Red Bull Salzburg season is the 91st season in the existence of FC Red Bull Salzburg and the club's 34th consecutive season in the top league of Austrian football. Salzburg also participated in this season's editions of the Austrian Cup and the UEFA Champions League.

For the first time after 10 titels in a row Salzburg finished as second. In the Cup they reached the semifinals where they lost versus SK Sturm Graz which also won the league title.

Squad[change]

2023/24	Goalkeepers:13 Timo Horn, 24 Alexander Schlager, 41 Jonas Krumrey Defenders: 3 Aleksa Terzic, 4 Kamil Piatkowski, 5 Bryan Okoh, 17 Andreas Ulmer, 22 Oumar Solet, 6 Samson Baidoo, 70 Amar Dedic, 31 Strahinja Pavlovic, 29 Daouda Guindo Midfielders: 14 Maurits Kjaergaard, 10 Luka Sucic, 8 Dijon Kameri,27 Lucas Gourna-Douath, 36 Justin Omoregie, 44 Samson Tijani, 32 Amankwah Forson, 30 Oscar Gloukh, 18 Mads Bidstrup Forwards: 20 Sekou Koita, 11 Fernando, 19 Karim Konate, 21 Petar Ratkov, 23 Roko Simic, 45 Dorgeles Nene Gerhard Struber (head coach), Onur Cinel (caretaker since April 2024), Florens Koch, Alexander Hauser (assistant coaches), Herbert Ilsanker (goalkeeper coach)

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Matches[change]

29 July 2023 1	SCR Altach	0-2	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Altach
19:30		Report	Ratkov Goal 34' Pavlovic Goal 48'	Stadium: Stadion Schnabelholz Attendance: 5.874 Referee: Walter Altmann

6 August 2023 2	FC Red Bull Salzburg	3-0	WSG Tirol	Salzburg
17:00	Konate Goal 57', 87' Nene Goal 94'	Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 11.737 Referee: Josef Spurny

13 August 2023 3	FC Red Bull Salzburg	2-0	FK Austria Wien	Salzburg
17:00	Forson Goal 55' Konate Goal 98'	Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 13.837 Referee: Christian-Petru Ciochirca

20 August 2023 4	TSV Hartberg	1-5	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Hartberg
19:30	Entrup Goal 45+1'	Report	Gloukh Goal 16' Konate Goal 47' Dedic Goal 50', 64' Koita Goal 76'	Stadium: Stadion Hartberg Attendance: 3.426 Referee: Harald Lechner

26 August 2023 5	Wolfsberger AC	1-2	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Wolfsberg
17:00	Bamba Goal 43'	Report	Baidoo Goal 60' Koita Goal 73'	Stadium: Lavanttal-Arena Attendance: 3.870 Referee: Stefan Ebner

3 September 2023 6	FC Red Bull Salzburg	2-0	SK Rapid Wien	Salzburg
17:00	Simic Goal 13', 35'	Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 17.089 Referee: Alexander Harkam

16 September 2023 7	SK Sturm Graz	2-2	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Graz
19:30	Kiteishvili Goal 53' Sarkaria Goal 63'	Report	Baidoo Goal 40' Koita Goal 73' (pen.)	Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium Attendance: 15.500 Referee: Julian Weinberger

23 September 2023 8	FC Red Bull Salzburg	0-1	FC Blau-Weiß Linz	Salzburg
17:00		Report	Ronivaldo Goal 61'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 11.535 Referee: Walter Altmann

30 September 2023 9	SC Austria Lustenau	0-4	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Lustenau
17:00		Report	Simic Goal 21' Solet Goal 25' Konate Goal 39' Gloukh Goal 58'	Stadium: Reichshofstadion Attendance: 4.112 Referee: Markus Hameter

8 October 2023 10	SK Austria Klagenfurt	2-2	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Klagenfurt
17:00	Wimmer Goal 45+1' Jaritz Goal 74'	Report	Simic Goal 7' Forson Goal 29'	Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion Attendance: 4.900 Referee: Christian-Petru Ciochirca

21 October 2023 11	FC Red Bull Salzburg	0-1	LASK	Salzburg
17:00		Report	Zulj Goal 34'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 15.625 Referee: Alexander Harkam

28 October 2023 12	FC Red Bull Salzburg	3-0	SCR Altach	Salzburg
17:00	Dedic Goal 44' Kjaergaard Goal 46' Konate Goal 59'	Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 10.177 Referee: Harald Lechner

4 November 2023 13	WSG Tirol	0-2	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Innnsbruck
17:00		Report	Konate Goal 27', 94'	Stadium: Tivoli Attendance: 2.850 Referee: Julian Weinberger

12 November 2023 14	FK Austria Wien	0-0	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Vienna
17:00		Report		Stadium: Generali Arena Attendance: 13.153 Referee: Stefan Ebner

