After a slightly shorter summer break due to the Club World Cup, our lads now have almost three weeks during the winter break to really take a breather. Just a few days after the New Year, however, we'll be back in full swing: first up is a showcase home friendly against Bayern Munich, before the team heads to a training camp in Belek, Turkey.

The UEFA Europa League also returns in January with two more big European nights. On January 22nd, we host FC Basel, and a week later, on January 29th, we travel to England to face Aston Villa.

In February, we are then back in domestic action. First up is a cup quarter-final against WAC on February 1st, before we return to the ADMIRAL Bundesliga with a home game against Austria Vienna on February 7th or 8th. The exact fixture details for the remaining matchweeks of the Bundesliga regular season will be confirmed shortly.

Winter preparation dates:

Saturday 3 January, 16:00 CET, Taxham training centre
Start of training in Taxham
Tuesday 6 January, 15:00, Red Bull Arena
Friendly match: FC Red Bull Salzburg v FC Bayern Munich (TICKETS ON OPEN SALE)
8 - 16 January Belek (TUR)
Training camp
Saturday 10 January 16:00 local time (14:00 CET), Stadium Hotel Titanic Mardan Palace (Belek)
Friendly: FC Red Bull Salzburg v Rakow Czestochowa (POL)
Thursday 15 January 17:00 (15:00 CET), Hotel Regnum Carya Golf Resort (Belek)
Friendly: FC Red Bull Salzburg v Red Star Belgrade (SER)
Thursday 22 January 21:00 (Red Bull Arena)
UEFA Europa League: FC Red Bull Salzburg v FC Basel
Thursday 29 January, 21:00 CET (Birmingham)
UEFA Europa League: Aston Villa v FC Red Bull Salzburg
Sunday 1 February, 17:30 CET (Lavanttal-Arena)
UNIQA ÖFB Cup (quarter-final): RZ Pellets WAC v FC Red Bull Salzburg
7/8 February (Red Bull Arena)
ADMIRAL Bundesliga: FC Red Bull Salzburg v FK Austria Vienna

Our winter schedule