FC Red Bull Salzburg

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Red Bull Salzburg
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Full name FC Red Bull Salzburg
Nickname(s) Die Roten Bullen (The Red Bulls)
Founded 1933 (reformed as Red Bull 2005)
Ground Red Bull Arena
Wals-Siezenheim
Austria
(capacity: 31,0001)
Owner Red Bull GmbH
Chairman Johan Sauer
Manager Roger Schmidt
League Austrian Bundesliga
2011–12 1st
Home colours
Away colours

Current season

FC Red Bull Salzburg is an Austrian association football club, based in Wals-Siezenheim. Their home ground is the Red Bull Arena. Due to sponsorship limits, the club is known as FC Salzburg and wears a modified crest when playing in UEFA competitions.2

The club was known as SV Austria Salzburg, and had several sponsored names, before being bought by the Red Bull company in 2005 who renamed the club and changed its colours from its traditional violet and white to red and white. The change resulted in some of the team's fans forming a new club, SV Austria Salzburg.

Founded in 1933, the club has won its first Austrian Bundesliga in 1994, which was the first of three in the space of four seasons which also saw them reach the 1994 UEFA Cup Final. The team currently has seven league titles to its name.

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History

Pre-Red Bull

FC Red Bull Salzburg was founded on 13 September 1933 as SV Austria Salzburg, after the merger of the city's two clubs, Hertha and Rapid.3 In 1950, the club was dissolved but re-founded later the same year. It reached the Austrain top flight in 1953,4 and finished 9th of 14 clubs in its first season there, avoiding relegation by five points.5 Vienna-born Erich Probst was Salzburg's first-ever international, earning the last of his 19 Austrian caps on 27 March 1960.6 Adolf Macek, who made the first of his four international appearances on 9 October 1965, was the club's first local player to earn a cap for Austria.7

Salzburg were top-flight runners-up for the first time in the 1970-71 season, gaining 43 points to Wacker Innsbruck's 44.8 The club's first-ever European campaign was in the 1971-72 UEFA Cup, and it was eliminated 5-4 on aggregate by Romanian club UTA despite a 3-1 home victory in the second leg.9 In 1974, Salzburg reached the Austrian Cup final for the first time, and lost 2-1 away to Austria Vienna in the first leg before a 1-1 home draw in the second.10

In 1978, the official name was changed to SV Casino Salzburg and in 1997, to SV Wüstenrot Salzburg, due to a sponsorship deal with an Austrian financial services corporation. The team often remained referred to as SV Austria Salzburg. During the Casino era, Salzburg reached their first and so far only European final, the 1994 UEFA Cup Final, where they lost both legs 1-0 to Italian club Inter Milan.11 That same season, Salzburg won their first Bundesliga title, beating Austria Vienna by 51 points to 49.12 The title was retained the following season as Salzburg beat Sturm Graz on goal difference.13 The 1995-96 season saw a drop to eighth place, one above a relegation play-off,14 but the club's third title in four seasons was won in 1997 as they beat holders Rapid Vienna by three points.15

Salzburg's inaugaral UEFA Champions League campaign in 1994-95 saw them reach the group stage by beating Israel's Maccabi Haifa 5-2 on aggregate.16 They were drawn into Group D with holders and eventual finalists AC Milan and eventual winners Ajax Amsterdam, as well as AEK Athens. Despite drawing both matches with Ajax, Salzburg picked up a solitary 3-1 win away in Athens and were eliminated in third place.17

The club moved to its current Wals-Siezenheim Stadion in 2003.18

The Red Bull takeover

The Red Bull company bought the club on 6 April 2005 and rebranded it. After the takeover, Red Bull changed the club's name, management, and staff, declaring "this is a new club with no history." Red Bull initially claimed on the club website that the club was founded in 2005, but was ordered to remove this claim by the Austrian F.A. The new authority removed all trace of violet from the club logo and the team now play in the colours of red and white, to the consternation of much of the club's traditional support.19 A small pair of wings form the motif of the new club crest, displayed on the team jersey, in accordance with Red Bull's commercial slogan at the time: "It gives you wings." This complete re-branding of the team proved very similar to Red Bull's treatment of its two Formula One racing teams, Red Bull Racing and Scuderia Toro Rosso. However, Red Bull would not completely follow this precedent when it acquired the MetroStars club in Major League Soccer in the United States; while it rebranded the team as the New York Red Bulls, it chose to recognise the MetroStars' history.

