2017–18 FC Red Bull Salzburg season

The 2017–18 FC Red Bull Salzburg season was the 85th season in club history. They were defending League and Cup champions.

Red Bull Salzburg

2017–18 season
Chairman	Georgios Esplandatkoulos
Manager	Marco Rose
Stadium	Red Bull Arena
Bundesliga	1st
Austrian Cup	Runners-up
UEFA Champions League	Third qualifying round
UEFA Europa League	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Mu'nas Dabbur (22) All: Mu'nas Dabbur (29)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

Squad

As of match played 27 May 2018

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Cican Stankovic	[a]	GK	(1992-11-04)4 November 1992 (aged 25)	SV Grödig	2015[1]	2020[1]	35	0
31	Carlos Miguel		GK	(1996-12-29)29 December 1996 (aged 21)	Academy	2015		1	0
33	Alexander Walke		GK	(1983-06-06)6 June 1983 (aged 34)	Hansa Rostock	2010	2017[2]
Defenders
5	Duje Ćaleta-Car		DF	(1996-09-17)17 September 1996 (aged 21)	Pasching	2014	2020[3]	77	2
6	Jérôme Onguéné	[b]	DF	(1997-12-22)22 December 1997 (aged 20)	loan from VfB Stuttgart	2017	2018
15	André Ramalho		DF	(1992-02-16)16 February 1992 (aged 26)	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	2018		117	12
17	Andreas Ulmer		DF	(1985-10-30)30 October 1985 (aged 32)	SV Ried	2009
22	Stefan Lainer		DF	(1992-08-27)27 August 1992 (aged 25)	SV Ried	2015[2]	2018[2]	127	13
34	Marin Pongračić		DF	(1997-09-11)11 September 1997 (aged 20)	1860 Munich	2017		23	0
55	Luca Meisl		DF	(1999-03-04)4 March 1999 (aged 19)	Academy	2016		2	0
Midfielders
4	Amadou Haidara		MF	(1998-01-31)31 January 1998 (aged 20)	JMG Academy Bamako	2016		62	10
7	Reinhold Yabo		MF	(1992-02-10)10 February 1992 (aged 26)	Karlsruher SC	2015[4]	2018[4]	43	5
8	Diadie Samassékou		MF	(1996-01-11)11 January 1996 (aged 22)	Real Bamako	2015[5]	2019[5]	88	0
13	Hannes Wolf		MF	(1999-04-16)16 April 1999 (aged 19)	Academy	2016		48	12
14	Valon Berisha	[c]	MF	(1993-02-07)7 February 1993 (aged 25)	Viking	2012	[2]	234	45
16	Dominik Szoboszlai		DF	(2000-10-25)25 October 2000 (aged 17)	MTK Budapest	2016		1	0
24	Christoph Leitgeb		MF	(1985-04-14)14 April 1985 (aged 33)	Sturm Graz	2007
25	Patrick Farkas		MF	(1992-09-09)9 September 1992 (aged 25)	SV Mattersburg	2017		22	2
28	Romano Schmid		MF	(2000-01-27)27 January 2000 (aged 18)	Sturm Graz	2017		1	0
42	Xaver Schlager		MF	(1997-09-28)28 September 1997 (aged 20)	Academy	2015		63	3
45	Enock Mwepu		MF	(1998-01-01)1 January 1998 (aged 20)	Kafue Celtic	2017		10	1
Forwards
9	Mu'nas Dabbur		FW	(1992-05-14)14 May 1992 (aged 26)	Grasshoppers	2016		80	35
18	Takumi Minamino		FW	(1995-01-16)16 January 1995 (aged 23)	Cerezo Osaka	2015[6]	2018[6]	132	41
19	Hwang Hee-chan		FW	(1996-01-26)26 January 1996 (aged 22)	Pohang Steelers	2015		86	29
21	Fredrik Gulbrandsen		FW	(1992-09-10)10 September 1992 (aged 25)	Molde	2016		72	20
41	Patson Daka		FW	(1998-10-09)9 October 1998 (aged 19)	Kafue Celtic	2017		12	1
Out on loan
11	Marc Rzatkowski		MF	(1990-03-02)2 March 1990 (aged 28)	FC St. Pauli	2016		27	5
20	David Atanga		FW	(1996-12-25)25 December 1996 (aged 21)	Red Bull Ghana	2015	2020[2]	13	0
23	Stefan Stangl		DF	(1991-10-20)20 October 1991 (aged 26)	Rapid Wien	2016		13	1
28	Asger Sørensen		DF	(1996-06-05)5 June 1996 (aged 21)	Academy	2014		6	1
29	Samuel Tetteh		FW	(1996-07-28)28 July 1996 (aged 21)	West African Football Academy	2016		2	0
37	Mërgim Berisha		FW	(1998-05-11)11 May 1998 (aged 20)	Academy	2017		1	0
44	Igor		DF	(1998-02-07)7 February 1998 (aged 20)	Red Bull Brasil	2016		4	0
77	Dimitri Oberlin	[d]	FW	(1997-09-27)27 September 1997 (aged 20)	Zürich	2015	2020[7]	20	4
	Majeed Ashimeru		MF	(1997-10-10)10 October 1997 (aged 20)	WAFA	2017		0	0
	Smail Prevljak		FW	(1995-05-10)10 May 1995 (aged 23)	loan from RB Leipzig	2015[8]		11	0
Left during the season
3	Paulo Miranda		DF	(1988-08-16)16 August 1988 (aged 29)	São Paulo	2015[9]	2019[9]	94	4
10	Valentino Lazaro		MF	(1996-03-24)24 March 1996 (aged 22)	Academy	2012		121	15

