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Admiral Bundesliga

FIFA Region

UEFA

Season

2025-2026

Location

Austria

Abbreviation

AUT1

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Summary

The Austrian Football Bundesliga (AUT1), or Österreichische Fußball-Bundesliga, is the top football league competition in Austria. At the end of the 2025-2026 AUT1 season, the AUT1 teams listed below qualify for the following non-league play:

2026-2027 UEFA Champions League - Playoff Round:
- 1st place 2025-2026 AUT1 Championship round team
2026-2027 UEFA Champions League - 2nd Qualifying Round:
- 2nd place 2025-2026 AUT1 Championship round team
2026-2027 UEFA Europa Conference League - 2nd Qualifying Round:
- 3rd place 2025-2026 AUT1 Championship round team
- 2025-2026 AUT1 UEFAECL playoff winner
2026-2027 UEFA Europa League - 3rd Qualifying Round:
- 4th place 2025-2026 AUT1 Championship round team

The winner of the 2025-2026 Austrian Cup, typically an AUT1 team, also receives a berth in the Playoff Round of the 2026-2027 UEFA Europa League.

Leagues Pyramid - Austria

Abbrev	League	# of Teams
AUT1	Österreichische Fußball-Bundesliga	12
AUT2	2.Liga	16
AUT3	Regionalliga	48

Competition Structure

Season			# of Teams
Regular 1 Aug 2025 - 17 May 2026	Champ/Releg Rounds 21 Mar 2026 - 17 May 2026	UEFAECL Playoffs 25 May 2026 - 2 Jun 2026	12: AUT1 (11), AUT2 (1)

Season Format

The AUT1 season consists of 2 stages. In the first stage, each AUT1 team plays the other 11 AUT1 teams in Home-Away matches for a total of 22 league matches per team. Table ranking ties are broken by (1) head-to-head record, (2) goal difference, (3) goals scored, (4) matches won, (5) Away matches won, then (6) Away goals scored. The second stage consists of the Championship Round and the Relegation Round. In the Championship Round, the top six teams play each other in Home-Away matches (10 more matches per team) to determine final rankings for 2026-2027 UEFA Champions League and 2026-2027 UEFA Europa Conference League placements. In the Relegation Round, the bottom six teams play each other in Home-Away matches (10 more matches per team) to determine the relegation placements. Table ranking ties in the Championship/Relegation Rounds are broken by (1) points with (possible) half points subtracted due to rounding, (2) head-to-head points, (3) head-to-head goal difference, (4) head-to-head goals scored, (5) goal difference, (6) goals scored, (7) matches won, (8) Away matches won, then (9) Away goals scored.

Playoffs

At the end of the Championship and Relegation rounds, the 1st and 2nd place Relegation round teams have a 1 match playoff. The winner plays the 4th place Championship round team in a Home-Away highest aggregate goals wins playoff. The winner of this playoff earns a berth in the 2026-2027 UEFA Europa Conference League - 2nd Qualifying Round.

Relegation

At the end of the 2025-2026 AUT1 season, the 6th place AUT1 team in the Relegation group is relegated to the AUT2, and 1st place AUT2 team is promoted to the 2026-2027 AUT1.

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2nd Stage

		League							Home						Road
POS		MP	W - D - L	PTS	CPTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD
Championship
1	SK Sturm Graz	26	14 -4-8	27	-19	41	29	12	13	5 -3-5	18	13	15	-2	13	9 -1-3	28	28	14	14
2	LASK Linz	26	13 -5-8	25	-19	41	37	4	13	8 -2-3	26	22	16	6	13	5 -3-5	18	19	21	-2
3	Rapid Wien	26	11 -7-8	23	-17	32	30	2	13	6 -2-5	20	18	16	2	13	5 -5-3	20	14	14	0
4	FC Red Bull Salzburg	26	11 -8-7	22	-19	47	32	15	13	5 -3-5	18	24	18	6	13	6 -5-2	23	23	14	9
5	FK Austria Wien	26	12 -4-10	22	-18	39	40	-1	13	5 -3-5	18	17	21	-4	13	7 -1-5	22	22	19	3
6	TSV Hartberg	26	8 -11-7	18	-17	30	27	3	13	4 -4-5	16	14	14	0	13	4 -7-2	19	16	13	3
Relegation
1	SV Josko Ried	27	10 -6-11	22	-14	34	37	-3	13	6 -3-4	21	17	16	1	14	4 -3-7	15	17	21	-4
2	SC Rheindorf Altach	26	9 -9-8	21	-15	29	28	1	13	7 -5-1	26	18	11	7	13	2 -4-7	10	11	17	-6
3	Grazer AK 1902	27	7 -9-11	20	-10	32	40	-8	14	5 -6-3	21	20	18	2	13	2 -3-8	9	12	22	-10
4	WSG Swarovski Tirol	26	9 -7-10	18	-16	36	43	-7	13	6 -3-4	21	22	20	2	13	3 -4-6	13	14	23	-9
5	Wolfsberger AC	26	7 -7-12	15	-13	33	38	-5	13	4 -5-4	17	17	15	2	13	3 -2-8	11	16	23	-7
6	FC Blau-Weiß Linz	26	6 -3-17	13	-8	30	43	-13	13	5 -1-7	16	22	20	2	13	1 -2-10	5	8	23	-15
2026-2027 UEFACL UEFAECL Playoffs 2026-2027 UEFAECL Relegation to AUT2

1st Stage

		League							Home						Road
POS		MP	W - D - L	PTS	CPTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD
1	SK Sturm Graz	22	12 -2-8	38	-	33	26	7	11	5 -1-5	16	12	14	-2	11	7 -1-3	22	21	12	9
2	FC Red Bull Salzburg	22	10 -7-5	37	-	42	26	16	11	5 -3-3	18	22	14	8	11	5 -4-2	19	20	12	8
3	LASK Linz	22	11 -4-7	37	-	32	30	2	11	7 -1-3	22	18	15	3	11	4 -3-4	15	14	15	-1
4	FK Austria Wien	22	11 -3-8	36	-	34	30	4	11	5 -2-4	17	14	15	-1	11	6 -1-4	19	20	15	5
5	TSV Hartberg	22	8 -9-5	33	-	29	24	5	11	4 -4-3	16	13	11	2	11	4 -5-2	17	16	13	3
6	Rapid Wien	22	9 -6-7	33	-	26	25	1	11	5 -2-4	17	14	12	2	11	4 -4-3	16	12	13	-1
7	WSG Swarovski Tirol	22	8 -7-7	31	-	31	30	1	11	5 -3-3	18	18	14	4	11	3 -4-4	13	13	16	-3
8	SC Rheindorf Altach	22	7 -8-7	29	-	22	23	-1	11	5 -5-1	20	14	10	4	11	2 -3-6	9	8	13	-5
9	SV Josko Ried	22	8 -4-10	28	-	26	30	-4	11	4 -3-4	15	12	13	-1	11	4 -1-6	13	14	17	-3
10	Wolfsberger AC	22	7 -5-10	26	-	31	32	-1	11	4 -3-4	15	16	14	2	11	3 -2-6	11	15	18	-3
11	Grazer AK 1902	22	4 -8-10	20	-	22	36	-14	11	3 -5-3	14	15	16	-1	11	1 -3-7	6	7	20	-13
12	FC Blau-Weiß Linz	22	4 -3-15	15	-	20	36	-16	11	3 -1-7	10	14	18	-4	11	1 -2-8	5	6	18	-12
Championship Round Relegation Round