2022–23 FC Red Bull Salzburg season

The 2022–23 season was the 90th season in the existence of FC Red Bull Salzburg and the club's 34th consecutive season in the top flight of Austrian football. In addition to the domestic league, Salzburg participated in this season's editions of the Austrian Cup, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League.

Red Bull Salzburg

2022–23 season
Owner	Red Bull GmbH
Chairman	Harald Lürzer
Head coach	Matthias Jaissle
Stadium	Stadion Wals-Siezenheim
Bundesliga	1st
Austrian Cup	Quarter-finals
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
UEFA Europa League	Knockout round play-offs
Top goalscorer	League: Benjamin Šeško (16) All: Benjamin Šeško (18)
Home colours Away colours European home colours
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Players

First-team squad

As of 27 January 2023^[1]

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  GER Nico Mantl 2 DF  BEL Ignace Van der Brempt 3 DF  SUI Bryan Okoh 4 DF  POL Kamil Piątkowski 5 DF  AUT Albert Vallçi 6 DF  AUT Samson Baidoo 7 MF  ARG Nicolás Capaldo 8 MF  AUT Dijon Kameri 9 FW  AUT Junior Adamu 10 MF  FRA Antoine Bernède 11 FW  BRA Fernando 13 MF  AUT Nicolas Seiwald 14 MF  DEN Maurits Kjærgaard 15 MF  MLI Mamady Diambou 17 DF  AUT Andreas Ulmer (captain) 18 GK  SUI Philipp Köhn

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 FW  MLI Sekou Koita 21 MF  CRO Luka Sučić 22 DF  FRA Oumar Solet 23 FW  CRO Roko Šimić 24 MF  MLI Youba Diarra 27 MF  FRA Lucas Gourna-Douath 30 FW  SVN Benjamin Šeško 31 DF  SRB Strahinja Pavlović 33 GK  GER Alexander Walke 37 MF  ISR Oscar Gloukh 39 DF  AUT Maximilian Wöber 40 GK  CZE Adam Stejskal 44 MF  NGA Samson Tijani 70 DF  BIH Amar Dedić 77 FW  SUI Noah Okafor 95 DF  BRA Bernardo

Out on loan

As of 2 July 2022^[2]

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  MLI Daouda Guindo (at St. Gallen until 30 June 2023) — DF  GER Kilian Ludewig (at Aalborg BK until 30 June 2023) — MF  GHA Lawrence Agyekum (at FC Liefering until 30 June 2023) — FW  CIV Karim Konaté (at FC Liefering until 30 June 2023)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  MLI Mamadou Sangare (at SV Zulte Waregem until 30 June 2023) — MF  GHA Gideon Mensah (at Bordeaux until 30 June 2022) — FW  MLI Dorgeles Nene (at Westerlo until 30 June 2023)

Transfers

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 11 FW  BRA Fernando (from Shakhtar Donetsk)[3] 27 MF  FRA Lucas Gourna-Douath (from Saint-Étienne)[4] 31 DF  SRB Strahinja Pavlović (from Monaco, previously on loan at Basel)[5] — FW  CIV Karim Konaté (from ASEC Mimosas)[6] 37 MF  ISR Oscar Gloukh (from Maccabi Tel Aviv)[7]

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 6 DF  CMR Jérôme Onguéné (to Eintracht Frankfurt)[8] 11 MF  USA Brenden Aaronson (to Leeds United)[9] 16 MF  AUT Zlatko Junuzović (retired)[10] 27 FW  GER Karim Adeyemi (to Borussia Dortmund)[11] 39 DF  AUT Maximilian Wöber (to Leeds United)[12] 43 DF  DEN Rasmus Kristensen (to Leeds United)[13] — FW  CIV Karim Konaté (on loan to Liefering)[6] — DF  GER Kilian Ludewig (on loan to AaB, previously on loan at Willem II)[14] — DF  MLI Daouda Guindo (on loan to St. Gallen, previously on loan at Liefering)[15] — MF  GHA Forson Amankwah (on loan to SCR Altach, previously on loan at Liefering)[16] — MF  MLI Mamadou Sangare (on loan to Zulte Waregem, previously on loan at GAK)[17] — FW  MLI Dorgeles Nene (on loan to Westerlo, previously on loan at Ried)[18] — DF  SUI Jasper van der Werff (to Paderborn, previously on loan)[19] — DF  BIH Darko Todorović (to Akhmat Grozny, previously on loan)[20]