1. Cican Stankovic was born in Bijeljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, but qualified to represent Austria internationally, representing the Austrian U-21 team in 2014.
2. Jérôme Onguéné was born in Mbalmayo, Cameroon, but qualified to represent France internationally, representing them at youth level before making his debut for Cameroon in August 2018.
3. Valon Berisha was born in Malmö, Sweden to Kosovo Albanian parents. Berisha qualified to represent Norway internationally, representing them at various levels until September 2016, when he switched to representing Kosovo.
4. Dimitri Oberlin was born in Yaoundé, Cameroon but qualified to represent Switzerland internationally, representing them at various youth levels before making his senior debut in 2018.

Out on loan

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 11 MF  GER Marc Rzatkowski (at New York Red Bulls) 20 MF  GHA David Atanga (at St.Pölten) 23 DF  AUT Stefan Stangl (at Austria Wien) 28 DF  DEN Asger Sørensen (at SSV Jahn Regensburg) 29 FW  GHA Samuel Tetteh (at LASK)

No. Pos. Nation Player 37 FW  GER Mërgim Berisha (at LASK) 44 DF  BRA Igor (at Wolfsberger AC) 77 FW  SUI Dimitri Oberlin (at Basel) — MF  GHA Majeed Ashimeru (at Wolfsberger AC) — FW  BIH Smail Prevljak (at SV Mattersburg)

Kits

Home (Europe)

Away (Europe)

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
21 December 2017	DF		André Ramalho	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Undisclosed	[10]
31 January 2018	MF		Youba Diarra	Yeelen Olympique	Undisclosed	[11]
January 2018	MF		Mohamed Camara			[12]
	DF		Patrick Farkas	SV Mattersburg	Undisclosed
	DF		Marin Pongračić	1860 Munich	Undisclosed
	MF		Enoch Mwepu	Kafue Celtic	Undisclosed
	FW		Patson Daka	Kafue Celtic	Undisclosed

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
30 May 2017	DF		Christian Schwegler	Luzern	Undisclosed	[13]
7 June 2017	MF		Josip Radošević	Hajduk Split	Undisclosed	[14]
26 June 2017	MF		Wanderson	Krasnodar	Undisclosed	[15]
11 July 2017	GK		Lawrence Ati-Zigi	Sochaux	Undisclosed	[16]
21 November 2017	MF		Valentino Lazaro	Hertha BSC	Undisclosed	[17]
4 January 2018	DF		Paulo Miranda	Grêmio	Undisclosed

Loans in

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
31 August 2017	DF		Jérôme Onguéné	VfB Stuttgart	End of Season	[18]

Loans out

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
3 August 2017	MF		Valentino Lazaro	Hertha BSC	21 November 2017	[19]
20 December 2017	MF		David Atanga	St.Pölten	End of Season	[20]
5 January 2018	FW		Samuel Tetteh	LASK Linz	End of 2018/19 Season	[21]
7 January 2018	DF		Igor	Wolfsberger AC	End of Season	[22]
7 January 2018	MF		Majeed Ashimeru	Wolfsberger AC	End of Season	[22]
18 January 2018	MF		Marc Rzatkowski	New York Red Bulls	End of Season	[23]
	DF		Stefan Stangl	Austria Wien	End of Season
	MF		Youba Diarra	Wiener Neustadt	End of Season
	MF		Majeed Ashimeru	Austria Lustenau	7 January 2018
	FW		Smail Prevljak	Mattersburg	End of Season
	DF		Asger Sørensen	Jahn Regensburg	End of Season
	FW		Mërgim Berisha	LASK Linz	End of Season
	FW		Dimitri Oberlin	Basel	End of Season

Competitions

Bundesliga

Main article: 2017–18 Austrian Football Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Red Bull Salzburg (C)	36	25	8	3	81	29	+52	83	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2	Sturm Graz	36	22	4	10	68	45	+23	70	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Rapid Wien	36	17	11	8	68	43	+25	62	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[a]
4	LASK	36	17	6	13	49	41	+8	57	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
5	Admira Wacker Mödling	36	15	6	15	59	66	−7	51

Source: weltfussball.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Matches won; 5) Away matches won; 6) Head-to-head points; 7) Head-to-head goal difference; 8) Head-to-head goals scored.^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Sturm Graz qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round by winning the 2017–18 Austrian Cup. However, since they already qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners was passed down the league.

