2023–24 Wolfsberger AC season

Wolfsberger AC
2023–24 season
Manager	Manfred Schmid
Stadium	Lavanttal-Arena
Austrian Football Bundesliga	1th (Relegation round); 8th (Regular season)
Austrian Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Thierno Ballo (12); All: ; Thierno Ballo (13)
	← 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

First-team squad

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

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

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	1–0	Debrecen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)

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

Competitions

Overview

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	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

League table

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	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:

^ ^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 (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:

^ 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.
^ 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	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	Qualification for the Conference League play-offs	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

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

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

August 2023 1

v

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

^ ^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.