Report card for the Bundesliga clubs: Victory for Salzburg, Rapid is fourth

The sporty one Table everyone knows. What it feels like to work for a club is usually only known to those who sit in the dressing room. That’s exactly what she’s trying to do VdF-The Players Association for years: with an anonymous survey that has now received more than 500 responses from 27 clubs Bundesliga and the 2. Liga includes. Ten areas of everyday working life are assessed Punctuality of salaries up to medical careeach on a scale from 0 to 10. In total, this gives a maximum of 100 points.

The result: The FC Red Bull Salzburg defends the top spot in the Bundesliga with 96.7 points. Blue and White Linz follows with 89.0, the SHOT is in third place with 81.2 points, just ahead Rapid (80.3). The LASK players especially praise them Infrastructuredie equipment and daily medical care – values ​​above 8.5. In the 2nd league he sits FC Liefering to the top with 97.4 points St. Pölten (85.6) and Rapid II (84.0). This means that the Salzburg Farm Club has the highest overall value in the entire survey.

At the bottom end the Scale significantly tighter. In the Bundesliga, Salzburg and bottom team Hartberg are separated by 35.9 points WAC ranks eleventh with 62.6 points. The gap is even greater in the 2nd league: Bregenz only gets 34.6 points and remains below the five in eight out of ten categories. Klagenfurt follows with 53.6 points. When it comes to punctuality of salary payments, the values ​​are sometimes dramatically low – Klagenfurt (1,5), Bregenz (2,3) and Admire (3,6) bring up the rear.

Poor equipment

Averaged across all 27 clubs, cut Salary punctuality (8.33) and Contract clarity (8,14) is the best. The players see a need to catch up equipment (6.40) and the Infrastructure (6.76). The exchange between the sports management and the team (6.92) as well as medical care also contribute Injuries (6.98) remain expandable.

VdF chairman Gernot Baumgartner sees the survey as more than a snapshot. “The table of a different kind gives the players a voice where their everyday work is otherwise rarely visible. It is a mirror for the clubs and at the same time a development tool. Punctual salaries, clear contracts and reliable medical care are minimum standards in professional football. The top values ​​show what is possible. Where the ratings are significantly lower, concrete improvements are needed.”