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
36	25	8	3	81	29	+52	83	14	4	0	46	9	+37	11	4	3	35	20	+15

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	L
Position	3	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 27 May 2018. Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Wolfsberger AC v Red Bull Salzburg

22 July 2017 1	Wolfsberger AC	0–2	Red Bull Salzburg	Wolfsberg
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Rnić  61' Wernitznig  81'	Report	Yabo 29' Lainer  81' Samassékou  88' Minamino 90'	Stadium: Lavanttal-Arena Attendance: 4,005 Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer

Red Bull Salzburg v LASK Linz

29 July 2017 2	Red Bull Salzburg	1–1	LASK Linz	Wals-Siezenheim
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hwang Hee-chan 42' Pongračić  89' Ćaleta-Car  90+2'	Report	Ramsebner 56'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 9,927 Referee: Julian Weinberger

Red Bull Salzburg v Admira Wacker Mödling

5 August 2017 3	Red Bull Salzburg	5–1	Admira Wacker Mödling	Wals-Siezenheim
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Dabbur 9' Wolf 29',  52' Ćaleta-Car 51' Gulbrandsen 59' Hwang Hee-chan 76'	Report	Ebner  59' Lackner  59' Toth  63' Zwierschitz  69' Strauss  80' Schmidt 90+2'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 4,832 Referee: Andreas Heiß

Rheindorf Altach v Red Bull Salzburg

12 August 2017 4	Rheindorf Altach	0–1	Red Bull Salzburg	Altach
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Galvão  60'	Report	Ćaleta-Car  65' Wolf 90+3'	Stadium: CASHPOINT Arena Attendance: 5,013 Referee: Gerhard Grobelnik

Red Bull Salzburg v St. Pölten

20 August 2017 5	Red Bull Salzburg	5–1	St. Pölten	Wals-Siezenheim
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Dabbur 31', 53' Wolf 40' Gulbrandsen 59',  87' Hwang Hee-chan 90'	Report	Petrovic  33' Rasner  70' Riski 72'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 5,970 Referee: Harald Lechner

Sturm Graz v Red Bull Salzburg

27 August 2017 6	Sturm Graz	1–0	Red Bull Salzburg	Graz
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Lykogiannis  14' Žulj  33' Alar 52' Hierländer  86'	Report	Wolf  40' Pongračić  77' Haidara  89' Ćaleta-Car  90+1'	Stadium: Merkur-Arena Attendance: 15,124 Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer

Red Bull Salzburg v Rapid Wien

10 September 2017 7	Red Bull Salzburg	2–2	Rapid Wien	Wals-Siezenheim
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Haidara  26' Schwab 75' (o.g.) Hwang Hee-chan  87' Schlager  89' Dabbur 90+2'	Report	Hofmann  13' Schwab  16' Pavelić  16' Ljubicic 60' Knoflach  60' Murg  74' Schobesberger 79'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 12,049 Referee: Dieter Muckenhammer

SV Mattersburg v Red Bull Salzburg

17 September 2017 8	SV Mattersburg	1–2	Red Bull Salzburg	Mattersburg
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gruber 18' Jano  21' Höller  25' Bürger  69'	Report	Dabbur 12' Ćaleta-Car  23' Gulbrandsen  26' Samassékou  43' Haidara 90+4'	Stadium: Pappelstadion Attendance: 2,214 Referee: Rene Eisner

Red Bull Salzburg v Austria Wien

24 September 2017 9	Red Bull Salzburg	0–0	Austria Wien	Wals-Siezenheim
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Haidara  11' Miranda  74'	Report	Lee  27' Holzhauser  72' Friesenbichler  80'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 7,907 Referee: Markus Hameter

Red Bull Salzburg v Wolfsberger AC

1 October 2017 10	Red Bull Salzburg	2–1	Wolfsberger AC	Wals-Siezenheim
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dabbur 38', 45', 60' Va. Berisha  77' Samassékou  87'	Report	Gschweidl 62' Sollbauer  72' Orgill  79' Rnić  90+4'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 4,512 Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer

LASK Linz v Red Bull Salzburg

14 October 2017 11	LASK Linz	1–3	Red Bull Salzburg	Pasching
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Michorl 1' Wiesinger  64' Ranftl  89'	Report	Miranda  23' Va. Berisha 27' (pen.) Gulbrandsen  59' Ćaleta-Car  61' Dabbur 74', 78',  90+1'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 5,415 Referee: Harald Lechner

Admira Wacker Mödling v Red Bull Salzburg

22 October 2017 12	Admira Wacker Mödling	1–1	Red Bull Salzburg	Maria Enzersdorf
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Knasmüllner 17' (pen.)	Report	Schlager 7' Ulmer  90+2'	Stadium: Bundesstadion Südstadt Attendance: 2,302 Referee: Rene Eisner

Red Bull Salzburg v Rheindorf Altach

28 October 2017 13	Red Bull Salzburg	2–0	Rheindorf Altach	Wals-Siezenheim
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Wolf 29' Stankovic  51' Haidara 81'	Report	Salomon  40' Dobras  77' Zwischenbrugger  85'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 6,384 Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber

St. Pölten v Red Bull Salzburg

5 November 2017 14	St. Pölten	1–3	Red Bull Salzburg	Sankt Pölten
16:30 CET (UTC+1)	Huber 6' Doumbouya 45+3' Muhamedbegovic  51' Rasner  55' Hofbauer  67'	Report	Minamino 35', 80' Onguéné  45+1' Rzatkowski 54' Farkas  89'	Stadium: NV Arena Attendance: 2,760 Referee: Julian Weinberger

