2016–17 Austrian Regionalliga#Regionalliga Mitte

{{Infobox football league season

| competition = Austrian Regional League

| season = 2016–17

| winners = {{ubl|First Vienna FC (Ost)|TSV Hartberg (Mitte)|USK Anif (West)}}

| promoted = TSV Hartberg

| relegated = {{ubl|SC Ritzing|SV Grieskirchen|ATSV Wolfsberg|USC Eugendorf|SV Austria Salzburg|Salzburger AK 1914}}

| matches = 690

| total goals = 2177

| prevseason = 2015–16

| nextseason = 2017–18

}}

The 2016–17 season was the 58th season of the Regionalliga, the third-tier football league in Austria, since its establishment in 1959.

Regionalliga Ost

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|source={{cite web|title=Österreich » Regionalliga Ost 2016/2017|url=http://www.worldfootball.net/schedule/aut-regionalliga-west-2016-2017-spieltag/|accessdate=5 July 2016}}

|update=complete

|team1=FVI |team2=RIT |team3=FKA |team4=STA |team5=MAN |team6=EBR |team7=SKU |team8=FCT |team9=ESV |team10=SKR |team11=AWM |team12=WSK |team13=SCN |team14=SKN |team15=SVS

|result2=REL |result14=RPO

|win_FVI=20 |draw_FVI=5 |loss_FVI=3 |gf_FVI=61 |ga_FVI=20 |status_FVI=C

|win_RIT=15 |draw_RIT=6 |loss_RIT=7 |gf_RIT=59 |ga_RIT=37 |status_RIT=R

|win_FKA=14 |draw_FKA=8 |loss_FKA=6 |gf_FKA=41 |ga_FKA=29

|win_STA=11 |draw_STA=11 |loss_STA=6 |gf_STA=39 |ga_STA=24

|win_EBR=12 |draw_EBR=5 |loss_EBR=11 |gf_EBR=51 |ga_EBR=53

|win_SKU=9 |draw_SKU=12 |loss_SKU=7 |gf_SKU=42 |ga_SKU=32

|win_ESV=8 |draw_ESV=13 |loss_ESV=7 |gf_ESV=38 |ga_ESV=41

|win_MAN=12 |draw_MAN=8 |loss_MAN=8 |gf_MAN=47 |ga_MAN=45

|win_SKR=10 |draw_SKR=6 |loss_SKR=12 |gf_SKR=49 |ga_SKR=44

|win_FCT=10 |draw_FCT=8 |loss_FCT=10 |gf_FCT=39 |ga_FCT=40

|win_AWM=7 |draw_AWM=7 |loss_AWM=14 |gf_AWM=39 |ga_AWM=42

|win_WSK=5 |draw_WSK=13 |loss_WSK=10 |gf_WSK=30 |ga_WSK=33

|win_SCN=6 |draw_SCN=7 |loss_SCN=15 |gf_SCN=33 |ga_SCN=58

|win_SVS=4 |draw_SVS=8 |loss_SVS=16 |gf_SVS=25 |ga_SVS=63

|win_SKN=7 |draw_SKN=3 |loss_SKN=18 |gf_SKN=30 |ga_SKN=62 |status_SKN=O

|name_FKA=FK Austria Wien II

|name_SKU=SKU Amstetten

|name_AWM=FC Admira Wacker Mödling II

|name_EBR=ASK Ebreichsdorf

|name_FVI=First Vienna FC

|name_RIT=SC Ritzing

|name_SKR=SK Rapid Wien II

|name_MAN=SC Mannsdorf

|name_SCN=SC Neusiedl am See 1919

|name_ESV=SC-ESV Parndorf 1919

|name_SVS=SV Schwechat

|name_STA=FC Stadlau

|name_SKN=SKN St. Pölten II

|name_FCT=FCM Traiskirchen

|name_WSK=Wiener Sportklub

