2008–09 Austrian Football First League

The Austrian Football First League 2008-09 was the 35th season of second-level football in Austria, since its introduction in 1974.

SC Wiener Neustadt, which bought the league license of SC Schwanenstadt along with most of their players at the end of the 2007–08 season due to the latter's insolvency, won the First League championship and were promoted to the 2009–10 Bundesliga. Three teams were relegated to the Regional Leagues. SV Grödig and 1. FC Vöcklabruck sealed their fate based upon competitive criteria, while DSV Leoben did not apply for a professional license and thus were automatically demoted.

Schedule

Every team played each other three times. The season started on 11 July 2008 and finished on 29 May 2009. Between 29 November 2008 and 6 March 2009, no matches were played due to winter break.

FC Wacker Innsbruck had been relegated from the Austrian Football Bundesliga 2007–08. The teams promoted from the Regional Leagues had been SV Grödig (West), 1. FC Vöcklabruck (Central) and SKN St. Pölten (East).

Standings

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	SC Wiener Neustadt (C) (P)	33	21	6	6	65	26	+39	69	Promotion to Austrian Bundesliga
2	FC Wacker Innsbruck	33	18	8	7	65	44	+21	62
3	FC Trenkwalder Admira	33	18	6	9	55	36	+19	60
4	SC Austria Lustenau	33	14	6	13	52	47	+5	48
5	SKN St. Pölten	33	13	8	12	51	46	+5	47
6	FK Austria Wien Amateure	33	13	6	14	44	43	+1	45
7	Red Bull Juniors Salzburg	33	12	7	14	41	56	–15	43
8	FC Gratkorn	33	11	7	15	39	55	–16	40
9	FC Lustenau 07	33	9	11	13	34	37	–3	38
10	SV Grödig (R)	33	9	8	16	37	52	–15	35	Relegation to Austrian Football Regionalliga
11	DSV Leoben¹ (R)	33	8	8	17	30	55	–25	32
12	1. FC Vöcklabruck (R)	33	7	9	17	40	56	–16	30

Source: www.bundesliga.at (German)
¹DSV Leoben did not obtain a license for the 2009–10 season and will be automatically relegated.
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points