2. Liga (Austria)

The Austrian Football Second League () is the second-highest professional division in Austrian football. It was formerly called the First League (Erste Liga), from 2002 to 2018.
The division currently contains 16 teams, and the champion of the league is promoted to the Austrian Bundesliga. The three last placed teams are directly relegated from the Second League into the regional leagues.
The Austrian Football Second Bundesliga is currently known as "HPYBET 2. liga" for sponsorship reasons.
Teams and stadia for the 2020–21 season.
Starting in the 2018–19 season, the former First League changed its name to the Second League and expanded from 10 teams to 16 teams.
The 16 teams competing in the 2020–21 Second League season are:
Relegation.
The destination of a club relegated from the Second League depends upon which "Land" (state) of the Federal Republic it is a member. The relegated clubs join one of the "Regionalligen" (regional leagues) in the east, centre or west of the country. The three regional league champions are promoted to the Second League. Participation in the professional Second League is conditional on their licensing by the fifth senate of the federal league. If the licence is refused for economic reasons, one team fewer will be relegated.
Name history.
The Austrian second division has had several different names and sponsors since 1974.
The league was known as the "Sky Go Erste Liga" for sponsorship reasons from 2014/15 to 2017/18, but Sky is not mentioned on the official website 2liga.at, or in the ÖFB's 2018/19 preview articles.