2009–10 Austrian Football First League

Austrian Football First League 2009–10 FC Wacker Innsbruck Red Bull Salzburg ReservesAustria Vienna ReservesFC Dornbirn 1913 198 578 2008–09 2010–11 The 2009–10 Austrian Football First League (German: Erste Liga, also known as ADEG Erste Liga due to sponsorship) was the 36th season of the Austrian second-level football league. It began on 14 July 2009 and ended on 28 May 2010. The season is the last one played with twelve teams, as league size will be reduced to ten for 2010–11. The reserve teams of Austrian Bundesliga clubs Red Bull Salzburg and Austria Vienna will be demoted to the Regionalliga after the season regardless of their final position. The last-placed of the remaining ten teams will also be relegated, while the team ranked ninth will compete with the Regionalliga champions for another spot in the 2010–11 season. Team movements Movement between Bundesliga and Erste Liga SC Wiener Neustadt as 2008–09 champions were promoted to the Bundesliga. They were replaced by SC Rheindorf Altach, who finished the 2008–09 Bundesliga season in last place. Movement between Erste Liga and Regionalliga SV Grödig, DSV Leoben and 1. FC Vöcklabruck finished the 2008–09 season in the bottom three places and were relegated to their appropriate Regionalliga division. The three relegated teams were replaced by Regionalliga division champions First Vienna (East), TSV Hartberg (Central) and FC Dornbirn 1913 (West). Team overview Club NameStadiumCapacityAustria LustenauReichshofstadion12,500Austria Vienna ReservesFranz Horr Stadium11,800FC Dornbirn 1913Stadion Birkenwiese12,000FC Gratkorn Sportstadion Gratkorn3,000FC LustenauReichshofstadion12,500Red Bull Salzburg ReservesRed Bull Arena31,000FC Trenkwalder Admira Bundesstadion Südstadt12,000FC Wacker InnsbruckTivoli Neu30,000First Vienna FC Hohe Warte Stadium5,000SC Rheindorf Altach Stadion Schnabelholz8,900SKN St. PöltenVoith-Platz10,000TSV HartbergStadion Hartberg6,000 League table main WDL 5 PR INN FC Wacker Innsbruck TRE FC Trenkwalder Admira ALT SC Rheindorf Altach SKN SKN St. Pölten ALU Austria Lustenau RBS Red Bull Salzburg Reserves GRA FC Gratkorn FCL FC Lustenau HAR TSV Hartberg AWI Austria Vienna Reserves FIR First Vienna FC D13 FC Dornbirn 1913 21 6 6 67 26 C,P 20 7 6 68 22 20 6 7 60 27 14 9 10 44 42 15 5 13 43 46 13 5 15 58 49 R 11 10 12 57 51 12 5 16 42 52 11 5 17 36 68 9 8 16 42 57 R 8 6 19 37 57 6 4 23 24 81 R green1 Promotion to 2010–11 Austrian Bundesliga P red1 Relegation to 2010–11 Austrian Regionalliga Red Bull Salzburg Reserves and Austria Vienna Reserves will be relegated to the Regionalliga at the end of the season regardless of their final position. R1 R1 red2 Qualification to Relegation playoffs Since Austria Kärnten did not obtain First League license and were therefore relegated from Bundesliga to Regionalliga, promotion/relegation play-offs between First Vienna and SV Grödig were cancelled with both teams obtaining a spot in the 2010–11 Austrian Football First League. RP red1 Relegation to 2010–11 Austrian Regionalliga R 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete bundesliga.at Season statistics Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1Austria Tomas MirandaRheindorf Altach11Turkey Osman BozkurtFirst ViennaAustria Marcel SchreterWacker Innsbruck4Serbia Djordje RakicRed Bull Salzburg Reserves105Austria Andreas DammerRheindorf Altach8Brazil FabianoWacker Innsbruck7Austria Julius PerstallerWacker Innsbruck7Austria Patrick BürgerHartberg9Austria Joahachim ParapatisGratkorn6Austria Patrick SalomonAustria LustenauAustria Thomas StadlerDornbirn Source: Weltfussball.de Updated: 26 February 2010 External links Official site 2009–10 2 Austria