# 2022–23 Austrian Football Second League

The 2022–23 Austrian Football Second League known as the Admiral 2nd League for sponsorship purposes, was the 49th season of the Austrian second-level football league and the fifth as the Second League. The league consists of 16 teams.
Blau-Weiß Linz secured the league championship and promotion to the 2023–24 Austrian Football Bundesliga on the last day of the season, notching a win over Sturm Graz II while second place Grazer AK was only able to secure a draw.

## Teams

Sixteen teams will participate in the 2022–23 season. FC Flyeralarm Admira was relegated from the 2021–22 Austrian Football Bundesliga, replacing the 2021–22 champions SC Austria Lustenau, while First Vienna FC (Regionalliga Ost) and SK Sturm Graz II (Regionalliga Mitte) were promoted from the third tier to replace the two relegated squads, FC Juniors OÖ and FC Wacker Innsbruck.
| Club Name | City | Stadium | Capacity |
| Admira Wacker | Maria Enzersdorf | motion invest Arena | 10,600 |
| SKU Amstetten | Amstetten | Ertl Glas Stadion | 2,000 |
| Austria Wien II | Vienna | Generali-Arena | 17,500 |
| Blau-Weiß Linz | Linz | Donauparkstadion | 2,000 |
| FC Dornbirn | Dornbirn | Stadion Birkenwiese | 7,500 |
| First Vienna FC | Vienna | Hohe Warte Stadium | 5,500 |
| Floridsdorfer AC | Vienna | FAC-Platz | 3,000 |
| Grazer AK | Graz | Merkur-Arena | 15,323 |
| SV Horn | Horn | Sparkasse Horn Arena | 7,870 |
| Kapfenberger SV | Kapfenberg | Franz Fekete Stadium | 10,000 |
| SV Lafnitz | Lafnitz | Sportplatz Lafnitz | 3,000 |
| Liefering | Salzburg | Untersberg-Arena | 4,128 |
| Rapid Wien II | Vienna | Allianz Stadion | 28,000 |
| Sturm Graz II | Graz | Merkur Arena | 16,364 |
| St. Pölten | Sankt Pölten | NV Arena | 8,000 |
| Vorwärts Steyr | Steyr | Vorwärts-Stadion | 6,000 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Blau-Weiß Linz (C, P) | 30 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 63 | 27 | +36 | 61 | Promotion to 2023–24 Austrian Football Bundesliga |
| 2 | Grazer AK | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 52 | 29 | +23 | 60 | |
| 3 | SKN St. Pölten | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 53 | 27 | +26 | 56 | |
| 4 | SV Horn | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 38 | 33 | +5 | 48 | |
| 5 | SKU Amstetten | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 45 | |
| 6 | Floridsdorfer AC | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 41 | 30 | +11 | 45 | |
| 7 | First Vienna FC | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 34 | 33 | +1 | 43 | |
| 8 | SV Lafnitz | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 47 | 46 | +1 | 41 | |
| 9 | FC Liefering | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 52 | 54 | −2 | 37 | |
| 10 | Admira Wacker | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 39 | 42 | −3 | 36 | |
| 11 | FC Dornbirn | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 43 | 44 | −1 | 35 | |
| 12 | Kapfenberger SV | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 40 | 56 | −16 | 34 | |
| 13 | SK Sturm Graz II | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 41 | 56 | −15 | 34 | |
| 14 | Vorwärts Steyr (R) | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 36 | 54 | −18 | 32 | Relegation to 2023–24 Austrian Football Regionalliga |
| 15 | Rapid Wien II (R) | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 33 | 55 | −22 | 30 | Relegation to 2023–24 Austrian Football Regionalliga |
| 16 | Austria Wien II (R) | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 34 | 61 | −27 | 29 | Relegation to 2023–24 Austrian Football Regionalliga |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AMS | ADM | AUW | BWL | DOR | FAC | FVI | GAK | HOR | KAP | LAF | LIE | RAP | STU | STP | VOR |
| SKU Amstetten | — | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 |
| Admira Wacker | 0–1 | — | 3–2 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Austria Wien II | 1–5 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 |
| Blau-Weiß Linz | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 |
| FC Dornbirn | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–5 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 |
| Floridsdorfer AC | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | — | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| First Vienna FC | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–3 | — | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| Grazer AK | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 |
| SV Horn | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | — | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 |
| Kapfenberger SV | 1–1 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–5 | 0–1 | — | 1–5 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| SV Lafnitz | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | — | 0–3 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| FC Liefering | 4–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 0–6 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | — | 6–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 4–3 |
| Rapid Wien II | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 0–4 | 1–5 | 2–1 |
| SK Sturm Graz II | 3–1 | 2–5 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | — | 0–2 | 2–0 |
| SKN St. Pölten | 2–3 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–5 | — | 1–1 |
| Vorwärts Steyr | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | — |

