2011–12 Austrian Football First League

The 2011–12 Austrian Football First League was the 38th season of the Austrian second-level football league. It began on 10 June 2011 and ended on 18 May 2012 after the 36th and final round.[1] The Carinthian cooperative associations Wolfsberger AC and SK St. Andrä won the championship. WAC, which ended its cooperative with SK St. Andrä after the 2011–12 season, moved up to the Bundesliga for the first time. The last place team of TSV Hartberg had to move down to the Austrian Regional League Central. The second-to-last place team had to play two relegation matches against Grazer AK, the champion of the Central Regional League.

Austrian Football First League
Season2011–12
ChampionsWAC/St. Andrä
RelegatedLASK Linz
TSV Hartberg
Matches played180
Goals scored520 (2.89 per match)
Top goalscorerDavid Poljanec
Total attendance428,262
Average attendance2,379

Overview
Clubs in the "Today for tomorrow" 2011–12 First League

The First League is the second-highest league in Austrian professional soccer and held its 36th season in 2011–12. LASK Linz was new in the league as well as the two winners of the relegation matches (ninth place in the First League 2010–11 against the champion of the Regional League East 2010–11 and the champion of the Regional League West 2010–11 against the champion of the Regional League Central 2010-11).

In the 2011–12 season, Vorarlberg had three clubs, Upper Austria had two clubs, and Vienna, Lower Austria, Salzburg, Styria, and Carinthia each had one club. Burgenland and Tyrol were not represented in the First League.

sky Deutschland owned the television rights for the First League as in the Bundesliga which allowed them to show every game in full length. The games were broadcast on sky sport austria and as part of a conference circuit with four games beginning at 6:30PM. In the last two rounds, all games had to be played at the same time, and sky was allowed to pick an additional game which would be designated as the "Top Game of the Round" and would be shown at 8:30PM on Fridays. ORF also had the rights to broadcast the Top Game of the Round live and in full length. They broadcast the games on their channel ORF Sport +.[2]

Method

In the 2011–12 season, which began on 10 July 2011, ten clubs competed against each other in 36 rounds, as had been done in previous seasons. The championship ended on 13 May 2012.[1]

The champion of the league moved up to the Bundesliga. The last place team had to move down to its corresponding region in the Regional League. This team was replaced by the winner of the two qualification matches between the champions of the Regional League West and Regional League East. The next-to-last team had to play two relegation matches against the champion of the Regional League Central. The winner of the relegation matches qualified for the First League for the 2012–13 season.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 WAC/St. Andrä (P) 36 19 11 6 71 49 +22 68 Promotion to 2012–13 Austrian Bundesliga
2 SCR Altach 36 18 8 10 62 39 +23 62
3 LASK Linz[lower-alpha 1] (R) 36 16 13 7 55 40 +15 61 Relegated to 2012–13 Austrian Regionalliga because of license withdrawal[3]
4 SC Austria Lustenau 36 16 10 10 59 47 +12 58
5 SKN St. Pölten 36 14 9 13 45 45 0 51
6 FC Blau-Weiß Linz[lower-alpha 2] 36 13 10 13 49 52 −3 49
7 SV Grödig 36 11 9 16 46 52 −6 42
8 First Vienna FC 1894[lower-alpha 3] 36 9 10 17 44 56 −12 37
9 FC Lustenau 07 36 9 10 17 51 66 −15 37
10 TSV Hartberg (R) 36 7 6 23 38 74 −36 27 Qualification to Relegation playoffs
Source: www.bundesliga.at
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Relegated from the Bundesliga
  2. Relegation winner (Regional League West against Regional League Central)
  3. Relegation winner (9th 2010-11 against Regional League East)

Results
First Heat (Rounds 1–18)
Home \ Away LIN ALT LUS WAC SKN SVG L07 HAR FVF BW
LASK Linz 0–2 0–3 2–3 2–0 2–1 2–1 4–0 4–0 1–1
SC Rheindorf Altach 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–2 4–1 4–2 1–1 2–0
SC Austria Lustenau 1–1 0–5 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 4–0 2–1 1–0
WAC/St. Andrä 1–1 2–2 3–3 1–1 1–0 2–0 3–0 2–2 3–2
SKN St. Pölten 2–2 1–2 2–1 0–2 2–0 3–0 1–0 0–3 0–1
SV Grödig 0–3 2–1 1–2 3–3 2–2 1–0 2–3 4–0 1–3
FC Lustenau 07 1–1 2–2 3–1 2–5 1–2 1–3 2–2 4–1 1–0
TSV Hartberg 0–2 0–4 2–3 4–3 1–1 2–4 2–0 2–0 1–1
First Vienna FC 1894 0–1 0–1 2–0 2–3 3–1 1–1 4–2 1–0 0–0
FC Blau-Weiß Linz 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–2 1–2 3–0 1–6 2–1 4–1
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Second Heat (Rounds 19–36)
Home \ Away LIN ALT LUS WAC SKN SVG L07 HAR FVF BW
LASK Linz 3–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–2
SC Rheindorf Altach 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 4–2 4–1
SC Austria Lustenau 2–1 4–1 2–2 1–1 3–0 1–2 2–0 0–0 1–3
WAC/St. Andrä 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–0 3–2 2–1 1–4 2–2 2–0
SKN St. Pölten 1–1 1–3 3–1 3–2 1–0 3–2 2–0 0–2 2–0
SV Grödig 1–1 1–2 1–2 0–1 2–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–3
FC Lustenau 07 1–1 2–2 1–3 0–2 2–2 0–3 0–3 1–0 2–0
TSV Hartberg 1–2 0–2 0–2 0–3 0–3 0–1 0–3 1–1 2–4
First Vienna FC 1894 1–2 2–0 3–1 1–3 0–0 0–0 2–3 1–2 2–0
FC Blau-Weiß Linz 2–2 1–0 0–3 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–2
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Goal scoring statistics
Rank Goals Name Country Club
0119David Poljanec SloveniaFC Blau-Weiß Linz
0218Christian Falk AustriaWAC/St. Andrä
0317Daniel Lucas Segovia SpainSKN St. Pölten
0414Johannes Aigner AustriaLASK Linz
14Tomi Correa SpainSCR Altach
14Jacobo Ynclán SpainWAC/St. Andrä
0713Patrick Seeger AustriaSCR Altach
0811Pierre Boya CameroonSC Austria Lustenau
11Diego Viana BrazilSV Grödig
1010Manuel Hartl AustriaFC Blau-Weiß Linz
10Lukas Mössner AustriaTSV Hartberg
10Stephan Stückler AustriaWAC/St. Andrä

