The 2015–16 Austrian Football First League (German: Erste Liga, also known as Sky Go Erste Liga due to sponsorship) was the 42nd season of the Austrian second-level football league. It began on 24 July 2015 and ended on 25 May 2016.
Teams Ten teams participate in the 2015-16 season. Austria Salzburg was directly promoted after winning the 2014–15 Regionalliga West. Austria Klagenfurt promoted from the Regionalliga Mitte after winning the promotion play-offs. Wiener Neustadt relegated from the 2014–15 Bundesliga.
Club NameCityStadiumCapacityAustria Klagenfurt Klagenfurt Wörthersee Stadion 32,000Austria Lustenau Lustenau Reichshofstadion 8,800Austria Salzburg Salzburg My Phone Austria Stadion 1,600Floridsdorfer AC Vienna FAC-Platz 3,000Kapfenberger SV Kapfenberg Franz-Fekete-Stadion 12,000LASK Linz Linzer Stadion 14,100Liefering Salzburg Red Bull Arena 31,895St. Pölten Sankt Pölten NV Arena 8,000Wacker Innsbruck Innsbruck Tivoli-Neu 30,000Wiener Neustadt Wiener Neustadt Stadion Wiener Neustadt 10,000
Personnel and kits Club Manager Captain Kit Manufacturer Sponsors A. Klagenfurt Manfred Bender Erreà Hanseatisches Fußball Kontor A. Lustenau Lassaad Chabbi Nike A. Salzburg Jørn Andersen Puma Intertops Floridsdorfer Thomas Flögel Puma Wien Energie Kapfenberger Kurt Russ Erima Murauer Bier Linz Oliver Glasner Jako PlusCity Liefering Thomas Letsch Nike Red Bull St. Polten Karl Daxbacher Jako Hypo Noe Wacker Innsbruck Klaus Schmidt Jako Tiroler Wasserkraft Wiener Neustadt Günter Kreissl 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 Thomas PichlmannFC Wacker Innsbruck202 Daniel Lucas SegoviaSKN St. Pölten193 Julian WießmeierSC Austria Lustenau154 Patrik ElerSK Austria Klagenfurt14 René GartlerLASK Linz6 Seifedin ChabbiSC Austria Lustenau137 Fabiano de Lima Campos MariaLASK Linz11 Manuel HartlSKN St. Pölten9 Jorge Elias dos SantosKapfenberger SV10 Marco Perchtold11 Rajko RepSK Austria Klagenfurt9 João Victor Santos SáKapfenberger SV
Top assists .
RankScorerClubAssists1 Ernst ÖbsterSV Austria Salzburg112 Michael AmbichlSKN St. Pölten103 Dominik FrieserKapfenberger SV9 Manuel KerheLASK Linz4 Florian FleckerKapfenberger SV8 Manuel HartlSKN St. Pölten Dimitry ImbongoLASK Linz8 Florian JamnickFC Wacker Innsbruck7 Sandro ZakanySK Austria Klagenfurt10 Rene GartlerLASK Linz6
See also 2015–16 Austrian Football Bundesliga 2015–16 Austrian Cup
References
External links Austrian Football First League at Bundesliga.at