# 2022–23 Grazer AK season

The 2022–23 season was the 121st in the history of Grazer AK and their fourth consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in the Austrian Football Second League and the Austrian Cup.
Grazer AK lost to their eternal rivals Sturm Graz to exit the 2022–23 Austrian Cup in the round of 16, which happened to be the first derby meeting in 15 years.

## Players
### First team squad

    As of 15 July 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 |
| 1 | GK | AUT | Jakob Meierhofer |
| 2 | DF | AUT | Philipp Seidl |
| 3 | DF | AUT | Michael Huber |
| 5 | DF | AUT | Elias Jandrisevits |
| 6 | MF | AUT | Markus Rusek |
| 7 | MF | JPN | Atsushi Zaizen |
| 8 | MF | GER | Maximilian Somnitz |
| 9 | FW | AUT | David Peham |
| 10 | MF | AUT | Michael Liendl |
| 11 | MF | GEO | Levan Eloshvili |
| 13 | MF | AUT | Marco Perchtold (captain) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | AUT | Lukas Graf |
| 19 | DF | AUT | Marco Gantschnig |
| 20 | MF | AUT | Thorsten Schriebl |
| 21 | MF | AUT | Michael Lang |
| 22 | MF | AUT | Lukas Gabbichler |
| 23 | MF | AUT | Paolo Jager |
| 24 | DF | AUT | Felix Köchl |
| 26 | GK | AUT | Christoph Nicht |
| 27 | DF | AUT | Benjamin Rosenberger |
| 30 | DF | AUT | Paul Koller |
| 33 | GK | AUT | Josef Gruber |
| 47 | FW | AUT | Daniel Kalajdzic |

### 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 |
| — | MF | AUT | Lukas Alterdinger (at Grödig) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | CRO | Filip Smoljan (at SC Kalsdorf) |
| — | FW | AUT | Paul Kiedl (at SC Kalsdorf) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Austrian Football Second League | 23 July 2022 | 4 June 2023 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 52 | 29 | +23 | 056.67 |
| Austrian Cup | 16 July 2022 | 19 October 2022 | First round | Third round | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 33 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 57 | 32 | +25 | 057.58 |
Source: Soccerway

### Austrian Football Second League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Blau-Weiß Linz (C, P) | 30 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 63 | 27 | +36 | 61 | Promotion to 2023–24 Austrian Football Bundesliga |
| 2 | Grazer AK | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 52 | 29 | +23 | 60 | |
| 3 | SKN St. Pölten | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 53 | 27 | +26 | 56 | |
| 4 | SV Horn | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 38 | 33 | +5 | 48 | |
| 5 | SKU Amstetten | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 45 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: ADMIRAL 2. Liga

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | W | D | D | W | W | W |
| Position | | | | | | | | |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 24 June 2022.