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.
Season | 2015–16 |
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Champions | SKN St. Pölten |
Promoted | SKN St. Pölten |
Relegated | SK Austria Klagenfurt SV Austria Salzburg |
Matches played | 180 |
Goals scored | 528 (2.93 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Thomas Pichlmann (20) |
Biggest home win |
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Biggest away win | SK Austria Klagenfurt 0-5 LASK Linz (29 April 2016) |
Highest scoring | SKN St. Pölten 6-2 SV Austria Salzburg (27 November 2015) |
← 2014–15 2016–17 → |
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 |
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Austria Klagenfurt | Klagenfurt | Wörthersee Stadion | 32,000 |
Austria Lustenau | Lustenau | Reichshofstadion | 8,800 |
Austria Salzburg | Salzburg | My Phone Austria Stadion | 1,600 |
Floridsdorfer AC | Vienna | FAC-Platz | 3,000 |
Kapfenberger SV | Kapfenberg | Franz-Fekete-Stadion | 12,000 |
LASK | Linz | Linzer Stadion | 14,100 |
Liefering | Salzburg | Red Bull Arena | 31,895 |
St. Pölten | Sankt Pölten | NV Arena | 8,000 |
Wacker Innsbruck | Innsbruck | Tivoli-Neu | 30,000 |
Wiener Neustadt | Wiener Neustadt | Stadion Wiener Neustadt | 10,000 |
Personnel and kits
Club | Manager | Captain | Kit Manufacturer | Sponsors |
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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 |
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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:
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:
- Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion.
- SK Austria Klagenfurt were denied a First Liga license at the last minute and promptly demoted.[4]
- SV Austria Salzburg were deducted six points for license violation and later declared insolvency.[5]
- 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.
First half of season
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Second half of season
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Season statistics
Top goalscorers
Top assists
See alsoReferences
External links
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