Austria's Alternative Table: Sturm Graz Only Tenth

The 10 Areas:

Punctuality of player salary payments

Clarity regarding contract compliance

Organization of travel for away matches

Daily preventive medical care

Support for public relations and social media

Quality of equipment provided

Medical care for injuries

Information flow between sporting management and the team

Changing rooms, training conditions, and training grounds

Appropriate equipment

Salzburg Number One, Hartberg Last

A maximum of 100 points was attainable per club. In the Bundesliga, FC Red Bull Salzburg performed best with 96.7 points.

The "Bulls" received the highest points total in nine out of ten assessment areas. Only for away trips was Blau-Weiß Linz marginally better last season.

The Bundesliga relegated team from Linz also received the second-highest total points with 89.0 points, followed by LASK (81.2 points) and Rapid (80.3 points).

Sturm Graz appears only in tenth place in the Bundesliga (74.0 points). Wolfsberger AC (62.6 points) and TSV Hartberg (60.8 points) are quite far behind.

An Overview of the Bundesliga Clubs' Ratings:

Liefering leads LigaZwa, Bregenz far behind

In the ADMIRAL 2. Liga, FC Liefering is number one by a significant margin. Their 97.4 points are even more than FC Red Bull Salzburg achieved in the Bundesliga.

In second place is SKN St. Pölten (85.6 points), followed by Rapid II (84.0 points). The Hütteldorfers' second team also has more points than their Bundesliga squad.

Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz is clearly at the bottom. The "Ländle" club only achieved 34.6 points. The club is rated particularly poorly in the area of medical care, but also regarding contracts.

An Overview of the LigaZwa Clubs' Ratings:

Club Equipment Leaves Much to Be Desired

Looking at the average scores of all points awarded, Austria's professional clubs performed best in the punctuality of salary payments (8.33) and clarity of contracts (8.14).

Interestingly, equipment (6.40) was rated the worst. Players also see room for improvement in infrastructure (6.76), information exchange between sporting management and the team (6.92), and medical care for injuries (6.98).