2025–26 FK Austria Wien season

The 2025–26 season was the 114th season in the history of FK Austria Wien, and the club's 81st consecutive season in the Austrian Football Bundesliga. In addition to the domestic league, the team participated in the Austrian Cup and the UEFA Conference League.

FK Austria Wien
2025–26 season
ManagerStephan Helm
StadiumFranz Horr Stadium
Austrian Football Bundesliga4th
Austrian CupFirst round
UEFA Conference LeagueThird qualifying round
Top goalscorerLeague: Johannes Eggestein (9)
All: Johannes Eggestein (10)
Highest home attendance15,600 (vs. SK Rapid Wien, 15 February 2026)
Lowest home attendance8,951 (vs. Spaeri, 24 July 2025)
Average home league attendance13,535
Biggest win5–0 (vs. Spaeri, 31 July 2025)
Biggest defeat3–0 (vs. Red Bull Salzburg, 26 October 2025)
5–2 (vs. SK Sturm Graz, 15 March 2026)
4–1 (vs. LASK, 5 April 2026)
3–0 (vs. LASK, 17 May 2026)

Transfers

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Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
FW Germany Maurice Malone Switzerland Basel €1.2m 21 May 2025 [1]
FW Ghana Kelvin Boateng Austria First Vienna Free 3 June 2025 [2]
MF South Korea Lee Kang-hee South Korea Gyeongnam €426k 27 June 2025 [3]
FW Austria Manprit Sarkaria China Shenzhen Peng City Free 29 June 2025 [4]
FW Australia Noah Botić Australia Western United Free 29 June 2025 [5]
FW Germany Johannes Eggestein Germany St. Pauli Free 23 July 2025 [6]
DF South Korea Lee Tae-seok South Korea Pohang Steelers €800k 2 August 2025 [7]
MF Senegal Clauvis Etienne Brazil Uberaba Undisclosed 5 September 2025 [8]
Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
DF Austria Matteo Meisl Austria Admira Wacker Undisclosed 23 June 2025 [9]
FW Austria Moritz Wels Austria WSG Tirol Loan 23 June 2025 [10]
FW Austria Andreas Gruber Slovakia Dunajská Streda Free 25 June 2025 [11]
MF Austria Marvin Potzmann Austria Bad Waltersdorf Free 1 July 2025
DF Austria Tobias Polz Austria Oberwart Undisclosed 1 July 2025
FW Austria Muharem Huskovic Austria Blau-Weiß Linz Loan 1 July 2025 [12]
FW Nigeria David Ewemade Serbia Radnički Niš Free 8 July 2025
FW Austria Dario Kreiker Austria SV Stripfing Free 12 July 2025
DF Brazil Lucas Galvão United Arab Emirates Hatta Club Free 17 July 2025
MF Austria Dominik Fitz United States Minnesota United €2m 21 August 2025 [13]
FW Germany Maurice Malone Austria SK Sturm Graz €2m 2 September 2025 [14]
FW Ivory Coast Abdoulaye Kanté Austria SV Stripfing Loan 4 September 2025
MF Senegal Clauvis Etienne Austria SV Stripfing Loan 5 September 2025
DF Austria Luca Pazourek Austria TSV Hartberg Loan 6 January 2026 [15]
FW Austria Muharem Huskovic Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar Free 3 February 2026 [16]

Friendlies

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5 July 2025 Friendly Austria Wien 2–4 Czech Republic Bohemians Vienna
10:00
Stadium: Generali Arena
9 July 2025 Friendly Austria Wien 0–0 Austria FAC Vienna
18:00 Stadium: Generali Arena
12 July 2025 Friendly Austria SC/ESV Parndorf 0–6 Austria Wien Parndorf
14:30
Stadium: Heidebodenstadion
18 July 2025 Friendly Austria Wien 1–2 Germany Hertha Berlin Vienna
18:00
Stadium: Generali Arena
10 January 2026 Friendly Austria Wien 5–1 Austria SR Donaufeld Wien Vienna
10:00
Stadium: Generali Arena
16 January 2026 Friendly Austria Wien 2–4 Denmark Nordsjælland Vienna
11:00
Stadium: Generali Arena
23 January 2026 Friendly Austria Wien Cancelled Czech Republic Teplice Vienna
12:00 Stadium: Generali Arena
26 January 2026 Friendly Austria Wien 1–1 Slovakia Dunajská Streda Vienna
11:00
Stadium: Generali Arena
31 January 2026 Friendly Austria Wien 2–0 Austria Grazer AK Vienna
12:00 Stadium: Generali Arena

