2022–23 Wolfsberger AC season

Wolfsberger AC
2022–23 season
Chairman	Dietmar Riegler
Manager	Robin Dutt
Stadium	Lavanttal-Arena
Austrian Football Bundesliga	1st (relegation round); 9th (regular season)
Austrian Cup	Quarter-finals
UEFA Europa Conference League	Play-off round
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 season is the 93rd in the history of Wolfsberger AC and their 11th consecutive season in the top flight. The club will participate in Austrian Football Bundesliga, the Austrian Cup, and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

Players

As of 24 January 2023

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	GER	Hendrik Bonmann
3	DF	AUT	Jonathan Scherzer
4	DF	AUT	David Gugganig
5	DF	GER	Tim Oermann (on loan from VfL Bochum)
6	MF	AUT	Nikolas Veratschnig
7	MF	AUT	Konstantin Kerschbaumer
8	DF	AUT	Simon Piesinger
11	FW	ISR	Tai Baribo
12	DF	ITA	Matteo Anzolin
14	MF	AUT	Pascal Müller
16	MF	AUT	Mario Leitgeb
17	MF	AUT	Ervin Omić
18	FW	AUT	Thorsten Röcher


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	DF	ANG	Kevin Bukusu
20	FW	GHA	Augustine Boakye
21	GK	AUT	David Skubl
22	DF	AUT	Dominik Baumgartner
24	DF	AUT	Raphael Schifferl
25	DF	AUT	Fabian Tauchhammer
27	DF	AUT	Michael Novak
30	MF	AUT	Matthäus Taferner
32	GK	AUT	Lukas Gütlbauer
70	MF	AUT	Thierno Ballo
77	FW	GER	Maurice Malone (on loan from Augsburg)
97	MF	BIH	Adis Jašić

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	AUT	Lukas Schöfl (at Floridsdorfer AC)
—	FW	GRE	Nikos Vergos (at Lamia)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	CRO	Dario Vizinger (at Jahn Regensburg)

Transfers

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

2 July 2022 Friendly	Wolfsberger AC	0–1	Holstein Kiel	Maria Alm
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Sportplatz Maria Alm

6 July 2022 Friendly	Grazer AK	2–1	Wolfsberger AC	Lebring
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: sanSirro Stadion Lebring

9 July 2022 Friendly	Wolfsberger AC	1–0	Sparta Prague	Wolfsberg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Lavanttal-Arena

14 July 2022 Friendly	Wolfsberger AC	2–1	Debrecen	Unterpremstätten
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Sportpark Premstätten

27 July 2022 Friendly	Wolfsberger AC	0–5	Milan	Klagenfurt am Wörthersee
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Veratschnig 8'		Leão 39' Rebić 41' Messias 57' Adli 60' Gabbia 65'	Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion Referee: Josef Spurny (Austria)

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Austrian Football Bundesliga	23 July 2022		Matchday 1		16	5	2	9	29	34	−5	031.25
Austrian Cup	16 July 2022		First round		3	3	0	0	12	3	+9	100.00
UEFA Europa Conference League	3 August 2022	25 August 2022	Third qualifying round	Play-off round	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	050.00
Total					23	10	3	10	46	41	+5	043.48

Last updated: 13 November 2022
Source: Soccerway

Austrian Football Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
7	WSG Tirol	22	8	4	10	32	37	−5	28	Qualification for the Relegation round
8	Austria Lustenau	22	7	6	9	29	37	−8	27
9	Wolfsberger AC	22	6	3	13	35	41	−6	21
10	Hartberg	22	5	3	14	22	42	−20	18
11	SV Ried	22	4	6	12	16	32	−16	18

Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Matches won; 6) Away matches won; 7) Away goals scored.^[1]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	RBS	STU	LIN	RWI	AWI	KLA
1	Red Bull Salzburg (C)	32	23	8	1	67	22	+45	49	Qualification for the Champions League group stage	—	2–1	0–0	2–1	3–3	3–2
2	Sturm Graz	32	20	6	6	57	29	+28	42	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round	0–2	—	2–0	3–1	3–2	4–1
3	LASK	32	14	12	6	54	38	+16	35	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round	0–1	2–1	—	3–1	3–1	4–0
4	Rapid Wien	32	12	6	14	50	47	+3	25	Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round	1–1	3–2	1–1	—	3–3	3–1
5	Austria Wien (O)	32	11	10	11	55	52	+3	24	Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs	1–1	1–2	2–2	3–1	—	1–2
6	Austria Klagenfurt	32	11	5	16	45	63	−18	23		0–3	0–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	—

Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points with (possible) half points subtracted due to rounding; 3) Head-to-head points ; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Matches won; 10) Away matches won; 11) Away goals scored.^[2]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	WOL	LUS	WAT	HAR	ALT	RIE
1	Wolfsberger AC	32	12	6	14	51	51	0	31	Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs	—	2–2	2–0	2–2	0–0	1–0
2	Austria Lustenau	32	11	10	11	50	54	−4	29	Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs	1–3	—	2–4	5–1	1–0	2–2
3	WSG Tirol	32	10	8	14	44	53	−9	24		4–0	0–2	—	1–1	1–1	1–1
4	Hartberg	32	9	6	17	39	56	−17	24		0–2	0–1	5–0	—	2–2	2–0
5	Rheindorf Altach	32	6	10	16	29	53	−24	19		0–2	1–1	1–0	0–1	—	1–1
6	Ried (R)	32	4	11	17	27	50	−23	14	Relegation to Austrian Football Second League	1–2	4–4	1–1	1–3	0–1	—

Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points with (possible) half points subtracted due to rounding; 3) Head-to-head points ; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Matches won; 10) Away matches won; 11) Away goals scored.^[1]
(R) Relegated

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
4	0	2	2	5	10	−5	2	0	1	1	2	6	−4	0	1	1	3	4	−1

Last updated: 14 August 2022.
Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5
Ground	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	L	L
Position	7	9	10	11

Updated to match(es) played on 14 August 2022. Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 22 June 2022.^[3]

23 July 2022 1	Wolfsberger AC	1–1	Sturm Graz	Wolfsberg
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kerschbaumer 26'	Report	Sarkaria 43'	Stadium: Lavanttal-Arena Referee: Christopher Jäger

30 July 2022 2	Rheindorf Altach	2–2	Wolfsberger AC	Altach
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Nuhiu 12' Jäger 63'	Report	Jasic 53' Baribo 88'	Stadium: Stadion Schnabelholz Referee: Markus Hameter

6 August 2022 3	Wolfsberger AC	1–5	LASK	Wolfsberg
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Novak 61'	Report	Ljubičić 1', 21', 37', 58' Goiginger 8'	Stadium: Lavanttal-Arena Referee: Rene Eisner

14 August 2022 4	Red Bull Salzburg	2–1	Wolfsberger AC	Wals-Siezenheim
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pavlović 20' Šeško 41'	Report	Vizinger 90+3'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Referee: Alexander Harkam

21 August 2022 5	Wolfsberger AC	v	Austria Wien	Wolfsberg
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Lavanttal-Arena

Austrian Cup

17 July 2022 First round	SV Raika Kuchl	1–4	Wolfsberger AC	Kuchl
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lürzer 33' Strobl 38' Klimitsch 55'	Report	Kerschbaumer 11' Baribo 15', 48' Veratschnig 66'	Stadium: Sportplatz Kuchl Attendance: 700 Referee: Walter Altmann

UEFA Europa Conference League

Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 18 July 2022.

3 August 2022 First leg	Wolfsberger AC	0–0	Gżira United	Klagenfurt
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion Attendance: 2,114 Referee: Urs Schnyder (Switzerland)
Note: Wolfsberger AC are playing their home matches at the Wörthersee Stadion, in Klagenfurt, instead of their regular venue, the Lavanttal-Arena, in Wolfsberg, which did not meet UEFA requirements.

9 August 2022 Second leg	Gżira United	0–4 (0–4 agg.)	Wolfsberger AC	Ta' Qali, Malta
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Baribo 12' Baumgartner 33' Röcher 59' (pen.) Boakye 84'	Stadium: Centenary Stadium Attendance: 786 Referee: Nick Walsh (Scotland)

Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2022.

18 August 2022 First leg	Molde	0–1	Wolfsberger AC	Molde, Norway
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Baribo 22'	Stadium: Aker Stadion Attendance: 4,761 Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Greece)

25 August 2022 Second leg	Wolfsberger AC	0–4 (1–4 agg.)	Molde	Klagenfurt
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Breivik 6' Mannsverk 34' Brynhildsen 72', 90+3'	Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion Attendance: 3,105 Referee: Rob Harvey (Republic of Ireland)
Note: Wolfsberger AC are playing their home matches at the Wörthersee Stadion, in Klagenfurt, instead of their regular venue, the Lavanttal-Arena, in Wolfsberg, which did not meet UEFA requirements.

References

^ ^a ^b "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
^ "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
^ "FRISCH EINGETROFFEN: Neuer Spielplan der ADMIRAL Bundesliga-Saison 2022/2023!".

[Bundesliga.at_-_Table-1] "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 1 June 2022.

[Bundesliga.at_-_Table2-2] "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 8 April 2023.

[3] "FRISCH EINGETROFFEN: Neuer Spielplan der ADMIRAL Bundesliga-Saison 2022/2023!".

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