2011–12 Austrian Football Championship

Austrian Bundesliga 2011–12

Champions Red Bull Salzburg
Champions	Red Bull Salzburg
Relegated	Kapfenberger SV
UEFA Champions League	FC Red Bull Salzburg
Europa League	Rapid Wien Admira Wacker Mödling SV Ried
Matches played	180
Goals scored	438 (2.43 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jakob Jantscher Stefan Maierhofer
Total attendance	1,297,902
Average attendance	7,211
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

First League 2011–12

Champions	WAC/St. Andrä
Relegated	LASK Linz TSV Hartberg
Matches played	180
Goals scored	520 (2.89 per match)
Top goalscorer	David Poljanec
Total attendance	428,262
Average attendance	2,379

The 2011–12 Austrian Football Championship was the 100th anniversary of the event. The highest league is the Austrian Football Bundesliga, which marked its 38th season and was contested by ten teams. The Austrian football champion was determined in four heats. The championship began on 16 July 2011 and ended on 17 May 2012 with the completion of the 36th and final round. ^[1]

The champion was Red Bull Salzburg for the seventh time. Rapid Wien was the runner-up by six points. While Salzburg became eligible for the qualification to the UEFA Champions League (second round) by winning the championship, Rapid and third-place Admira Wacker Mödling – the most successful promoted team in Bundesliga history – became eligible to play in a qualification for the UEFA Europa League (second round). Sixth-place SV Ried was also eligible because of its participation in the cup final of the Europa League.

Kapfenberger SV ended the championship in last place and therefore had to move down to the second-level First League after four seasons in the Bundesliga.

The Austrian Football First League began on June 10, 2011 and ended on May 18, 2012 after the 36th and final round. ^[1] The Carinthian cooperative associations Wolfsberger AC and SK St. Andrä won the championship. WAC, which ended its cooperative with SK St. Andrä after the 2011–12 season, moved up to the Bundesliga for the first time. The last place team of TSV Hartberg had to move down to the Austrian Regional League Central. The second-to-last place team had to play two relegation matches against Grazer AK, the champion of the Central Regional League.

In the three Regional Leagues (East, Central, and West), teams played two heats for advancement into the First League. Two of the three teams would qualify. In 2011–12, the champion of the Regional League West (WSG Wattens) met the Regional League East champion SV Horn in the qualification, while the Regional League Central champion GAK met the First League last-place finisher. Insofar as the relegated teams did not have other arrangements, three teams had to move down to the fourth level league.

Licensing process

On 29 April 2011, the licenses for the 2011–12 championship were allocated by the Bundesliga. With the exception of the Bundesliga clubs LASK Linz and Wacker Innsbruck, the First League clubs Trenckwalder Admira and FC Lustenau 07 as well as the promotion candidates from the Regional League Central (SK Austria Klagenfurt) and East (Wiener Sportklub) were all issued licenses. Austria Wien (Bundesliga) and SKN St. Pölten (First League) received the license under financial constraints. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

In the second instance on 13 May 2011, the protest committee of the Bundesliga decided that Trenkwalder Admira would be awarded a license, while Wacker Innsbruck, LASK Linz and FC Lustenau 07 were awarded a license only under financial constraints. ^[5]

First level – Bundesliga

Kapfenberger SV

Red Bull Salzburg

Admira
Wacker

Sturm Graz

SV Ried

Rapid
Wien

Austria
Wien

SV Mattersburg

SC Wiener Neustadt

Wacker Innsbruck

Clubs in the tipp3-Bundesliga 2011–12

Supported by the sports betting provider tipp3 as the main sponsor, the Bundesliga is the highest league in Austrian soccer and held its 92nd season in 2011–12. The secondary sponsor is the mobile service provider T-Mobile Austria which is the reason why the official name of the league is tipp3-Bundesliga powered by T-Mobile. After six years, the promoted club FC Admira Wacker was again represented in Austria’s highest league. The team replaced the relegated club LASK Linz. [6]

With the exception of Vorarlberg and Carinthia, all Austrian federal states were represented in the Bundesliga. Vienna, Lower Austria, and Styria each had two clubs.

