2015–16 Austrian Football First League

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 →

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.

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	Qualification 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[lower-alpha 1]	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[lower-alpha 2] (R)	36	8	10	18	43	62	−19	34	Relegation to 2016–17 Austrian Regionalliga
9	SV Austria Salzburg[lower-alpha 3] (R)	36	7	11	18	45	73	−28	26
10	Floridsdorfer AC[lower-alpha 4]	36	4	5	27	23	77	−54	17

Updated to match(es) played on 25 May 2016. 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) Champion; (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 games played on 27 November 2015. Source: Austrian Football First League (German) 1 ^^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column. Colours: 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 games played on 25 May 2016. Source: Austrian Football First League (German) 1 ^^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column. Colours: 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 References "AUSTRIA SALZBURG STEIGT IN ERSTE LIGA AUF" (in German). Retrieved 31 May 2015. "SK Austria Klagenfurt steigt in die Sky Go Erste Liga auf!" (in German). Retrieved 22 October 2015. "Wiener Neustadt aus Bundesliga abgestiegen" (in German). Retrieved 22 October 2015. "Constantly neutral arbitration: No license for SK Austria Klagenfurt" (in German). bundesliga.at. 30 May 2016. "Austria Salzburg mit Punkteabzug und 40.000 Euro bestraft" (in German). Retrieved 27 November 2015. "Lizenzverzicht – SV Grödig nicht mehr Mitglied der Bundesliga" (in German). bundesliga.at. 17 May 2016. "1. Liga 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 18 August 2015. "Tore" (in German). Retrieved 3 August 2015. "Vorlagen" (in German). Retrieved 2 October 2015. External links Austrian Football First League at Bundesliga.at (German)