Season | 2015–16 |
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Champions | SKN St. Pölten |
Promoted | SKN St. Pölten |
Relegated |
SK Austria Klagenfurt SV Austria Salzburg |
Matches played | 180 |
Goals scored | 528 (2.93 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Thomas Pichlmann (20) |
Biggest home win |
SKN St. Pölten 6-2 SV Austria Salzburg (27 November 2015) FC Liefering 5-1 SV Kapfenberg (2 October 2015) SK Austria Klagenfurt 5-1 SV Kapfenberg (28 August 2015) FC Liefering 4-0 SV Austria Salzburg (11 March 2016) LASK Linz 4-0 Floridsdorfer AC (27 November 2015) FC Liefering 4-0 LASK Linz (20 November 2015) SK Austria Klagenfurt 4-0 FC Liefering (24 July 2015) |
Biggest away win |
SK Austria Klagenfurt 0-5 LASK Linz (29 April 2016) |
Highest scoring |
SKN St. Pölten 6-2 SV Austria Salzburg (27 November 2015) |
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The 2015–16 Austrian Football First League (German: Erste Liga, also known as Sky Go Erste Liga due to sponsorship) was the 42nd season of the Austrian second-level football league. It began on 24 July 2015 and ended on 25 May 2016.
Ten teams participate in the 2015-16 season. Austria Salzburg was directly promoted after winning the 2014-15 Regionalliga West.Austria Klagenfurt promoted from the Regionalliga Mitte after winning the promotion play-offs.Wiener Neustadt relegated from the 2014–15 Bundesliga.
Teams played each other four times in the league. In the first half of the season each team played every other team twice (home and away), and then did the same in the second half of the season.