2020–21 Austrian Football Second League

The 2020–21 Austrian Football Second League was the 47th season of the Austrian second-level football league and the third as the Second League. The league contains 16 teams with one team being promoted to the Austrian Football Bundesliga and no teams being relegated to the Austrian Regionalliga after the 2020–21 Austrian Regionalliga season was abandoned.^[1]

Austrian Football Second League

Season	2020–21
Champions	Blau-Weiß Linz
Promoted	A.Klagenfurt
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

Teams

Sixteen teams participated in the 2020–21 season. The only promoted team was Rapid Wien II from the Austrian Regionalliga East.

Due to the bankruptcy of SV Mattersburg, no club was relegated from the 2019–20 Austrian Football Bundesliga.^[2]

 

 

Rapid

 

Liefering

 

A.Lustenau

 

FAC
AW II

 

Kapfenberg

 

BWL
Juniors

 

Horn

 

Innsbruck

 

Graz

 

Dornbirn

 

Amstetten

 

Lafnitz

 

Vorwärts

 

A.Klagenfurt

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Location of teams in the 2020–21 Austrian Football First League

Club Name	City	Stadium	Capacity
Austria Lustenau	Lustenau	Reichshofstadion	8,800
Blau-Weiß Linz	Linz	Donauparkstadion	2,000
Floridsdorfer AC	Vienna	FAC-Platz	3,000
Austria Wien II	Vienna	Generali-Arena	17 500
Kapfenberger SV	Kapfenberg	Franz-Fekete-Stadion	12,000
FC Liefering	Salzburg	Untersberg-Arena	4,128
Rapid Wien II	Wien	Allianz Stadion	28,000
Wacker Innsbruck	Innsbruck	Tivoli Stadion Tirol	16,000
St. Pölten	Sankt Pölten	NV Arena	8,000
Grazer AK	Graz	Merkur-Arena	15,323
FC Dornbirn	Dornbirn	Stadion Birkenwiese	7,500
FC Juniors OÖ	Pasching	Waldstadion	7,870
SV Horn	Horn	Sparkasse Horn Arena	7,870
SKU Amstetten	Amstetten	Ertl Glas Stadion	2,000
SV Lafnitz	Lafnitz	Sportplatz Lafnitz	3,000
Vorwärts Steyr	Steyr	Vorwärts-Stadion	6,000
Austria Klagenfurt	Klagenfurt	Wörthersee Stadion	32,000

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Personnel and kits

Club	Manager	Captain	Kit Manufacturer	Sponsors
Austria Lustenau	Alexander Kiene	Christoph Freitag	Uhlsport	Planet Pure
Blau-Weiß Linz	Ronald Brunmayr	Bernhard Janeczek	Uhlsport	Linz AG
Floridsdorfer AC			Puma	Wiener Städtische/Wien Energie
Austria Wien II	Harald Suchard	Anouar El Moukhantir	Nike	Gazprom Export
Kapfenberger SV	Abdulah Ibraković	Matija Horvat	Erima	Murauer
FC Liefering	Matthias Jaissle	Daniel Antosch	Nike	Red Bull
Rapid Wien II	Steffen Hofmann	Paul Gobara	Adidas	Blitz Blank
Wacker Innsbruck	Daniel Bierofka	Lukas Hupfauf	Macron	PEMA-Gruppe
Grazer AK	Gernot Plassnegger	Marco Perchtold	Erima	Hpybet
FC Dornbirn	Markus Mader	Franco Joppi	Erima	Mohren
FC Juniors OÖ	Andreas Wieland	René Gartler		BWT
SV Horn	Alexander Schriebl	Florian Sittsam	Macron	Leyrer + Graf
SKU Amstetten	Joachim Standfest	Matthias Wurm	Puma	Ertl Glas
SV Lafnitz	Philipp Semlic	Andreas Zingl	adidas	Licht Loidl
Vorwärts Steyr	Andreas Milot	Thomas Himmelfreundpointner	Erima	Falcoon
Austria Klagenfurt	Peter Pacult	Markus Rusek	Erreà

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Blau-Weiß Linz^[a] (C)	30	20	3	7	70	31	+39	63
2	FC Liefering^[b]	30	19	6	5	69	31	+38	63
3	Austria Klagenfurt (P)	30	17	8	5	64	32	+32	59	Qualification to promotion play-offs
4	Wacker Innsbruck	30	17	6	7	50	33	+17	57
5	SV Lafnitz	30	17	4	9	56	35	+21	55
6	Grazer AK	30	13	7	10	46	42	+4	46
7	FC Dornbirn	30	11	5	14	40	53	−13	38
8	FC Juniors OÖ	30	10	7	13	38	49	−11	37
9	Floridsdorfer AC	30	10	6	14	39	41	−2	36
10	Kapfenberger SV	30	9	6	15	34	51	−17	33
11	Austria Wien II	30	8	8	14	41	52	−11	32
12	SKU Amstetten	30	8	7	15	38	61	−23	31
13	Austria Lustenau	30	8	6	16	44	55	−11	30
14	Rapid Wien II	30	8	6	16	37	53	−16	30
15	Vorwärts Steyr	30	7	9	14	30	55	−25	30
16	SV Horn	30	8	6	16	40	62	−22	30^[c]

Source: 2.Liga Table
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored ; 4) Matches won; 5) Away matches won; 6) Head-to-head points; 7) Head-to-head goal difference; 8) Head-to-head goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted
Notes:

1. Blau-Weiß Linz is not eligible for promotion as they did not apply for a Bundesliga license.^[4]
2. Feeder teams are ineligible for promotion.
3. Due to a punishment, SV Horn is automatically ranked behind other teams when equal on points.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 27 May 2021.^[5]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Fabian Schubert	Blau-Weiß Linz	33
2	Benjamin Šeško	FC Liefering	21
3	Haris Tabaković	Austria Lustenau	18
	Marcus Pink	Austria Klagenfurt	18
5	David Peham	SKU Amstetten	17
6	Mario Kröpfl	SV Lafnitz	16
7	Ronivaldo Bernardo Sales	Wacker Innsbruck	13
	Marco Sahanek	FAC	13
9	Lukas Friderikas	Wacker Innsbruck	12
10	Marco Siverio Toro	SV Horn	10

Top assists

As of 27 May 2021.^[6]

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Fabian Schubert	Blau Weiß Linz	8
	Mario Kröpfl	SV Lafnitz	8
2	Alexander Prass	FC Liefering	7
	Patrik Greil	Austria Klagenfurt	7
	Philipp Pomer	Blau Weiß Linz	7
	Fabio Viteritti	FC Wacker Innsbruck	7
	Maurits Kjaergaard	FC Liefering	7
3	Daniel Gremsl	SV Lafnitz	6
	Christopher Cvetko	Austria Klagenfurt	6

See also

• 2020–21 Austrian Football Bundesliga
• 2020–21 Austrian Cup

References

1. "Erneut kein Absteiger aus 2. Liga" [Again no relegated team from 2. Liga]. sport.orf.at (in German). ORF. 5 April 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
2. Kronen Zeitung (german)
3. Sport.de-Stadien 2. Liga Österreich
4. "Der FC Blau Weiß Linz ist Meister in der 2. Liga". Österreichische Fußball-Bundeslig. 21 May 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
5. "2Liga.at - Torschützenliste". www.2liga.at. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
6. "2Liga.at - Vorlagen". www.2liga.at. Retrieved 27 May 2021.

External links

• Official website (in German)
• Page on AustriaSoccer.at (in German)