[citation needed] Wacker Innsbruck as 2009–10 First League champions were promoted to the 2010–11 Bundesliga.
Wacker were originally to be replaced by SK Austria Kärnten, who finished the 2009–10 Bundesliga season in last place; however, Kärnten were not awarded a professional licence by the Bundesliga licensing board and hence relegated to the Austrian Regionalliga.
As part of the reform of the Austrian second and third levels, the reserve teams of Bundesliga clubs Red Bull Salzburg and Austria Vienna were both relegated to the Regionaliga at the end of the 2009–10 season.
They were joined by Dornbirn 1913, who finished the 2009–10 season in last place of the league table and hence were relegated as well.
The playoff was then cancelled and Grödig directly admitted to the First League after Austria Kärnten were denied their professional licence.