2009–10 Austrian Football First League

The 2009–10 Austrian Football First League (German: Erste Liga, also known as ADEG Erste Liga due to sponsorship) was the 36th season of the Austrian second-level football league. It began on 14 July 2009 and ended on 28 May 2010.

Austrian Football First League
Season2009–10
PromotedFC Wacker Innsbruck
RelegatedRed Bull Salzburg Reserves
Austria Vienna Reserves
FC Dornbirn 1913
Matches played198
Goals scored578 (2.92 per match)

The season is the last one played with twelve teams, as league size will be reduced to ten for 2010–11. The reserve teams of Austrian Bundesliga clubs Red Bull Salzburg and Austria Vienna will be demoted to the Regionalliga after the season regardless of their final position. The last-placed of the remaining ten teams will also be relegated, while the team ranked ninth will compete with the Regionalliga champions for another spot in the 2010–11 season.

Team movements

Movement between Bundesliga and Erste Liga

SC Wiener Neustadt as 2008–09 champions were promoted to the Bundesliga. They were replaced by SC Rheindorf Altach, who finished the 2008–09 Bundesliga season in last place.

Movement between Erste Liga and Regionalliga

SV Grödig, DSV Leoben and 1. FC Vöcklabruck finished the 2008–09 season in the bottom three places and were relegated to their appropriate Regionalliga division. The three relegated teams were replaced by Regionalliga division champions First Vienna (East), TSV Hartberg (Central) and FC Dornbirn 1913 (West).

Team overview
Club Name Stadium Capacity
Austria Lustenau Reichshofstadion 12,500
Austria Vienna Reserves Franz Horr Stadium 11,800
FC Dornbirn 1913 Stadion Birkenwiese 12,000
FC Gratkorn Sportstadion Gratkorn 3,000
FC Lustenau Reichshofstadion 12,500
Red Bull Salzburg Reserves Red Bull Arena 31,000
FC Trenkwalder Admira Bundesstadion Südstadt 12,000
FC Wacker Innsbruck Tivoli Neu 30,000
First Vienna FC Hohe Warte Stadium 5,000
SC Rheindorf Altach Stadion Schnabelholz 8,900
SKN St. Pölten Voith-Platz 10,000
TSV Hartberg Stadion Hartberg 6,000

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 FC Wacker Innsbruck (C, P) 33 21 6 6 67 26 +41 69 Promotion to 2010–11 Austrian Bundesliga
2 FC Trenkwalder Admira 33 20 7 6 68 22 +46 67
3 SC Rheindorf Altach 33 20 6 7 60 27 +33 66
4 SKN St. Pölten 33 14 9 10 44 42 +2 51
5 Austria Lustenau 33 15 5 13 43 46 −3 50
6 Red Bull Salzburg Reserves (R) 33 13 5 15 58 49 +9 44 Relegation to 2010–11 Austrian Regionalliga[lower-alpha 1]
7 FC Gratkorn 33 11 10 12 57 51 +6 43
8 FC Lustenau 33 12 5 16 42 52 −10 41
9 TSV Hartberg 33 11 5 17 36 68 −32 38
10 Austria Vienna Reserves (R) 33 9 8 16 42 57 −15 35 Relegation to 2010–11 Austrian Regionalliga[lower-alpha 1]
11 First Vienna FC 33 8 6 19 37 57 −20 30 Qualification to Relegation playoffs[lower-alpha 2]
12 FC Dornbirn 1913 (R) 33 6 4 23 24 81 −57 22 Relegation to 2010–11 Austrian Regionalliga
Source: bundesliga.at
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Red Bull Salzburg Reserves and Austria Vienna Reserves will be relegated to the Regionalliga at the end of the season regardless of their final position.
  2. Since Austria Kärnten did not obtain First League license and were therefore relegated from Bundesliga to Regionalliga, promotion/relegation play-offs between First Vienna and SV Grödig were cancelled with both teams obtaining a spot in the 2010–11 Austrian Football First League.

Season statistics

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Austria Tomas Miranda Rheindorf Altach 11
Turkey Osman Bozkurt First Vienna
Austria Marcel Schreter Wacker Innsbruck
4 Serbia Djordje Rakic Red Bull Salzburg Reserves 10
5 Austria Andreas Dammer Rheindorf Altach 8
Brazil Fabiano Wacker Innsbruck
7 Austria Julius Perstaller Wacker Innsbruck 7
Austria Patrick Bürger Hartberg
9 Austria Joahachim Parapatis Gratkorn 6
Austria Patrick Salomon Austria Lustenau
Austria Thomas Stadler Dornbirn

Source: Weltfussball.de Updated: 26 February 2010

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