# 2023–24 Austrian Football Second League

The 2023–24 Austrian Football Second League known as the Admiral 2nd League for sponsorship purposes, was the 50th season of the Austrian second-level football league and the sixth as the Second League. The league consists of 16 teams.
Grazer AK spent the majority of the season in the top position on the table, clinching the championship with weeks to spare and ensuring a promotion to the 2024-25 Austrian Bundesliga. DSV Leoben, Mohren Dornbirn were all relegated to the Austrian Regionalliga.

## Teams

Sixteen teams participated in the 2023–24 season. Ried was relegated from the 2022–23 Austrian Football Bundesliga, replacing the 2022–23 2nd League Champions Blau-Weiß Linz, while Leoben (Regionalliga Mitte), SW Bregenz (Regionalliga West) and SV Stripfing (Regionalliga Ost) were promoted from the third tier to replace the three relegated squads, Vorwärts Steyr, Rapid II and AW II.
SV Stripfing played in 2nd League for the first time in history from this season and finished one spot out of relegation, securing its spot in the 2023-24 2. Liga.
| Club Name | City | Stadium | Capacity |
| DSV Leoben | Leoben | Donawitz Stadium | 8,450 |
| First Vienna FC | Vienna | Hohe Warte Stadium | 5,500 |
| Floridsdorfer AC | Vienna | FAC-Platz | 3,000 |
| Flyeralarm Admira | Maria Enzersdorf | motion invest Arena | 10,600 |
| Grazer AK | Graz | Merkur-Arena | 15,323 |
| Guntamatic Ried | Ried im Innkreis | Josko Arena | 7,680 |
| Kapfenberger SV | Kapfenberg | Franz Fekete Stadium | 10,000 |
| FC Liefering | Salzburg | Untersberg-Arena | 4,128 |
| Mohren Dornbirn | Dornbirn | Stadion Birkenwiese | 7,500 |
| Sturm Graz II | Graz | Merkur Arena | 16,364 |
| SKN St. Pölten | Sankt Pölten | NV Arena | 8,000 |
| SKU Amstetten | Amstetten | Ertl Glas Stadion | 2,000 |
| SV Horn | Horn | Sparkasse Horn Arena | 7,870 |
| SV Lafnitz | Lafnitz | Sportplatz Lafnitz | 3,000 |
| SV Stripfing | Weikendorf | Sportplatz Stripfing | 500 |
| SW Bregenz | Bregenz | ImmoAgentur Stadion | 12,000 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Grazer AK (C, P) | 30 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 57 | 27 | +30 | 69 | Promotion to 2024–25 Austrian Football Bundesliga |
| 2 | Guntamatic Ried | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 67 | 22 | +45 | 59 | |
| 3 | First Vienna FC | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 52 | 39 | +13 | 51 | |
| 4 | DSV Leoben (R) | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 47 | 31 | +16 | 51 | Relegation to 2024–25 Austrian Football Regionalliga |
| 5 | Floridsdorfer AC | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 45 | 33 | +12 | 49 | |
| 6 | FC Liefering | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 51 | 40 | +11 | 47 | |
| 7 | Flyeralarm Admira | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 42 | 31 | +11 | 47 | |
| 8 | SV Horn | 30 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 40 | 48 | −8 | 41 | |
| 9 | SKN St. Pölten | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 46 | 52 | −6 | 40 | |
| 10 | Licht-Loidl Lafnitz | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 48 | 57 | −9 | 37 | |
| 11 | SW Bregenz | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 38 | 45 | −7 | 36 | |
| 12 | Kapfenberger SV | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 42 | 54 | −12 | 35 | |
| 13 | SV Stripfing | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 40 | 58 | −18 | 35 | |
| 14 | Mohren Dornbirn (R) | 30 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 32 | 51 | −19 | 33 | Relegation to 2024–25 Austrian Football Regionalliga |
| 15 | Sturm Graz II | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 39 | 67 | −28 | 23 | |
| 16 | Ertl Glas Amstetten | 30 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 30 | 61 | −31 | 16 | |
* ↑ DSV Leoben was not granted admission to the 2nd division in the first and second instance. The club then appealed to the league's permanent neutral arbitration tribunal, where it also failed. As no other club from the Regionalliga West that had applied for a second division licence was granted, Amstetten remained in the league and the number of relegated teams was reduced to two. Dornbirn also failed to gain admission to the 2nd division and was relegated together with Leoben.
* ↑ SW Bregenz were deducted 3 points and fined €25,000 for fielding three Brazilians without a work permission and not paying them directly by the club.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AMS | ADM | BRE | DOR | FAC | FVI | GAK | HOR | KAP | LAF | LEO | LIE | RIE | STP | STR | STU |
| SKU Amstetten | — | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 |
| Admira Wacker | 3–1 | — | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| SW Bregenz | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–4 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 3–3 |
| FC Dornbirn | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–5 | — | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 |
| Floridsdorfer AC | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| First Vienna FC | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | — | 2–3 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 7–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Grazer AK | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| SV Horn | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | — | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 4–0 |
| Kapfenberger SV | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–3 | — | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| SV Lafnitz | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | — | 2–3 | 1–6 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 5–2 |
| DSV Leoben | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 |
| FC Liefering | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 |
| Guntamatic Ried | 3–0 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | — | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 |
| SKN St. Pölten | 3–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–4 | — | 1–2 | 3–1 |
| SV Stripfing | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–5 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | — | 2–1 |
| SK Sturm Graz II | 3–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 1–4 | 2–0 | — |

