The Austrian Football First League (German: Erste Liga) is the second highest professional division in Austrian football. It contains 10 teams and is run in the same fashion as the Austrian Bundesliga.
The champion of the league is promoted into the Bundesliga, the 9th has
to play relegation against a team from one of the three regional
leagues and the last place is directly relegated from the First League
into the regional leagues. The League was known as ADEG First League
due to sponsorship of a supermarket chain until the end of the 2009-10
season. The new name of the league is "Heute für Morgen - Erste Liga"
which translates to "Today for tomorrow - First League".
The destination of the bottom club of the First League depends upon which Land of the Federal Republic it is a member, joining one of the Regionalligen
(or regional leagues) in the east, center or west of the country. The
three regional league champions have to play a home and an away
relegation game with the 9th of First League for two slots in the First
League. Participation in the professional First League is conditional on
their licensing by the fifth senate of the federal league. If the
license is refused for economic reasons, one team less will be relegated.
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