2009–10 Austrian Football First League
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The 2009-10 Austrian Football First League
Austrian Football First League
The Austrian Football First League is the second highest professional division in Austrian football. It contains 10 teams and is run in the same fashion as the Austrian Bundesliga...

(German: Erste Liga, also known as ADEG Erste Liga due to sponsorship) is the 36th season of the Austrian
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

 second-level football league. It began on 14 July 2009 and will end on 28 May 2010.

The season is the last one played with twelve teams, as league size will be reduced to ten for 2010–11
2010–11 Austrian Football First League
The 2010-11 Austrian Football First League is the 36th season of the Austrian second-level football league...

. The reserve teams of Austrian Bundesliga clubs Red Bull Salzburg and Austria Vienna
FK Austria Wien
Fußballklub Austria Wien is an Austrian association football club from the capital city of Vienna. They are considered the most successful club in Austria, having won the highest Austrian Bundesliga 23 times, the Austrian Cup 27 times and the Austrian Supercup 6 times. They also reached the UEFA...

 will be demoted to the Regionalliga after the season regardless of their final position. The last-placed of the remaining ten teams will also be relegated, while the team ranked ninth will compete with the Regionalliga champions for another spot in the 2010–11 season.

Movement between Bundesliga and Erste Liga

SC Wiener Neustadt as 2008–09 champions were promoted to the Bundesliga
2009–10 Austrian Football Bundesliga
The 2009–10 Austrian Football Bundesliga is the 98th season of top-tier football in Austria. The competition is officially called tipp3-Bundesliga powered by T-Mobile, named after the Austrian betting company tipp3 and the Austrian branch of German mobile phone company T-Mobile. The season began on...

. They were replaced by SC Rheindorf Altach
SC Rheindorf Altach
SC Rheindorf Altach is an Austrian association football based in Altach, Vorarlberg. The club is currently also known as Cashpoint SC Rheindorf Altach due to sponsorship of Austrian sports betting company Cashpoint.- History :...

, who finished the 2008–09 Bundesliga season
Austrian Football Bundesliga 2008-09
The Austrian Football Bundesliga 2008–09 was the 97th season of top-tier football in Austria. The competition is officially called tipp3-Bundesliga powered by T-Mobile, named after the Austrian betting company tipp3 and the Austrian branch of German mobile phone company T-Mobile. The season started...

 in last place.

Movement between Erste Liga and Regionalliga

SV Grödig
SV Grödig
Sportverein Grödig is an Austrian association football club from Grödig. The team currently competes in the Austrian First League, the second highest league in Austrian football.- Current squad :As of 15 August, 2011...

, DSV Leoben
DSV Leoben
DSV Leoben is an Austrian association football club based in Leoben. It was founded in 1928. They play at the Donawitz Stadium.-Current squad:-Famous players: Mugur Gusatu Amir Saadati Rainer Torres Amarildo Zela Bajro Župić...

 and 1. FC Vöcklabruck
1. FC Vöcklabruck
Vöcklabrucker SC is an Austrian association football club from Vöcklabruck.-History:After the dissolution of the 1. FC Vöcklabruck and the relegation from the First Division to the regional league. The city has on Hausruck founed a new club, the Vöcklabrucker SC start in the 2nd Klasse Mitte/West....

 finished the 2008–09 season in the bottom three places and were relegated to their appropriate Regionalliga division. The three relegated teams were replaced by Regionalliga division champions First Vienna (East), TSV Hartberg
TSV Hartberg
TSV Hartberg is an Austrian association football club based in Hartberg, founded in 1946, which is currently playing in the Austrian Football First League. They finished in 7th position in the 2007–2008 season while playing in the Third level Regionalliga...

 (Central) and FC Dornbirn 1913
FC Dornbirn 1913
FC Dornbirn 1913 is an Austrian association football club based in Dornbirn, Vorarlberg.He is currently playing in the Regionalliga West,which is the 3rd level in Austrian football...

 (West).

Team overview

Club Name Stadium Capacity
Austria Lustenau Reichshofstadion
Reichshofstadion
Reichshofstadion is a multi-use stadium in Lustenau, Austria, built in 1953. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of SC Austria Lustenau and FC Lustenau 07. The stadium holds 8,800 people....

12,500
Austria Vienna Reserves Franz Horr Stadium 11,800
FC Dornbirn 1913
FC Dornbirn 1913
FC Dornbirn 1913 is an Austrian association football club based in Dornbirn, Vorarlberg.He is currently playing in the Regionalliga West,which is the 3rd level in Austrian football...

Stadion Birkenwiese 12,000
FC Gratkorn
FC Gratkorn
FC Gratkorn is an Austrian association football club from Gratkorn. They currently play in the Austrian Football First League.- Current squad :...

Sportstadion Gratkorn 3,000
FC Lustenau Reichshofstadion
Reichshofstadion
Reichshofstadion is a multi-use stadium in Lustenau, Austria, built in 1953. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of SC Austria Lustenau and FC Lustenau 07. The stadium holds 8,800 people....

12,500
Red Bull Salzburg Reserves Red Bull Arena
Red Bull Arena (Salzburg)
The Red Bull Arena, known during and before the Euro 2008 football championship as the EM Stadion , is a football stadium in Wals-Siezenheim, a municipality in the suburb of Salzburg, Austria. It was officially opened in March 2003 and is the home ground of Red Bull Salzburg. Previously, the club...

