2010–11 Austrian Football First League

The 2010-11 Austrian Football First League (German: Erste Liga, also known as ADEG Erste Liga due to sponsorship) was the 37th season of the Austrian second-level football league. It began on 14 July 2010 and ended on 28 May 2011.

Austrian Football First League
Season2010–11
PromotedFC Trenkwalder Admira
RelegatedFC Gratkorn
Matches played180
Goals scored567 (3.15 per match)

The size of the league was reduced from twelve to ten teams for this season after a reform of the second- and third-level tiers of the Austrian football league pyramid. Reserve teams from Bundesliga clubs were excluded from competing in the First League, and relegation/promotion playoffs between the ninth-placed First League team and the two Regionalliga champions missing out on direct promotion were introduced.[citation needed]

Teams

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Wacker Innsbruck as 2009–10 First League champions were promoted to the 2010–11 Bundesliga. Wacker were originally to be replaced by SK Austria Kärnten, who finished the 2009–10 Bundesliga season in last place; however, Kärnten were not awarded a professional licence by the Bundesliga licensing board and hence relegated to the Austrian Regionalliga.

As part of the reform of the Austrian second and third levels, the reserve teams of Bundesliga clubs Red Bull Salzburg and Austria Vienna were both relegated to the Regionaliga at the end of the 2009–10 season. They were joined by Dornbirn 1913, who finished the 2009–10 season in last place of the league table and hence were relegated as well.

Due to the decreased size of the league, only two teams from the Regionalliga were promoted. WAC St. Andrä as winners of the promotion playoff between the three Regionalliga champions were directly promoted, while SV Grödig were scheduled to play in another playoff against 9th-placed First League team First Vienna FC. The playoff was then cancelled and Grödig directly admitted to the First League after Austria Kärnten were denied their professional licence.

Club Name Stadium Capacity
Austria Lustenau Reichshofstadion 12,500
FC Gratkorn Sportstadion Gratkorn 3,000
FC Lustenau Reichshofstadion 12,500
FC Trenkwalder Admira Bundesstadion Südstadt 12,000
First Vienna FC Hohe Warte Stadium 5,000
SC Rheindorf Altach Stadion Schnabelholz 8,900
SKN St. Pölten Voith-Platz 10,000
SV Grödig Untersburg Arena 1,500
TSV Hartberg Stadion Hartberg 6,000
WAC St. Andrä Sportstadion Wolfsberg 8,000

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 FC Trenkwalder Admira (C) 36 23 6 7 85 45 +40 75 Promotion to 2011–12 Austrian Bundesliga
2 SC Rheindorf Altach 36 22 8 6 76 37 +39 74
3 Austria Lustenau 36 16 6 14 55 51 +4 54
4 WAC St. Andrä 36 15 7 14 56 50 +6 52
5 SKN St. Pölten 36 13 12 11 55 55 0 51
6 SV Grödig 36 12 10 14 51 60 −9 46
7 FC Lustenau 36 11 9 16 51 60 −9 42
8 TSV Hartberg 36 10 9 17 44 60 −16 39
9 First Vienna FC (O) 36 9 7 20 47 67 −20 34 Qualification to Relegation playoffs
10 FC Gratkorn (R) 36 9 6 21 47 82 −35 33 Relegation to 2011–12 Austrian Regionalliga
Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

See also

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