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.
[1] Ten teams participated in the 2017–18 season.
[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.
Teams played each other four times in the league.