The 2008–09
Austrian Football First League
The Second League (), commonly known as Admiral 2. Liga for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest professional division in Austrian football.
The division currently contains 16 teams, and the champion of the league is promoted to the Austr ...
was the 35th season of second-level
football in Austria, since its introduction in 1974.
SC Wiener Neustadt, which bought the league license of
SC Schwanenstadt
SC Schwanenstadt was an Austrian football club from Schwanenstadt, Upper Austria
Upper Austria ( ; ; ) is one of the nine States of Austria, states of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria borders Germany and the Czech Republic, as wel ...
along with most of their players at the end of the
2007–08 season due to the latter's insolvency, won the First League championship and were promoted to the
2009–10 Bundesliga. Three teams were relegated to the
Regional Leagues.
SV Grödig and
1. FC Vöcklabruck sealed their fate based upon competitive criteria, while
DSV Leoben
DSV Leoben is an Football in Austria, Austrian association football club based in Leoben. It was founded in 1928. The club currently play in Austrian Regionalliga Central, Regionalliga Central, one of the third tiers of Austrian Football. They ...
did not apply for a professional license and thus were automatically demoted.
Schedule
Every team played each other three times. The season started on 11 July 2008 and finished on 29 May 2009. Between 29 November 2008 and 6 March 2009, no matches were played due to winter break.
FC Wacker Innsbruck had been relegated from the
2007–08 Austrian Football Bundesliga
The 2007–08 Austrian Football Bundesliga was the 96th season of top-tier football in Austria. The competition is officially called ''T-Mobile Bundesliga'', named after the Austrian branch of German mobile phone company T-Mobile. The season start ...
. The teams promoted from the Regional Leagues had been
SV Grödig (
West
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Etymology
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),
1. FC Vöcklabruck (
Central) and
SKN St. Pölten (
East
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).
Standings
Season statistics
Top scorers
Final standings; Source:''
bundesliga.at
See also
*
2008–09 Austrian Football Bundesliga
*
2008–09 Austrian Cup
External links
soccerway.com
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