|note_FVI=First Vienna was initially demoted before the season ended for insolvency.{{cite news|url=http://wien.orf.at/news/stories/2828560/ |title=Vienna muss Insolvenz anmelden |publisher=ORF |date=2 March 2017 |language=German}}{{cite web |url=https://www.90minuten.at/de/red/magazin/nachgehakt/2017/maerz/oefb-generalsekretaer-hollerer---das-ist-eine-frage-der-gleichbehandlung-aller-vereine-/ |title=ÖFB-Generalsekretär Hollerer: 'Das ist eine Frage der Gleichbehandlung aller Vereine' |work=90minuten.at |date=2 March 2017 |language=German |access-date=2017-03-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170303051301/https://www.90minuten.at/de/red/magazin/nachgehakt/2017/maerz/oefb-generalsekretaer-hollerer---das-ist-eine-frage-der-gleichbehandlung-aller-vereine-/ |archive-date=2017-03-03 |url-status=dead }} The club was eventually readmitted.{{cite news |url=http://www.oefb.at/stellungnahme-zur-neuen-entwicklung-news27006 |title=Stellungnahme zur neuen Entwicklung |publisher=OFB |date=18 July 2017 |language=German |access-date=9 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170725072252/http://www.oefb.at/stellungnahme-zur-neuen-entwicklung-news27006 |archive-date=25 July 2017 |url-status=dead }}

|note_SVS=Reprieved from relegation.

|note_RIT=SC Ritzing withdrew its license for the First League{{cite news|url=http://derstandard.at/2000056332927/Regionalligist-Ritzing-zog-Lizenzantrag-zurueck |title=Regionalligist Ritzing zog Lizenzantrag zurück |date=21 April 2017 |newspaper=Der Standard |language=German}} and voluntarily withdrew to the II. Liga Mitte (level 5).{{cite news |url=http://www.bvz.at/sport/oberpullendorf/sc-ritzing-2-liga-mitte-posch-werden-uns-ueber-die-arbeit-definieren/54.102.033 |title=Posch: 'Werden uns über die Arbeit definieren' |newspaper=Burgenländische Volkszeitung |date=12 July 2017}}

|class_rules = 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

|res_col_header=QR

|col_REL=red1 |text_REL=Withdrawal to II. Liga

|col_RPO=red2 |text_RPO=Qualification to relegation play-offs

}}

Regionalliga Mitte

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|source={{cite web|title=Austria » Regionalliga Mitte 2016/2017|url=http://www.worldfootball.net/schedule/aut-regionalliga-mitte-2016-2017-spieltag/|accessdate=5 July 2016}}

|update=complete

|team1=HAR |team2=LAF |team3=FCG |team4=STP |team5=DSC |team6=SKV |team7=KAL |team8=UNG |team9=USF |team10=SG2 |team11=WEI |team12=SAK |team13=USV |team14=PAS |team15=SVG |team16=ATW

