Red Bull Salzburg
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FC Red Bull Salzburg is an Austrian association football
Football in Austria
Football is a popular sport in Austria, second only to alpine skiing. The Austrian Football Association, the ÖFB , was founded in 1904 and has been a member of FIFA since then.-League system:...

 club, based in Wals-Siezenheim
Wals-Siezenheim
Wals-Siezenheim is a municipality in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Salzburg.-Overview:It is located west of the city of Salzburg, at the border with Germany...

. Their home ground is the Red Bull Arena
Red Bull Arena (Salzburg)
The Red Bull Arena, known during and before the Euro 2008 football championship as the EM Stadion , is a football stadium in Wals-Siezenheim, a municipality in the suburb of Salzburg, Austria. It was officially opened in March 2003 and is the home ground of Red Bull Salzburg. Previously, the club...

. The club was known as SV Austria Salzburg before being bought by the Red Bull
Red Bull GmbH
Red Bull GmbH is an Austrian company which sells the Red Bull energy drink. In 2010, more than 4.204 billion cans were sold in over 161 countries. 7,758 employees generated 3.78 billion euros in revenue...

 company in 2005 who renamed the club and changed the club's 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
SV Austria Salzburg
SV Austria Salzburg is an Austrian association football club, based in the city of Salzburg. The club was formed in 2005, by some of the supporters of the original SV Salzburg after it was renamed FC Red Bull Salzburg by new owners who also changed the club's colours from its traditional violet...

. The club has won the Austrian Bundesliga
Austrian Bundesliga
The Austrian Football Bundesliga is the highest-ranking national league club competition in Austrian football. It is the competition which decides the Austrian national football champions, as well the country's entrants for the various European cups run by UEFA.The Austrian Bundesliga, which began...

 6 times, and reached the final of the UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...

 in 1994. They also played in the 1994–95 edition of the UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...

 as Casino Salzburg, being the only team not defeated by eventual champions Ajax Amsterdam
Ajax Amsterdam
Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax , also referred to as AFC Ajax, Ajax Amsterdam or simply Ajax , is a professional football club from Amsterdam, Netherlands...

.

History

FC Red Bull Salzburg was founded on 13 September 1933 as SV Austria Salzburg. In 1950, the club was dissolved but later that year re-founded for the first time. In 1978, the official name was changed to SV Casino Salzburg and in 1997, to SV Wüstenrot
Wüstenrot-Gruppe
Wüstenrot-Gruppe is an Austrian company for financial services and real-estate. Its main two subsidiaries are the Wüstenrot building society and the Wüstenrot insurance company....

 Salzburg, while the common calling name remained SV Austria Salzburg. The Red Bull
Red Bull GmbH
Red Bull GmbH is an Austrian company which sells the Red Bull energy drink. In 2010, more than 4.204 billion cans were sold in over 161 countries. 7,758 employees generated 3.78 billion euros in revenue...

 company bought the club on 6 April 2005 and rebranded it
Rebranding
Rebranding is the creation of a new name, term, symbol, design, or a combination of them for an established brand with the intention of developing a differentiated position in the mind of stakeholders and competitors....

.

The Red Bull takeover

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. 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 rebranding of the team proved very similar to Red Bull's treatment of its two Formula One
Formula One
Formula One, also known as Formula 1 or F1 and referred to officially as the FIA Formula One World Championship, is the highest class of single seater auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . The "formula" designation in the name refers to a set of rules with which...

 racing teams, Red Bull Racing
Red Bull Racing
Red Bull Racing is a Formula One racing team based in Milton Keynes, England which currently holds an Austrian licence. It is, along with Scuderia Toro Rosso, one of two teams owned by beverage company Red Bull GmbH. The team have won two Constructors' Championship titles, in and , becoming the...

 and Scuderia Toro Rosso
Scuderia Toro Rosso
Scuderia Toro Rosso , also known simply as Toro Rosso or by its abbreviation STR, is an Italian Formula One racing team...