Red Bull Salzburg v Sturm Graz

19 November 2017 15	Red Bull Salzburg	5–0	Sturm Graz	Wals-Siezenheim
16:30 CET (UTC+1)	Gulbrandsen 8',  18' Wolf  24' Va. Berisha 36' (pen.) Yabo  38' Maresic 45+2' (o.g.) Dabbur 84', 89'	Report	Siebenhandl  8' Schulz  35' Potzmann  60' Röcher  90+4'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 10,041 Referee: Gerhard Grobelnik

Rapid Wien v Red Bull Salzburg

26 November 2017 16	Rapid Wien	2–3	Red Bull Salzburg	Vienna
16:30 CET (UTC+1)	M.Hofmann  12' Ljubicic 28' Lucas Galvão  35' Joelinton  62' Kvilitaia 76',  82' Auer  83'	Report	Miranda  7' Pongračić  32' Hwang Hee-chan 45+2',  87' Ulmer 46',  90+3' Yabo 50'	Stadium: Allianz Stadion Attendance: 24,375 Referee: Markus Hameter

Red Bull Salzburg v SV Mattersburg

29 November 2017 17	Red Bull Salzburg	2–0	SV Mattersburg	Wals-Siezenheim
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Ćaleta-Car  69' Haidara  71' Dabbur 87' Minamino 90+2'	Report	Rath  2'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 3,722 Referee: Alexander Harkam

Austria Wien v Red Bull Salzburg

3 December 2017 18	Austria Wien	1–1	Red Bull Salzburg	Vienna
16:30 CET (UTC+1)	Serbest  7' Holzhauser  78' Friesenbichler  85' Monschein 90+4'	Report	Hwang Hee-chan  12' Ćaleta-Car  71' Ulmer 79'	Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion Attendance: 6,386 Referee: Oliver Drachta

Wolfsberger AC v Red Bull Salzburg

10 December 2017 19	Wolfsberger AC	0–0	Red Bull Salzburg	Wolfsberg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Sollbauer  33' Flecker  86'	Report	Samassékou  25'  87'	Stadium: Lavanttal-Arena Attendance: 1,901 Referee: Harald Lechner

Red Bull Salzburg v LASK Linz

16 December 2017 20	Red Bull Salzburg	0–0	LASK Linz	Wals-Siezenheim
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hwang Hee-chan  65' Ćaleta-Car  90+3'	Report	Michorl  51'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 5,442 Referee: Rene Eisner

Red Bull Salzburg v Admira Wacker Mödling

3 February 2018 21	Red Bull Salzburg	2–1	Admira Wacker Mödling	Wals-Siezenheim
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Dabbur 37',  61' André Ramalho 90+5'	Report	Grozurek 41' Jakoliš  72'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 3,895 Referee: Julian Weinberger

Rheindorf Altach v Red Bull Salzburg

10 February 2018 22	Rheindorf Altach	0–1	Red Bull Salzburg	Altach
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Netzer  77' Schreiner  82'	Report	Lainer 55',  70' Pongračić  86'	Stadium: CASHPOINT Arena Attendance: 3,803 Referee: Gerhard Grobelnik

Red Bull Salzburg v St. Pölten

18 February 2018 23	Red Bull Salzburg	4–0	St. Pölten	Wals-Siezenheim
16:30 CET (UTC+1)	Wolf 24' (pen.) Gulbrandsen 67' Onguéné 75' Dabbur 90+2' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 4,079 Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber

Sturm Graz v Red Bull Salzburg

25 February 2018 24	Sturm Graz	2–4	Red Bull Salzburg	Graz
16:30 CET (UTC+1)	Schrammel  33'  90' Röcher 37' Schulz  45'  82' Hierländer 75' Spendlhofer  78' Siebenhandl  84'	Report	Ćaleta-Car  39' Dabbur 45', 57' Gulbrandsen  61', 73', 84'	Stadium: Merkur-Arena Attendance: 7,157 Referee: Harald Lechner

Red Bull Salzburg v Rapid Wien

4 March 2018 25	Red Bull Salzburg	1–0	Rapid Wien	Wals-Siezenheim
16:30 CET (UTC+1)	Va. Berisha 73'	Report	Ve. Berisha  13' Petsos  90+1'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 11,781 Referee: Alesander Harkam

SV Mattersburg v Red Bull Salzburg

11 March 2018 26	SV Mattersburg	2–2	Red Bull Salzburg	Mattersburg
16:30 CET (UTC+1)	Malić  22' Okugawa  31' Prevljak 55' (pen.), 82' (pen.) Novak  77'	Report	Farkas  12' Gulbrandsen 27' Va. Berisha  50' Wolf 53' Ulmer  67'	Stadium: Pappelstadion Attendance: 4,100 Referee: Gerhard Grobelnik

Red Bull Salzburg v Austria Wien

18 March 2018 27	Red Bull Salzburg	5–0	Austria Wien	Wals-Siezenheim
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	André Ramalho 17' Yabo  54' Minamino 59', 67' Klein 72' (o.g.) Onguéné 90'	Report	Ruan  30' Holzhauser  41'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 6,826 Referee: Andreas Heiss

