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. Due to the decreased size of the league, only two teams from the Regionalliga were promoted.
WAC St. Andrä as winners of the promotion playoff between the three Regionalliga champions were directly promoted, while
SV Grödig were scheduled to play in another playoff against 9th-placed First League team
First Vienna FC. The playoff was then cancelled and Grödig directly admitted to the First League after Austria Kärnten were denied their professional licence. ==League table==