2019–20 Austrian Football Second League

Austrian Football Second League
Season2019–20

The 2019–20 Austrian Football Second League is the 46th season of the Austrian second-level football league and the second one as the Second League. The league contains 16 teams with one team being promoted to the Austrian Football Bundesliga and 3 teams being relegated to the Austrian Regionalliga.

Teams

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Sixteen teams will participate in the 2019–20 season. Promoted teams are Grazer AK from Austrian Regionalliga Central and FC Dornbirn 1913 from Austrian Regionalliga West. No team gained promotion from Austrian Regionalliga East due to the only team to apply for a licence (SK Rapid Wien II) not attaining the required second place.[1][2]

The team relegated from the 2018–19 Austrian Football Bundesliga were Wacker Innsbruck.

Club Name City Stadium Capacity
Austria Lustenau Lustenau Reichshofstadion 8,800
FC Blau-Weiß Linz Linz Donauparkstadion 2,000
Floridsdorfer AC Vienna FAC-Platz 3,000
FK Austria Wien II Vienna Austria-Akademie 830
Kapfenberger SV Kapfenberg Franz-Fekete-Stadion 12,000
Liefering Salzburg Red Bull Arena 31,895
SV Ried Ried im Innkreis Keine Sorgen Arena 7,680
FC Wacker Innsbruck (2002) Innsbruck Tivoli-Neu 16,000
Grazer AK Graz Merkur-Arena 15,323
FC Dornbirn 1913 Dornbirn Stadion Birkenwiese 12,000
FC Juniors OÖ Pasching Waldstadion 7,870
SV Horn Horn Waldviertler Volksbank Arena 7,870
SKU Amstetten Amstetten Ertl Glas Stadion 2,000
SV Lafnitz Lafnitz Sportplatz Lafnitz 3,000
SK Vorwärts Steyr Steyr Vorwärts-Stadion 6,000
SK Austria Klagenfurt Klagenfurt Wörthersee Stadion 32,000

Personnel and kits

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Club Manager Captain Kit Manufacturer Sponsors
Austria Lustenau Austria Gernot Plassnegger Ronivaldo Uhlsport Planet Pure
FC Blau-Weiß Linz Austria Thomas Sageder Bernhard Janeczek Uhlsport Linz AG
Floridsdorfer Austria Mario Handl Marco Sahanek Puma Wiener Stadtische/Wien Energie
FK Austria Wien II Austria Andreas Ogris Stefan Jonovic Nike Gazprom Export
Kapfenberger SV Austria Kurt Russ David Sencar Erima Murauer
Liefering Denmark Bo Svensson Daniel Antosch Nike Red Bull
SV Ried Austria Thomas Weissenböck Thomas Reifeltshammer Hummel Guntamatic
Wacker Innsbruck Austria Thomas Grumser Lukas Hupfauf Macron
Grazer AK Austria David Preiß Marco Perchtold Erima Hpybet
FC Dornbirn Austria Markus Mader Aaron Kircher Erima Mohren
FC Juniors OÖ Austria Ronald Brunmayr Nemanja Celic
SV Horn Germany Carsten Jancker Marcel Toth Macron Leyrer + Graf
SKU Amstetten Austria Robert Weinstabl Matthias Wurm Puma Ertl Glas
SV Lafnitz Austria Ferdinand Feldhofer Andreas Zingl adidas Autohaus Frieszl
SK Vorwärts Steyr Austria Wilhelm Wahlmüller Reinhard Großalber Erima Falcoon
SK Austria Klagenfurt Austria Robert Micheu Sandro Zakany Erreà

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of appointment
SV Horn Austria Kurt Jusits 17 June 2019 Austria Markus Karner 18 June 2019
FC Liefering Poland Janusz Góra 30 June 2019 Germany Michael Feichtenbeiner (caretaker manager) 1 July 2019
FC Juniors OÖ Austria Andreas Wieland 30 June 2019 Austria Gerald Scheiblehner 1 July 2019
Grazer AK Austria Enrico Kulovits 30 June 2019 Austria David Preiß 1 July 2019
FK Austria Wien II Austria Christoph Glatzer 30 June 2019 Austria Harald Suchard 1 July 2019
FC Liefering Germany Michael Feichtenbeiner (caretaker manager) 12 July 2019 Denmark Bo Svensson 12 July 2019
SC Austria Lustenau Austria Gernot Plassnegger 4 September 2019 Austria Tamás Tiefenbach (caretaker manager) 4 September 2019
SC Austria Lustenau Austria Tamás Tiefenbach (caretaker manager) 15 September 2019 Austria Roman Mählich 16 September 2019
SV Horn Austria Markus Karner 11 November 2019 Austria Hans Kleer 11 November 2019
FC Blau-Weiß Linz Austria Goran Djuricin 6 December 2019 Austria Ronald Brunmayr 14 January 2020
SV Lafnitz Austria Ferdinand Feldhofer 23 December 2019 Austria Philipp Semlic 3 January 2020
Grazer AK Austria David Preiß 25 February 2020 Austria Alois Hödl 25 February 2020

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 SV Ried (C) 30 20 4 6 73 39 +34 64 Promotion to 2020–21 Austrian Bundesliga
2 Austria Klagenfurt 30 19 7 4 65 36 +29 64
3 FC Liefering 30 15 8 7 73 47 +26 53
4 Austria Wien II 30 14 6 10 62 44 +18 48
5 SKU Amstetten 30 12 9 9 51 47 +4 45
6 Wacker Innsbruck 30 13 5 12 44 49 −5 44
7 Vorwärts Steyr 30 11 8 11 42 36 +6 41
8 SV Lafnitz 30 9 12 9 42 42 0 39
9 Blau-Weiß Linz 30 10 7 13 51 57 −6 37
10 FC Juniors OÖ 29 10 7 12 48 61 −13 37
11 Austria Lustenau 30 10 5 15 57 58 −1 35
12 FC Dornbirn 1913 30 8 10 12 40 59 −19 34
13 SV Horn 30 8 8 14 58 67 −9 32
14 Floridsdorfer AC 30 7 11 12 32 51 −19 32 Reprieved from Relegation to 2020–21 Austrian Regionalliga
15 Grazer AK 30 7 10 13 40 50 −10 31
16 Kapfenberger SV 29 6 3 20 32 67 −35 21
Source: 2.Liga Table
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored ; 4) Matches won; 5) Away matches won; 6) Head-to-head points; 7) Head-to-head goal difference; 8) Head-to-head goals scored.
(C) Champions

Season statistics

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Top goalscorers

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As of 26 February 2020[3]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Brazil Ronivaldo Austria Lustenau 15
2 Austria Ercan Kara SV Horn 13
3 Austria Fabian Schubert Blau-Weiß Linz 9
4 Germany Karim Adeyemi FC Liefering 8
Spain Jefté Betancor SV Ried
Austria Chukwubuike Adamu FC Liefering

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Season 2018/19". Austria Soccer. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Fix! Kein sportlicher Absteiger aus der 2. Liga". Laola1.at. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  3. ^ "2.Liga Top Scorers". Retrieved 20 February 2020.
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