# 2009–10 Austrian Football First League

The 2009–10 Austrian Football First League (German: Erste Liga, also known as ADEG Erste Liga due to sponsorship) was the 36th season of the Austrian second-level football league. It began on 14 July 2009 and ended on 28 May 2010.
The season is the last one played with twelve teams, as league size will be reduced to ten for 2010–11. The reserve teams of Austrian Bundesliga clubs Red Bull Salzburg and Austria Vienna will be demoted to the Regionalliga after the season regardless of their final position. The last-placed of the remaining ten teams will also be relegated, while the team ranked ninth will compete with the Regionalliga champions for another spot in the 2010–11 season.

## Team movements
### Movement between Bundesliga and Erste Liga

SC Wiener Neustadt as 2008–09 champions were promoted to the Bundesliga. They were replaced by SC Rheindorf Altach, who finished the 2008–09 Bundesliga season in last place.

### Movement between Erste Liga and Regionalliga

SV Grödig, DSV Leoben and 1. FC Vöcklabruck finished the 2008–09 season in the bottom three places and were relegated to their appropriate Regionalliga division. The three relegated teams were replaced by Regionalliga division champions First Vienna (East), TSV Hartberg (Central) and FC Dornbirn 1913 (West).

## Team overview

| Club Name | Stadium | Capacity |
| Austria Lustenau | Reichshofstadion | 12,500 |
| Austria Vienna Reserves | Franz Horr Stadium | 11,800 |
| FC Dornbirn 1913 | Stadion Birkenwiese | 12,000 |
| FC Gratkorn | Sportstadion Gratkorn | 3,000 |
| FC Lustenau | Reichshofstadion | 12,500 |
| Red Bull Salzburg Reserves | Red Bull Arena | 31,000 |
| FC Trenkwalder Admira | Bundesstadion Südstadt | 12,000 |
| FC Wacker Innsbruck | Tivoli Neu | 30,000 |
| First Vienna FC | Hohe Warte Stadium | 5,000 |
| SC Rheindorf Altach | Stadion Schnabelholz | 8,900 |
| SKN St. Pölten | Voith-Platz | 10,000 |
| TSV Hartberg | Stadion Hartberg | 6,000 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | FC Wacker Innsbruck (C, P) | 33 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 67 | 26 | +41 | 69 | Promotion to 2010–11 Austrian Bundesliga |
| 2 | FC Trenkwalder Admira | 33 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 68 | 22 | +46 | 67 | |
| 3 | SC Rheindorf Altach | 33 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 60 | 27 | +33 | 66 | |
| 4 | SKN St. Pölten | 33 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 44 | 42 | +2 | 51 | |
| 5 | Austria Lustenau | 33 | 15 | 5 | 13 | 43 | 46 | −3 | 50 | |
| 6 | Red Bull Salzburg Reserves (R) | 33 | 13 | 5 | 15 | 58 | 49 | +9 | 44 | Relegation to 2010–11 Austrian Regionalliga |
| 7 | FC Gratkorn | 33 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 57 | 51 | +6 | 43 | |
| 8 | FC Lustenau | 33 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 42 | 52 | −10 | 41 | |
| 9 | TSV Hartberg | 33 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 36 | 68 | −32 | 38 | |
| 10 | Austria Vienna Reserves (R) | 33 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 42 | 57 | −15 | 35 | Relegation to 2010–11 Austrian Regionalliga |
| 11 | First Vienna FC | 33 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 37 | 57 | −20 | 30 | Qualification to Relegation playoffs |
| 12 | FC Dornbirn 1913 (R) | 33 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 24 | 81 | −57 | 22 | Relegation to 2010–11 Austrian Regionalliga |
* 1 2 Red Bull Salzburg Reserves and Austria Vienna Reserves will be relegated to the Regionalliga at the end of the season regardless of their final position.
* ↑ Since Austria Kärnten did not obtain First League license and were therefore relegated from Bundesliga to Regionalliga, promotion/relegation play-offs between First Vienna and SV Grödig were cancelled with both teams obtaining a spot in the 2010–11 Austrian Football First League.

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Tomas Miranda | Rheindorf Altach | 11 |
| 1 | Osman Bozkurt | First Vienna | 11 |
| 1 | Marcel Schreter | Wacker Innsbruck | 11 |
| 4 | Djordje Rakic | Red Bull Salzburg Reserves | 10 |
| 5 | Andreas Dammer | Rheindorf Altach | 8 |
| 5 | Fabiano | Wacker Innsbruck | 8 |
| 7 | Julius Perstaller | Wacker Innsbruck | 7 |
| 7 | Patrick Bürger | Hartberg | 7 |
| 9 | Joahachim Parapatis | Gratkorn | 6 |
| 9 | Patrick Salomon | Austria Lustenau | 6 |
| 9 | Thomas Stadler | Dornbirn | 6 |
Source: Weltfussball.de Updated: 26 February 2010