2015–16 FC Red Bull Salzburg season

Red Bull Salzburg
2015–16 season
Sporting DirectorJochen Sauer
ManagerPeter Zeidler
(until 3 December)
Thomas Letsch
(3–28 December)
Óscar García
(from 28 December)
StadiumRed Bull Arena
Bundesliga1st
Austrian CupWinners
UEFA Champions LeagueThird qualifying round
(vs. Malmö FF)
UEFA Europa LeaguePlay-off round
(vs. Dinamo Minsk)
Top goalscorerLeague:
Jonathan Soriano (21)
All:
Jonathan Soriano (32)

The 2015–16 FC Red Bull Salzburg season was the 83rd season in club history. Red Bull Salzburg finished the season as champions of the Bundesliga and the Austrian Cup for the third season in a row. In Europe, Salzburg were knocked out of the Champions League by Malmö FF in the third qualifying round, dropping into the Europa League, where they were eliminated by Dinamo Minsk in the play-off round.

Season events

Bundesliga

On matchday one, on 25 July, Red Bull lost 2–1 to Mattersburg. Markus Pink and Alexander Ibser scored for Mattersburg and Naby Keïta scored for Red Bull. Red Bull finished the matchday tied for seventh place. Red Bull lost 2–1 to Rapid Wien on Matchday two, on 1 August. Athanasios Petsos and Stefan Schwab scored for Rapid Wien and Dimitri Oberlin scored for Red Bull. Red Bull finished the matchday in ninth place. On matchday three, on 8 August, Red Bull and Admira Wacker finished in a 2–2 draw. Yordy Reyna and Naby Keïta scored for Red Bull and Dominik Starkl and Markus Lackner scored for Admira Wacker. Red Bull finished the matchday in seventh place.

Austrian Cup

Red Bull opened up their season on 18 July with three goals each from Jonathan Soriano and Marco Djuricin and a goal from Takumi Minamino.

Champions League

Red Bull entered the competition in the third qualifying round. They were drawn against the winner of the fixture between Malmö and Žalgiris. Malmö advanced to face Red Bull. The first leg took place on 29 July. Red Bull won 2–0 with goals from Andreas Ulmer and Martin Hinteregger. Hinteregger scored from the penalty spot. The second leg was played on 5 August. Red Bull lost 3–0 to get knocked out 3–2 on aggregate. Nikola Đurđić, Markus Rosenberg, and Vladimir Rodić scored for Malmö.

Europa League

Red Bull were knocked out of Champions League by Malmö and entered the Europa League playoff round. Red Bull were drawn against Dinamo Minsk. The first leg was played on 20 August. Dinamo Minsk won the match 2–0 with goals from Gleb Rassadkin and Nenad Adamović.

