Austrian Football Second League
Season2018–19

The 2018–19 Austrian Football Second League is the 45th season of the Austrian second-level football league and the first one as the Second League. The league has been expanded to 16 teams for this season with one team being promoted to the Austrian Bundesliga and 3 teams being relegated to the Austrian Regionalliga at the end of the season.

Teams

Sixteen teams will participate in the 2018–19 season. SV Horn, SKU Amstetten, FK Austria Wien II, SV Lafnitz, SK Vorwärts Steyr, FC Juniors OÖ, SK Austria Klagenfurt and FC Wacker Innsbruck II were promoted either through promotion or application to the new league structure. No team was relegated the previous season due to a decision made in the expansion of the league.

Club Name City Stadium Capacity
Austria LustenauLustenauReichshofstadion8,800
FC Blau-Weiß LinzLinzDonauparkstadion2,000
Floridsdorfer ACViennaFAC-Platz3,000
FK Austria Wien IIViennaAustria-Akademie830
Kapfenberger SVKapfenbergFranz-Fekete-Stadion12,000
LieferingSalzburgUntersberg-Arena4,128
SV RiedRied im InnkreisKeine Sorgen Arena7,680
Wacker Innsbruck IIInnsbruckTivoli W1700
Wiener NeustadtWiener NeustadtStadion Wiener Neustadt10,000
WSG WattensWattensAlpenstadion5,500
FC Juniors OÖPaschingWaldstadion7,870
SV HornHornWaldviertler Volksbank Arena7,870
SKU AmstettenAmstettenErtl Glas Stadion2,000
SV LafnitzLafnitzSportplatz Lafnitz3,000
SK Vorwärts SteyrSteyrVorwärts-Stadion6,000
SK Austria KlagenfurtKlagenfurtWörthersee Stadion32,000

Personnel and kits

Club Manager Captain Kit Manufacturer Sponsors
Austria Lustenau Austria Gernot Plassnegger Uhlsport
FC Blau-Weiß Linz Austria Thomas Sageder Uhlsport
Floridsdorfer Austria Mario Handl Puma
FK Austria Wien II Austria Andreas Ogris Nike
Kapfenberger Austria Kurt Russ Erima
Liefering Poland Janusz Góra & Austria Gerhard Struber Nike
SV Ried Austria Thomas Weissenböck Hummel
Wacker Innsbruck II Austria Thomas Grumser Macron
WSG Wattens Austria Thomas Silberberger Erima
Wiener Neustadt Austria Roman Mählich Capelli
FC Juniors OÖ Austria Ronald Brunmayr
SV Horn Germany Carsten Jancker
SKU Amstetten Austria Robert Weinstabl Puma
SV Lafnitz Austria Ferdinand Feldhofer adidas
SK Vorwärts Steyr Austria Gerald Scheiblehner Erima
SK Austria Klagenfurt Austria Franz Polanz Erreà

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 WSG Wattens (C, P) 30 19 8 3 59 26 +33 65 Promotion to 2019–20 Austrian Bundesliga
2 SV Ried 30 18 9 3 61 21 +40 63
3 Austria Lustenau 30 14 8 8 55 34 +21 50
4 Kapfenberger SV 30 13 7 10 44 40 +4 46
5 Blau-Weiß Linz 30 14 2 14 46 48 2 44
6 FC Juniors OÖ 30 13 3 14 52 55 3 42
7 Austria Klagenfurt 30 9 14 7 43 35 +8 41
8 Floridsdorfer AC 30 11 8 11 35 41 6 41
9 SKU Amstetten 30 10 6 14 45 43 +2 36
10 FC Liefering 30 10 5 15 50 54 4 35
11 Austria Wien II 30 9 7 14 46 62 16 34
12 SV Lafnitz 30 8 9 13 36 42 6 33
13 SV Horn 30 6 7 17 33 62 29 25
14 Vorwärts Steyr 30 5 6 19 32 68 36 21
15 Wiener Neustadt (R) 30 12 8 10 39 41 2 44 Relegation to 2019–20 Austrian Regionalliga
16 Wacker Innsbruck II (R) 30 10 11 9 40 44 4 41
Source: 2. Liga
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.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Top assists

Discipline

See also

References

    This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.