2025–26 FC Red Bull Salzburg season

Red Bull Salzburg
2025–26 season
Head coachThomas Letsch
StadiumRed Bull Arena
Bundesliga4th
Austrian CupSecond round
UEFA Champions LeagueThird qualifying round
UEFA Europa LeagueLeague phase
Top goalscorerLeague:
Yorbe Vertessen (3)
All:
Yorbe Vertessen (6)
Lowest home attendance7,544 vs Grazer AK, 9 August 2025, Austrian Bundesliga
Average home league attendance7,544
Biggest win5–0 vs Grazer AK, 9 August 2025, Austrian Bundesliga
Biggest defeat3–2 vs Club Brugge, 12 August 2025, UEFA Champions League
All statistics correct as of 12 August 2025.

The 2025–26 season was the 93rd season in the history of Red Bull Salzburg, and the club's 37th consecutive season in the top flight of Austrian football. In addition to the domestic league, the club participated in the Austrian Cup and the UEFA Champions League.

Coaching staff

As of 18 June 2025[1][2]
Position Staff
Head coach Germany Thomas Letsch
Assistant coach Germany Kai Hesse
Germany Jens Wissing
Head of Goalkeeping Austria David Schartner
Goalkeeper coach Portugal Pedro Pereira
Athletic coach Austria Sebastian Kirchner
Spain Adrián Jiménez Leiva
Rehab coach United States Scott Eisele
Video analyst Austria Rainer Sonnberger
Match analyst Germany Sebastian Sommer
Germany Tim Stenske

Players

As of 5 August 2025[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Austria AUT Alexander Schlager
2 DF Denmark DEN Jacob Rasmussen
3 DF Serbia SRB Aleksa Terzić
4 DF Sweden SWE John Mellberg
5 MF Mali MLI Soumaila Diabate
8 MF Japan JPN Sōta Kitano
9 FW Austria AUT Karim Onisiwo
11 FW Belgium BEL Yorbe Vertessen
13 DF Germany GER Frans Krätzig
14 MF Denmark DEN Maurits Kjærgaard
15 MF Mali MLI Mamady Diambou
16 MF Japan JPN Takumu Kawamura
18 MF Denmark DEN Mads Bidstrup (captain)
19 FW Ivory Coast CIV Karim Konaté
20 FW Ghana GHA Edmund Baidoo
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 FW Serbia SRB Petar Ratkov
22 DF Austria AUT Stefan Lainer
23 DF France FRA Joane Gadou
27 FW Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Kerim Alajbegović
28 FW Denmark DEN Adam Daghim
37 MF Austria AUT Tim Trummer
38 MF Austria AUT Valentin Sulzbacher
43 FW Switzerland SUI Enrique Aguilar
44 DF Austria AUT Jannik Schuster
45 FW Mali MLI Dorgeles Nene
49 FW Mali MLI Moussa Yeo
52 GK Austria AUT Christian Zawieschitzky
91 DF Japan JPN Anrie Chase
92 GK Austria AUT Salko Hamzić

Other players under contract

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Austria AUT Justin Omoregie
— DF Poland POL Kamil Piątkowski
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF France FRA Lucas Gourna-Douath
— FW Switzerland SUI Federico Crescenti

Out on loan

As of 5 August 2025[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Burkina Faso BFA Lassina Traoré (at FC Liefering until 30 June 2026)
— DF Germany GER Leandro Morgalla (at VfL Bochum until 30 June 2026)
— DF Germany GER Hendry Blank (at Hannover 96 until 30 June 2026)
— DF Brazil BRA Douglas Mendes (at FC Liefering until 30 June 2026)
— MF Angola ANG Elione (at FC Liefering until 30 June 2026)
— MF Croatia CRO Oliver Lukić (at FC Liefering until 30 June 2026)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Austria AUT Zeteny Jano (at Grazer AK until 30 June 2026)
— MF Slovenia SVN Miha Matjašec (at FC Liefering until 30 June 2026)
— MF Colombia COL Mayker Palacios (at FC Liefering until 30 June 2025)
— MF England ENG Bobby Clark (at Derby County until 30 June 2026)
— FW Burkina Faso BFA Aboubacar Camara (at FC Liefering until 30 June 2026)
— FW Mali MLI Gaoussou Diakité (at Lausanne-Sport until 30 June 2026)

