Salzburg
The short answerSalzburg are 142nd in the world on The Beaumont Index, rated 1435, with a plausible range of 83rd to 267th. That makes them 0.36 goals per 90 minutes worse than an average club from Europe's top five leagues, and 2nd of 12 in the Austrian Bundesliga.
What this club is made of
First XI
How good the usual starting eleven is
Squad depth
How much quality there is beyond the first eleven
Star spread
How evenly quality is shared. Low means the team leans on one or two stars
Squad age curve
How many minutes go to players in their peak years
Percentiles from 0 to 100: 90 means better than 90% of clubs in the league, or in the world. Higher means more of that quality. The profile describes the club. It is not part of the score. Missing bars mean there is not enough data yet. How the profile works.
This season they are taking 2.33 points a game from 9 matches, while their performances have been worth 2.32. That is 0.2 points more than the football deserved, which our model calls fair. Their opponents this season have averaged a rating of 1241, an easier schedule than the Austrian Bundesliga average.
For context, the next club above them in the Austrian Bundesliga is Sturm Graz, rated 1437, and the next one below is LASK, rated 1417. The gap to the strongest side in the division, Sturm Graz, is 2 rating points.
Compared with the rest of their league, their style stands out for very high possession, very high passes completed close to goal and very low direct, long passing.
On rating, they play like a tier-2 side, 2 tiers above the level of their own league.
The Austrian Bundesliga itself is 23rd in our world league ranking, where its average club is 1.29 goals per 90 worse than the top-five average.
How sure are we? Confidence in this rating is medium: the range of 83rd to 267th is where the club's true world rank sits four times in five. Results to 25 Oct 2026.
Nearest in the Austrian Bundesliga
| 141 | Sturm Graz Austrian Bundesliga · Austria | 1437 | 82–259 | |
| 165 | LASK Austrian Bundesliga · Austria | 1417 | 93–295 | |
| 183 | Rapid Wien Austrian Bundesliga · Austria | 1406 | 103–310 | |
| 468 | Ried Austrian Bundesliga · Austria | 1273 | 283–780 | |
| 661 | WSG Swarovski Tirol Austrian Bundesliga · Austria | 1224 | 384–1069 | |
| 694 | Hartberg Austrian Bundesliga · Austria | 1216 | 408–1128 |