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2. Liga
Admiral Austrian Football Second League.svg
Organising body Österreichische Fußball Bundesliga
Founded 1974; 50 years ago (1974)
Country  Austria
Number of teams 16
Level on pyramid 2
Promotion to Bundesliga
Relegation to Austrian Regionalliga
Domestic cup(s) Austrian Cup
International cup(s) Europa League (via Austrian Cup)
Current champions Grazer AK (4th title)
(2023–24)

The Second League (German: 2. Liga), commonly known as Admiral 2. Liga for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest professional division in Austrian football.

The division currently contains 16 teams, and the champion of the league is promoted to the Austrian Bundesliga if it is not a reserve team. The three last placed teams are directly relegated from the Second League into the regional leagues.

Teams

Franz Fekete Stadion Kapfenberg Birdseye
Kapfenberger SV's ground, the Franz Fekete Stadium (formerly Alpenstadion)

Starting in the 2018–19 season, the former First League changed its name to the Second League and expanded from ten teams to 16 teams.

Sixteen teams will participate in the 2023–24 season. The only added team is SV Guntamatic Ried, relegated from the 2022–23 Austrian Football Bundesliga, DSV Leoben, Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz and SV Stripfing, promoted from the 2022–23 Austrian Regionalliga.


Club Name City Stadium Capacity
DSV Leoben Leoben Donawitz Stadium 6,000
FC Dornbirn Dornbirn Stadion Birkenwiese 7,500
First Vienna FC Döbling Naturarena Hohe Warte 7,200
Floridsdorfer AC Vienna FAC-Platz 3,000
Flyeralarm Admira Mödling Motion invest Arena 10,600
Grazer AK Graz Merkur-Arena 15,323
Kapfenberger SV Kapfenberg Franz-Fekete-Stadion 12,000
FC Liefering Salzburg EM Stadion Wals-Siezenheim 4,128
SK Sturm Graz II Graz Merkur Arena 15,323
SKN St. Pölten Sankt Pölten NV Arena 8,000
SKU Amstetten Amstetten Ertl Glas Stadion 2,000
SV Horn Horn Sparkasse Horn Arena 7,870
SV Lafnitz Lafnitz Sportplatz Lafnitz 3,000
SV Ried Ried im Innkreis Josko Arena 7,680
SV Stripfing Weikendorf Sportplatz Stripfing 500
SW Bregenz Bregenz ImmoAgentur Stadion 12,000

Relegation

The destination of a club relegated from the Second League depends upon which Land (state) of the Federal Republic it is a member. The relegated clubs join one of the Regionalligen (regional leagues) in the east, centre or west of the country. The three regional league champions are promoted to the Second League. Participation in the professional Second League is conditional on their licensing by the fifth senate of the federal league. If the licence is refused for economic reasons, one team fewer will be relegated.

Past winners

Sanel Kuljic mit dem Meisterteller der Ersten Liga 2008-09
Sanel Kuljić of SC Wiener Neustadt lifts the Erste Liga trophy in 2009

Champions

Club Winners Championship seasons
LASK
5
1978–79, 1991–92, 1993–94, 2006–07, 2016–17
Grazer AK
4
1974–75, 1992–93, 1994–95, 2023–24
FC Wacker Innsbruck (2002)
3
2003–04, 2009–10, 2017–18
Wiener Sport-Club
2
1976–77, 1985–86
Austria Salzburg
2
1977–78, 1986–87
Kremser SC
2
1987–88, 1988–89
SV Spittal/Drau
2
1983–84, 1989–90
Austria Klagenfurt / FC Kärnten
2
1981–82, 2000–01
FC Admira Wacker Mödling
2
1999–00, 2010–11
SC Rheindorf Altach
2
2005–06, 2013–14
SV Mattersburg
2
2002–03, 2014–15
SV Ried
2
2004–05, 2019–20
SC Austria Lustenau
2
1996–97, 2021-22
FC Blau-Weiß Linz
2
2020–21, 2022–23
First Vienna
1
1975–76
SC Eisenstadt
1
1979–80
FC Wacker Innsbruck
1
1980–81
SV Sankt Veit
1
1982–83
Salzburger AK 1914
1
1984–85
VfB Mödling
1
1990–91
FC Linz
1
1995–96
SK Vorwärts Steyr
1
1997–98
Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz
1
1998–99
ASKÖ Pasching
1
2001–02
Kapfenberger SV
1
2007–08
SC Wiener Neustadt
1
2008–09
WAC
1
2011–12
Grödig
1
2012–13
SKN St. Pölten
1
2015–16
WSG Swarovski Tirol
1
2018–19

Name history

The Austrian second division has had several different names and sponsors since 1974. It was formerly called the First League (Erste Liga), from 2002 to 2018.

(Seasons below represent the first season when the name was used)

  • 1974/75 Nationalliga
  • 1975/76 2. Division
  • 1993/94 2. Division der Bundesliga
  • 1998/99 Erste Division
  • 2002/03 Red Zac-Erste Liga
  • 2008/09 ADEG Erste Liga
  • 2010/11 „Heute für Morgen“ Erste Liga
  • 2014/15 Sky Go Erste Liga
  • 2018/19 2. Liga

The league was known as the Sky Go Erste Liga for sponsorship reasons from 2014/15 to 2017/18, but Sky is not mentioned on the official website 2liga.at, or in the ÖFB's 2018/19 preview articles.

See also

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