2023–24 Austrian Football Second League

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Austrian Football Second League
Season2023–24
Dates27 July 2023 – 25 May 2024
ChampionsGrazer AK
PromotedGrazer AK
RelegatedMohren Dornbirn
Ertl Glas Amstetten
SK Sturm Graz II
Matches played240
Goals scored716 (2.98 per match)
Top goalscorerDario Tadic
Deni Alar (16)
Biggest home winLeoben 6–0 Mohren Dornbirn
11 November 2023
Biggest away winMohren Dornbirn 0–5 SW Bregenz
26 August 2023
Lafnitz 1–6 Liefering
25 November 2023
Sturm Graz II 0–5 Guntamatic Ried
6 December 2023
Highest scoringFirst Vienna 7–3 St. Pölten 5 April 2024
Longest winning runLeoben (6)
Longest unbeaten runLeoben (11)
Longest winless runAmstetten (16)
Longest losing runMohren Dornbirn (11)
2024–25 →
All statistics correct as of Season Complete.

The 2023–24 Austrian Football Second League known as the Admiral 2nd League for sponsorship purposes, was the 50th season of the Austrian second-level football league and the sixth as the Second League. The league consists of 16 teams.[1]

Grazer AK spent the majority of the season in the top position on the table, clinching the championship with weeks to spare and ensuring a promotion to the 2024-25 Austrian Bundesliga. Mohren Dornbirn, Sturm Graz II and Amstetten were all relegated to the Austrian Regionalliga.

Teams[edit]

Sixteen teams participated in the 2023–24 season. Ried was relegated from the 2022–23 Austrian Football Bundesliga, replacing the 2022–23 2nd League Champions Blau-Weiß Linz, while Leoben (Regionalliga Mitte), SW Bregenz (Regionalliga West) and SV Stripfing (Regionalliga Ost) were promoted from the third tier to replace the three relegated squads, Vorwärts Steyr, Rapid II and AW II.

SV Stripfing played in 2nd League for the first time in history from this season and finished one spot out of relegation, securing its spot in the 2023-24 2. Liga.

Club Name City Stadium Capacity
DSV Leoben Leoben Donawitz Stadium 8,450
First Vienna FC Vienna Hohe Warte Stadium 5,500
Floridsdorfer AC Vienna FAC-Platz 3,000
Flyeralarm Admira Maria Enzersdorf motion invest Arena 10,600
Grazer AK Graz Merkur-Arena 15,323
Guntamatic Ried Ried im Innkreis Josko Arena 7,680
Kapfenberger SV Kapfenberg Franz Fekete Stadium 10,000
FC Liefering Salzburg Untersberg-Arena 4,128
Mohren Dornbirn Dornbirn Stadion Birkenwiese 7,500
Sturm Graz II Graz Merkur Arena 16,364
SKN St. Pölten Sankt Pölten NV Arena 8,000
SKU Amstetten Amstetten Ertl Glas Stadion 2,000
SV Horn Horn Sparkasse Horn Arena 7,870
SV Lafnitz Lafnitz Sportplatz Lafnitz 3,000
SV Stripfing Weikendorf Sportplatz Stripfing 500
SW Bregenz Bregenz ImmoAgentur Stadion 12,000

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League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Grazer AK (C, P) 30 21 6 3 57 27 +30 69 Promotion to 2024–25 Austrian Football Bundesliga
2 Guntamatic Ried 30 18 5 7 67 22 +45 59
3 First Vienna FC 30 15 6 9 52 39 +13 51
4 DSV Leoben 30 15 6 9 47 31 +16 51
5 Floridsdorfer AC 30 13 10 7 45 33 +12 49
6 FC Liefering 30 13 8 9 51 40 +11 47
7 Flyeralarm Admira 30 13 8 9 42 31 +11 47
8 SV Horn 30 13 2 15 40 48 −8 41
9 SKN St. Pölten 30 12 4 14 46 52 −6 40
10 Licht-Loidl Lafnitz 30 11 4 15 48 57 −9 37
11 SW Bregenz 30 11 6 13 38 45 −7 36[a]
12 Kapfenberger SV 30 9 8 13 42 54 −12 35
13 SV Stripfing 30 10 5 15 40 58 −18 35
14 Mohren Dornbirn (R) 30 10 3 17 32 51 −19 33 Relegation to 2024–25 Austrian Football Regionalliga
15 Sturm Graz II (R) 30 5 8 17 39 67 −28 23
16 Ertl Glas Amstetten (R) 30 3 7 20 30 61 −31 16
Source: 2.Liga Table
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Direct Duel; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored ; 5) Matches won; 6) Away matches won; 7) Away goals scored

(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ SW Bregenz were deducted 3 points and fined €25,000 for fielding three Brazilians without a work permission and not paying them directly by the club.