Competitions

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Overall record

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Austrian Football Bundesliga 3 August 2025 Matchday 1 31 14 5 12 45 47 −2 045.16
Austrian Cup 27 July 2025 First round First Round 1 0 0 1 2 3 −1 000.00
UEFA Conference League 24 July 2025 14 August 2025 Second qualifying round Third qualifying round 4 2 1 1 11 4 +7 050.00
Total 36 16 6 14 58 54 +4 044.44

Source: Soccerway

Austrian Football Bundesliga

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Regular season

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
2 Red Bull Salzburg 22 10 7 5 42 26 +16 37 Qualification for the Championship round
3 LASK 22 11 4 7 32 30 +2 37
4 Austria Wien 22 11 3 8 34 30 +4 36
5 SK Rapid 22 9 6 7 26 25 +1 33
6 TSV Hartberg 22 8 9 5 29 24 +5 33
Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Matches won; 6) Away matches won; 7) Away goals scored.[17]

Results summary

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OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
31 14 5 12 45 47  −2 47 6 3 6 19 24  −5 8 2 6 26 23  +3

Results by round

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Round1
Ground
Result
Position
Source: ADMIRAL Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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3 August 2025 1 Grazer AK 2–2 Austria Wien Graz
17:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium
Attendance: 9,464
Referee: Austria Stefan Ebner
10 August 2025 2 Austria Wien 0–2 Wolfsberger AC Wien
17:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 13,049
Referee: Austria Christian-Petru Ciochirca
17 August 2025 3 LASK 2–1 Austria Wien Linz
17:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena
Attendance: 12,510
Referee: Austria Alexander Harkam
24 August 2025 4 Austria Wien 1–3 TSV Hartberg Wien
17:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 11,877
Referee: Austria Sebastian Gishamer
31 August 2025 5 Austria Wien 1–0 SCR Altach Wien
17:00 CET Report
Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 13,569
Referee: Austria Stefan Ebner
14 September 2025 6 SK Sturm Graz 0–1 Austria Wien Graz
17:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium
Attendance: 16,183
Referee: Austria Markus Hameter
20 September 2025 7 Austria Wien 3–2 SV Ried Wien
17:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 12,029
Referee: Austria Alexander Harkam
28 September 2025 8 SK Rapid Wien 1–3 Austria Wien Wien
17:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Allianz Stadion
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Austria Walter Altmann
4 October 2025 9 Austria Wien 0–1 Blau-Weiß Linz Wien
17:00 CET Report
Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 12,815
Referee: Austria Daniel Pfister
18 October 2025 10 WSG Tirol 2–3 Austria Wien Innsbruck
17:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Tivoli Stadion Tirol
Attendance: 1,670
Referee: Austria Markus Greinecker
26 October 2025 11 Austria Wien 0–3 Red Bull Salzburg Wien
17:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 14,483
Referee: Austria Walter Altmann
1 November 2025 12 TSV Hartberg 2–1 Austria Wien Hartberg
17:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Profertil Arena Hartberg
Attendance: 4,273
Referee: Austria Sebastian Gishamer
8 November 2025 13 Austria Wien 2–1 Grazer AK Wien
17:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 12,307
Referee: Austria Harald Lechner
22 November 2025 14 Blau-Weiß Linz 2–3 Austria Wien Linz
17:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Donauparkstadion
Attendance: 5,557
Referee: Austria Alexander Harkam
29 November 2025 15 Austria Wien 0–0 WSG Tirol Wien
17:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 13,024
Referee: Austria Jakob Semler
7 December 2025 16 Wolfsberger AC 2–1 Austria Wien Wolfsberg
14:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Lavanttal-Arena
Attendance: 3,565
Referee: Austria Markus Greinecker
14 December 2025 17 Austria Wien 3–1 SK Sturm Graz Wien
17:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 13,555
Referee: Austria Arnes Talic
6 February 2026 18 Red Bull Salzburg 0–2 Austria Wien Wals-Siezenheim
20:30 CET Report
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 10,789
Referee: Austria Harald Lechner
15 February 2026 19 Austria Wien 2–0 SK Rapid Wien Wien
17:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 15,600
Referee: Austria Markus Hameter
21 February 2026 20 SCR Altach 2–1 Austria Wien Altach
17:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Stadion Schnabelholz
Attendance: 3,655
Referee: Austria Jakob Semler
1 March 2026 21 Austria Wien 2–2 LASK Wien
17:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 14,165
Referee: Austria Arnes Talic
8 March 2026 22 SV Ried 0–2 Austria Wien Ried im Innkreis
17:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Josko Arena
Attendance: 5,768
Referee: Austria Alexander Harkam