Red Bull Salzburg v Wolfsberger AC

31 March 2018 28	Red Bull Salzburg	2–0	Wolfsberger AC	Wals-Siezenheim
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Va. Berisha 39' (pen.) Dabbur 82'	Report	Ashimeru  47' Ouédraogo  51' Palla  56' Flecker  81'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 5,028 Referee: Alexander Harkam

LASK Linz v Red Bull Salzburg

8 April 2018 29	LASK Linz	1–0	Red Bull Salzburg	Pasching
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	João Victor 62' Ramsebner  81'	Report	Dabbur  81'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 5,452 Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer

Admira Wacker Mödling v Red Bull Salzburg

15 April 2018 30	Admira Wacker Mödling	2–6	Red Bull Salzburg	Maria Enzersdorf
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Schmidt 33', 90+2'	Report	Gulbrandsen 3', 57' Wolf 22' Mwepu 36' Dabbur 60', 82', 75'	Stadium: Bundesstadion Südstadt Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Petru Ciochirca

Red Bull Salzburg v Rheindorf Altach

22 April 2018 31	Red Bull Salzburg	3–1	Rheindorf Altach	Wals-Siezenheim
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Onguéné 7' Wolf 47' Ulmer  90+5', 90+6'	Report	Gebauer  48' Meilinger 59'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 6,148 Referee: Dieter Muckenhammer

St. Pölten v Red Bull Salzburg

29 April 2018 32	St. Pölten	0–2	Red Bull Salzburg	Sankt Pölten
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Rasner  63' Luan  74'	Report	Haidara 20' Minamino 48'	Stadium: NV Arena Attendance: 3,552 Referee: Rene Eisner

Red Bull Salzburg v Sturm Graz

6 May 2018 33	Red Bull Salzburg	4–1	Sturm Graz	Wals-Siezenheim
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Pongračić  24' Hwang Hee-chan 45+3' Ćaleta-Car 54' Onguéné 65' Dabbur 83'	Report	Alar  27' Žulj 40' Spendlhofer  47' Lovrić  58' Jeggo  62'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 14,912 Referee: Dieter Muckenhammer

Rapid Wien v Red Bull Salzburg

13 May 2018 34	Rapid Wien	1–4	Red Bull Salzburg	Vienna
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ve. Berisha 75',  90+2' Joelinton  90+4'	Report	Farkas 4' Dabbur 13', 82' Gulbrandsen 26',  49'	Stadium: Allianz Stadion Attendance: 22,300 Referee: Oliver Drachta

Red Bull Salzburg v SV Mattersburg

20 May 2018 35	Red Bull Salzburg	1–0	SV Mattersburg	Wals-Siezenheim
CEST (UTC+2)	Wolf  56'  Ćaleta-Car  76' Dabbur  86' Gulbrandsen 90+5'	Report	Seidl  33' Erhardt  67' Ertlthaler  82' Malić  86' Maierhofer  90+4'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 14,441 Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber

Austria Wien v Red Bull Salzburg

27 May 2018 36	Austria Wien	4–0	Red Bull Salzburg	Vienna
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Monschein 29' Prokop 37' Stronati 58' Ruan  65' Fitz 85'	Report		Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion Attendance: 4,290 Referee: Markus Hameter

Austrian Cup

Main article: 2017–18 Austrian Cup

Deutschlandsberger v Red Bull Salzburg

15 July 2017 First Round	Deutschlandsberger	0–7	Red Bull Salzburg	Deutschlandsberg
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	T. Wotolen  37'  40'	Report	Stangl 34' Hwang Hee-chan 37' (pen.) Minamino 45' Va. Berisha 53', 88' Gulbrandsen 57', 61'	Stadium: Koralmstadion Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber

Bruck/Leitha v Red Bull Salzburg

21 September 2017 Second Round	Bruck/Leitha	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Red Bull Salzburg	Parndorf
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Burusic 25' M. Lechner  80' M. Schöny  95'	Report	Gulbrandsen 20' (pen.) Wolf 107' Daka 111' Haidara  115'	Stadium: Heidebodenstadion Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Patru Ciochirca

Bad Gleichenberg v Red Bull Salzburg

25 October 2017 Third Round	Bad Gleichenberg	0–3	Red Bull Salzburg	Bad Gleichenberg
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	C. Degen  40' J. Trummer  73'	Report	Yabo  13', 45+1' Onguéné 62' Rzatkowski 85' Ćaleta-Car  90'	Stadium: Bad Gleichenberg Arena Attendance: 4,114 Referee: Dieter Muckenhammer

Red Bull Salzburg v Austria Klagenfurt

28 February 2018 Quarter-finals	Red Bull Salzburg	7–0	Austria Klagenfurt	Wals-Siezenheim
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Farkas 13' Hwang Hee-chan 15', 37' Haidara 24' Gulbrandsen 69' Wolf 71', 73'	Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 1,536 Referee: Andreas Heiß