Squad

As of match played 19 May 2016
No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (Age) Signed from Signed in Contract ends Apps. Goals
Goalkeepers
1 Cican Stankovic GK (1992-11-04)4 November 1992 (aged 23) SV Grödig 2015 2020 9 0
31 Airton GK (1994-05-29)29 May 1994 (aged 21) Juventude 2015 2020 0 0
33 Alexander Walke GK (1983-06-06)6 June 1983 (aged 32) Hansa Rostock 2010 2017
34 Lawrence Ati-Zigi GK (1996-11-29)29 November 1996 (aged 19) Red Bull Ghana 2015 0 0
Defenders
2 Benno Schmitz DF (1994-11-17)17 November 1994 (aged 21) Bayern Munich II 2014 60 0
3 Paulo Miranda DF (1988-08-16)16 August 1988 (aged 27) São Paulo 2015 2019 38 2
4 Dayot Upamecano DF (1998-10-27)27 October 1998 (aged 17) Valenciennes 2015 2018 2 0
5 Duje Ćaleta-Car DF (1996-09-17)17 September 1996 (aged 19) Pasching 2014 2020 46 2
6 Christian Schwegler DF (1984-06-06)6 June 1984 (aged 31) Young Boys 2009
17 Andreas Ulmer DF (1985-10-30)30 October 1985 (aged 30) SV Ried 2009
22 Stefan Lainer DF (1992-08-27)27 August 1992 (aged 23) SV Ried 2015 2018 28 2
28 Asger Sørensen DF (1996-06-05)5 June 1996 (aged 19) Academy 2014 5 0
95 Bernardo DF (1995-05-14)14 May 1995 (aged 21) Red Bull Brasil 2016 2020 16 0
Midfielders
7 Reinhold Yabo MF (1992-02-10)10 February 1992 (aged 24) Karlsruher SC 2015 2018 0 0
8 Naby Keïta MF (1995-02-10)10 February 1995 (aged 21) Istres 2014 2019 81 20
10 Valentino Lazaro MF (1996-03-24)24 March 1996 (aged 20) Academy 2012 72 8
14 Valon Berisha MF (1993-02-07)7 February 1993 (aged 23) Viking 2012 142 24
23 Hany Mukhtar MF (1995-03-21)21 March 1995 (aged 21) loan from Benfica 2015 2016 15 1
24 Christoph Leitgeb MF (1985-04-14)14 April 1985 (aged 31) Sturm Graz 2007
27 Konrad Laimer MF (1997-05-27)27 May 1997 (aged 18) Academy 2014 29 4
47 Xaver Schlager MF (1997-09-28)28 September 1997 (aged 18) Academy 2015 2 0
55 Yasin Pehlivan MF (1989-01-05)5 January 1989 (aged 27) Kayseri Erciyesspor 2015 2016(+2) 17 0
88 Diadie Samassékou MF (1996-01-11)11 January 1996 (aged 20) Real Bamako 2015 2019 0 0
Forwards
15 Yordy Reyna FW (1993-09-17)17 September 1993 (aged 22) Alianza Lima 2013 2017 31 3
16 Omer Damari FW (1989-03-24)24 March 1989 (aged 27) loan from RB Leipzig 2015 2016 16 4
18 Takumi Minamino FW (1995-01-16)16 January 1995 (aged 21) Cerezo Osaka 2015 2018 57 16
20 David Atanga FW (1996-12-25)25 December 1996 (aged 19) Red Bull Ghana 2015 2020 10 0
26 Jonathan Soriano FW (1985-09-24)24 September 1985 (aged 30) Barcelona B 2012 179 158
37 Dimitri Oberlin FW (1997-09-27)27 September 1997 (aged 18) Zürich 2015 2020 15 3
46 Smail Prevljak FW (1995-05-10)10 May 1995 (aged 21) loan from RB Leipzig 2015 11 0
48 Hwang Hee-chan FW (1996-01-26)26 January 1996 (aged 20) Pohang Steelers 2015 14 0
Out on loan
9 Marco Djuricin FW (1992-12-12)12 December 1992 (aged 23) Sturm Graz 2015 21 6
21 Taxiarchis Fountas FW (1995-09-04)4 September 1995 (aged 20) AEK Athens 2013 1 0
36 Martin Hinteregger DF (1992-09-07)7 September 1992 (aged 23) Academy 2010
44 Ante Roguljić MF (1996-03-11)11 March 1996 (aged 20) Academy 2014 2 1
Peter Ankersen DF (1990-09-22)22 September 1990 (aged 25) Esbjerg 2014 33 1
13 Michael Brandner MF (1995-02-13)13 February 1995 (aged 21) Academy 2013 0 0
Left during the season
11 Felipe Pires FW (1995-04-18)18 April 1995 (aged 21) Academy 2014 15 2
19 Håvard Nielsen FW (1993-07-15)15 July 1993 (aged 22) Vålerenga 2012 57 5
  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. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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
9 FW  AUT Marco Djuricin (at Brentford)
13 MF  AUT Michael Brandner (at SV Ried)
21 FW  GRE Taxiarchis Fountas (at Asteras Tripolis)
No. Pos. Nation Player
36 DF  AUT Martin Hinteregger (at Borussia Mönchengladbach)
44 MF  CRO Ante Roguljić (at Hajduk Split)
— DF  DEN Peter Ankersen (at Copenhagen)

Left during the season

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 FW  BRA Felipe Pires (to TSG 1899 Hoffenheim)
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 FW  NOR Håvard Nielsen (to SC Freiburg)

Transfers

In

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2015 GK Cican Stankovic SV Grödig Undisclosed
1 July 2015 GK Airton Juventude Undisclosed
1 July 2015 DF Stefan Lainer SV Ried Undisclosed
1 July 2015 DF Paulo Miranda São Paulo Undisclosed
1 July 2015 MF Reinhold Yabo Karlsruher SC Free
1 July 2015 MF Masaya Okugawa Kyoto Sanga Undisclosed
1 July 2015 FW Smail Prevljak RB Leipzig Undisclosed
1 July 2015 FW Dimitri Oberlin Zürich Undisclosed
11 July 2015 DF Dayot Upamecano Valenciennes Undisclosed
17 August 2015 MF Diadie Samassékou Real Bamako Free
22 August 2015 MF Yasin Pehlivan Kayseri Erciyesspor Free
1 January 2016 DF Bernardo Red Bull Brasil Undisclosed