## 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 |
| Grazer AK | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Guntamatic Ried | 8 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| First Vienna FC | 13 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| DSV Leoben | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| Floridsdorfer AC | 9 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| FC Liefering | 11 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| Admira Wacker | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| SV Horn | 10 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| SKN St. Pölten | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 |
| SV Lafnitz | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 |
| SW Bregenz | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 |
| Kapfenberger SV | 16 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 |
| SV Stripfing | 12 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 |
| FC Dornbirn | 6 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| SK Sturm Graz II | 14 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| SKU Amstetten | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 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 | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | D | D | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | L | D | D | L |
| Admira Wacker | W | D | W | L | W | D | L | D | D | D | D | L | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | L | W | W | L | L |
| SW Bregenz | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | D | D | L | W | W | L | W | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | W |
| FC Dornbirn | W | L | L | W | L | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | D | W | W | L |
| Floridsdorfer AC | D | D | D | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | L | D | L | W | W | L | D | W | D | D |
| First Vienna FC | L | D | L | L | W | W | W | D | W | D | L | W | D | W | W | L | D | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | W |
| Grazer AK | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | L | W | W | W | D | W | D | W |
| SV Horn | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | D | L | D | L |
| Kapfenberger SV | L | D | W | L | D | W | L | W | D | W | W | D | D | W | L | L | D | L | L | D | D | L | W | L | L | W | W | L | L | L |
| SV Lafnitz | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | W | W | D | W | L | D | L | L | D | W | L | L | L |
| DSV Leoben | W | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | D | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | D | W | L | W | D | L | W | L | W |
| FC Liefering | L | L | W | W | D | L | L | L | D | D | D | L | D | L | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | D | W | W |
| Guntamatic Ried | D | D | L | W | D | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W |
| SKN St. Pölten | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | L | L | L | D | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | D | W |
| SV Stripfing | L | L | W | D | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | D | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | D | W | D | W | L | L | D |
| SK Sturm Graz II | L | D | D | L | D | D | L | L | W | W | D | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | D | L | D | W | W | L | L | L | L | W | L |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

    As of Complete
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Dario Tadic | St. Pölten | 16 |
| 1 | Deni Alar | Leoben | 16 |
| 2 | Daniel Maderner | Grazer AK | 15 |
| 4 | André Leipold | Lafnitz | 13 |
| 4 | Mark Große | SV Guntamatic Ried | 13 |
| 6 | Lukas Brückler | Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz | 11 |
| 6 | Wilfried Eza | SV Guntamatic Ried | 11 |
| 8 | Kelvin Boateng | First Vienna | 10 |
| 8 | Darijo Pecirep | Stripfing | 10 |
| 8 | Christoph Monschein | First Vienna | 10 |
| 8 | Marco Hausjell | Horn | 10 |
| 8 | David Peham | First Vienna | 10 |