2010/11 Disappointing second placeA turbulent 2010/2011 season finished with Red Bull Salzburg second behind surprise champions Sturm Graz. The Red Bulls finished the season with 63 points and a new coaching duo in the shape of Ricardo Moniz and Niko Kovac. Salzburg reached the UEFA Europa League group stages but were unable to qualify for the knockout stages (playing Manchester City, Juventus Turin and Lech Posen). Red Bull Juniors Salzburg won the title in the West Regional League along with the Salzburg Regional Cup. The 2010/2011 season saw football played on a natural surface at the Red Bull Arena for the first time since the 2008 European Championships. |
2009/10 Sixth League Title Red Bull Salzburg take the title to Salzburg for the sixth time!
The 2009/2010 season finished with Red Bull Salzburg winning their sixth league title, giving the Red Bulls the chance to qualify for a European group stage again in 2010/11. The club picked up some 22 league wins throughout 2009/10. From the 12th to the 33rd match of the season Red Bull Salzburg ran into a fantastic run of form, going 22 Bundesliga matches in a row without a defeat. 33 points away from home made the Red Bulls the best away side of the 2009/10 Austrian Bundesliga. Red Bull Salzburg's European campaign saw them qualify for the group stages of the Europa League, where they won all six matches (against Villarreal, Lazio and Levski Sofia). They went on to get knocked out by Standard Liege at the first knockout stage. Eddie Gustafsson was voted goalkeeper of the season and Somen Tchoyi was voted outfield player of the 2009/10 tipp3-Bundesliga. |
2008/09 fifth league titleRed Bulls take championship to Salzburg for fifth time! |
2007/08 Disappointing second placeRed Bull Salzburg were runners-up, missing their pre-season targets. The 2007/2008 season finished with a disappointing second place for reigning champions Red Bull Salzburg. The Bulls were not able to follow up on their heroics of 2006/2007 in Giovanni Trapattoni's second and last season at the club. The Bulls could only consistently get the better of their opponents at the Bulls Arena, aside from a few exceptions. The champions also failed to meet their targets in Europe; coming within just four minutes of getting into the Champions League group stage on a dramatic evening in Donetsk. They were then denied a UEFA Cup group stage spot by AEK Athens. |
2006/07 Fourth championship titleRed Bull Salzburg take title to Salzburg for the fourth time! |
2005/06 Red Bull takeoverThe new season started with fans eagerly expecting the Red Bull takeover to work wonders. A host of high profile signings added to the intense anticipation. Kurt Jara was appointed manager with hopes high that his wealth of experience could help to assemble a winning team. With household names such as Alexander Zickler, Thomas Linke and Andreas Ivanschitz now playing for the Bulls, the team were transformed from no-hopers to title challengers. Immediate success was demanded with qualification for Europe the target of 05/06. |
2004/05 Disappointing seasonNinth place is the outcome of an extremely disappointing season. The fans are especially irritated by the hiring of numerous new players, two huge losses (0:5 against Rapid and 1:5 against the regional league team St. Pölten in the last sixteen of the ÖFB Cup) and the constant change in coach (Assion, Jur?evi?, Linzmair). June 3, 2005: constitutive general meeting of Red Bull Salzburg. Heiko Laessig ends a fantastic career and switches to training new talent for Red Bull Salzburg.
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2003 70th AnniversaryFollowing a 0:1 home defeat in the UEFA Cup, current Champions League team Udinese Calcio is defeated in an unexpected and sensational 2:1 away game. In the second round, Parma wins, despite the efforts of German ex-world champion Thomas “Icke” Hässler. Austria Salzburg finishes the championship in seventh place. Numerous players leave the team at the end of the season, including the team’s defensive mainstay for many years, Roman Szewczyk. In the spring, the club moves to the Wals-Siezenheim Stadium, today the Bulls’ Arena. Opening match: March 8, 2003, against Kelag Kärnten. |
2002 Otto BaricOtto Baric becomes sporting director on January 14, 2002.
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2001 Hans BackeHans Backe joins his dream team, FC Copenhagen. His co-trainer up to this point, Lars Söndergaard, becomes head coach – at least until the summer of 2003.
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2001 Indoor tournament win
SV Wüstenrot Salzburg wins the indoor tournament in Dornbirn, defeating LASK Linz in the final 6:3 (3:1).