31,000
FC Trenkwalder Admira Bundesstadion Südstadt
Bundesstadion Südstadt
Bundesstadion Sudstadt is a multi-use stadium in Maria Enzersdorf - Südstadt, Austria. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of VfB Admira Wacker Mödling. The stadium holds 12,000....

12,000
FC Wacker Innsbruck
FC Wacker Innsbruck
FC Wacker Innsbruck was Austrian association football club from Innsbruck, Tyrol.- History :The Fußball-Club Wacker Innsbruck was established in 1915 by Jakob Hanspeter, Benedikt Hosp, Josef Leitner, Josef Albrecht and other now unknown football enthusiasts and adopted club colours of black and...

Tivoli Neu
Tivoli Neu
' is a multi-purpose stadium in Innsbruck, Austria. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of FC Wacker Innsbruck. The stadium capacity was 17,400 when it was built in 2000...

30,000
First Vienna FC
First Vienna FC
First Vienna FC is an Austrian association football club based in the Döbling district of Vienna. Established on 22 August 1894, it is the country's oldest team and has played a notable role in the history of the game there...

Hohe Warte Stadium
Hohe Warte Stadium
Hohe Warte Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Vienna, Austria. It is located on the Hohe Warte hill in Heiligenstadt, a northern suburb in the 19th Viennese district of Döbling...

5,000
SC Rheindorf Altach
SC Rheindorf Altach
SC Rheindorf Altach is an Austrian association football based in Altach, Vorarlberg. The club is currently also known as Cashpoint SC Rheindorf Altach due to sponsorship of Austrian sports betting company Cashpoint.- History :...

Stadion Schnabelholz
Stadion Schnabelholz
Stadion Schnabelholz is a multi-use stadium in Altach, Austria. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of SC Rheindorf Altach. The stadium holds 8,900 and was built in 1990....

8,900
SKN St. Pölten
SKN St. Pölten
Sportklub Niederösterreich St. Poelten is an Austrian association football club from the provincial capital of the Austrian state of Lower Austria. St. Poelten currently play in the Austrian Football First League, which is the second tier of the Austrian football league system.- History :SKN St....

Voith-Platz 10,000
TSV Hartberg
TSV Hartberg
TSV Hartberg is an Austrian association football club based in Hartberg, founded in 1946, which is currently playing in the Austrian Football First League. They finished in 7th position in the 2007–2008 season while playing in the Third level Regionalliga...

Stadion Hartberg 6,000

League table

Top goalscorers

11 goals Tomas Miranda (SC Rheindorf Altach
SC Rheindorf Altach
SC Rheindorf Altach is an Austrian association football based in Altach, Vorarlberg. The club is currently also known as Cashpoint SC Rheindorf Altach due to sponsorship of Austrian sports betting company Cashpoint.- History :...

) Osman Bozkurt (First Vienna FC
First Vienna FC
First Vienna FC is an Austrian association football club based in the Döbling district of Vienna. Established on 22 August 1894, it is the country's oldest team and has played a notable role in the history of the game there...

) Marcel Schreter (FC Wacker Innsbruck
FC Wacker Innsbruck
FC Wacker Innsbruck was Austrian association football club from Innsbruck, Tyrol.- History :The Fußball-Club Wacker Innsbruck was established in 1915 by Jakob Hanspeter, Benedikt Hosp, Josef Leitner, Josef Albrecht and other now unknown football enthusiasts and adopted club colours of black and...

)

10 goals Djordje Rakic (Red Bull Salzburg Reserves)

8 goals Andreas Dammer (SC Rheindorf Altach
SC Rheindorf Altach
SC Rheindorf Altach is an Austrian association football based in Altach, Vorarlberg. The club is currently also known as Cashpoint SC Rheindorf Altach due to sponsorship of Austrian sports betting company Cashpoint.- History :...

) Fabiano (FC Wacker Innsbruck
FC Wacker Innsbruck
FC Wacker Innsbruck was Austrian association football club from Innsbruck, Tyrol.- History :The Fußball-Club Wacker Innsbruck was established in 1915 by Jakob Hanspeter, Benedikt Hosp, Josef Leitner, Josef Albrecht and other now unknown football enthusiasts and adopted club colours of black and...

)

7 goals Julius Perstaller (FC Wacker Innsbruck
FC Wacker Innsbruck
FC Wacker Innsbruck was Austrian association football club from Innsbruck, Tyrol.- History :The Fußball-Club Wacker Innsbruck was established in 1915 by Jakob Hanspeter, Benedikt Hosp, Josef Leitner, Josef Albrecht and other now unknown football enthusiasts and adopted club colours of black and...

) Patrick Bürger (TSV Hartberg
TSV Hartberg
TSV Hartberg is an Austrian association football club based in Hartberg, founded in 1946, which is currently playing in the Austrian Football First League. They finished in 7th position in the 2007–2008 season while playing in the Third level Regionalliga...

)

6 goals Joahachim Parapatis (FC Gratkorn
FC Gratkorn
FC Gratkorn is an Austrian association football club from Gratkorn. They currently play in the Austrian Football First League.- Current squad :...

) Patrick Salomon (Austria Lustenau) Thomas Stadler (FC Dornbirn 1913
FC Dornbirn 1913
FC Dornbirn 1913 is an Austrian association football club based in Dornbirn, Vorarlberg.He is currently playing in the Regionalliga West,which is the 3rd level in Austrian football...

)

Source: Weltfussball.de
Updated: 26 February 2010

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