2017–18 Red Bull Salzburg season

The 2017–18 FC Red Bull Salzburg season was the 85th season in club history. The team was able to defend the chmpionship. They lost the Cup final versus SK Sturm Graz.

Squad

2017/18	Goalkeepers:33 Alexander Walke,31 Carlos Coronel,1 Cican Stankovic Defenders: 3 Paulo Miranda, 5 Duje Caleta-Car, 6 Jerome Onguene, 17 Andreas Ulmer, 22 Stefan Lainer, 23 Stefan Stangl, 25 Patrick Farkas, 34 Marin Pongracic, 44 Igor, 55 Luca Meisl Midfielders:4 Amadou Haidara, 7 Reinhold Yabo, 8 Diadie Samassekou, 11 Marc Rzatkowski ,13 Hannes Wolf, 14 Valon Berisha, 42 Xaver Schlager, 24 Christoph Leitgeb, 20 David Atanga, 45 Enock Mwepu Forwards:9 Munas Dabbur, 18 Takumi Minamino, 19 Hee-Chan Hwang, 21 Fredrik Gulbrandsen, 29 Samuel Tetteh, 41 Patson Daka, Marco Rose (Headcoach), Rene Aufhauser, Rene Maric, Alexander Zickler (Assistance coaches), Herbert Ilsanker (Goalkkeeper coach)

Matches

22 July 2017 1	Wolfsberger AC	0-2	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Wolfsberg
18:30		Report	Yabo 29' Minamino 90'	Stadium: Lavanttal Arena Attendance: 4.300 Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer

29 July 2017 2	FC Red Bull Salzburg	1-1	LASK	Salzburg
16:00	Hwang 42'	Report	Ramsebner 56'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 10.127 Referee: Julian Weinberger

5 August 2017 3	FC Red Bull Salzburg	5-1	FC Admira Wacker Mödling	Salzburg
18:30	Dabbur 9' Wolf 29' Caleta-Car 51' Gulbrandsen 59' Hwang 76'	Report	Schmidt 92'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 5.032 Referee: Andreas Heiss

12 August 2017 4	SCR Altach	0-1	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Altach
16:00		Report	Wolf 93'	Stadium: Stadion Schnabelholz Attendance: 5.013 Referee: Gerhard Grobelnik

20 August 2017 5	FC Red Bull Salzburg	5-1	SKN St. Pölten	Salzburg
16:30	Dabbur 31', 53' Wolf 47' Gulbrandsen 59' Hwang 90'	Report	Riski 72'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 6.170 Referee: Harald Lechner

27 August 2017 6	SK Sturm Graz	1-0	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Graz
16:30	Alar 52'	Report		Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium Attendance: 15.124 Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer

10 September 2017 7	FC Red Bull Salzburg	2-2	SK Rapid Wien	Salzburg
16:30	Schwab 75' (o.g.) Dabbur 92'	Report	Ljubicic 60' Schobesberger 79'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 12.249 Referee: Dieter Muckenhammer

17 September 2017 8	SV Mattersburg	1-2	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Mattersburg
16:30	Gruber 18'	Report	Dabbur 12' Haidara 94'	Stadium: Pappelstadion Attendance: 2.200 Referee: Rene Eisner

24 September 2017 9	FC Red Bull Salzburg	0-0	FK Austria Wien	Salzburg
16:30		Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 8.107 Referee: Markus Hameter

1 October 2017 10	FC Red Bull Salzburg	2-1	Wolfsberger AC	Salzburg
19:00	Dabbur 38', 45'	Report	Gschweidl 62'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 4.712 Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer

14 October 2017 11	LASK	1-3	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Pasching
16:00	Michorl 1'	www.austriasoccer.at/data/spiele/2017/20171014laskfc_r1.htm	V. Berisha 27' (pen.) Dabbur 75', 78'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 5.962 Referee: Harald Lechner

22 October 2017 12	FC Admira Wacker Mödling	1-1	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Südstadt
14:00	Knasmüllner 17' (pen.)	Report	Schlager 7'	Stadium: BSFZ-Arena Attendance: 2.500 Referee: Rene Eisner