Transfers

In

Date Pos. Player From Fee Ref.
2 July 2025 MF Colombia Mayker Palacios Austria FC Liefering Undisclosed [5]
3 July 2025 FW Bosnia and Herzegovina Kerim Alajbegović Germany Bayer Leverkusen €2,000,000 [6]
1 August 2025 DF Japan Anrie Chase Germany VfB Stuttgart €2,000,000 [7]

Out

Date Pos. Player To Fee Ref.
1 July 2025 GK Germany Jonas Krumrey Germany Holstein Kiel €150,000 [8]
DF Switzerland Bryan Okoh Switzerland Lausanne-Sport Undisclosed [9]
DF Mali Daouda Guindo Released [10]
DF Brazil Douglas Mendes Austria FC Liefering Loan [11]
DF Belgium Ignace Van der Brempt Italy Como €5,000,000 [12]
DF Austria Raphael Hofer Slovenia Mura Undisclosed [13]
DF Germany Leandro Morgalla Germany VfL Bochum Loan
(€200,000) 		–
MF Ghana Lawrence Agyekum Belgium Cercle Brugge €800,000 [14]
MF Austria Luka Reischl Netherlands ADO Den Haag Undisclosed [15]
MF Nigeria Samson Tijani Czech Republic Dukla Prague Free transfer [16]
2 July 2025 MF Slovenia Miha Matjašec Austria FC Liefering Loan –
4 July 2025 ST Mali Gaoussou Diakité Switzerland Lausanne-Sport [17]
10 July 2025 MF Argentina Nicolás Capaldo Germany Hamburger SV €4,500,000 [18][19]
14 July 2025 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina Amar Dedić Portugal Benfica €12,000,000 [20]
17 July 2025 DF Austria Samson Baidoo France Lens €8,000,000 [21]
18 July 2025 ST Italy Nicolò Turco Released [22]
21 July 2025 MF Austria Dijon Kameri Poland Cracovia Undisclosed [23]
1 August 2025 MF Israel Oscar Gloukh Netherlands Ajax €14,750,000 [24]
5 August 2025 MF England Bobby Clark England Derby County Loan [25]

Friendlies

The pre-season training is scheduled to commence on 3 June 2025, followed by a training camp in Salzachsee.

15 July 2025 Friendly Red Bull Salzburg Austria 2–1 Azerbaijan Qarabağ Zell am See
18:00 CEST (UTC+2
  • Kitano 29'
  • Baidoo 56'
 Report
Stadium: Alois Latini Stadion
Referee: Philipp Maier
18 July 2025 Friendly Red Bull Salzburg Austria 1–2 England Derby County Salzburg, Austria
18:00 CEST (UTC+2
Report
Stadium: SAK-Platz
Referee: Marina Zechner

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Bundesliga 2 August 2025 May 2026 Matchday 1 2 1 1 0 7 2 +5 050.00
Austrian Cup 25 July 2025 First round 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 100.00
UEFA Champions League 23 July 2025 12 August 2025 Second qualifying round Third qualifying round 4 1 1 2 7 6 +1 025.00
UEFA Europa League September 2025 2026 League phase 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Total 7 3 2 2 18 8 +10 042.86

Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga

Main article: 2025–26 Austrian Football Bundesliga

Regular stage

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Rheindorf Altach 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 7 Qualification for the Championship round
2 Rapid Wien 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 7
3 Red Bull Salzburg 3 2 1 0 9 3 +6 7
4 WSG Tirol 3 2 1 0 8 4 +4 7
5 Sturm Graz 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6
Updated to match(es) played on 17 August 2025. 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.[26]

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
2 1 1 0 7 2  +5 4 1 0 0 5 0  +5 0 1 0 2 2  0

Last updated: 9 August 2025.
Source: Bundesliga

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
GroundAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAAHHAAHA
ResultDW
Position64
Source: ADMIRAL Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 27 June 2025.[27]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

