2008–09 Austrian Football First League

The 2008–09 Austrian Football First League was the 35th season of second-level football in Austria, since its introduction in 1974.

Austrian Football First League

Season	2008–09
Promoted	SC Wiener Neustadt
Relegated	SV Grödig DSV Leoben 1. FC Vöcklabruck
Matches played	198
Goals scored	553 (2.79 per match)
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

SC Wiener Neustadt, which bought the league license of SC Schwanenstadt along with most of their players at the end of the 2007–08 season due to the latter's insolvency, won the First League championship and were promoted to the 2009–10 Bundesliga. Three teams were relegated to the Regional Leagues. SV Grödig and 1. FC Vöcklabruck sealed their fate based upon competitive criteria, while DSV Leoben did not apply for a professional license and thus were automatically demoted.

Schedule

Every team played each other three times. The season started on 11 July 2008 and finished on 29 May 2009. Between 29 November 2008 and 6 March 2009, no matches were played due to winter break.

FC Wacker Innsbruck had been relegated from the 2007–08 Austrian Football Bundesliga. The teams promoted from the Regional Leagues had been SV Grödig (West), 1. FC Vöcklabruck (Central) and SKN St. Pölten (East).

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	SC Wiener Neustadt (C, P)	33	21	6	6	65	26	+39	69	Promotion to 2009–10 Austrian Bundesliga
2	FC Wacker Innsbruck	33	18	8	7	65	44	+21	62
3	FC Trenkwalder Admira	33	18	6	9	55	36	+19	60
4	SC Austria Lustenau	33	14	6	13	52	47	+5	48
5	SKN St. Pölten	33	13	8	12	51	46	+5	47
6	FK Austria Wien Amateure	33	13	6	14	44	43	+1	45
7	Red Bull Juniors Salzburg	33	12	7	14	41	56	−15	43
8	FC Gratkorn	33	11	7	15	39	55	−16	40
9	FC Lustenau 07	33	9	11	13	34	37	−3	38
10	SV Grödig (R)	33	9	8	16	37	52	−15	35	Relegation to 2009–10 Austrian Regionalliga
11	DSV Leoben^[a] (R)	33	8	8	17	30	55	−25	32
12	1. FC Vöcklabruck (R)	33	7	9	17	40	56	−16	30

Source: (in German)
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. DSV Leoben did not obtain a license for the 2009–10 season and will be automatically relegated.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Final standings; Source: (in German)

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Diego Viana	Grödig	20
2	Michael Wojtanowicz	St. Pölten	18
3	Mirnel Sadović	Wiener Neustadt	16
4	Johannes Aigner	Wiener Neustadt	15
	Fabiano	Wacker Innsbruck
	Günter Friesenbichler	Trenkwalder Admira
6	Marko Vujic	Red Bull Juniors Salzburg	13
7	Sanel Kuljic	Wiener Neustadt	10
	Markus Unterrainer	Wacker Innsbruck
	Rade Djokic	Vöcklabruck
	Marcel Schreter	Wacker Innsbruck

See also

• 2008–09 Austrian Football Bundesliga
• 2008–09 Austrian Cup

External links

• soccerway.com