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	22 July 2022	23 May 2023	Matchday 1	Winners	32	23	8	1	67	22	+45	071.88
Austrian Cup	30 August 2022	2 February 2023	First round	Quarter-finals	4	3	1	0	13	2	+11	075.00
Champions League	6 September 2022	2 November 2022	Group stage	Group stage	6	1	3	2	5	9	−4	016.67
Europa League	16 February 2023	23 February 2023	Knockout round play-offs	Knockout round play-offs	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	050.00
Total					44	28	12	4	86	35	+51	063.64

Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga

Main article: 2022–23 Austrian Football Bundesliga

Regular stage

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Red Bull Salzburg	22	17	4	1	49	13	+36	55	Qualification for the Championship round
2	Sturm Graz	22	14	6	2	37	15	+22	48
3	LASK	22	10	8	4	38	28	+10	38
4	Rapid Wien	22	10	3	9	34	26	+8	33
5	Austria Wien	22	10	5	7	37	31	+6	32[a]

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.^[22]
Notes:

1. Austria Wien were deducted 3 points due to license violation.^[21]

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
22	17	4	1	49	13	+36	55	7	4	0	19	4	+15	10	0	1	30	9	+21

Last updated: 19 March 2023.
Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga

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
Ground	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D
Position	1	7	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 19 March 2023. Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Red Bull Salzburg v Austria Vienna

22 July 2022 1	Red Bull Salzburg	3–0	Austria Vienna	Salzburg
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Šeško 38' Fernando 56' Okafor 61',  69'	Report	Braunöder  49' Keles  58'	Stadium: Wals–Siezenheim Attendance: 11,156 Referee: Rene Eisner

Sturm Graz v Red Bull Salzburg

30 July 2022 2	Sturm Graz	2–1	Red Bull Salzburg	Graz
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Højlund 23', 51' Stanković  89' Prass  89'	Report	Seiwald  47' Wöber  80' Solet  80' Kjærgaard 87' Sučić  90+2'	Stadium: Merkur–Arena Attendance: 12,317 Referee: Julian Weinberger

Hartberg v Red Bull Salzburg

6 August 2022 3	Hartberg	0–2	Red Bull Salzburg	Hartberg
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Swete  77'	Report	Pavlović  40' Fernando 50' Capaldo 61' Šimić  77' Diambou  84'  90'	Stadium: Profertil Arena Hartberg Attendance: 2,790 Referee: Harald Lechner

Red Bull Salzburg v Wolfsberger AC

14 August 2022 4	Red Bull Salzburg	2–1	Wolfsberger AC	Salzburg
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pavlović 20' Šeško 41' Wöber  90+3'	Report	Vizinger 90+3'	Stadium: Wals–Siezenheim Attendance: 11,769 Referee: Alexander Harkam

Red Bull Salzburg v Austria Klagenfurt

20 August 2022 5	Red Bull Salzburg	2–0	Austria Klagenfurt	Salzburg
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sučić  22' Fernando 51' Okafor 68' Capaldo  82'	Report	Djoric  84'	Stadium: Wals–Siezenheim Attendance: 10,159 Referee: Josef Spurny

Austria Lustenau v Red Bull Salzburg

27 August 2022 6	Austria Lustenau	0–6	Red Bull Salzburg	Lustenau
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Grabher  90+1'	Report	Fernando 16' Kjærgaard 20' Solet  35' Capaldo 49' Okafor 60' Adamu 79' Kameri 82'	Stadium: Planet Pure Stadion Attendance: 4,278 Referee: Stefan Ebner

Red Bull Salzburg v WSG Tirol

3 September 2022 7	Red Bull Salzburg	2–0	WSG Tirol	Salzburg
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Okafor 14' Ulmer  48' Dedić  67' Diarra 79'	Report	Schulz  29' Rinaldi  85' Rogelj  90+3'	Stadium: Wals–Siezenheim Attendance: 10,057 Referee: Harald Lechner

SV Ried v Red Bull Salzburg

9 September 2022 8	SV Ried	0–3	Red Bull Salzburg	Ried
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mikić  42' Kronberger  82'	Report	Šeško 5' Adamu 15',  45+2'  54' Okafor 71'	Stadium: Josko Arena Attendance: 5,568 Referee: Mag. Markus Hameter

Red Bull Salzburg v Rapid Wien

18 September 2022 9	Red Bull Salzburg	1–1	Rapid Wien	Salzburg
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Šeško 1' Dedić  90+3'	Report	Querfeld 22' Burgstaller  40' Kerschbaum  75' Sollbauer  90+3'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 15,785 Referee: Alexander Harkam

Red Bull Salzburg v LASK Linz

1 October 2022 10	Red Bull Salzburg	1–1	LASK Linz	Salzburg
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dedić  30' Solet 90+5'	Report	Ljubičić 79'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 14,780 Referee: Harald Lechner

