2012–13 Austrian Football First League

Austrian Football First League
Season2012–13
PromotedGrödig
RelegatedBlau-Weiß Linz
Matches played180
Goals scored524 (2.91 per match)
Top goalscorerJohannes Aigner
(18 goals)
Biggest home winAustria Lustenau 5–0 Kapfenberger SV
(20 July 2012)
Horn 5–0 Austria Lustenau
(8 March 2013)
Hartberg 6–1 Lustenau
(30 April 2013)
Biggest away winSt. Pölten 1–7 Kapfenberger SV
(1 March 2013)
Highest scoringSt. Pölten 1–7 Kapfenberger SV
(1 March 2013)

The 2012–13 Austrian Football First League was the 39th season of the Austrian second-level football league. It began on 19 July 2012 and ended on 24 May 2013.

Teams

Stadia and locations

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Location of teams in the 2012–13 Austrian Football First League
Team Stadium Capacity
Austria Lustenau Reichshofstadion 8,800
Blau-Weiß Linz Linzer Stadion 25,138
First Vienna Hohe Warte Stadium 5,000
Grödig Untersberg-Arena 2,955
Hartberg Stadion Hartberg 6,000
Horn Sportplatz 3,000
Kapfenberger SV Franz Fekete Stadium 12,000
Lustenau Reichshofstadion 8,800
Rheindorf Altach Cashpoint Arena 8,900
St. Pölten Voith-Platz 10,000

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Austria Lustenau Iceland Helgi Kolviðsson Austria Harald Dürr Umbro ZIMA
Blau-Weiß Linz Germany Edmund Stöhr Austria Konstantin Wawra Lotto Lenze
First Vienna Austria Alfred Tatar Austria Ernst Dospel Nike PayLife
Grödig Austria Adi Hütter Spain Ione Cabrera Nike Scholz
Hartberg Austria Paul Gludovatz Austria Jürgen Rindler Jako Lopoca
Horn Austria Michael Streiter Serbia Aleksandar Djordjević Umbro Shopping Horn
Kapfenberger SV Austria Klaus Schmidt Austria David Sencar Erima Murauer
Lustenau Austria Daniel Madlener Austria Mario Bolter Nike Prometheus
Rheindorf Altach Austria Damir Canadi Austria Martin Kobras Jako Cashpoint
St. Pölten Austria Martin Scherb Austria Michael Popp Jako Hypo Noe Gruppe

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Grödig Austria Heimo Pfeifenberger Contract expired 31 May 2012 Pre-season Austria Adi Hütter
Hartberg Austria Walter Hörmann Contract expired 11 June 2012 Austria Andreas Moriggl
Rheindorf Altach Germany Edmund Stöhr Contract expired 30 June 2012 Germany Rainer Scharinger
Blau-Weiß Linz Austria Thomas Weissenböck Sacked 22 September 2012 9th Germany Edmund Stöhr
Hartberg Austria Andreas Moriggl Sacked 15 October 2012 7th Austria Paul Gludovatz
Kapfenberger SV Germany Thomas von Heesen Appointed as Sport director 10 November 2012 9th Austria Klaus Schmidt
Rheindorf Altach Germany Rainer Scharinger Sacked 7 January 2013 4th Austria Damir Canadi
Lustenau Austria Damir Canadi Signed by Rheindorf Altach 8 January 2013 5th Austria Daniel Madlener

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Grödig (P) 36 23 6 7 71 30 +41 75 Promotion to 2013–14 Austrian Bundesliga
2 Rheindorf Altach 36 19 8 9 57 39 +18 65
3 Austria Lustenau 36 18 7 11 60 39 +21 61
4 St. Pölten 36 14 12 10 65 60 +5 54
5 Kapfenberger SV 36 14 11 11 56 50 +6 53
6 Horn 36 13 7 16 50 55 −5 46
7 First Vienna 36 13 7 16 48 64 −16 46
8 Lustenau (R) 36 10 8 18 44 66 −22 38 Relegation to 2013–14 Austrian Regionalliga
9 Hartberg 36 8 9 19 35 54 −19 33
10 Blau-Weiß Linz (R) 36 5 11 20 38 67 −29 26 Qualification to Relegation playoffs
Source: Austrian Football First League (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals[1]
1 Austria Johannes Aigner Rheindorf Altach 18
2 Austria David Witteveen Grödig 17
3 Brazil Thiago Austria Lustenau 13
4 Spain Daniel Lucas St. Pölten 12
5 Serbia Miroslav Milošević Horn 11
Austria Philipp Zulechner Horn
7 Austria Furkan Aydoğdu Lustenau 10
Austria Sandro Gotal Horn
Austria Thomas Salamon Grödig
10 Austria Patrick Salomon Austria Lustenau 9
Austria Philipp Wendler Kapfenberger SV

Promotion/relegation playoffs

Teams

First leg

Liefering2 – 0LASK Linz
Savić 71'
Ćorić 90+2'		 Report
Attendance: 2,280
Referee: Dominik Ouschan
Parndorf2 – 1Blau-Weiß Linz
Horvath 33'
Koller 75'		 Report Hartl 54'
Heidebodenstadion, Parndorf
Attendance: 14,700
Referee: Gerhard Grobelnik

Second leg

LASK Linz0 – 3Liefering
Report André Silva 4'
Savić 27'
Konrad 47'
Attendance: 6,700
Referee: Rene Eisner

FC Liefering win 5-0 on aggregate and are promoted to the Austrian First League

Blau-Weiß Linz0 – 1Parndorf
Report Kummerer 28' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer

SC-ESV Parndorf 1919 win 3-1 on aggregate and are promoted to the Austrian First League

References

  1. ^ "Torschützenliste". Austrian Football First League (in German). Retrieved 12 March 2013.