2015–16 Austrian Football First League

The 2015–16 Austrian Football First League (German: Erste Liga, also known as Sky Go Erste Liga due to sponsorship) was the 42nd season of the Austrian second-level football league. It began on 24 July 2015 and ended on 25 May 2016.

Austrian Football First League

Season	2015–16
Champions	SKN St. Pölten
Promoted	SKN St. Pölten
Relegated	SK Austria Klagenfurt SV Austria Salzburg
Matches played	180
Goals scored	528 (2.93 per match)
Top goalscorer	Thomas Pichlmann (20)
Biggest home win	SKN St. Pölten 6-2 SV Austria Salzburg (27 November 2015) FC Liefering 5-1 SV Kapfenberg (2 October 2015) SK Austria Klagenfurt 5-1 SV Kapfenberg (28 August 2015) FC Liefering 4-0 SV Austria Salzburg (11 March 2016) LASK Linz 4-0 Floridsdorfer AC (27 November 2015) FC Liefering 4-0 LASK Linz (20 November 2015) SK Austria Klagenfurt 4-0 FC Liefering (24 July 2015)
Biggest away win	SK Austria Klagenfurt 0-5 LASK Linz (29 April 2016)
Highest scoring	SKN St. Pölten 6-2 SV Austria Salzburg (27 November 2015)
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

Teams

Ten teams participate in the 2015-16 season. Austria Salzburg was directly promoted after winning the 2014–15 Regionalliga West.^[1] Austria Klagenfurt promoted from the Regionalliga Mitte after winning the promotion play-offs.^[2] Wiener Neustadt relegated from the 2014–15 Bundesliga.^[3]

A. Klagenfurt

A. Salzburg
Liefering

A. Lustenau

Floridsdorfer

Kapfenberg

LASK

St. Pölten

W. Innsbruck

W. Neustadt

Location of teams in the 2015–16 Austrian Football First League

Club Name	City	Stadium	Capacity
Austria Klagenfurt	Klagenfurt	Wörthersee Stadion	32,000
Austria Lustenau	Lustenau	Reichshofstadion	8,800
Austria Salzburg	Salzburg	My Phone Austria Stadion	1,600
Floridsdorfer AC	Vienna	FAC-Platz	3,000
Kapfenberger SV	Kapfenberg	Franz-Fekete-Stadion	12,000
LASK	Linz	Linzer Stadion	14,100
Liefering	Salzburg	Red Bull Arena	31,895
St. Pölten	Sankt Pölten	NV Arena	8,000
Wacker Innsbruck	Innsbruck	Tivoli-Neu	30,000
Wiener Neustadt	Wiener Neustadt	Stadion Wiener Neustadt	10,000

Personnel and kits

Club	Manager	Captain	Kit Manufacturer	Sponsors
A. Klagenfurt	Manfred Bender		Erreà	Hanseatisches Fußball Kontor
A. Lustenau	Lassaad Chabbi		Nike
A. Salzburg	Jørn Andersen		Puma	Intertops
Floridsdorfer	Thomas Flögel		Puma	Wien Energie
Kapfenberger	Kurt Russ		Erima	Murauer Bier
Linz	Oliver Glasner		Jako	PlusCity
Liefering	Thomas Letsch		Nike	Red Bull
St. Polten	Karl Daxbacher		Jako	Hypo Noe
Wacker Innsbruck	Klaus Schmidt		Jako	Tiroler Wasserkraft
Wiener Neustadt	Günter Kreissl		Puma	Baumit

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	SKN St. Pölten (C, P)	36	26	2	8	68	34	+34	80	Promotion to 2016–17 Austrian Bundesliga
2	LASK Linz	36	22	6	8	65	35	+30	72
3	FC Wacker Innsbruck	36	17	8	11	61	47	+14	59
4	FC Liefering[a]	36	17	6	13	65	49	+16	57
5	SC Austria Lustenau	36	16	9	11	56	40	+16	57
6	Kapfenberger SV	36	14	8	14	63	62	+1	50
7	SC Wiener Neustadt	36	12	9	15	39	49	−10	45
8	SK Austria Klagenfurt[b] (R)	36	8	10	18	43	62	−19	34	Relegation to 2016–17 Austrian Regionalliga
9	SV Austria Salzburg[c] (R)	36	7	11	18	45	73	−28	26
10	Floridsdorfer AC[d]	36	4	5	27	23	77	−54	17

