2023–24 Wolfsberger AC season

Wolfsberger AC
2023–24 season
Manager	Manfred Schmid
Stadium	Lavanttal-Arena
Austrian Football Bundesliga	Ongoing
Austrian Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Mohammed Bamba (6); All: ; Mohammed Bamba (8)
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

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[edit]

First-team squad[edit]

As of 7 July 2023

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. 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	CAN	Scott Kennedy
5	DF	GER	Kevin Bukusu
6	MF	NGA	Samson Tijani (on loan from Red Bull Salzburg)
7	MF	AUT	Konstantin Kerschbaumer
8	DF	AUT	Simon Piesinger
9	FW	AUT	Bernhard Zimmermann (on loan from Rapid Wien)
10	FW	AUT	Thomas Sabitzer
11	MF	AUT	Thierno Ballo
12	FW	CIV	Mohammed Bamba
13	DF	AUT	Tobias Gruber
14	MF	AUT	Pascal Müller


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	MF	AUT	Mario Leitgeb
17	DF	AUT	Nikolas Veratschnig
18	FW	AUT	Thorsten Röcher
19	MF	GEO	Sandro Altunashvili
20	MF	GHA	Augustine Boakye
21	GK	AUT	David Skubl
22	DF	AUT	Dominik Baumgartner
23	FW	AUT	Florian Rieder
26	DF	AUT	Lukas Ibertsberger (on loan from Red Bull Salzburg)
27	DF	AUT	Michael Novak
32	GK	AUT	Lukas Gütlbauer
44	MF	AUT	Ervin Omić
97	MF	BIH	Adis Jašić

Out on loan[edit]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	AUT	Raphael Schifferl (at Unterhaching)

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source

Out[edit]

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

11 July 2023 Friendly	Wolfsberger AC	1–0	Debrecen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)

14 July 2023 Friendly	Wolfsberger AC	1–2	Al Hilal
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Competitions[edit]

Overview[edit]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Austrian Football Bundesliga	July 2023	May 2024	Matchday 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Austrian Cup	22 July 2023		First round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

Last updated: 9 December 2023
Source: Soccerway

Austrian Football Bundesliga[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	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	Wolfsberg	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:

^ ^a ^b Head to head points: Rapid 4, Austria Wien 1.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	STU	RBS	LIN	RWI	HAR	AKL
1	Sturm Graz (T)	30	18	9	3	52	21	+31	40	Qualification for the Champions League league stage	—	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	19 May
2	Red Bull Salzburg (X)	30	18	7	5	62	27	+35	36	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round	2–2	—	19 May	1–1	5–1	4–2
3	LASK (X)	30	14	9	7	40	24	+16	33	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round^[a]	12 May	3–1	—	5–0	1–3	1–0
4	Rapid Wien	30	10	12	8	46	32	+14	25	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round	1–3	2–0	0–0	—	19 May	1–1
5	Hartberg	30	11	9	10	45	47	−2	25	Qualification for the Conference League play-offs	1–3	12 May	1–2	0–3	—	3–2
6	Austria Klagenfurt	30	9	12	9	40	47	−7	22		0–4	4–3	0–2	12 May	2–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2024. 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]
(T) Qualified, but not yet for the particular phase indicated; (X) Guaranteed at least Europa League
Notes:

^ 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 v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	AWI	WOL	BWL	WAT	ALT	LUS
1	Austria Wien	30	11	10	9	33	29	+4	26	Qualification for the Conference League play-offs	—	11 May	0–0	3–0	2–2	1–1
2	Wolfsberger	30	10	10	10	34	38	−4	25	Qualification for the Conference League play-offs	0–1	—	0–2	18 May	0–0	1–1
3	Blau-Weiß Linz	30	7	11	12	32	45	−13	22		18 May	0–0	—	3–2	2–1	0–0
4	WSG Tirol	30	7	5	18	28	51	−23	19		1–0	1–1	2–1	—	11 May	0–0
5	Rheindorf Altach	30	5	12	13	24	38	−14	17		1–1	0–1	2–2	0–0	—	18 May
6	Austria Lustenau	30	3	8	19	19	56	−37	12	Relegation to Austrian Football Second League	2–0	1–2	11 May	1–2	0–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2024. 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]

Results summary[edit]


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[edit]

Round	1
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[edit]

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

August 2023 1

v

Austrian Cup[edit]

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[edit]

^ ^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.
^ "Admiral Bundesliga 23/24: Das ist der neue Spielplan!". Bundesliga | ligaportal. June 27, 2023.
^ Eliasch, Christoph (June 25, 2023). "Erste ÖFB-Cup-Runde 2023/24 ausgelost". Sky Sport Austria.

External links[edit]

Official website

[table_hth_RWI0.37244801007791-1] Head to head points: Rapid 4, Austria Wien 1.

[table_note_res_ELPO0.031920897323601-3] 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.

[Bundesliga.at_-_Table-2] "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 1 June 2022.

[Bundesliga.at_-_Table2-4] "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 8 April 2023.

[5] "Admiral Bundesliga 23/24: Das ist der neue Spielplan!". Bundesliga | ligaportal. June 27, 2023.

[6] Eliasch, Christoph (June 25, 2023). "Erste ÖFB-Cup-Runde 2023/24 ausgelost". Sky Sport Austria.

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