|result1=P |result15=REL |result16=REL

|win_HAR=19 |draw_HAR=5 |loss_HAR=6 |gf_HAR=74 |ga_HAR=38 |status_HAR=CP

|win_FCG=17 |draw_FCG=8 |loss_FCG=5 |gf_FCG=53 |ga_FCG=35

|win_DSC=12 |draw_DSC=10 |loss_DSC=8 |gf_DSC=65 |ga_DSC=45

|win_LAF=18 |draw_LAF=6 |loss_LAF=6 |gf_LAF=54 |ga_LAF=27

|win_STP=16 |draw_STP=3 |loss_STP=11 |gf_STP=75 |ga_STP=33

|win_SKV=12 |draw_SKV=8 |loss_SKV=10 |gf_SKV=56 |ga_SKV=49

|win_KAL=13 |draw_KAL=5 |loss_KAL=12 |gf_KAL=38 |ga_KAL=35

|win_UNG=11 |draw_UNG=9 |loss_UNG=10 |gf_UNG=39 |ga_UNG=43

|win_USF=10 |draw_USF=9 |loss_USF=11 |gf_USF=36 |ga_USF=46

|win_WEI=10 |draw_WEI=8 |loss_WEI=12 |gf_WEI=40 |ga_WEI=52

|win_USV=9 |draw_USV=6 |loss_USV=15 |gf_USV=46 |ga_USV=60

|win_PAS=8 |draw_PAS=7 |loss_PAS=15 |gf_PAS=43 |ga_PAS=49

|win_SAK=10 |draw_SAK=5 |loss_SAK=15 |gf_SAK=43 |ga_SAK=61

|win_SG2=9 |draw_SG2=10 |loss_SG2=11 |gf_SG2=42 |ga_SG2=51

|win_SVG=5 |draw_SVG=8 |loss_SVG=17 |gf_SVG=44 |ga_SVG=64 |status_SVG=R

|win_ATW=5 |draw_ATW=4 |loss_ATW=21 |gf_ATW=25 |ga_ATW=65 |status_ATW=R

|name_HAR=TSV Hartberg

|name_SKV=SK Vorwärts Steyr

|name_FCG=FC Gleisdorf 09

|name_WEI=SC Weiz

|name_LAF=SV Lafnitz

|name_USV=USV Allerheiligen

|name_SG2=SK Sturm Graz II

|name_KAL=SC Kalsdorf

|name_PAS=FC Pasching/LASK Linz II

|name_ATW=ATSV Wolfsberg

|name_UNG=Union Gurten

|name_SAK=SK Austria Klagenfurt

|name_USF=Union St. Florian

|name_STP=ATSV Stadl-Paura

|name_SVG=SV Grieskirchen

|name_DSC=Deutschlandsberger SC

|class_rules = 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

|res_col_header=PR

|col_P=green1 |text_P=Promotion to Austrian First League

|col_REL=red1 |text_REL=Relegation to Austrian Landesliga

}}

Regionalliga West

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|source={{cite web|title=Austria » Regionalliga West 2016/2017|url=http://www.worldfootball.net/schedule/aut-regionalliga-west-2016-2017-spieltag/|accessdate=5 July 2016}}

|update=complete

|team1=USK |team2=SVG |team3=SA2 |team4=STJ |team5=SCS |team6=WI2 |team7=KUF |team8=FCD |team9=HOH |team10=SVS |team11=HAR |team12=PIN |team13=SVW |team14=EUG |team15=SVA |team16=SAK