The television provider sky Deutschland had the rights to show all Bundesliga matches in full length, which were broadcast in a pay television format on the channel sky sport austria. For the first time, the station showed all games not only in the well-known conference circuit but also individual matches. In addition, ORF had the broadcasting rights to each “Top Match of the Round” – mostly on Sundays, but also on Wednesdays for weekday rounds. This arrangement did not apply in the last two rounds, in which all games had to be held at the same time. Consequently, ORF was permitted to show a 45-minute summary of the remaining four matches in each round.

Method

In the 2011–12 season, ten clubs competed against each other in a total of 36 rounds as had been done in previous years. The draw was redone after the ninth and 27th rounds. Each team thus played against every other team twice at home and twice away.

The champion Red Bull Salzburg was eligible for the second qualification round for the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League. The second and third place clubs (Rapid Wien and Trenkwalder Admira) as well as the Austrian Cup winner were eligible to start in the second or third qualification round for the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League. Should the Austrian Cup winner also be Austrian champion, the loser of the cup final would start in the Europa League. The tenth-place club, Kapfenberger SV, had to move down to the second level league, the First League.

Final results

Austrian Football Bundesliga champion plate

Place	Club	MP	W	D	L	Goals	Goals +/-	P	Note
01	Red Bull Salzburg	36	19	11	6	60:30	+30	68	UEFA Champions League 2012–13 qualifier
02	Rapid Wien	36	16	14	6	52:30	+22	62	UEFA Europa League 2012–13 qualifier
03	Admira Wacker Mödling (N)	36	15	10	11	59:52	+07	55	UEFA Europa League 2012–13 qualifier
04	Austria Wien	36	14	12	10	52:44	+08	54
05	Sturm Graz (M)	36	12	15	9	47:41	+06	51
06	SV Ried (C)	36	11	15	10	44:38	+06	48	UEFA Europa League 2012-13 qualifier
07	Wacker Innsbruck	36	10	15	11	36:45	−09	45
08	SV Mattersburg	36	9	11	16	41:43	−02	38
09	Wiener Neustadt	36	6	15	15	26:51	−25	33
10	Kapfenberger SV	36	5	8	23	21:64	−43	23	Relegated to the First League
Legend: (M) = reigning champion, (C) = reigning cup winner, (N) = promoted from the First League; Ranking criteria: 1. Points (P) 2. Goal differential (Goals +/-) 3. Goals scored, 4. Record in matches against tied opponent

Source: www.bundesliga.at

Match table

The match table below displays the results of all games in the season. The home team is listed in the middle column and the away team in the upper row. The home team’s score is listed first.

First Heat (Rounds 1–18)										2011–12	Second Heat (Rounds 19–36)
SKSGL	FCRBS	FKAW	SVR	SKRW	FCWI	SCWN	KSV	SVM	FCAWM	Club	SKSGL	FCRBS	FKAW	SVR	SKRW	FCWI	SCWN	KSV	SVM	FCAWM
	2:1	5:1	1:0	1:0	1:1	5:0	1:0	2:2	3:1	Sturm Graz		2:2	3:1	0:0	0:0	1:0	0:1	2:1	1:0	0:3
1:1		2:0	1:1	0:0	1:1	3:0	6:0	0:0	2:1	Red Bull Salzburg	0:0		3:0	2:0	3:1	2:0	2:1	2:0	0:1	2:0
2:1	3:2		2:1	1:1	2:2	2:2	5:0	0:0	2:4	Austria Wien	1:1	1:1		2:0	0:0	3:0	3:1	0:1	1:0	2:1
1:1	1:3	2:1		1:1	1:0	2:0	1:0	2:0	1:1	SV Ried	1:1	0:1	0:1		2:3	1:1	2:2	3:0	2:0	2:1
3:2	4:2	0:3	0:0		0:0	1:1	5:1	1:1	2:0	Rapid Wien	1:1	0:1	0:0	1:0		2:0	2:1	3:0	1:1	2:1
1:0	0:1	0:0	0:5	0:3		2:0	3:1	1:1	2:2	Wacker Innsbruck	1:1	1:1	0:1	0:0	2:1		2:0	2:0	3:6	2:1
3:1	0:0	1:1	2:2	0:2	0:0		2:0	1:2	0:0	Wiener Neustadt	0:0	1:5	0:0	1:1	0:0	0:0		0:0	0:0	1:4
3:0	1:3	2:2	1:3	0:0	2:3	0:2		1:0	0:0	Kapfenberger SV	0:0	0:1	1:0	0:0	0:2	0:1	1:0		1:1	2:3
3:3	3:0	2:4	2:3	1:2	1:1	1:2	2:0		0:0	SV Mattersburg	0:2	0:1	2:0	4:1	0:1	0:1	0:1	2:0		1:2
4:2	2:1	0:3	1:1	4:3	3:2	3:0	1:1	2:1		Admira Wacker Mödling	2:0	2:2	3:2	1:1	0:4	1:1	2:0	3:1	0:1

