2016–17 Austrian Football First League
The 2016–17 Austrian Football First League was the 43rd season of the Austrian second-level football league. It began on 22 July 2016 and ended on 26 May 2017. The fixtures were announced on 17 June 2016.
Teams
Ten teams participate in the 2016-17 season. WSG Wattens, FC Blau-Weiß Linz and SV Horn were directly promoted after winning the 2015–16 Austrian Regional Leagues. SV Grödig were relegated from the 2015–16 Bundesliga; however, they withdrew to the Austrian Regional League.| Club Name | City | Stadium | Capacity |
| Austria Lustenau | Lustenau | Reichshofstadion | 8,800 |
| FC Blau-Weiß Linz | Linz | Donauparkstadion | 2,000 |
| Floridsdorfer AC | Vienna | FAC-Platz | 3,000 |
| SV Horn | Horn | Waldviertler Volksbank Arena | 3,500 |
| Kapfenberger SV | Kapfenberg | Franz-Fekete-Stadion | 12,000 |
| LASK | Linz | Waldstadion Pasching | 7,870 |
| Liefering | Salzburg | Untersberg-Arena | 4,128 |
| Wacker Innsbruck | Innsbruck | Tivoli-Neu | 30,000 |
| Wiener Neustadt | Wiener Neustadt | Stadion Wiener Neustadt | 10,000 |
| WSG Wattens | Wattens | Alpenstadion | 5,500 |
Personnel and kits
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, and then did the same in the second half of the season.First half of season
Second half of season
Season statistics
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 |  Patrik Eler | Innsbruck | 24 |
| 2 |  René Gartler | LASK | 21 |
| 3 |  Raphael Dwamena | Lustenau | 18 |
| 4 |  João Victor Santos Sá | KSV | 14 |
| 4 |  Mergim Berisha | Liefering | 14 |
| 6 | Fabiano de Lima Campos Maria | LASK | 12 |
| 6 |  Milan Jurdík | Wattens | 12 |
| 8 | Christian Gebauer | Wattens | 10 |
| 8 | Samuel Tetteh | Liefering | 10 |
| 8 | Bruno Felipe Souza Da Silva | Lustenau | 10 |