The 2018–19

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is the 45th season of the

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n second-level

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league and the first one as the Second League. The league has been expanded to 16 teams for this season with one team being promoted to the

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and 3 teams being relegated to the

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at the end of the season.

Teams

Sixteen teams will participate in the 2018–19 season.

SV Horn SV Horn is an Austrian association football club playing in the city of Horn. The club plays in the Austrian Second League. The team was champion of the Landesliga Niederösterreich in 1991, 1998 and 2007. In 2008, SV Horn won the Austrian C ...

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. Founde ...

, FK Austria Wien II,

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 ...

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 c ...

FC Juniors OÖ FC Juniors OÖ is an Football in Austria, Austrian association football club, from Pasching, Upper Austria. It was newly founded after the move of ASKÖ Pasching, who last appeared as FC Superfund, to Carinthia and the associated renaming in SK A ...

, SK Austria Klagenfurt and FC Wacker Innsbruck II were promoted either through promotion or application to the new league structure. No team was relegated the previous season due to a decision made in the expansion of the league.

Personnel and kits

League table

Results

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Top assists

Discipline

References

External links

Official website
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