Goal scoring statistics

Rank Player Club Goals 01 Jakob Jantscher Red Bull Salzburg 14 Stefan Maierhofer Red Bull Salzburg 03 Darko Bodul Sturm Graz 12 Patrick Bürger SV Mattersburg Roland Linz Austria Wien 06 Patrik Ježek Admira Wacker Mödling 11 07 Philipp Hosiner Admira Wacker Mödling 10 08 Deni Alar Rapid Wien 09 09 Nacer Barazite Austria Wien 08 Roman Kienast Sturm Graz / Austria Wien Atdhe Nuhiu Rapid Wien Christopher Wernitznig Wacker Innsbruck

League leader after each round:

Cities, venues, and attendance

City	Residents	Club	Stadium	Capacity	Total attendance	Average attendance	± from 2010–11
Graz	257,3280	Sturm Graz	UPC-Arena	15,322	194,824	10,824	−010.66%
Innsbruck	119,2490	Wacker Innsbruck	Tivoli-Neu	15,400	116,679	06,482	−038.64%
Kapfenberg	21,8120	Kapfenberger SV	Franz-Fekete-Stadion	07,500	59,730	03,318	−002.35%
Mödling	20,4380	Admira Wacker Mödling	Bundesstadion Südstadt	12,000	87,272	04,848	+141.07%
Mattersburg	6,9540	SV Mattersburg	Pappelstadion	15,700	77,980	04,332	+011.32%
Ried im Innkreis	11,4090	SV Ried	Keine Sorgen Arena	07,600	84,700	05,261	−020.24%
Salzburg	147,5710	Red Bull Salzburg	Red Bull Arena	31,800	177,300	09,850	+000.60%
Vienna	1,713,9570	Austria Wien	Generali Arena	13,500	155,747	08,653	−008.93%
Vienna	1,713,9570	Rapid Wien	Gerhard-Hanappi-Stadion 1	17,500	291,600	16,200	+001.53%
Wiener Neustadt	40,7080	Wiener Neustadt	Stadion Wiener Neustadt	07,700	52,070	02,893	−020.53%
1Rapid Wien held both of its home games against local rival Austria Wien in Ernst-Happel-Stadion which has a capacity of 50,865.

See also: List of football stadiums in Austria

The champions Red Bull Salzburg

Goalkeepers: Alexander Walke (21 Games/0 Goals), Eddie Gustafsson (15/0), Defensemen: Ibrahim Sekagya (26/1) (c), Christian Schwegler (22/0), Martin Hinteregger (21/0), Andreas Ulmer (20/1), Stefan Hierländer (20/0), Franz Schiemer (19/0), Petri Pasanen (18/0), Douglas (11/0), Jefferson (8/0), Chema Antón (4/0), Midfielders: Dušan Švento (31/3), Jakob Jantscher (27/14), Gonzalo Zárate (25/1), Christoph Leitgeb (23/2), Georg Teigl (23/2), Rasmus Lindgren (20/1), Simon Cziommer (18/0), David Mendes da Silva (16/1), Cristiano (15/3), Luigi Bruins (3/0), Daniel Offenbacher (2/0), Stefan Savić (2/0), Felix Adjei (1/0), Strikers: Leonardo Santiago (30/4), Stefan Maierhofer (29/14), Roman Wallner (14/3), Jonathan Soriano (11/3), Alan (5/3), Alex Rafael (1/0). Management: Ricardo Moniz (Coach), Niko Kovač (Assistant coach), Herbert Ilsanker (Goalie coach), Oliver Glasner (Athletic coordinator).

