The 1. Landesliga, historically the 1. Niederösterreichische Landesliga, is a men's football league in Austria and the highest division run by the Lower Austrian Football Association (NÖFV). It is one of nine Landesligen that together form the fourth level of the Austrian football league system. Sixteen clubs contest it over 30 matchdays, and the champion is promoted to the Regionalliga East.

A provincial championship for clubs outside Vienna was first played in 1913–14 and won by Germania Schwechat. Until 1922 the Austrian championship itself was organised by the Lower Austrian federation and restricted to Viennese clubs, so the national champions also held the title of Meister von Niederösterreich. The division has since occupied the second, third and fourth levels of the national pyramid at different times.

1. Wiener Neustädter SC and Kremser SC share the record with seven titles each. USV Scheiblingkirchen-Warth are the reigning champions, having won in 2025–26 for the second time in five seasons.

Format The sixteen clubs play each other home and away, giving each a 30 match season. The club top of the table at the end is champion and is promoted to the Regionalliga East, alongside the champions of the Wiener Stadtliga and the Landesliga Burgenland, the corresponding divisions of the other two associations in that region.

Relegation is to the 2. Landesliga Ost or the 2. Landesliga West according to the geographical position of the club, and the champions of those two divisions come up in exchange. The number of clubs relegated varies from season to season, depending on how many Lower Austrian clubs come down from the Regionalliga East.

History Provincial championship (1913–1922) A championship for clubs from the province outside Vienna was staged for the first time in 1913–14. Entrants were divided into a southern and a northern group, and the two winners met in a final. Germania Schwechat beat SV Stockerau 07 by 7–1 at home and drew 2–2 away to take the title.

The First World War interrupted the competition almost immediately. No championship was completed in 1914–15 or between 1917 and 1919, and play resumed properly only in 1919–20. Vienna separated from Lower Austria in 1922, and from that point the state championship stood on its own.

State championship (1922–1938) Regular state championships were played from 1922–23 under the name 1. Klasse Niederösterreich. From 1929 the winner was entitled to enter the Austrian amateur championship, which ran until 1937. 1. Wiener Neustädter SC dominated the period with five titles, and Kremser SC took three.

Niederdonau (1938–1945) The Anschluss of 1938 brought Austrian football into the German system. The state was renamed Niederdonau and its championship became a feeder to the Gauliga Ostmark. ESV Wacker Wiener Neustadt went up to the top level in 1938, and LSV Markersdorf did so in 1943 after two consecutive titles. The 1944–45 season was abandoned with the championship split into northern and southern groups, and no title was awarded.

Second and third level (1945–1974) The division resumed after the war as the Landesliga Niederösterreich and served as a second level competition for Lower Austrian clubs, although promotion to the national championship was not possible for most of that time. SV Gloggnitz went up to the top flight in 1949 and 1. Wiener Neustädter SC followed a year later.

The introduction of the Staatsliga B in 1950 pushed the Landesliga down to the third level. It stayed there when the Staatsliga B was renamed the Regionalliga Ost in 1959–60 and confined to clubs from Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland.

Fourth level and the 1980s interruption The creation of the Bundesliga in 1974–75 added a division above the existing pyramid and made the Landesliga the fourth level. That lasted six years. The Regionalliga East was abolished in 1980, restoring the Landesliga to the third level, and the champions of Lower Austria, Vienna and Burgenland contested a promotion play-off instead. The Regionalliga East returned in the mid 1980s and the Landesliga has been the fourth level ever since.

No champions were declared in 2019–20 or 2020–21. The Austrian Football Association abandoned all amateur divisions in April 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Lower Austrian association did the same a year later.

Two clubs account for much of the division's recent continuity. SV Langenrohr have played in it without interruption since the early 1990s, the longest current run of any club, and SC Retz have belonged to it since 1994, interrupted by two spells in the Regionalliga.