25 November 2023 15	FC Red Bull Salzburg	3-2	TSV Hartberg	Salzburg
17:00	Ratkov Goal 45+4' Gloukh Goal 48' Nene Goal 85'	Report	Bowat Goal 11' Diakite Goal 56'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 7.453 Referee: Achim Untergasser

3 December 2023 16	FC Red Bull Salzburg	1-0	Wolfsberger AC	Salzburg
18:00	Gloukh Goal 45'	Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 3.921 Referee: Daniel Pfister

9 December 2023 17	SK Rapid Wien	0-1	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Vienna
14:30		Report	Piatkowski Goal 19'	Stadium: Allianz Stadion Attendance: 20.400 Referee: Walter Altmann

9 February 2024 18	FC Red Bull Salzburg	1-1	SK Sturm Graz	Salzburg
20ː30	RatkovGoal 15'	Report	Kiteishvili Goal 80'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 15.329 Referee: Harald Lechner

17 February 2024 19	FC Blau-Weiß Linz	1-1	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Linz
17ː00	Maranda Goal 12'	Report	RatkovGoal 1'	Stadium: Donauparkstadion Attendance: 5.500 Referee: Alan Kijas

24 February 2024 20	FC Red Bull Salzburg	7-0	SC Austria Lustenau	Salzburg
17ː00	Fernando Goal 4', 32' Matheus Lins Goal 13' (o.g.) Kjaergaard Goal 18' Gloukh Goal 54' Konate Goal 72' Koita Goal 88'	Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 8.891 Referee: Safak Barmaksiz

3 March 2024 21	FC Red Bull Salzburg	1-0	SK Austria Klagenfurt	Salzburg
17ː00	Konate Goal 73'	Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 10.521 Referee: Alexander Harkam

9 March 2024 22	LASK	0-1	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Linz
17ː00			̈̈*Fernanndo Goal 1'	Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena Referee: Christian-Petru Ciochirca

Champion group[change]

17 March 2024 23	FC Red Bull Salzburg	5-1	TSV Hartberg	Salzburg
17ː00	Ratkov Goal 28' Bidstrup Goal 45' Fernando Goal 51' Gloukh Goal 84' Koita Goal 93'	Report	Heil Goal 75'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 8.150 Referee: Harald Lechner

31 March 2024 24	SK Sturm Graz	0-1	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Graz
17:00		Report	Bidstrup Goal 48'	Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium Attendance: 15.400 Referee: Stefan Ebner

7 April 2024 25	FC Red Bull Salzburg	1-1	SK Rapid Wien	Salzburg
17:00	Konate Goal 98'	Report	Grüll Goal 96' (pen.)	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 15.064 Referee: Alan Kijas

12 April 2024 26	LASK	3-1	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Linz
19:30	̈*Ljubicic Goal 18' (pen.), 26', 73'	Report	Nene Goal 84'	Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena Attendance: 13.800 Referee: Alexander Harkam

21 April 2024 27	FC Red Bull Salzburg	4-2	SK Austria Klagenfurt	Salzburg
17:00	Sucic Goal 5' Gloukh Goal 34' Konate Goal 35', 44'	Report	Irving Goal 31' (pen.) Besuschkow Goal 52'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 9 555 Referee: Julian Weinberger

24 April 2024 28	SK Austria Klagenfurt	4-3	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Klagenfurt
18ː30	Bonnah Goal 52' Irving Goal 63', 74', 85' (pen.)	Report	Konate Goal 9', 18' PavlovicGoal 87'	Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion Attendance: 3 144 Referee: Stefan Ebner

28 April 2024 29	FC Red Bull Salzburg	2-2	SK Sturm Graz	Salzburg
17ː00	Nene Goal 72' Konate Goal 82'	Report	Prass Goal 1', 34'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 17.062 Referee: Harald Lechner

5 May 2024 30	SK Rapid Wien	2-0	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Wien
17:00	Grüll Goal 52' (pen.) Burgstaller Goal 73'	Report		Stadium: Allianz Stadion Referee: Christian-Petru Ciochirca

12 May 2024 31	TSV Hartberg	1-5	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Hartberg
17:00	Avdijai Goal 41'	Report	Simic Goal 11' Konate Goal 27', 49', 79' Koita Goal 45'	Stadium: Stadion Hartberg Attendance: 3.179 Referee: Alan Kijas

19 May 2024 32	FC Red Bull Salzburg	7-1	LASK	Salzburg
17:00	Koita Goal 7', 71' Sucic Goal 8', 61' (pen.) Pavlovic Goal 36' Konate Goal 66' Nene Goal 78'	Report	Usor Goal 25'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 17.173 Referee: Walter Altmann

Final table[change]

