The 2016–17
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 t ...
(German: ''Erste Liga'', also known as ''Sky Go Erste Liga'' due to sponsorship) was the 43rd 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
football league. It began on 22 July 2016 and ended on 26 May 2017. The fixtures were announced on 17 June 2016.
Teams
Ten teams participate in the 2016-17 season.
WSG Wattens,
FC Blau-Weiß Linz and
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 ...
were directly promoted after winning the
2015–16 Austrian Regional Leagues.
SV Grödig were relegated from the
2015–16 Bundesliga
The 2015–16 Bundesliga was the 53rd season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football competition. The season started on 14 August 2015 and ended on 14 May 2016. Bayern Munich were the defending champions, after winning their 24th Bundesli ...
; however, they withdrew to the
Austrian Regional League.
Personnel and kits
League table
Results
Teams played each other four times in the league. In the first half of the season each team played every other team twice (home and away), and then did the same in the second half of the season.
First half of season
Second half of season
Season statistics
Top goalscorers
.
Top assists
.
Attendances
See also
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2016–17 Austrian Football Bundesliga
The 2016–17 Austrian Football Bundesliga was the 105th season of top-tier football in Austria. Red Bull Salzburg are the defending champions. The fixtures were announced on 14 June 2016. The season began on 23 July 2016 and ended on 28 May 201 ...
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2016–17 Austrian Cup
The 2016–17 Austrian Cup (german: ÖFB-Samsung-Cup) was the 83rd season of Austria's nationwide football cup competition. It began with a First Round match between FC Karabakh Wien and Rapid Wien on 8 July 2016 and ended on 1 June 2017 with the ...
References
External links
Austrian Football First Leagueat Bundesliga.at
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2. Liga (Austria) seasons
2016–17 in Austrian football
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