Austrian Football Division One 2015

The Austrian Football Division One 2015 is the 18th season of the second highest Austrian division in American football . It began on March 28, 2015 with the game of the Vienna Vikings 2 against the Steelsharks Traun (14:10) and ended on July 11 with the victory of the Cineplexx Blue Devils against the AFC Rangers (47:28) in the Silver Bowl XVIII .

In the past season the occupied Carinthian Lions and Vienna Knights even the second and third place in Division 1 and thus should the AFL ascend. Since the two teams refused, they were transferred to the lower leagues. The three best teams from Division 2 last season , the Steelsharks Traun , the AFC Rangers and the Haller Löwen, joined the league .

The American Football Association Austria wanted to increase the highest league, the Austrian Football League , from 5 to 8 participants after this season . That would have meant that after this season the three best teams from Division 1 would have to be promoted, except of course the second teams of the Vikings and Raiders. Associated with this would have been a package that provides both sporting (game plan) and financial (subsidies) incentives. At the same time, the three best teams from Division 2 would have been promoted to Division 1. A relegated team was not planned for this season.

Each of the 7 teams had to play 4 home and 4 away games this year. The best 4 teams met again in the playoffs, with the first and second placed against the fourth and third placed had home rights. The winners of the playoffs then met in the Silverbowl XVIII. After the season it was announced that only the two finalists would be promoted to the AFL. Furthermore, the Haller Löwen will be relegated to Division 2 again after a season without a win.

Teams

Cineplexx Blue Devils Vienna Vikings 2 AFC Rangers Steelsharks Traun Swarco Raiders 2 Generali Invaders Haller Lions

Division I football teams (2015)

• Cineplexx Blue Devils (Hohenems)
• Vienna Vikings 2 (Vienna)
• AFC Rangers (Mödling)
• Steelsharks Traun (Traun)
• Swarco Raiders Tirol 2 (Innsbruck)
• St. Pölten Invaders (St. Pölten)
• Haller Löwen (Hall in Tirol)

table

G = Games, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT = Winning Percentage, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Diff = Difference

	Playoffs with home rights
	Playoffs

Division I 2015
	team	G	W.	L.	T	PCT	PF	PA	Diff
1	Cineplexx Blue Devils	8th	8th	0	0	1,000	285	86	+199
2	Vienna Vikings 2	8th	7th	1	0	0.875	198	134	+64
3	AFC Rangers	8th	5	3	0	0.625	214	191	+23
4th	Steelsharks Traun	8th	3	5	0	0.375	202	194	+8
5	Swarco Raiders Tirol 2	8th	3	5	0	0.375	135	148	−13
6th	St. Pölten Invaders	8th	2	6th	0	0.250	187	201	−14
7th	Haller Lions	8th	0	8th	0	0,000	62	329	−267

game schedule

date	Kick off	home	Result	Away	Stadion
week 1
28th March	18:00	Vienna Vikings 2	14:10	Steelsharks Traun	Training center Ravelinstrasse , Vienna
28th March	19:00	Swarco Raiders Tirol 2	8:13	Cineplexx Blue Devils	Salvenarena, Söll
Week 2
4. April	16:00	St. Pölten Invaders	46:12	Haller Lions	Egger Homefield, St. Pölten
April 5th	12:00	AFC Rangers	38:24	Steelsharks Traun	Mödling Stadium , Mödling
Week 3
11 April	15:00	AFC Rangers	30:33	Vienna Vikings 2	Mödling Stadium , Mödling
12. April	15:00	Cineplexx Blue Devils	14:13	Steelsharks Traun	Herrenriedstadion , Hohenems
Week 4
April 18	18:00	Vienna Vikings 2	27:21	St. Pölten Invaders	Training center Ravelinstrasse , Vienna
April 19th	15:00	Steelsharks Traun	30:17	Swarco Raiders Tirol 2	Trauner Stadium , Traun
April 19th	16:00	Haller Lions	6:55	Cineplexx Blue Devils	Haller Lend , Hall in Tirol
Week 5
April 25	16:00	Swarco Raiders Tirol 2	45: 8	Haller Lions	Landeck Perjen Stadium, Landeck
April 25	16:00	AFC Rangers	28:21	St. Pölten Invaders	Mödling Stadium , Mödling
Week 6
2.May	17:30	Steelsharks Traun	23:49	Cineplexx Blue Devils	Trauner Stadium , Traun
May 3rd	14:00	St. Pölten Invaders	42: 6	Swarco Raiders Tirol 2	Egger Homefield, St. Pölten
May 3rd	16:00	Haller Lions	8:58	Vienna Vikings 2	Haller Lend , Hall in Tirol
Week 7
10th of May	15:00	Swarco Raiders Tirol 2	21:19	Steelsharks Traun	Sports field, Oberperfuss
10th of May	15:00	Cineplexx Blue Devils	43-0	Haller Lions	Herrenriedstadion , Hohenems
10th of May	15:00	Vienna Vikings 2	23: 7	AFC Rangers	Training center Ravelinstrasse , Vienna
Week 8
May 16	16:00	St. Pölten Invaders	14:24	AFC Rangers	Egger Homefield, St. Pölten
May 16	17:30	Steelsharks Traun	70:20	Haller Lions	Trauner Stadium , Traun
17th of May	15:00	Cineplexx Blue Devils	34: 3	Vienna Vikings 2	Herrenriedstadion , Hohenems
Week 9
April 6th	16:15	St. Pölten Invaders	17:35	Vienna Vikings 2	Egger Homefield, St. Pölten
May 24th	11:00	AFC Rangers	27:58	Cineplexx Blue Devils	Mödling Stadium , Mödling
June 28th	18:00	Haller Lions	0:23	Swarco Raiders Tirol 2	Haller Lend , Hall in Tirol
Week 10
31. May	15:15	Swarco Raiders Tirol 2	10:17	AFC Rangers	Gurgltal Stadium, Imst
31. May	16:00	Steelsharks Traun	28:21	St. Pölten Invaders	Trauner Stadium , Traun
Week 11
June 13th	16:00	Haller Lions	8:55	AFC Rangers	Haller Lend , Hall in Tirol
June 13th	19:00	Vienna Vikings 2	20: 7	Swarco Raiders Tirol 2	Training center Ravelinstrasse , Vienna
14th June	15:00	Cineplexx Blue Devils	54: 6	St. Pölten Invaders	Herrenriedstadion , Hohenems
Playoffs: Semi-Finals
July 4th	15:00	Vienna Vikings 2	13:24	AFC Rangers	Training center Ravelinstrasse , Vienna
5th July	15:00	Cineplexx Blue Devils	43:14	Steelsharks Traun	Herrenriedstadion , Hohenems
Silver Bowl XVIII
July 11th	15:00	Cineplexx Blue Devils	47:28	AFC Rangers	Wörthersee Stadium , Klagenfurt

Final round

	Playoffs: Semi-Finals					Silver Bowl XVIII
	1	Cineplexx Blue Devils	43
	4th	Steelsharks Traun	14th
						1	Cineplexx Blue Devils	47
						3	AFC Rangers	28
	2	Vienna Vikings 2	13
	3	AFC Rangers	24

Web links

• Division One at the American Football Association Austria .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cineplexx Blue Devils get Silver Bowl XVIII ( Memento from December 19, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Increase in the AFL 2016 ( Memento from December 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive )