2016–17 Austrian Football First League

The 2016–17 Austrian Football First League (German: Erste Liga, also known as Sky Go Erste Liga due to sponsorship) was the 43rd season of the Austrian second-level football league. It began on 22 July 2016 and ended on 26 May 2017. The fixtures were announced on 17 June 2016.^[1]

Austrian Football First League

Season	2016–17
Champions	LASK
Promoted	LASK
Relegated	SV Horn
Matches played	180
Goals scored	516 (2.87 per match)
Top goalscorer	Patrik Eler (24 goals)
Biggest home win	WSG Wattens 5–0 FC Liefering (31 March 2017)
Biggest away win	0–3 (9 matches)
Highest scoring	FC Liefering 3–5 SC Austria Lustenau (1 November 2016)
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

Teams

Ten teams participate in the 2016-17 season. WSG Wattens, FC Blau-Weiß Linz and SV Horn were directly promoted after winning the 2015–16 Austrian Regional Leagues.^[2] SV Grödig were relegated from the 2015–16 Bundesliga; however, they withdrew to the Austrian Regional League.^[3]

Liefering

A. Lustenau

Floridsdorfer

Kapfenberg

LASK
FC Blau-Weiß Linz

SV Horn

W. Innsbruck

W. Neustadt

WSG Wattens

Location of teams in the 2016–17 Austrian Football First League

Club Name	City	Stadium	Capacity
Austria Lustenau	Lustenau	Reichshofstadion	8,800
FC Blau-Weiß Linz	Linz	Donauparkstadion	2,000
Floridsdorfer AC	Vienna	FAC-Platz	3,000
SV Horn	Horn	Waldviertler Volksbank Arena	3,500
Kapfenberger SV	Kapfenberg	Franz-Fekete-Stadion	12,000
LASK	Linz	Waldstadion Pasching	7,870
Liefering	Salzburg	Untersberg-Arena	4,128
Wacker Innsbruck	Innsbruck	Tivoli-Neu	30,000
Wiener Neustadt	Wiener Neustadt	Stadion Wiener Neustadt	10,000
WSG Wattens	Wattens	Alpenstadion	5,500

Personnel and kits

Club	Manager	Captain	Kit Manufacturer	Sponsors
Austria Lustenau	Daniel Ernemann	Christoph Stückler	Nike	Mohren
FC Blau-Weiß Linz	Klaus Schmidt	Florian Maier	Uhlsport	Linz AG
Floridsdorfer	Franz Maresch	Sascha Viertl	Puma	Wiener Städtische
SV Horn	Hamayoshi Masanori	Aleksandar Đorđević	Mizuno	United Nations (17 Global Goals)
Kapfenberger	Abdulah Ibraković	Christoph Nicht	Erima	Murauer Bier
Linz	Oliver Glasner	Pavao Pervan	Jako	Zipfer
Liefering	Thomas Letsch	Luan	Nike	Red Bull
Wacker Innsbruck	Karl Daxbacher	Alexander Hauser	Jako	Tiroler Wasserkraft
WSG Wattens	Thomas Silberberger	Ferdinand Oswald	Puma	PAPSTAR
Wiener Neustadt	René Wagner	Remo Mally	Puma	Baumit

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	LASK (C, P)	36	23	8	5	77	42	+35	77	Promotion to 2017–18 Austrian Bundesliga
2	FC Liefering	36	17	9	10	58	49	+9	60	Ineligible for promotion
3	SC Austria Lustenau	36	15	12	9	58	49	+9	57
4	FC Wacker Innsbruck	36	15	9	12	58	53	+5	54
5	WSG Wattens	36	13	12	11	56	54	+2	51
6	Kapfenberger SV[a]	36	12	9	15	47	57	−10	41
7	FC Blau-Weiß Linz	36	8	15	13	41	45	−4	39
8	SC Wiener Neustadt	36	11	6	19	40	62	−22	39
9	Floridsdorfer AC	36	10	8	18	39	48	−9	38
10	SV Horn (R)	36	9	6	21	42	57	−15	33	Relegation to 2017–18 Austrian Regionalliga

