The 2018–19

Austrian Football Second 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 ...

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

Austrian Bundesliga The Bundesliga ( , "Federal League"), also known as Admiral Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Austria and the highest level of the Austrian football league system. The competition decides the A ...

and 3 teams being relegated to the

Austrian Regionalliga The Austrian Regionalliga ( or plural , means Regional League) is the third-highest division in Austrian football, after the Austrian Bundesliga and the Second League. It is divided into 3 groups: East (), covering the states of Vienna, Lower A ...

at the end of the season.

Teams

Sixteen teams will participate in the 2018–19 season.

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 ...

SKU Amstetten Sportklub Union Amstetten, commonly known as SKU Ertl Glas Amstetten for sponsorship reasons is a professional association football club based in the town of Amstetten, Lower Austria, that competes in the Austrian Regionalliga, the third tier ...

, FK Austria Wien II,

SV Lafnitz Sportverein Lafnitz (commonly known as SV Licht-Loidl Lafnitz for sponsorship purposes) is an Football in Austria, Austrian association football club from Lafnitz. They currently play in the Austrian Regionalliga Central after their relegation fro ...

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 500 members. Is one of the oldest football clubs in Upper Austria. In 1999 the ...

, FC Juniors OÖ, 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. FC Wacker Innsbruck II, FK Austria Wien II, FC Liefering and FC Juniors Oberösterreich are not eligible for promotion.

Personnel and kits

League table

Results

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Discipline

References

External links

Official website
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