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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
International cup(s) Europa League (via Austrian Cup)
Current champions Grazer AK (4th title)
(2023–24)

The Second League (called 2. Liga in German) is a top professional football league in Austria. It is the second-highest league in the country. For sponsorship reasons, it is also known as Admiral 2. Liga.

This league has 16 teams. The team that wins the league gets to move up to the Austrian Bundesliga. This is the highest football league in Austria. However, if the winning team is a "reserve team" (like a B-team for a bigger club), they cannot move up. The three teams that finish last in the Second League move down to the regional leagues.

Teams in the League

Franz Fekete Stadion Kapfenberg Birdseye
Kapfenberger SV plays at the Franz Fekete Stadium.

The league changed its name from "First League" to "Second League" in the 2018–19 season. At that time, it also grew from 10 teams to 16 teams.

Sixteen teams are playing in the 2023–24 season. Some new teams joined this season. SV Guntamatic Ried moved down from the top Austrian Bundesliga. DSV Leoben, Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz, and SV Stripfing moved up from the regional leagues.


Teams and Their Stadiums

Here are the teams playing in the league and where they play their home games:

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

Moving Down: Relegation

When a team moves down from the Second League, they join one of Austria's regional leagues. These leagues are in the east, center, or west of the country. The three teams that win their regional leagues then get to move up to the Second League.

To play in the professional Second League, teams need a special license. This license is given by the federal league. If a team cannot get this license, usually for money reasons, then one fewer team will be moved down from the Second League.

Past Winners of the League

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

Many teams have won the Second League (or its previous names) over the years. Here is a list of the winners:

Teams with Most Wins

Here are the clubs that have won the league multiple times:

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

Names of the League Over Time

The Austrian second division has had different names since it started in 1974. From 2002 to 2018, it was called the First League (Erste Liga).

Here are 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

The league was known as the Sky Go Erste Liga because of a sponsor from 2014/15 to 2017/18. However, the sponsor "Sky" is no longer mentioned on the official league website or in news articles about the league.

See also

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