Loans in

Start date Position Nationality Name From End date Ref.
1 July 2015 FW Omer Damari RB Leipzig End of Season
28 August 2015 MF Hany Mukhtar Benfica End of Season

Out

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2015 GK Péter Gulácsi RB Leipzig Undisclosed
1 July 2015 MF Stefan Ilsanker RB Leipzig Undisclosed
1 July 2015 FW Nils Quaschner RB Leipzig Undisclosed
25 August 2015 FW Felipe Pires TSG 1899 Hoffenheim Undisclosed
1 January 2016 FW Håvard Nielsen SC Freiburg Undisclosed

Loans out

Start date Position Nationality Name To End date Ref.
1 July 2015 DF Peter Ankersen Copenhagen End of Season
1 July 2015 MF Ante Roguljić Hajduk Split End of Season
1 July 2015 FW Taxiarchis Fountas Asteras Tripolis End of Season
31 August 2015 FW Marco Djuricin Brentford End of Season
1 January 2016 MF Michael Brandner SV Ried End of 2016/17 Season
8 January 2016 FW Martin Hinteregger Borussia Mönchengladbach End of Season

Released

Date Position Nationality Name Joined Date Ref.
30 June 2016 MF Yasin Pehlivan Spartak Trnava

Friendlies

3 July 2015 Red Bull Salzburg 0 – 1 Kapfenberger SV Wals-Siezenheim
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Imbongo 8' Stadium: Red Bull Arena
8 July 2015 Red Bull Salzburg 3 – 1 West Bromwich Albion Schladming, Austria
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Djuricin 33'
Soriano 39'
Minamino 65'		 Report Nabi 67' Stadium: Athletic Area
11 July 2015 Red Bull Salzburg 0 – 4 Werder Bremen Wals-Siezenheim
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Bargfrede 16'
Ujah 22'
Garcia 27'
di Santo 45'		 Stadium: Red Bull Arena
11 July 2015 Red Bull Salzburg 2 – 0 Southampton Wals-Siezenheim
18:10 CEST (UTC+2) Nielson 19'
Oberlin 23'		 Report Stadium: Red Bull Arena
21 July 2015 Red Bull Salzburg 1 – 1 Werder Bremen Wals-Siezenheim
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Atanga 19' Report Mehmedi 74' Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 11,427
Referee: Sebastian Gishamer
8 October 2015 Greuther Fürth 1 – 1 Red Bull Salzburg Munich, Germany
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Gjasula 50' Report Soriano 39' (pen.) Stadium: Sportpark Heimstetten
Referee: Christian Diez
16 January 2016 Red Bull Salzburg 2 – 1 LASK Wals-Siezenheim
13:00 CET (UTC+1) Prevljak 10'
Berisha 47'		 Report Dovedan 5' Stadium: Red Bull Fussball- & Eishockey-Akademie
Attendance: 300
23 January 2016 Red Bull Salzburg 0 – 1 FSV Frankfurt Wals-Siezenheim
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Report Dedić 37' Stadium: Trainingszentrum
29 January 2016 Red Bull Salzburg 0 – 1 Mladá Boleslav Wals-Siezenheim
17:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Skalák 78'
Šćuk  89'		 Stadium: Red Bull Fussball- & Eishockey-Akademie
Attendance: 400
30 January 2016 Red Bull Salzburg 1 – 1 SV Sandhausen Wals-Siezenheim
14:00 CET (UTC+1) Atanga 34' Report Roßbach 32' Stadium: Red Bull Fussball- & Eishockey-Akademie
Attendance: 400

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Bundesliga 25 July 2015 15 May 2016 Matchday 1 Winners 36 21 11 4 71 33 +38 058.33
Austrian Cup 18 July 2015 19 May 2016 First round Winners 6 6 0 0 25 6 +19 100.00
Champions League 29 July 2015 5 August 2015 Third Qualifying round Third Qualifying round 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1 050.00
Europa League 20 August 2015 27 August 2015 Playoff Round Playoff Round 2 1 0 1 2 2 +0 050.00
Total 46 29 11 6 100 44 +56 063.04

Last updated: 15 May 2016
Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga

Main article: 2015–16 Austrian Football Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Red Bull Salzburg (C) 36 21 11 4 71 33 +38 74 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Rapid Wien 36 20 5 11 66 42 +24 65 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
3 Austria Wien 36 17 8 11 65 48 +17 59 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
4 Admira Wacker Mödling 36 13 11 12 45 51 −6 50 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
5 Sturm Graz 36 12 12 12 40 40 0 48
Source: weltfussball.de (in German), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Less matches awarded against; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Matches won; 6) Away matches won; 7) Head-to-head points; 8) Head-to-head goal difference; 9) Head-to-head goals scored.
(C) Champions

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 21 11 4 71 33  +38 74 14 3 1 45 15  +30 7 8 3 26 18  +8

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundAHAAHHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHHAAHAH
ResultLLDWWDWWDWWWWLDWDDDWWLWWDWDWDWWWWDWW
Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 2016. Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

25 July 2015 1 SV Mattersburg 2 – 1 Red Bull Salzburg Mattersburg
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Pink 1'
Sprangler  54'
Ibser 90+3'		 Report Keïta 83'
Schmitz  87'		 Stadium: Pappelstadion
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Harald Lechner
1 August 2015 2 Red Bull Salzburg 1 – 2 Rapid Wien Wals-Siezenheim
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Schmitz  19'
Atanga  34'
Pires  45'
Oberlin 66'		 Report Petsos 15'
Schwab 33'
Schaub  76'
Kainz  83'		 Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 17,500
Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer
8 August 2015 3 Admira Wacker 2 – 2 Red Bull Salzburg Maria Enzersdorf
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Starkl 17'  60'
Lackner 32'
Ebner  74'
Wessely  90+4'		 Report Reyna 7'
Keïta 34'		 Stadium: BSFZ-Arena
Attendance: 2,900
Referee: Andreas Heiß
11 August 2015 4 SV Ried 1 – 4 Red Bull Salzburg Ried im Innkreis
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Ziegl  60'
Schubert 89'		 Report Minamino 10' 38'
Damari 26', 43'
Lainer  40'		 Stadium: Keine Sorgen Arena
Attendance: 4,720
Referee: Andreas Kollegger
15 August 2015 5 Red Bull Salzburg 2 – 0 Rheindorf Altach Wals-Siezenheim
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Damari 5'
Atanga  66'
Keïta 90'		 Report Luxbacher  26'
Harrer  30'
Jäger  51'
César Ortiz  73'
Prokopič  76'		 Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 7,539
Referee: Harald Lechner
23 August 2015 6 Red Bull Salzburg 2 – 2 Austria Wien Wals-Siezenheim
16:30 CEST (UTC+2) Prevljak 25'
Ulmer  58'
Lainer 75'		 Report Grünwald 17'
Šikov  44'
Kayode 48'
Rotpuller  69'  72'
Meilinger  73'
Koch  90+4'
Holzhauser  90+4'		 Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 9,292
Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer
30 August 2015 7 Sturm Graz 2 – 3 Red Bull Salzburg Graz
16:30 CEST (UTC+2) Madl  42'
Hadžić 70'
Tadić 88'		 Report Spendlhofer 3' (o.g.)
Schwegler  20'
Reyna 53'
Lainer  56'
Minamino 66'		 Stadium: UPC Arena
Attendance: 11,100
Referee: Markus Hameter
12 September 2015 8 Red Bull Salzburg 4 – 2 SV Grödig Wals-Siezenheim
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Minamino 34', 71'
Berisha  39'
Keïta 51'
Soriano 74'		 Report Venuto 19'
Ulmer 26' (o.g.)
Maak  74'		 Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 8,365
Referee: Oliver Drachta
19 September 2015 9 Wolfsberger AC 1 – 1 Red Bull Salzburg Klagenfurt
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Berisha  13'
Soriano 47'
Ulmer  86'		 Report Ouédraogo 39'
Palla  43'