Pl.	Team	M	W	D	L	Goals	Points
1.	SK Sturm Graz	32	19	10	3	56ː23	44
2.	FC Red Bull Salzburg	32	20	7	5	74:29	42
3.	LASK	32	14	10	8	43ː33	34
4.	SK Rapid Wien	32	11	12	9	47ː35	28
5.	TSV Hartberg	32	12	9	11	49:52	28
6.	SK Austria Klagenfurt	32	9	12	11	40ː50	22

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Champions League, Group D[change]

20 September 2023 1	Benfica Lissabon	0-2	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Lisbon
21:00		Report	Simic Goal 15' (pen.) Gloukh Goal 51'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 60.900 Referee: Halil Umut Meler

3 October 2023 2	FC Red Bull Salzburg	0-2	Real Sociedad San Sebastian	Salzburg
21:00		Report	Oyarzabal Goal 7' Méndez Goal 27'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 28.227 Referee: Bartosz Frankowski

24 October 2023 3	Inter Milan	2-1	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Milan
18:45	Sánchez Goal 19' Çalhanoglu Goal 64' (pen.)	Report	Gloukh Goal 57'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 71.800 Referee: Francois Letexier

8 November 2023 4	FC Red Bull Salzburg	0-1	Inter Milan	Salzburg
18:45		Report	Martínez Goal 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 30.071 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

29 November 2023 5	Real Sociedad San Sebastian	0-0	FC Red Bull Salzburg	San Sebastián
21:00		Report		Stadium: Reala-Arena Attendance: 38.000 Referee: Mykola Balakin

12 December 2023 6	FC Red Bull Salzburg	1-3	Benfica Lissabon	Salzburg
21:00	Sucic Goal 57'	Report	Di María Goal 32' Silva Goal 45 +1' Cabral Goal 90+2'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 27.150 Referee: Daniel Siebert

Rank	Team	W	D	L	Goals	Points
1	Real Sociedad	3	3	0	7:2	12
2	Inter Milan	3	3	0	8:5	12
3	Benfica Lissabon	1	1	4	7:11	4
4	FC Salzburg	1	1	4	4:8	4

UEFA Youth League Group D[change]

20 September 2023 1	S.L. Benfica U19	1-1	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Seixal
14:00	Veloso Goal 82'	Report	Paumgartner Goal 87'	Stadium: Futebol Campus Referee: Viktor Kopiievskyi

3 October 2023 2	FC Red Bull Salzburg U19	5-2	Real Sociedad U19	Salzburg
14:00	Daghim Goal 12', 61' Neumann Goal 53' Lukic Goal 65' (pen.) Crescenti Goal 72'	Report	Mariezkurrena Goal 26' Ramirez Goal 56'	Stadium: Akademie Liefering Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov

24 October 2023 3	Inter Milan	2-3	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Milan
14:00	Vedovati Goal 74' Spinacce Goal 96'	Report	Daghim Goal 26' Jano Goal 40' Atiabou Goal 94'	Stadium: Youth Development Training Center Referee: Edgars Maļcevs

8 November 2023 4	FC Red Bull Salzburg U19	1-1	Inter Milan U19	Salzburg
14:30	Sadeqi Goal 76'	Report	Berenbruch Goal 81'	Stadium: Akademie Liefering Attendance: 415 Referee: Miloš Milanović

29 November 2023 5	Real Sociedad U19	0-2	FC Red Bull Salzburg U19	San Sebastián
14:00		Report	Sulzbacher Goal 39' Jano Goal 45'	Stadium: Instalaciones Deportivas Zubieta XXI Referee: Lothar D'Hondt

12 December 2023 6	FC Red Bull Salzburg U19	4-2	Benfica Lissabon U19	Salzburg
14:30	Spencer Goal 4' (o.g.) Daghim Goal 13' Verhounig Goal 41' (pen.) Sulzbacher Goal 81'	Report	Lima Goal 21' Rêgo Goal 71'	Stadium: Akademie Liefering Referee: Michal Ocenas

Rank	Team	W	D	L	Goals	Points
1	FC Salzburg	4	2	0	16:8	14
2	Inter Milan	1	4	1	9:9	7
3	Benfica Lissabon	1	3	2	8:10	6
4	Real Sociedad	1	1	4	8:14	4

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UEFA Youth League Round of 16[change]

28 February 2024 Round of 16	FC Red Bull Salzburg U19	0-1	FC Nantes U19	Salzburg
15ː00		Report	̈Malang Gomes ̪Goal 19'	Stadium: Akademie Liefering Attendance: 425 Referee: Mohammad Usman Aslam

ÖFB- Cup[change]

23 July 2023 1	SG SCU Ardagger/ Viehdorf	0-6	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Ardagger
20:25		Report	Konate Goal 10', 35' Dedic Goal 45' Kjaergaard Goal 52' Kameri Goal 65' Kaltenbrunner Goal 85' (o.g.)	Stadium: Unionsportplatz Attendance: 2.500 Referee: Emil Ristoskov

