The 2017–18
Austrian Football First League
The Austrian Football Second League (german: 2. Liga) is the second-highest professional division in Austrian football. It was formerly called the First League (''Erste Liga''), from 2002 to 2018.
The division currently contains 16 teams, and t ...
(German: ''Erste Liga'', also known as ''Sky Go Erste Liga'' due to sponsorship) was the 44th season of the
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
n second-level
football league and the last one as the First League. It began on 21 July 2017 and ended on 25 May 2018. The fixtures were announced on 21 June 2017.
Teams
Ten teams participated in the 2017-18 season.
TSV Hartberg
TSV Hartberg, known as TSV Egger Glass Hartberg for sponsorship purposes, is an Austrian association football club based in Hartberg, founded in 1946, which is currently playing in the Austrian Bundesliga.
History
The club was founded on 29 Ap ...
was promoted after winning the
2016–17 Regionalliga Mitte without having to compete in promotion play-offs as no team from the Regionalliga West or Ost applied for promotion. They replaced
SV Horn
SV Horn is an Austrian association football club playing in the city of Horn.
The club plays in the Austrian Second League. The team was champion of the Landesliga Niederösterreich in 1991, 1998 and 2007. In 2008, SV Horn won the Austrian ...
who finished last in the
2016–17 First League.
SV Ried
SV Ried is an Austrian association football club from Ried im Innkreis, Upper Austria. The team plays its home matches at Josko Arena, a stadium with a capacity of 7,680. After being relegated from Bundesliga in the 2016–17 season, SV Ried h ...
were relegated from the
2016–17 Bundesliga
The 2016–17 Bundesliga was the 54th season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football competition. It began on 26 August 2016 and ended on 20 May 2017. Bayern Munich were the defending champions. Fixtures for the 2016–17 season were anno ...
, replacing
2016–17 First League champions
LASK Linz
Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub, commonly known as Linzer ASK () or simply LASK, is an Austrian professional football club, from the Upper-Austrian state capital Linz. It is the oldest football club in that region, and plays in the Austrian Football ...
.
Personnel and kits
League table
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.
First half of season
Second half of season
Season statistics
Top goalscorers
''Up to 25 May 2018''.
Top assists
''Up to 25 May 2018''.
Discipline
''Up to 25 May 2018''.
See also
*
2017–18 Austrian Football Bundesliga
The 2017–18 Austrian Football Bundesliga was the 106th season of top-tier football in Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Easter ...
*
2017–18 Austrian Cup
References
External links
Austrian Football First Leagueat Bundesliga.at
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2. Liga (Austria) seasons
2017–18 in Austrian football
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