Matchday info for Saturday: Bundesliga home opener & more

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·7. August 2025

Matchday info for Saturday: Bundesliga home opener & more

Everything worth knowing about coming to the stadium v GAK

Our first home game of the 2025/26 Bundesliga season is coming up this Saturday 9 August at 19:30 CEST as we host GAK at our Red Bull Arena. To kick off the new season in style, our Bundesliga season-opening celebration will take place from 16:30 at the west forecourt. Details on that and all the other information about visiting the stadium can be found here!

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BL season-opening celebration

There will be an extensive side programme of events around the Red Bull Arena starting at 16:30 - as the start of the new season deserves to be celebrated in style! Whatever your age, whether you are a season ticket holder or not – all our fans are welcome to join us for our Bundesliga season-opening celebration on the west forecourt!

All this awaits you:

850 litres of free beer from the Stiegl beer barometer for 2024/25 will be handed out.
Guard of honour to greet our team when the bus arrives.
Exclusive competition with the chance to win a framed match-worn Kjaergaard jersey from the Club World Cup.
Several food trucks for refreshments and a DJ to create the right atmosphere.
Autograph session with Frans Krätzig, Valentin Sulzbacher and Bullidibumm approx. 60 minutes before kick-off.

Tickets

Tickets for the clash are available from our online Ticket Shop on open sale.

to the online Ticket Shop

Secure your season ticket now and experience our home games at the absolutely best price! For the 2025/26 season, season tickets will no longer be stored directly in the FC RBS app but must be loaded separately into your mobile wallet. Not able to make it at the last minute? Of course, as always, you can share your purchased tickets with friends, family, or acquaintances.

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See how our digital ticketing works in 2025/26 in the following video:

to the instructions

Ticket Info Points on the West and East sides are to open for you from 16:30 to help with any problems or issues with digital tickets. Please note that the Ticket Info Point East is now located in Tower L near the Bullshop. The Ticketing & Service Center team will also be there for you from 09:00 until 16:30 as well as for 30 minutes after the final whistle.

Travel

As always, we recommend making the most of the (free) public transport offering!

BY CAR/SHUTTLE The stadium car park opens from 07:00 but tends to fill up well ahead of kick-off time. From 17:30 our FREE SHUTTLE SERVICE will operate from the free car park at the Designer Outlet Center (P1 only) as well as Hanuschplatz in the city centre. The P Messe car park will generally NOT be available for our home matches!
PUBLIC TRANSPORT With your match ticket, you can travel for free on local public transport from six hours before kick-off until the last service of the day. That applies to all Salzburger Verkehrsverbund bus and train lines (in the federal state of Salzburg including the 260 corridor line as well as the entire Salzburg local train network to Ostermiething station) as well as the S-Bahn line to Freilassing train station. Match tickets are also valid in the same time period on the 150 line from Salzburg to Bad Ischl, the 140 line from Salzburg to Mondsee, the 156 line from St. Gilgen to Mondsee and the Straßwalchen line to Friedburg. The ÖBB/SVV special schedue can be found HERE.

Around the stadium

The fan park at the west side of the stadium is the perfect place for our fans to meet ahead of the match to get into the mood. This is open from 16:30 on Saturday. The main entertainment, food truck and autograph session will be held right next to it this time as part of our Bundesliga opening party.
The Bullshop at the East Side of the Red Bull Arena opens from 09:00 until kick-off, and again for 45 minutes after the final whistle.
The stadium is to open 90 minutes before kick-off.

Kiosk offering in the stadium

Please note that payment can only be made cashlessly at the Red Bull Arena's kiosks! All the usual credit and debit cards can be used. All the information on Cashless Payment can be found HERE.
There is a €2 deposit on cups. If you want to donate the deposit, cups can be left by exits and the proceeds donated to the Wings for Life foundation.

Handing out of season-ticket holders' gift

Exclusively for season-ticket holders: at the home match against GAK, you have the opportunity again to get your fan scarf. Scarves will be handed out at the west side right in front of the fan park from three hours before kick-off. Details on receiving these gifts have been sent to all season-ticket holders by email.

Scarves can also be collected on non-matchdays at the Bullshop during regular opening hours.

Other

Planning on taking an umbrella, handbag or camera? Everything you are allowed and not allowed at the Red Bull Arena can be read here in our stadium rules:

to the stadium rules

As a family-friendly sports ground with a significant children's and youngsters' area, smoking is absolutely forbidden at the Red Bull Arena. The only exceptions are the designated smoker zones around the stadium exterior.