Mattersburg v Red Bull Salzburg

18 April 2018 Semi-finals	Mattersburg	0–0 (0–3 p)	Red Bull Salzburg	Mattersburg
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Höller  40' Renner  84' Novak  89'	Report	Haidara  27' Va. Berisha  82'	Stadium: Pappelstadion Attendance: 4,800 Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber
	Penalties
	Höller Malić Seidl		Va. Berisha André Ramalho Lainer

Sturm Graz v Red Bull Salzburg

9 May 2018 Final	Sturm Graz	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Red Bull Salzburg	Klagenfurt
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Röcher  35' Žulj  41' Koch  45+2' Jantscher  102' Hierländer 112' Potzmann  118'	Report	Ćaleta-Car  17' Berisha  18' André Ramalho  62'  71' Hwang Hee-chan  107' Haidara  120'	Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion Attendance: 27,100 Referee: Haralad Lechner

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Champions League

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round

Hibernians v Red Bull Salzburg

11 July 2017 Second qualifying round 1st leg	Hibernians	0–3	Red Bull Salzburg	Paola, Malta
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Marcelo Dias  11'	Report	Va. Berisha 32' (pen.),  86' Hwang Hee-chan 35',  45' Lazaro  44' Minamino 54'	Stadium: Hibernians Stadium Attendance: 1,452[24] Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)

Red Bull Salzburg v Hibernians

19 July 2017 Second qualifying round 2nd leg	Red Bull Salzburg	3–0 (6–0 agg.)	Hibernians	Wals-Siezenheim, Austria
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Rzatkowski 11' Guldbrandsen 19' Haidara 85'	Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 5,511[24] Referee: Sergey Lapochkin (Russia)

Red Bull Salzburg v Rijeka

26 July 2017 Third qualifying round 1st leg	Red Bull Salzburg	1–1	Rijeka	Wals-Siezenheim, Austria
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Hwang Hee-chan  42', 49' Ulmer  82'	Report	Gavranović 30' Vešović  45' Župarić  79'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 12,714[25] Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)

Rijeka v Red Bull Salzburg

2 August 2017 Third qualifying round 2nd leg	Rijeka	0–0 ((a) 1–1 agg.)	Red Bull Salzburg	Rijeka, Croatia
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Maleš  62' Mišić  70' Bradarić  84'	Report	Ćaleta-Car  7' Yabo  45+2' Samassékou  51' Miranda  90+5'	Stadium: Stadion Rujevica Attendance: 8,118[25] Referee: Hüseyin Göçek (Turkey)

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

Viitorul Constanța v Red Bull Salzburg

17 August 2017 Playoff round 1st leg	Viitorul Constanța	1–3	Red Bull Salzburg	Ovidiu, Romania
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Țucudean 7' López  25' Mladen  34' Eric  90+4'	Report	Hwang Hee-chan 2' Wolf 29' Dabbur 31' Miranda  55'	Stadium: Stadionul Viitorul Attendance: 3,338[26] Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

Red Bull Salzburg v Viitorul Constanța

24 August 2017 Playoff round 2nd leg	Red Bull Salzburg	4–0 (7–1 agg.)	Viitorul Constanța	Wals-Siezenheim, Austria
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dabbur 7' Pongračić  36' Gulbrandsen 38' Va. Berisha 52' (pen.) Haidara 88' Daka  90+2'	Report	Vînă  45' Hodorogea  52'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 6,606[26] Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)

Group stage

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SAL	MAR	KON	VSC
1	Red Bull Salzburg	6	3	3	0	7	1	+6	12	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–0	0–0	3–0
2	Marseille	6	2	2	2	4	4	0	8			0–0	—	1–0	2–1
3	Konyaspor	6	1	3	2	4	6	−2	6			0–2	1–1	—	2–1
4	Vitória de Guimarães	6	1	2	3	5	9	−4	5			1–1	1–0	1–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Vitória de Guimarães v Red Bull Salzburg

14 September 2017 1	Vitória de Guimarães	1–1	Red Bull Salzburg	Guimarães, Portugal
21:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Pedrão 25'	Report	Va. Berisha 45' Leitgeb  90+3'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 13,972[27] Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)

Red Bull Salzburg v Marseille

28 September 2017 2	Red Bull Salzburg	1–0	Marseille	Wals-Siezenheim, Austria
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dabbur 73' Ćaleta-Car  85'	Report	Zambo Anguissa  78' Kamara  89'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 11,832[28] Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

Konyaspor v Red Bull Salzburg

19 October 2017 3	Konyaspor	0–2	Red Bull Salzburg	Konya, Turkey
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Jønsson  53'	Report	Gulbrandsen 5' Lainer  56' Dabbur 80'	Stadium: Büyükşehir Stadium Attendance: 23,354[29] Referee: Craig Pawson (England)

Red Bull Salzburg v Konyaspor

2 November 2017 4	Red Bull Salzburg	0–0	Konyaspor	Wals-Siezenheim, Austria
21:05 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Jønsson  29' Çamdalı  77'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 8,773[30] Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni (Italy)

Red Bull Salzburg v Vitória de Guimarães

23 November 2017 5	Red Bull Salzburg	3–0	Vitória de Guimarães	Wals-Siezenheim, Austria
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Dabbur 26' Ulmer 45+1' Hwang Hee-chan 67' Haidara  76' Schlager  77'	Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 6,474[31] Referee: Andrew Dallas (Scotland)

