2. Liga

Admiral Zweite Liga is the name of the second division in Austrian football.
History
The league was formed in 1975. The name "Erste Liga" was not new, because before the Second World War the name was in use for the second division in football. From 1949 to 1975 the 3 Regionalligen were the second level. With some modifications the league still exists.

There were ten clubs in the league. The champion promotes to the Bundesliga, the last team of the Bundesliga is relegated to the Erste Liga. The last three teams of this league are relegated to the Regionalliga, the champions of the 3 Regionalligen are promoted to the Erste Liga as fare they are licenced. Beginning with the 2018–19 season the former First League changed its name to the Second LeagueBundesliga.at (German) and expanded from ten teams to 16 teams. Bundesliga.at (German) Also amateurteams of a club from the Bundesliga are allowed.

In the 2020-21 season the Regionalliga was suspended due to the COVID-pandemic. Therefor no team was relegated from Liga 2. SK Rapid Wien II , SK  Vorwärts Steyr and SV Horn stayed in the league. Sport ORF.at (German)
The 3rd of the league Austria Klagenfurt played relegationmatches versus SKN St. Pölten and won 5:0 (4:0 and 1:0) and was promoted to the Bundesliga.
Clubs in the  Admiral 2. Liga 2024-25

Club NameCityStadiumCapacitySchwarz-Weiß Bregenz  Bregenz  ImmoAgentur-Stadion  12,000Floridsdorfer AC  Wien  FAC-Platz  3,000Kapfenberger SV  Kapfenberg  Franz-Fekete-Stadion  12,000FC Liefering  Salzburg  EM Stadion Wals-Siezenheim  17 000SKN St. PöltenSankt PöltenNV Arena8,000First Vienna FC  Wien  Hohe Warte Stadium  5,000ASK Voitsberg  Voitsberg  Münzer Bioindustrie Sportpark  2,500SK Rapid Wien II  Wien  Allianz Stadion  28,345FC Admira Wacker Mödling  Maria Enzensdorf  Bundesstadion Südstadt  12,000SV Horn  Horn  Sparkasse Horn Arena  7,870SKU Amstetten  Amstetten  Ertl Glas Stadion  2,000SV Lafnitz  Lafnitz  Sportplatz Lafnitz  3,000SV Stripfing  Stripfing  Sportplatz Stripfing   500SV Ried  Ried  Innviertel Arena   7,300SC Austria Lustenau  Lustenau  ImmoAgentur-Stadion   12,000SK Sturm Graz II  Graz  Solarstadion Gleisdorf   700
Sport.de-Stadien 2. Liga Österreich

Champions

1975 	Grazer AK 		
1976 	First Vienna FC 1894 		
1977 	Wiener Sport-Club 
1978 	SV Austria Salzburg 			
1979 	Linzer ASK 	
1980 	SC Eisenstadt 		
1981 	SSW Innsbruck 		
1982 	SK Austria Klagenfurt 		
1983 	SV St. Veit/Glan 	 	
1984 	SV Spittal/Drau 		
1985 	Salzburger AK 1914 		
1986 	First Vienna FC 1894 
1987 	VfB Mödling 
1988 	VSE St. Pölten 
1989 	SV Austria Salzburg 
1990 	Donawitzer SV Alpine 
1991 	FC VOEST Linz 
1992 	VfB Mödling 
1993 	Grazer AK 
1994 	Linzer ASK 
1995 	Grazer AK
1996 	FC Linz 
1997 	SC Austria Lustenau 
1998 	SK Vorwärts Steyr 	
1999 	SC Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz
2000 	VfB Admira Wacker Mödling

2001 	FC Kärnten
2002 	ASKÖ Pasching 
2003 	SV Mattersburg
2004 	FC Wacker Tirol
2005 	SV Ried
2006 	SC Rheindorf Altach
2007 	LASK Linz
2008 	Kapfenberger SV
2009 	SC Magna Wiener Neustadt
2010 	FC Wacker Innsbruck
2011   VfB Admira Wacker Mödling
2012   Wolfsberger AC
2013   SV Grödig
2014   SCR Altach
2015  SV Mattersburg
2016  SKN St. Pölten
 2017 LASK Linz
2018 FC Wacker Innsbruck
2019 WSG Wattens
2020 SV Ried
2021 FC Blau Weiß Linz
2022 SC Austria Lustenau
2023 FC Blau Weiß Linz
2024 Grazer AK
2024 SV Ried

Topscorer
  weltfussball.de. Retrieved 6 February 2022

 Season Name/Club Goals 1999/00  Armin Hobel WSG Tirol  15 2000/01  Roland Kollmann FC Kärnten 28 2001/02  Christian Stumpf LASK 17 2002/03  Armin Hobel BSV Juniors23 2003/04  Samuel Koejoe FC Wacker Innsbruck22 2004/05  Sanel Kuljic SV Ried34 2005/06  Ivica Vastić LASK19 2006/07  Ivica Vastić LASK23 2007/08  Rene Gartler FC Lustenau21 2008/09  Diego Viana  SV Grödig20 2009/10  Patrick Bürger  TSV Hartberg18 2010/11  Benjamin Sulimani Admira Wacker19 2011/12  David Poljanec FC Blau-Weiß Linz19 2012/13  Hannes Aigner SC Rheindorf Altach18 2013/14  Hannes Aigner SC Rheindorf Altach22 2014/15  Markus Pink SV Mattersburg21 2015/16  Thomas Pichlmann FC Wacker Innsbruck20 2016/17  Patrik Eler FC Wacker Innsbruck24 2017/18  Seifedin Chabbi SV Ried Hamdi Salihi SC Wiener Neustadt22 2018/19  Ronivaldo SC Austria Lustenau26 2019/20  Ronivaldo SC Austria Lustenau24 2020/21  Fabian Schubert FC Blau-Weiß Linz33 2021/22  Haris Tabakovic SC Austria Lustenau27 2022/23  Ronivaldo   Blau-Weiß Linz19 2023/24  Dario Tadic   SKN St. Pölten    Deni Alar   DSV Leoben16 2024/25  Claudy Mbuyi   SKN St. Pölten 21

Other websites
Official website (in German)

References

Category:1975 establishments in Europe
Category:1970s establishments in Austria
Category:Football leagues in Austria