The 2017–18
Austrian Football First League
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The division currently contains 16 teams, and the champion of the league is promoted to the Austr ...
(German: ''Erste Liga'', also known as ''Sky Go Erste Liga'' due to sponsorship) was the 44th season of the
Austria
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n second-level
football
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league and the last one as the First League. It began on 21 July 2017 and ended on 25 May 2018. The fixtures were announced on 21 June 2017.
Teams
Ten teams participated in the 2017–18 season.
TSV Hartberg
TSV Hartberg, currently known as TSV Egger Glas Hartberg for sponsorship reasons, is an association football club based in Hartberg, Styria, Austria. Founded in 1946, the club competes in the Austrian Football Bundesliga, the top tier of the Aust ...
was promoted after winning the
2016–17 Regionalliga Mitte without having to compete in promotion play-offs as no team from the Regionalliga West or Ost applied for promotion. They replaced
SV Horn
Sportverein Horn is a football club based in the city of Horn, Austria, which competes in the Austrian Regionalliga East, one of the third tiers of Austrian football, following relegation from the 2. Liga in the 2024–25.
Founded in 192 ...
who finished last in the
2016–17 First League.
SV Ried
SV Ried, commonly known as SV Guntamatic Ried for sponsorship reasons, is an Austrian association football club based in Ried im Innkreis, Upper Austria. The team plays its home matches at Josko Arena, a stadium with a capacity of 7,680. The t ...
were relegated from the
2016–17 Bundesliga
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, replacing
2016–17 First League champions
LASK Linz
Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub, commonly known as LASK (), or Linzer ASK, is an Austrian professional football club based in Upper-Austrian state capital Linz. It is the oldest football club in that region, and plays in the Austrian Football Bundes ...
.
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
''Up to 25 May 2018''.
Top assists
''Up to 25 May 2018''.
Discipline
''Up to 25 May 2018''.
See also
*
2017–18 Austrian Football Bundesliga
The 2017–18 Austrian Football Bundesliga was the 106th season of top-tier football in Austria. Red Bull Salzburg successfully defended their last years title.
Teams
LASK, the 2016–17 First League champion, returned to the top level six y ...
*
2017–18 Austrian Cup
References
External links
Austrian Football First Leagueat Bundesliga.at
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2. Liga (Austria) seasons
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