Marseille v Red Bull Salzburg

7 December 2017 6	Marseille	0–0	Red Bull Salzburg	Marseille, France
21:05 CET (UTC+1)	Ocampos  28'	Report	Ćaleta-Car  57' Hwang Hee-chan  81'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 23,865[32] Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

Knockout phase

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

Real Sociedad v Red Bull Salzburg

15 February 2018 Round of 32 1st leg	Real Sociedad	2–2	Red Bull Salzburg	San Sebastián, Spain
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Rulli  27' Illarramendi  36' Moreno  41' Odriozola 57' Prieto  72' Januzaj 80' Elustondo  83'	Report	Oyarzabal 27' (o.g.) Hwang Hee-chan  41' André Ramalho  60' Samassékou  62' Yabo  75' Ćaleta-Car  79' Dabbur  83' Minamino 90+4'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 19,790[33] Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)

Red Bull Salzburg v Real Sociedad

22 February 2018 Round of 32 2nd leg	Red Bull Salzburg	2–1 (4–3 agg.)	Real Sociedad	Wals-Siezenheim, Austria
21:05 CET (UTC+1)	Schlager  9' Dabbur 10',  31' Va. Berisha 74' (pen.)	Report	Navas  24'  71', 28' Illarramendi  90+1'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 13,912[34] Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

Borussia Dortmund v Red Bull Salzburg

8 March 2018 Round of 16 1st leg	Borussia Dortmund	1–2	Red Bull Salzburg	Dortmund, Germany
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Toprak  48' Schürrle 62',  70' Weigl  89'	Report	Va. Berisha 49' (pen.), 56' Lainer  59' Ćaleta-Car  79' Minamino  88'	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 53,700[35] Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

Red Bull Salzburg v Borussia Dortmund

15 March 2018 Round of 16 2nd leg	Red Bull Salzburg	0–0 (2–1 agg.)	Borussia Dortmund	Wals-Siezenheim, Austria
21:05 CET (UTC+1)	Hwang Hee-chan  52' Va. Berisha  63' Ulmer  87' Samassékou  90+2'	Report	Papastathopoulos  46' Zagadou  89'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 29,520[36] Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

Lazio v Red Bull Salzburg

5 April 2018 Quarter-finals 1st leg	Lazio	4–2	Red Bull Salzburg	Rome, Italy
21:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Lulić 8',  30' Basta  28' Parolo  45+3', 49' Felipe Anderson 74' Immobile 76'	Report	Va. Berisha 30' (pen.) Minamino 71' Schlager  83' Samassékou  84'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 42,538[37] Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

Red Bull Salzburg v Lazio

12 April 2018 Quarter-finals 2nd leg	Red Bull Salzburg	4–1 (6–5 agg.)	Lazio	Wals-Siezenheim, Austria
21:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Dabbur 56' Ulmer  60' Haidara 72' Hwang Hee-chan 74' Lainer 76' André Ramalho  90+2' Walke  90+2'	Report	Immobile 55' Lucas  64' Luiz Felipe  65' Milinković-Savić  89'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 29,520[38] Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Marseille v Red Bull Salzburg

26 April 2018 Semi-finals 1st leg	Marseille	2–0	Red Bull Salzburg	Marseille, France
21:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Thauvin 15' Lopez  20' N'Jie 63' Mitroglou  90'	Report	Wolf  22'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 62,312[39] Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

Red Bull Salzburg v Marseille

3 May 2018 Semi-finals 2nd leg	Red Bull Salzburg	2–1 (a.e.t.) (2–3 agg.)	Marseille	Wals-Siezenheim, Austria
21:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Haidara 53',  75'  119' Sarr 65' (o.g.) André Ramalho  84' Ćaleta-Car  94' Dabbur  117'	Report	Sarr  35' Lopez  39' Rami  57' Germain  77' Payet  84' Amavi  100' Rolando 116',  116' Pelé  120+2'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

