The 2019–20 Austrian Football Second League is the 46th season of the Austrian second-level football league and the second one as the Second League. The league contains 16 teams with one team being promoted to the Austrian Football Bundesliga and 3 teams being relegated to the Austrian Regionalliga.
Teams Sixteen teams will participate in the 2019–20 season. Promoted teams are Grazer AK from Austrian Regionalliga Central and FC Dornbirn 1913 from Austrian Regionalliga West. No team gained promotion from Austrian Regionalliga East due to the only team to apply for a licence (SK Rapid Wien II) not attaining the required second place.
The team relegated from the 2018–19 Austrian Football Bundesliga were Wacker Innsbruck.
Club NameCityStadiumCapacityAustria Lustenau Lustenau Reichshofstadion 8,800FC Blau-Weiß Linz Linz Donauparkstadion 2,000Floridsdorfer AC Vienna FAC-Platz 3,000FK Austria Wien II Vienna Austria-Akademie 830Kapfenberger SV Kapfenberg Franz-Fekete-Stadion 12,000Liefering Salzburg Red Bull Arena 31,895SV Ried Ried im Innkreis Keine Sorgen Arena 7,680FC Wacker Innsbruck (2002) Innsbruck Tivoli-Neu 16,000Grazer AK Graz Merkur-Arena 15,323FC Dornbirn 1913 Dornbirn Stadion Birkenwiese 12,000FC Juniors OÖ Pasching Waldstadion 7,870SV Horn Horn Waldviertler Volksbank Arena 7,870SKU Amstetten Amstetten Ertl Glas Stadion 2,000SV Lafnitz Lafnitz Sportplatz Lafnitz 3,000SK Vorwärts Steyr Steyr Vorwärts-Stadion 6,000SK Austria Klagenfurt Klagenfurt Wörthersee Stadion 32,000
Personnel and kits Club Manager Captain Kit Manufacturer Sponsors Austria Lustenau Gernot Plassnegger Ronivaldo Uhlsport Planet Pure FC Blau-Weiß Linz Thomas Sageder Bernhard Janeczek Uhlsport Linz AG Floridsdorfer Mario Handl Marco Sahanek Puma Wiener Stadtische/Wien Energie FK Austria Wien II Andreas Ogris Stefan Jonovic Nike Gazprom Export Kapfenberger SV Kurt Russ David Sencar Erima MurauerLiefering Bo SvenssonDaniel Antosch Nike Red Bull SV Ried Thomas Weissenböck Thomas Reifeltshammer Hummel Guntamatic Wacker Innsbruck Thomas Grumser Lukas Hupfauf Macron Grazer AK David Preiß Marco Perchtold Erima Hpybet FC Dornbirn Markus Mader Aaron Kircher Erima Mohren FC Juniors OÖ Ronald Brunmayr Nemanja Celic SV Horn Carsten Jancker Marcel Toth Macron Leyrer + Graf SKU Amstetten Robert Weinstabl Matthias Wurm Puma Ertl Glas SV Lafnitz Ferdinand Feldhofer Andreas Zingl adidas Autohaus Frieszl SK Vorwärts Steyr Wilhelm Wahlmüller Reinhard Großalber Erima Falcoon SK Austria Klagenfurt Robert Micheu Sandro Zakany Erreà
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of appointment SV Horn Kurt Jusits17 June 2019 Markus Karner18 June 2019 FC Liefering Janusz Góra 30 June 2019 Michael Feichtenbeiner (caretaker manager) 1 July 2019 FC Juniors OÖ Andreas Wieland30 June 2019 Gerald Scheiblehner1 July 2019 Grazer AK Enrico Kulovits30 June 2019 David Preiß1 July 2019FK Austria Wien II Christoph Glatzer30 June 2019 Harald Suchard1 July 2019 FC Liefering Michael Feichtenbeiner (caretaker manager) 12 July 2019 Bo Svensson 12 July 2019 SC Austria Lustenau Gernot Plassnegger 4 September 2019 Tamás Tiefenbach (caretaker manager) 4 September 2019 SC Austria Lustenau Tamás Tiefenbach (caretaker manager) 15 September 2019 Roman Mählich 16 September 2019 SV Horn Markus Karner11 November 2019 Hans Kleer11 November 2019 FC Blau-Weiß Linz Goran Djuricin6 December 2019 Ronald Brunmayr14 January 2020SV Lafnitz Ferdinand Feldhofer 23 December 2019 Philipp Semlic 3 January 2020 Grazer AK David Preiß25 February 2020 Alois Hödl25 February 2020
League table
Season statistics
Top goalscorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 RonivaldoAustria Lustenau152 Ercan KaraSV Horn133 Fabian SchubertBlau-Weiß Linz94 Karim AdeyemiFC Liefering8 Jefté BetancorSV Ried Chukwubuike AdamuFC Liefering
See also 2019–20 Austrian Football Bundesliga 2019–20 Austrian Cup
References
External links Official website Page on AustriaSoccer.at