Cities, venues, and attendance
City Residents Club Stadium Capacity Total attendance Average attendance ± from 2010–11
Altach 6,3560 SC Rheindorf Altach Stadion Schnabelholz 08,200 63,741 03,541 −005.48%
Grödig 6,8620 SV Grödig Untersberg-Arena 02,955 15,300 00850 +021.26%
Hartberg 6,6020 TSV Hartberg Stadion Hartberg 04,000 18,900 01,050 −016.67%
Linz 189,3110 FC Blau-Weiß Linz Linzer Stadion 18,000 46,834 02,602 +183.84%
Linz 189,3110 LASK Linz Linzer Stadion 18,000 60,700 03,372 −043.97%
Lustenau 21,0760 FC Lustenau 07 Reichshofstadion 08,500 30,000 01,667 −005.96%
Lustenau 21,0760 SC Austria Lustenau Reichshofstadion 08,500 78,600 04,367 +021.67%
St. Pölten 51,6880 SKN St. Pölten Voithplatz 08,000 26,115 01,451 +030.96%
Vienna 1,705,0800 First Vienna FC 1894 Hohe Warte Vienna 04,500 39,800 02,211 +012.96%
Wolfsberg 25,1620 WAC/St. Andrä Lavanttal-Arena 04,100 48,272 02,682 +069.78%

The champions WAC/St. Andrä

Promotion/Relegation Playoffs

In the new class reform of 2009, it was decided that the promotion candidates of the Regional Leagues together with the ninth place in the First League must compete in the relegation matches in order to remain in or be promoted to the First League. An alternating method of relegation matches was agreed upon for the Regional League teams. Accordingly, the Regional League Central had to compete against the ninth place in the First League and the Regional League East had to compete against the Regional League West in this season.[4] On the basis of the license withdrawal of LASK Linz and the associated demotion to the Regional League Central, the ninth place in the First League, FC Lustenau 07, remained in the second level of play without a relegation match. The last place in the First League, TSV Hartberg, moved up to the relegation place and competed against the Regional League Central champion.

In the first pairing, the last place in the First League, TSV Hartberg, played against the champion of the Regional League central, Grazer AK.

DateHome team Away teamResult
5 June 2012 Grazer AK – TSV Hartberg 0–0
Ref.: Gerhard GrobelnikGoal scorers: None
8 June 2012 TSV Hartberg – Grazer AK 3–0 (1–0)
Stopped in the 77th minute after GAK fans stormed the field
Ref.: Markus HameterGoal scorers: 1:0 (19th) Luca Tauschmann, 2:0 (60th) Matej Milatović, 3:0 (76th) Daniel Rossmann

In the second pairing, the champion of the Regional League East, SV Horn, played against the Regional League West champion WSG Swarovski Wattens.

DateHome team Away teamResult
4 June 2012 WSG Wattens – SV Horn 1–5 (0–3)
Ref.: Thomas PrammerGoal scorers: 0:1 (21st) Mario Konrad, 0:2 (31st) Mario Konrad, 0:3 (40th) Salmin Cehajić, 0:4 (50th) Miroslav Milosević, 1:4 (83rd) Benjamin Pranter, 1:5 (90+2nd) Salmin Cehajić
8 June 2012 SV Horn – WSG Wattens 4–0 (0–0)
Ref.: Rene EisnerGoal scorers: 1:0 (48th) Phillip Zulechner, 2:0 (54th) Emir Dilić, 3:0 (74th) Slaven Lalić, 4:0 (89th) Miroslav Milosević

See also

References
  1. Austrian Bundesliga: 2011–12 Austrian Bundesliga schedule Archived 23 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine (PDF file, 77KB; retrieved on 14 June 2011)
  2. 90minuten.at: First League: Live game on Sky and ORF Sport Plus Archived 29 July 2012 at Archive.today, retrieved on 22 June 2010
  3. http://kurier.at/sport/fussball/4497883-lask-endgueltig-ohne-bundesliga-lizenz.php
  4. Soccer: ÖFB sets the relegation matches of the regional divisions
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