Championship round

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
2 Sturm Graz 32 16 8 8 51 35 +16 37 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 Red Bull Salzburg 32 13 9 10 56 41 +15 29 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[a]
4 Austria Wien 32 14 5 13 45 50 5 29 Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
5 SK Rapid (O) 32 12 8 12 36 41 5 27 Qualification for the Conference League play-offs
6 Hartberg 32 10 12 10 40 40 0 25
Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points with (possible) half points subtracted due to rounding; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Matches won; 9) Away matches won; 10) Away goals scored.[18]
(O) Play-off winners
Notes:
  1. The 2025–26 Austrian Cup winners (LASK) qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round. Since LASK finished as league champions, the Europa League berth went to the third place team.

Matches

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15 March 2026 23 Austria Wien 2–5 SK Sturm Graz Wien
17:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 13,942
Referee: Austria Walter Altmann
22 March 2026 24 TSV Hartberg 0–1 Austria Wien Hartberg
14:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Profertil Arena Hartberg
Attendance: 4,021
Referee: Austria Stefan Ebner
5 April 2026 25 LASK 4–1 Austria Wien Linz
14:30 CET Report
Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena
Attendance: 12,849
Referee: Austria Jakob Semler
12 April 2026 26 Austria Wien 1–1 SK Rapid Wien Wien
17:00 CET Report
Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 14,171
Referee: Austria Harald Lechner
19 April 2026 27 Austria Wien 1–3 Red Bull Salzburg Wien
14:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 14,543
Referee: Austria Markus Hameter
22 April 2026 28 Red Bull Salzburg 3–1 Austria Wien Wals-Siezenheim
18:30 CET Report
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 9,773
Referee: Austria Harald Lechner
26 April 2026 29 SK Sturm Graz 1–1 Austria Wien Graz
17:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Merkur-Arena
Attendance: 15,979
Referee: Austria Stefan Ebner
3 May 2026 30 Austria Wien 1–0 TSV Hartberg Wien
14:30 CET
Report Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 13,900
Referee: Austria Sebastian Gishamer
10 May 2026 31 SK Rapid Wien 0–2 Austria Wien Wien
17:00 CET Report
Stadium: Allianz Stadion
Attendance: 25,522
Referee: Austria Julian Weinberger
17 May 2026 32 Austria Wien 0–3 LASK Wien
14:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Generali Arena
Referee: Austria Sebastian Gishamer

Austrian Cup

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27 July 2025 First round ASK Voitsberg 3–2 Austria Wien Voitsberg
13:00
Report
Stadium: Stadion Voitsberg
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Achim Untergasser

UEFA Conference League

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Second qualifying round

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The draw was held on 18 June 2025.[19]