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2001 New majority shareholder
Together with his partner, Heinz Kluppenegger (the founder of EMTS Technologie), Rudi Quehenberger assumes a 90% holding in Salzburg Sport AG. Quehenberger owns 60%, Kluppenegger 30% of the shares. The previous majority shareholder, Egon Putzi, retains just 10% of the shares.
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2000 Austrian cup final
May 15, 2000: SV Wüstenrot Salzburg reaches the ÖFB (Austrian Football Association) cup final against Liebherr GAK. Final scores: 2:2 (1:2) - 3:4 in a penalty shootout.
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1999 Hallenmasters winner 1998-99Hallenmasters winner 1998-99, Edi Glieder becomes the top scorer in the first division (22 goals).
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1997 Third championship title
Austrian champion, Wüstenrot replaces Casino as the main sponsor.
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1995 Second championship title
Austrian champion, Super Cup winner, Champions League: knocked out 0:0, 0:1 in the qualifying round by Steaua Bucharest.
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1994 First championship title
Austrian champion (for the first time in club history), UEFA Cup 1993-94: with wins against Eintracht Frankfurt (1:0, 0:1, 6:5 after penalties), Karlsruhe (0:0, 1:1); in the final against Inter Milan (0:1, 0:1). Super Cup winner (2:0 against Rapid); following qualifying round victories against Maccabi Haifa (2:1, 3:1), for the first time in the main competition of the Champions League (AEK Athens 0:0, 3:1, Ajax Amsterdam 0:0, 1:1, AC Milan 0:3, 0:1).
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1993 Austrian runner-upAustrian runner-up, UEFA Cup 1993/94: victories over Dunajská Streda (2:0, 2:0), Royal Antwerp (1:0, 1:0), Sporting Lisbon (0:2, 3:0 AET)
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1992 Austrian runner-upAustrian runner-up, UEFA Cup: knocked out (0:3, 1:3) in the first round by Ajax Amsterdam.
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1991 TopscorerTopscorer Oliver Bierhoff scores 23 goals, setting a season record for the club that still stands in the highest division.
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1989 Return to the first division
Return to the first division (the renamed highest Austrian division)
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1984 Rudolf QuehenbergerRudolf Quehenberger becomes club president.
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1981 Austrian CupAustrian Cup finalist against GAK (1:0, 0:2 AET).
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1980 Austrian cupAustrian cup finalist against Austria Wien (1:0, 0:2). Knocked out in the European Cup Winners’ Cup by Fortuna Düsseldorf (0:5, 0:3).
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1978 New main sponsor
Österreichische Spielbanken AG/Casinos Austria become the new main sponsor. The club is renamed SV Casino Salzburg.
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1977 South American tour
South American tour with sensational success at the Hexagonal Tournament (2:0 against Universidad, 1:0 against Everton, 1:0 against Pelé's club, Santos Futebol Clube); 70,000 fans watch 1:1 match against Uruguay in Montevideo.
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1976 UEFA-CupUEFA Cup: Adanaspor knocked out in the first round (5:0, 1:3).
Knocked out in the second round by Red Star Belgrade (2:1, 0:1). Salzburger Sparkasse becomes the new main sponsor (until 1978). |
1974 Austrian CupAustrian Cup finalist against Austria Wien (1:2, 1:1).
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1971 Austrian runner-upAustrian runner-up, Mitropa Cup finalist against ?elik Zenica (0:0, 1:3) and first UEFA Cup participation (knocked out by UT Arad 1:4, 3:1). Opening of the new Lehener Stadium.
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1970 Indoor soccer tournamentSalzburg wins the Vienna Indoor Soccer tournament at their first participation. |
1969 First main sponsor - Gerngross
Gerngross becomes the first main sponsor in the club’s history (until 1976)
Reconstruction work begins to create the new Lehener Stadium. Until 1971, home games are played at the ASV ground in Itzling. |
1965 Adi MacekAdi Macek becomes the first player from Salzburg to be capped for the Austrian national team.
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1960 First national team player
Vienna-born Erich Probst becomes the first Austria Salzburg player to be capped for the Austrian national team.
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1953 PromotionPromotion to the State League A (the highest Austrian division).
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1933 Founding
Founding of SV Austria Salzburg through a merger of the two Salzburg clubs FC Hertha and FC Rapid.
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