2020–21 FK Austria Wien season
Austria Wien 2020–21 football season
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FK Austria Wien played the 2020–21 season in the Austrian Bundesliga and Austrian Cup.
| 2020–21 season | ||||
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| Chairman | Frank Hensel | |||
| Manager | Peter Stöger | |||
| Stadium | Generali Arena | |||
| Bundesliga | 8th | |||
| Austrian Cup | Quarter-finals | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Manprit Sarkaria (7) All: Manprit Sarkaria (10) | |||
| Highest home attendance | 3,173 | |||
| Lowest home attendance | 0 | |||
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Review and events
Austria Wien's season started in the Austrian Cup with a 5–0 win against SC Retz on 30 August 2020.[1] The match was played without spectators[2] due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Austria Wien defeated Wiener Sport-Club in the second round[3] and TSV Hartberg in the round of 16[4] before getting knocked out by Red Bull Salzburg in the Quarter–finals.[5]
Austria Wien's first Bundesliga match was a 1–0 loss to LASK in Linz on 11 September 2020.[6] Unlike the first round of the Austrian Cup, Matchday one had spectators.[7] Austria Wien's first win happened on matchday two against SV Ried.[6] After defeating Ried, Austria Wien won only one out of their next 10 league matches.[6] The one win was against WSG Tirol.[6] The first match between Austria Wien and Red Bull Salzburg happened in Vienna on 24 October 2020.[6] Red Bull Salzburg won the match 2–0.[8] With the loss, Austria Wien dropped down to sixth place in the league table.[9] The loss to Red Bull Salzburg started an eight match winless streak.[6] The first Vienna derby took place at Allianz Stadion in Vienna on 29 November 2020.[10] Austria Wien remained in eighth place.[11] On 5 December 2020, Austria Wien lost 4–0 to Sturm Graz.[12] Austria Wien remained in eighth place.[13] Wolfsberger AC defeated Austria Wien 3–2 on 13 December 2020.[14] Alon Turgeman gave Austria Wien a 1–0 lead in the first minute.[14] But Michael Liendl scored from the penalty spot late in the match to give Wolfsberg a 3–2 lead.[14] With the loss, Austria Wien dropped down to ninth place.[15] 20 December 2020, Austria Wien and LASK drew 1–1.[16] The draw sent Austria Wien down to 10th place in the league table.[17] The last time Austria Wien was this low in the table was Matchday 1.[18] On 23 January 2021, Austria Wien defeated Ried 1–0.[19] The win finished the 8 match winless streak[6] and moved Austria Wien up to ninth place.[20] Austria Wien defeated Admira Wacker 4–0 with goals from Benedikt Pichler, Georg Teigl and two goals from Johannes Handl.[21] Austria Wien faced Red Bull Salzburg twice in four days. On 6 February 2021, Austria Wien lost 2–0 in the quarter-finals of the Austrian Cup.[5] Then on 10 February 2021, Austria Wien lost 3–1 in the Bundesliga.[22] Austria Wien defeated Rheindorf Altach 5–1 on 20 February 2021.[23] The second Vienna derby of the season took place on 7 March 2021.[6] The match finished in a 0–0 draw.[24] On 10 April 2021, Peter Stöger announced that he is leaving Austria Wien in the summer.[25]