24 July 2025 First leg Austria Wien Austria 2–0 Georgia (country) Spaeri Vienna
19:30 UTC+1
Report
Stadium: Franz Horr Stadium
Attendance: 8,951
Referee: Martin Dohal (Slovakia)
31 July 2025 Second leg Spaeri Georgia (country) 0–5
(0–7 agg.)
Austria Austria Wien Tbilisi, Georgia
17:30 UTC+3
Report
Stadium: M. Meskhi II Stadium
Attendance: 916
Referee: Ashot Ghaltakhchyan (Armenia)

Third qualifying round

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The draw was held on 21 July 2025.[20]

7 August 2025 First leg Baník Ostrava Czech Republic 4–3 Austria Austria Wien Ostrava, Czechia
17:30 UTC+1
Report
Stadium: Městský stadion
Attendance: 12,567
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Sweden)
14 August 2025 Second leg Austria Wien Austria 1–1
(4–5 agg.)
Czech Republic Baník Ostrava Vienna
20:00 UTC+1
Report
Stadium: Franz Horr Stadium
Attendance: 10,022
Referee: Juxhin Xhaja (Albania)

Appearances and goals

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As of match played 17 May 2026

Players with no appearances are not included on the list
Italics indicate a loaned in player

No. Pos Nat Player TotalBundesligaAustrian CupUEFA Conference League
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Austria AUT Samuel Şahin-Radlinger 36032+000+004+00
5 MF The Gambia GAM Abubakr Barry 33427+140+104+00
6 MF Austria AUT Philipp Maybach 23015+800+000+00
7 FW Austria AUT Romeo Vučić 500+500+000+00
9 FW Australia AUS Noah Botić 1846+731+011+30
11 FW Austria AUT Manprit Sarkaria 19411+431+001+21
14 FW Ghana GHA Kelvin Boateng 2244+1640+100+10
15 DF Austria AUT Aleksandar Dragović 32228+021+003+00
16 MF South Korea KOR Lee Kang-hee 27017+500+104+00
17 MF South Korea KOR Lee Tae-seok 30329+130+000+00
19 FW Germany GER Johannes Eggestein 331027+290+102+11
20 MF Austria AUT Sanel Šaljić 25114+810+000+30
21 MF France FRA Hakim Guenouche 802+200+004+00
22 MF Austria AUT Florian Wustinger 600+600+000+00
23 MF Austria AUT Konstantin Aleksa 400+400+000+00
24 DF Croatia CRO Tin Plavotić 30321+421+003+11
26 MF Austria AUT Reinhold Ranftl 37332+031+004+00
28 DF Austria AUT Philipp Wiesinger 32228+110+002+11
29 FW Austria AUT Marko Raguž 1110+1010+100+00
30 MF Austria AUT Manfred Fischer 37432+031+004+01
33 FW Austria AUT Marijan Österreicher 500+500+000+00
34 MF Austria AUT Romeo Mörth 200+200+000+00
36 MF Austria AUT Vasilije Markovic 1304+900+000+00
40 MF Austria AUT Matteo Schablas 1211+711+000+30
46 DF Austria AUT Johannes Handl 2006+1101+000+20
47 FW Ivory Coast CIV Abdoulaye Kanté 200+200+000+00
60 DF Austria AUT Dejan Radonjić 1418+610+000+00
66 DF Austria AUT Ifeanyi Ndukwe 100+100+000+00
70 MF Austria AUT Dominik Nisandzic 100+100+000+00
99 GK Austria AUT Mirko Kos 100+001+000+00
Player(s) who featured whilst on loan but returned to parent club during the season:
Player(s) who featured but departed the club permanently during the season:
36 FW Austria AUT Dominik Fitz 843+011+004+03
77 FW Germany GER Maurice Malone 1044+101+014+03
Player(s) who featured but departed the club on loan during the season:
2 DF Austria AUT Luca Pazourek 801+600+000+10

References

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