Names and sponsorship The competition has carried several names. Landesmeisterschaft Niederösterreich, 1913–14 to 1921–22 1. Klasse Niederösterreich, 1922–23 to 1936–37 Niederdonau and Bezirksklasse Ost, 1937–38 to 1944–45 Landesliga Niederösterreich, 1945–46 to 1994–95 1. Landesliga Niederösterreich, since 1995–96

A title sponsor has appeared in the name since 1995. The division was the 1. NÖN Landesliga from 1995–96 to 2017–18, after the newspaper Niederösterreichische Nachrichten, ran without a sponsor from 2018–19 to 2021–22, and has been the 11teamsports 1. Landesliga since 2022–23.

Champions + Champions by club Club Titles Winning seasons 1. Wiener Neustädter SC 1922–23, 1923–25, 1925–26, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1945–46, 1949–50 Kremser SC 1929–30, 1930–31, 1932–33, 1953–54, 1973–74, 1982–83, 2000–01 Badener AC 1931–32, 1934–35, 1943–44, 1965–66, 1971–72, 1981–82 SV Stockerau 1920–21, 1969–70, 1980–81, 1985–86 Mödling 1927–28, 1928–29, 1947–48, 1984–85 SV Gloggnitz 1948–49, 1960–61, 2023–24 SV Horn 1990–91, 1997–98, 2006–07 KSV Ortmann 1952–53, 1955–56, 1957–58 ASK Ternitz 1950–51, 1959–60, 1961–62 SKU Amstetten 2007–08, 2010–11 ASK Bruck/Leitha 1987–88, 2016–17 SC Brunn 1966–67, 1976–77 Germania Schwechat 1913–14, 1916 SC Harland 1946–47, 1954–55 LSV Markersdorf 1941–42, 1942–43 WSV BU Neunkirchen 1938–39, 1939–40 SC Retz 2011–12, 2024–25 USV Scheiblingkirchen-Warth 2021–22, 2025–26 SC St. Pölten 1926–27, 1933–34 SKN St. Pölten 2001–02, 2013–14 SC Untersiebenbrunn 1978–79, 1995–96 FC Waidhofen/Ybbs 1975–76, 1992–93 SV Würmla 1996–97, 2003–04 SC Zwettl 1998–99, 2004–05 Admira Wacker Mödling II 2002–03 Ardagger/Viehdorf 2022–23 BSV Enzesfeld-Hirtenberg 1968–69 KSV Böhlerwerk 1974–75 ASK Ebreichsdorf 2014–15 ASK Eggendorf 1972–73 SG Eichgraben/Gablitz 1983–84 EPSV Gmünd 1989–90 SC Günselsdorf 1962–63 SV Gaflenz 2008–09 TSV Hainburg 1956–57 SC Himberg 1993–94 ASV Hohenau 1991–92 SV Hundsheim 1999–2000 SV Korneuburg 1921–22 ASK Kottingbrunn 1994–95 SC Laa an der Thaya 1977–78 SV Leobendorf 2017–18 ASK Liesing 1919–20 SC Mannsdorf 2015–16 SC Marchegg 1963–64 SC Neunkirchen 1979–80 ATSV Ober-Grafendorf 2012–13 ASK Schwadorf 2005–06 SC Siebenhirten 1951–52 1. SC Sollenau 2009–10 SV Stripfing 2018–19 SV Admira Wiener Neustadt 1970–71 BSG Traisen 1940–41 SV Traiskirchen 1967–68 SC Tulln 1964–65 FC Voith St. Pölten 1958–59 ESV Wacker Wiener Neustadt 1937–38 1. Wiener Neudorfer SVg 1986–87 ASK Ybbs 1988–89

Source, except where noted:

No championship was completed in 1914–15, from 1917 to 1919, in 1944–45, or in 2019–20 and 2020–21.

See also Austrian Landesliga Austrian football league system

References

External links Lower Austrian Football Association 1. Landesliga at Ligaportal