2023–24 Wolfsberger AC season

Wolfsberger AC
2023–24 season
ManagerManfred Schmid
StadiumLavanttal-Arena
Austrian Football Bundesliga1th (Relegation round)
8th (Regular season)
Austrian CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Thierno Ballo (12)
All:
Thierno Ballo (13)
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The 2023–24 Wolfsberger AC season is the club's 93rd season in existence and its 12th consecutive season in the top flight of Austrian football. In addition to the domestic league, Wolfsberger AC will participate in this season's edition of the Austrian Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024.

Players

First-team squad

As of 7 July 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 Germany GER Hendrik Bonmann
3 DF Austria AUT Jonathan Scherzer
4 DF Canada CAN Scott Kennedy
5 DF Germany GER Kevin Bukusu
6 MF Nigeria NGA Samson Tijani (on loan from Red Bull Salzburg)
7 MF Austria AUT Konstantin Kerschbaumer
8 DF Austria AUT Simon Piesinger
9 FW Austria AUT Bernhard Zimmermann (on loan from Rapid Wien)
10 FW Austria AUT Thomas Sabitzer
11 MF Austria AUT Thierno Ballo
12 FW Ivory Coast CIV Mohammed Bamba
13 DF Austria AUT Tobias Gruber
14 MF Austria AUT Pascal Müller
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF Austria AUT Mario Leitgeb
17 DF Austria AUT Nikolas Veratschnig
18 FW Austria AUT Thorsten Röcher
19 MF Georgia (country) GEO Sandro Altunashvili
20 MF Ghana GHA Augustine Boakye
21 GK Austria AUT David Skubl
22 DF Austria AUT Dominik Baumgartner
23 FW Austria AUT Florian Rieder
26 DF Austria AUT Lukas Ibertsberger (on loan from Red Bull Salzburg)
27 DF Austria AUT Michael Novak
32 GK Austria AUT Lukas Gütlbauer
44 MF Austria AUT Ervin Omić
97 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina 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
— DF Austria AUT Raphael Schifferl (at Unterhaching)

Transfers

In

Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source

Out

Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Source

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

11 July 2023 Friendly Wolfsberger AC Austria 1–0 Hungary Debrecen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
14 July 2023 Friendly Wolfsberger AC Austria 1–2 Saudi Arabia Al Hilal
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Austrian Football Bundesliga July 2023 May 2024 Matchday 1 7th 33 12 10 11 42 41 +1 036.36
Austrian Cup 22 July 2023 31 October 2023 First round Third round 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 066.67
Total 36 14 11 11 49 43 +6 038.89

Last updated: 21 May 2024
Source: Soccerway

Austrian Football Bundesliga

Main article: 2023–24 Austrian Football Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
6 Rapid Wien 22 8 9 5 38 21 +17 33[a] Qualification for the Championship round
7 Austria Wien 22 9 6 7 25 22 +3 33[a] Qualification for the Relegation round
8 Wolfsberger AC 22 8 6 8 29 32 −3 30
9 SCR Altach 22 4 7 11 17 30 −13 19
10 Blau-Weiß Linz 22 4 7 11 22 38 −16 19
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]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head to head points: Rapid 4, Austria Wien 1.

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification STU RBS LIN RWI HAR AKL
1 Sturm Graz (C) 32 19 10 3 56 23 +33 44 Qualification for the Champions League league stage — 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0
2 Red Bull Salzburg 32 20 7 5 74 29 +45 42 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round[a] 2–2 — 7–1 1–1 5–1 4–2
3 LASK 32 14 10 8 43 33 +10 34 Qualification for the Europa League play-off round[b] 2–2 3–1 — 5–0 1–3 1–0
4 Rapid Wien 32 11 12 9 47 35 +12 28 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round 1–3 2–0 0–0 — 0–3 1–1
5 Hartberg 32 12 9 11 49 52 −3 28 Qualification for the Conference League play-offs 1–3 1–5 1–2 0–3 — 3–2
6 Austria Klagenfurt 32 9 12 11 40 50 −10 22 0–4 4–3 0–2 0–1 2–2 —
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) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Matches won; 9) Away matches won; 10) Away goals scored.[2]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Since the Europa League winners, Atalanta qualified for the Champions League via league position, Red Bull Salzburg were promoted from the Champions League second qualifying round to the third qualifying round as one of the two teams with the highest coefficient in the second qualifying round.
  2. ^ The 2023–24 Austrian Cup winners qualified for the Europa League play-off round. Since the cup winners (Sturm Graz) qualified based on league position, the Europa League spot was passed to the third-placed team.

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification WOL AWI BWL ALT WAT LUS
1 Wolfsberger AC 32 12 10 10 41 39 +2 31 Qualification for the Conference League play-offs — 0–1 0–2 0–0 3–1 1–1
2 Austria Wien (O) 32 12 10 10 35 34 +1 29 0–4 — 0–0 2–2 3–0 1–1
3 Blau-Weiß Linz 32 7 11 14 33 48 −15 22 0–0 1–2 — 2–1 3–2 0–0
4 Rheindorf Altach 32 6 13 13 27 40 −13 21 0–1 1–1 2–2 — 0–0 2–2
5 WSG Tirol 32 7 5 20 29 55 −26 19 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 — 0–0
6 Austria Lustenau (R) 32 4 9 19 22 58 −36 16 Relegation to Austrian Football Second League 1–2 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–2 —
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]
(O) Play-off winners; (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
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: November 2023.
Source: [citation needed]

Results by round

Round1
Ground
Result
Position
Updated to match(es) played on November 2023. Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 27 June 2023.[3]

August 2023 1 v

Austrian Cup

Main article: 2023–24 Austrian Cup

The draw for the season's first round took place on 25 June.[4]

21 July 2023 First round FC Kufstein v Wolfsberger AC

References

  1. ^ a b "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Admiral Bundesliga 23/24: Das ist der neue Spielplan!". Bundesliga | ligaportal. June 27, 2023.
  4. ^ Eliasch, Christoph (June 25, 2023). "Erste ÖFB-Cup-Runde 2023/24 ausgelost". Sky Sport Austria.