2. Liga

association football league

Admiral Zweite Liga is the name of the second division in Austrian football.

2. Liga
Founded1975
CountryAustria
Level on pyramid2
Most championshipsLASK (5)

History change

The league was formed in 1975. The name "Erste Liga" was not new, because before the Second World War the name was in use for the second division in football. From 1949 to 1975 the 3 Regionalligen were the second level. With some modifications the league still exists.

There were ten clubs in the league. The champion promotes to the Bundesliga, the last team of the Bundesliga is relegated to the Erste Liga. The last three teams of this league are relegated to the Regionalliga, the champions of the 3 Regionalligen are promoted to the Erste Liga as fare they are licenced. Beginning with the 2018–19 season the former First League changed its name to the Second League[1] and expanded from ten teams to 16 teams. [2] Also amateurteams of a club from the Bundesliga are allowed.

In the 2020-21 season the Regionalliga was suspended due to the COVID-pandemic. Therefor no team was relegated from Liga 2. SK Rapid Wien II , SK Vorwärts Steyr and SV Horn stayed in the league. [3] The 3rd of the league Austria Klagenfurt played relegationmatches versus SKN St. Pölten and won 5:0 (4:0 and 1:0) and was promoted to the Bundesliga.

Clubs in the Admiral 2. Liga 2023-24 change

Location of teams in the 2022-23 Austrian Football First League
Club Name City Stadium Capacity
Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz Bregenz ImmoAgentur-Stadion 12 000
Floridsdorfer AC Vienna FAC-Platz 3,000
Kapfenberger SV Kapfenberg Franz-Fekete-Stadion 12,000
Liefering Salzburg EM Stadion Wals-Siezenheim 17 000
St. Pölten Sankt Pölten NV Arena 8,000
Vienna Wien Hohe Warte Stadium 5,000
Grazer AK Graz Merkur-Arena 15,323
FC Dornbirn Dornbirn Stadion Birkenwiese 7,500
FC Admira Wacker Mödling Maria Enzensdorf Bundesstadion Südstadt 12,000
SV Horn Horn Sparkasse Horn Arena 7,870
SKU Amstetten Amstetten Ertl Glas Stadion 2,000
SV Lafnitz Lafnitz Sportplatz Lafnitz 3,000
SV Stripfing Stripfing Sportplatz Stripfing 500

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Champions change

Topscorer change

[5]

Season Name/Club Goals
1999/00   Armin Hobel WSG Tirol 15
2000/01   Roland Kollmann FC Kärnten 28
2001/02   Christian Stumpf LASK 17
2002/03   Armin Hobel BSV Juniors 23
2003/04   Samuel Koejoe FC Wacker Innsbruck 22
2004/05   Sanel Kuljic SV Ried 34
2005/06   Ivica Vastić LASK 19
2006/07   Ivica Vastić LASK 23
2007/08   Rene Gartler FC Lustenau 21
2008/09   Diego Viana SV Grödig 20
2009/10   Patrick Bürger TSV Hartberg 18
2010/11   Benjamin Sulimani Admira Wacker 19
2011/12   David Poljanec FC Blau-Weiß Linz 19
2012/13   Hannes Aigner SC Rheindorf Altach 18
2013/14   Hannes Aigner SC Rheindorf Altach 22
2014/15   Markus Pink SV Mattersburg 21
2015/16   Thomas Pichlmann FC Wacker Innsbruck 20
2016/17   Patrik Eler FC Wacker Innsbruck 24
2017/18   Seifedin Chabbi SV Ried
  Hamdi Salihi SC Wiener Neustadt
22
2018/19   Ronivaldo SC Austria Lustenau 26
2019/20   Ronivaldo SC Austria Lustenau 24
2020/21   Fabian Schubert FC Blau-Weiß Linz 33
2021/22   Haris Tabakovic SC Austria Lustenau 27
2022/23   Ronivaldo Blau-Weiß Linz 19

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