EM-Stadion Wals-Siezenheim homeground of FC Red Bull Salzburg
Red Bull Salzburg, October 2005

The traditional supporters tried to resist the radical changes and formed their own movement in order to regain some of the tradition. Several fan-clubs throughout Europe voiced their support in what they saw as a fight against the growing commercialisation of football. However, after five months of protests and talks between the club owners and traditional fans, no compromise was reached. On 15 September 2005, the 'violet' supporters stated that the talks had irreversibly broken down and efforts to reach an agreement would be terminated.

This gave rise to two separate fan groups: the 'Red-Whites', who support 'Red Bull Salzburg' and the 'Violet-Whites', who want to preserve the 72-year-old tradition and refuse to support the rebranded club. The Violet-Whites ultimately formed a new club, SV Austria Salzburg.

Red Bull era

Dutchman Ricardo Moniz coached Red Bull to a Bundesliga and Cup double in the 2011-12 season.
Roger Schmidt (Germany) recent coach

In May 2006, Red Bull announced on its website that it had hired veteran Italian coach Giovanni Trapattoni, together with his ex-player, German World Cup winner Lothar Matthäus as co-trainer. The pair initially denied having reached a deal, but officially signed on 23 May 2006. Red Bull ultimately won the T-Mobile Bundesliga 2006-07 by a comfortable margin with five games still left in the season after drawing 2–2 with previous season's champions Austria Wien on 28 April 2007.

Red Bull were beaten by Shakhtar Donetsk in the third qualifying round2021 of the 2007-08 UEFA Champions League, and was then knocked out of the UEFA Cup 2007-08 in the first round by AEK Athens. On 13 February 2008, Italian manager Giovanni Trappatoni confirmed that he would be taking over as the new Republic of Ireland manager in May. In his final season, the club finished as runers-up, six points off champions Rapid Vienna.22 Trappatoni was succeeded by Co Adriaanse, under whom they finished as champion, and he left after one year. His successor was Huub Stevens. On 14 May 2010, Stevens' Red Bull retained the Bundesliga.23

Stevens was replaced by Dutchman Ricardo Moniz at the end of the 2010-11 season, in which Red Bull were denied a third consecutive title by Sturm Graz by a three-point margin.24 Red Bull finished second in the league, and qualified for the following season's UEFA Europa League. Moniz was ordered to integrate young players of the Junior squad: at the beginning of the 2011-12 season Daniel Offenbacher, Martin Hinteregger, Georg Teigl and Marco Meilinger were promoted to the first team. In the 2011-12 season Red Bull won the Austrian Bundesliga league title and FA Cup double.

After the 2011-12 season Moniz departed his post despite having a year remaining on his contract. The new coach for the 2012-13 season is Roger Schmidt, who came from Paderborn of the German 2. Bundesliga. In July 2012, Red Bull were knocked out of the Champions League in the second qualifying round against F91 Dudelange of Luxembourg. The first leg was lost 1-0 away, and a 4-3 home win saw the club eliminated on away goals.25

Honours

Austrian Bundesliga

Austrian Cup

Austrian Supercup

UEFA Cup

* as Austria Salzburg

Gallery

Current squad

As of August 31, 201227

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Sweden GK Eddie Gustafsson
5 Austria DF Christopher Dibon
6 Switzerland DF Christian Schwegler
8 Austria DF Florian Klein
13 Austria MF Stefan Ilsanker
14 Norway MF Valon Berisha
15 Austria DF Franz Schiemer
16 Norway FW Håvard Nielsen
17 Austria DF Andreas Ulmer
18 Slovakia MF Dušan Švento
20 Germany GK Thomas Dähne
22 Austria MF Stefan Hierländer
23 Uganda DF Ibrahim Sekagya
No. Position Player
24 Austria MF Christoph Leitgeb
26 Spain FW Jonathan Soriano
27 Brazil FW Alan
29 Brazil DF Rodnei
33 Germany GK Alexander Walke (captain)
36 Austria DF Martin Hinteregger
37 Austria MF Valentino Lazaro
39 Austria MF Georg Teigl
40 Senegal MF Sadio Mané
44 Slovenia MF Kevin Kampl
45 Ghana DF Isaac Vorsah

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
Austria GK Hans-Peter Berger (to FC Pasching)
Austria DF Christoph Martschinko (to SC Wiener Neustadt)
Brazil DF Douglas (to Brazil Figueirense FC)
Austria MF Jakob Jantscher (to Russia FC Dynamo Moscow)
No. Position Player
Austria MF Marco Meilinger (to SV Ried)
Austria MF Daniel Offenbacher (to SC Wiener Neustadt)
Brazil MF Cristiano (to Japan Tochigi SC)
Austria FW Alexander Aschauer (to FC Liefering)

