# 2019–20 Austrian Football Second League

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 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 |
| FK Austria Wien II | Vienna | Austria-Akademie | 830 |
| Kapfenberger SV | Kapfenberg | Franz-Fekete-Stadion | 12,000 |
| Liefering | Salzburg | Red Bull Arena | 31,895 |
| SV Ried | Ried im Innkreis | Keine Sorgen Arena | 7,680 |
| FC Wacker Innsbruck (2002) | Innsbruck | Tivoli-Neu | 16,000 |
| Grazer AK | Graz | Merkur-Arena | 15,323 |
| FC Dornbirn 1913 | Dornbirn | Stadion Birkenwiese | 12,000 |
| FC Juniors OÖ | Pasching | Waldstadion | 7,870 |
| SV Horn | Horn | Waldviertler Volksbank Arena | 7,870 |
| SKU Amstetten | Amstetten | Ertl Glas Stadion | 2,000 |
| SV Lafnitz | Lafnitz | Sportplatz Lafnitz | 3,000 |
| SK Vorwärts Steyr | Steyr | Vorwärts-Stadion | 6,000 |
| SK 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 | Murauer |
| Liefering | Bo Svensson | Daniel 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 Jusits | 17 June 2019 | Markus Karner | 18 June 2019 |
| FC Liefering | Janusz Góra | 30 June 2019 | Michael Feichtenbeiner (caretaker manager) | 1 July 2019 |
| FC Juniors OÖ | Andreas Wieland | 30 June 2019 | Gerald Scheiblehner | 1 July 2019 |
| Grazer AK | Enrico Kulovits | 30 June 2019 | David Preiß | 1 July 2019 |
| FK Austria Wien II | Christoph Glatzer | 30 June 2019 | Harald Suchard | 1 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 Karner | 11 November 2019 | Hans Kleer | 11 November 2019 |
| FC Blau-Weiß Linz | Goran Djuricin | 6 December 2019 | Ronald Brunmayr | 14 January 2020 |
| SV Lafnitz | Ferdinand Feldhofer | 23 December 2019 | Philipp Semlic | 3 January 2020 |
| Grazer AK | David Preiß | 25 February 2020 | Alois Hödl | 25 February 2020 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | SV Ried (C) | 30 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 73 | 39 | +34 | 64 | Promotion to 2020–21 Austrian Bundesliga |
| 2 | Austria Klagenfurt | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 65 | 36 | +29 | 64 | |
| 3 | FC Liefering | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 73 | 47 | +26 | 53 | |
| 4 | Austria Wien II | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 62 | 44 | +18 | 48 | |
| 5 | SKU Amstetten | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 51 | 47 | +4 | 45 | |
| 6 | Wacker Innsbruck | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 44 | 49 | −5 | 44 | |
| 7 | Vorwärts Steyr | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 42 | 36 | +6 | 41 | |
| 8 | SV Lafnitz | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 39 | |
| 9 | Blau-Weiß Linz | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 51 | 57 | −6 | 37 | |
| 10 | FC Juniors OÖ | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 48 | 61 | −13 | 37 | |
| 11 | Austria Lustenau | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 57 | 58 | −1 | 35 | |
| 12 | FC Dornbirn 1913 | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 40 | 59 | −19 | 34 | |
| 13 | SV Horn | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 58 | 67 | −9 | 32 | |
| 14 | Floridsdorfer AC | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 32 | 51 | −19 | 32 | Reprieved from Relegation to 2020–21 Austrian Regionalliga |
| 15 | Grazer AK | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 40 | 50 | −10 | 31 | Reprieved from Relegation to 2020–21 Austrian Regionalliga |
| 16 | Kapfenberger SV | 29 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 32 | 67 | −35 | 21 | Reprieved from Relegation to 2020–21 Austrian Regionalliga |

## Season statistics
### Top goalscorers

    As of 26 February 2020
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Ronivaldo | Austria Lustenau | 15 |
| 2 | Ercan Kara | SV Horn | 13 |
| 3 | Fabian Schubert | Blau-Weiß Linz | 9 |
| 4 | Karim Adeyemi | FC Liefering | 8 |
| 4 | Jefté Betancor | SV Ried | 8 |
| 4 | Chukwubuike Adamu | FC Liefering | 8 |