Source: Austrian Football First League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Less matches awarded against; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Matches won; 6) Away matches won; 7) Head-to-head points; 8) Head-to-head goal difference; 9) Head-to-head goals scored.^[7]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion.
2. SK Austria Klagenfurt were denied a First Liga license at the last minute and promptly demoted.^[4]
3. SV Austria Salzburg were deducted six points for license violation and later declared insolvency.^[5]
4. Reprieved from relegation.^[6]

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 Home \ Away AKL ALU SVA FLO KAP LIN LIE STP WKR WN Austria Klagenfurt 1–1 1–1 1–0 5–1 2–2 4–0 1–2 1–2 1–0 Austria Lustenau 3–0 0–2 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–2 0–1 2–1 2–0 Austria Salzburg 1–1 1–3 2–1 0–2 0–2 2–2 1–5 3–4 3–0 Floridsdorfer AC 1–3 1–3 2–2 0–3 0–2 1–5 0–1 1–5 1–2 Kapfenberger SV 1–1 1–0 2–3 0–1 1–5 5–2 1–3 1–4 0–1 LASK Linz 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 4–2 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 Liefering 4–1 2–1 5–3 4–1 5–1 4–0 2–1 0–1 0–1 St. Pölten 1–1 0–1 2–2 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–3 2–0 Wacker Innsbruck 4–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 4–1 1–3 3–3 Wiener Neustadt 1–1 1–3 2–0 1–0 0–2 0–0 1–0 2–3 1–2 Updated to match(es) played on 27 November 2015. Source: Austrian Football First League (in German) Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season Home \ Away AKL ALU SVA FLO KAP LIN LIE STP WKR WN Austria Klagenfurt 0–2 0–2 1–2 1–4 0–5 0–0 0–2 5–2 0–2 Austria Lustenau 2–0 4–1 1–1 2–2 0–2 1–1 4–2 3–0 1–1 Austria Salzburg 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–4 1–3 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–2 Floridsdorfer AC 0–2 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–2 0–3 0–3 0–1 0–1 Kapfenberger SV 2–2 2–4 1–1 4–1 1–2 2–1 0–1 2–2 4–2 LASK Linz 2–1 0–2 2–1 4–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 Liefering 3–1 2–2 4–0 3–1 1–0 1–4 1–2 0–1 1–1 St. Pölten 1–0 3–0 6–2 3–0 2–1 3–2 1–2 1–0 3–2 Wacker Innsbruck 3–1 1–0 2–2 3–0 2–2 1–1 1–2 0–2 1–2 Wiener Neustadt 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–3 2–1 1–0 0–3 0–2 Updated to match(es) played on 25 May 2016. Source: Austrian Football First League (in German) Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 25 May 2016.^[8]

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Thomas Pichlmann	FC Wacker Innsbruck	20
2	Daniel Lucas Segovia	SKN St. Pölten	19
3	Julian Wießmeier	SC Austria Lustenau	15
4	Patrik Eler	SK Austria Klagenfurt	14
	René Gartler	LASK Linz
6	Seifedin Chabbi	SC Austria Lustenau	13
7	Fabiano de Lima Campos Maria	LASK Linz	11
	Manuel Hartl	SKN St. Pölten
9	Jorge Elias dos Santos	Kapfenberger SV	10
	Marco Perchtold
11	Rajko Rep	SK Austria Klagenfurt	9
	João Victor Santos Sá	Kapfenberger SV

Top assists

As of 25 May 2016.^[9]

Rank	Scorer	Club	Assists
1	Ernst Öbster	SV Austria Salzburg	11
2	Michael Ambichl	SKN St. Pölten	10
3	Dominik Frieser	Kapfenberger SV	9
	Manuel Kerhe	LASK Linz
4	Florian Flecker	Kapfenberger SV	8
	Manuel Hartl	SKN St. Pölten
	Dimitry Imbongo	LASK Linz
8	Florian Jamnick	FC Wacker Innsbruck	7
	Sandro Zakany	SK Austria Klagenfurt
10	Rene Gartler	LASK Linz	6

See also

• 2015–16 Austrian Football Bundesliga
• 2015–16 Austrian Cup