2012–13 Austrian Football First League

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.

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)

Teams

Stadia and locations

Team Stadium Capacity
Austria LustenauReichshofstadion8,800
Blau-Weiß LinzLinzer Stadion25,138
First ViennaHohe Warte Stadium5,000
GrödigUntersberg-Arena2,955
HartbergStadion Hartberg6,000
HornSportplatz3,000
Kapfenberger SVFranz Fekete Stadium12,000
LustenauReichshofstadion8,800
Rheindorf AltachCashpoint Arena8,900
St. PöltenVoith-Platz10,000

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Austria Lustenau Helgi Kolviðsson Harald Dürr Umbro ZIMA
Blau-Weiß Linz Edmund Stöhr Konstantin Wawra Lotto Lenze
First Vienna Alfred Tatar Ernst Dospel Nike PayLife
Grödig Adi Hütter Ione Cabrera Nike Scholz
Hartberg Paul Gludovatz Jürgen Rindler Jako Lopoca
Horn Michael Streiter Aleksandar Djordjević Umbro Shopping Horn
Kapfenberger SV Klaus Schmidt David Sencar Erima Murauer
Lustenau Daniel Madlener Mario Bolter Nike Prometheus
Rheindorf Altach Damir Canadi Martin Kobras Jako Cashpoint
St. Pölten Martin Scherb 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 Heimo Pfeifenberger Contract expired 31 May 2012 Pre-season Adi Hütter
Hartberg Walter Hörmann Contract expired 11 June 2012 Andreas Moriggl
Rheindorf Altach Edmund Stöhr Contract expired 30 June 2012 Rainer Scharinger
Blau-Weiß Linz Thomas Weissenböck Sacked 22 September 2012 9th Edmund Stöhr
Hartberg Andreas Moriggl Sacked 15 October 2012 7th Paul Gludovatz
Kapfenberger SV Thomas von Heesen Appointed as Sport director 10 November 2012 9th Klaus Schmidt
Rheindorf Altach Rainer Scharinger Sacked 7 January 2013 4th Damir Canadi
Lustenau Damir Canadi Signed by Rheindorf Altach 8 January 2013 5th 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.

Season statistics

Top scorers

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

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.
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