Berger  72'		 Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion
Attendance: 3,850
Referee: Harald Lechner
26 September 2015 10 Red Bull Salzburg 2 – 4 SV Mattersburg Wals-Siezenheim
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Keïta  2'
Soriano 5', 51', 67', 85' (pen.)		 Report Farkas 21'
Jano 25'		 Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 6,271
Referee: Alexander Harkam
4 October 2015 11 Rapid Wien 1 – 2 Red Bull Salzburg Vienna
16:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stangl 17'
Hofmann  62'
Auer  90'
Jelić  90'		 Report Minamino 43'
Schwegler 64'  89'
Soriano  90+1'
Reyna  90+4'		 Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion
Attendance: 23,200
Referee: Dominik Ouschan
17 October 2015 12 Red Bull Salzburg 8 – 0 Admira Wacker Wals-Siezenheim
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Soriano 31', 53'
Ćaleta-Car  44'
Berisha 44', 70'
Keïta 56'
Minamino 64'
Damari 75'
Mukhtar 86'		 Report Ebner  17'
Schicker  73'		 Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 7,715
Referee: Dieter Muckenhammer
24 October 2015 13 Red Bull Salzburg 2 – 1 SV Ried Wals-Siezenheim
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Soriano 8'
Keïta 32'
Miranda  67'		 Report Polverino  14'
Trauner  17'
Möschl 27'
Elsneg  60'
Gavilán  81'		 Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 10,581
Referee: Andreas Kollegger
31 October 2015 14 Rheindorf Altach 1 – 0 Red Bull Salzburg Altach
18:30 CET (UTC+1) Netzer  56'
Roth 64'
Schreiner  78'
Seeger  90+3'		 Report Keïta  56'
Hinteregger  63'
Schwegler  64'		 Stadium: Stadion Schnabelholz
Attendance: 5,372
Referee: Julian Weinberger
7 November 2015 15 Austria Wien 1 – 1 Red Bull Salzburg Vienna
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Holzhauser  37'
Zulechner  53'
de Paula  63'
Friesenbichler 80'
Kahat  87'		 Report Miranda 24'  38'
Lainer  84'		 Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 11,858
Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer
22 November 2015 16 Red Bull Salzburg 3 – 1 Sturm Graz Wals-Siezenheim
16:30 CEST (UTC+2) Soriano 21', 90+3'
Hinteregger  28'
Schmitz  69'
Damari  76'
Keïta 87'		 Report Esser  21'
Kamavuaka  52'
Lykogiannis 77'		 Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 9,623
Referee: Alain Bieri
28 November 2015 17 SV Grödig 1 – 1 Red Bull Salzburg Grödig
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Brauer  15'
Rasner  22' 55'
Strasser  90+3'		 Report Soriano 15'
Schwegler  37'
Schmitz  65'
Hinteregger  90'		 Stadium: Untersberg-Arena
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Oliver Drachta
1 December 2015 18 Red Bull Salzburg 1 – 1 Wolfsberger AC Wals-Siezenheim
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Schwegler  37'
Pehlivan  40'
Soriano 63'		 Report Wernitznig 34'
Dobnik  89'		 Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 4,632
Referee: Harald Lechner
6 December 2015 19 SV Mattersburg 0 – 0 Red Bull Salzburg Mattersburg
16:30 CET (UTC+1) Höller  90+2' Report Soriano  84'
Ćaleta-Car  90+1'
Paulo Miranda  90+2'		 Stadium: Pappelstadion
Attendance: 5,200
Referee: Julian Weinberger
13 December 2015 20 Red Bull Salzburg 2 – 0 Rapid Wien Wals-Siezenheim
16:0 CET (UTC+1) Soriano 36'
Keïta 56'
Schwegler  78'		 Report Hofmann  22'
Schwab  82'		 Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 14,150
Referee: Alexander Harkam
7 February 2016 21 Admira Wacker 1 – 2 Red Bull Salzburg Maria Enzersdorf
16:30 CET (UTC+1) Spiridonović 51'
Grozurek  73'		 Report Pehlivan  45'
Berisha 50'
Soriano 74'		 Stadium: BSFZ-Arena
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Dominik Ouschan
13 February 2016 22 SV Ried 1 – 0 Red Bull Salzburg Ried im Innkreis
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Fröschl 62'
