2017–18 Austrian Football First League

The 2017–18 Austrian Football First League (German: Erste Liga, also known as Sky Go Erste Liga due to sponsorship) was the 44th season of the Austrian second-level football league and the last one as the First League. It began on 21 July 2017 and ended on 25 May 2018. The fixtures were announced on 21 June 2017.[1]

Austrian Football First League
Season2017–18
ChampionsFC Wacker Innsbruck
Promoted
Matches played180
Goals scored507 (2.82 per match)
Top goalscorer (22 goals each)
Biggest home winSV Ried 7–1 Kapfenberger SV (25 May 2018)
Biggest away winKapfenberger SV 0–5 FC Liefering (14 November 2017)
Highest scoringSC Wiener Neustadt 6–3 FC Blau-Weiß Linz (1 December 2017)

Teams

Ten teams participated in the 2017-18 season. TSV Hartberg was promoted after winning the 2016–17 Regionalliga Mitte without having to compete in promotion play-offs as no team from the Regionalliga West or Ost applied for promotion.[2] They replaced SV Horn who finished last in the 2016–17 First League. SV Ried were relegated from the 2016–17 Bundesliga, replacing 2016–17 First League champions LASK Linz.

Club Name City Stadium Capacity
Austria LustenauLustenauReichshofstadion8,800
FC Blau-Weiß LinzLinzDonauparkstadion2,000
Floridsdorfer ACViennaFAC-Platz3,000
TSV HartbergHartbergStadion Hartberg4,500
Kapfenberger SVKapfenbergFranz-Fekete-Stadion12,000
LieferingSalzburgUntersberg-Arena4,128
SV RiedRied im InnkreisKeine Sorgen Arena7,680
Wacker InnsbruckInnsbruckTivoli-Neu30,000
Wiener NeustadtWiener NeustadtStadion Wiener Neustadt10,000
WSG WattensWattensAlpenstadion5,500

Personnel and kits

Club Manager Captain Kit Manufacturer Sponsors
Austria Lustenau Andreas Lipa (1–11) Christoph Kobleder (1–4, 6–19) Uhlsport Mohren
Daniel Ernemann (12–13) Martin Grasegger (5)
Gernot Plassnegger (from 14) & Michael Kopf (19–20) Marco Krainz (20–22, 24–27, 29, 31–36)
Ronivaldo (23)
Sandro Djurić (28, 30)
FC Blau-Weiß Linz Günther Gorenzel (1–15) Florian Maier (1–3, 6–12, 14, 16–17) Uhlsport Linz AG
David Wimleitner (16–20) Lukas Gabriel (4–5, 13, 15, 18–20)
Thomas Sageder (from 21)
Thomas Hinum (21–29, 32–33)
Daniel Kerschbaumer (30–31, 34–36)
Floridsdorfer Thomas Eidler (1–23) Martin Fraisl (1–21, 23–24) Puma Wiener Städtische & Wien Energie
Martin Handl (from 24) Mario Kröpfl (22, 25–28, 36)
Robert Völkl (29)
Marco Sahanek (30–35)
TSV Hartberg Christian Ilzer Siegfried Rasswalder (1–4, 7–16, 18, 20–35) Jako Prolacta, Admiral, Egger Glass & Profertil
Manfred Gollner (5–6, 17)
Roko Mišlov (19, 36)
Kapfenberger Robert Pflug (1–4) David Sencar (1–3, 6–17, 20–23, 25–27, 29–36) Erima Murauer Bier
Stefan Rapp (5–34) Paul Gartler (4–5)
Karl-Heinz Kubesch (from 35) Tobias Kainz (18–19, 24, 28)
Liefering Janusz Góra & Gerhard Struber Luca Meisl (1–8, 12, 15–16, 18–24, 27, 30–32, 34–35) Nike Red Bull
Emir Karic (9)
Carlos Miguel Coronel (10–11, 13–14, 17, 25–26, 28–29, 33)
Mahamadou Dembélé (36)
SV Ried Lassaad Chabbi (1–25) Thomas Gebauer Hummel Josko
Franz Schiemer (26–28)
Thomas Weissenböck (from 29)
Wacker Innsbruck Karl Daxbacher Christoph Freitag (1–2, 4, 6, 20–24, 30, 32–33, 36) Macron Tiroler Wasserkraft
Florian Jamnig (3, 5, 7–19, 25–26, 35)
Roman Kerschbaum (27–29, 34)
Harald Pichler (31)
WSG Wattens Thomas Silberberger Ferdinand Oswald (1–24, 27–31, 33–36) Erima PAPSTAR
Benjamin Pranter (25)
Sandro Neurauter (26)
Florian Buchacher (32)
Wiener Neustadt Roman Mählich Sargon Duran (1, 13–24, 26–27) Puma Baumit
Mario Ebenhofer (2–3, 5–6, 10, 25)
Remo Mally (4, 7–9, 11–12)
Hamdi Salihi (28–36)

