2012–13 Austrian Football First League

The 2012–13 Austrian Football First League was the 39th season of the Austrian second-level football league. It began on 19 July 2012 and ended on 24 May 2013.

Austrian Football First League

Season	2012–13
Promoted	Grödig
Relegated	Blau-Weiß Linz
Matches played	180
Goals scored	524 (2.91 per match)
Top goalscorer	Johannes Aigner (18 goals)
Biggest home win	Austria Lustenau 5–0 Kapfenberger SV (20 July 2012) Horn 5–0 Austria Lustenau (8 March 2013) Hartberg 6–1 Lustenau (30 April 2013)
Biggest away win	St. Pölten 1–7 Kapfenberger SV (1 March 2013)
Highest scoring	St. Pölten 1–7 Kapfenberger SV (1 March 2013)
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

Teams

Stadia and locations

Austria Lustenau

Blau-Weiß Linz

First Vienna

Grödig

Hartberg

Horn

Kapfenberger SV

Lustenau

Rheindorf Altach

St. Pölten

Location of teams in the 2012–13 Austrian Football First League

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Austria Lustenau	Reichshofstadion	8,800
Blau-Weiß Linz	Linzer Stadion	25,138
First Vienna	Hohe Warte Stadium	5,000
Grödig	Untersberg-Arena	2,955
Hartberg	Stadion Hartberg	6,000
Horn	Sportplatz	3,000
Kapfenberger SV	Franz Fekete Stadium	12,000
Lustenau	Reichshofstadion	8,800
Rheindorf Altach	Cashpoint Arena	8,900
St. Pölten	Voith-Platz	10,000

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Austria Lustenau	Helgi Kolviðsson	Harald Dürr	Umbro	ZIMA
Blau-Weiß Linz	Edmund Stöhr	Konstantin Wawra	Lotto	Lenze
First Vienna	Alfred Tatar	Ernst Dospel	Nike	PayLife
Grödig	Adi Hütter	Ione Cabrera	Nike	Scholz
Hartberg	Paul Gludovatz	Jürgen Rindler	Jako	Lopoca
Horn	Michael Streiter	Aleksandar Djordjević	Umbro	Shopping Horn
Kapfenberger SV	Klaus Schmidt	David Sencar	Erima	Murauer
Lustenau	Daniel Madlener	Mario Bolter	Nike	Prometheus
Rheindorf Altach	Damir Canadi	Martin Kobras	Jako	Cashpoint
St. Pölten	Martin Scherb	Michael Popp	Jako	Hypo Noe Gruppe

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Grödig	Heimo Pfeifenberger	Contract expired	31 May 2012	Pre-season	Adi Hütter
Hartberg	Walter Hörmann	Contract expired	11 June 2012		Andreas Moriggl
Rheindorf Altach	Edmund Stöhr	Contract expired	30 June 2012		Rainer Scharinger
Blau-Weiß Linz	Thomas Weissenböck	Sacked	22 September 2012	9th	Edmund Stöhr
Hartberg	Andreas Moriggl	Sacked	15 October 2012	7th	Paul Gludovatz
Kapfenberger SV	Thomas von Heesen	Appointed as Sport director	10 November 2012	9th	Klaus Schmidt
Rheindorf Altach	Rainer Scharinger	Sacked	7 January 2013	4th	Damir Canadi
Lustenau	Damir Canadi	Signed by Rheindorf Altach	8 January 2013	5th	Daniel Madlener

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Grödig (P)	36	23	6	7	71	30	+41	75	Promotion to 2013–14 Austrian Bundesliga
2	Rheindorf Altach	36	19	8	9	57	39	+18	65
3	Austria Lustenau	36	18	7	11	60	39	+21	61
4	St. Pölten	36	14	12	10	65	60	+5	54
5	Kapfenberger SV	36	14	11	11	56	50	+6	53
6	Horn	36	13	7	16	50	55	−5	46
7	First Vienna	36	13	7	16	48	64	−16	46
8	Lustenau (R)	36	10	8	18	44	66	−22	38	Relegation to 2013–14 Austrian Regionalliga
9	Hartberg	36	8	9	19	35	54	−19	33
10	Blau-Weiß Linz (R)	36	5	11	20	38	67	−29	26	Qualification to Relegation playoffs

Source: Austrian Football First League (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[1]
1	Johannes Aigner	Rheindorf Altach	18
2	David Witteveen	Grödig	17
3	Thiago	Austria Lustenau	13
4	Daniel Lucas	St. Pölten	12
5	Miroslav Milošević	Horn	11
	Philipp Zulechner	Horn	11
7	Furkan Aydoğdu	Lustenau	10
	Sandro Gotal	Horn	10
	Thomas Salamon	Grödig	10
10	Patrick Salomon	Austria Lustenau	9
	Philipp Wendler	Kapfenberger SV	9

Promotion/Relegation Playoffs

Teams

• FC Blau-Weiß Linz (finished 10th in First League)
• SC-ESV Parndorf 1919 (champions of Regionalliga Ost)
• LASK Linz (champions of Regionalliga Mitte)
• FC Liefering (champions of Regionalliga West)

First Leg

3 June 2013

19:00

Liefering	2 – 0	LASK Linz
Savić  71' Ćorić  90+2'	Report

Red Bull Arena, Wals-Siezenheim

Attendance: 2,280

Referee: Dominik Ouschan

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3 June 2013

19:30

Parndorf	2 – 1	Blau-Weiß Linz
Horvath  33' Koller  75'	Report	Hartl  54'

Heidebodenstadion, Parndorf

Attendance: 14,700

Referee: Gerhard Grobelnik

Second Leg

6 June 2013

20:00

LASK Linz	0 – 3	Liefering
	Report	André Silva  4' Savić  27' Konrad  47'

Linzer Stadion, Linz

Attendance: 6,700

Referee: Rene Eisner

FC Liefering win 5-0 on aggregate and are promoted to the Austrian First League

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7 June 2013

18:30

Blau-Weiß Linz	0 – 1	Parndorf
	Report	Kummerer  28' (pen)

Linzer Stadion, Linz

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer

SC-ESV Parndorf 1919 win 3-1 on aggregate and are promoted to the Austrian First League

References

1. "Torschützenliste". Austrian Football First League (in German). Retrieved 12 March 2013.

External links

• Official website (in German)