The 2013–14 FK Austria Wien season was the 102nd season in club history. Austria Wien will participate, in the Bundesliga; the Austrian Cup; and the UEFA Champions League, where they began in the third qualifying round.
Background
Background information
Austria Wien won the 2012–13 Bundesliga. As champions, Austria Wien entered the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League. Austria Wien also participated in the Bundesliga and the Austrian Cup. Peter Stöger left Austria Wien to become head coach of German 2. Bundesliga club 1. FC Köln on 11 June. Nenad Bjelica succeeded Stöger on 17 June. The players reported for pre–season on 18 June.
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Bundesliga
Bundesliga review
Matchdays 1 – 9
Austria Wien began their Bundesliga campaign on 20 July against Admira Wacker Mödling. Austria Wien won 2–0 with goals from Philipp Hosiner and Marko Stanković. Austria Wien finished the first matchday in second place. Austria Wien faced Red Bull Salzburg in the Bundesliga on matchday two on 27 July. Red Bull Salzburg won 5–1. Alexander Grünwald scored for Austria Wien. Jonathan Soriano, Alan, Kevin Kampl and André Ramalho Silva scored for Red Bull Salzburg. Kevin Kampl scored two of the goals. Austria Wien finished July in sixth place in the table. Austria Wien started August with matchday three of the Bundesliga against SV Ried on 3 August. The match ended in a 3–3 draw. Marko Stanković (two goals) and Tomáš Jun scored for Austria Wien. René Gartler, Oliver Kragl and Furkan Aydogdu scored for Ried. Austria Wien remained in sixth place in the table. Austria Wien faced Rapid Wien on matchday four on 11 August. This was the 306th Wiener Derby. The match ended in a 0–0 draw. Austria Wien finished the matchday in sixth place. Austria Wien faced Wiener Neustadt on matchday five on 17 August. Austria Wien won 5–0 with goals from Alexander Gorgon, Tomáš Jun, Philipp Hosiner and Marko Stanković. Hosiner scored two goals. Austria Wien finished the matchday in fifth place. Austria Wien faced Wolfsberger AC on matchday six on 25 August. Austria Wien won 4–1. Daniel Royer, Alexander Grünwald, Marko Stanković and Roman Kienast scored for Austria Wien. Dario Baldauf scored for Wolfsberg. Austria Wien finished the matchday in fourth place.
Austria Wien finished August with matchday seven of the Bundesliga on 31 August against Wacker Innsbruck. The match ended as a 1–1 draw. Austria Wien had not scored against Wacker in 656 minutes. Rubin Okotie scored for Austria Wien and Lukas Hinterseer scored for Wacker Innsbruck. Austria Wien Finished August in fourth place. Austria Wien started September with matchday 8 of the Bundesliga against Grödig 14 September. Austria Wien lost 3–2. Austria Wien got goals from Marko Stanković and Daniel Royer. Grödig's goalscorers were Mario Leitgeb and Philipp Huspek. Mario Leitgeb scored two goals. Austria Wien finished the matchday in fifth place. The following day, Alexander Grünwald suffered an Anterior cruciate ligament injury during training.
Austria Wien faced Sturm Graz on matchday nine on 21 September. Austria Wien won 2–1. Philipp Hosiner and Marko Stanković scored for Austria Wien and Daniel Beichler scored for Sturm Graz. Austria Wien finished the matchday in fourth place. An MRI on 23 September showed that Stanković had a torn muscle in the calf and would "miss several weeks".
Matchdays 10–18
Austria Wien finished September with matchday 10 against Admira Wacker Mödling on 28 September. Admira won 1–0 with a goal from René Schicker. Austria Wien finished the matchday fifth in the table. Austria Wien faced Red Bull Salzburg on matchday 11 on 6 October. Red Bull Salzburg won 2–1. Daniel Royer scored for Austria Wien. Sadio Mané and Alan scored for Red Bull Salzburg. Austria Wien remained in fifth place. Austria Wien faced SV Ried on matchday 12 on 19 October. The match ended in a 1–1 draw. Philipp Hosiner scored for Austria Wien and Julius Perstaller scored for Ried. Austria Wien finished the matchday in fifth place. Austria Wien finished October with matchday 13 against Rapid Wien on 27 October. This was the 307th Wiener Derby. Rapid Wien won 1–0 with a goal from Terrence Boyd. The loss ended a 10–match undefeated streak ended against Rapid Wien. Austria Wien finished October in fifth place.