2. Liga (Austria)

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2. Liga
Admiral Austrian Football Second League.svg
Organising body Österreichische Fußball Bundesliga
Founded1974;50 years ago (1974)
CountryFlag of Austria.svg  Austria
Number of clubs16
Level on pyramid2
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)
Website www.2liga.at
Current: 2024–25 Austrian Football Second League

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

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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 two last-placed teams are directly relegated from the Second League into the regional leagues.

Teams

Kapfenberger SV's ground, the Franz Fekete Stadium (formerly Alpenstadion) Franz Fekete Stadion Kapfenberg Birdseye.jpg
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 [1] and expanded from ten teams to 16 teams. [2]

Sixteen teams will participate in the 2023–24 season. The only added team is Austria Lustenau, relegated from the 2023–24 Austrian Football Bundesliga, ASK Voitsberg and SK Rapid Wien II, promoted from the 2023–24 Austrian Regionalliga.

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Location of teams in the 2024–25 Austrian 2. Liga
Club NameCityStadiumCapacity
Austria Lustenau Lustenau Reichshofstadion 5,138
First Vienna FC Döbling Naturarena Hohe Warte 7,200
Floridsdorfer AC Vienna FAC-Platz3,000
Flyeralarm Admira Mödling Motion invest Arena 10,600
Kapfenberger SV Kapfenberg Franz-Fekete-Stadion 12,000
FC Liefering Salzburg EM Stadion Wals-Siezenheim 4,128
SK Rapid Wien II Vienna Allianz Stadion 28,000
SK Sturm Graz II GrazMerkur Arena15,323
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 Lafnitz3,000
SV Ried Ried im Innkreis Josko Arena 7,680
SV Stripfing Weikendorf Sportplatz Stripfing500
SW Bregenz Bregenz ImmoAgentur Stadion 12,000
Voitsberg Voitsberg Hans Blümel Stadion2,500

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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

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Sanel Kuljić of SC Wiener Neustadt lifts the Erste Liga trophy in 2009

Champions

ClubWinnersChampionship 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)

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. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Drehscheibe des österreichischen Fußballs - die neue 2. Liga ab 2018/19". Bundesliga.at (in German). ÖFB. 20 February 2018. Archived from the original on 21 February 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "Schulterschluss zwischen ÖFB, Bundesliga und den Landesverbänden: 2. Liga wird mit 16 Mannschaften starten". Bundesliga.at (in German). ÖFB. 13 April 2018. Archived from the original on 15 April 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  3. ↑ Sport.de-Stadien 2. Liga Österreich
  4. ↑ 2. Liga wird mit 16 Mannschaften starten [ permanent dead link ], 14 April 2018, OeFB.at

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