The 2016–17

Austrian Football Bundesliga The Austrian Football Bundesliga (german: Österreichische Fußball-Bundesliga, italic=no , "Austrian Football Federal League"), also known as Admiral Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Austrian football league system. Th ...

was the 105th season of top-tier

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. Red Bull Salzburg are the defending champions. The fixtures were announced on 14 June 2016. The season began on 23 July 2016 and ended on 28 May 2017.

Teams

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, the 2015–16 First League champion, returned to the top level 22 years after their relegation.

Stadia and locations

Personnel and kits

League table

Results

First half of season

Second half of season

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Top assists

Attendances

Awards

Annual awards

Player of the Year

The Player of the Year award awared to

Andreas Ulmer Andreas Ulmer (; born 30 October 1985) is an Austrian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football), defender for and Captain (association football), captains Austrian Football Bundesliga, Austrian ...

(Red Bull Salzburg)

Top goalscorer

The Top goalscorer of the Year award awared to

Olarenwaju Kayode Olarenwaju Ayobami Kayode (born 8 May 1993) is a Nigerian professional association football, footballer who plays as a forward (association football), forward for Turkish club Ümraniyespor on loan from the Ukrainian Premier League club FC Shak ...

(Austria Wien)

Manager of the Year

The Manager of the Year award awared to Oscar Garcia (Red Bull Salzburg)

Breakthrough of the Year

The Breakthrough of the Year award awared to

Konrad Laimer Konrad Laimer (born 27 May 1997) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig and the Austria national team. Club career Laimer is a youth exponent from Red Bull Salzburg. He made his Erste L ...

(Red Bull Salzburg)

Team of the Year

*Goalkeeper:

Alexander Walke Alexander Walke (born 6 June 1983) is a German former professional football goalkeeper. Club career Born in Oranienburg, Brandenburg, Walke began his career at Energie Cottbus as a 14-year-old. In 1999, he transferred to Werder Bremen, and was c ...

(Red Bull Salzburg) *Defence:

Stefan Lainer Stefan Lainer (born 27 August 1992) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as right-back for Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach and the Austria national team. Club career Early career Lainer started his career with the local ...

(Red Bull Salzburg), Paulo Miranda (Red Bull Salzburg),

Philipp Netzer Philipp Netzer (born 2 October 1985) is an Austrian professional football coach and a former player. He is a youth coach of the SC Rheindorf Altach juniors. Career Netzer began his career with BNZ Vorarlberg. In 2003, he joined the first team of ...

(Rheindorf Altach),

Charalampos Lykogiannis Charalampos 'Babis' Lykogiannis ( el, Χαράλαμπος 'Μπάμπης' Λυκογιάννης; born 22 October 1993), also known as ''Lykos'' (Greek for "wolf" – from the first letters of his name), is a Greek professional footballer who ...

(Sturm Graz) *Midfield: Lucas Venuto (Austria Wien),

(Red Bull Salzburg) , Alexander Grünwald (Austria Wien),

Valon Berisha Valon Berisha (born 7 February 1993) is a Kosovan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for A-League club Melbourne City, on loan from Ligue 1 club Reims, and the Kosovo national team. He previously represented Norway at youth a ...

(Red Bull Salzburg) *Attack:

Deni Alar Deni Alar (born 18 January 1990) is an Austrian professional footballer of Croatian descent who plays as a striker for Austrian Regionalliga East club First Vienna. Club career Born in Slavonski Brod, SR Croatia, at the time part of Yugoslavia, ...

(Sturm Graz),

(Austria Wien)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:2015-16 Austrian Football Bundesliga Austrian Football Bundesliga seasons Aus 1