. However, Red Bull would not completely follow this precedent when it acquired the MetroStars
Metrostars
Metrostar may refer to:*New York Red Bulls, formerly called the "MetroStars", a soccer team from New York*Manila Metro Rail Transit System, popularly called "The Metrostar Express", a part of the metropolitan rail system in Manila...

 club in Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer is a professional soccer league based in the United States and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation . The league is composed of 19 teams — 16 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada...

 in the United States; while it rebranded the team as the New York Red Bulls, it chose to recognise the MetroStars' history.

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
SV Austria Salzburg
SV Austria Salzburg is an Austrian association football club, based in the city of Salzburg. The club was formed in 2005, by some of the supporters of the original SV Salzburg after it was renamed FC Red Bull Salzburg by new owners who also changed the club's colours from its traditional violet...

.

Recent history

In May 2006, Red Bull announced on its website that it had hired veteran coach Giovanni Trapattoni
Giovanni Trapattoni
Giovanni Trapattoni , sometimes known as "Trap" or "Il Trap", is an Italian football coach and former player, considered the most successful club coach in the history of Serie A. As a player he was part of Italy's squad at the 1962 FIFA World Cup....

 as new coach together with his ex-player Lothar Matthäus
Lothar Matthäus
Lothar Herbert Matthäus , is a German football manager and former player.In 1990, he was named European Footballer of the Year and World Soccer Player of the Year after captaining West Germany to victory in the 1990 World Cup...

 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
FK Austria Wien
Fußballklub Austria Wien is an Austrian association football club from the capital city of Vienna. They are considered the most successful club in Austria, having won the highest Austrian Bundesliga 23 times, the Austrian Cup 27 times and the Austrian Supercup 6 times. They also reached the UEFA...

 on 28 April 2007. Red Bull were beaten by Shakhtar Donetsk
FC Shakhtar Donetsk
FC Shakhtar Donetsk is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. Shakhtar has appeared in several European competitions and currently is often a participant of the UEFA Champions League. The club became the first Ukrainian club to win the UEFA Cup in 2009, the last year...

 in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League 2007-08 and 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
Republic of Ireland national football team
The Republic of Ireland national football team represents Ireland in association football. It is run by the Football Association of Ireland and currently plays home fixtures at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, which opened in May 2010....

 manager in May. He was succeeded by Co Adriaanse
Co Adriaanse
Jacobus "Co" Adriaanse is a Dutch football manager and former football player, who is currently the head coach of Eredivisie team FC Twente.-Playing career:...

, under whom they finished as champion, and he left after one year. His successor is Huub Stevens
Huub Stevens
Hubertus "Huub" Jozef Margaretha Stevens is a Dutch football manager and former defender.- Playing career :...

. Stevens won his first major title as the manager of a country's highest league on 14 May 2010, which led the team to the title of the season 2009/10.

New start under Ricardo Moniz

In the 2010/11 season Stevens was replaced by Ricardo Moniz at the end of the season. Red Bull finished second in the league and plays in the UEFA Euro League qualification. Despite the recent philosophy the team announced that the qualification for the Champion League is not a must. Moniz was ordered to integrate young players of the Junior squad. At the beginning of the 2011/12 season Daniel Offenbacher
Daniel Offenbacher
Daniel Offenbacher is an Austrian footballer who plays for FC Red Bull Salzburg as midfielder. He is playing for the second squad, the Red Bull Juniors in the 3rd Austrian League . In 2011 he signed a contract with the first squad.-Club career:He started playing football in his local club SV...

, Martin Hinteregger
Martin Hinteregger
Martin Hinteregger is an Austrian footballplayer currently playing for FC Red Bull Salzburg as defender.-Club career:...

