2017–18 Austrian Football First League

Football league season
  • FC Wacker Innsbruck
  • TSV Hartberg
Matches played180Goals scored507 (2.82 per match)Top goalscorer
  • Seifedin Chabbi
  • Hamdi Salihi
(22 goals each)Biggest home winSV Ried 7–1 Kapfenberger SV (25 May 2018)Biggest away winKapfenberger SV 0–5 FC Liefering (14 November 2017)Highest scoringSC Wiener Neustadt 6–3 FC Blau-Weiß Linz (1 December 2017)

The 2017–18 Austrian Football First League (German: Erste Liga, also known as Sky Go Erste Liga due to sponsorship) was the 44th season of the Austrian second-level football league and the last one as the First League. It began on 21 July 2017 and ended on 25 May 2018. The fixtures were announced on 21 June 2017.[1]

Teams

Ten teams participated in the 2017-18 season. TSV Hartberg was promoted after winning the 2016–17 Regionalliga Mitte without having to compete in promotion play-offs as no team from the Regionalliga West or Ost applied for promotion.[2] They replaced SV Horn who finished last in the 2016–17 First League. SV Ried were relegated from the 2016–17 Bundesliga, replacing 2016–17 First League champions LASK Linz.

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Location of teams in the 2017–18 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
TSV Hartberg Hartberg Stadion Hartberg 4,500
Kapfenberger SV Kapfenberg Franz-Fekete-Stadion 12,000
Liefering Salzburg Untersberg-Arena 4,128
SV Ried Ried im Innkreis Keine Sorgen Arena 7,680
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 Austria Andreas Lipa (1–11) Austria Christoph Kobleder (1–4, 6–19) Uhlsport Mohren
Germany Daniel Ernemann (12–13) Austria Martin Grasegger (5)
Austria Gernot Plassnegger (from 14) & Austria Michael Kopf (19–20) Austria Marco Krainz (20–22, 24–27, 29, 31–36)
Brazil Ronivaldo (23)
Austria Sandro Djurić (28, 30)
FC Blau-Weiß Linz Austria Günther Gorenzel (1–15) Austria Florian Maier (1–3, 6–12, 14, 16–17) Uhlsport Linz AG
Austria David Wimleitner (16–20) Austria Lukas Gabriel (4–5, 13, 15, 18–20)
Austria Thomas Sageder (from 21)
Austria Thomas Hinum (21–29, 32–33)
Austria Daniel Kerschbaumer (30–31, 34–36)
Floridsdorfer Austria Thomas Eidler (1–23) Austria Martin Fraisl (1–21, 23–24) Puma Wiener Städtische & Wien Energie
Austria Martin Handl (from 24) Austria Mario Kröpfl (22, 25–28, 36)
Austria Robert Völkl (29)
Austria Marco Sahanek (30–35)
TSV Hartberg Austria Christian Ilzer Austria Siegfried Rasswalder (1–4, 7–16, 18, 20–35) Jako Prolacta, Admiral, Egger Glass & Profertil
Austria Manfred Gollner (5–6, 17)
Croatia Roko Mišlov (19, 36)
Kapfenberger Austria Robert Pflug (1–4) Austria David Sencar (1–3, 6–17, 20–23, 25–27, 29–36) Erima Murauer Bier
Austria Stefan Rapp (5–34) Austria Paul Gartler (4–5)
Austria Karl-Heinz Kubesch (from 35) Austria Tobias Kainz (18–19, 24, 28)
Liefering Poland Janusz Góra & Austria Gerhard Struber Austria Luca Meisl (1–8, 12, 15–16, 18–24, 27, 30–32, 34–35) Nike Red Bull
Austria Emir Karic (9)
Brazil Carlos Miguel Coronel (10–11, 13–14, 17, 25–26, 28–29, 33)
France Mahamadou Dembélé (36)
SV Ried Tunisia Lassaad Chabbi (1–25) GermanyAustria Thomas Gebauer Hummel Josko
Austria Franz Schiemer (26–28)
Austria Thomas Weissenböck (from 29)
Wacker Innsbruck Austria Karl Daxbacher Austria Christoph Freitag (1–2, 4, 6, 20–24, 30, 32–33, 36) Macron Tiroler Wasserkraft
Austria Florian Jamnig (3, 5, 7–19, 25–26, 35)
Austria Roman Kerschbaum (27–29, 34)
Austria Harald Pichler (31)
WSG Wattens Austria Thomas Silberberger Germany Ferdinand Oswald (1–24, 27–31, 33–36) Erima PAPSTAR
Austria Benjamin Pranter (25)
Austria Sandro Neurauter (26)
Austria Florian Buchacher (32)
Wiener Neustadt Austria Roman Mählich Austria Sargon Duran (1, 13–24, 26–27) Puma Baumit
Austria Mario Ebenhofer (2–3, 5–6, 10, 25)
Austria Remo Mally (4, 7–9, 11–12)
Albania Hamdi Salihi (28–36)

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 FC Wacker Innsbruck (C, P) 36 21 8 7 60 31 +29 71 Promotion to 2018–19 Austrian Bundesliga
2 TSV Hartberg (P) 36 20 8 8 63 34 +29 68
3 SC Wiener Neustadt 36 17 11 8 53 37 +16 62 Qualification for the promotion play-off[a]
4 SV Ried 36 17 10 9 68 41 +27 61
5 FC Liefering 36 14 13 9 58 44 +14 55 Ineligible for promotion
6 SC Austria Lustenau 36 12 9 15 48 52 −4 45
7 WSG Wattens 36 10 10 16 45 56 −11 40
8 Kapfenberger SV 36 9 8 19 40 68 −28 35
9 Floridsdorfer AC 36 8 6 22 37 75 −38 30
10 FC Blau-Weiß Linz 36 5 11 20 35 69 −34 26 Reprieved from relegation[b]
Source: [1]
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.[3]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ The team finishing in third place competed against the tenth placed team of the Bundesliga for a place in the 2018-19 Austrian Bundesliga.
  2. ^ No team will be relegated due to the league's expansion from 10 teams to 16 for the 2018–19 season.

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 ALU BWL FLO HAR KAP RIE LIE WKR WIE WAT
Austria Lustenau 1–1 5–0 1–2 1–2 0–2 2–4 0–4 2–3 2–0
FC Blau-Weiß Linz 1–2 4–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–3 1–1 1–1 0–2
Floridsdorfer AC 1–5 0–0 2–0 0–3 1–4 2–2 1–1 0–3 1–0
TSV Hartberg 0–0 2–0 3–1 4–0 2–2 2–2 3–1 0–1 2–1
Kapfenberger SV 0–1 0–1 4–1 0–2 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–0 1–1
SV Ried 3–1 2–1 3–2 2–3 2–0 6–1 4–1 0–1 4–0
Liefering 0–0 3–0 3–1 3–1 2–1 4–0 1–0 0–0 0–1
Wacker Innsbruck 3–2 3–0 3–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–0
Wiener Neustadt 1–1 4–0 1–2 1–0 4–2 0–3 2–0 0–1 2–1
WSG Wattens 1–2 2–2 5–1 0–1 3–1 1–2 3–2 1–3 0–1
Updated to match(es) played on 17 November 2017. Source: Austrian Football First League (in German)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season

Home \ Away ALU BWL FLO HAR KAP RIE LIE WKR WIE WAT
Austria Lustenau 1–0 2–1 0–4 3–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 2–2
FC Blau-Weiß Linz 0–2 1–0 1–3 0–2 2–2 2–1 1–2 0–3 2–2
Floridsdorfer AC 2–1 5–0 0–1 0–1 2–4 3–2 0–2 0–3 0–0
TSV Hartberg 2–0 2–2 1–2 4–0 1–0 0–2 0–2 2–1 4–0
Kapfenberger SV 0–2 1–4 3–3 1–3 0–0 0–5 2–1 0–0 2–3
SV Ried 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 7–1 1–0 1–3 2–2 2–0
Liefering 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–2
Wacker Innsbruck 2–1 4–0 0–2 0–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 2–0
Wiener Neustadt 2–2 6–3 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 2–2
WSG Wattens 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–4 3–2 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 25 May 2018. Source: Austrian Football First League (in German)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Up to 25 May 2018.[4]

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Tunisia Seifedin Chabbi SV Ried 22
Albania Hamdi Salihi SC Wiener Neustadt
3 Slovenia Zlatko Dedić FC Wacker Innsbruck 19
4 Austria Dario Tadić TSV Hartberg 16
5 Brazil Ronivaldo SC Austria Lustenau 12
Slovakia Milan Jurdík WSG Wattens
7 Austria Florian Jamnig FC Wacker Innsbruck 11
Croatia Roko Mišlov TSV Hartberg
9 Austria Thomas Fröschl SV Ried 10
Hungary Dominik Szoboszlai FC Liefering

Top assists

Up to 25 May 2018.[5]

Rank Player Club Assists
1 Austria Dario Tadić TSV Hartberg 14
2 Austria Christopher Drazan SC Austria Lustenau 11
3 Germany Daniele Gabriele FC Wacker Innsbruck 10
4 Turkey İlkay Durmuş SV Ried 9
5 Austria Mario Ebenhofer SC Wiener Neustadt 8
6 Slovenia Zlatko Dedić FC Wacker Innsbruck 7
Austria Manfred Fischer TSV Hartberg
Burkina Faso Zakaria Sanogo TSV Hartberg
9 Austria Thomas Mayer SV Ried 6
Austria Christoph Kröpfl TSV Hartberg
Germany Julian Wießmeier SV Ried
Austria Manuel Kerhe SV Ried

Discipline

Up to 25 May 2018.[6]

Rank Player Club Total
1 Austria Peter Haring SV Ried 15 0 0 15
2 Austria Manuel Haas Kapfenberger SV 10 3 0 13
3 Austria Fabian Miesenböck SC Wiener Neustadt 13 0 0 13
4 Austria Florian Buchacher WSG Wattens 12 0 0 12
5 Brazil Lucas Rangel Kapfenberger SV 9 2 0 11
6 Austria Daniel Kerschbaumer FC Blau-Weiß Linz 9 1 0 10
7 Germany Daniel Raischl Floridsdorfer AC 10 0 0 10
8 Austria David Gugganig WSG Wattens 9 0 0 9
Spain Pesca Kapfenberger SV 9 0 0 9
Austria Daniel Geissler Kapfenberger SV 9 0 0 9
Austria Christopher Cvetko FC Blau-Weiß Linz 9 0 0 9

See also

References

  1. ^ "Spielplan für die Sky Go Erste Liga 2017/18". www.bundesliga.at. 21 June 2017. Archived from the original on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Lizensierungsverfahren 2017/18 – 22 Lizenzanträge eingegangen" (in German). Sky Sports Austria. 16 March 2017.
  3. ^ "1. Liga 2017/2018 - Season rules". Bundesliga.at. Archived from the original on 2017-05-27. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Tore" (in German). Archived from the original on 20 March 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  5. ^ "Vorlagen" (in German). Archived from the original on 14 March 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Cards" (in German). Archived from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2018.

External links

  • Austrian Football First League at Bundesliga.at (in German)
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