The 2019–20

Austrian Football Second 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 t ...

is the 46th season of the

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

n second-level

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league and the second one as the Second League. The league contains 16 teams with one team being promoted to the

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and 3 teams being relegated to the

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Teams

Sixteen teams will participate in the 2019–20 season. Promoted teams are

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 on ...

from

Austrian Regionalliga Central The Austrian Regional League Central (german: Regionalliga Mitte) is a third-tier division of Austrian football, established in the 1994–95 season. It covers the Austrian states of Carinthia (with East Tyrol), Styria and Upper Austria and is ...

and

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 ...

from

Austrian Regionalliga West The Austrian Regional League West (german: Regionalliga West) was a third-tier division of Austrian football introduced in the 1980–81 season as successor of the ''Alpenliga''. It covered the Austrian states of Salzburg, Tyrol (excepting East ...

. No team gained promotion from

Austrian Regionalliga East The Austrian Regional League East (german: Regionalliga Ost) is a third-tier division of Austrian football re-introduced in the 1984–85 season. It covers the Austrian states of Burgenland, Lower Austria and Vienna and is one of three leagues ...

due to the only team to apply for a licence (

SK Rapid Wien II Sportklub Rapid Wien (), commonly known as Rapid Vienna, is an Austrian football club playing in the country's capital city of Vienna. Rapid has won the most Austrian championship titles (32), including the first title in the season 1911–12, ...

) not attaining the required second place. The team relegated from the 2018–19 Austrian Football Bundesliga were

Wacker Innsbruck FC Wacker Innsbruck was an Austrian association football club from Innsbruck, Tyrol. History The ''Fußball-Club Wacker'' ("Valiant") ''Innsbruck'' was established in 1915 by Jakob Hanspeter, Benedikt Hosp, Josef Leitner, Josef Albrecht and ...

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

League table

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

References

External links

Official website

2. Liga (Austria) seasons 2019–20 in Austrian football Aus {{DEFAULTSORT:2019-20 Austrian Football First League