, Georg Teigl
Georg Teigl
Georg Teigl is a Austrian football midfielder who currently plays for Red Bull Salzburg.-External links:*...

 and Marco Meilinger
Marco Meilinger
Marco Meilinger is an Austrian footballplayer currently playing for SV Ried on loan from FC Red Bull Salzburg as midfielder.-Club career:He started playing football with USK Anif, a team from a suburb of Salzburg...

 were promoted to the first squad.
In UEFA competitions, the team is referred to as FC Salzburg so as not to interfere with the federation's corporate sponsorship rules.

Honours

Austrian Bundesliga
Austrian Bundesliga
The Austrian Football Bundesliga is the highest-ranking national league club competition in Austrian football. It is the competition which decides the Austrian national football champions, as well the country's entrants for the various European cups run by UEFA.The Austrian Bundesliga, which began...

  • Champions: 1993–94*, 1994–95*, 1996–97*, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10
    2009–10 Austrian Football Bundesliga
    The 2009–10 Austrian Football Bundesliga is the 98th season of top-tier football in Austria. The competition is officially called tipp3-Bundesliga powered by T-Mobile, named after the Austrian betting company tipp3 and the Austrian branch of German mobile phone company T-Mobile. The season began on...



Austrian Cup
Austrian Cup
The Austrian Cup, in German: ÖFB-Cup is an annual football competition held by the Austrian Football Association, the ÖFB.It has been held since 1919, with the exception of the time of the Anschluss between 1939 and 1945 and the period between 1950 and 1958 when the competition was deemed of...

  • Runners-up: 1974*, 1980*, 1981*, 2002*


Austrian Supercup
Austrian Supercup
The Austrian Supercup was a football competition held annually from 1986 until 2004 between the winners of the Austrian Bundesliga and the Austrian Cup.-Winners of Austrian Supercup:*1986: SK Rapid Wien...

  • Winners: 1994*, 1995*, 1997*


UEFA Cup
  • Runners-up: 1994
    1994 UEFA Cup Final
    The 1994 UEFA Cup Final was played on April 26, 1994 and May 11, 1994 between Internazionale of Italy and SV Casino Salzburg of Austria. Inter won both games 1–0 to record a 2–0 aggregate victory.-First leg:-Second leg:-References:*...

    *


* as Austria Salzburg

Current squad

(on loan from NAC Breda
NAC Breda
NAC Breda , simply often known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Dutch Eredivisie and are known by the fierce and fanatic support of...

)

Out on loan

(to SV Kapfenberg)
(to VfB Stuttgart
VfB Stuttgart
Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart, is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club is best known for its football team, which has participated in all but two Bundesliga seasons...

)
(to Nacional Montevideo)
(to New York Red Bulls)

Red Bull Salzburg Juniors squad


Manager history

August Starek
August Starek
August Starek is a former international Austrian footballer and football manager. He ist also known as Gustl Starek and der Schwarze Gustl .-External links:* - Weltfussball * - National Football Teams...

 (1980–81) Adolf Blutsch (1985–87) Kurt Wiebach (1988–91) Otto Barić
Otto Baric
Otto Barić is a Croatian-Austrian football manager.-1970s to 1980s:Barić started his coaching career in 1969 at West German club Germania Wiesbaden and moved after one season to Austrian club Wacker Innsbruck, where he spent next two seasons and won two consecutive league champions titles before...

 (1991–95) Hermann Stessl
Hermann Stessl
Hermann Stessl is an Austrian retired football player and coach.-Career:Stessl played for Grazer AK, starting his first team career in 1957....

 (1995–96) Heribert Weber
Heribert Weber
Heribert Weber is a retired Austrian football player and later a football manager.-Club career:Born in Styria, Weber started his professional career at Sturm Graz and joined Vienna giants Rapid Wien after the World Cup in 1978...

 (1996–98) Hans Krankl
Hans Krankl
Johann "Hans" Krankl is a retired Austrian footballer. He was last manager of LASK Linz.-Club career:A prolific striker, Krankl is regarded by many as the greatest ever Austrian player. He started his professional career at Rapid Wien and stayed there for 8 years, apart from a year at Wiener AC...