Rheindorf Altach v Red Bull Salzburg

8 October 2022 11	Rheindorf Altach	2–3	Red Bull Salzburg	Altach
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Tibidi 57' Nuhiu 78'	Report	Wöber 52' Koïta 59' Adamu 72'	Stadium: Cashpoint Arena Attendance: 4,689 Referee: Walter Altmann

Austria Wien v Red Bull Salzburg

16 October 2022 12	Austria Wien	1–3	Red Bull Salzburg	Wien
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Fitz 37',  49' Dovedan  71'	Report	Adamu 11', 74', 80' Šeško  45' Sučić  70' Pavlović  71' Solet  73'	Stadium: Generali Arena Attendance: 10,896 Referee: Mag. Markus Hameter

Red Bull Salzburg v Sturm Graz

22 October 2022 13	Red Bull Salzburg	0–0	Sturm Graz	Salzburg
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Agyekum  28' Pavlović  57'  90+2' Kjærgaard  90+3'	Report	Gazibegović  78' Affengruber  80' Stanković  82'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 15,725 Referee: Stefan Ebner

Red Bull Salzburg v Hartberg

29 October 2022 14	Red Bull Salzburg	1–0	Hartberg	Salzburg
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Okafor 48'	Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 10,345 Referee: Gerhard Grobelnik

Wolfsberger AC v Red Bull Salzburg

5 November 2022 15	Wolfsberger AC	1–2	Red Bull Salzburg	Wolfsberg
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Malone 75'	Report	Okafor 17' Adamu 42'	Stadium: Lavanttal-Arena Attendance: 3,325 Referee: Julian Weinberger

Austria Klagenfurt v Red Bull Salzburg

13 November 2022 16	Austria Klagenfurt	0–1	Red Bull Salzburg	Klagenfurt
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gezos  36' Irving  50' Đorić  90+4'	Report	Bernardo  24' Šeško 55' Köhn  80' Dedić  90+4'	Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion Attendance: 5,933 Referee: Christian-Petru Ciochirca

Red Bull Salzburg v Austria Lustenau

11 February 2023 17	Red Bull Salzburg	4–0	Austria Lustenau	Salzburg
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Okafor  12' Gourna-Douath  13' Kjærgaard  34' Fernando 48', 52' Seiwald 76' Capaldo 90+1'	Report	Fridrikas  2' Türkmen  45'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 7,507 Referee: Mag. Markus Hameter

WSG Tirol v Red Bull Salzburg

19 February 2023 18	WSG Tirol	1–3	Red Bull Salzburg	Wattens
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Tomic 90+1'	Report	Schulz 2' (o.g.) Šeško 56' Ulmer  58' Konaté 85'	Stadium: Tivoli Stadion Tirol Attendance: 5,300 Referee: Alain Sadikovski

Red Bull Salzburg v SV Ried

26 February 2023 19	Red Bull Salzburg	2–0	SV Ried	Salzburg
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Capaldo 19' Pavlović  63' Koïta 88'	Report	Jurišić  2' Wendlinger  84' Michael  86'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 7,721 Referee: Alexander Harkam

Rapid Wien v Red Bull Salzburg

5 March 2023 20	Rapid Wien	2–4	Red Bull Salzburg	Vienna
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Auer  25' Zimmermann 45' Pejić  69' Burgstaller 90+5'	Report	Seiwald 4',  37' Pavlović  7' Capaldo  25' Köhn  45' Adamu  62' Šeško 80', 84', 87'	Stadium: Franz Horr Stadium Attendance: 24,200 Referee: Dieter Muckenhammer

LASK Linz v Red Bull Salzburg

12 March 2023 21	LASK Linz	0–2	Red Bull Salzburg	Linz
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Koïta 53' Seiwald 72'	Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Alan Kijas

Red Bull Salzburg v Rheindorf Altach

19 March 2023 22	Red Bull Salzburg	1–1	Rheindorf Altach	Salzburg
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gourna-Douath  54' Solet  73' Šeško 83'	Report	Abdijanovic  52' Nuhiu 55',  61' Strauß  59' Herold  75' Bukta  90+6'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 9,708 Referee: Harald Lechner

Austrian Cup

Main article: 2022–23 Austrian Cup

SV Fügen v Red Bull Salzburg

15 July 2022 First round	SV Fügen	0–3	Red Bull Salzburg	Fügen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)			Šeško 20' Adamu 75' Van der Brempt 83'	Stadium: Parkstadion Zell/Ziller Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Arnes Talic

Red Bull Salzburg v Union Raiffeisen Gurten

30 August 2022 Second round	Red Bull Salzburg	3–0	Union Raiffeisen Gurten	Salzburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Schütz 45+1' (o.g.) Diarra  51' Kameri 64' Dedić  68' Adamu 83' Gourna-Douath  87'		Horner  40' Schnaitter  44'	Stadium: Stadion Wals-Siezenheim Attendance: 3,900 Referee: Oliver Fluch

