2016–17 Austrian Football First League

Austrian Football First League
Season2016–17
ChampionsLASK
PromotedLASK
RelegatedSV Horn
Matches played180
Goals scored516 (2.87 per match)
Top goalscorerPatrik Eler (24 goals)
Biggest home winWSG Wattens 5–0 FC Liefering
(31 March 2017)
Biggest away win0–3 (9 matches)
Highest scoringFC Liefering 3–5 SC Austria Lustenau
(1 November 2016)

The 2016–17 Austrian Football First League (German: Erste Liga, also known as Sky Go Erste Liga due to sponsorship) was the 43rd season of the Austrian second-level football league. It began on 22 July 2016 and ended 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 2015–16 Bundesliga; however, they withdrew to the Austrian Regional League.[3]

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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 Waldstadion Pasching 7,870
Liefering Salzburg Untersberg-Arena 4,128
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 Germany Daniel Ernemann Austria Christoph Stückler Nike Mohren
FC Blau-Weiß Linz Austria Klaus Schmidt Austria Florian Maier Uhlsport Linz AG
Floridsdorfer Austria Franz Maresch Austria Sascha Viertl Puma Wiener Städtische
SV Horn Japan Hamayoshi Masanori Austria Aleksandar Đorđević Mizuno United Nations (17 Global Goals)
Kapfenberger Bosnia and Herzegovina Abdulah Ibraković Austria Christoph Nicht Erima Murauer Bier
Linz Austria Oliver Glasner Austria Pavao Pervan Jako Zipfer
Liefering Austria Thomas Letsch Brazil Luan Nike Red Bull
Wacker Innsbruck Austria Karl Daxbacher Austria Alexander Hauser Jako Tiroler Wasserkraft
WSG Wattens Austria Thomas Silberberger Germany Ferdinand Oswald Puma PAPSTAR
Wiener Neustadt Czech Republic René Wagner Austria Remo Mally Puma Baumit

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 LASK (C, P) 36 23 8 5 77 42 +35 77 Promotion to 2017–18 Austrian Bundesliga
2 FC Liefering 36 17 9 10 58 49 +9 60 Ineligible for promotion
3 SC Austria Lustenau 36 15 12 9 58 49 +9 57
4 FC Wacker Innsbruck 36 15 9 12 58 53 +5 54
5 WSG Wattens 36 13 12 11 56 54 +2 51
6 Kapfenberger SV[a] 36 12 9 15 47 57 −10 41
7 FC Blau-Weiß Linz 36 8 15 13 41 45 −4 39
8 SC Wiener Neustadt 36 11 6 19 40 62 −22 39
9 Floridsdorfer AC 36 10 8 18 39 48 −9 38
10 SV Horn (R) 36 9 6 21 42 57 −15 33 Relegation to 2017–18 Austrian Regionalliga
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.[6]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Kapfenberger SV were initially deducted six points for license violations.[4] The penalty was reduced to four points on appeal.[5]

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.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 26 May 2017.[7]
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Slovenia Patrik Eler Innsbruck 24
2 Austria René Gartler LASK 21
3 Ghana Raphael Dwamena Lustenau 18
4 Brazil João Victor Santos Sá KSV 14
Albania Mërgim Berisha Liefering
6 Brazil Fabiano de Lima Campos Maria LASK 12
Slovakia Milan Jurdík Wattens
8 Austria Christian Gebauer 10
Ghana Samuel Tetteh Liefering
Brazil Bruno Felipe Souza Da Silva Lustenau

Top assists

As of 26 May 2017.[8]
Rank Scorer Club Assists
1 Austria Marco Sahanek FAC 11
Austria Benjamin Pranter Wattens
3 Austria Thomas Goiginger BW Linz 10
4 France Dimitry Imbongo LASK 8
Austria Florian Toplitsch Wattens
6 5 players 6

Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Wacker Innsbruck 53,743 9,284 1,915 2,985 −21.3%†
2 LASK Linz 51,159 5,196 1,813 2,842 −17.7%†
3 Austria Lustenau 43,347 2,910 1,427 2,408 −5.6%†
4 WSG Wattens 27,924 5,028 828 1,551 n/a1
5 FC Blau-Weiß Linz 27,457 7,006 660 1,525 n/a1
6 SV Horn 16,763 1,252 467 931 n/a1
7 Kapfenberger SV 13,947 1,317 446 774 +1.8%†
8 Wiener Neustadt 13,842 1,400 425 769 −21.0%†
9 Floridsdorfer AC 12,824 1,945 288 712 −8.8%†
10 Liefering 5,808 688 176 322 −55.2%†
League total 266,814 9,284 176 1,482 −17.8%†

Source: bundesliga.at
Notes:
1: Team played last season in Regionalliga

See also

References

  1. ^ "Spielplan für die Sky Go Erste Liga 2016/17". www.bundesliga.at. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Regionalliga West 2015-16". Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Bundesliga 2015-16". Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Senat 5 verhängt 6 Punkte Abzug gegen KSV 1919" (in German). 15 March 2017. Archived from the original on 16 March 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  5. ^ "ERFOLGREICHER PROTEST - VIER STATT SECHS PUNKTE MINUS". ksv1919.at (in German). Kapfenberger SV. 18 April 2017.[permanent dead link‍]
  6. ^ "1. Liga 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  7. ^ "Tore" (in German). Archived from the original on 2017-03-20. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  8. ^ "Vorlagen" (in German). Archived from the original on 2017-03-14. Retrieved 20 March 2017.