Results[edit]

Home \ Away AMS ADM BRE DOR FAC FVI GAK HOR KAP LAF LEO LIE RIE STP STR STU
SKU Amstetten 1–3 1–2 0–1 3–2 1–3 1–3 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 2–3 0–1 1–1 1–4
Admira Wacker 3–1 1–3 1–0 0–0 0–3 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 3–2 2–2 1–0 1–1
SW Bregenz 0–1 1–0 1–4 0–2 2–0 0–3 3–1 0–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–3 0–2 3–3
FC Dornbirn 1–0 1–0 0–5 1–2 1–0 0–1 4–0 1–3 0–2 2–1 1–2 0–2 3–1 1–3 2–3
Floridsdorfer AC 0–0 3–2 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 3–0 0–2 3–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–0
First Vienna FC 4–1 2–1 1–2 0–0 2–2 2–3 1–2 4–2 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 7–3 1–0 2–2
Grazer AK 3–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–3 2–2 1–1 4–2 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 3–1 3–0 1–0
SV Horn 3–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–3 2–0 1–2 0–2 2–1 0–3 2–1 0–2 1–3 2–1 4–0
Kapfenberger SV 4–2 1–1 1–3 3–2 1–1 0–0 2–3 1–3 2–4 2–1 1–3 1–3 0–3 3–1 1–1
SV Lafnitz 2–2 1–3 3–0 1–0 2–1 2–3 4–1 2–0 3–0 2–3 1–6 0–4 0–1 0–3 5–2
DSV Leoben 1–0 3–2 2–0 6–0 0–4 0–1 1–2 3–2 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 4–0 2–1
FC Liefering 2–2 1–1 2–1 0–1 4–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 0–1 4–3 2–2 1–1 3–1 1–2 4–1
Guntamatic Ried 3–0 2–2 5–0 1–0 0–2 4–1 0–1 5–0 2–0 5–0 2–0 3–2 1–1 5–0 1–0
SKN St. Pölten 3–1 0–3 2–2 2–0 2–0 1–2 1–3 0–2 2–0 2–0 1–2 0–1 0–4 1–2 3–1
SV Stripfing 0–2 0–4 1–1 2–2 2–2 3–2 2–5 3–1 2–3 1–1 1–4 1–2 1–0 4–1 2–1
SK Sturm Graz II 3–2 1–3 0–2 2–3 2–2 1–1 0–1 2–1 3–3 1–4 0–2 1–1 0–5 1–4 2–0
Source: soccerway.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round[edit]

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Grazer AK232122111111111111111111111111
Guntamatic Ried89131110139108644553344444222222222
First Vienna FC13111515141178681088857779910887886643
DSV Leoben521356101313121191096533232333333354
Floridsdorfer AC91010595444565474222323454444435
FC Liefering11141287101414141515151313131313131212111196667776
Admira Wacker75343467910911111112118101086645555567
SV Horn1078611711610111212121210121211879779778888
SKN St. Pölten114211223471063865655556899101099
SV Lafnitz36696855578691011101187107910101010991010
SW Bregenz4451043332222222465668101111111113131311
Kapfenberger SV161371313913911957769899111112121212131211111112
SV Stripfing12161112812811733334791012131313131313121312121213
FC Dornbirn68971214121212141414151515151515151514141414141414141414
SK Sturm Graz II141214141515151515131313141414141414141415151515151515151515
SKU Amstetten151516161616161616161616161616161616161616161616161616161616
Promotion to Austrian Bundesliga
Relegation to Austrian Regionalliga
Source: 2liga.at

Results by round[edit]

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
SKU AmstettenLLLDLLLLLLDDDLLLWLWLLLDLLWLDDL
Admira WackerWDWLWDLDDDDLWLLWWLWWWDWWDLWWLL
SW BregenzWWLLWWWDWLWDDLWWLWDLLDLLLLLLDW
FC DornbirnWLLWLLWDLLLLLLLLLLLWWWWDWLDWWL
Floridsdorfer ACDDDWLWWWLDDWLWWWDWLWLDLWWLDWDD
First Vienna FCLDLLWWWDWDLWDWWLDDLWLWLWLWWWWW
Grazer AKWWWWLWWWWWDWWLWWWDWDWDLWWWDWDW
SV HornLWLWLWLWLLLLWWWLLWWWLWLLWWDLDL
Kapfenberger SVLDWLDWLWDWWDDWLLDLLDDLWLLWWLLL
SV LafnitzWLWLWLWWLDLWLLLWLWWDWLDLLDWLLL
DSV LeobenWWWLLLLLDDWWDWWWWWWLDDWLWDLWLW
FC LieferingLLWWDLLLDDDLDLWWWWDLWWWWDWLDWW
Guntamatic RiedDDLWDLWDWWWDWWWLLWLWLWWWWLWWWW
SKN St. PöltenWWLWWWLDLLLDWWLWWLWLWLLLLDLLDW
SV StripfingLLWDWLWLWWWDLWLLLLLLWLLDWDWLLD
SK Sturm Graz IILDDLDDLLWWDLLLLLDLLDLDWWLLLLWL
Source: 2liga.at
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Season statistics[edit]