2021–22 Wolfsberger AC season

The 2021–22 season was the 91st season in the existence of Wolfsberger AC and the club's tenth consecutive season in the top flight of Austrian football. In addition to the domestic league, Wolfsberger AC participated in this season's edition of the Austrian Cup.

Wolfsberger AC
2021–22 season
ChairmanDietmar Riegler
ManagerRobin Dutt
StadiumLavanttal-Arena
Austrian Football Bundesliga3rd
Austrian CupSemi-finals

Players edit

First-team squad edit

As of 8 January 2022

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
4 DF   AUT David Gugganig
6 MF   AUT Nikolas Veratschnig
7 MF   ISR Eliel Peretz
8 FW   SEN Cheikhou Dieng
9 FW   CRO Dario Vizinger
10 MF   AUT Michael Liendl
11 FW   ISR Tai Baribo
16 MF   AUT Mario Leitgeb
17 DF   AUT Jonathan Scherzer
18 FW   AUT Thorsten Röcher
19 MF   AUT Sven Sprangler
20 MF   GHA Augustine Boakye
21 GK   AUT David Skubl
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 DF   AUT Dominik Baumgartner
23 MF   AUT Lukas Schöfl
24 MF   AUT Christopher Wernitznig
27 DF   AUT Michael Novak
29 GK   AUT Manuel Kuttin
30 MF   AUT Matthäus Taferner
31 GK   AUT Alexander Kofler
33 MF   AUT Kai Stratznig
34 FW   AUT Marcel Holzer
44 DF   GEO Luka Lochoshvili
77 DF   BIH Amar Dedić (on loan from Red Bull Salzburg)
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   GEO Guram Giorbelidze (at Dynamo Dresden)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   AUT Joshua Steiger (at SV Lafnitz)

Transfers edit

Pre-season and friendlies edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

26 June 2021 Friendly Wolfsberger AC   1–0   Olympiacos Wörgl, Austria
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Sportstadion Wörgl
29 June 2021 Friendly Wolfsberger AC   0–0   Ufa St. Ulrich am Pillersee, Austria
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Sportplatz St. Ulrich
3 July 2021 Friendly Wolfsberger AC   1–3   Rijeka Velden am Wörthersee, Austria
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Sportplatz Velden
9 July 2021 Friendly Wolfsberger AC   3–2   Sparta Prague Wolfsberg, Austria
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
21 January 2022 Friendly Ludogorets Razgrad   3–3   Wolfsberger AC Belek, Turkey
14:30 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Titanic Sports Center
24 January 2022 Friendly Wolfsberger AC   1–4   Shakhtar Donetsk Belek, Turkey
14:30 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Titanic Sports Center
27 January 2022 Friendly Wolfsberger AC   1–1   Bohemians 1905 Belek, Turkey
13:30 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Titanic Sports Center

Competitions edit

Overall record edit

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Austrian Football Bundesliga 25 July 2021 21 May 2022 Matchday 1 3rd 32 14 5 13 48 53 −5 043.75
Austrian Cup 16 July 2021 16 March 2022 First round Semi-finals 5 4 1 0 19 7 +12 080.00
Total 37 18 6 13 67 60 +7 048.65

Source: Soccerway

Austrian Football Bundesliga edit

Regular stage edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Red Bull Salzburg 22 17 4 1 50 13 +37 55 Qualification for the Championship round
2 Sturm Graz 22 10 7 5 46 32 +14 37
3 Wolfsberger AC 22 11 4 7 34 32 +2 37
4 Austria Wien 22 8 9 5 31 23 +8 33
5 Rapid Wien 22 8 7 7 35 31 +4 31
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]

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
20 10 4 6 33 31  +2 34 6 1 3 19 14  +5 4 3 3 14 17  −3

Results by round edit

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
GroundAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAAH
ResultDLLDWWLDLWWWWWLWWDWL
Position71112129587973333332222
Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

The league fixtures were announced on 22 June 2021.[2]