28 October 2017 13	FC Red Bull Salzburg	2-0	SCR Altach	Salzburg
18:30	Wolf 29' Haidara 81'	Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 6.584 Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber

5 November 2017 14	SKN St. Pölten	1-3	FC Red Bull Salzburg	St. Pölten
16:30	Huber 7'	Report	Minamino 35', 80' Rzatkowski 54'	Stadium: NV Arena Attendance: 2.500 Referee: Julian Weinberger

19 November 2017 15	FC Red Bull Salzburg	5-0	SK Sturm Graz	Salzburg
16:30	Gulbrandsen 8' V. Berisha 36' (pen.) Maresic 45+2' (o.g.) Dabbur 84', 90'	Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 10.241 Referee: Gerhard Grobelnik

26 November 2017 16	SK Rapid Wien	2-3	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Vienna
16:30	Ljubicic 28' Kvilitaia 76'	Report	Hwang 45+2' Ulmer 46' Yabo 50'	Stadium: Allianz Stadion Attendance: 25.300 Referee: Markus Hameter

29 November 2017 17	FC Red Bull Salzburg	2-0	SV Mattersburg	Salzburg
18:30	Dabbur 87' Minamino 92'	Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 3.922 Referee: Alexander Harkam

3 December 2017 18	FK Austria Wien	1-1	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Vienna
16:30	Monschein 93'	Report	Ulmer 79'	Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion Attendance: 6.150 Referee: Oliver Drachta

10 December 2017 19	Wolfsberger AC	0-0	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Wolfsberg
16:30		Report		Stadium: Lavanttalarena Attendance: 2.187 Referee: Harald Lechner

16 December 2017 20	FC Red Bull Salzburg	0-0	LASK	Salzburg
16:00		Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 5.642 Referee: Rene Eisner

3 February 2018 21	FC Red Bull Salzburg	2-1	FC Admira Wacker Mödling	Salzburg
18:30	Dabbur 37' Ramalho 95'	Report	Grozurek 41'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 4.095 Referee: Julian Weinberger

10 February 2018 22	SCR Altach	0-1	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Altach
16:00		Report	Lainer 55'	Stadium: Stadion Schnabelholz Attendance: 3.803 Referee: Gerhard Grobelnik

18 February 2018 23	FC Red Bull Salzburg	4-0	SKN St. Pölten	Salzburg
16:30	Wolf 24' (pen.) Gulbrandsen 67' Onguene 75' Dabbur 92' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 4.273 Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber

25 February 2018 24	SK Sturm Graz	2-4	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Graz
16:30	Hierländer 37' Röcher 75'	Report	Dabbur 45', 57' Gulbrandsen 73', 84'	Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium Attendance: 7.157 Referee: Harald Lechner

4 March 2018 25	FC Red Bull Salzburg	1-0	SK Rapid Wien	Salzburg
16:30	V. Berisha 73'	Report	Schlager 79'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 11.981 Referee: Alexander Harkam

11 March 2018 26	SV Mattersburg	2-2	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Mattersburg
16:30	Prevljak 55' (pen.), 83' (pen.)	Report	Gulbrandsen 27' Wolf 53'	Stadium: Pappelstadion Attendance: 4.100 Referee: Gerhard Grobelnik

18 March 2018 27	FC Red Bull Salzburg	5-0	FK Austria Wien	Salzburg
14:30	Ramalho 17' Minamino 59', 67' Klein 72' (o.g.) Onguene 90'	Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 7.026 Referee: Andreas Heiss

31 March 2018 28	FC Red Bull Salzburg	2-0	Wolfsberger AC	Salzburg
18:30	V. Berisha 40' (pen.) Dabbur 82'	Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 5.028 Referee: Alexander Harkam

8 April 2018 29	LASK	1-0	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Pasching
15:00	Joao Victor 62'	Report		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 5.452 Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer

15 April 2018 30	FC Admira Wacker Mödling	2-6	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Südstadt
19:00	Schmidt 33', 92'	Report	Gulbrandsen 3', 57' Wolf 22' Mwepu 36' Dabbur 60', 82'	Stadium: BSFZ-Arena Attendance: 2.800 Referee: Christian-Petru Ciochirca

