The 2016–17 Austrian Football First League (German: Erste Liga, also known as Sky Go Erste Liga due to sponsorship) was the 43rd season of the Austrian second-level football league. It began on 22 July 2016 and ended on 26 May 2017. The fixtures were announced on 17 June 2016.
Teams Ten teams participate in the 2016-17 season. WSG Wattens, FC Blau-Weiß Linz and SV Horn were directly promoted after winning the 2015–16 Austrian Regional Leagues. SV Grödig were relegated from the 2015–16 Bundesliga; however, they withdrew to the Austrian Regional League.
Club NameCityStadiumCapacityAustria Lustenau Lustenau Reichshofstadion 8,800FC Blau-Weiß Linz Linz Donauparkstadion 2,000Floridsdorfer AC Vienna FAC-Platz 3,000SV Horn Horn Waldviertler Volksbank Arena 3,500Kapfenberger SV Kapfenberg Franz-Fekete-Stadion 12,000LASK Linz Waldstadion Pasching 7,870Liefering Salzburg Untersberg-Arena 4,128Wacker Innsbruck Innsbruck Tivoli-Neu 30,000Wiener Neustadt Wiener Neustadt Stadion Wiener Neustadt 10,000WSG Wattens Wattens Alpenstadion 5,500
Personnel and kits Club Manager Captain Kit Manufacturer Sponsors Austria Lustenau Daniel Ernemann Christoph Stückler Nike Mohren FC Blau-Weiß Linz Klaus Schmidt Florian Maier Uhlsport Linz AG Floridsdorfer Franz Maresch Sascha Viertl Puma Wiener Städtische SV Horn Hamayoshi Masanori Aleksandar Đorđević Mizuno United Nations (17 Global Goals) Kapfenberger Abdulah Ibraković Christoph Nicht Erima Murauer Bier Linz Oliver Glasner Pavao Pervan Jako Zipfer Liefering Thomas Letsch Luan Nike Red Bull Wacker Innsbruck Karl Daxbacher Alexander Hauser Jako Tiroler Wasserkraft WSG Wattens Thomas Silberberger Ferdinand Oswald Puma PAPSTAR Wiener Neustadt René Wagner Remo Mally Puma Baumit
League table
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
Second half of season
Season statistics
Top goalscorers .
RankScorerClubGoals1 Patrik ElerInnsbruck242 René GartlerLASK213 Raphael DwamenaLustenau184 João Victor Santos SáKSV14 Mërgim BerishaLiefering6 Fabiano de Lima Campos MariaLASK12 Milan JurdíkWattens8 Christian Gebauer10 Samuel TettehLiefering Bruno Felipe Souza Da SilvaLustenau
Top assists .
RankScorerClubAssists1 Marco SahanekFAC11 Benjamin PranterWattens3 Thomas GoigingerBW Linz104 Dimitry ImbongoLASK8 Florian ToplitschWattens65 players6
Attendances
See also 2016–17 Austrian Football Bundesliga 2016–17 Austrian Cup
References
External links Austrian Football First League at Bundesliga.at