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Austrian Football First League
The Austrian Football Second League (german: 2. Liga) is the second-highest professional division in Austrian football. It was formerly called the First League (''Erste Liga''), from 2002 to 2018. The division currently contains 16 teams, and the champion of the league is promoted to the Austrian Bundesliga. The three last placed teams are directly relegated from the Second League into the regional leagues. The Austrian Football Second Bundesliga is currently known as ''HPYBET 2. liga'' for sponsorship reasons. Teams and stadia for the 2021–22 season Starting in the 2018–19 season, the former First League changed its name to the Second League and expanded from ten teams to 16 teams. The 16 teams competing in the 2020–21 Second League season are: Teams Sixteen teams will participate in the 2021–22 season. The only added team is St. Pölten, relegated from the 2020–21 Austrian Football Bundesliga. Due to the suspension of the 2020–21 Austrian Regionalliga, no cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Wacker Innsbruck (2002)
FC Wacker Innsbruck is an Austrian association football club from Innsbruck. The club was formed in June 2002 as ''FC Wacker Tirol'', and plays their home games at Tivoli-Neu. The club regard themselves as the spiritual continuation of the team FC Tirol Innsbruck, which went bankrupt in 2002 as well as the original FC Wacker Innsbruck which had been founded in 1913. In honour of this heritage, FC Wacker Tirol was renamed FC Wacker Innsbruck in 2007. However, legally it is a distinct and separate club, and is not entitled to claim the honours won by its predecessors. History The ascent of Wacker Tirol into the Bundesliga took only two years from formation, with promotion to the top division achieved in 2004. This was possible because the club made an alliance with 3rd league club Wattens and thus avoided starting in the bottom league. After finishing first in Regionalliga West (2002–03), Wacker advanced to Red Zac Erste Liga, and only a season later (2003–04) was promote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austrian Football Bundesliga
The Austrian Football Bundesliga (german: Österreichische Fußball-Bundesliga, italic=no , "Austrian Football Federal League"), also known as Admiral Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Austrian football league system. The competition decides the Austrian national football champions, as well the country's entrants for the various European cups run by UEFA. Since Austria stayed in sixteenth place in the UEFA association coefficient rankings at the end of the 2015–16 season, the league gained its first spot for the UEFA Champions League for the 2016-2017 season. The Austrian Bundesliga, which began in the 1974–75 season, has been a separate registered association since 1 December 1991. It has been won the most by the two Viennese giants Austria Wien, who were national champions 24 times, and Rapid Wien, who won the national title 32 times. The current champions are Red Bull Salzburg. Phillip Thonhauser is president of the Austrian Bundesliga. The Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kapfenberger SV
Kapfenberger SV is an Austrian association football club from Kapfenberg. They won the 2007–08 Austrian Football First League and advanced to the Austrian Bundesliga. The club was founded in 1919 as ''Kapfenberger SC''. The club was renamed into Kapfenberger SV in 1947 and currently play in the Austrian Second League, the second level of Austrian football. Current squad '' Out on loan Manager history * ''Unknown'' (1919–1946) * Josef Blum (1946–1947) * ''Unknown'' (1947–1974) * Hermann Stessl (1974–1975) * ''Unknown'' (1975–1980) * Walter Peintinger (1980–1982) * ''Unknown'' (1982–1987) * Robert Pflug (1987) * ''Unknown'' (1987–1990) * Gerd Struppert (1990–1991) * ''Unknown'' (1991–1994) * Ladislav Jurkemik (1994–1996) * ''Unknown'' (1996–2000) * Hans-Peter Schaller (2000–2006) * Drazen Svalina (2006) * Ljubiša Sušić (2006) * Werner Gregoritsch (2006–11) * Manfred Unger (2011) * Thomas v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donauparkstadion
Donauparkstadion is a stadium in Lustenau, a quarter of the city of Linz, Austria. It is currently used for football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ... matches and is the home ground of Blau-Weiß Linz. The stadium holds 2000 people. History The original name was Tabak-Sportplatz, who was built in 1935 as homeground of SV Austria Tabak Linz. It was renamed Donauparkstadion on August 1, 1997 after the fusion of SV Austria Tabak and FC Linz to FC Blau-Weiß Linz. It has 2,000 seats, of which about 400 are seats.. Until FC Blau-Weiß Linz was promoted to the first league in 2011, the Donauparkstadion served as their home ground. Since then it has been used as a training facility for the first team and as a venue for the club's amateur team. Currently FC Blau-Weiß Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linz
Linz ( , ; cs, Linec) is the capital of Upper Austria and third-largest city in Austria. In the north of the country, it is on the Danube south of the Czech border. In 2018, the population was 204,846. In 2009, it was a European Capital of Culture. Geography Linz is in the centre of Europe, lying on the Paris–Budapest west–east axis and the Malmö–Trieste north–south axis. The Danube is the main tourism and transport connection that runs through the city. Approximately 29.27% of the city's wide area is grassland. A further 17.95% are covered with forest. All the rest areas fall on water (6.39%), traffic areas and land. Districts Since January 2014 the city has been divided into 16 statistical districts: Before 2014 Linz was divided into nine districts and 36 statistical quarters. They were: #Ebelsberg #Innenstadt: Altstadtviertel, Rathausviertel, Kaplanhofviertel, Neustadtviertel, Volksgartenviertel, Römerberg-Margarethen #Kleinmünchen: Kleinmünchen, Neue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reichshofstadion
Planet Pure Stadion is a multi-use stadium in Lustenau, Austria, built in 1951. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of SC Austria Lustenau and FC Lustenau 07 FC Lustenau 07 is a football club based in Lustenau, Vorarlberg. They currently compete in the Vorarlbergliga, one of the fourth tiers of Austrian football. Until the 2012–13 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or t .... The stadium holds 8,800 people. History The stadium was built in 1951. 1953 the stadium received its first real grandstand. In 1995 the main grandstand was rebuilt and in 2000 the natural turf pitch was given underfloor heating. Originally the stadium had an athletics facility, but this had to give way to additional stands, so today the facility is de facto used as a pure football stadium. It offers space for a total of 8,800 spectators, of which 2,126 are covered seats, 2,390 are covered standing and 4,284 are uncovered standing. In Feb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lustenau