## Positions by round

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Blau-Weiß Linz | 14 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Grazer AK | 11 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| St. Pölten | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Horn | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Amstetten | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| FAC | 10 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| First Vienna FC | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| Lafnitz | 5 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Liefering | 6 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 9 |
| Admira Wacker | 12 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 10 |
| Dornbirn | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 |
| Kapfenberger SV | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 12 |
| Sturm Graz II | 13 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 13 |
| Vorwärts | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 |
| Rapid II | 7 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 |
| Austria Wien II | 8 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
* Promotion to Austrian Bundesliga
* Relegation to Austrian Regionalliga

## Results by round

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| SKU Amstetten | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | L | D | W | L | L | W | D | L | L | D | L | W | L | D | D | W | W | W | L | W | D | L | D |
| Admira Wacker | L | W | D | W | D | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | L | W | D | D | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | D | W |
| Austria Wien II | D | L | D | L | D | D | W | W | L | L | D | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | D | D | L |
| Blau-Weiß Linz | L | W | L | D | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | D | W | W | D | W | L | W | W |
| FC Dornbirn | L | L | L | L | D | D | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | L | L | D | L | W | W | D | L | W | L | L | L | L | D | W | D |
| Floridsdorfer AC | D | L | W | W | D | L | W | W | D | W | W | D | D | L | D | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | W | W | D | L | D | W | W |
| First Vienna FC | W | W | D | D | D | D | L | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | D | L | L | W | L | D | W | L | L | L | D | W | W | W | L | L |
| Grazer AK | D | L | W | D | D | W | W | W | L | D | D | D | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | D |
| SV Horn | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | D | W | L | W | W | L | D | D | L | D | L | D | W | D | W | L | D |
| Kapfenberger SV | L | L | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | W | L | W | L | D | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | D | W | L | L |
| SV Lafnitz | W | L | L | W | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | D | L | W | W | D | D | L | D | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | W |
| FC Liefering | D | W | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | D | L | L | L | D | W | L | W |
| Rapid Wien II | D | L | D | D | D | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | L | W | D | W | W | W | L | D | D | L | L | W | D | L | D | L | L | L |
| SK Sturm Graz II | L | W | D | W | L | L | L | W | D | D | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | D | L | W | L | L | W | W | L |
| SKN St. Pölten | W | W | D | L | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | D | L | L | L | W |
| Vorwärts Steyr | D | L | W | L | D | D | W | L | D | L | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | D | D | D | W | L | L | L | W | D | W | L | W | L |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Ronivaldo | Blau-Weiß Linz | 19 |
| 2 | Karim Konate | FC Liefering | 15 |
| 2 | Stefan Feiertag | SKU Ertl Glas Amstetten | 15 |
| 4 | Jurica Poldrugac | SV Licht-Loidl Lafnitz | 13 |
| 4 | Milan Toth | Sturm Graz II | 13 |
| 6 | Matthias Seidl | Blau-Weiß Linz | 12 |
| 6 | Luis Hartwig | St. Pölten | 12 |
| 8 | Mark Grosse | Kapfenberger SV | 11 |
| 8 | Fally Mayulu | Blau-Weiß Linz | 11 |