# 2012–13 Austrian Football First League

The 2012–13 Austrian Football First League was the 39th season of the Austrian second-level football league. It began on 19 July 2012 and ended on 24 May 2013.

## Teams
### Stadia and locations

| Team | Stadium | Capacity |
| Austria Lustenau | Reichshofstadion | 8,800 |
| Blau-Weiß Linz | Linzer Stadion | 25,138 |
| First Vienna | Hohe Warte Stadium | 5,000 |
| Grödig | Untersberg-Arena | 2,955 |
| Hartberg | Stadion Hartberg | 6,000 |
| Horn | Sportplatz | 3,000 |
| Kapfenberger SV | Franz Fekete Stadium | 12,000 |
| Lustenau | Reichshofstadion | 8,800 |
| Rheindorf Altach | Cashpoint Arena | 8,900 |
| St. Pölten | Voith-Platz | 10,000 |

### Personnel and kits

| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Austria Lustenau | Helgi Kolviðsson | Harald Dürr | Umbro | ZIMA |
| Blau-Weiß Linz | Edmund Stöhr | Konstantin Wawra | Lotto | Lenze |
| First Vienna | Alfred Tatar | Ernst Dospel | Nike | PayLife |
| Grödig | Adi Hütter | Ione Cabrera | Nike | Scholz |
| Hartberg | Paul Gludovatz | Jürgen Rindler | Jako | Lopoca |
| Horn | Michael Streiter | Aleksandar Djordjević | Umbro | Shopping Horn |
| Kapfenberger SV | Klaus Schmidt | David Sencar | Erima | Murauer |
| Lustenau | Daniel Madlener | Mario Bolter | Nike | Prometheus |
| Rheindorf Altach | Damir Canadi | Martin Kobras | Jako | Cashpoint |
| St. Pölten | Martin Scherb | Michael Popp | Jako | Hypo Noe Gruppe |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by |
| Grödig | Heimo Pfeifenberger | Contract expired | 31 May 2012 | Pre-season | Adi Hütter |
| Hartberg | Walter Hörmann | Contract expired | 11 June 2012 | Pre-season | Andreas Moriggl |
| Rheindorf Altach | Edmund Stöhr | Contract expired | 30 June 2012 | Pre-season | Rainer Scharinger |
| Blau-Weiß Linz | Thomas Weissenböck | Sacked | 22 September 2012 | 9th | Edmund Stöhr |
| Hartberg | Andreas Moriggl | Sacked | 15 October 2012 | 7th | Paul Gludovatz |
| Kapfenberger SV | Thomas von Heesen | Appointed as Sport director | 10 November 2012 | 9th | Klaus Schmidt |
| Rheindorf Altach | Rainer Scharinger | Sacked | 7 January 2013 | 4th | Damir Canadi |
| Lustenau | Damir Canadi | Signed by Rheindorf Altach | 8 January 2013 | 5th | Daniel Madlener |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Grödig (P) | 36 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 71 | 30 | +41 | 75 | Promotion to 2013–14 Austrian Bundesliga |
| 2 | Rheindorf Altach | 36 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 57 | 39 | +18 | 65 | |
| 3 | Austria Lustenau | 36 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 60 | 39 | +21 | 61 | |
| 4 | St. Pölten | 36 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 65 | 60 | +5 | 54 | |
| 5 | Kapfenberger SV | 36 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 56 | 50 | +6 | 53 | |
| 6 | Horn | 36 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 50 | 55 | −5 | 46 | |
| 7 | First Vienna | 36 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 48 | 64 | −16 | 46 | |
| 8 | Lustenau (R) | 36 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 44 | 66 | −22 | 38 | Relegation to 2013–14 Austrian Regionalliga |
| 9 | Hartberg | 36 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 35 | 54 | −19 | 33 | |
| 10 | Blau-Weiß Linz (R) | 36 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 38 | 67 | −29 | 26 | Qualification to Relegation playoffs |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Johannes Aigner | Rheindorf Altach | 18 |
| 2 | David Witteveen | Grödig | 17 |
| 3 | Thiago | Austria Lustenau | 13 |
| 4 | Daniel Lucas | St. Pölten | 12 |
| 5 | Miroslav Milošević | Horn | 11 |
| 5 | Philipp Zulechner | Horn | 11 |
| 7 | Furkan Aydoğdu | Lustenau | 10 |
| 7 | Sandro Gotal | Horn | 10 |
| 7 | Thomas Salamon | Grödig | 10 |
| 10 | Patrick Salomon | Austria Lustenau | 9 |
| 10 | Philipp Wendler | Kapfenberger SV | 9 |

## Promotion/relegation playoffs
### Teams

* FC Blau-Weiß Linz (finished 10th in First League)
* SC-ESV Parndorf 1919 (champions of Regionalliga Ost)
* LASK Linz (champions of Regionalliga Mitte)
* FC Liefering (champions of Regionalliga West)

### Second leg

FC Liefering win 5-0 on aggregate and are promoted to the Austrian First League
SC-ESV Parndorf 1919 win 3-1 on aggregate and are promoted to the Austrian First League