What is 2019–20 Austrian Football Bundesliga?
{{Infobox football league season |competition = [[Austrian Football Bundesliga|Bundesliga]] |season = 2019-20 |winners = [[FC Red Bull Salzburg]] |relegated = [[SV Mattersburg]] |matches = |league topscorer = [[Shon Weissman]]<br>(30 goals) |prevseason = [[2018-19 Austrian football championship|2018-19]] |nextseason = [[2020-21 Austrian football championship|2020-21]] }}The '''2019–20 [[Austrian Football Bundesliga]]''' was the 109th season. It was played by 12 teams.They initially determine the participants in the master and qualification groups in two rounds. The Austrian football champion and the first three representatives of Austria in the international competitions of the 2020-21 season will then be determined in the championship group. ==COVID-19== Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Austria as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the league was completely stopped on 10 March 2020. Mid May it was decided to start the Bundesliga matches from 2 June on. LASK was deducted six points by Senate 1 of the Austrian Bundesliga for violations of the basic idea of fair play. The team held four team training sessions with physical contact during the suspension of play due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>[https://sport.orf.at/stories/3063042/ Sport ORF.at]</ref> ==Mode== Twelve clubs competed against each other in an initial 22 rounds. Each team plays once at home and away against every other team. After that, the best six teams go into the championship group and the remaining six go into the qualification group. The points from the basic round were halved. Half points were rounded down. If two clubs were tied on points at the end of the final round and one of these clubs has had half a point rounded off, that club was ranked first. If neither or both clubs have rounded off, the direct duel was used as the next decision criterion. If there is no decision, the goal difference is the next one.