Austrian Football First League

Austrian Football First League

Country	Austria
Founded	1974
Number of teams	10
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	Austrian Bundesliga
Relegation to	Regional Leagues East, Central, West
Domestic cup(s)	Austrian Cup
International cup(s)	Europa League (via Austrian Cup)
Current champions	SV Mattersburg (2014–15)
Website	bundesliga.at
2015–16 Austrian Football First League

The Austrian Football First League (German: Erste Liga) is the second highest professional division in Austrian football. It contains ten teams and is run in the same fashion as the Austrian Bundesliga. The champion of the league is promoted into the Bundesliga, the 9th has to play relegation against a team from one of the three regional leagues and the last placed team is directly relegated from the First League into the regional leagues. The league is currently known as the Sky Go Erste Liga for sponsorship reasons.

The destination of the bottom club of the First League depends upon which Land of the Federal Republic it is a member, joining one of the Regionalligen (or regional leagues) in the east, center or west of the country. The three regional league champions have to play a home and an away relegation game with the 9th of First League for two slots in the First League. Participation in the professional First League is conditional on their licensing by the fifth senate of the federal league. If the license is refused for economic reasons, one team less will be relegated.

Teams and stadia for the 2015–16 season

The ten teams competing in the 2015–16 First League season are:

Home club	Stadium name	Capacity
FC Wacker Innsbruck	Tivoli-Neu	17,400
LASK Linz	Linzer Stadion	18,000
SC Austria Lustenau	Reichshofstadion	8,800
SKN St. Pölten	NV Arena	8,000
FC Liefering	Red Bull Arena	31,000
SV Mattersburg	Pappelstadion	17,100
Floridsdorfer AC	FAC-Platz	3,000
SV Kapfenberg	Franz-Fekete-Stadion	12,000
SC Wiener Neustadt	Stadion Wiener Neustadt	10,000

Past winners

1974–75: Grazer AK
1975–76: First Vienna FC
1976–77: Wiener Sport-Club
1977–78: SV Austria Salzburg
1978–79: Linzer ASK
1979–80: SC Eisenstadt
1980–81: FC Wacker Innsbruck
1981–82: Austria Klagenfurt
1982–83: SV Sankt Veit
1983–84: SV Spittal/Drau
1984–85: Salzburger AK 1914
1985–86: Wiener Sport-Club
1986–87: SV Austria Salzburg
1987–88: Kremser SC
1988–89: Kremser SC
1989–90: SV Spittal/Drau
1990–91: VfB Mödling
1991–92: Linzer ASK
1992–93: Grazer AK
1993–94: Linzer ASK
1994–95: Grazer AK
1995–96: FC Linz
1996–97: SC Austria Lustenau
1997–98: SK Vorwärts Steyr
1998–99: Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz
1999–00: VfB Admira Wacker Mödling
2000–01: FC Kärnten
2001–02: ASKÖ Pasching
2002–03: SV Mattersburg
2003–04: FC Wacker Tirol
2004–05: SV Ried
2005–06: SC Rheindorf Altach
2006–07: LASK Linz
2007–08: Kapfenberger SV
2008–09: SC Wiener Neustadt
2009–10: FC Wacker Innsbruck
2010–11: FC Admira Wacker Mödling
2011–12: Wolfsberger AC
2012–13: SV Grödig
2013–14: SC Rheindorf Altach
2014–15: SV Mattersburg

Champions

Club	Winners	Championship seasons
LASK Linz	4	1978–79, 1991–92, 1993–94, 2006–07
Grazer AK	3	1974–75, 1992–93, 1994–95
Wiener Sport-Club	2	1976–77, 1985–86
Austria Salzburg	2	1977–78, 1986–87
Kremser SC	2	1987–88, 1988–89
SV Spittal/Drau	2	1983–84, 1989–90
Austria Klagenfurt / FC Kärnten	2	1981–82, 2000–01
FC Wacker Innsbruck (2002)	2	2003–04, 2009–10
FC Admira Wacker Mödling	2	1999–00, 2010–11
SC Rheindorf Altach	2	2005–06, 2013–14
SV Mattersburg	2	2002–03, 2014–15
First Vienna	1	1975–76
SC Eisenstadt	1	1979–80
FC Wacker Innsbruck	1	1980–81
SV Sankt Veit	1	1982–83
Salzburger AK 1914	1	1984–85
VfB Mödling	1	1990–91
FC Linz	1	1995–96
SC Austria Lustenau	1	1996–97
SK Vorwärts Steyr	1	1997–98
Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz	1	1998–99
ASKÖ Pasching	1	2001–02
SV Ried	1	2004–05
Kapfenberger SV	1	2007–08
SC Wiener Neustadt	1	2008–09
WAC	1	2011–12
Grödig	1	2012–13

External links

Bundesliga.at (German)
League321.com - Austrian football league tables, records & statistics database. (English)

Austrian Football First League 2015–16

Austria Klagenfurt Austria Lustenau Austria Salzburg Floridsdorfer AC Kapfenberger SV LASK Linz FC Liefering SKN St. Pölten FC Wacker Innsbruck Wiener Neustadt

Austrian First League seasons

1974–75
1975–76
1976–77
1977–78
1978–79
1979–80
1980–81
1981–82
1982–83
1983–84
1984–85
1985–86
1986–87
1987–88
1988–89
1989–90
1990–91
1991–92
1992–93
1993–94
1994–95
1995–96
1996–97
1997–98
1998–99
1999–2000
2000–01
2001–02
2002–03
2003–04
2004–05
2005–06
2006–07
2007–08
2008–09
2009–10
2010–11
2011–12
2012–13
2013–14
2014–15
2015–16

Football in Austria

Austrian Football Association

League competitions

men:	Bundesliga First League Regional League East Central West Landesliga 2. Landesliga

women:	ÖFB-Frauenliga

Cup competitions

National teams

Regional associations

Lists and categories

Austrian Football Association

Second level football leagues of Europe (UEFA)

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Coordinates: 48°14′56″N 16°21′35″E / 48.2489°N 16.3597°E / 48.2489; 16.3597

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