2016–17 Austrian Football First League

Austrian Football First League
Season	2016–17
← 2015–16

The 2016–17 Austrian Football First League (German: Erste Liga, also known as Sky Go Erste Liga due to sponsorship) is the 43rd season of the Austrian second-level football league. It began on 22 July 2016 and will end on 26 May 2017. The fixtures were announced on 17 June 2016.^[1]

Teams

Ten teams participate in the 2016-17 season. WSG Wattens, FC Blau-Weiß Linz and SV Horn were directly promoted after winning the 2015–16 Austrian Regional Leagues.^[2] SV Grödig were relegated from the 2014–15 Bundesliga however they withdrew to the Austrian Regional League.^[3]

LASK
FC Blau-Weiß Linz

Location of teams in the 2016–17 Austrian Football First League

Club Name	City	Stadium	Capacity
Austria Lustenau	Lustenau	Reichshofstadion	8,800
FC Blau-Weiß Linz	Linz	Donauparkstadion	2,000
Floridsdorfer AC	Vienna	FAC-Platz	3,000
SV Horn	Horn	Waldviertler Volksbank Arena	3,500
Kapfenberger SV	Kapfenberg	Franz-Fekete-Stadion	12,000
LASK	Linz	Linzer Stadion	14,100
Liefering	Salzburg	Red Bull Arena	31,895
Wacker Innsbruck	Innsbruck	Tivoli-Neu	30,000
Wiener Neustadt	Wiener Neustadt	Stadion Wiener Neustadt	10,000
WSG Wattens	Wattens	Alpenstadion	5,500

Personnel and kits

Club	Manager	Captain	Kit Manufacturer	Sponsors
Austria Lustenau	Lassaad Chabbi
FC Blau-Weiß Linz	Gerhard Fellner
Floridsdorfer	Jürgen Halper
SV Horn	Hamayoshi Masanori
Kapfenberger	Abdulah Ibraković
Linz	Oliver Glasner
Liefering	Thomas Letsch
Wacker Innsbruck	Thomas Silberberger
WSG Wattens	Maurizio Jacobacci
Wiener Neustadt	René Wagner

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	FC Liefering	15	9	4	2	33	17	+16	31	Ineligible for promotion
2	LASK Linz	16	8	4	4	32	25	+7	28	Promotion to 2017–18 Austrian Bundesliga
3	SC Austria Lustenau	15	7	6	2	26	16	+10	27
4	Kapfenberger SV	16	8	2	6	22	18	+4	26
5	SC Wiener Neustadt	15	7	1	7	21	28	−7	22
6	FC Wacker Innsbruck	15	5	4	6	20	22	−2	19
7	WSG Wattens	15	4	6	5	18	25	−7	18
8	Floridsdorfer AC	15	4	4	7	19	24	−5	16
9	SV Horn	15	3	2	10	16	24	−8	11	Relegation to 2017–18 Austrian Regionalliga
10	FC Blau-Weiß Linz	15	2	5	8	11	19	−8	11	Relegation to 2017–18 Austrian Regionalliga

Updated to match(es) played on 31 October 2016. Source: Austrian Football First League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Less matches awarded against; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Matches won; 6) Away matches won; 7) Head-to-head points; 8) Head-to-head goal difference; 9) Head-to-head goals scored.^[4]

Results

Teams played each other four times in the league. In the first half of the season each team played every other team twice (home and away), and then did the same in the second half of the season.

First half of season

Home ╲ Away	Austria Lustenau !ALU	FC Blau-Weiß Linz !BWL	Floridsdorfer AC !FLO	SV Horn !SVH	Kapfenberger SV !KAP	LASK Linz !LIN	Liefering !LIE	Wacker Innsbruck !WKR	Wiener Neustadt !WN	WSG Wattens !WAT
Austria Lustenau !Austria Lustenau		0–0	1–1	2–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–2		4–0
FC Blau-Weiß Linz !FC Blau-Weiß Linz	1–1		0–0	1–0	0–1	2–0		2–2	0–1	0–3
Floridsdorfer AC !Floridsdorfer AC	1–3	2–1		2–1		2–3	1–5	3–1		1–1
SV Horn !SV Horn	1–3	2–1	2–1		1–2		2–3	2–1	0–1
Kapfenberger SV !Kapfenberger SV	0–1		2–0	1–0		1–2	1–0	1–1	3–1	3–0
LASK Linz !LASK Linz	3–1	2–1		1–1	3–1		3–3	1–0	2–2	4–0
Liefering !Liefering		2–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	4–2		1–2	3–1
Wacker Innsbruck !Wacker Innsbruck	0–1		2–1		1–0	2–1	1–1		3–2	1–2
Wiener Neustadt !Wiener Neustadt	1–4	3–2	0–3	2–1	2–0	1–2	1–4			2–1
WSG Wattens !WSG Wattens		0–0	0–0	2–2	3–3	3–2	1–1	2–1	0–1

Updated to games played on 31 October 2016.
Source: Austrian Football First League (German)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season

Home ╲ Away	Austria Lustenau !ALU	FC Blau-Weiß Linz !BWL	Floridsdorfer AC !FLO	SV Horn !SVH	Kapfenberger SV !KAP	LASK Linz !LIN	Liefering !LIE	Wacker Innsbruck !WKR	Wiener Neustadt !WN	WSG Wattens !WAT
Austria Lustenau !Austria Lustenau
FC Blau-Weiß Linz !FC Blau-Weiß Linz
Floridsdorfer AC !Floridsdorfer AC
SV Horn !SV Horn
Kapfenberger SV !Kapfenberger SV
LASK Linz !LASK Linz
Liefering !Liefering
Wacker Innsbruck !Wacker Innsbruck
Wiener Neustadt !Wiener Neustadt
WSG Wattens !WSG Wattens

Updated to games played on 30 June 2016.
Source: Austrian Football First League (German)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

References

↑ "Spielplan für die Sky Go Erste Liga 2016/17". www.bundesliga.at. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
↑ "Regionalliga West 2015-16". Retrieved 30 June 2016.
↑ "Bundesliga 2015-16". Retrieved 30 June 2016.
↑ "1. Liga 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 30 June 2016.

External links

Austrian Football First League at Bundesliga.at (German)

Austrian Football First League 2016–17

Austria Lustenau Floridsdorfer AC SV Horn Kapfenberger SV Blau-Weiß Linz LASK Linz FC Liefering FC Wacker Innsbruck WSG Wattens Wiener Neustadt

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