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 FC Wacker Innsbruck (C, P) 36 21 8 7 60 31 +29 71 Promotion to 2018–19 Austrian Bundesliga
2 TSV Hartberg (P) 36 20 8 8 63 34 +29 68
3 SC Wiener Neustadt 36 17 11 8 53 37 +16 62 Qualification for the promotion play-off[lower-alpha 1]
4 SV Ried 36 17 10 9 68 41 +27 61
5 FC Liefering 36 14 13 9 58 44 +14 55 Ineligible for promotion
6 SC Austria Lustenau 36 12 9 15 48 52 4 45
7 WSG Wattens 36 10 10 16 45 56 11 40
8 Kapfenberger SV 36 9 8 19 40 68 28 35
9 Floridsdorfer AC 36 8 6 22 37 75 38 30
10 FC Blau-Weiß Linz 36 5 11 20 35 69 34 26 Reprieved from relegation[lower-alpha 2]
Source:
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.[3]
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.
Notes:
  1. The team finishing in third place competed against the tenth placed team of the Bundesliga for a place in the 2018-19 Austrian Bundesliga.
  2. No team will be relegated due to the league's expansion from 10 teams to 16 for the 2018–19 season.

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

Top goalscorers

Up to 25 May 2018.[4]

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Seifedin Chabbi SV Ried 22
Hamdi Salihi SC Wiener Neustadt
3 Zlatko Dedić FC Wacker Innsbruck 19
4 Dario Tadić TSV Hartberg 16
5 Ronivaldo SC Austria Lustenau 12
Milan Jurdík WSG Wattens
7 Florian Jamnig FC Wacker Innsbruck 11
Roko Mišlov TSV Hartberg
9 Thomas Fröschl SV Ried 10
Dominik Szoboszlai FC Liefering

Top assists

Up to 25 May 2018.[5]

Rank Player Club Assists
1 Dario Tadić TSV Hartberg 14
2 Christopher Drazan SC Austria Lustenau 11
3 Daniele Gabriele FC Wacker Innsbruck 10
4 İlkay Durmuş SV Ried 9
5 Mario Ebenhofer SC Wiener Neustadt 8
6 Zlatko Dedić FC Wacker Innsbruck 7
Manfred Fischer TSV Hartberg
Zakaria Sanogo TSV Hartberg
9 Thomas Mayer SV Ried 6
Christoph Kröpfl TSV Hartberg
Julian Wießmeier SV Ried
Manuel Kerhe SV Ried

Discipline

Up to 25 May 2018.[6]

Rank Player Club Total
1 Peter Haring SV Ried 15 0 0 15
2 Manuel Haas Kapfenberger SV 10 3 0 13
3 Fabian Miesenböck SC Wiener Neustadt 13 0 0 13
4 Florian Buchacher WSG Wattens 12 0 0 12
5 Lucas Rangel Kapfenberger SV 9 2 0 11
6 Daniel Kerschbaumer FC Blau-Weiß Linz 9 1 0 10
7 Daniel Raischl Floridsdorfer AC 10 0 0 10
8 David Gugganig WSG Wattens 9 0 0 9
Pesca Kapfenberger SV 9 0 0 9
Daniel Geissler Kapfenberger SV 9 0 0 9
Christopher Cvetko FC Blau-Weiß Linz 9 0 0 9

See also

References

  1. "Spielplan für die Sky Go Erste Liga 2017/18". www.bundesliga.at. 21 June 2017. Archived from the original on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  2. "Lizensierungsverfahren 2017/18 – 22 Lizenzanträge eingegangen" (in German). Sky Sports Austria. 16 March 2017.
  3. "1. Liga 2017/2018 - Season rules". Bundesliga.at. Archived from the original on 2017-05-27. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  4. "Tore" (in German). Archived from the original on 20 March 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  5. "Vorlagen" (in German). Archived from the original on 14 March 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  6. "Cards" (in German). Archived from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
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