2 August 2025 1 SV Ried 2–2 Red Bull Salzburg Ried
19:30 CEST (UTC+2
Report
Stadium: Josko Arena
Attendance: 6,866
Referee: Alexander Harkam
9 August 2025 2 Red Bull Salzburg 5–0 Grazer AK Salzburg
19:30 CEST (UTC+2
Report
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 7,544
Referee: Daniel Pfister
16 August 2025 3 TSV Hartberg v Red Bull Salzburg Hartberg
17:00 CEST (UTC+2 Report Stadium: Stadion Hartberg

Austrian Cup

Main article: 2025–26 Austrian Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

26 July 2025 First round Union Dietach 0–4 Red Bull Salzburg Dietach
18:00 CEST (UTC+2
  • Ketan Red card 76'
 Report
Stadium: DietachArena
Attendance: 3,650
Referee: Emil Ristoskov
16 September 2025 Second round Dornbirn 1913 v Red Bull Salzburg Dornbirn
17:00 CEST (UTC+2 Report Stadium: Stadion Birkenwiese

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2025–26 UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

The draw was held on 18 June 2025.[28]

23 July 2025 First leg SK Brann Norway 1–4 Austria Red Bull Salzburg Brann, Norway
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Brann Stadion
Attendance: 14,587
Referee: Damian Sylwestrzak (Poland)
30 July 2025 Second leg Red Bull Salzburg Austria 1–1
(5–2 agg.)		 Norway SK Brann Salzburg, Austria
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 11,949
Referee: Rade Obrenovič (Slovenia)

Third qualifying round

The draw was held on 21 July 2025.[29]

6 August 2025 First leg Red Bull Salzburg Austria 0–1 Belgium Club Brugge Salzburg, Austria
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 12,782
Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)
12 August 2025 Second leg Club Brugge Belgium 3–2
(4–2 agg.)		 Austria Red Bull Salzburg Brugge, Belgium
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 23,376
Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2025–26 UEFA Europa League

League phase

Main article: 2025–26 UEFA Europa League league phase

The league phase draw would be held on 29 August 2025.


  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

24–25 September 2025 1 v
TBD
2 October 2025 2 v
TBD
23 October 2025 3 v
TBD
6 November 2025 4 v
TBD
27 November 2025 5 v
TBD
11 December 2025 6 v
TBD
22 January 2026 7 v
TBD
29 January 2026 8 v
TBD

Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank No. Pos. Player Austrian Bundesliga Austrian Cup Champions League Europa League Total
1 11 FW Belgium Yorbe Vertessen 3 2 1 0 6
2 21 FW Serbia Petar Ratkov 1 2 0 0 3
3 14 MF Croatia Maurits Kjærgaard 1 0 2 0 3
4 27 FW Bosnia and Herzegovina Kerim Alajbegović 1 0 1 0 2
5 45 MF Mali Dorgeles Nene 0 1 1 0 2
6 8 MF Japan Sōta Kitano 1 0 0 0 1
7 2 DF Denmark Jacob Rasmussen 0 0 1 0 1
20 FW Denmark Jacob Rasmussen 0 0 1 0 1
Total 7 5 7 0 19

Last updated: 12 August 2025.
Source: FBref.com

Hat-tricks

  • Score – The score at the time of each goal. PSV's score listed first.
Date No. Pos. Player Score Final score Opponent Competition

Top assists

Rank No. Pos. Player Austrian Bundesliga Austrian Cup Champions League Europa League Total
1 22 DF Austria Stefan Lainer 0 0 2 0 2
2 5 MF Mali Soumaila Diabate 1 0 0 0 1
27 FW Bosnia and Herzegovina Kerim Alajbegović 1 0 0 0 1
37 DF Austria Tim Trummer 1 0 0 0 1
45 MF Mali Dorgeles Nene 1 0 0 0 1
6 13 DF Germany Frans Krätzig 0 1 0 0 1
20 FW Ghana Edmund Baidoo 0 1 0 0 1
8 14 DF Denmark Maurits Kjærgaard 0 0 1 0 1
30 MF Israel Oscar Gloukh 0 0 1 0 1
Total 4 2 4 0 10

Last updated: 12 August 2025.
Source: FBref.com

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