| Competition: | Austrian Football First League |
| Season: | 2017–18 |
| Winners: | FC Wacker Innsbruck |
| Matches: | 180 |
| Total Goals: | 507 |
| League Topscorer: | (22 goals each) |
| Prevseason: | 2016–17 |
| Nextseason: | 2018–19 |
The 2017–18 Austrian Football First League (German: Erste Liga, also known as Sky Go Erste Liga due to sponsorship) was the 44th season of the Austrian second-level football league and the last one as the First League. It began on 21 July 2017 and ended on 25 May 2018. The fixtures were announced on 21 June 2017.[1]
Ten teams participated in the 2017–18 season. TSV Hartberg was promoted after winning the 2016–17 Regionalliga Mitte without having to compete in promotion play-offs as no team from the Regionalliga West or Ost applied for promotion.[2] They replaced SV Horn who finished last in the 2016–17 First League. SV Ried were relegated from the 2016–17 Bundesliga, replacing 2016–17 First League champions LASK Linz.
| Club Name | City | Stadium | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8,800 | ||||
| 2,000 | ||||
| FAC-Platz | 3,000 | |||
| 4,500 | ||||
| 12,000 | ||||
| 4,128 | ||||
| 7,680 | ||||
| 30,000 | ||||
| 10,000 | ||||
| Alpenstadion | 5,500 |
| Club | Manager | Captain | Kit Manufacturer | Sponsors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria Lustenau | Uhlsport | Mohren | ||
| FC Blau-Weiß Linz | Uhlsport | Linz AG | ||
| Floridsdorfer | Puma | Wiener Städtische & Wien Energie | ||
| TSV Hartberg |  Christian Ilzer | Jako | Prolacta, Admiral, Egger Glass & Profertil | |
| Kapfenberger | Erima | Murauer Bier | ||
| Liefering |  Janusz Góra & Gerhard Struber | Nike | Red Bull | |
| SV Ried | Thomas Gebauer | Hummel | Josko | |
| Wacker Innsbruck | Karl Daxbacher | Macron | Tiroler Wasserkraft | |
| WSG Wattens | Thomas Silberberger | Erima | PAPSTAR | |
| Wiener Neustadt | Roman Mählich | Puma | Baumit | |
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.
Up to 25 May 2018.[3]
| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Seifedin Chabbi | SV Ried | 22 |
 Hamdi Salihi | SC Wiener Neustadt | ||
| 3 | Zlatko Dedić | FC Wacker Innsbruck | 19 |
| 4 | Dario Tadić | TSV Hartberg | 16 |
| 5 |  Ronivaldo | SC Austria Lustenau | 12 |
 Milan Jurdík | WSG Wattens | ||
| 7 | Florian Jamnig | FC Wacker Innsbruck | 11 |
| Roko Mišlov | TSV Hartberg | ||
| 9 | Thomas Fröschl | SV Ried | 10 |
 Dominik Szoboszlai | FC Liefering |
Up to 25 May 2018.[4]
| Rank | Player | Club | Assists |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dario Tadić | TSV Hartberg | 14 |
| 2 | Christopher Drazan | SC Austria Lustenau | 11 |
| 3 | Daniele Gabriele | FC Wacker Innsbruck | 10 |
| 4 |  İlkay Durmuş | SV Ried | 9 |
| 5 | Mario Ebenhofer | SC Wiener Neustadt | 8 |
| 6 |  Zlatko Dedić | FC Wacker Innsbruck | 7 |
| Manfred Fischer | TSV Hartberg | ||
 Zakaria Sanogo | TSV Hartberg | ||
| 9 | Thomas Mayer | SV Ried | 6 |
| Christoph Kröpfl | TSV Hartberg | ||
| Julian Wießmeier | SV Ried | ||
| Manuel Kerhe | SV Ried |
Up to 25 May 2018.[5]
| Rank | Player | Club | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Haring | SV Ried | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 2 | Manuel Haas | Kapfenberger SV | 10 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| 3 | Fabian Miesenböck | SC Wiener Neustadt | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 4 | Florian Buchacher | WSG Wattens | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 5 | Lucas Rangel | Kapfenberger SV | 9 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| 6 | Daniel Kerschbaumer | FC Blau-Weiß Linz | 9 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 7 | Daniel Raischl | Floridsdorfer AC | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 8 | David Gugganig | WSG Wattens | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
 Pesca | Kapfenberger SV | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Daniel Geissler | Kapfenberger SV | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Christopher Cvetko | FC Blau-Weiß Linz | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |