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2. Liga
Admiral Austrian Football Second League.svg
Organising body Österreichische Fußball Bundesliga
Founded 1974; 51 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
Current champions SV Guntamatic Ried (3rd Title)
(2024–25)

The Second League (also called 2. Liga in German) is a really important football league in Austria. It's also known as Admiral 2. Liga because of its sponsor. This league is the second-highest professional football division in the country.

Sixteen teams play in this league. The team that wins the league gets to move up to the top league, the Austrian Bundesliga! However, if the winning team is a "reserve team" (like a junior team for a bigger club), they can't be promoted. The three teams that finish at the very bottom of the Second League move down to the lower "Regional leagues."

Teams in the League

Franz Fekete Stadion Kapfenberg Birdseye
The Franz Fekete Stadium, home to Kapfenberger SV.

The league changed its name from "First League" to "Second League" for the 2018–19 season. At that time, it also grew from ten teams to 16 teams.

For the 2025–26 season, sixteen teams are playing. Twelve of these teams were already in the league last season. One team, Austria Klagenfurt, moved down from the top Bundesliga league. Three new teams moved up from the Regional leagues: Young Violets Austria Wien, Hertha Wels, and Austria Salzburg.


Club Name City Stadium Capacity
Admira Wacker Mödling Datenpol Arena 10,600
Austria Klagenfurt Klagenfurt am Wörthersee Wörthersee Stadion 30,000
Austria Lustenau Lustenau Reichshofstadion 5,138
Austria Salzburg Salzburg Max Aicher Stadion 1,566
First Vienna Döbling Naturarena Hohe Warte 7,200
Floridsdorfer AC Vienna FAC-Platz 3,000
Hertha Wels Wels Huber-Arena Wels 3,000
Kapfenberger SV Kapfenberg Franz-Fekete-Stadion 12,000
FC Liefering Salzburg EM Stadion Wals-Siezenheim 4,128
Rapid Wien II Vienna Allianz Stadion 28,000
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 Stripfing Weikendorf Sportplatz Stripfing 500
SW Bregenz Bregenz ImmoAgentur Stadion 12,000
Young Violets Austria Wien Wien Hauptfeld Akademie Austria Wien 1,100

How Teams Move Up and Down

When a team moves down from the Second League, where they go depends on which part of Austria they are from. The teams that move down join one of the "Regional leagues" in the east, center, or west of the country.

The three teams that win their Regional leagues get to move up to the Second League. To play in the professional Second League, teams need to get a special license. If a team can't get this license, usually for money reasons, then one fewer team will move down from the Second League that year.

Past Champions

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

Many different teams have won the Second League (or its previous names) over the years. Here are some of the past champions:

Teams with the Most Wins

Some clubs have won the Second League championship more than once. Here's a list of the teams with the most wins:

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
SV Ried
3
 2004–05, 2019–20, 2024–25
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
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

How the League's Name Changed Over Time

The Austrian second football division has had many different names and sponsors since it started in 1974. For example, from 2002 to 2018, it was known as the First League (Erste Liga).

Here are some of the names the league has used, with the year they started:

  • 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
  • 2021/22 Admiral 2. Liga

See also

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