Lustenau (; gsw, Luschnou) is a town in the westernmost Austrian state of Vorarlberg in the district of Dornbirn. It lies on the river Rhine, which forms the border with Switzerland. Lustenau is Vorarlberg's fourth largest town. Geography Lustenau is located on the eastern bank of the Alpine Rhine, in the lower Vorarlberg Rhine Valley, which serves as the border with the Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. Its altitude is 404 meters above sea level. Because the town is located at the bottom of the Rhine Valley, there are no hills or mountains. Lustenau is bordered to the west by the Rhine and to the northeast by the Dornbirner Ach. The territory stretches about 8.5 km from north to south, and about 4 km from east to west. Four bridges connect Lustenau with Switzerland. The municipality is organised into four parishes, on which locals often refer to: Rotkreuz, Rheindorf, Kirchdorf and Hasenfeld. As the church square in Lustenau is painted in blue, the village center is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SK Vorwärts Steyr
SK Vorwärts Steyr is an Austrian association football club based in Steyr. It was founded in 1919. They play at the Vorwärts Stadium. Currently the club has about 300 members. Is one of the oldest football clubs in Upper Austria. In 1999 the club went bankrupt and reformed in lower leagues later in 2001. In 2011 Vorwärts was promoted to the Regional League (Middle) which is part of the third division of Austrian league football. In 2018 they were promoted to the Austrian Second League. History The club was founded as ''Steyrer Fußballklub Vorwärts'' with the club colours of red and white, the official founding ceremony was held at the Casino Steyr on 14 April 1919. The first match of Vorwärts Steyr was on 15 June 1919 in Linz against Linzer ASK (result 2–2). Already in its first year, the club won the Upper Austrian League; a national league did not exist at that time. In 1949 after dominating the state leagues, they managed to get to the Austrian Cup final which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SV Lafnitz
Sportverein Lafnitz (known as SV Licht-Loidl Lafnitz for sponsorship purposes) is an Austrian association football club from Lafnitz. Currently playing in the 2. Liga after their promotion in 2018, and plays their home games at the ''Sportplatz Lafnitz'' in Lafnitz. History The club, which belongs to the Styria Football Association, was founded in 1964 and played predominantly in the subclasses of Styria. With the takeover of the Obmannstelle by Bernhard Loidl, who previously supported the club with his company Licht Loidl as a sponsor, in 2009, the club achieved great sporting success. He missed the club new structures that had a positive effect on the athletic performance. At two-year intervals, championship titles were celebrated, with which, by 2013, the rise from the sixth performance level to the third performance level, the Regionalliga Mitte, was achieved. In parallel, in the years 2011 and 2012, the old, dilapidated sports field was transformed into a new, smart foot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SKU Amstetten
Sportklub Union Ertl Glas Amstetten is a professional association football club based in the town of Amstetten, Lower Austria, that competes in the Austrian Football Second League, the second tier of the Austrian football league system. Founded in 1997, it is affiliated to the Lower Austrian Football Association. The team plays its home matches at Union-Platz, where it has been based since its foundation. History The club was formed in 1997 from a merger of two local clubs; former second division club ASK Amstetten, founded in 1932, and SC Union Amstetten, founded in 1946. Existing rivalries were pushed aside as a new board was founded by members of both clubs headed by chairman Rodolf Brunner. In the 2007–08 season, the club was promoted to the third highest league, the Austrian Regionalliga before being directly relegated to the 1. Niederösterreichische Landesliga again. In 2011, the club returned to the Regionalliga, where they established themselves until the 2017–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Dornbirn 1913
Fußballclub Dornbirn 1913 is a professional association football club based in the town of Dornbirn, Vorarlberg, Austria, that competes in the Austrian Football Second League, the second tier of the Austrian football league system. Founded in 1913, it is affiliated to the Vorarlberg Football Association. The team plays its home matches at Stadion Birkenwiese, where it has been based since 2019. History FC Dornbirn was founded on 12 March 1913 at a founding meeting in the Dornbirn ''Gasthaus zur Flur''. The club colours were decided to be red, white and black which later changed to white and red. The city coat of arms of Dornbirn was already used as the logo in the founding year. The club would reach the highest tier of Austrian football for the last time in the 1969–70 season, but mostly competed in the second tier of the Austrian football league system. Dornbirn has never won a major national title, but the club has been able to secure the title of Vorarlberg champion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grazer AK
Grazer AK, founded 18 August 1902 as Grazer Athletiksport Klub (in Austria the abbreviation GAK is more common), is an Austrian sports club, from the city of Graz in the federal state of Styria (''Steiermark''). The football section used to be one of the most popular Austrian clubs, mostly successful in the decade 1995–2005. The other sections are basketball, diving and tennis, which however all act as separate legal entities. The "GAK" football section was folded during the 2012–13 Regionalliga Mitte Season in Autumn 2012. It has since been revived and returned to Austrian Second League in 2019. History The beginning The club arose from an informal association of local academics around the medical student Georg August Wagner from Prague, later a professor at the Charles University and the Charité in Berlin. Acquainted with football from his hometown, he organised the first public match in present-day Austria on 18 March 1894 in the Graz municipal park. The ''Grazer Athl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