22 April 2018 31	FC Red Bull Salzburg	3-1	SCR Altach	Salzburg
14:30	Onguene 7' Wolf 47' Ulmer 96'	Report	Meilinger 60'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 6.148 Referee: Dieter Muckenhammer

29 April 2018 32	SKN St. Pölten	0-2	FC Red Bull Salzburg	St. Pölten
19:00		Report	Haidara 20' Minamino 48'	Stadium: NV Arena Attendance: 3.552 Referee: Rene Eisner

6 May 2018 33	FC Red Bull Salzburg	4-1	SK Sturm Graz	Salzburg
16:30	Hwang 45+3' Caleta-Car 54' Onguene 65' Dabbur 83'	Report	P. Zulj 40'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 14.912 Referee: Dieter Muckenhammer

13 May 2018 34	SK Rapid Wien	1-4	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Vienna
16:30	Berisha 75'	Report	Farkas 4' Dabbur 13', 82' Gulbrandsen 26'	Stadium: Allianz Stadion Attendance: 22.300 Referee: Oliver Drachta

20 May 2018 35	FC Red Bull Salzburg	1-0	SV Mattersburg	Salzburg
16:30	Gulbrandsen 95'	Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 14.441 Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber

27 May 2018 36	FK Austria Wien	4-0	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Wiener Neustadt
17:30	Monschein 29' Prokop 37' Stronati 58' Fitz 85'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Wiener Neustadt Attendance: 4.290 Referee: Markus Hameter

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Table

	Team	Sp.	S	U	N	Tore	Punkte
1.	FC Red Bull Salzburg	36	25	8	3	81:29	83
2.	SK Sturm Graz	36	22	4	10	68:45	70
3.	SK Rapid Wien	36	17	11	8	68:43	62
4.	LASK	36	17	6	13	49:41	57
5.	Admira Wacker	36	15	6	15	59:66	51
6.	SV Mattersburg	36	12	10	14	50:46	46
7.	FK Austria Wien	36	12	7	17	51:57	43
8.	SCR Altach	36	10	8	18	35:51	38
9.	Wolfsberger AC	36	8	9	19	31:57	33
10.	SKN St. Pölten	36	5	5	26	28:77	20

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Austrian Cup

15 July 2017 1	Deutschlandsberger SC	0-7	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Deutschlandsberg
17:00		Report	Stangl 34' Hwang 37' (pen.) Minamino 44' V. Berisha 53', 88' Gulbrandsen 56', 60'	Stadium: Koralmstadion Attendance: 2.000 Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber

21 September 2017 2	ASK-BSC Bruck/Leitha	1-3 (a.e.t.)	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Parndorf
18:00	Burusic 25'	Report	Gulbrandsen 19' (pen.) Wolf 107' Daka 111'	Stadium: Heidebodenstadion Attendance: 1.800 Referee: Christian-Petru Ciochirca

25 October 2017 Round of 16	TuS Bad Gleichenberg	0-3	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Bad Gleichenberg
19:00		Report	Yabo 45' Onguene 62' Rzatkowski 85'	Stadium: Bad Gleichenberg Arena Attendance: 4.114 Referee: Dieter Muckenhammer

28 February 2018 Quarterfinals	FC Red Bull Salzburg	7-0	SK Austria Klagenfurt	Salzburg
17:00	Farkas 13' Hwang 15', 37' Haidara 24' Gulbrandsen 69' Wolf 71', 73'	Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 1.536 Referee: Andreas Heiss

18 April 2018 Semifinals	SV Mattersburg	0-0 (a.e.t.) (0-3 p)	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Mattersburg
18:00		Report		Stadium: Pappelstadion Attendance: 4.800 Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber
	Penalties
	Höller Malic Seidl		V. Berisha Ramalho Lainer

9 May 2018 Final	FC Red Bull Salzburg	0-1 (a.e.t.)	SK Sturm Graz	Klagenfurt
20:45		Report	Hierländer 112' }	Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion Attendance: 27.100 Referee: Harald Lechner

Championsleague qualification

11 July 2017 2 1st leg	Hibernians FC Paola	0-3	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Paola
20:45		Report	V. Berisha 32' (pen.) Hwang 35' Minamino 54'	Stadium: Hibernians-Stadium Attendance: 4.450 Referee: Fran Jovic

