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2016–17 Austrian Football First League

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Austrian Football First League
Season2016–17

The 2016–17 Austrian Football First League (German: Erste Liga, also known as Sky Go Erste Liga due to sponsorship) is the 43rd season of the Austrian second-level football league. It began on 22 July 2016 and will end on 26 May 2017. The fixtures were announced on 17 June 2016.[1]

Teams

Ten teams participate in the 2016-17 season. WSG Wattens, FC Blau-Weiß Linz and SV Horn were directly promoted after winning the 2015–16 Austrian Regional Leagues.[2] SV Grödig were relegated from the 2014–15 Bundesliga however they withdrew to the Austrian Regional League.[3]

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Location of teams in the 2016–17 Austrian Football First League
Club Name City Stadium Capacity
Austria Lustenau Lustenau Reichshofstadion 8,800
FC Blau-Weiß Linz Linz Donauparkstadion 2,000
Floridsdorfer AC Vienna FAC-Platz 3,000
SV Horn Horn Waldviertler Volksbank Arena 3,500
Kapfenberger SV Kapfenberg Franz-Fekete-Stadion 12,000
LASK Linz Linzer Stadion 14,100
Liefering Salzburg Red Bull Arena 31,895
Wacker Innsbruck Innsbruck Tivoli-Neu 30,000
Wiener Neustadt Wiener Neustadt Stadion Wiener Neustadt 10,000
WSG Wattens Wattens Alpenstadion 5,500

Personnel and kits

Club Manager Captain Kit Manufacturer Sponsors
Austria Lustenau Austria Lassaad Chabbi
FC Blau-Weiß Linz Austria Gerhard Fellner
Floridsdorfer Austria Jürgen Halper
SV Horn Japan Hamayoshi Masanori
Kapfenberger Bosnia and Herzegovina Abdulah Ibraković
Linz Austria Oliver Glasner
Liefering Austria Thomas Letsch
Wacker Innsbruck Austria Thomas Silberberger
WSG Wattens Italy Maurizio Jacobacci
Wiener Neustadt Czech Republic René Wagner

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 LASK Linz 20 12 4 4 45 28 +17 40 Promotion to 2017–18 Austrian Bundesliga
2 FC Liefering 20 10 7 3 39 24 +15 37
3 SC Austria Lustenau 20 10 6 4 40 28 +12 36
4 Kapfenberger SV 20 9 3 8 26 26 0 30
5 FC Wacker Innsbruck 20 7 7 6 28 27 +1 28
6 SC Wiener Neustadt 20 8 3 9 27 33 −6 27
7 WSG Wattens 20 5 8 7 21 31 −10 23
8 SV Horn 20 5 4 11 23 31 −8 19
9 Floridsdorfer AC 20 4 5 11 21 30 −9 17 Relegation to 2017–18 Austrian Regionalliga
10 FC Blau-Weiß Linz 20 2 9 9 15 27 −12 15
Updated to match(es) played on 7 February 2017. Source: Austrian Football First League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Less matches awarded against; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Matches won; 6) Away matches won; 7) Head-to-head points; 8) Head-to-head goal difference; 9) Head-to-head goals scored.[4]

Results

Teams played each other four times in the league. In the first half of the season each team played every other team twice (home and away), and then did the same in the second half of the season.

Season statistics

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