2012–13 Austrian Football First League

Austrian Football First League
Season	2012–13
Promoted	Grödig
Relegated	Blau-Weiß Linz
Matches played	180
Goals scored	524 (2.91 per match)
Top goalscorer	Johannes Aigner; (18 goals)
Biggest home win	Austria Lustenau 5–0 Kapfenberger SV; (20 July 2012); Horn 5–0 Austria Lustenau; (8 March 2013); Hartberg 6–1 Lustenau; (30 April 2013)
Biggest away win	St. Pölten 1–7 Kapfenberger SV; (1 March 2013)
Highest scoring	St. Pölten 1–7 Kapfenberger SV; (1 March 2013)
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The 2012–13 Austrian Football First League was the 39th season of the Austrian second-level football league. It began on 19 July 2012 and ended on 24 May 2013.

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Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Austria Lustenau	Helgi Kolviðsson	Harald Dürr	Umbro	ZIMA
Blau-Weiß Linz	Edmund Stöhr	Konstantin Wawra	Lotto	Lenze
First Vienna	Alfred Tatar	Ernst Dospel	Nike	PayLife
Grödig	Adi Hütter	Ione Cabrera	Nike	Scholz
Hartberg	Paul Gludovatz	Jürgen Rindler	Jako	Lopoca
Horn	Michael Streiter	Aleksandar Djordjević	Umbro	Shopping Horn
Kapfenberger SV	Klaus Schmidt	David Sencar	Erima	Murauer
Lustenau	Daniel Madlener	Mario Bolter	Nike	Prometheus
Rheindorf Altach	Damir Canadi	Martin Kobras	Jako	Cashpoint
St. Pölten	Martin Scherb	Michael Popp	Jako	Hypo Noe Gruppe

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by
Grödig	Heimo Pfeifenberger	Contract expired	31 May 2012	Pre-season	Adi Hütter
Hartberg	Walter Hörmann	Contract expired	11 June 2012		Andreas Moriggl
Rheindorf Altach	Edmund Stöhr	Contract expired	30 June 2012		Rainer Scharinger
Blau-Weiß Linz	Thomas Weissenböck	Sacked	22 September 2012	9th	Edmund Stöhr
Hartberg	Andreas Moriggl	Sacked	15 October 2012	7th	Paul Gludovatz
Kapfenberger SV	Thomas von Heesen	Appointed as Sport director	10 November 2012	9th	Klaus Schmidt
Rheindorf Altach	Rainer Scharinger	Sacked	7 January 2013	4th	Damir Canadi
Lustenau	Damir Canadi	Signed by Rheindorf Altach	8 January 2013	5th	Daniel Madlener

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Grödig (P)	36	23	6	7	71	30	+41	75	Promotion to 2013–14 Austrian Bundesliga
2	Rheindorf Altach	36	19	8	9	57	39	+18	65
3	Austria Lustenau	36	18	7	11	60	39	+21	61
4	St. Pölten	36	14	12	10	65	60	+5	54
5	Kapfenberger SV	36	14	11	11	56	50	+6	53
6	Horn	36	13	7	16	50	55	−5	46
7	First Vienna	36	13	7	16	48	64	−16	46
8	Lustenau (R)	36	10	8	18	44	66	−22	38	Relegation to 2013–14 Austrian Regionalliga
9	Hartberg	36	8	9	19	35	54	−19	33
10	Blau-Weiß Linz (R)	36	5	11	20	38	67	−29	26	Qualification to Relegation playoffs

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[1]
1	Johannes Aigner	Rheindorf Altach	18
2	David Witteveen	Grödig	17
3	Thiago	Austria Lustenau	13
4	Daniel Lucas	St. Pölten	12
5	Miroslav Milošević	Horn	11
5	Philipp Zulechner	Horn	11
7	Furkan Aydoğdu	Lustenau	10
	Sandro Gotal	Horn
	Thomas Salamon	Grödig
10	Patrick Salomon	Austria Lustenau	9
10	Philipp Wendler	Kapfenberger SV	9

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