2. Liga

2. Liga
Founded	1975
Country	Austria
Level on pyramid	2
Most championships	LASK (5)

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

History[change | change source]

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 | change source]

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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Franz Fekete-Stadion
Reichshofsstadion
Red Bull Arena Wals
Stadion Birkenwiese
ImmoAgentur-Stadion
NV Arena

Champions[change | change source]

1975 Grazer AK
1976 First Vienna FC 1894
1977 Wiener Sport-Club
1978 SV Austria Salzburg
1979 Linzer ASK
1980 SC Eisenstadt
1981 SSW Innsbruck
1982 SK Austria Klagenfurt
1983 SV St. Veit/Glan
1984 SV Spittal/Drau
1985 Salzburger AK 1914
1986 First Vienna FC 1894
1987 VfB Mödling
1988 VSE St. Pölten
1989 SV Austria Salzburg
1990 Donawitzer SV Alpine
1991 FC VOEST Linz
1992 VfB Mödling
1993 Grazer AK
1994 Linzer ASK
1995 Grazer AK
1996 FC Linz
1997 SC Austria Lustenau
1998 SK Vorwärts Steyr
1999 SC Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz
2000 VfB Admira Wacker Mödling

2001 FC Kärnten
2002 ASKÖ Pasching
2003 SV Mattersburg
2004 FC Wacker Tirol
2005 SV Ried
2006 SC Rheindorf Altach
2007 LASK Linz
2008 Kapfenberger SV
2009 SC Magna Wiener Neustadt
2010 FC Wacker Innsbruck
2011 VfB Admira Wacker Mödling
2012 Wolfsberger AC
2013 SV Grödig
2014 SCR Altach
2015 SV Mattersburg
2016 SKN St. Pölten
2017 LASK Linz
2018 FC Wacker Innsbruck
2019 WSG Wattens
2020 SV Ried
2021 FC Blau Weiß Linz
2022 SC Austria Lustenau
2023 FC Blau Weiß Linz

Topscorer[change | change source]

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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