Hart  86'		 Report Paulo Miranda  32'
Pehlivan  72'
Schmitz  83'		 Stadium: Keine Sorgen Arena
Attendance: 5,120
Referee: Andreas Kollegger
20 February 2016 23 Red Bull Salzburg 2 – 0 Rheindorf Altach Wals-Siezenheim
18:30 CET (UTC+1) Bernardo  24'  65'
Miranda 70'
Oberlin 83'		 Report Hofbauer  41' Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 5,749
Referee: Markus Hameter
28 February 2016 24 Red Bull Salzburg 4 – 0 Austria Wien Wals-Siezenheim
16:30 CET (UTC+1) Keïta 12', 33'
Soriano 35'
Minamino 70'
Pehlivan  77'		 Report Vukojević  14'
Kayode 17'
Windbichler  57'
Grünwald  85'		 Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 10,657
Referee: Oliver Drachta
2 March 2016 25 Sturm Graz 0 – 0 Red Bull Salzburg Graz
20:30 CET (UTC+1) Potzmann  63'
Spendlhofer  87'		 Report Laimer  65' Stadium: UPC Arena
Attendance: 5,873
Referee: Julian Weinberger
5 March 2016 26 Red Bull Salzburg 3 – 0 SV Grödig Wals-Siezenheim
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Soriano 6'
Minamino 54'
Ulmer 68'
Mukhtar  89'		 Report Kerschbaum  65'
Denner  76'		 Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 7,100
Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer
12 March 2016 27 Wolfsberger AC 1 – 1 Red Bull Salzburg Klagenfurt
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Standfest  11'
Jacobo 85'
Schmerböck  90+2'		 Report Soriano 13' (pen.)  67'
Paulo Miranda  83'		 Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion
Attendance: 5,050
Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber
19 March 2016 28 Red Bull Salzburg 2 – 1 SV Mattersburg Wals-Siezenheim
18:30 CET (UTC+1) Berisha 16'
Soriano 24' (pen.)
Laimer  36'
Hwang  61'		 Report Ibser 56' Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 6,494
Referee: Dieter Muckenhammer
3 April 2016 29 Rapid Wien 1 – 1 Red Bull Salzburg Vienna
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Pavelic  40'
Schaub 46'
Grahovac  72'		 Report Ćaleta-Car 75'
Soriano  81'
Keïta  90+1'		 Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion
Attendance: 24,800
Referee: Markus Hameter
10 April 2016 30 Red Bull Salzburg 1 – 0 Admira Wacker Wals-Siezenheim
16:30 CEST (UTC+2) Soriano 61' Report Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 8,109
Referee: Dominik Ouschan
16 April 2016 31 Red Bull Salzburg 2 – 1 SV Ried Wals-Siezenheim
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Keïta 35'  90'
Pehlivan  38'
Soriano 90+2'		 Report Janeczek  53'
Elsneg 54'
Ziegl  90'
Möschl  90+4'		 Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 9,427
Referee: Julian Weinberger
23 April 2016 32 Rheindorf Altach 1 – 3 Red Bull Salzburg Altach
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Aigner 22' Report Keïta 3'
Ćaleta-Car 19'
Schwegler  34'
Lazaro  78'
Ulmer  82'
Laimer 90+6'		 Stadium: Stadion Schnabelholz
Attendance: 5,117
Referee: Dieter Muckenhammer
1 May 2016 33 Austria Wien 0 – 2 Red Bull Salzburg Vienna
16:30 CEST (UTC+2) Martschinko  26' Report Schwegler  27'
Lazaro 36'
Ulmer  70'
Reyna 90+3'		 Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 7,513
Referee: Alexander Harkam
7 May 2016 34 Red Bull Salzburg 1 – 1 Sturm Graz Wals-Siezenheim
18:30 CET (UTC+1) Berisha 15'
Reyna  21'		 Report Edomwonyi 70' Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 11,327
Referee: Dominik Ouschan
11 May 2016 35 SV Grödig 1 – 2 Red Bull Salzburg Grödig
20:30 CET (UTC+1) Schütz 15'
Maak  64'		 Report Minamino 31'
Oberlin 72'
Miranda  89'		 Stadium: Untersberg-Arena
Attendance: 2,207
Referee: Christopher Jäger
15 May 2016 36 Red Bull Salzburg 1 – 0 Wolfsberger AC Wals-Siezenheim
17:30 CEST (UTC+2) Lazaro 56' Report Tschernegg  87' Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 14,138
Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber

Austrian Cup

Main article: 2015–16 Austrian Cup
18 July 2015 First Round Deutschlandsberger SC 0 – 7 Red Bull Salzburg Deutschlandsberg
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Soriano 12', 50', 77'
Djuricin 55', 58', 61'
Minamino 87'		 Stadium: Venue Koralmstadion
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Markus Hameter
22 September 2015 Second Round SV Horn 2 – 3 (a.e.t.) Red Bull Salzburg Horn
19:30 CEST (UTC+2) Sakaki 8'
Jurić  39'
Ljubic  49'
Rakowitz  83' 85'
Weinwurm  88'  100'
Milošević  106'
Vujanović  118'		 Report Minamino 19'
Ulmer  33'
Lazaro  37'
Prevljak 41'
Ćaleta-Car  45'
Schwegler  90+1'
Soriano 92'
Schmitz  97'
Nielsen  113'		 Stadium: Waldviertler Volksbank Arena
Attendance: 3,520
Referee: Andreas Kollegger
27 October 2015 Round of 16 Red Bull Salzburg 4 – 2 SV Ried Wals-Siezenheim
19:00 CET (UTC+1) Sørensen  3'
Soriano  4' 31', 72'
Reyna  39'
Berisha 88'
Keïta 90+5'		 Report Kragl 5' (pen.)
Gavilán 11'
Hart  29'
Trauner  42'
Gebauer  58'
Janeczek  66'
Reifeltshammer  90+3'		 Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 3,911
Referee: Alexander Harkam
10 February 2016 Quarterfinal Sturm Graz 0 – 1 Red Bull Salzburg Graz
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Jeggo  18'
Kamavuaka  60'
Offenbacher  69'		 Report Lainer 29'
Schwegler  54'
Bernardo  80'		 Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium
Attendance: 6,248
Referee: Harald Lechner
20 April 2016 Semifinal Red Bull Salzburg 5 – 2 Austria Wien Wals-Siezenheim
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Soriano 57'
Ulmer 60'
Larsen 72' (o.g.)
Laimer 81', 87'		 Report Lucas Venuto 12'  50'
Holzhauser  60'
Kayode  65'
Serbest  71'
Grünwald  79' 83'
Friesenbichler  85'
Martschinko  90'		 Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 6,173
Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber

Final

19 May 2016 Wolfsberger AC 0 – 5 Red Bull Salzburg Klagenfurt
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Toth  61'
Starkl  72'		 Report Soriano 7', 65', 86' (pen.)
Keïta 28'
Laimer 73'		 Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion
Attendance: 10,200
Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Champions League

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round
29 July 2015 3rd qualifying round 1st leg Red Bull Salzburg 2 – 0 Malmö FF Wals-Siezenheim, Austria
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Ulmer 51'
Hinteregger 89' (pen.)
Keïta  90+2'		 Report Árnason  3'
Rosenberg  45'		 Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 15,027
Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)
5 August 2015 3rd qualifying round 2nd leg Malmö FF 3 – 0
(3 – 2 agg.)		 Red Bull Salzburg Malmö, Sweden
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Đurđić 7'
Rosenberg 14'  82'
Adu  35'  64'
Rodić 42'
Tinnerholm  74'		 Report Keïta  27'
Ulmer  57'
Leitgeb  67'		 Stadium: Swedbank Stadion
Attendance: 19,522
Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (Greece)

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League play-off round
20 August 2015 Playoff round 1st leg Dinamo Minsk 2 – 0 Red Bull Salzburg Brest, Belarus
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Begunov  44'
Rassadkin 57'
Korzun  72'
Adamović 90+3'		 Report Keïta  67'
Miranda  75'
Walke  90+3'
Schwegler  90+4'		 Stadium: OSK Brestskiy
Attendance: 9,952
Referee: Miroslav Zelinka (Czech Republic)
27 August 2015 Playoff round 2nd leg Red Bull Salzburg 2 – 0 (a.e.t.)
(2 – 2 agg.)
(2 – 3 p)		 Dinamo Minsk Wals-Siezenheim, Austria
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Minamino 11'
Soriano 58'
Schmitz  65'		 Report Bangura  42'
Begunov  89'		 Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 7,849
Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands)
Penalties
Hinteregger
Soriano
Minamino
Atanga
Berisha 		Bećiraj
Karytska
Begunov
Palitsevich