 (1998–00) Miroslav Polak
Miroslav Polak
Miroslav Polak is a Serbian football manager and former player.-External sources:* at Playerhistory.* at Transfermarkt....

 (2000) Hans Backe
Hans Backe
Hans Backe is a Swedish former soccer player. He is currently the head coach of New York Red Bulls in Major League Soccer....

 (2000–01) Lars Søndergaard
Lars Søndergaard
Lars Søndergaard , is a former Danish football player and now manager.- References :...

 (2001–03) Walter Hörmann
Walter Hörmann
Walter Hörmann is a retired Austrian football player and a football coach.-External links:...

 (2004, caretaker) Peter Assion (2004–05) Nikola Jurčević
Nikola Jurcevic
Nikola Jurčević is a retired Croatian football player who is now a coach.He played for clubs Dinamo Zagreb , in Belgium with R. Antwerp F.C. , NK Zagreb , in Austria with SV Austria Salzburg , and in German Bundesliga with SC Freiburg...

 (2005) Manfred Linzmaier
Manfred Linzmaier
Manfred Linzmaier is a retired Austrian footballer. He is now a football manager.-Club career:Nicknamed Tyroler Keegan, Linzmaier started his professional career at FC Wacker Innsbruck, later renamed FC Swarovski Tirol, and stayed for 12 years playing alongside German midfield maestro Hansi Müller...

 (2005, caretaker) Kurt Jara
Kurt Jara
Kurt Jara is a retired Austrian footballer.-Club career:Jara started his professional career with local side FC Wacker Innsbruck before moving to Spanish outfit Valencia CF in 1973. After two seasons in La Liga he joined German Bundesliga team MSV Duisburg where he spent 5 seasons and reached the...

 (2005–06) Giovanni Trapattoni
Giovanni Trapattoni
Giovanni Trapattoni , sometimes known as "Trap" or "Il Trap", is an Italian football coach and former player, considered the most successful club coach in the history of Serie A. As a player he was part of Italy's squad at the 1962 FIFA World Cup....

 (2006–08) Co Adriaanse
Co Adriaanse
Jacobus "Co" Adriaanse is a Dutch football manager and former football player, who is currently the head coach of Eredivisie team FC Twente.-Playing career:...

 (2008–09) Huub Stevens
Huub Stevens
Hubertus "Huub" Jozef Margaretha Stevens is a Dutch football manager and former defender.- Playing career :...

 (2009–11) Ricardo Moniz
Ricardo Moniz
Ricardo Moniz is a Dutch football coach of FC Red Bull Salzburg and former football player.- Career :He played for RKC Waalwijk, HFC Haarlem, Helmond Sport and FC Eindhoven.- Coaching career :...

 (2011– )

European competition history

  • Q = Qualification
  • PO = Play-Off


See also

  • Red Bull Brasil
    Red Bull Brasil
    Red Bull Brasil is a Brazilian football club located in Campinas, São Paulo founded on November 19, 2007. The club is owned by Red Bull, who currently fields a team in Campeonato Paulista Série A2.-History:...

  • RB Leipzig
    RB Leipzig
    RB Leipzig is a German association football club based in Leipzig, Saxony. The club is supported by energy drink-maker Red Bull who purchased the license of fifth division side SSV Markranstädt with the intention of advancing the re-modeled club to the top-flight Bundesliga within ten years...

  • New York Red Bulls
  • EC Red Bull Salzburg
  • 2009-10 UEFA Europa League
  • 2010-11 UEFA Europa League
  • 2011–12 UEFA Europa League
    2011–12 UEFA Europa League
    The 2011–12 UEFA Europa League is the third season of the competition since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup. It began on 30 June 2011 with the first legs of the first qualifying round, and will end on 9 May 2012 with the final to be held at Stadionul Național in Bucharest, Romania...


External links

Official website
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