Second level – First League

Blau-Weiß Linz

LASK Linz

SCR Altach

SC Austria Lustenau
und
FC Lustenau

St. Pölten

SV Grödig

TSV Hartberg

Vienna

WAC/
St. Andrä

Clubs in the "Today for tomorrow" 2011–12 First League

The First League is the second-highest league in Austrian professional soccer and held its 36th season in 2011–12. LASK Linz was new in the league as well as the two winners of the relegation matches (ninth place in the First League 2010–11 against the champion of the Regional League East 2010–11 and the champion of the Regional League West 2010-11 against the champion of the Regional League Central 2010-11).

In the 2011–12 season, Vorarlberg had three clubs, Upper Austria had two clubs, and Vienna, Lower Austria, Salzburg, Styria, and Carinthia each had one club. Burgenland and Tyrol were not represented in the First League.

sky Deutschland owned the television rights for the First League as in the Bundesliga which allowed them to show every game in full length. The games were broadcast on sky sport austria and as part of a conference circuit with four games beginning at 6:30PM. In the last two rounds, all games had to be played at the same time, and sky was allowed to pick an additional game which would be designated as the “Top Game of the Round” and would be shown at 8:30PM on Fridays. ORF also had the rights to broadcast the Top Game of the Round live and in full length. They broadcast the games on their channel ORF Sport +. ^[7]

Method

In the 2011–12 season, which began on July 10, 2011, ten clubs competed against each other in 36 rounds, as had been done in previous seasons. The championship ended on May 13, 2012. ^[1]

The champion of the league moved up to the Bundesliga. The last place team had to move down to its corresponding region in the Regional League. This team was replaced by the winner of the two qualification matches between the champions of the Regional League West and Regional League East. The next-to-last team had to play two relegation matches against the champion of the Regional League Central. The winner of the relegation matches qualified for the First League for the 2012-13 season.

Final results

Place		Club	MP	W	D	L	Goals	Goals +/-	P	Note
	01	WAC/St. Andrä	36	19	11	6	71:49	+22	68	Qualified for the 2012-13 Bundesliga
	02	SCR Altach	36	18	8	10	62:39	+23	62
	03	LASK Linz (Rel)	36	16	13	7	55:40	+15	61	Relegated to the Regional League because of license withdrawal [8]
	04	SC Austria Lustenau	36	16	10	10	59:47	+12	58
	05	SKN St. Pölten	36	14	9	13	45:45	±00	51
	06	FC Blau-Weiß Linz (R2)	36	13	10	13	49:52	−03	48
	07	SV Grödig	36	11	9	16	46:52	−06	42
	08	First Vienna FC 1894 (R1)	36	9	10	17	44:56	−12	37
	09	FC Lustenau 07	36	9	10	17	51:66	−15	37
	10	TSV Hartberg	36	7	6	23	38:74	−36	27	Relegation against Regional League Central participant
Legend: (Rel) = Relegated from the Bundesliga, (R1)=Relegation winner (9th 2010-11 against Regional League East), (R2) = Relegation winner (Regional League West against Regional League Central)

Source: www.bundesliga.at

Match table

The match table below displays the results of all games in the season. The home team is listed in the middle column and the away team in the upper row. The home team’s score is listed first.