Statistics

As of match played 27 May 2018

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		Austrian Cup		UEFA Champions League		UEFA Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	AUT	Cican Stankovic	17	0	9	0	5	0	1	0	2	0
4	MF	MLI	Amadou Haidara	55	8	20+11	3	5+1	1	0+2	1	14+2	3
5	DF	CRO	Duje Ćaleta-Car	53	2	27+1	2	6	0	4	0	15	0
6	DF	FRA	Jérôme Onguéné	22	5	14+3	4	3+1	1	0	0	1	0
7	MF	GER	Reinhold Yabo	38	3	18+6	2	2	1	3	0	4+5	0
8	MF	MLI	Diadie Samassékou	50	0	27+2	0	3	0	4	0	14	0
9	FW	ISR	Mu'nas Dabbur	55	29	27+5	22	1+2	0	4	0	16	7
13	MF	AUT	Hannes Wolf	44	12	20+7	8	4	3	1+3	0	7+2	1
14	MF	KOS	Valon Berisha	45	13	24	4	3	2	3	1	14+1	6
15	DF	BRA	André Ramalho	18	2	8	2	2	0	0	0	8	0
16	MF	HUN	Dominik Szoboszlai	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF	AUT	Andreas Ulmer	49	4	26	3	3	0	4	0	16	1
18	FW	JPN	Takumi Minamino	44	11	20+8	7	4	1	3	1	1+8	2
19	FW	KOR	Hwang Hee-chan	37	13	10+10	5	2+1	3	3+1	2	7+3	3
21	FW	NOR	Fredrik Gulbrandsen	55	18	22+9	11	4+1	4	1+3	1	8+7	2
22	DF	AUT	Stefan Lainer	55	2	28+5	1	4	0	2	0	16	1
24	MF	AUT	Christoph Leitgeb	17	0	4+8	0	2	0	1	0	0+2	0
25	DF	AUT	Patrick Farkas	22	2	13+3	1	4+1	1	0+1	0	0	0
28	MF	AUT	Romano Schmid	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	GK	BRA	Carlos	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	GK	GER	Alexander Walke	44	0	26	0	1	0	3	0	14	0
34	DF	CRO	Marin Pongračić	23	0	14+2	0	1+2	0	0	0	2+2	0
41	FW	ZAM	Patson Daka	12	1	2+6	0	0+2	1	0	0	0+2	0
42	MF	AUT	Xaver Schlager	44	1	17+9	1	3+1	0	0	0	10+4	0
45	MF	ZAM	Enoch Mwepu	10	1	4+4	1	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
55	DF	AUT	Luca Meisl	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Players also registered for Liefering :
Players away on loan :
11	MF	GER	Marc Rzatkowski	14	3	2+3	1	2	1	1+2	1	1+3	0
20	MF	GHA	David Atanga	3	0	0+1	0	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
23	DF	AUT	Stefan Stangl	3	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
29	FW	GHA	Samuel Tetteh	2	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
37	FW	GER	Mërgim Berisha	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
44	DF	BRA	Igor	3	0	1	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left Red Bull Salzburg during the season:
3	DF	BRA	Paulo Miranda	20	0	10	0	0	0	4	0	6	0
10	MF	AUT	Valentino Lazaro	3	0	0	0	0+1	0	2	0	0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Bundesliga	Austrian Cup	UEFA Champions League	UEFA Europa League	Total
1	FW		9	Mu'nas Dabbur	22	0	0	7	29
2	FW		21	Fredrik Gulbrandsen	11	4	1	2	18
3	MF		14	Valon Berisha	4	2	1	6	13
4	FW		19	Hwang Hee-chan	5	3	2	3	13
5	MF		13	Hannes Wolf	8	3	0	1	12
6	FW		18	Takumi Minamino	7	1	1	2	11
7	MF		4	Amadou Haidara	3	1	1	3	8
8	DF		6	Jérôme Onguéné	4	1	0	0	5
				Own goal	3	0	0	2	5
10	DF		17	Andreas Ulmer	3	0	0	1	4
11	MF		7	Reinhold Yabo	2	1	0	0	3
	MF		11	Marc Rzatkowski	1	1	1	0	3
13	DF		15	André Ramalho	2	0	0	0	2
	DF		5	Duje Ćaleta-Car	2	0	0	0	2
	MF		25	Patrick Farkas	1	1	0	0	2
	DF		22	Stefan Lainer	1	0	0	1	2
17	MF		42	Xaver Schlager	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		45	Enoch Mwepu	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		23	Stefan Stangl	0	1	0	0	1
	FW		41	Patson Daka	0	1	0	0	1
				TOTALS	81	20	7	28	136

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Bundesliga	Austrian Cup	UEFA Champions League	UEFA Europa League	Total
1	GK		33	Alexander Walke	12	1	2	6	21
2	GK		1	Cican Stankovic	3	3	1	1	8
				TOTALS	15	4	3	7	29

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Bundesliga		Austrian Cup		UEFA Champions League		UEFA Europa League		Total
1		GK	Cican Stankovic	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4		MF	Amadou Haidara	4	0	3	0	0	0	3	1	10	1
5		DF	Duje Ćaleta-Car	10	0	2	0	1	0	5	0	18	0
6		DF	Jérôme Onguéné	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
7		MF	Reinhold Yabo	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	5	0
8		MF	Diadie Samassékou	5	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	9	1
9		FW	Mu'nas Dabbur	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	7	0
13		FW	Hannes Wolf	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
14		MF	Valon Berisha	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	5	1
15		DF	André Ramalho	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	5	1
17		DF	Andreas Ulmer	4	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	7	0
18		FW	Takumi Minamino	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
19		FW	Hwang Hee-chan	4	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	10	0
21		FW	Fredrik Gulbrandsen	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
22		DF	Stefan Lainer	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0
24		MF	Christoph Leitgeb	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
25		DF	Patrick Farkas	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
33		GK	Alexander Walke	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
34		DF	Marin Pongračić	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
41		FW	Patson Daka	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
42		MF	Xaver Schlager	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	0
Players away on loan:
Players who left Red Bull Salzburg during the season:
3		DF	Paulo Miranda	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	6	0
10		MF	Valentino Lazaro	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	58	3	11	1	8	1	35	1	112	6