2023–24 Austrian Football Second League

The 2023–24 Austrian Football Second League known as the Admiral 2nd League for sponsorship purposes, is the 50th season of the Austrian second-level football league and the sixth as the Second League. The league consists of 16 teams.[1]

Austrian Football Second League
Season2023–24
Dates27 July 2023 – 25 May 2024
ChampionsGrazer AK
PromotedGrazer AK
RelegatedErtl Glas Amstetten
Matches played208
Goals scored608 (2.92 per match)
Top goalscorerDario Tadic (15)
Biggest home winLeoben 6–0 Mohren Dornbirn
11 November 2023
Biggest away winMohren Dornbirn 0–5 SW Bregenz
26 August 2023
Lafnitz 1–6 Liefering
25 November 2023
Sturm Graz II 0–5 Guntamatic Ried
6 December 2023
Highest scoringFirst Vienna 7–3 St. Pölten 5 April 2024
Longest winning runLeoben (6)
Longest unbeaten runLeoben (11)
Longest winless runAmstetten (16)
Longest losing runMohren Dornbirn (11)
2024–25 →
All statistics correct as of 5 May 2024.

Teams edit

Sixteen teams will participate in the 2023–24 season. Ried was relegated from the 2022–23 Austrian Football Bundesliga, replacing the 2022–23 2nd League Champions Blau-Weiß Linz, while Leoben (Regionalliga Mitte), SW Bregenz (Regionalliga West) and SV Stripfing (Regionalliga Ost) were promoted from the third tier to replace the three relegated squads, Vorwärts Steyr, Rapid II and AW II.

SV Stripfing will play in 2nd League for the first time in history from this season.

Location of teams in the 2023–24 Austrian Football Second League
Club Name City Stadium Capacity
DSV Leoben Leoben Donawitz Stadium 4,000
First Vienna FC Vienna Hohe Warte Stadium 5,500
Floridsdorfer AC Vienna FAC-Platz 3,000
Flyeralarm Admira Maria Enzersdorf motion invest Arena 10,600
Grazer AK Graz Merkur-Arena 15,323
Guntamatic Ried Ried im Innkreis Josko Arena 7,680
Kapfenberger SV Kapfenberg Franz Fekete Stadium 10,000
FC Liefering Salzburg Untersberg-Arena 4,128
Mohren Dornbirn Dornbirn Stadion Birkenwiese 7,500
Sturm Graz II Graz Merkur Arena 16,364
SKN St. Pölten Sankt Pölten NV Arena 8,000
SKU Amstetten Amstetten Ertl Glas Stadion 2,000
SV Horn Horn Sparkasse Horn Arena 7,870
SV Lafnitz Lafnitz Sportplatz Lafnitz 3,000
SV Stripfing Weikendorf Sportplatz Stripfing 500
SW Bregenz Bregenz ImmoAgentur Stadion 12,000

[2]

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Grazer AK (C, P) 26 19 4 3 47 22 +25 61 Promotion to 2024–25 Austrian Football Bundesliga
2 Guntamatic Ried 26 14 5 7 57 22 +35 47
3 DSV Leoben 26 13 6 7 42 26 +16 45
4 Floridsdorfer AC 26 12 7 7 39 28 +11 43
5 Flyeralarm Admira 26 11 8 7 37 26 +11 41
6 FC Liefering 26 11 7 8 43 34 +9 40
7 SV Horn 26 13 0 13 35 40 −5 39[a]
8 First Vienna FC 26 11 6 9 40 36 +4 39[a]
9 SKN St. Pölten 26 11 3 12 40 42 −2 36
10 Licht-Loidl Lafnitz 26 10 4 12 40 45 −5 34
11 SW Bregenz 26 10 5 11 35 39 −4 32[b]
12 Kapfenberger SV 26 8 8 10 33 41 −8 32
13 SV Stripfing 26 9 4 13 34 49 −15 31
14 Mohren Dornbirn 26 8 2 16 26 47 −21 26 Relegation to 2024–25 Austrian Football Regionalliga
15 Sturm Graz II 26 4 8 14 35 60 −25 20
16 Ertl Glas Amstetten (R) 26 3 5 18 25 51 −26 14
Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2024. Source: 2.Liga Table
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Direct Duel; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored ; 5) Matches won; 6) Away matches won; 7) Away goals scored

(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b SV Horn are ahead of First Vienna FC on head-to-head points: SV Horn 2–0 First Vienna FC, First Vienna FC 1–2 SV Horn
  2. ^ SW Bregenz were deducted 3 points and fined €25,000 for fielding three Brazilians without a work permission and not paying them directly by the club.