First Heat (Rounds 1–18)										2011–12	Second Heat (Rounds 19–36)
LASKL	SCRA	SCAL	WAC	SKN	SVG	FCL	TSVH	FVF	BW	Club	LASKL	SCRA	SCAL	WAC	SKN	SVG	FCL	TSVH	FVF	BW
	0:2	0:3	2:3	2:0	2:1	2:1	4:0	4:0	1:1	LASK Linz		3:2	2:1	2:1	2:1	1:1	1:1	1:1	2:1	1:2
2:0		1:1	1:2	1:0	1:2	4:1	4:2	1:1	2:0	SC Rheindorf Altach	0:1		1:1	0:0	1:0	2:0	1:1	1:0	4:2	4:1
1:1	0:5		1:1	1:1	0:0	2:0	4:0	2:1	1:0	SC Austria Lustenau	2:1	4:1		2:2	1:1	3:0	1:2	2:0	0:0	1:3
1:1	2:2	3:3		1:1	1:0	2:0	3:0	2:2	3:2	WAC/St. Andrä	1:0	1:0	1:2		2:0	3:2	2:1	1:4	2:2	2:0
2:2	1:2	2:1	0:2		2:0	3:0	1:0	0:3	0:1	SKN St. Pölten	1:1	1:3	3:1	3:2		1:0	3:2	2:0	0:2	2:0
0:3	2:1	1:2	3:3	2:2		1:0	2:3	4:0	1:3	SV Grödig	1:1	1:2	1:2	0:1	2:0		1:1	3:1	1:0	1:3
1:1	2:2	3:1	2:5	1:2	1:3		2:2	4:1	1:0	FC Lustenau 07	1:1	2:2	1:3	0:2	2:2	0:3		0:3	1:0	2:0
0:2	0:4	2:3	4:3	1:1	2:4	2:0		2:0	1:1	TSV Hartberg	1:2	0:2	0:2	0:3	0:3	0:1	0:3		1:1	2:4
0:1	0:1	2:0	2:3	3:1	1:1	4:2	1:0		0:0	First Vienna FC 1894	1:2	2:0	3:1	1:3	0:0	0:0	2:3	1:2		2:0
1:1	2:0	2:1	2:2	1:2	3:0	1:6	2:1	4:1		FC Blau-Weiß Linz	2:2	1:0	0:3	2:0	0:1	1:1	1:1	1:1	2:2

Goal scoring statistics

Rank	Goals	Name	Country	Club
01	19	David Poljanec	Slovenia	FC Blau-Weiß Linz
02	18	Christian Falk	Austria	WAC/St. Andrä
03	17	Daniel Lucas Segovia	Spain	SKN St. Pölten
04	14	Johannes Aigner	Austria	LASK Linz
	14	Tomi Correa	Spain	SCR Altach
	14	Jacobo Ynclán	Spain	WAC/St. Andrä
07	13	Patrick Seeger	Austria	SCR Altach
08	11	Pierre Boya	Cameroon	SC Austria Lustenau
	11	Diego Viana	Brazil	SV Grödig
10	10	Manuel Hartl	Austria	FC Blau-Weiß Linz
	10	Lukas Mössner	Austria	TSV Hartberg
	10	Stephan Stückler	Austria	WAC/St. Andrä

Cities, venues, and attendance

City	Residents	Club	Stadium	Capacity	Total attendance	Average attendance	± from 2010–11
Altach	6,3560	SC Rheindorf Altach	Stadion Schnabelholz	08,200	63,741	03,541	−005.48%
Grödig	6,8620	SV Grödig	Untersberg-Arena	02,955	15,300	00850	+021.26%
Hartberg	6,6020	TSV Hartberg	Stadion Hartberg	04,000	18,900	01,050	−016.67%
Linz	189,3110	FC Blau-Weiß Linz	Linzer Stadion	18,000	46,834	02,602	+183.84%
Linz	189,3110	LASK Linz	Linzer Stadion	18,000	60,700	03,372	−043.97%
Lustenau	21,0760	FC Lustenau 07	Reichshofstadion	08,500	30,000	01,667	−005.96%
Lustenau	21,0760	SC Austria Lustenau	Reichshofstadion	08,500	78,600	04,367	+021.67%
St. Pölten	51,6880	SKN St. Pölten	Voithplatz	08,000	26,115	01,451	+030.96%
Vienna	1,705,0800	First Vienna FC 1894	Hohe Warte Vienna	04,500	39,800	02,211	+012.96%
Wolfsberg	25,1620	WAC/St. Andrä	Lavanttal-Arena	04,100	48,272	02,682	+069.78%

The champions WAC/St. Andrä

Goalkeeper: Christian Dobnik (36 games/0 goals); Defensemen: Dario Baldauf (34/6), Michael Sollbauer (31/3), Nenad Jovanovic (25/2), Rene Gsellmann (24/0), Gernot Suppan (24/0), Hannes Jochum (14/0), José Antonio Solano (10/2), Christoph Cemernjak (8/0), Mathias Berchtold (8/0); Midfielders: Jacobo Ynclán (34/14), Manuel Kehre (33/5), Sandro Zakany (31/3), Gernot Messner (26/0), Markus Kreuz (26/0), Roland Putsche (22/0), Danijel Mićić (14/0), Mario Kröpfl (9/0), Patrick Pfennich (9/0); Strikers: Christian Falk (35/15), Mihret Topcagić (32/8), Stephan Stückler (28/10), Sandro Gotal (12/0); Management: Nenad Bjelica (Head coach), Slobodan Grubor (Assistant coach), Adi Preschern (Goalie coach).

