2017–18 Austrian Football First League


The 2017–18 Austrian Football First League was the 44th season of the Austrian second-level football league and the last one as the First League. It began on 21 July 2017 and ended on 25 May 2018. The fixtures were announced on 21 June 2017.

Teams

Ten teams participated in the 2017-18 season. TSV Hartberg was promoted after winning the 2016–17 Regionalliga Mitte without having to compete in promotion play-offs as no team from the Regionalliga West or Ost applied for promotion. They replaced SV Horn who finished last in the 2016–17 First League. SV Ried were relegated from the 2016–17 Bundesliga, replacing 2016–17 First League champions LASK Linz.
Club NameCityStadiumCapacity
Austria LustenauLustenauReichshofstadion8,800
FC Blau-Weiß LinzLinzDonauparkstadion2,000
Floridsdorfer ACViennaFAC-Platz3,000
TSV HartbergHartbergStadion Hartberg4,500
Kapfenberger SVKapfenbergFranz-Fekete-Stadion12,000
LieferingSalzburgUntersberg-Arena4,128
SV RiedRied im InnkreisKeine Sorgen Arena7,680
Wacker InnsbruckInnsbruckTivoli-Neu30,000
Wiener NeustadtWiener NeustadtStadion Wiener Neustadt10,000
WSG WattensWattensAlpenstadion5,500

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

Up to 25 May 2018.
RankScorerClubGoals
1 Seifedin ChabbiSV Ried22
1 Hamdi SalihiSC Wiener Neustadt22
3 Zlatko DedićFC Wacker Innsbruck19
4 Dario TadićTSV Hartberg16
5 RonivaldoSC Austria Lustenau12
5 Milan JurdíkWSG Wattens12
7 Florian JamnigFC Wacker Innsbruck11
7 Roko MišlovTSV Hartberg11
9 Thomas FröschlSV Ried10
9 Dominik SzoboszlaiFC Liefering10

Top assists

Up to 25 May 2018.
RankPlayerClubAssists
1 Dario TadićTSV Hartberg14
2 Christopher DrazanSC Austria Lustenau11
3 Daniele GabrieleFC Wacker Innsbruck10
4 İlkay DurmuşSV Ried9
5 Mario EbenhoferSC Wiener Neustadt8
6 Zlatko DedićFC Wacker Innsbruck7
6 Manfred FischerTSV Hartberg7
6 Zakaria SanogoTSV Hartberg7
9 Thomas MayerSV Ried6
9 Christoph KröpflTSV Hartberg6
9 Julian WießmeierSV Ried6
9 Manuel KerheSV Ried6

Discipline

Up to 25 May 2018.
RankPlayerClubTotal
1 Peter HaringSV Ried150015
2 Manuel HaasKapfenberger SV103013
3 Fabian MiesenböckSC Wiener Neustadt130013
4 Florian BuchacherWSG Wattens120012
5 Lucas RangelKapfenberger SV92011
6 Daniel KerschbaumerFC Blau-Weiß Linz91010
7 Daniel RaischlFloridsdorfer AC100010
8 David GugganigWSG Wattens9009
8 PescaKapfenberger SV9009
8 Daniel GeisslerKapfenberger SV9009
8 Christopher CvetkoFC Blau-Weiß Linz9009