19 July 2017 2 2nd leg	FC Red Bull Salzburg	3-0	Hibernians FC Paola	Salzburg
20:30	Rzatkowski 11' Gulbrandsen 19' Haidara 85'	Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 5.500 Referee: Segei Lapochkin

26 July 2017 3 1st leg	FC Red Bull Salzburg	1-1	HNK Rijeka	Salzburg
18:45	Hwang 49'	Report	Gavranovic 30'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 12.700 Referee: Daniel Stefanski

2 August 2017 3 2nd leg	HNK Rijeka	0-0	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Rijeka
20:45		Report		Stadium: Stadion Rujevica Attendance: 8.000 Referee: Hüseyin Göcek

EuropaLeague, Play off

17 August 2017 Play off 1st leg	Viitorul Constanta	1-3	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Constanta
20:45	Tucudean 7'	Report	Hwang 2' Wolf 29' Dabbur 31'	Stadium: Stadionul Central Hagi Attendance: 3.500 Referee: Anthony Taylor

24 August 2017 Play off 2nd leg	FC Red Bull Salzburg	4-0	Viitorul Constanta	Salzburg
19:00	Dabbur 7' Gulbrandsen 38' V. Beerisha 52' (pen.) Haidara 88'	Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 6.600 Referee: Craig Thomson

Europa League, Group I

14 September 2017 1	Vitoria Guimaraes	1-1	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Guimaraes
21:05	Pedrão 25'	Report	V. Berisha 45'	Stadium: Estádio Dom Afonso Henriques Attendance: 16.000 Referee: Aliyar Aghayev

28 September 2017 2	FC Red Bull Salzburg	1-0	Olympique Marseille	Salzburg
19:00	Dabbur 73'	Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 11.832 Referee: Ivan Bebek

19 October 2017 3	Konyaspor	0-2	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Konya
19:00		Report	Gulbrandsen 5' Dabbur 80'	Stadium: Konya Büyüksehir Stadyumu Attendance: 35.000 Referee: Craig Pawson

2 November 2017 4	FC Red Bull Salzburg	0-0	Konyaspor	Salzburg
21:05		Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 8.800 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni

23 November 2017 5	FC Red Bull Salzburg	3-0	Vitoria Guimaraes	Salzburg
19:00	Dabbur 26' Ulmer 45+1' Hwang 67'	Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 6.500 Referee: Andrew Dallas

7 December 2017 6	Olympique Marseille	0-0	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Marseille
21:05		Report		Stadium: Stade Velodrome Attendance: 18.000 Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov

Table

	Team	M	W	D	L	Goals	Points
1	FC Salzburg	6	3	3	0	7:1	12
2	Olympique de Marseille	6	2	2	2	4:4	8
3	Konyaspor	6	1	3	2	4:6	6
4	Vitória Guimarães	6	1	2	3	5:9	5

Round of 32

15 February 2018 Round of 32 1st leg	Real Sociedad San Sebastian	2-2	FC Red Bull Salzburg	San Sebastian
19:00	Odriozola 57' Januzaj 80'	Report	Oyarzabal 27' (o.g.) Minamino 94'	Stadium: Estadio Anoeta Attendance: 19.970 Referee: Bobby Madden

22 February 2018 Round of 32 2nd leg	FC Red Bull Salzburg	2-1	Real Sociedad San Sebastian	Salzburg
21:05	Dabbur 10' V. Berisha 74' (pen.)	Report	Navas 28'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 13.900 Referee: Sergey Karasev

Round of 16

8 March 2018 Round of 16 1st leg	Borussia Dortmund	1-2	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Dortmund
19:00	Schürrle 62'	Report	V. Berisha 49' (pen.), 56'	Stadium: BVB-Stadion Attendance: 53.700 Referee: Slavko Vincic

22 February 2018 Round of 16 2nd leg	FC Red Bull Salzburg	0-0	Borussia Dortmund	Salzburg
21:05				Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 29.520 Referee: Benoit Bastien

Quarterfinals

5 April 2018 Quarterfinals 1st leg	Lazio Rom	4-2	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Rome
21:05	Lulic 8' Parolo 49' Anderson 74' Immobile 76'	Report	V. Berisha 30' (pen.) Minamino 70'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 40.000 Referee: Ovidiu Alin Hategan

