2015–16 Austrian Football First League

The 2015–16 Austrian Football First League (German: Erste Liga, also known as Sky Go Erste Liga due to sponsorship) was the 42nd season of the Austrian second-level football league. It began on 24 July 2015 and ended on 25 May 2016.

Austrian Football First League
Season2015–16
ChampionsSKN St. Pölten
PromotedSKN St. Pölten
RelegatedSK Austria Klagenfurt
SV Austria Salzburg
Matches played180
Goals scored528 (2.93 per match)
Top goalscorerThomas Pichlmann (20)
Biggest home win
Biggest away winSK Austria Klagenfurt 0-5 LASK Linz
(29 April 2016)
Highest scoringSKN St. Pölten 6-2 SV Austria Salzburg
(27 November 2015)

Teams

Ten teams participate in the 2015-16 season. Austria Salzburg was directly promoted after winning the 2014–15 Regionalliga West.[1] Austria Klagenfurt promoted from the Regionalliga Mitte after winning the promotion play-offs.[2] Wiener Neustadt relegated from the 2014–15 Bundesliga.[3]

Club Name City Stadium Capacity
Austria KlagenfurtKlagenfurtWörthersee Stadion32,000
Austria LustenauLustenauReichshofstadion8,800
Austria SalzburgSalzburgMy Phone Austria Stadion1,600
Floridsdorfer ACViennaFAC-Platz3,000
Kapfenberger SVKapfenbergFranz-Fekete-Stadion12,000
LASKLinzLinzer Stadion14,100
LieferingSalzburgRed Bull Arena31,895
St. PöltenSankt PöltenNV Arena8,000
Wacker InnsbruckInnsbruckTivoli-Neu30,000
Wiener NeustadtWiener NeustadtStadion Wiener Neustadt10,000

Personnel and kits

Club Manager Captain Kit Manufacturer Sponsors
A. Klagenfurt Manfred Bender Erreà Hanseatisches Fußball Kontor
A. Lustenau Lassaad Chabbi Nike
A. Salzburg Jørn Andersen Puma Intertops
Floridsdorfer Thomas Flögel Puma Wien Energie
Kapfenberger Kurt Russ Erima Murauer Bier
Linz Oliver Glasner Jako PlusCity
Liefering Thomas Letsch Nike Red Bull
St. Polten Karl Daxbacher Jako Hypo Noe
Wacker Innsbruck Klaus Schmidt Jako Tiroler Wasserkraft
Wiener Neustadt Günter Kreissl Puma Baumit

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 SKN St. Pölten (C, P) 36 26 2 8 68 34 +34 80 Promotion to 2016–17 Austrian Bundesliga
2 LASK Linz 36 22 6 8 65 35 +30 72
3 FC Wacker Innsbruck 36 17 8 11 61 47 +14 59
4 FC Liefering[lower-alpha 1] 36 17 6 13 65 49 +16 57
5 SC Austria Lustenau 36 16 9 11 56 40 +16 57
6 Kapfenberger SV 36 14 8 14 63 62 +1 50
7 SC Wiener Neustadt 36 12 9 15 39 49 10 45
8 SK Austria Klagenfurt[lower-alpha 2] (R) 36 8 10 18 43 62 19 34 Relegation to 2016–17 Austrian Regionalliga
9 SV Austria Salzburg[lower-alpha 3] (R) 36 7 11 18 45 73 28 26
10 Floridsdorfer AC[lower-alpha 4] 36 4 5 27 23 77 54 17
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.[7]
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion.
  2. SK Austria Klagenfurt were denied a First Liga license at the last minute and promptly demoted.[4]
  3. SV Austria Salzburg were deducted six points for license violation and later declared insolvency.[5]
  4. Reprieved from relegation.[6]

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

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