|result14=REL |result15=REL |result16=REL

|win_USK=26 |draw_USK=2 |loss_USK=2 |gf_USK=99 |ga_USK=28 |status_USK=C

|win_SVG=22 |draw_SVG=4 |loss_SVG=4 |gf_SVG=70 |ga_SVG=20

|win_SA2=15 |draw_SA2=3 |loss_SA2=12 |gf_SA2=48 |ga_SA2=48

|win_SCS=12 |draw_SCS=8 |loss_SCS=10 |gf_SCS=46 |ga_SCS=39

|win_STJ=13 |draw_STJ=6 |loss_STJ=11 |gf_STJ=48 |ga_STJ=42

|win_KUF=12 |draw_KUF=5 |loss_KUF=13 |gf_KUF=53 |ga_KUF=51

|win_WI2=12 |draw_WI2=7 |loss_WI2=11 |gf_WI2=48 |ga_WI2=46

|win_PIN=9 |draw_PIN=7 |loss_PIN=14 |gf_PIN=33 |ga_PIN=47

|win_SVS=10 |draw_SVS=8 |loss_SVS=12 |gf_SVS=51 |ga_SVS=57

|win_SVW=10 |draw_SVW=3 |loss_SVW=17 |gf_SVW=40 |ga_SVW=61

|win_FCD=9 |draw_FCD=12 |loss_FCD=9 |gf_FCD=33 |ga_FCD=43

|win_HAR=9 |draw_HAR=10 |loss_HAR=11 |gf_HAR=46 |ga_HAR=54

|win_HOH=10 |draw_HOH=8 |loss_HOH=12 |gf_HOH=49 |ga_HOH=50

|win_EUG=7 |draw_EUG=9 |loss_EUG=14 |gf_EUG=40 |ga_EUG=66 |status_EUG=R

|win_SVA=4 |draw_SVA=11 |loss_SVA=15 |gf_SVA=43 |ga_SVA=62 |status_SVA=R

|win_SAK=5 |draw_SAK=7 |loss_SAK=18 |gf_SAK=34 |ga_SAK=67 |status_SAK=R

|name_USK=USK Anif

|name_SVA=SV Austria Salzburg

|name_STJ=TSV St. Johann

|name_EUG=USC Eugendorf

|name_SAK=Salzburger AK 1914

|name_SVW=SV Wörgl

|name_FCD=FC Dornbirn 1913

|name_KUF=FC Kufstein

|name_SVS=SV Seekirchen 1945

|name_SCS=SC Schwaz

|name_WI2=FC Wacker Innsbruck II

|name_PIN=FC Pinzgau Saalfelden

|name_HAR=FC Hard

|name_SA2=SC Rheindorf Altach II

|name_HOH=VfB Hohenems

|name_SVG=SV Grödig

|class_rules = 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

|res_col_header=QR

|col_REL=red1 |text_REL=Relegation to Austrian Landesliga

}}

Direct promotion

No team from the Regionalliga West or Ost applied for promotion,{{cite web|url=https://www.skysportaustria.at/bundesliga-at/lizenzierungsverfahren-201718-22-lizenzantraege-eingegangen/ |title=Lizensierungsverfahren 2017/18 – 22 Lizenzanträge eingegangen |date=16 March 2017 |publisher=Sky Sports Austria |language=German}} therefore the promotion play-offs were cancelled. Instead, only one team, the Regionalliga Mitte champion, was promoted to the Austrian Football First League.

Relegation play-offs

In relegation play-offs for the Regionalliga Ost, SKN St. Pölten II, as the worst placed second team in the East, had to compete against SV Mattersburg II since only four amateur teams are allowed in the regional league.{{cite web|url=http://www.bvz.at/sport/sportmix/kollektiver-verzicht-aufstieg-nein-danke/49.013.003 |language=German |title=Kollektiver Verzicht - Aufstieg? Nein danke |publisher=Burgenländische Volkszeitung |date=21 June 2017}}
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{{TwoLegResult|SKN St. Pölten II||4–2| SV Mattersburg II ||1–2|3–0|winner=1}}

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Top scorers

{{updated|end of season.}}{{cite web|title=Austria » Regionalliga East 2016/2017 » Players|url=https://int.soccerway.com/national/austria/regionalliga/20162017/ost/r37495/|accessdate=5 July 2016}}{{cite web|title=Austria » Regionalliga Central 2016/2017 » Top Scorer|url=https://int.soccerway.com/national/austria/regionalliga/20162017/mitte/r37494/|accessdate=5 July 2016}}{{cite web|title=Austria » Regionalliga West 2016/2017 » Top Scorer|url=https://int.soccerway.com/national/austria/regionalliga/20162017/west/r37496/|accessdate=5 July 2016}}

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Rank

!Scorer

!Club

!Goals

1

|align="left"|{{flagicon|AUT}} Mario Petter

|align="left"|Stadl-Paura

|31

2

|align="left"|{{flagicon|AUT}} Mersudin Jukić

|align="left"|Grödig

|25

rowspan=2|3

|align="left"|{{flagicon|AUT}} Dario Tadić

|align="left"|Hartberg

|rowspan=2|23

align="left"|{{flagicon|TUR}} Yusuf Efendioğlu

|align="left"|Steyr

5

|align="left"|{{flagicon|AUT}} Christian Dengg

|align="left"|DSC

|22

6

|align="left"|{{flagicon|AUT}} Manuel Krainz

|align="left"|Anif

|20

7

|align="left"|{{flagicon|AUT}} David Witteveen

|align="left"|Ritzing

|19

rowspan=4|8

|align="left"|{{flagicon|AUT|civil}} Eyup Erdoğan

|align="left"|Anif

|rowspan=4|18

align="left"|{{flagicon|AUT}} Alexander Frank

|align="left"|Austria II

align="left"|{{flagicon|MKD}} Mensur Kurtiši

|align="left"|First Vienna

align="left"|{{flagicon|SUI}} Gabriel Lüchinger

|align="left"|Altach II

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