Third level - Regional Leagues

Method

The Regional Leagues East, West, and Central constitute the third level of play in Austrian soccer. The Regional League East is made up of the clubs in the Vienna, Lower Austria, and Burgenland soccer associations. The Regional League Central is composed of clubs in the Upper Austria, Carinthia, and Styria soccer associations. The Regional League West is made up of the clubs in the Salzburg, Tyrol, and Vorarlberg soccer associations.

Clubs in these leagues play for a relegation place in the First League. The prerequisite for a possible promotion is the granting of a license by the fifth senate of the Bundesliga.

The three last place teams of the Regional Leagues have to move down to the fourth level of play. If more clubs move down from the First League, the number of clubs that must move down to the fourth level will go up as well. If two clubs move down from the First League that belong to the federal states that comprise the Regional League Central, four teams from the Regional League Central would need to move down.

Regional League East

Championship final standings

Place		Club	MP	W	D	L	Goals	Goals +/-	P	Note
	01	SV Horn	30	18	10	2	70:23	+47	64	Relegation against Regional League West participant
	02	SK Rapid Wien II	30	19	5	6	57:25	+32	62
	03	FK Austria Wien II	30	14	7	9	60:38	+22	49
	04	SC-ESV Parndorf 1919 (R)	30	13	6	11	46:39	+07	45
	05	Wiener Sportklub	30	11	10	9	48:51	−03	43
	06	SV Stegersbach (N)	30	11	8	11	56:54	+02	41
	07	SC Ritzing	30	11	8	11	37:53	−16	41
	08	1. SC Sollenau	30	12	4	14	75:67	+08	40
	09	Floridsdorfer AC	30	10	10	10	36:29	+07	40
	10	SKU Amstetten (N)	30	11	6	13	43:54	−11	39
	11	SV Mattersburg II	30	10	8	12	46:49	−03	38
	12	SV Schwechat	30	9	10	11	39:39	±00	37
	13	1. Simmeringer SC (N)	30	9	10	11	40:48	−08	37
	14	FC Admira Wacker Mödling II	30	11	4	15	45:58	−13	37	Relegation to the Landesliga
	15.	SC Neusiedl am See	30	11	3	16	47:58	−11	36	Relegation to the Landesliga
	16.	SC Columbia Floridsdorf	30	4	3	23	27:88	−61	15	Relegation to the Landesliga
Legend: (N) = Promoted from the Landesliga,(R) = Relegation loser.

Promoted from the Landesligen

• Viennese City League: SC Ostbahn XI
• Landesliga Lower Austria: SC Retz
• Burgenland League: SV Oberwart

Regional League Central

Championship final standings

Place		Club	MP	W	D	L	Goals	Goals +/-	P	Note
	01	Grazer AK	30	22	4	4	80:29	+51	70	Relegation against First League participant
	02	Villacher SV (N)	30	15	8	7	45:30	+15	53
	03	SAK Klagenfurt	30	13	9	8	44:41	+03	48
	04	Union Vöcklamarkt	30	13	9	8	44:42	+02	48
	05	DSV Leoben	30	14	5	11	43:34	+09	47
	06	SK Austria Klagenfurt	30	13	6	11	44:36	+08	45
	07	FC Gratkorn (R)	30	12	8	10	50:49	+01	44
	08	Union St. Florian	30	11	8	11	38:33	+05	41
	09	SK Sturm Graz II	30	11	8	11	41:39	+02	41
	10	SV Allerheiligen	30	10	10	10	38:35	+03	40
	11	Kapfenberger SV II (N)	30	11	7	12	47:46	+01	40
	12	FC Pasching	30	10	8	12	41:40	+01	38
	13	FC Wels	30	9	9	12	32:42	−10	36	Relegated to the Landesliga
	14.	SK Vorwärts Steyr (N)	30	6	9	15	36:58	−22	27	Relegated to the Landesliga
	15.	SV Gleinstätten	30	7	4	19	32:54	−22	25	Relegated to the Landesliga
	16.	LASK Linz II	30	6	2	22	28:75	−47	20	Relegated to the Landesliga
Legend:(R) = Relegated from the First League, (N) = Promoted from the Landesliga.

