# 2020–21 Wolfsberger AC season

The 2020–21 season was Wolfsberger AC's 90th season in existence and the club's ninth consecutive season in the top flight of Austrian football. In addition to the domestic league, Wolfsberger participated in this season's edition of the Austrian Cup and UEFA Europa League. The season covered the period from 5 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 26 August 2020
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 |
| 2 | DF | GEO | Guram Giorbelidze |
| 3 | DF | SWE | Gustav Henriksson |
| 4 | DF | AUT | Jonathan Scherzer |
| 5 | DF | AUT | Stefan Perić |
| 6 | MF | AUT | Mario Pavelić |
| 7 | MF | ISR | Eliel Peretz |
| 8 | FW | SEN | Cheikhou Dieng |
| 9 | FW | SRB | Dejan Joveljić (on loan from Eintracht Frankfurt) |
| 10 | MF | AUT | Michael Liendl |
| 11 | FW | CRO | Dario Vizinger |
| 15 | DF | SRB | Nemanja Rnić |
| 16 | MF | AUT | Mario Leitgeb |
| 17 | MF | AUT | Kai Stratznig |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | AUT | Sven Sprangler |
| 22 | DF | AUT | Dominik Baumgartner |
| 23 | MF | AUT | Lukas Schöfl |
| 24 | MF | AUT | Christopher Wernitznig |
| 25 | DF | AUT | Fabian Tauchhammer |
| 27 | DF | AUT | Michael Novak |
| 29 | GK | AUT | Manuel Kuttin |
| 30 | MF | AUT | Matthäus Taferner |
| 31 | GK | AUT | Alexander Kofler |
| 32 | GK | AUT | Marko Soldo |
| 37 | FW | AUT | Amar Hodzić |
| 44 | DF | GEO | Luka Lochoshvili |

### 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 |
| — | MF | AUT | Joshua Steiger (at SV Lafnitz) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overview

| 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 Bundesliga | 13 September 2020 | 22 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 32 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 52 | 62 | −10 | 040.63 |
| Austrian Bundesliga play-offs | 27 May 2021 | 30 May 2021 | First leg | Runners-up | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 000.00 |
| Austrian Cup | 28 August 2020 | 3 March 2021 | First round | Semi-finals | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 060.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 22 October 2020 | 24 February 2021 | Group stage | Round of 32 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 037.50 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 47 | 19 | 7 | 21 | 72 | 87 | −15 | 040.43 |
Last updated: 30 May 2021 Source: Soccerway

### Austrian Bundesliga
#### Regular stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 3 | LASK | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 42 | 21 | +21 | 42 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 4 | Sturm Graz | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 20 | +14 | 39 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 5 | Wolfsberger AC | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 40 | 39 | +1 | 33 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 6 | WSG Tirol | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 30 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 7 | Hartberg | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 38 | −13 | 29 | Qualification for the Relegation round |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 21 March 2021. Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | L | L | L | W | D | W | D | L | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | W |
| Position | 11 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 9 July 2020.

#### Championship round

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RBS | RWI | STU | LIN | WOL | WAT |
| 2 | Rapid Wien | 32 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 64 | 40 | +24 | 36 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round | 0–3 | — | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 |
| 3 | Sturm Graz | 32 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 52 | 34 | +18 | 36 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round | 1–3 | 4–1 | — | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 |
| 4 | LASK | 32 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 55 | 41 | +14 | 30 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round | 2–5 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 3–3 |
| 5 | Wolfsberger AC | 32 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 52 | 62 | −10 | 27 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off final | 1–2 | 1–8 | 1–3 | 0–4 | — | 2–0 |
| 6 | WSG Tirol | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 53 | 60 | −7 | 23 | | 3–2 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | — |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 22 May 2021. Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | W | W | L | D | W | L | D | L |
| Position | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

#### European competition play-offs
### Austrian Cup
### UEFA Europa League
#### Group stage

The group stage draw was held on 2 October 2020.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | DZG | WAC | FEY | CSM |
| 1 | Dinamo Zagreb | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| 2 | Wolfsberger AC | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–3 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 5 | | 0–2 | 1–4 | — | 3–1 |
| 4 | CSKA Moscow | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 3 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — |

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 32

The round of 32 draw was held on 14 December 2020.