12 April 2018 Quarterfinals 2nd leg	FC Red Bull Salzburg	4-1	Lazio Rom	Salzburg
21:05	Dabbur 56' Haidara 72' Hwang 74' Lainer 76'	Report	Immobile 55'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 29.520 Referee: Damir Skomina

Semifinals

26 April 2018 Semifinals 1st leg	Olympique Marseille	2-0	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Marseille
21:05	Thauvin 15' Njie 63'	Report		Stadium: Stade Velodrome Attendance: 64.000 Referee: William Collum

12 April 2018 Semifinals 2nd leg	FC Red Bull Salzburg	2-1 (a.e.t.)	Olympique Marseille	Salzburg
21:05	Haidara 53' Sarr 65' (o.g.)	Report	Fonseca 116'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 29.520 Referee: Sergey Karasev

UEFA Youth League

26 September 2017 1 1st leg	FC Girondins de Bordeaux U19	0-1	FC Red Bull Salzburg U19	Bordeaux
17:00		Report	Schmid 33'	Stadium: Stade de Saint Médard en Jalles Referee: Luis Miguel Branco Godinho

17 October 2017 1 2nd leg	FC Red Bull Salzburg U19	4-0	FC Girondins de Bordeaux U19	Grödig
18:00	L. Meisl 3' M. Meisl 6' Gazibegovic 21' Schmidt 37'	Report		Stadium: Untersbergarena Attendance: 1.160 Referee: Sascha Amhof

1 November 2017 2 1st leg	AC Sparta Prague U19	2-4	FC Red Bull Salzburg U19	Praha
17:00	Sedláček 27' Maksić 92'	Report	Schmidt 6', 29' Meisl 51' Meister 56'	Stadium: Stadion Letná Attendance: 1.120 Referee: Bojan Nikolić

21 November 2017 2 2nd leg	FC Red Bull Salzburg U19	2-0	AC Sparta Prague U19	Grödig
18:00	Meister 41' Schmidt 45'	Report		Stadium: Untersbergarena Attendance: 952 Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

7 February 2018 Play off	FC Red Bull Salzburg U19	5-2	Sporting CP Lissabon U19	Salzburg
18:00	Meisl 15' Sturm 24' Gölles 57' Gorzel 62' Szoboszlai 90'	Report	Leao 18' Balde 71'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Referee: Bojan Pandzic ;Sebastian Gishammer (from min.56 injury of the referee)

21 February 2018 Round of 16	FC Porto U19	3-1	FC Red Bull Salzburg U19	Vila Nova de Gaia
14:00	Bessa 22' Leite 75' Fidelis 89'	Report	Koita 68'	Stadium: Centro de Treinos e Formação Desportiva Referee: Sandro Schärer

Friendly matches

28 June 2017 Friendly	FC Red Bull Salzburg	1-1	Achmat Grosny	Leogang
18:30	Dabbur 34' (pen.)	Report	Shvets 55'	Attendance: 1.000 Referee: Bernd Hirschbichler

1 July 2017 Friendly	FC Red Bull Salzburg	5-1	DAC Dunajska Streda	St. Johann im Pongau
17:00	Atanga 26' Lainer 47' Minamino 56', 59' M. Berisha 73'	Report	Divkovic 12'	Stadium: Alpen-Arena Attendance: 500 Referee: Christopher Jäger

1 July 2017 Friendly	FC Red Bull Salzburg	4-1	RSC Anderlecht	Salzburg
19:00	Minamino 1', 66' Hwang 42' Ulmer 45'	Report	Stanciu 50'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 4.238 Referee: Stefan Ebner

17 January 2018 Friendly	Young Boys Bern	2-0	FC Red Bull Salzburg	La Linea
15:00	Hoarau 23' (pen.) Assale 75'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Municipal Attendance: 100

20 January 2018 Friendly	Viktoria Plzeň	0-5	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Coin
15:00		Report	Schmid 25' Minamino 44' Dabbur 50' Hwang 56' Haidara 66'	Stadium: Burgos Quintana Stadion