Promoted from the Landesligen

• Landesliga Upper Austria: SV Wallern
• Landesliga Styria: SC Kalsdorf
• Landesliga Carinthia: SV Feldkirchen

Regional League West

Championship final standings

Place		Club	MP	W	D	L	Goals	Goals +/-	P	Note
	01	WSG Wattens (R)	30	23	7	0	67:14	+53	76	Relegation against Regional League East participant
	02	USK Anif	30	22	4	4	82:38	+44	70
	03	FC Dornbirn 1913	30	19	7	4	72:30	+42	64
	04	FC Red Bull Salzburg II	30	14	10	6	72:48	+24	52
	05	FC Kufstein	30	14	4	12	58:44	+14	46
	06	Wacker Innsbruck II	30	14	3	13	58:53	+05	45
	07	SC Rheindorf Altach II	30	11	7	12	49:44	+05	40
	08	SV Austria Salzburg	30	12	4	14	54:54	±00	40
	09	TSV St. Johann im Pongau	30	10	9	11	43:47	−04	39
	10	SC Bregenz	30	10	8	12	47:45	+02	38
	11	FC Pinzgau Saalfelden (N)	30	11	5	14	50:55	−05	38
	12	FC Hard	30	9	5	16	39:66	−27	32
	13	TSV Neumarkt am Wallersee	30	8	7	15	44:71	−27	31
	14	FC Union Innsbruck	30	7	3	20	35:87	−52	24	Voluntary relegation to the Landesliga
	15	SV Seekirchen 1945	30	4	8	18	33:65	−32	20
	16	SV Hall (N)	30	5	3	22	27:69	−42	18	Relegation to the Landesliga
Legend: (R) = Relegation loser, (N) = Promoted from the Landesliga

Promoted from the Landesligen

• Salzburg League: SV Wals-Grünau
• Landesliga Tyrol: no promoted club
• Landesliga Vorarlberg: FC Andelsbuch

Relegation

In the new class reform of 2009, it was decided that the promotion candidates of the Regional Leagues together with the ninth place in the First League must compete in the relegation matches in order to remain in or be promoted to the First League. An alternating method of relegation matches was agreed upon for the Regional League teams. Accordingly, the Regional League Central had to compete against the ninth place in the First League and the Regional League East had to compete against the Regional League West in this season. ^[9] On the basis of the license withdrawal of LASK Linz and the associated demotion to the Regional League Central, the ninth place in the First League, FC Lustenau 07, remained in the second level of play without a relegation match. The last place in the First League, TSV Hartberg, moved up to the relegation place and competed against the Regional League Central champion.

In the first pairing, the last place in the First League, TSV Hartberg, played against the champion of the Regional League central, Grazer AK.

Date	Home team		Away team	Result
June 5, 2012	Grazer AK	–	TSV Hartberg	0:0
Ref.: Gerhard Grobelnik	Goal scorers: None
June 8, 2012	TSV Hartberg	–	Grazer AK	3:0 (1:0) Stopped in the 77th minute after GAK fans stormed the field
Ref.: Markus Hameter	Goal scorers: 1:0 (19th) Luca Tauschmann, 2:0 (60th) Matej Milatović, 3:0 (76th) Daniel Rossmann

In the second pairing, the champion of the Regional League East, SV Horn, played against the Regional League West champion WSG Swarovski Wattens.

Date	Home team		Away team	Result
June 4, 2012	WSG Wattens	–	SV Horn	1:5 (0:3)
Ref.: Thomas Prammer	Goal scorers: 0:1 (21st) Mario Konrad, 0:2 (31st) Mario Konrad, 0:3 (40th) Salmin Cehajić, 0:4 (50th) Miroslav Milosević, 1:4 (83rd) Benjamin Pranter, 1:5 (90+2nd) Salmin Cehajić
June 8, 2012	SV Horn	–	WSG Wattens	4:0 (0:0)
Ref.: Rene Eisner	Goal scorers: 1:0 (48th) Phillip Zulechner, 2:0 (54th) Emir Dilić, 3:0 (74th) Slaven Lalić, 4:0 (89th) Miroslav Milosević

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