26 September 2023 2	SV Austria Salzburg	0-4	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Grödig
21:15^[4]		Report	Dedic Goal 8' Forson Goal 64' Pavlovic Goal 83'	Stadium: Untersbergarena Attendance: 4.101 Referee: Alan Kijas

1 November 2023 Round of 16	TSV Hartberg	1-1 (a.e.t.) (4-5 p)	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Hartberg
18:00	Entrup Goal 67'	Report	Ratkov Goal 77'	Stadium: Stadion Attendance: 2.900 Referee: Walter Altmann
	Penalties
	Frieser Penalty scored Sallinger Penalty scored Kainz Penalty scored Entrup Penalty scored Avdijaj Penalty missed		Simic Penalty scored Ratkov Penalty scored Dedic Penalty scored Pavlovic Penalty scored Solet Penalty scored

2 February 2024 Quarterfinals	LASK	2-3	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Linz
18ː00	Ljubicic Goal 18' Horvath Goal 94'	Report	Gourna-Douath Goal 15' Fernando Goal 28', 51'	Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena Attendance: 14.700 Referee: Julian Weinberger

4 April 2024 Semifinals	FC Red Bull Salzburg	3-4	SK Sturm Graz	Salzburg
20ː45	Solet Goal 12' Sucic Goal 80' Terzic Goal 90'	Report	Boving Goal 25' Horvat Goal 52' Schnegg Goal 72' Geyrhofer Goal 81'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 11.494 Referee: Walter Altmann

Friendly matches[change]

30 June 2023 Friendly	FC Red Bull Salzburg	2-1	Ferencváros Budapest	St. Johann
18:00	Esiti Goal 5' (o.g.) Ratkov Goal 8'	Report	Zachariassen Goal 38'	Attendance: 500 Referee: Samuel Sampl

4 July 2023 Friendly	FC Red Bull Salzburg	0-2	Legia Warsaw	Saalfelden
18:00		Report	Augustyniak Goal 66' Nawrocki Goal 73'	Stadium: Arena Referee: Sebastian Gishamer

8 July 2023 Friendly	FC Red Bull Salzburg	0-2	FC Nordsjaelland	Anif
15:30		Report	Nygren Goal 39' Hansen Goal 56'	Stadium: Sportzentrum Anif Referee: Florian Jäger

15 July 2023 Friendly	FC Red Bull Salzburg	4-1	Hamburger SV	Anif
10:30	Konate Goal 8' Hadzikadunic Goal 13' (o.g.) Forson Goal 23' Nene Goal 55'	Report	Pherai Goal 29'	Stadium: Sportzentrum Anif Attendance: 1.000 Referee: Sebastian Gishamer

15 July 2023 Friendly	FC Red Bull Salzburg	0-3	1. FC Slovacko	Eugendorf
15:00		Report	Sinyavskiy Goal 2' Petrzela Goal 8' Juroska Goal 64'	Stadium: Sportzentrum Eugendorf Referee: Florian Jäger

13 January 2024 Friendly	FC Red Bull Salzburg	2-3	SV Elversberg	Marbella
	Sucic Goal 32' (pen.) Simic Goal 68'	Report	Neubauer Goal 59' Faghir Goal 78' Martinovic Goal 90'	Stadium: Marbella Football Center

19 January 2024 Friendly	FC Red Bull Salzburg	6-0	FK Bodö/Glimt	Malaga
16ː00	Fernando Goal 7' Ratkov Goal 58', 59' Simic Goal 76' Ulmer Goal 83' Daghim Goal 86'	Report		Stadium: Marbella Football Center

27 January 2024 Friendly	FC Red Bull Salzburg	0-0	Slask Wroclaw	Salzburg
		Report		Stadium: Trainingszentrum Taxham Referee: Manuel Baumann

Topscorer[change]

Name	Goals
Karim Konaté	20 ^[5]
Oscar Gloukh	7
Roko Simic	5
Nene Dorgeles	5

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Assists[change]

Name	Goals
Oscar Gloukh	15
Luka Sucic	8
Karim Konaté	4

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References[change]

↑ FC Salzburg Wiki
↑ Austria Soccer
↑ UEFA.com
↑ The kick-off (20:45)was delayed due to RB Salzburg's travel difficulties
↑ Top scorer of the Austrian Bundesliga
↑ Bundesliga.at
↑ Transfermarkt.at

[1] FC Salzburg Wiki

[2] Austria Soccer

[3] UEFA.com

[4] The kick-off (20:45)was delayed due to RB Salzburg's travel difficulties

[5] Top scorer of the Austrian Bundesliga

[6] Bundesliga.at

[7] Transfermarkt.at

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