Coaching staff

Germany Roger Schmidt Head Coach
Austria Oliver Glasner Assistant coach
Austria Herbert Ilsanker Goalkeeper coach
Netherlands Piet Hamberg Individual coach
Germany Ralf Rangnick Sporting director
France Gérard Houllier Global sports director

FC Liefering squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Austria GK Martin Eisl
3 Austria DF Daniel Hölzl
4 Austria FW Stefan Lainer
6 Germany MF Matthias Felber
7 Austria MF Mehmet Bulut
8 Austria MF Andreas Bammer
9 Austria FW Wolfgang Mair
11 Austria MF Goran Kreso
13 Austria DF Christoph Martschinko
14 Austria MF Nikola Dovedan
16 Austria MF Stefan Schwendinger
17 Ghana MF Felix Adjei
18 Bosnia and Herzegovina MF Josip Ćorić
No. Position Player
21 Germany GK Thomas Dähne
22 Germany MF Robert Völkl
23 Austria MF Daniel Krenn
24 Austria MF Stefan Savić
25 Austria MF Sandro Đurić
26 Brazil DF André Ramalho Silva
28 Austria DF Rene Aufhauser
30 Austria GK Domenek Schierl
32 Austria DF Emre Uygur
Austria MF Florian Metz
Austria FW Mario Konrad
Junior squad July 2011
Football academy Liefering-homeground of the Juniors

The Red Bull Juniors are playing in the Regionalliga West, which is one of the three 3rd level leagues in Austria. In December 2011 the club signed a cooperation with FC Pasching (Regionalliga Mitte) and USK Anif (Regionalliga West) The coach of the Juniors, Gerald Baumgartner, left Salzburg and became new coach of FC Pasching. Also players went to Pasching and Anif. After the 2011/12 season the new coach Peter Hyballa left the club and became new head coach of SK Sturm Graz.

From the 2012/13 season the Juniors play as FC Liefering in the Regionalliga West. They are the farm team of FC Red Bull Salzburg. Because they play under the licence of USK Anif, they are eligible for to promotion to the First League.

Coaching staff

Germany Peter Zeidler Coach
Netherlands Chris Kronshorst Assistance coach
Austria Heinz Arzberger Goalkeeper coach

Manager history

European competition history

  • Q = Qualification
  • PO = Play-Off
  • QF = Quarter-final
  • SF = Semi-final

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/StatDoc/competitions/-Publications/01/67/58/96/1675896_DOWNLOAD.pdf
  2. ^ http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=1994/clubs/club=50030/profile/index.html
  3. ^ http://redbulls.com/soccer/salzburg/en/history.html
  4. ^ http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=1994/clubs/club=50030/profile/index.html
  5. ^ http://www.austriasoccer.at/dataold/nat/195354_1.html
  6. ^ http://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=17061
  7. ^ http://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=12644
  8. ^ http://www.austriasoccer.at/dataold/nat/197071_1.html
  9. ^ http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=1971/clubs/club=50030/matches/index.html
  10. ^ http://rsssf.com/tableso/oostcuphistfull.html#74
  11. ^ http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=1993/overview/index.html
  12. ^ http://rsssf.com/tableso/oost94.html
  13. ^ http://rsssf.com/tableso/oost95.html
  14. ^ http://rsssf.com/tableso/oost96.html
  15. ^ http://rsssf.com/tableso/oost97.html
  16. ^ http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=1994/matches/round=59/index.html
  17. ^ http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=1994/standings/round=64/group=10/index.html
  18. ^ http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=1994/clubs/club=50030/profile/index.html
  19. ^ Initiative Violett-Weiß
  20. ^ Salzburg – Shakhtar Donetsk : 1 – 0 Match report from ScoresPro.com
  21. ^ Shakhtar Donetsk – Salzburg : 3 – 1 Match report from ScoresPro.com
  22. ^ http://www.austriasoccer.at/data/nat/2000_09/o1__bundesliga__2007_08.htm
  23. ^ http://redbulls.com/soccer/salzburg/en/history.html
  24. ^ http://www.austriasoccer.at/data/nat/2010_19/o1__bundesliga__2010_11.htm
  25. ^ http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2013/matches/round=2000344/index.html
  26. ^ Red Bull Salzburg are the 2011-12 champions
  27. ^ [1]

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