The Second League (), commonly known as Admiral 2. Liga for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest professional division in Austrian football.

The division currently contains 16 teams, and the champion of the league is promoted to the Austrian Bundesliga if it is not a reserve team. The three bottom teams are directly relegated from the Second League into the Regional leagues.

Teams

Starting in the 2018–19 season, the former First League changed its name to the Second League and expanded from ten teams to 16 teams.

Sixteen teams will participate in the 2025–26 season: twelve teams from the previous season, one team relegated from Bundesliga and three teams promoted from Regionalliga. Austria Klagenfurt were relegated from the 2024–25 Austrian Football Bundesliga. While, Young Violets Austria Wien, Hertha Wels and Austria Salzburg were promoted from the 2024–25 Austrian Regionalliga, respectively.

Club NameCityStadiumCapacityAdmira Wacker Mödling Datenpol Arena 10,600Austria Klagenfurt Klagenfurt am Wörthersee Wörthersee Stadion 30,000Austria Lustenau Lustenau Reichshofstadion 5,138Austria Salzburg Salzburg Max Aicher Stadion 1,566First Vienna Vienna Naturarena Hohe Warte 7,200Floridsdorfer AC Vienna FAC-Platz 3,000FC Hertha Wels Wels Huber-Arena Wels 3,000Kapfenberger SV Kapfenberg Franz-Fekete-Stadion 12,000FC Liefering Salzburg EM Stadion Wals-Siezenheim 4,128Rapid Wien II Vienna Allianz Stadion 28,000Sturm Graz II Graz Merkur Arena 15,323SKN St. PöltenSankt PöltenNV Arena8,000SKU Amstetten Amstetten Ertl Glas Stadion 2,000SV Stripfing Weikendorf FAC-Platz 3,000SW Bregenz Bregenz ImmoAgentur Stadion 12,000Young Violets Austria Wien Vienna Generali Arena 17,500 Sport.de-Stadien 2. Liga Österreich

Relegation The destination of a club relegated from the Second League depends upon which Land (state) of the Federal Republic it is a member. The relegated clubs join one of the Regionalligen (regional leagues) in the east, centre or west of the country. The three regional league champions are promoted to the Second League. Participation in the professional Second League is conditional on their licensing by the fifth senate of the federal league. If the licence is refused for economic reasons, one team fewer will be relegated.

Past winners

1974–75: Grazer AK 1975–76: First Vienna FC 1976–77: Wiener Sport-Club 1977–78: SV Austria Salzburg 1978–79: Linzer ASK 1979–80: SC Eisenstadt 1980–81: FC Wacker Innsbruck 1981–82: Austria Klagenfurt 1982–83: SV Sankt Veit 1983–84: SV Spittal/Drau 1984–85: Salzburger AK 1914 1985–86: Wiener Sport-Club 1986–87: SV Austria Salzburg 1987–88: Kremser SC 1988–89: Kremser SC 1989–90: SV Spittal/Drau 1990–91: VfB Mödling 1991–92: Linzer ASK 1992–93: Grazer AK 1993–94: Linzer ASK 1994–95: Grazer AK 1995–96: FC Linz 1996–97: SC Austria Lustenau 1997–98: SK Vorwärts Steyr 1998–99: Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz 1999–00: VfB Admira Wacker Mödling 2000–01: FC Kärnten 2001–02: ASKÖ Pasching 2002–03: SV Mattersburg 2003–04: FC Wacker Tirol 2004–05: SV Ried 2005–06: SC Rheindorf Altach 2006–07: LASK 2007–08: Kapfenberger SV 2008–09: SC Wiener Neustadt 2009–10: FC Wacker Innsbruck 2010–11: FC Admira Wacker Mödling 2011–12: Wolfsberger AC 2012–13: SV Grödig 2013–14: SC Rheindorf Altach 2014–15: SV Mattersburg 2015–16: SKN St. Pölten 2016–17: LASK 2017–18: FC Wacker Innsbruck 2018–19: WSG Swarovski Tirol 2019–20: SV Ried 2020–21: FC Blau-Weiß Linz 2021–22: SC Austria Lustenau 2022–23: FC Blau-Weiß Linz 2023–24: Grazer AK 2024–25: SV Ried 2025–26: SC Austria Lustenau

Performance by club Club Winners Championship seasons LASK 1978–79, 1991–92, 1993–94, 2006–07, 2016–17 Grazer AK 1974–75, 1992–93, 1994–95, 2023–24 FC Wacker Innsbruck (2002) 2003–04, 2009–10, 2017–18 SV Ried 2004–05, 2019–20, 2024–25 SC Austria Lustenau 1996–97, 2021–22, 2025–26 Wiener Sport-Club 1976–77, 1985–86 Austria Salzburg 1977–78, 1986–87 Kremser SC 1987–88, 1988–89 SV Spittal/Drau 1983–84, 1989–90 Austria Klagenfurt / FC Kärnten 1981–82, 2000–01 FC Admira Wacker Mödling 1999–00, 2010–11 SC Rheindorf Altach 2005–06, 2013–14 SV Mattersburg 2002–03, 2014–15 FC Blau-Weiß Linz 2020–21, 2022–23 First Vienna 1975–76 SC Eisenstadt 1979–80 FC Wacker Innsbruck 1980–81 SV Sankt Veit 1982–83 Salzburger AK 1914 1984–85 VfB Mödling 1990–91 FC Linz 1995–96 SK Vorwärts Steyr 1997–98 Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz 1998–99 ASKÖ Pasching 2001–02 Kapfenberger SV 2007–08 SC Wiener Neustadt 2008–09 WAC 2011–12 Grödig 2012–13 SKN St. Pölten 2015–16 WSG Swarovski Tirol 2018–19

Name history The Austrian second division has had several different names and sponsors since 1974. It was formerly called the First League (Erste Liga), from 2002 to 2018.

(Seasons below represent the first season when the name was used)

1974/75 Nationalliga 1975/76 2. Division 1993/94 2. Division der Bundesliga 1998/99 Erste Division 2002/03 Red Zac-Erste Liga 2008/09 ADEG Erste Liga 2010/11 „Heute für Morgen“ Erste Liga 2014/15 Sky Go Erste Liga 2018/19 2. Liga 2021/22 Admiral 2. Liga

The league was known as the Sky Go Erste Liga for sponsorship reasons from 2014/15 to 2017/18, but Sky is not mentioned on the official website 2liga.at, or in the ÖFB's 2018/19 preview articles.2. Liga wird mit 16 Mannschaften starten, 14 April 2018, OeFB.at

References

External links

Bundesliga.at League321.com – Austrian football league tables, records & statistics database Palmsbet.com – Bulgarian football league tables, records & statistics database