Statistics

As of match played 19 May 2016

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 9 0 5 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
2 DF  GER Benno Schmitz 32 0 22+2 0 4+1 0 2 0 1 0
3 DF  BRA Paulo Miranda 38 2 30 2 5 0 2 0 1 0
4 DF  FRA Dayot Upamecano 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF  CRO Duje Ćaleta-Car 37 2 31 2 4 0 0 0 2 0
6 DF  SUI Christian Schwegler 30 1 23+2 1 3 0 0 0 1+1 0
8 MF  GUI Naby Keïta 37 14 24+5 12 4+1 2 2 0 1 0
10 MF  AUT Valentino Lazaro 22 2 9+8 2 2+2 0 0 0 0+1 0
14 MF  NOR Valon Berisha 43 6 32+1 5 5+1 1 2 0 2 0
15 FW  PER Yordy Reyna 22 3 9+7 3 2+1 0 0+1 0 2 0
16 FW  ISR Omer Damari 16 4 15+1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 DF  AUT Andreas Ulmer 44 3 33+1 1 6 1 2 1 2 0
18 FW  JPN Takumi Minamino 40 13 22+10 10 3+3 2 0 0 2 1
20 FW  GHA David Atanga 10 0 3+2 0 0+1 0 2 0 0+2 0
22 DF  AUT Stefan Lainer 28 2 14+7 1 3+1 1 0+2 0 1 0
23 MF  GER Hany Mukhtar 15 1 3+10 1 1+1 0 0 0 0 0
24 MF  AUT Christoph Leitgeb 7 0 2+1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
26 FW  ESP Jonathan Soriano 34 32 25+2 21 6 10 0 0 1 1
27 MF  AUT Konrad Laimer 21 4 14+4 1 3 3 0 0 0 0
28 DF  DEN Asger Sørensen 4 0 0+2 0 1 0 0 0 0+1 0
33 GK  GER Alexander Walke 37 0 31 0 4 0 0 0 2 0
37 FW  SUI Dimitri Oberlin 15 3 5+7 3 0 0 2 0 1 0
46 FW  BIH Smail Prevljak 10 2 3+4 1 1+1 1 0+1 0 0 0
47 MF  AUT Xaver Schlager 2 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
48 FW  KOR Hwang Hee-chan 14 0 5+8 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
55 MF  AUT Yasin Pehlivan 17 0 10+6 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
95 DF  BRA Bernardo 16 0 7+6 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
Players away on loan :
9 FW  AUT Marco Djuricin 5 3 2+1 0 1 3 1 0 0 0
11 FW  BRA Felipe Pires 4 0 2 0 0 0 1+1 0 0 0
36 DF  AUT Martin Hinteregger 13 1 8 0 2 0 2 1 1 0
Players who left Red Bull Salzburg during the season:
19 FW  NOR Håvard Nielsen 12 0 4+4 0 1+2 0 0+1 0 0 0

Goal scorers

Place Position Nation Number Name Bundesliga Austrian Cup UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League Total
1 FW 26 Jonathan Soriano 21 10 0 1 32
2 MF 8 Naby Keïta 12 2 0 0 14
3 FW 18 Takumi Minamino 10 2 0 1 13
4 MF 14 Valon Berisha 5 1 0 0 6
5 FW 16 Omer Damari 4 0 0 0 4
MF 27 Konrad Laimer 1 3 0 0 4
7 FW 15 Yordy Reyna 3 0 0 0 3
FW 37 Dimitri Oberlin 3 0 0 0 3
DF 17 Andreas Ulmer 1 1 1 0 3
FW 9 Marco Djuricin 0 3 0 0 3
11 MF 10 Valentino Lazaro 2 0 0 0 2
DF 3 Paulo Miranda 2 0 0 0 2
DF 5 Duje Ćaleta-Car 2 0 0 0 2
DF 22 Stefan Lainer 1 1 0 0 2
DF 46 Smail Prevljak 1 1 0 0 2
Own goal 1 1 0 0 2
17 MF 23 Hany Mukhtar 1 0 0 0 1
DF 6 Christian Schwegler 1 0 0 0 1
DF 36 Martin Hinteregger 0 0 1 0 1
TOTALS 71 25 2 2 100

Clean sheets

Place Position Nation Number Name Bundesliga Austrian Cup UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League Total
1 GK 33 Alexander Walke 8 2 0 1 11
2 GK 1 Cican Stankovic 2 1 1 0 4
TOTALS 10 3 1 1 15

Disciplinary record

Number Nation Position Name Bundesliga Austrian Cup UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League Total
2 DF Benno Schmitz 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
3 DF Paulo Miranda 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
5 DF Duje Ćaleta-Car 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
6 DF Christian Schwegler 8 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 11 0
8 MF Naby Keïta 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 7 0
10 MF Valentino Lazaro 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
14 MF Valon Berisha 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
15 FW Yordy Reyna 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
16 FW Omer Damari 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
17 DF Andreas Ulmer 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
20 FW David Atanga 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
22 DF Stefan Lainer 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
23 MF Hany Mukhtar 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
24 MF Christoph Leitgeb 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
26 FW Jonathan Soriano 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
27 MF Konrad Laimer 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
28 DF Asger Sørensen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
33 GK Alexander Walke 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
48 FW Hwang Hee-chan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
55 MF Yasin Pehlivan 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
95 DF Bernardo 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Players away on loan:
11 FW Felipe Pires 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
36 DF Martin Hinteregger 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Players who left Red Bull Salzburg during the season:
19 FW Håvard Nielsen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
TOTALS 59 1 11 0 3 0 5 0 78 1

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