25 July 2021 1 Austria Klagenfurt 1–1 Wolfsberger AC Klagenfurt
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion
1 August 2021 2 Wolfsberger AC 1–4 Sturm Graz Wolfsberg
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Lavanttal-Arena
7 August 2021 3 Rapid Wien 3–0 Wolfsberger AC Vienna
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Allianz Stadion
14 August 2021 4 Wolfsberger AC 2–2 WSG Tirol Wolfsberg
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Lavanttal-Arena
21 August 2021 5 Wolfsberger AC 3–0 Admira Wacker Mödling Wolfsberg
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Lavanttal-Arena
28 August 2021 6 Rheindorf Altach 1–2 Wolfsberger AC Altach
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadion Schnabelholz
11 September 2021 7 Wolfsberger AC 1–3 Hartberg Wolfsberg
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Lavanttal-Arena
18 September 2021 8 Ried 3–3 Wolfsberger AC Ried im Innkreis
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Wießmeier   62'   90+1'   90+4'
  • Leo Mikić   70'
  • Offenbacher   79'
Report
Stadium: Josko Arena
Attendance: 4,030
Referee:   Sebastian Gishamer
25 September 2021 9 Wolfsberger AC 0–2 Red Bull Salzburg Wolfsberg
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Lavanttal-Arena
Attendance: 3,023
Referee:   Josef Spurny
2 October 2021 10 Wolfsberger AC 1–0 Austria Wien Wolfsberg
17:00 CET
Report
  • Mühl   86'
  • Can Keles   90+1'
Stadium: Lavanttal-Arena
Attendance: 2,800
Referee:   Stefan Ebner
17 October 2021 11 LASK 0–1 Wolfsberger AC Pasching
14:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena
Attendance: 4,000
Referee:   Sebastian Gishamer
23 October 2021 12 Wolfsberger AC 2–1 Austria Klagenfurt Wolfsberg
17:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Lavanttal-Arena
Attendance: 5,600
Referee:   Chiristian-Petru Ciochirca
31 October 2021 13 Sturm Graz 0–3 Wolfsberger AC Graz
14:30 CET Report
Stadium: Merkur-Arena
Attendance: 10,007
Referee:   Markus Hameter

Championship round edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RBS STU AWI WOL RWI KLA
2 Sturm Graz 32 16 8 8 62 46 +16 37 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round 2–1 1–0 1–4 2–1 3–1
3 Austria Wien 32 11 13 8 44 39 +5 29 Qualification for the Europa League play-off round 1–2 4–2 2–1 1–1 1–1
4 Wolfsberger AC 32 14 5 13 48 53 −5 28 Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round 1–4 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–2
5 Rapid Wien (O) 32 10 11 11 48 45 +3 25 Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–2
6 Austria Klagenfurt 32 8 12 12 43 57 −14 21 0–6 1–2 1–2 2–3 1–3
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.[3]
(O) Play-off winners

Austrian Cup edit

16 July 2021 First round Wiener Sport-Club 0–3 Wolfsberger AC Vienna
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Sportklub Stadium
Referee: Alan Kijas
21 September 2021 Second round ASV Seigendorf 1–6 Wolfsberger AC Siegendorf
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Sportplatz Siegendorf
Attendance: 910
Referee: Harald Lechner
26 October 2021 Third round SV Lafnitz 3–5 (a.e.t.) Wolfsberger AC Lafnitz
11:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Sportplatz Lafnitz
Attendance: 840
Referee: Arnes Talic
4 February 2022 Quarter-finals Wolfsberger AC 4–2 (a.e.t.) Floridsdorfer AC Wolfsberg
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Lavanttal-Arena
Attendance: 300
Referee: Alexander Harkam
16 March 2022 Semi-finals Wolfsberger AC 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–5 p)
Red Bull Salzburg Wolfsberg
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Lavanttal-Arena
Attendance: 4,380
Referee: Markus Hameter
Penalties

References edit

  1. ^ "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Bundesliga veröffentlicht Spielplan für die Saison 2021/22". Sky Sport Austria. 22 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 24 April 2022.