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.^[6]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Kapfenberger SV were initially deducted six points for license violations.^[4] The penalty was reduced to four points on appeal.^[5]

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 ALU BWL FLO SVH KAP LIN LIE WKR WN WAT Austria Lustenau 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–3 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 4–0 FC Blau-Weiß Linz 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 0–3 Floridsdorfer AC 1–3 2–1 2–1 0–1 2–3 1–5 3–1 1–1 1–1 SV Horn 1–3 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–4 2–3 2–1 0–1 2–0 Kapfenberger SV 0–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 3–1 3–0 LASK Linz 3–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 3–3 1–0 2–2 4–0 Liefering 3–5 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 4–2 1–2 3–1 0–0 Wacker Innsbruck 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–2 1–2 Wiener Neustadt 1–4 3–2 0–3 2–1 2–0 1–2 1–4 2–2 2–1 WSG Wattens 2–4 0–0 0–0 2–2 3–3 3–2 1–1 2–1 0–1 Updated to match(es) played on 18 November 2016. Source: Austrian Football First League (in German) Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season Home \ Away ALU BWL FLO SVH KAP LIN LIE WKR WN WAT Austria Lustenau 1–4 0–0 2–3 0–0 2–4 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–2 FC Blau-Weiß Linz 0–0 0–0 1–4 1–2 1–1 0–3 3–1 3–0 0–0 Floridsdorfer AC 1–0 1–2 0–2 3–1 1–3 0–3 1–2 3–0 0–2 SV Horn 1–2 0–2 0–2 2–1 1–2 0–1 1–2 2–0 2–3 Kapfenberger SV 2–3 3–2 0–1 1–1 2–2 0–3 1–3 0–3 2–1 LASK Linz 2–0 4–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 3–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 Liefering 4–1 0–3 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–3 0–3 2–1 2–3 Wacker Innsbruck 1–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–3 2–3 0–2 2–2 0–1 Wiener Neustadt 1–1 0–0 0–3 3–1 3–1 0–2 0–1 1–3 2–0 WSG Wattens 2–2 3–3 1–0 1–1 4–1 2–0 5–0 3–4 3–0 Updated to match(es) played on 26 May 2017. Source: Austrian Football First League (in German) Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 26 May 2017.^[7]

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Patrik Eler	Innsbruck	24
2	René Gartler	LASK	21
3	Raphael Dwamena	Lustenau	18
4	João Victor Santos Sá	KSV	14
	Mërgim Berisha	Liefering
6	Fabiano de Lima Campos Maria	LASK	12
	Milan Jurdík	Wattens
8	Christian Gebauer		10
	Samuel Tetteh	Liefering
	Bruno Felipe Souza Da Silva	Lustenau

Top assists

As of 26 May 2017.^[8]

Rank	Scorer	Club	Assists
1	Marco Sahanek	FAC	11
	Benjamin Pranter	Wattens
3	Thomas Goiginger	BW Linz	10
4	Dimitry Imbongo	LASK	8
	Florian Toplitsch	Wattens
6	5 players		6

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Wacker Innsbruck	53,743	9,284	1,915	2,985	−21.3%†
2	LASK Linz	51,159	5,196	1,813	2,842	−17.7%†
3	Austria Lustenau	43,347	2,910	1,427	2,408	−5.6%†
4	WSG Wattens	27,924	5,028	828	1,551	n/a1
5	FC Blau-Weiß Linz	27,457	7,006	660	1,525	n/a1
6	SV Horn	16,763	1,252	467	931	n/a1
7	Kapfenberger SV	13,947	1,317	446	774	+1.8%†
8	Wiener Neustadt	13,842	1,400	425	769	−21.0%†
9	Floridsdorfer AC	12,824	1,945	288	712	−8.8%†
10	Liefering	5,808	688	176	322	−55.2%†
	League total	266,814	9,284	176	1,482	−17.8%†

Source: bundesliga.at
Notes:
1: Team played last season in Regionalliga

See also

• 2016–17 Austrian Football Bundesliga
• 2016–17 Austrian Cup