Results edit

Home \ Away AMS ADM BRE DOR FAC FVI GAK HOR KAP LAF LEO LIE RIE STP STR STU
SKU Amstetten 1–3 1–2 0–1 3–2 1–3 1–3 1–1 1–2 0–1 2–3 0–1 1–1 1–4
Admira Wacker 3–1 1–3 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 3–2 2–2 1–0 1–1
SW Bregenz 0–1 1–4 0–2 2–0 0–3 3–1 0–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–3 3–3
FC Dornbirn 1–0 1–0 0–5 1–2 1–0 0–1 4–0 1–3 0–2 1–2 0–2 1–3 2–3
Floridsdorfer AC 0–0 3–2 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 3–0 0–2 3–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–0
First Vienna FC 2–1 1–2 0–0 2–2 2–3 1–2 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 7–3 1–0 2–2
Grazer AK 3–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–3 2–2 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 3–1 3–0 1–0
SV Horn 3–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 1–2 0–2 2–1 0–3 2–1 0–2 2–1 4–0
Kapfenberger SV 1–1 1–3 3–2 1–1 0–0 2–3 1–3 2–4 2–1 1–3 0–3 3–1 1–1
SV Lafnitz 2–2 3–0 1–0 2–1 2–3 4–1 2–0 3–0 2–3 1–6 0–1 0–3 5–2
DSV Leoben 1–0 3–2 6–0 0–4 0–1 1–2 3–2 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 4–0
FC Liefering 2–2 1–1 2–1 0–1 4–1 2–0 2–1 0–1 2–2 1–1 3–1 1–2 4–1
Guntamatic Ried 3–0 2–2 5–0 0–2 4–1 0–1 5–0 2–0 5–0 2–0 3–2 1–1 5–0
SKN St. Pölten 3–1 0–3 2–0 2–0 1–2 1–3 0–2 2–0 2–0 1–2 0–1 1–2 3–1
SV Stripfing 0–2 0–4 1–1 2–2 3–2 3–1 2–3 1–1 1–4 1–2 1–0 4–1 2–1
SK Sturm Graz II 3–2 1–3 0–2 2–3 2–2 1–1 0–1 2–1 3–3 0–2 1–1 0–5 1–4
Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2024. Source: soccerway.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round edit

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Grazer AK232122111111111111111111111111
Guntamatic Ried8913111013910864455334444422222
DSV Leoben52135610131312119109653323233333
Floridsdorfer AC9101059544456547422232345444
Admira Wacker7534346791091111111211810108664555
FC Liefering1114128710141414151515131313131313121211119666
SV Horn107861171161011121212121012121187977977
First Vienna FC1311151514117868108885777991088788
SKN St. Pölten114211223471063865655556899
SV Lafnitz36696855578691011101187107910101010
SW Bregenz44510433322222224656681011111111
Kapfenberger SV1613713139139119577698991111121212121312
SV Stripfing121611128128117333347910121313131313131213
FC Dornbirn689712141212121414141515151515151515141414141414
SK Sturm Graz II1412141415151515151313131414141414141414151515151515
SKU Amstetten1515161616161616161616161616161616161616161616161616
Promotion to Austrian Bundesliga
Relegation to Austrian Regionalliga
Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2024. Source: 2liga.at

Results by round edit

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
SKU AmstettenLLLDLLLLLLDDDLLLWLWLLLDLLW
Admira WackerWDWLWDLDDDDLWLLWWLWWWDWWDL
SW BregenzWWLLWWWDWLWDDLWWLWDLLDLLLL
FC DornbirnWLLWLLWDLLLLLLLLLLLWWWWDWL
Floridsdorfer ACDDDWLWWWLDDWLWWWDWLWLDLWWL
First Vienna FCLDLLWWWDWDLWDWWLDDLWLWLWLW
Grazer AKWWWWLWWWWWDWWLWWWDWDWDLWWW
SV HornLWLWLWLWLLLLWWWLLWWWLWLLWW
Kapfenberger SVLDWLDWLWDWWDDWLLDLLDDLWLLW
SV LafnitzWLWLWLWWLDLWLLLWLWWDWLDLLD
DSV LeobenWWWLLLLLDDWWDWWWWWWLDDWLWD
FC LieferingLLWWDLLLDDDLDLWWWWDLWWWWDW
Guntamatic RiedDDLWDLWDWWWDWWWLLWLWLWWWWL
SKN St. PöltenWWLWWWLDLLLDWWLWWLWLWLLLLD
SV StripfingLLWDWLWLWWWDLWLLLLLLWLLDWD
SK Sturm Graz IILDDLDDLLWWDLLLLLDLLDLDWWLL
Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2024. Source: 2liga.at
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Season statistics edit