Austrian pot
The so-called “ Austrian pot ” is the provision of funding for the clubs in the Austrian soccer league , which is intended to limit the proportion of foreigners in Austrian soccer clubs and to promote the deployment of soccer players from Austria.
The decision was made to introduce the “Austrian pot” at a conference of the league presidents in the 2004/2005 football season. The purpose of this pot was to counteract the steadily increasing proportion of foreign football players in the games of various Austrian football clubs due to the Bosman ruling, which was effective throughout the EU .
The agreements stipulated that football players from Austria should be used first for a game in the Austrian Bundesliga (then eight - now twelve out of eighteen). Those football clubs that followed this regulation should receive financial support as a "reward" for doing so.
financing
The Austrian Football League and the Austrian Football Association (ÖFB) cover the costs for the “Austrian Pot”. The Bundesliga clubs, however, take on the lion's share of the finances with around 80%.
Payment of the subsidies
The playing minutes of the Austrian soccer player are decisive for the amount of the payout to the respective club.
Football legionaries
After the so-called Bosman ruling, the number of football legionaries also rose in Austria. Previously only 33 football legionnaires played in the Austrian Bundesliga, after that it quickly rose to almost 100. With the introduction of the “Austria Pot”, more Austrian football players came back to play and the number of football legionnaires fell. All football clubs in Austria used this funding as an additional source of income. Only FK Austria Wien, in the Frank Stronach era and currently Red Bull Salzburg waived financial support from the “Austria pot” due to their financial patrons, but also disregarded the associated regulations. For example, on December 8, 2009, FC Red Bull Salzburg had 21 football legionnaires in its 29-man squad.