Red Bull Salzburg

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2020/2021

Red Bull Salzburg

In

Oumar Solet (def) (Olympique Lyon), Samson Tijani (mid) (Collins Edwin), Nicolas Seiwald (mid) (FC Liefering), Chukwubuike Adamu (att) (FC Liefering), Luca Meisl (def) (SKN St. Polten), Ousmane Diakite (mid) (SCR Altach)

Out

Hee Chan Hwang (r) (att) (RB Leipzig), Philipp Kohn (gk) (FC Willl 1900), Luis Phelipe (att) (RB Bragantino), Samson Tijani (mid) (TSV Hartberg), Darko Todorovic (def) (Hajduk Split), Samuel Tetteh (sp) (att) (NY Red Bulls), Peter Pokorny (mid) (SKN St. Polten), Smail Prevljak (sp) (att) (KAS Eupen), Gideon Mensah (def) (Vitoria Guimaraes SC)

Salzburg had some domestic wobbles midway through the previous campaign but were very impressive both before and after that and managed to win yet another domestic title. They kept going strong despite losing Erling Haland midway through the campaign, but saw a new star emerge in the second half of the season in Dominik Szoboszlai, whose future is uncertain, with the attacking midfielder heavily linked with a move away. At the moment, their squad is very similar compared to last season - they have lost one notable player in Hee-Chan Hwang, who joins sister club Leipzig, while their transfer policy remains to develop youth, with summer signings Oumar Solet an Samson Tijani both set to play for their reserve team first, while Ousmane Diakite and Luca Meisl are back with the squad following loan spells in minor Bundesliga sides. Regardless of whether Szoboszlai stays or goes, Salzburg will still have an impressive squad and it will take a massive bit of underperformance by them for any other side to have a shot at usurping their domestic throne. The Red Bulls will be very interested in how they will do in Europe - they played in the Champions League group stage for the first time last season. They will be looking to qualify again and, after narrowly missing out on a knock-out place last time around, perhaps do one better and make it out of the group.

Target

Anything other than retaining the title would be seen as a disaster. If they do continue their domestic dominance, their season will be judged on how well they do in Europe.

Season Review

2019/2020

Champions: Red Bull Salzburg

It was a season in which Salzburg uncharacteristically had moments in which they feared for the title, but they eventually managed to win both domestic competitions and continue their dominance. The big news for the Red Bulls going into the campaign was that they were finally playing in the Champions League group stage. Their participation was an excellent one, as they managed to take their chances of progressing into the final round in a tough group including Liverpool and Napoli, but eventually finished third. Apart from that, this season will be remembered for the emergence of Erling Haland as a global sensation - the young striker was scoring for fun while at Salzburg in the first half of the season and kept doing the same after joining Dortmund in the winter. With the Norwegian sensation gone, it was time for another young star to step up in Dominik Szoboszlai, who produced some incredible performances in Salzburg's title-winning march after the break caused by the pandemic. While the Red Bulls had some wobbles prior to the enforced break, they were next to perfect after that and eventually secured yet another title. Despite losing Haland, they have an excellent young side more than capable of competing in Europe next season but the big question is, as always, which of their emerging stars will leave during the summer.