Warning before the start

“GAK must not automatically assume top 6”

In Red Bull Salzburg's first ever Bundesliga match, GAK and goalkeeper Andreas Schranz (left) won 3:1.(Bild: GEPA pictures)

19 years ago, Red Bull Salzburg played the first Bundesliga match in its history against GAK in Graz. On Friday, the "Red Jackets" will play their first match in the top division since its reestablishment. Against the Salzburg team. Then as now in the stadium: Martin Amerhauser.

The calendar page showed July 12, 2005, the first match day in the Austrian Bundesliga. It was the beginning of a new era in domestic soccer. For the first time, Red Bull Salzburg entered the big soccer stage as the successor club to Austria. In what was then the Schwarzenegger Stadium against GAK. Who also kept the points in Graz with a 3:1 win.