Admira Wacker v Red Bull Salzburg

19 October 2022 Third round	Admira Wacker	1–6	Red Bull Salzburg	Mödling
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Zwierschitz 50' Gallé  56'		Wöber 2' Pavlović 25' Šeško 32' Adamu 41' Dedić 65' Šimić 75'	Stadium: motion invest Arena Attendance: 1,650 Referee: Christian-Petru Ciochirca

Red Bull Salzburg v Sturm Graz

2 February 2023 Quarter-finals	Red Bull Salzburg	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Sturm Graz	Salzburg
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Solet  30' Capaldo  62' Dedić  74' 77'	Report	Gazibegović 37' Stanković  90+4'	Stadium: Stadion Wals-Siezenheim Attendance: 9,236 Referee: Julian Weinberger
	Penalties
	Okafor Adamu Šeško Kjærgaard Solet Capaldo		Sarkaria Ljubic Schnegg Teixeira Dante Wüthrich

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2022–23 UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2022–23 UEFA Champions League § Group E

The draw for the group stage was held on 25 August 2022 in Istanbul, Turkey. Die Roten Bullen were drawn against Milan, Chelsea and Dinamo Zagreb.^[23]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chelsea	6	4	1	1	10	4	+6	13	Advance to knockout phase
2	Milan	6	3	1	2	12	7	+5	10
3	Red Bull Salzburg	6	1	3	2	5	9	−4	6	Transfer to Europa League
4	Dinamo Zagreb	6	1	1	4	4	11	−7	4

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Red Bull Salzburg v Milan

6 September 2022 1	Red Bull Salzburg	1–1	Milan	Salzburg, Austria
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Capaldo  17' Okafor 28' Gourna-Douath  68'	Report	Tomori  39' Saelemaekers 40' Calabria  44' Brahim  89' Origi  90+2'	Stadium: Stadion Wals-Siezenheim Attendance: 29,520 Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)

Chelsea v Red Bull Salzburg

14 September 2022 2	Chelsea	1–1	Red Bull Salzburg	London, England
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sterling 48' James  79'	Report	Okafor 75' Adamu  76' Pavlović  77' Ulmer  78' Capaldo  89'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 38,818 Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

Red Bull Salzburg v Dinamo Zagreb

5 October 2022 3	Red Bull Salzburg	1–0	Dinamo Zagreb	Salzburg, Austria
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Okafor 71' (pen.)	Report	Petković  27' Moharrami  68' Ristovski  90+4' Ademi  90+5'	Stadium: Stadion Wals-Siezenheim Attendance: 28,864 Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

Dinamo Zagreb v Red Bull Salzburg

11 October 2022 4	Dinamo Zagreb	1–1	Red Bull Salzburg	Zagreb, Croatia
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ljubičić 40' Ivanušec  52'	Report	Seiwald 12' Pavlović  90' Sučić  90+3'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 20,779 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

Red Bull Salzburg v Chelsea

25 October 2022 5	Red Bull Salzburg	1–2	Chelsea	Salzburg, Austria
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Sučić  47' Adamu 48'	Report	Kovačić 23' Havertz 64' Gallagher  86' Arrizabalaga  90+2'	Stadium: Stadion Wals-Siezenheim Attendance: 29,520 Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

Milan v Red Bull Salzburg

2 November 2022 6	Milan	4–0	Red Bull Salzburg	Milan, Italy
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Giroud 14', 57' Krunić 46' Messias 90+1'	Report	Okafor  44' Gourna-Douath  61'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 74,292 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2022–23 UEFA Europa League

Knockout phase

Main article: 2022–23 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

Knockout round play-offs

The draw for the knockout round play-offs was held on 7 November 2022 in Nyon, Switzerland.^[24] Die Roten Bullen were drawn against Roma.

Red Bull Salzburg v Roma

16 February 2023 First leg	Red Bull Salzburg	1–0	Roma	Salzburg, Austria
17:45 CET (UTC+1)	Pavlović  84' Koïta  86' Capaldo 88' Gloukh  90+4'	Report	Ibañez  90+2'	Stadium: Stadion Wals-Siezenheim Attendance: 29,520 Referee: Dennis Higler (Netherlands)

Roma v Red Bull Salzburg

23 February 2023 Second leg	Roma	2–0 (2–1 agg.)	Red Bull Salzburg	Rome, Italy
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ibañez  4' Pellegrini  5' Belotti 33' Dybala 40' Spinazzola  54' Zalewski  74'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 62,593 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)