Match results
Legend
| Win | Draw | Loss |
Bundesliga
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Results F–A | Goalscorers | Attendance | Referee | Pos. | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 2020 — 19:30 | LASK Linz | Away | 0–1 | — | 3,958 | Sebastian Gishamer | 10 | [7][18] |
| 20 September 2020 — 16:00 | SV Ried | Home | 2–1 | Monschein (2) | 3,000 | Rene Eisner | 7 | [26][27] |
| 27 September 2020 — 13:30 | Admira Wacker | Home | 2–2 | Monschein, Pichler | 3,173 | Alan Kijas | 6 | [28][29] |
| 3 October 2020 — 16:00 | WSG Tirol | Away | 2–0 | Wimmer, Sarkaria | 950 | Oliver Drachta | 4 | [30][31] |
| 24 October 2020 — 16:00 | Red Bull Salzburg | Home | 0–2 | — | 3,160 | Walter Altmann | 6 | [8][9] |
| 31 October 2020 — 16:00 | TSV Hartberg | Away | 1–2 | Pichler | 977 | Dieter Muckenhammer | 6 | [32][33] |
| 7 November 2020 — 16:00 | Rheindorf Altach | Away | 0–0 | — | 0 | Sebastian Gishamer | 6 | [34][35] |
| 22 November 2020 — 13:30 | SKN St. Pölten | Home | 1–1 | Jukić | 0 | Alexander Harkam | 8 | [36][37] |
| 22 November 2020 — 16:00 | Rapid Wien | Away | 1–1 | Wimmer | 0 | Julian Weinberger | 8 | [10][11] |
| 5 December 2020 — 16:00 | Sturm Graz | Home | 0–4 | — | 0 | Christopher Jäger | 8 | [12][13] |
| 13 December 2020 — 13:30 | Wolfsberger AC | Away | 2–3 | Turgeman, Monschein | 0 | Rene Eisner | 9 | [14][15] |
| 20 December 2020 — 16:00 | LASK | Home | 1–1 | Pichler | 0 | Christian-Petru Ciochirca | 10 | [16][17] |
| 23 January 2021 — 16:00 | SV Ried | Away | 1–0 | Pichler | 0 | Christopher Jäger | 9 | [19][20] |
| 26 January 2021 — 17:30 | Admira Wacker | Away | 4–0 | Pichler, Teigl, Handl (2) | 0 | Harald Lechner | 7 | [21][38] |
| 31 January 2021 – 13:30 | WSG Tirol | Home | 2–2 | Martel | 0 | Oliver Drachta | 7 | [39][40] |
| 10 February 2021 — 19:30 | Red Bull Salzburg | Away | 1–3 | Teigl | 0 | Dieter Muckenhammer | 7 | [22][41] |
| 14 February 2021 — 13:30 | TSV Hartberg | Home | 0–1 | — | 0 | Walter Altmann | 7 | [42][43] |
| 20 February 2021 — 16:00 | Rheindorf Altach | Home | 5–1 | Fitz (2), Schösswendter, Sarkaria (2) | 0 | Andreas Heiß | 8 | [23][44] |
| 28 February 2021 — 13:30 | SKN St. Pölten | Away | 2–0 | Handl, Monschein | 0 | Christian-Petru Ciochirca | 8 | [45][46] |
| 7 March 2021 — 16:00 | Rapid Wien | Home | 0–0 | — | 0 | Sebastian Gishamer | 8 | [24][47] |
| 14 March 2021 — 16:00 | Sturm Graz | Away | 1–2 | Fitz | 0 | Alan Kijas | 8 | [48][49] |
| 21 March 2021 – 16:00 | Wolfsberger AC | Home | 3–5 | Djuricin, Grünwald, Zeka | 0 | Manuel Schüttengruber | 8 | [50][51] |
Austrian Cup
| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Goalscorers | Attendance | Referee | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 2020 — 10:15 | First round | SC Retz | Home | 5–0 | Sax, Monschein, Pichler, Planic (own goal), Sarkaria | 0 | Julian Weinberger | [2] |
| 16 October 2020 — 19:25 | Second round | Wiener Sport-Club | Away | 3–1 | 2,550 | Harald Lechner | [3] | |
| 25 November 2020 — 16:15 | Round of 16 | TSV Hartberg | Home | 5–3 | 0 | Stefan Ebner | [4] | |
| 6 February 2021 – 16:00 | Quarter-finals | Red Bull Salzburg | Away | 0–2 | — | 0 | Manuel Schüttengruber | [5] |
